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This video captures some playful primates in a once thriving drive-through zoo called Six Flags Wild Safari in New Jersey. Animals of all sorts could be observed there while driving through in the safety and comfort of your own car. This particular area of the zoo had a warning sign posted and an alternate bypass route to avoid the monkey exhibit altogether. This would have been a very useful strategy for someone driving in a convertible. You can see why in the video that convertibles would be bad. I think I remember such a sign posting that you enter at your own risk of damage. I recall seeing these beautiful primates yanking radio antennae of cars. On the way in you were told not to feed the animals but no one really ever listened. You can see some of that activity in the video. You can really say that the humans were the ones in the cages at this exhibit and the monkeys were observing them too. The animals seem to be having the time of their lives climbing and riding the cars and eating what was thrown at them. They stopped allowing cars back in 2012 and now have controlled guided tours on an off road truck under what is called Six Flags Great Adventure & Safari. Now in 2018, the zoo boasts 1,200 animals from 6 continents including elephants, rhinos, tigers, giraffes and lions. I would guess that the new Safari Off Road Adventure is a safer method of observation. Animals can be unpredictable and adding unpredictable humans and cars into the mix could be a recipe for disaster. An animal could have really been injured at the old zoo. I wonder if there are any stats about such events happening at these types of places. This footage is from a Sony 8mm video camera recorded in August 1994. Antiquated by today's standards so it is probably not what people are used to seeing these days with HD resolution. But it is still good enough to bring back the memories of those times.

This is a parking garage exit ramp that continues to circle around and around until you reach ground level. Even though the tunnel is marked down only, the driver still had a fear that there would be a car going head on towards him and that at any second there would be a collision! He went round and round for what felt like minutes to him. In reality it was mere seconds. Driver experienced some vertigo going down this multi level parking lot tunnel. He experienced dizziness when he came to a stop at the bottom and had to stop for a few seconds. It was a left turn all the way down as he went from the rooftop level all the way down to street level. It also took him a few seconds to adjust to daylight while the head spinning needed to stop. This must be common to drivers in the big city like New York where parking is a premium and parking garages are everywhere. But for this particular driver, this was sort of an event to go into and out of this tunnel. Driver commented that there should be some kind of safe guard to prevent wrong way drivers. Something like those one way Traffic Spikes that they have at car rental places.

Not looking to get anyone fired but this could have been a school bus carrying your children. As you see in the dashcam footage, the bus approaches the light behind a tractor trailer. He starts to stop as the light turns from yellow to red but then decided to hit the gas to run it. I understand that hitting a light can mean you will have to wait at the red for a minute or two but is it worth it? This intersection is no exception. I travel that road frequently and know how it is there. The light only seems to allow a few cars during each cycle which is why the bus driver probably decided to hit the gas. They are on a tight schedule so hitting the light would affect it. Recently there has been media coverage that says in some cases bus drivers don't even get bathroom breaks. Perhaps that was it? Also covered in the media were incidences of drivers actually wearing diapers! Wow. But in all cases, the drivers should put the safety of the children first. As a parent, I would completely understand the extra few minutes taking to ensure the safety of the kids. The van in this video definitely had children in it. It would have been a disaster if something had happened. Cars coming from the side are quick to go as well so this could have easily been bad. You can see that the bus actually attempted to break and could have actually stopped before getting to the white line. But instead of completely stopping, as the light was already red, he hit the gas to fly through the intersection. This is reckless and could have been a disaster if someone just as reckless was coming the other way. Listen folks, if you have to speed up to get through the intersection then you have no business trying to go through said intersection. Isn't this part of drivers ed 101?

Wet roads mean slippery conditions. But for these 2 drivers, it does not matter. First vehicle in dashcam video shows severe tailgating. What would happen if the car in front hit the breaks? The 2nd driver is not only driving too fast for road conditions, he quickly and dangerously changes lanes after passing on right hand side. He quickly goes nowhere fast as apparent buy the vehicle that he ends up behind.

Watch this dashcam video of a driver heading east on a highway. The speed limit here is 55. Driver is in the right lane and was getting up to speed from an on ramp. He signaled to change lanes and saw that everything was clear. As he was about to move left, a speeding car suddenly passes him out and cuts in front of him nearly sideswiping in the process. Speeder also narrowly misses the car in the center lane as he makes the change to get into the right lane. You can see him continue on blazing a trail down the highway. Out of state plates too.

This is crazy dashcam footage as I approached an intersection in Berlin CT. I witness this red light runner as I get closer to it. Perhaps minor but what happens next is funny. I had all intentions of stopping before the white line. But there is a truck making a right turn. A wide right turn. I am sure he has a green arrow. If not green, a right turn on red is allowed here. I frequent this intersection. I did not think he could make it so I backed up a bit. And it looks like he needs the room. So I backed up a bit more and a bigger bit more to allow him to complete the turn. Yes, I am good like that. Courteous. Like all of us drivers should be. Lucky nobody was behind me. He makes the complete turn. So now it seems everyone wants to get a piece of this and make it through the intersection. Check out the truck slipping his way under the light while I have the green. And then the bonus red light runner behind him! Perhaps I should have waited a bit longer for him to complete the turn before proceeding.

Small compilation of red light runners as seen in the great state of Connecticut. Running red usually seems to be done for convenience like trying to save time. As in the 1st clip where an individual is seen running a red to avoid the wait at the light and attempts to take a shortcut through a parking lot. He doesn't get far as you can see when dashcam driver is still behind him at the next light. Then take a look at other obvious bad driving red light runners. Careless driving at its worse. Scary to think that there could be crossing traffic. Dangerous. Perfect conditions for getting T-Boned. How about the inattentive driver that nearly goes straight when there is a green left turn arrow? Notice how at the last second he slams on the brakes! The last 2 videos are at the same intersection at different times. This particular intersection is notorious for this kind of behavior.

Careless or distracted drivers are a frequent occurrence at this intersection in Connecticut. Dashcam footage captures this instance of bad driving. Both sides get a left turn arrow at the same time. But the oncoming driver probably wasn't paying much attention and thought the green arrow was his queue to go straight and cutoff the truck! He seemed oblivious to the fact but his passenger seemed to be waving or doing something as they passed me. Perhaps she was giving him the 3rd degree.

Every family has one of these. The guy that thinks he is tough. This "tough guy" thinks he is immune from the elements. Or just a plain weirdo. He is ready for the beach in shorts and sandles. But it is winter and no beach weather exists right now in this New England town where a blizzard just ended with record cold temperatures. However, this is not stopping this guy from going out and clearing the snow in the frigid cold! Perhaps he is visualizing a hot day when he would be mowing the lawn? The only burning happening on his skin is going to be windburn or frost bite.

A red pickup truck decides his time is more important and proceeds to bypass a line of rush hour traffic by heading down the oncoming lane. Rush hour traffic like this is typical in this area. There is always a single lane of traffic on this stretch of road. Most everyone is patient here and waits to get through. But this one individual in the red pickup must think his time is worth more. Watch as he drives down in the left oncoming lane. He must have thought he could make it all the way down without running into any oncoming traffic. But anybody familiar with this area knows that that will never happen. Notice how he is forced to move over and even signals as he muscles his way back into the correct lane. This probably made the driver he cut in front of pretty annoyed. This could have been could kindling for some road rage action. It would have been great if there was a cop around for a dose of instant karma. Perhaps next time. At least the pickup truck operator was courteous enough to signal his intention to force his way back into the correct lane.

This is a weird looking insect called a White Marked Tussock Caterpillar. It is so strange looking that it looks like it is carrying a set of teeth on its back.

At a light waiting my turn. It was a little slick from the rain. One truck takes the turn and starts fish tailing but then quickly regains control avoiding a couple cars. This intersection is usually problematic due to the double left turn lanes and cars cutting each other off. If someone had been on his right while taking the turn...well would have been bad.

This video captures an ostrich in a once thriving drive-through zoo called Six Flags Wild Safari in New Jersey. Animals of all sorts could be observed here. The ostrich in the video seemed to be strutting her stuff (or his, I have no idea) as she walks down the road in between the cars. This was all observed while moving about in our own cages (which we call cars). The drive through zoo stopped allowing cars back in 2012 and now have controlled guided tours on an "off road" truck under what is called "Six Flags Great Adventure and Safari." Now in 2018, the zoo boasts 1,200 animals from 6 continents including elephants, rhinos, tigers, giraffes and lions. I would guess that the new Safari Off Road Adventure is a safer method of observation. Animals can be unpredictable and adding unpredictable humans into the mix could be a recipe for disaster. This footage is from a Sony 8mm video camera recorded in August 1994. Antiquated by today's standards so it is probably not what people are used to seeing these days with HD resolution and such. But it is still good enough to see and remember the trip and the great animals.

This is video footage of the American Falls. 75,000 gallons of water per second is flowing down these falls. These falls are actually being eroded and will find itself nothing more than descending rapids in the future. Recorded on a hot summer day during a worldwide pandemic. Crowds were small so we took advantage of a quick trip from a Southern New England State to Niagara Falls NY. One fifth of the worlds fresh water is flowing through Niagara Falls and generates an immense amount of power thanks to the innovations of Nikola Tesla.

New England highway with icy road conditions. Car makes a sliding stop at a light and the car in front of him decides to run the red light. Maybe to avoid him

Front and rear dashcam footage captures multiple vehicles striking object on highway. Highway driving heading West on Route 72 in Plainville CT. Dashcam captures the moment an object is run over while driving at highway speeds. Multiple vehicles will run it over before it is finished. You can see the white car in front barely avoids it but does in fact run it over. Only to be deflected and is in the path of the dashcam vehicle. Driver tries to avoid it but it is too late and ends up running it over in a plume of dust and debris and flings it back for the next car to dodge. The rear view camera captures that as well. Luckily the car behind the dashcam avoids it and hopefully the cars behind him too. The outcome after that is unknown to the driver. The unidentified object now has turned into an accident looking for a place to happen. After avoiding the road hazard, the dashcam driver continues to head further down the highway and sees some more of the same unidentified object on the side of the road. A little further ahead he sees what he thinks is the offending truck. As driver gets closer to the truck it is evident that it is in fact the vehicle judging by the contents loaded up and piled high in the back. The driver makes an attempts to get the truck driver's attention by honking the horn and waiving. Including pointing and gesturing towards the back of the truck as dashcam owner drives by. At this point it is a highway split and you can see the rear camera footage of this as the two vehicles part ways. Dashcam went left and truck went right. It was apparent that the truck driver probably had no idea what was going on behind him. Hopefully everything ended well for the other commuters on this busy stretch of highway.

This is dashcam video of reckless highway driving. The traffic was a little congested but that didn't prevent the driver from crossing multiple lanes of traffic in an attempt to beat everyone. A collision nearly occurred as another vehicle had to hit the brakes and nearly crash while going into the breakdown lane. Time saved for the inconsiderate and reckless driver? Zero seconds because he still ended up in standstill traffic shortly there after! Drive safe my friends.

Caught a glimpse of a colorful rainbow while relaxing in Niagara Falls. This beauty was at the base of Niagara Falls on a hot summer day.

Not sure what was going through the driver's mind. Seemed like she waited for the pedestrians to cross first before proceeding with running the red light. The pedestrians definitely had a crosswalk signal. So besides running the red, she disobeys crosswalk signal. Dashcam footage of a red light runner. Crosswalk signal runner.

Roundabout: a road junction at which traffic moves in one direction around a central island to reach one of the roads converging on it. Dashcam footage of a couple cars entering a roundabout. It seems to be the first time in a roundabout for this driver. A collision almost occurred. A roundabout is not a merry-go-round that stops to let people on. Which driver do you think would be at fault had there been a collision?

A Home Depot rental truck loses some of its load over a 2 mile stretch of highway. You can see obstacles right in the road that vehicles try avoiding. The car in front of me actually runs right over one and deflects it from hitting me. It looked like rolls of insulation.

These motorcycles surprised the driver as they sped by at a high rate of speed. These guys were performing some scary lane splitting!

Merging car nearly crashes. Accident is avoided by 2 alert drivers that quickly maneuvered to avoid the collision. This is dashcam footage of the near traffic mishap. This incident occurred on 84 West in Southington CT. On a normal commute, dashcam driver was hyper alert as evidenced by his quick reaction to a car suddenly changing lanes to avoid another cutting into his lane. White vehicle attempts to merge and signals at the last second. He attempts to merge which causes the car in the right lane to react and move over to the center lane. This in turn forces the dashcam driver to quickly change lanes and move to the left thus avoiding collision. White vehicle probably had no idea of what transpired. We can't always assume that merging traffic is aware of cars in the vicinity as they attempt to enter the highway. The driver did signal his intent to merge but the other driver was in his blind spot and probably didn't see it. Even if he did see it, that van was quick to changes lanes after the signal. In the end, all is good and we all went on our way.

Another great red light runner. Like I have said before, everyone makes mistakes driving and I am sure everyone has had their own fair share of close calls and accidents. Perhaps even the occasional roll through stop sign or misjudged yellow light? Nobody's perfect. However, this vehicle makes a blatant attempt at running the red light. As this dashcam owner was behind and approaching the intersection, it is clearly seen that the car just blows right through it with no hesitation disobeying the traffic control device. This unsafe rdriver shows no concern for anyone on the road. To make it worse, this is a very busy intersection. Had there been an accident, it could have been someone's word against the other but having a dashcam would avoid any questions of fault. This is why it is important to have a dashcam in the vehicle at all times. They are not expensive and range in price from maybe $25 for a cheap low resolution to hundreds for really good HD video and features. This one was recorded with a Vantue R2 dashcam. Not too bad right? Drive safe friends.

This is the Cave of the Winds at Niagara Falls New York. Take a walk down the boardwalk running along Niagara River and you will find yourself at the base of the American Falls in Niagara. You will experience powerful hurricane force wind and rain here at the base of the American Falls in Niagara. Tropical storm winds of 68mph drenching you in refreshingly cold Niagara Falls water. There is a 100% chance you will get soaked if you walk up onto the hurricane deck. The decking is removed each fall and reinstalled and rebuilt each spring. This attraction is a must do if you are ever in the area.