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[Canary42]

The figures from this report on a Welsh pilot scheme using dashcam clips sent in by the general public are interesting. 650 out of over 2,300 led to action by the police.

It looks like this will be rolled out nationwide. Seems a good idea on the face of it, but police manpower demands will need to be watched carefully. And the usual suspects will undoubtedly dismiss it as a stealth tax.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-46424514

[Peter Pedant]

the news clips had some pretty spectac examples of crazy driving

[ChillDoubt]

Not sure how it will be looked at as a ‘stealth tax’ because a fine for careless or idiotic driving is just that, a fine.
Some won’t even be fined, just advised as to their future conduct or made to attend driver awareness courses.
I’m currently awaiting the outcome of 2 instances with NWP and will contact them next week for status updates.

[waterboatman]

There are some lunatics about!

[ChillDoubt]

I believe this thread would have received far more responses if it had been posted in News.

[Zacs-Master]

I wanna know who the Welsh pilot is. Get about a bit, don’t they!

[Peter Pedant]

// I believe this thread would have received far more responses if it had been posted in News.//

who can tell ? this is AB

I can tell you I was crossing on red and someone jumped the lights real fast
as my helper dog tried to pull me across the road

and i was absolutely terrified

someone was 30sec late and thought it worth ploughing into a (half blind) old *** wivva a yellow dog - or not

no I wasnt wearing one of those helmets

[ChillDoubt]

Zacs,

That would be Dai Vbomber.

[Zacs-Master]

Groan. ;-)

[kvalidir]

Good there is a right Merchant Banker who drives (can you guess?) and Audi nearly took out a whole line of traffic that I was in driving behind a tractor by overtaking at least 5 cars on a double white line on the A49 the other day and JUST squeezed in front of the tractor as an Artic coming the other way slammed his brakes on for all he was worth. I could have cheerfully caught him and dragged him out of his dick extension car and pummelled the flaming life out of him the utter muppet, but then that'd be road rage I suppose.

[ChillDoubt]

Good there is a right Merchant Banker who drives (can you guess?) and Audi nearly took out a whole line of traffic
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Could be something in that kval, it was an Audi driver that almost took me out......

[kvalidir]

It was also one bloke in an Audi and another in a BMW killed a poor woman coming the other way racing each other on the same stretch of road last year, they're a flaming menace, hardly any of them can drive.

[Peter Pedant]

kval - I thought you were stuck up a mountain in the catskills or dixie

you mean you were at one end of Oldhan rd ,,,, all along ?

[kvalidir]

I'm in Herefordshire at the moment Pete, back over the pond later this month :) x

[Peter Pedant]

safe journey my sweet ( kval or anyone else)
and sont fly saudi
unless you sew yourself into a sack

[ToraToraTora]

good idea, there's some wight eejits out there and by giving plod evidence from potentially millions of dash cams has to be useful.

[Baldric]

When my Audi was written off in Sept. there was now doubt whose fault it was, Police checked the rear view camera and the guy that ran into the back of us was looking out of the side window at the time of impact, banged to rights.

[Old_Geezer]

"Be a government informer. Betray your family & friends. Fabulous prizes to be won."

[kvalidir]

Quite rightly Baldric, perhaps you're the exception and sorry about your car but most Audi drivers are flaming menace (at least around here) x

[Baldric]

Lot of them round here as well, I'm a quick driver where it's safe to be so. (Skoda Vrs Estate now) but Stoopid I ain't.