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Originally Posted by Thrizzl3
Atleast he signalled for more than 3 seconds.... alot better than alot of GTA drivers.
That said there are truck drivers out there that force their way into your lane because of their size.... Truckers always complain about road users being disrespectful when in many cases its the trucker that is being inconsiderate.
Mobile battery packs would be a choice. Keep in mind there's a efficiency lost from converting battery power to actual USB power. For that, I use products from Anker which I find more efficient than other batteries that I have.Quote:
Originally Posted by tmpz
I respect truckers, but I hate the bus drivers here in Ottawa. A solid 50% do not signal coming in or out from a bus stop.
Just expect you to slam the brakes or turn into oncoming traffic.
From my experience, Viva/YRT bus drivers really love abusing their " you must yield if my signal is on" rule and basically try to cut off as many cars as possible once the light turns green.
Or follow the rules & don't drive when the light turns green & let the bus go first. Most people don't follow the yield rule so they have to show their dominance.Quote:
Originally Posted by asyed
Its in the works, atleast in the GTA, all buses will soon be fitted with dashcams. Way to much shit going on all the time, so I guess they figured it was warranted.Quote:
Originally Posted by ShibbyDibbyDoo
I deal with it everyday driving through downtown streets...The shit people pull is unbelievable!
There have been issues with this internally, many Bus drivers either abuse and/or don't understand the concept!...Many drivers believe falsely that by signalling they can just go ahead, but that is not correct procedure. For example; if the vehicles are at a light and the vehicles are alongside the bus, the vehicle(s) have the right of way. Only vehicles further back of the bus must/should obey the yield. The bus driver must also signal, then view through his mirror and judge the speed of oncoming traffic before actually pulling from his position. The safety of his passengers is number one.Quote:
Originally Posted by soccerboy1491
All and all from my experience most drivers will yield if they can but you always get the few that are just jackasses.
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Originally Posted by Flagrum_3
What he said.
I do yield to buses but if Im ahead of the bus and he tries to cut me off by driving forward into the intersection past me with his signal on... he is being the *******. Buses usually travel slower than most traffic especially in areas like hwy 7... how would you feel if you got cut off by someone at a red light only to have him drive slower than you.
Hit & Run. Damned near got killed. Thankfully, just scratches on my rear bumper.
[Warning: language]
http://youtu.be/reyvuQTlFv8
We drove around the sub-division on the right, looking for a white car with a damaged front bumper but couldn't find one. No point reporting to the police as there's no way to identify the other driver at all.
Sweet Jesus, glad you guys are okay. I'd still,report it as the car will likely go into a body shop for repair and the police could maybe find it?Quote:
Originally Posted by slam525i
Wow just cruising through a red light. Glad it wasn't worse.
Because I look at everything like an aircraft accident investigation:Quote:
Originally Posted by slam525i
The time between his headlights appearing and him entering the intersection was exactly 1 second (30 frames).
0.5 seconds later (15 frames), the accelerometer started to spike, peaking at 0.75 lateral g. (This was on snow tires. The book values indicate a maximum of 0.86g on normal tires.) There was no indication of my car slowing (i.e. braking) until after the swerve was completed.
I have no idea what the lag is between steering input and my car starting to turn, but the delay as the sidewalls flex and such is probably minimal.
Discussion: If I had braked at all, I would have been hit hard. Until I reviewed the data, I thought I could have swerved harder, and earlier, but 0.75g is at the limit of traction, and I had swerved less than 0.5 seconds of him passing his line. I'm lucky I'm not in the ER.[IMG]http://i1067.photobucket.com/albums/...2004.08.40.jpg[/IMG]
If you see a white lexus is250 with front end damage you'll know it was them.Quote:
Originally Posted by slam525i
My passenger also said it was a Lexus. I couldn't tell then, and I still can't from the video. I canvased the subdivision on the right for all white cars with damage, but couldn't find one. I'm just lucky to be in 1 piece.Quote:
Originally Posted by Thrizzl3
I hear you man. Likely a drunk driver.Quote:
Originally Posted by slam525i
The invisible stop sign.....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYZEzFkh3Sw&list=UU66LCTMmVWuPKuQY7N57 IdQ
From looking at the video, that car entered the intersection before you did. Maybe you were distracted with your conversation?
Anyway it's one of the reasons I'm always looking left and right when entering intersections, especially since most of the time I have my 2 year old in the car
You'll notice at the 4 second mark that I am at the white line. At the 6 second mark the other car is at the white line but doesn't stop behind it. Therefore it makes you think that they got there first lol. My guess is that they were in a rush and thought I would exit the intersection faster...ain't nobody got time for that..Quote:
Originally Posted by loki
I was talking about the other hit and run videoQuote:
Originally Posted by Thrizzl3
My bad lolQuote:
Originally Posted by loki
Even so, I think it's sort of "normal" to assume the guy is turning right on red, not going straight through. It's hard to notice "Oh shit, he isn't turning" in such a small time span.Quote:
Originally Posted by loki
I was chatting but I wasn't distracted.Quote:
Originally Posted by loki
I saw him as soon as his headlights appeared on the left. As I said in the "analysis", he was visible for exactly 1.0 seconds before he entered the intersection. In that 1.0 seconds, I didn't figure out whether he was going to stop or turn right, and it wasn't obvious to me at the time that he was going too fast to do either. Part of the problem is that in the 1.0 second I had, I didn't pick up a change in his speed. In other words, 1.0 seconds was too short for my little brain to decide if he was slowing down or not. The brain can quickly figure out how fast someone is going, but to determine whether that speed is changing takes a little more time. In the next 0.5 second, when the other car's path is obvious, I reacted and got the car turning.
As @m_bisson said, I assumed he wasn't going to do anything out of the ordinary. If I knew the white car was going to go straight through, I would have had an extra 1.0 second to react. Instead, I wasted that second trying to figure out what he was doing.
I'm not trying to "defend" myself here, but consider how little time 2.0 second is. That was the time from when the car was first visible, to when it disappeared out of view to the left (60 frames @ 30 fps). Say I was truly distracted and I was fiddling with the radio/GPS and I had been going just a tad slower. I could have missed seeing him in those 2 seconds, been hit right at the driver's side door, and be dead without knowing what happened at all.
I think it's a Godsend you didn't react in time, because the 'normal' reaction would be to brake and in that situation the impact may have been worse. You didn't really have enough time from what I can judge to tell what the other vehicle was going to do: Was he going to turn or not etc. The fact you kept your speed saved you here, and obvious from the minor damage at the rear...My thoughts anyways.Quote:
Originally Posted by slam525i
Glad everyone is okay, that could have been alot worse.
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Isn't that for the police to decide?Quote:
Originally Posted by slam525i
If you want insurance to repair this, you'll need a police report.
-Geoff
No point getting it repaired as it's just the bumper.Quote:
Originally Posted by CloudPump
I don't see what the police can do. They're not going to go and inspect every white car in the GTA for a scuffed bumper. They'll take down the report, slap a sticker on the scratch, and all I'll have achieved is wasting hours of my time. Being realistic, unless it's a major accident, nothing gets done.
If you tell them White Lexus is250 or w/e then they can narrow it down. I doubt there are THAT many of them.Quote:
Originally Posted by slam525i
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