12-08-16, 09:53 AM
Very interesting topic really.
I do have one but don't use it often. I don't think there is anything wrong with those that do - I see lots of riders with them fitted on my commute. They can make interesting videos and if the unfortunate happens, potentially strengthen your case.
The problem I see with posting (or submitting to authorities) evidence videos is that the people taking the vid often cause issues in their attempts to take the video of the other driver/rider. A case in point - only a few days ago I was filtering between lanes 2 and 3 on the M6, I come across a guy also filtering. A car ahead of us was clearly distracted, drifting to the white line etc (traffic was doing maybe 10-20 mph). The rider in front (with a GoPro on his helmet) had clearly decided to get it on camera, slowed and looked at the licence plate first, then accelerated along side to get a look in at the driver. He actually clipped the wing mirror of a car in lane 2 as he was concentrating on looking to his right at the driver. He got away with it (although I doubt the car owner was pleased - the rider just carried on) but could have been much worse.
It is annoying that people do things while driving, mobile phones does seem to be the biggest thing though, certainly from what I see every day. Not so much talking but when they are texting/facebooking etc they drift all over the lane, have to slam on because they were looking at the phone when traffic in front had come to a stop or whatever. I am sure opinions change somewhat if one of these drivers has caused an accident involving you or people you know.
Where do you stop though? I am sure everybody here does things they shouldn't, looking at something else, opening some food packet, changing radio station, getting their lipstick from the glovebox etc One min you could be opening a Turkish Delight in the car, the next your opening a £1000 fine letter because someone caught you on camera. Let people get on with it?
I do have one but don't use it often. I don't think there is anything wrong with those that do - I see lots of riders with them fitted on my commute. They can make interesting videos and if the unfortunate happens, potentially strengthen your case.
The problem I see with posting (or submitting to authorities) evidence videos is that the people taking the vid often cause issues in their attempts to take the video of the other driver/rider. A case in point - only a few days ago I was filtering between lanes 2 and 3 on the M6, I come across a guy also filtering. A car ahead of us was clearly distracted, drifting to the white line etc (traffic was doing maybe 10-20 mph). The rider in front (with a GoPro on his helmet) had clearly decided to get it on camera, slowed and looked at the licence plate first, then accelerated along side to get a look in at the driver. He actually clipped the wing mirror of a car in lane 2 as he was concentrating on looking to his right at the driver. He got away with it (although I doubt the car owner was pleased - the rider just carried on) but could have been much worse.
It is annoying that people do things while driving, mobile phones does seem to be the biggest thing though, certainly from what I see every day. Not so much talking but when they are texting/facebooking etc they drift all over the lane, have to slam on because they were looking at the phone when traffic in front had come to a stop or whatever. I am sure opinions change somewhat if one of these drivers has caused an accident involving you or people you know.
Where do you stop though? I am sure everybody here does things they shouldn't, looking at something else, opening some food packet, changing radio station, getting their lipstick from the glovebox etc One min you could be opening a Turkish Delight in the car, the next your opening a £1000 fine letter because someone caught you on camera. Let people get on with it?
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