DashCams / Helmet Cams - Good or Bad

[Val]

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


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:

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

Just for the record there is no answer here how many seconds you were distracted by chasing the van instead of riding normally?

Also I am not convinced that everybody should start wearing cameras and chasing bad drivers, because doing so will create dangerous conditions on the road itself.

Not to mention that everybody at some point by mistake or deliberately is braking some rules. I cannot stress enough EVERYBODY. Pretty sure if I follow you with a camera for a day or two and post that you will be surprised.

If somebody looks at the van driver video you have posted we may find that your riding is not very safe either.

why worry about a speck in your friend's eye when you have a log in your own?

To answer your question about cameras - I have 2 mounted on the bike as in black box configuration. Never post on youtube.

IMO all these cyclists and bikers wearing cameras and posting on youtube are a menace. Sorry if you feel offended, but you have asked for opinion - this is mine.

Good luck and safe riding  :thumbup