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[@mustangGT500boy]

All I’ve learned from Australian dash cams is that if I ever visit Australia, watch out for utes with service beds, anyone driving a Mercedes and all the Scooter Steve’s out there who look like it’s their first time on two wheels

[@1st_ProCactus]

And the Asians are like speed humps.

[@1st_ProCactus]

Wow more deleted comments. Was I wrong about the Asians ?

[@krissteel4074]

Mercedes used to be a rich persons substitute for working genitals, now its the bastion of the senile and the odd meth dealer

[@stephenw2992]

German cars are internationally recognised as incompetent. The scooter riders were doing a much better job than the German car drivers.

[@Bassman5000]

@@stephenw2992it's as if they don't drive while they save up enough money to buy those cars outright, then finally get behind the wheel and completely suck at it

[@kamimohi]

People don't realise they can ruin someone's life FOREVER by being a dickhead behind the wheel. My brother in law's 3 year old daughter became paralised because some 27 yo asshole decided it was a good idea to drive on the wrong side of the road while drunk! Please be more careful on the roads people. You are not only dealing with your own lives but also other innocent people's lives too.

[@FantomRick]

It's not only the intoxicated, whatever the substance. The entitlement by too many on here that can all to readily end the same way is ridiculous. And for the righteous DC'ers helping to enforce our road rules - you can be 100% right & still end up dead.

[@justnik8727]

Sorry to hear that. Hope he got to spend some serious time behind bars.

[@goaway9977]

Damn that's tragic. I had my Ls in both NSW and the ACT. In the ACT you do a multi hour course over two days before you get your Ls where they spend most of the time reinforcing the potencial consequences of reckless driving. This included showing documentaries about people who had ruined their own lives and the lives of others, including killing friends, through their reckless driving. Those docos were hard to watch even for a desensitised 18 year old male which I was at the time. They have stayed in my mind till now a decade later. ACT does this course in lieu of the 120 hours behind the wheel imposed in NSW and frankly I think it is a much better use of time. Most people fake a bunch of their hours in NSW anyways. Sitting someone down in a small group away from their mates and showing them the real tragedy and horror that can occur on the road is much more impactful.

[@RobertSmith-bc9uk]

@@goaway9977 While not being in any Emergency Response I have assisted police at accident sites over the decades, even to closing the Newell Highway on the northern outskirts of Dubbo in 1977 because of a "Fatal". I was 2nd on the scene. First on the scene was a former Highway Patrol Constable Chris C...... and he was busy stabilizing two pre teen girls he'd got out of the vehicle they were in. The father of one of the girls died later that day in Dubbo Base Hospital.

[@Pine_Gap_Island]

@@goaway9977 agreed. I honestly tried to get the 120 hours under my belt the honest way but I had no one in my life eligible to be my passenger (my father was taking care of my mother with Alzheimer's while also working) and I couldn't afford to pay $40 ph to someone for 120 hours. What I ended up doing was driving by myself around the back streets of Wollongong without my Ls, hoping I wouldn't get nicked. Never been in an accident with another vehicle but once spun out at the top of Macquarie Pass when it was extremely wet. It really woke me up because on that road there are B-doubles charging through all the time. That, plus I watch this channel religiously. When I started watching this channel, soon after I decided not to renew my motorcycle learner's permit and always look left and right as the lights turn green.

[@roberthunter6927]

Every now and then I get the urge to buy a new car-then I watch "Dash Cams" and the feeling fades....:-)

[@AusKipper1]

An older ute with front and rear bars to shrug off the more minor fender benders and Victoria grade pot holes is where its at :)

[@fivefandownunder1462]

Hahahahah yeah you’re cured straight away …

[@Noony79]

Get a motorcycle

[@greghogan4124]

What a sad place we exist in.

[@FuglyLookingGuy]

@@Noony79 And a funeral plan for when you fall off. Hospitals don't call motorcyclists "organ donors" without a reason.

[@georgiasumby6092]

To the person at 2:48 thank you so much for slowing down for the birds crossing the road. More birds for people to enjoy watching.

[@dan_wylie]

Just take the next exit! You don't have to swerve across multiple lanes of traffic. You see it like 3 times per compilation. Google maps will recalculate a route for it and no-one has to die

[@greghogan4124]

No No No, its all about me & what I want. As Cartman says ' screw you guys', Im doing my own thing. Which is detrimental to ALL other road users. Logic & common sense are now a lost art.

[@Pine_Gap_Island]

I was in a box truck as a passenger once going down the freeway near Geelong. We were in the far right lane and I realized from the muted Tom Tom (this was in '09) that we were about to miss our exit. As I realized the driver was sketchy (I only just started working there), I just thought "better let it go, it will quietly recalculate after we miss the exit and nobody will know". Then my idiot PhD American middle passenger yelled "YOU'RE GOING TO MISS THE EXIT". Well, this Tourette's/Asperger's driver cut across three lanes without even looking and a B-Double doing 100 k narrowly missed us. After that, I decided I would rather be fired than put up with sketchy breaking of safety.

[@grahamwright6841]

I must admit - I did once on a new arterial motorway - typical country bloke lost in the "big smoke". I thought I had plenty of time to get across to my exit in front of a B-double, but I forgot that I had the 'van on. Oops! Luckily he was on top of his game or it could've ended badly.

[@FluffyAmongMen]

Agreed, if i miss a turn i accept the mistake and take the next turn or safe route next.

[@Pine_Gap_Island]

@@grahamwright6841 I think mistakes like that have happened to the best of us. If we all drive like others can't drive, and leave ourselves and others a margin for error, then hopefully we'll avoid circumstances where people making honest mistakes turns out to be fatal.

[@liorenze6648]

2:40, you are an awesome human being, I hope those little duckies grow up big and strong thanks to you.

[@ozzyace71]

I get that a lot where I live. Always on the lookout for the ducks 🦆 & slowing down while looking behind me to make sure no one is going too fast!

[@Hochspitz]

Ducks and their babies always have right of way. It Is Known, just as the moon flew too close to the sun and spawned dragons. (so sorry, GRRM and ASOIAF😳)

[@Cheepchipsable]

Dog walker slowed him down.

[@symbungee]

​@@Cheepchipsableboth people are heros

[@absurdist5134]

@@symbungee Agreed. Two people doing the right thing and working together. that's the fucking way lads.

[@johnleaste828]

14:21 The best ever synced lyrics in the history of Dashcams Australia!: " We can go if we want to"

[@makeitwithalex]

I thought the same lol

[@edwardtupper6374]

we can leave our wits behind I can't drive And my wife can't drive All you can do is smile

[@hedonismunderstands2469]

safety dance is the wrong song to have a prang to..!

[@shannonpincombe8485]

No 'safety' in that dance though.

[@AdrianeTempest]

10:00 gotta love the ones that dob themselves in. we need a compilation of that

[@dashcamandy2242]

There should be a $50,000 cash bonus to any driver who plows through, with extreme prejudice, all drivers taking control of an intersection to do donuts. That'll end that problem rather quickly! 9:59 - I was going to say something about removing the protective film from the camera lens, but it appears the driver also forgot to remove the protective film from her own eyeballs! 10:42 - Damn, that song is a blast from the past...

[@emdB67]

I had been thinking that they'd mounted the camera high behind the tinted portion of the windscreen, but yeah, if you can't see the kerb ahead of you, you'd probably not notice the protective film on the lens either. 🤣

[@patheddles4004]

Watching that car doing donuts, my first thought was: that looks exactly like the start of the January 2017 Melbourne car attack, where some dropkick was doing donuts at Flinders and Swanston before he drove up to Bourke St Mall and killed and injured a bunch of people (6 and 27 respectively). I was at work a couple of blocks away, kinda halfway between the donuts and the murders - not in any danger myself, but jeez it made an impression. Any situation like this now, I assume the driver wants to kill people.

[@foxtrot2134]

i think if someone's doing donuts in an intersection and they get hit by someone with the green light and right of way, they (the donut maker) is automatically at fault and their insurance covers everything (or they personally do if their insurance decides to 'nope' because they did dumb shit)

[@patheddles4004]

@@foxtrot2134 that does seem likely, yeah. Just got to be prepared for that driver to be violent and possibly homicidal.

[@faee1880]

9:59 - seems like she was the passenger, that's the kind of reaction I'd expect from one. You can hear a sigh a couple seconds later, most likely coming from the driver.

[@Boomer7930]

8:32 congratulations on burning $500 worth of something your dad should've worn the night you were conceived.

[@bury_the_elite65294]

@Boomer7930 this, or better yet, it's old man should've just bought a new TV set...

[@gchampi2]

Nicely put!🤣

[@SomeFreeTimeActivities]

10:05 wtf? Maybe look at where you're going love.

[@TheShadowofevolution]

'who put that reality in my way'?

[@darrennicholls1966]

Phone is more important

[@Rosiee892]

Bit scary isn’t it, what if it wasn’t a concrete island but a child?

[@franki2085]

Automatic Death Penalty. We don't need that shit behind a wheel.

[@damo9997]

wtf? I think we're all asking that, lady ...

[@defiance1]

18:41 IF YOU PUSH THE BUTTON MALAKA

[@vanessagoddess1]

yeah, that video was cut 2 seconds too short, lol

[@fieldregister2427]

0:50 the lawnmower, what a classic!

[@czr88]

stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop stop

[@MattiAntsuK]

5:50 The fire and rescue response was so quick they even arrived before anyone made a call!😂

[@gregedwards1087]

That was me on the bike, the Fire Brigade were passing through the next intersection up the road and saw what happened, Ambulance was there about a minute later in response to a collision on the same intersection five minutes earlier. No broken bones just bruises and a ride in the ambulance to get checked out at Hospital. Cheers.

[@faee1880]

Makes sense. That video *is* from the future.

[@gcc4305]

@@gregedwards1087 Grateful that you got through it. The guy turning should have given way to you.

[@gregedwards1087]

​@@gcc4305, Thanks, Yes they should have given way, only doing 45 kmh according to my dashcam footage, I always take it easy in suburbia and just about everywhere else as it goes, the bike is a write off unfortunately 🤕 and at 62 that was the first forward somersault that I had done in about 40 years, don't want to do that again, still have the bruises. Cheers, stay safe and (try to) stay upright. 🙂

[@gcc4305]

@@gregedwards1087 Wow, you must have strong muscles, that was quite a flip. We're both born in the right era, I'm 62 in October, and crushed some vertebrae, which are pinned and plated, 5 years ago, so I'm on a mission myself, as two Neurosurgeons told that the 3 metre drop from my roof onto concrete, that anyone over 50, shouldn't be climbing ladders, lol. Be Well, and Stay Safe.

[@charliemarkovic4301]

Those scooters used to annoy me on the road. Now, I don't care anymore. If you ride one of those on the streets at night and end up dead in a puddle of your own cranial matter, then natural selection has done its job.

[@ronnydonny13]

Unfortunately the law will likely want you charged

[@bryandavisent5621]

Those cars used to annoy me on the road. Now, I don't care anymore. If you drive one of those on the streets at night and end up dead in a puddle of your own cranial matter, then natural selection has done its job.

[@charliemarkovic4301]

@avisent5621 I know you are, but what am I?

[@creamygoodness42]

@@charliemarkovic4301 He's replying to all the threads here about the scooter idiots so I'm guessing he's one of them. Not a very smart man... bounce your head on that concrete and you're done for.

[@RichardFelstead1949]

They have no cranial matter.

[@creditelectric]

10:43 A round a bout that I approach with the utmost caution.Keilor, Lincoln, Mt Alexander Road Essendon, the site of death & injury.

[@stediasse]

19:45 DC had PLENTY of time to slow down here, even if truck should have waited to give way.

[@stephenw2992]

Why would he slow down unless he was going to turn in and give the idiots boss a mouthful?

[@littlemudlost]

youre one of them@@stephenw2992

[@Aerhgad1]

Its not on him to give way, its on the truck

[@foff-666]

​@@Aerhgad1 oh yeah, "thee shall not halt or hinder one travelling at the speed limit no matter what" lol - where is that rule written -- he had all the time in the world to SHARE THE ROAD, and so he should. Pathetic this sense of entitlement... "it's not on him to give way" lol

[@mums_poop_sock]

Yep! Trucks have a hard enough time trying to move across like that, have some courtesy and just slow down a bit and let him go through safely. It takes 3 seconds out of your route and you save that guy potentially minutes of waiting for the next clear gap.

[@katzicael]

10:10 - shoulda gone to specsavers, then hand in your licence...

[@BT54-40]

Waste of time having a licence when you're blind dog is driving, his paws probably slipped off the steering wheel. 😂😂😂

[@TheShadowofevolution]

19:20 who wants to tell him that all those road markings meant he was supposed to give way (that's not to say the other guy couldn't have backed off)?

[@samh3157]

So many preventable incidents because of the stupid levels of merges we have. Should be a single type. Then again some situational awareness would help in a lot of these incidents too.

[@stediasse]

@@samh3157I thought there were only two, like this one, where you have to give way to cars in the lane you are changing to, and the zipper/form one lane, where you give way to the vehicle that is in front, and you aren't crossing dashed lines?

[@tin2001]

​@@samh3157 I agree... The painted ones. It's simple then - if you cross the lines, you give way like any other time.

[@stuartread135]

Yes you are right, but people do not know the rules in different merge situations. Dashcam owner's lane is ending, and he has to cross the dashed lines. That means he had to give way. Does not matter which car is in front or trailing - that only applies if there are no markings on the road. Called the other guy a f'ing idiot, but he was the f'ing idiot who - like many - don't know what the merging rules are. When there are markings like that, it means give way if you have to merge across them. Same rule applies when merging onto a freeway, if you have to cross the dashed lines you must give way. So annoying when people fail to do that.

[@Finitefox]

Yup. He's gonna have an interesting call with his insurance with that one

[@pixzeefilms]

at 10:00 i genuinely don't think the driver was the woman. i could very well be wrong, but at the end you hear a sigh from another person, which sounds like a man. i recon he was driving, thought he could go over it and over estimated it. her reaction sounded genuinely shocked, like she was looking at her phone or something and the impact scared her. like i said, could be wrong but so many of the comments about the driving skills of women because of this clip are insanely sexist. even if she did mess up, doesn't justify sexism

[@GemmaTherese-]

It was my brother driving thank you for defending me lmao this whole comment section I’m copping the blame😂

[@warrenmunn3224]

I never cease to be amazed that our Death Toll on the roads isn't 10x what it actually is.

[@classicambo9781]

Passenger capsule engineering is a hell of a thing. Takes staying in it though, so wear those seatbelts.

[@brumby92]

Would be if we still had cars from the 70s and 80s. Crumple zone technology and all that jazz.

[@Dratchev241]

@@brumby92 maybe that IS the problem. the crybabies got all this nanny state safety crap pushed and now we deal with 100x the stupid where in the old days the stupids would have been naturally selected thus less stupid overall.

[@dmystify1381]

welll.sydney increased there death toll by 25% last year,quite the effort i thought.

[@adrianbates5056]

16:35, The last thing you think of seeing on Dash Cams Owners Australia. 2 trams crash into each other.

[@mikezog1030]

You have to wonder HOW that happens though? Don't they take the tram sizes into account in the standards for track laying?

[@MattsModellingMemories]

Yep, that’s Camberwell Junction. The tram coming towards us was turning right to go to Vermont South. Well, trying to turn right anyway…

[@longdongjohn6588]

I think that's a DCOA first...

[@Orxenhorf]

Aaaahhhh! I kept replaying that clip trying to figure out where the noise came from, but I kept looking at various cars.

[@Orxenhorf]

@@johnnichol9412 Sorry troll, I wasn't expecting things on rails to manage to crash into each other.

[@ashc3765]

That guy not stacking his scooter was so disappointing

[@bryandavisent5621]

because hes not in car

[@iDeker]

@@bryandavisent5621didn’t even watch the last video

[@ChrisM-fz6xx]

His time will come . A not so distant, future Organ Donor . Calling hin stupid is an insult to stupid People .

[@bury_the_elite65294]

@@bryandavisent5621

[@HokageSama13]

10:00 Did someone forget to remove the blue protective film before driving today? Oh dear

[@MDVMike]

I love the fact that he\she (I heard 2 people) is getting a lot of flak for that!

[@bryandavisent5621]

female

[@GemmaTherese-]

@@bryandavisent5621no do not assume the female (me) was the passenger I will not take my brothers blame 😂

[@chrisboyadjian]

9:59 the blue film appears to be on the driver's eyes as well as the dashcam 🤦‍♂️Please remove both before driving.

[@peetabrown5813]

5:33 what the absolute! We can hear the siren and that suv still goes thru the intersection turning right and takes out the motorbike; seems like they should have heard it before entering the intersection… but perhaps they didn’t and panicked.. but the Ute in front of the can car weaving around the car stopped at the green light yielding to the lights & sirens, then even after the accident the just drive around that in front of the fire truck

[@stediasse]

19:20 Sorry, but without rear dashcam to see what the BMW did, it just looks like DC car is at fault for not giving way. Doesn't matter if DC car was in front of BMW for this type of merge.

[@tin2001]

Yeah. It's a 50:50 to me without seeing the back. The speed suggests it's possible they tried to race past after the merge was started. He doesn't comment until he's halfway across, and the other car is going way faster. But it's equally possible the other car was already too close when he started the merge.

[@brianspencer6397]

The cammer was crossing a broken white line. He is required to yield to vehicles already in the other lane, no matter what that vehicle is doing. Because there are no ifs, buts or maybes in the Australian Road Rules, that puts him 100% at fault under the law, but insurance may try to push some of the blame onto the other driver for not avoiding the collision.

[@alwaysgoingleft]

It's bizarre how many of these dashcam owners see something clearly going pear-shaped in front of them. But instead of braking, they speed up a little and brake at the absolute last moment - because making an incident more dramatic makes for good footage.

[@fpser4888]

do they really do that, or are you just making up a narrative to excuse your own bad behavior?

[@ronnydonny13]

6:25 one of my pet peeves. Rigid truckie had all the room in the world to get around that corner but decided to cut it out of sheer laziness and arrogance!

[@traj7196]

But...but....do not overtake turning vehicle!!!

[@ronnydonny13]

@@traj7196 and heavy vehicle should use all the room available to not unnecessarily cut the corner

[@bryandavisent5621]

thinks hes in a triple road train, drives like a car driver

[@bryandavisent5621]

and look how much road he had to the left of him

[@chriscooper5626]

Yes that bugs me. There's a few local corners where 99% of buses make it no issue, but now and again one cruises up on your outside (whilst stationary at the lights) and cuts across with their *front*. Not sure where you'd stand legally as you don't know if they are going to come across and certainly can't see the 'do not overtake' signs on the back (given they arrived after)

[@djvoid1]

1:26 - 'REGINALD! Why is this peasant still blocking my way! I have a very important LNP fundraiser to get to...'

[@andrewh9613]

What the fark,as in what the fark I can’t believe I didn’t see that big bit of curbing right in front of me😂

[@ylisn]

11:07 Organs went to numerous recipients. Thank you Todd! 17:44 You too, Jules!

[@jennab1049]

Clearly no brain to donate 😂

[@glassfullofmilk]

Probably wouldn't be much left after the road power sanded them smooth!

[@bryandavisent5621]

but still way more skill than any car driver

[@goaway9977]

When I got my e-scooter I made sure to take my organs off the donor registry. I don't want my organs going to a smug road hogging car driver when I inevitably die in the near future.

[@lovelyhurlin6494]

It would be a small funeral.

[@ianbrowne9304]

19:46 What was the problem? Not that hard for a smaller vehicle to back off a bit to allow the truck to get off the road . Typical driving of big 4x4 with duckin' aerials .

[@stediasse]

yep, he had plenty of time so slow down

[@stuartread135]

@@stediasse And the truck probably could have waited, he did not have right of way ... obviously.

[@stevem1751]

The point is you can be as pissed as you like while still backing off a bit so you don’t end up nearly colliding. Almost like someone wanted the footage to upload.

[@benchapman5247]

Yes the DC was being a bit impatient however there was no break in the double lines so the truck was turning into the driveway illegally as well.

[@stuartread135]

@@benchapman5247 It's legal to cross double lines when entering / exiting a property, if that is the only practicable option. Not legal to do it when failing to give way to oncoming traffic, obviously. Can't really tell what the visibility, time and distance was from the truck driver's perspective, but he knows he is in a big long vehicle so should factor that in before starting the turn.

[@sgtkabukiman9411]

10:00 Take the protective film of the lens.

[@bobuncle8704]

19:55 at least the ute running from the police was trying to give plenty of warning. 😂

[@tin2001]

Not a ute, but yeah. When an unmarked cop car appeared next, I wondered if it was a cop's personal car attending the same call... But then when it goes past, there's no plate on the rear, and it's a bit wobbly moving lanes like an idiot is driving.

[@ozzyace71]

The best type of criminal, very courteous 😂😂

[@davep4173]

Nice to still see a ZB still on the beat.

[@sam23696]

@@tin2001 It would be fucking ludicrous to have such a car in the lead, if that is even a thing they are allowed to do

[@jessb4535]

Yeah not a ute, 200 series landcruiser and possibly also an unmarked police car as they do use them but also could be stolen.

[@JohnSmith-yv6eq]

10:00 And who got a new dashcam for Christmas then? And who forgot to take off the light blue plastic lens protection film?

[@bryandavisent5621]

fair go, shes just a car driver

[@adzz8012]

​@@bryandavisent56214by driver... gutters are only suggested edges to a road 😂

[@GrantfromEarth]

Its the tint at the top of the windscreen

[@JohnSmith-yv6eq]

Too light for that, @@GrantfromEarth

[@owainbennett663]

Another "What the F***" when brain could have been used.

[@Mr_Min]

Lots of nice sunsets

[@henryvandervossen969]

15:00 surely the Haval indicated wrong as had their left blinker on as they changed lane and continued around the round about. And unfortunately the Forester who pulled out coped the flack from the motorcycle DC.

[@rustymonaro184]

Watch it again the haval had their right indicator on and then changed to the left indicator to indicate they were exiting left

[@Aiidennn]

pretty sure he thought the haval was going to exit before so hd tried to go then hes like oh sh¡t a white car so he stopped in the middle of the road so he didnt hit the white car

[@AnotherDoug]

The law still requires you to give way to vehicles in the roundabout - even if they are indicating earlier than they should.

[@A9Y288]

its a pretty common intersection for people to get confused and alot of drivers make assumptions. to me it looks like the haval was trying to get to the servo or hungry jacks to the left of our perspective but could have easily just got confused at the first round about and ended up heading toward the second round about when their aim was to head toward kfc that is in front of our perspective which required going right at the first round about they entered. the forester would have seen the haval go far over to the left having seen it come from the first round about and assumed they wont be going all the way around as they could have just gone around the first round about. if the forester would have waited to see if the haval went straight rather than going right on the off chance they were heading to the servo the white jeep that slips on past when the forester stops would have already been in the round about and the forester would have to give way to all traffic entering from the right of it which at that intersection which at that intersection is almost never ending. of course the forester had to give way there but unfortunately a mix of poor design of that whole complex of round abouts and complacency are the main cause of that one

[@fknid]

6:25 - one of the worlds great paradoxes.

[@Reactordrone]

You'd think they'd know about not overtaking a turning vehicle.

[@bencodykirk]

10:00 I'd like people's opinion - which is worse, the video quality or the driving ability?

[@bennidamole3703]

10:05. That curb should be charged with endangerment. It literally just jumped out in front of her!

[@verawebb1048]

1:31 the little blue car was the bravest of all 😉

[@ultimateskillchain]

I was scrolling down to see if anyone commented on this. Whyyyy didn't they just steer over to the left and carry on?? Unreal

[@davidvanderklauw]

19:24 DC driver's lane is ending and he is attempting to merge. He sees a car beside him and says "Dude". At this point he continues to move to the right instead of holding the extreme left. Take a look. That was a deliberate crash.

[@stuartread135]

Yes, dashcam vehicle is clearly at fault there. If crossing dashed lines to merge, you must give way. More people should learn what the merging rules are.

[@1st_ProCactus]

True true Stuart

[@heredownunder]

Looking in his side mirror, he probably thought he initially had room. he didn’t expect the other car to speed past him to try to overtake, when he had started the lane merge. Then again, by the time he said ‘dude’ he should have taken evasive action to avoid the collision, when he saw it beside his car. If I was in the car behind, I would let him make the change whether he was in the right or wrong.

[@1st_ProCactus]

@@heredownunder you speak like he didnt know what was coming. I think he just wanted to be in front.. it would be handy if we could see what traffic is behind

[@stuartread135]

@@heredownunder Yes, avoidable by both drivers, but bottom line is the dash cam vehicle / driver had time to react and avoid even after saying 'dude'. There was enough time and space, even at that point. Defensive driving and giving way to those at fault is usually better than dealing with insurance and repairs, but it's clear who was in the wrong here. I wonder what the results of a breath test would have been.

[@akira5665]

19:00 Malaka. He was about to call the other person "Wanker", but in Greek. I love Australia :) *What a Levendi!

[@patheddles4004]

Yeah it'll be on DCOA, if you push the button malaka...

[@danielryan4050]

15:57 L-plater learns a valuable lesson with little cost above a little embarrassment. That could have been a hell of a lot worse.

[@strikeleader5269]

I'm still trying to figure out why he didn't stop. It looks like he's looking forward (although I'm only watching this on a phone, so I may have missed something).

[@danielryan4050]

@@strikeleader5269 If you watch him, he looks over at the bike in the oncoming lanes just as the car hits the brakes. Turns back to look forward and it's just too late for his skill level. I put it down as a lesson to how quickly a lack of attention on a motorbike can go downhill very quickly, he actually did ok in the end. Didn't lay it down or end over it by grabbing too much front brake.

[@strikeleader5269]

@@danielryan4050 I think my phone is just too small for me to see it

[@oleksandr3975]

12:56 song is called ghost stories if anyone is wondering

[@AABB-kh9eb]

14:43 the blue car was signalling left and looked like they were going to exit

[@louwandmaker]

There’s a servo mid round about. Because 5 ways wasn’t complicated enough!

[@germanshepherdlover2613]

19:27 secs...."F***ing Idiot?" I think the camcar needed to give way with a dotted line going to the kerb...back to driving school!

[@SKY031]

boomer was having a senior moment.

[@trayolphia5756]

Maybe he was talking to himself…?

[@kineticdeath]

16:54 at least old mates hi vis vest will make it easy to find out where he ended up when he inevitably gets that move wrong the last guy was doing the "flash the lights to let everyone know there are police about". They sure were, they were chasing him lol

[@liraelgreen1329]

These never used to stress me, but seeing how much traffic is on the road now is starting to. When a five minute morning errand turns into an odyssey.

[@katet3648]

People who don’t immediately brake the moment they notice something is wrong and instead just continue at speed baffle me. You still have a responsibility to avoid a collision even if you aren’t the person who may cause it?!

[@ngaikenny]

19:20: It would have been helpful to be able to see the traffic behind the DC driver here. While legally the DC driver is required to give way (since his lane ends with a dashed line), I wonder if the SUV vehicle deliberately accelerated to "claim their right of way" so to speak? If the SUV deliberately accelerated, then the SUV created an unsafe situation. From a safety point of view, I feel it's always better to let the vehicle in front in, whether a zip-merger or a left or right lane ends scenario.

[@randomcyclist-w8f]

Should make a compilation of people sending it at roundabouts. Must be a few minutes worth of clips by now

[@who-gives-a-toss_Bear]

10:09 Thanks for the insight. Stupid place to install a curb.

[@MattsModellingMemories]

The suburb in 0:38 to 0:46 looks like a depressing place to live.

[@Pine_Gap_Island]

No community. No neighbourhood. No outdoors. Only a cocoon to hide yourself from the world in to watch Netflix on your oversized screen.

[@doctorbohr1585]

Starkest suburbia.......

[@patheddles4004]

Recognising a bunch of places this week: - 6:56 Citylink on-ramp intersection at the start of Mt Alexander Rd. Driver is even more reckless than the clip makes them look - there's a tram stop and a bunch of pedestrian stuff just ahead. - 8:56 Ring Rd, but realistically you get the same thing at any offramp with confused drivers. Likewise 12:03 , which is a nearby offramp from the same Ring Road. - 9:50 Bulla Rd & Bell St exits: Genuinely confusing bit of road to navigate, though I'm guessing this driver was being chased from elsewhere. - 10:45 Bulla Rd roundabout: absolute nightmare to go through in pretty much any direction, honestly I'd cut the driver some slack there. - 15:09 Sunbury turnoff just outside Riddells Creek. From memory, DC's speed limit goes from 60 to 80 around about here (and then to 100 a little later). Not a good intersection to enter blindly.

[@barrymccockiner4934]

Feels illegal being this early

[@mikh9202]

How interesting that you recognise places almost instantly, Like 4:20 monaro highway somewhere ill bet.

[@The_Silver_Spider]

1:02 a well-known haven for the arrogant & stupid in Werribee.

[@snowyalice]

I also thought the same thing. Plenty of dickheads on it every time I drive it.

[@snowyalice]

Thought the same too. Plenty of dick heads every time I drive on it.

[@android584]

Esplanade between Brighton and Seacliff in Adelaide.

[@rebwolfe2702]

Agree!!

[@longdongjohn6588]

6:14 That's methed up!

[@ronturner5560]

@11:07 Death Wish waiting to be realized! RIP

[@foff-666]

@ 10:08 - "what the f*" she says, shoulda gone to spec savers! lol

[@LobbyDaLobster]

10:08 I think she just realised she left the blue protective film on the camera and was distracted.

[@foff-666]

@ 4:04 - another DC driver leaving the scene... it really is the right thing to do to OFFER YOUR VIDEO to both parties... Just 30 seconds, give them your number or email address tell them you'll send it through later. Whatever. imagine that. Duh.

[@foff-666]

@@shifterzx I've stopped and offered my video 3x times (those vids somewhere in the DCA episodes too) - it costs nothing, takes only a few seconds, and you receive nothing but gracious thanks! It is the right thing to do, absolutely.

[@amberwalker3552]

4:36 whoever submitted that listening to crumb i just wanna say you're awesome

[@PiikachUwU_OSRS]

18:57 ah yes, a rare instance where BOTH drivers run a red lmao (yes, I know it's amber, but it was MORE than sufficient time to stop)

[@TheOneWhoMightBe]

1:02 Nicely held, not gonna lie. 4:36 I think we were about to witness a bit of road rage when the clip cut off. 16:32 On tracks and still managed to collide. There's gonna be some 'splainin' to do back at the depot!

[@tonypegler9080]

11:37 Reminds me of those lyrics by Paul McCarney & Wings ".................................... Do me a favor,Open the door and let 'em in"

[@Scottie_S]

14:20 That driver wasn't doing the 'Safety Dance'.

[@desubtilizer]

9:59 Should have gone to Specsavers...😆

[@wayneperryman4146]

At 14:50 that blue car indicates to leave the round about and still continues on to the exit after...

[@DylanZ1201]

8:58 I use that exit multiple times a day and can confirm people trying to merge across from the left lane like that is a constant occurrence and so dangerous.

[@MikeDCWeld]

10:10 I really hope that was a passenger talking. While we're on the subject, what was up with that window tint?

[@ashxdrr]

mans forgot to take his protective film off

[@absurdist5134]

I like the attentive passenger at 0:58. Good effort.

[@techie_nerd_au]

8:10 I spent a few years working in the office building there at 423 Pennant Hills Road and would make a left turn out of this street on my way home every day. This exact scenario probably happens every day. I dealt with people trying to turn right when I was turning left countless times.

[@ratboygirl]

the duck clip makes me want another one of those “good deeds” compilations. i’m not sure if people even send in that many positive videos but i’d love to see however many there are since the last one :)

[@Robroscob]

19:47 stay out of an industrial area if you do not want to give way / have courtesy for a truck.

[@davidpile2576]

Let's not even mention double white lines.. April fool!

[@Jack_Wolfe]

4:44 wtf why do people turn into the outer lane on a two lane road? Especially with traffic blocking the view.

[@cherk9993]

19:24 if your lane is ending, you have to give away to traffic that’s in the lane that you’re merging into. Even here in New Zealand exactly the same. There are Some people that don’t know how merging works.

[@AnotherDoug]

Not quite right. Australia has two "merging" rules: 1. When changing lanes (as happened in this incident because the dash cam vehicle was crossing a broken line), the vehicle changing lanes MUST give way to any vehicle in the lane they want to enter. Does not matter whether their lane was ending or not. 2. When the line between two lanes simply disappears (usually preceded by a "Form 1 Lane" sign), then the vehicle behind MUST give way to the vehicle in front. Many drivers in Australia wrongly think that rule 2. applies for lane changes - it doesn't.

[@PaulG.x]

9:26 Bellend steers left to initiate a right turn because he's pretending his toy truck is a Triple B-train

[@ccmmrrnn]

And the imbecile cammer tailgates him and tries to pass while he's still in the lane. Clash of the fuckwits.

[@Ratsny]

12:52 Big high 5 in the sky!

[@patheddles4004]

14:41 Don't often hear a classic Aussie serve spoken so beautifully.

[@davidpile2576]

Pity she's blaming the wrong car

[@chrisdidios9963]

P platers "We just create our own rules and wing it...till we're wrapped around a pole".

[@jimmynud]

To the dude on the bridge at 6:11. Having someone step in front of your car without warning, and your only option was to slam your foot on the brake, doesn't leave your mind. You choose not to think about it. It's not fun and games.

[@_Game0ver_]

4:20 with a sky like that, I am finding it really hard to be angry at any of these people. The Earth is just so beautiful. Damn!

[@CrazyKoala1990]

Thank you for including the ducks crossing one... made my day

[@neilgerace355]

1:25 2:00 9:10 10:29 "Mercedes, O Mercedes." Ernest Hemingway, *Death in the Afternoon*

[@QueRulous-zd8rv]

Remember the 3 prong motto. "I drive Mercedes, I make the rules, out of my way you other fools."

[@neilgerace355]

@@QueRulous-zd8rv That would be the origin of the three-pointed star :)

[@John451vfr]

2:00 without the leadup it could be an honest mistake. You can encroach into an intersection on green, given the number of people these days running late Reds, it is possible they just got trapped, with people already coming across.

[@QueRulous-zd8rv]

@@neilgerace355 Indeed, you are correct.

[@BobBlarneystone]

Try watching Arkansas State Police dash cams. The PIT often offenders at 100 - 150 mph.

[@TwoRandomAuzzies]

18:54 That particular intersection in Nowra is one of the worst in that city. As a resident of that area I can confirm.

[@TwoRandomAuzzies]

@@johnnichol9412 Someone ran a red light. Did you watch the video?

[@strikeleader5269]

​@@TwoRandomAuzzies He's asking why is that intersection worse than the others (why do more accidents happen there than elsewhere)

[@neilkeats]

@@TwoRandomAuzziesActually, two people ran a red light. That light was amber well before the camera driver crossed the line, which makes it a red light for him as well.

[@daniel-san836]

1:11 actually a pretty decent effort

[@bennidamole3703]

19:24. “I don’t always know the road rules, but when I do, I don’t really know the road rules and blame the other driver.” -DC driver

[@absurdist5134]

4:30 gonna give you some advice. The horn is less important than slowing the fuck down in that situation. And 4:44 just learnt why you don't go fast past obstacles you can't see past. (They didn't learn a thing).

[@cptpharket9701]

19:49 really choose the horn over the brake

[@omnipresent1215]

I'm a little puzzled by the thought processes of DC @ 3:40. Not saying the white ute wasn't at fault but wouldn't anyone else have given a pre-emptive 'beep' to have made the ute aware of your presence? (instead of after?). Would have saved a sh*t ton of annoying paperwork/car body work/time on vehicles involved. 🤔

[@peetabrown5813]

Sometimes you assume they have seen you and that last metre disappears quickly I got abused by a pedestrian once for beeping someone backing up on me. By the time the pedestrian walked thru I had already backed up a couple of fee, so when he saw that space he had a go at me for beeping the backing car in front of me. So sometimes you can’t win

[@omnipresent1215]

@@peetabrown5813 So true. I guess I'm at the stage in life where I analyse how much more painful a scenario *might* become if I don't 'do something' thus I'll err on the side of beeping in such situations even if it perturbs others. Better than me having to deal with all the fun of car insurance reports/claims/repairs/challenges etc for weeks on end... sometimes months! 😉

[@absurdist5134]

@@omnipresent1215 My immediate reaction to the reverse lights is to be ready to go back into my car space. So I think we're on the same "people are fucking idiots and I don't like this" idea.

[@iDeker]

10:00? Yeah, idk where that curb came from either mate

[@onlyinred1]

DC at 19:20 should have his license taken, doesn't even know basic merging laws...

[@Salutimondo]

I keep watching these and other dash cam videos to try and identify a stand out best of the best dash cams. Each time I'm disappointed by the quality or lack thereof of most of the dash cams to a point where I have no idea what to buy. Does anyone recommend a good dash cam preferably that can work wirelessly and actually produce clear video and good enough to identify number plates at a respectable distance and not only until they are in your face. I despair there is such a dash cam.

[@Mardy72]

Scooter Dave back at it again this episode. He had two appearances 😁

[@andrewpalmer7280]

15:30 bass on that beat when it hits is dope.

[@anthonywhelan1898]

I'm the Garbo at 16:30 I thought I clipped the tram when I drove past near pood my pants 😂😂 16:40

[@tomoakhill8825]

How in the world does one tram run into another (16:35), when they are on separate tracks?!? It makes no sense to me. (Follow up. That is a point where one tram turns right [left in DC view] with the left side tram supposed to wait. That is how their paths cross.)