Dash Cam Captures of Human Stupidity

Phoenix autoworks · Nov 21, 2015

I like watching the ones in Phoenix and trying to figure out where in the valley they are lol

Guerrilla · Nov 21, 2015

JennJenn · Nov 21, 2015

Jon147 · Dec 8, 2015

Def. the next thing on my to-do list to my wife's truck first after last night. Some tweaker with his kid in the back seat was, for reasons beyond her, trying to get her to rear end him. He even put his car in reverse after calling her a f***n bitch and actually getting out of his car and walking a few steps toward her.

greeneggsnspam · Dec 8, 2015

Jon147 said: ↑

Def. the next thing on my to-do list to my wife's truck first after last night. Some tweaker with his kid in the back seat was, for reasons beyond her, trying to get her to rear end him. He even put his car in reverse after calling her a f***n bitch and actually getting out of his car and walking a few steps toward her.
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Wow.

That's crazy.

Jon147 · Dec 8, 2015

greeneggsnspam said: ↑

Wow.

That's crazy.
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She said the guy looked like a tweaker for sure. I swear...people these days....this is where humanity has gone and continues to move toward.

JeffreyB · Dec 8, 2015

Jon147 said: ↑

Def. the next thing on my to-do list to my wife's truck first after last night. Some tweaker with his kid in the back seat was, for reasons beyond her, trying to get her to rear end him. He even put his car in reverse after calling her a f***n bitch and actually getting out of his car and walking a few steps toward her.
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Sounds like she needs a dash cam... And a gun.

Jon147 · Dec 8, 2015

^She's got the latter...lol

Detective_Dan · Dec 17, 2015

playing in the snow before it melts

https://youtu.be/ew_UaeUuhEc

Detective_Dan · Dec 27, 2015

Rock Lobster said: ↑

https://youtu.be/ATIATIUDlf8
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Makes my head hurt

Ice Horse · Dec 27, 2015

I bought my mom a dash cam for christmas. At the moment I am without since both of mine died lol. So we'll see how this other one goes and if it's any good I might get me one too.

RPS1030 · Dec 29, 2015

OneFastGeek[OP] said: ↑

Got one, kinda, today. You don't see the impact of the Civic hitting the telephone pole, but you can see what led up to it. Pictures of the damage are at the end of the video. Basically, young woman enters an intersection (from the right) while speeding, when the light turns yellow. Full size truck (left side of screen) from other direction starts to turn, but stops. Civic driver panics and locks up the brakes, loses control, clips curb, fish tails back and eats a telephone pole. She broke the pole and moved the damn thing like 2 feet from its original position.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7_0bsc2Kb8

For shits and giggles, here's the time-lapse video I made before/after the wreck.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evPGg3KLjfM&feature=youtu.be
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Hot Damn, watching the time-lapse first, I had to hit full screen cause I realized I live just around the corner from that Fry's (and the Dunlap/43rd wreck intersection). Left Turns and Yellow's are stupid around here.

XPOTRPR · Dec 30, 2015

definitely need one of these.. I tell myself that every time I pop in here.

Hey Christian @Rock Lobster

which ones do you have? I like the view they provide and the fact you have a rear camera too.

XPOTRPR · Dec 30, 2015

Rock Lobster said: ↑

Front: http://www.thinkware.com/Products/Dashcam/F750

Rear: http://www.thinkware.com/Products/AccessoryView/Rear_camera1

Another one I was looking at was: http://www.blackvue.com/dr650gw-2ch/ (It was the 500 at the time)

This video review swayed me to Thinkware: http://youtu.be/Mwjf-XEXCYo
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Daaaamn those are fancy.. I'm gonna have to look into these more. I like all the features the front camera has too.

thanks Buddy!

samiam · Jan 4, 2016

Here's one from Vegas.

greeneggsnspam · Jan 7, 2016

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5NWcdq4Wf4

TL;DR Moron travels at high speed on a winding road and falls off mountain.

What happened? To put it simply, I was going faster than I should have been and got distracted at the one moment that required 110% focus on an unfamiliar road.

As an auto enthusiast, when you have a nice relatively fast car with a loud exhaust you tend to like tunnels. They make your exhaust sound that much better, sort of like singing in the shower… Well, I found myself accelerating through this nice long and dark pair of tunnels; I had done this many times before in other tunnels. At the exit, I could barely see because it was so bright, a person standing and holding something while motioning. Wondering what they were doing, I stared, and stared, reaching the top of 4th gear, all while trying to comprehend what they were trying to tell me. Then I figured it out. They were telling me to slow down and watch the curve ahead, but it was too late. When I think about it now, I don’t ever remember seeing the road ahead until I was nearly out of the tunnel. In my mind I had assumed that it just went straight. At that point I was exiting the tunnel straight as the road curved to the left. I had no time to slam on my brakes beforehand. Realizing I was going way too fast for that section, I applied the brakes softly in an effort to keep the back end from sliding out, but, combined with a bump and rough switch in surface texture from concrete to asphalt, I lost traction. I began sliding to the left, the car oversteering, rotating counter-clockwise, over the center marker. I counter-steered, turning the steering wheel all the way to the right, but kept sliding to the left into the turnout. It was at this moment I knew, I had fucked up.

I slammed into a berm and expected to come to a complete stop, but the terrifying journey wasn’t over. I went over the edge. It happened so fast all I can remember is everything crashing and spinning. I thought I was rolling over down the side of the mountain. I was confident I was going to land upside down and get crushed. I was on the world's worst roller coaster that could only end with death, or so I thought. I came to a stop, still yelling, not fully comprehending what just happened, or how far down the mountain I was and that I actually just crashed my car. Luckily for me, I landed on a rock wall that was part of a drainage pipe that went through the mountain. It was the only horizontally level piece on an extremely steep sloped hill. Had I spun off a few feet before or after, I’d be dead.

I never thought that I would be one of the guys that wrecks his car in the canyons. I’m not even close to being a pro driver, but, at least before the accident I took just slight pride in my situational awareness while driving, my somewhat decent understanding of vehicle dynamics and how various driver inputs affect a vehicle in motion, my autocross and canyon experience, and the fact that I haven’t gotten any tickets or into any accidents since I got my license (for what it's worth). I messed up. I got too comfortable at the wrong moment and it got the best of me. It shows that things like this can happen to mostly anyone. The whole cruise up there was relaxed, leisurely, until that moment. I definitely wasn’t purposely trying to take that corner fast, I was caught up in the moment flying through those long tunnels, got distracted, and didn’t see the road ahead of me. I panicked last minute and that ultimately lead to this entire situation. I’m disappointed in myself, and I know some others may be disappointed in me as well. And I know it could have been worse in so many ways, and I’m kicking myself for that. But ultimately I’m glad to be alive and well and that I did not involve others in the wreck.
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greeneggsnspam · Jan 7, 2016

Rock Lobster said: ↑

Similar to the video of the Viper rear engine a van. I mean I get traveling toward the light but this is a bit excessive.
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Jesus took the wheel.

Justified · Jan 7, 2016

samiam said: ↑

Here's one from Vegas.

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I'm guessing Sunset by the airport. Am I right?

LTDSC · Jan 7, 2016

i just got a dashcam myself, ill have to remember to save the files where people are idiots. Had a few close calls just the 5 days i've had it on already.

samiam · Jan 7, 2016

Justified said: ↑

I'm guessing Sunset by the airport. Am I right?
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You are correct.

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