Just FYI I just got back from court having submitted a 20 second video of a dangerous overtake, front and rear cam, 40 seconds total. I’d also heard the +/-1min thing, but they never asked for more than what I submitted.
Interestingly I mentioned that I also had a GPS recording of my speed and was able to show that I was doing between 19 - 20.4mph and therefore the bus was clearly speeding by overtaking me. Incidentally this happened right outside FH Pools, down the hill around the left hander - imagine coming face to face with a speeding 185. He had to jam on the brakes to avoid a head on collision. Long story short, they admitted my Strava recording as evidence of speeding too. They’re getting more tech savvy.
By the way I wasn’t running my camera with the intent of catching anyone, more like a dash cam in case of an accident or someone threatening my safety. This person publicly pulled their own stunt.
It is step 5 in the report a Road Traffic Incident web submission form so I presume the best option is to say Yes even if is not within the official timeframe.
I think there was a fatal collision a few years back with overtaking a bit further up towards Sydenham Girls on Dartmouth Road not to mention the recent concrete balls being dislodged and a wall broken from another incident.
I don’t like the right turn into Thorpewood from Dartmouth Road on a bike if you have to stop, always feel you could be unlucky with a car flying round the bend or just not paying attention. It always feel safer when there is more traffic and you can use them as buffer. One of the issues with the smooth bit of Dartmouth Road and 20mph zones is that 86% of drivers ignore them with a much higher rate of compliance if there are speed bumps. People generally self-govern their speed well without bumps when there is traffic but come the evening and traffic reduces, speeds go up.
I think everybody has got the right to protect themselves so well done for having the evidence and following it through.
Yup. If someone’s going to threaten me with a 20 ton bus then I think it’s justified. Not only that, but think of the safety of the passengers too, let alone pedestrians or oncoming motorists. Actions have consequences. That’s why we have law, that’s why the police encourage reporting - to improve road safety for everyone…
I wouldn’t alert store staff in the shoplifting example. Not because I am blase about theft but because I think it would be a waste of time. This is because when I worked for sainsburys, we were not allowed to use the word of another shopper as evidence that a shopper was potentially shoplifting. To be able to take forward an allegation of shoplifting, a member of staff or a store guard had to see the person conceal the item, then have eyes on them all the way out of the store, so it was clear that they had taken the item, still had it with them, had bypassed the tills and it was clear they were not intending to pay.
But in the other two examples yes I would act, if I were able to be sure that what o was seeing was a potential crime. Although actually thinking about it, I doubt the police would turn out for the burglary so maybe just the conspiracy example!
He got alongside me trying to overtake, nowhere to go because there’s a car in front of me, had to then do an emergency stop because of the oncoming traffic.
It’s a wide angle camera but you can see I’m maybe in a 4-5 ft gap between the bus and the kerb so 2 1/2 ft each side of the bike. Absolute minimum should be 4.5 ft and that’s not even taking into account that he’s speeding to overtake on the outside of a left hand turn pulling into a busy shopping street with pedestrians crossing to get to the pools, and oncoming traffic. Not a good look for a professional driver.
I imagine he’s not going to resign as he doesn’t think he’s done anything wrong. I guess it’s up to Arriva if they want to vote him out of the driving seat.
Well… I didn’t have time to stay to the end… I was told to call Witness Services to enquire about the verdict. They told me to call Victim Support. And they told me I had to ask the Police. So I’ve emailed them, but given the holiday weekend it might take some time.
Not sure if there’s any way to look this up in the public record somehow?
Also a ridiculous solution. My car is fitted with the auto speed notification software, but if I drive past a street sign that has limits between certain times it will pick the lowest, if I go past a side street with a speed sign facing my road it will drop, if I go between two lorries it will assume I’m in a residential area and drop.
It is fine because I am in control, but imagine if you are doing 70 and suddenly you lose power until you are doing 30
