DashCams / Helmet Cams - Good or Bad

[midden]

So in answer to Midden on the thread about the driver eating breakfast at the wheel:

Kind of ironic you started this post to stop another post being destroyed by the wrong comments and immediately you aim to destroy what is in fact a good thread topic by bringing the other thread over

Northwestern posted all my thoughts perfectly and no I don't think it acceptable behaviour by the driver but the first few seconds of your video and a capture of his reg should be enough for the police or his company if that's the route you want to take. Your extended footage gave little if any extra detail and placed you as the danger to other road users imo 
Midden wrote:

Looked more like salad to me.  Are you related to cycle Gaz?

Just a couple of thoughts just for fun [img alt=]http://foc-u.co.uk/Smileys/efocicon/wink.gif[/img]

1. How do you know he has to take his eyes off the road each time he puts spoon in the bowl looked to me as though his head was up and facing forward.  I don't find a need to look down at the bowl when I eat

2. How many seconds where your eyes off the road to try and get this man sacked.  Perhaps your numberplate should be splattered on facebook



My response:

No I'm not related to Cycle Gaz, although I have seen his Youtube channel and he seems to be a particularly sensitive cyclist who posts video of drivers he thinks are doing something wrong, when on the whole they just seem to be on the road the same time as him. IMO he is a twat.

Whether you think the Kelly Comms driver can eat from a bowl with a spoon whilst driving and keep his eyes on the road or not, it is illegal and dangerous.

Had he been seen by Police he would without a doubt have been nicked.

Who said I'm trying to get this man sacked? I'm not saying his work is at question, just his driving. I don't want him sacked, I want him to drive with care and consideration for others.
posting on YouTube is a good way of getting good him sacked
However if he did get sacked would I feel bad? I'm not sure, but I do know this:


I'd feel bad if he plowed into my partner on her scooter and killed her because he was eating and distracted

He was quite possibly more distracted by a motorcyclist hanging on his nearside looking to steal his food

I'd feel bad if he plowed into my step daughter's car and killed my grandchild who at a few weeks old would be easily hurt even in her safety seat because he was eating and distracted.

did he take his eyes off the road ahead like you did?

I'd feel bad if smashed into my stepson as he crossed the road at a crossing and crippled him so he couldn't finish his Uni degree and spent the rest of his life in a wheelchair because he was eating and distracted.

In this instance there was more chance of you doing that as you were inside lane facing away from the curb

Ask yourself if the driver felt bad for eating at the wheel and putting all the road users around him at risk, no he didn't, he felt hungry and couldn't give a toss about anyone else.

Possibly he did which could be why he kept his distance from the traffic ahead

If he does get sacked because of this then it is his own fault, not mine.