Scary moment towing my 5er around Denver last week

[cgaskins]

We were headed up to Estes Park from southern Colorado when this idiot crosses 4 lanes then comes to dead stop right in front of me. Needless to say it was a "Code Brown" moment. Luckily we missed the fool - and I don't know how but we did. The dashcam caught it all.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDcVxW0fs8s

Regards.

[Walaby]

time2roll wrote:

Walaby wrote:
I think the reason you have no idea is because there's no conceivable guideline that would prevent something as stupid as this from happening.

Mike

Too fast for conditions, consecutive lane changes, using the median, unsafe lane change, failure to maintain minimum speed, turn signals?. I think only three violations to move up to a misdemeanor of reckless driving.

The question dealt with how to devise tighter controls to restrict who gets a license. Has nothing to do with how many violations this person committed. To device tighter controls on who can have a drivers license, you would have to predict stupidity.

Mike

[fj12ryder]

Shoot, I know a guy who hasn't had a driver's license for 6 years. Pretty common for people with no license to simply keep driving, and hope the odds are with them. Apparently that works.

[rexlion]

Walaby wrote:
My dash cam comes on when the truck starts, and when the memory gets full, it overwrites the oldest image. That's how most work.

Easy to install as long as you can find a keyed 12v source close enough to the dash cam. or, some come with cigarette lighter adapter.

Mike

Thanks!

[time2roll]

Walaby wrote:
I think the reason you have no idea is because there's no conceivable guideline that would prevent something as stupid as this from happening.

Mike

Too fast for conditions, consecutive lane changes, using the median, unsafe lane change, failure to maintain minimum speed, turn signals?. I think only three violations to move up to a misdemeanor of reckless driving.

[Walaby]

cummins2014 wrote:

Bumpyroad wrote:

cummins2014 wrote:

Bumpyroad wrote:

bgum wrote:
I do think we should demand tighter controls on who gets and keeps a drivers license.

yep, that's what we need allright. more govt. red tape and regulations. :S
bumpy

Ya , that would be crappy saving life’s :R

please summarize exactly what controls you would impose that would have prevented this incident. If a patrol man/sheriff, etc. would have seen this occur I would assume the driver would be cited for reckless driving. but again, how do you test for stupidity?
bumpy

No idea , my point was just the fact of why not have some better guidelines, anything would be an improvement over who gets a drivers license , it’s pretty clear many do not belong behind the wheel , and get people killed . I agree it’s tough to regulate.

I'll go out on a limb and say you'd have to devise a test to somehow predict someone is going to be an idiot. It's easy to say "there ought to be a law"... much more difficult to figure out what that law should be. Last I checked we don't have machines to predict stupidity in the future.

I think the reason you have no idea is because there's no conceivable guideline that would prevent something as stupid as this from happening.

Mike

[Walaby]

My dash cam comes on when the truck starts, and when the memory gets full, it overwrites the oldest image. That's how most work.

Easy to install as long as you can find a keyed 12v source close enough to the dash cam. or, some come with cigarette lighter adapter.

Mike

[rexlion]

How do these dash cams function? Do they turn on/off automatically with the ignition switch, or does one have to remember to start them? What happens when the memory gets full? Are they affordable or expensive? Easy to install or difficult?

[cummins2014]

Walaby wrote:

bgum wrote:
I do think we should demand tighter controls on who gets and keeps a drivers license.

No, we just need the idiots to weed themselves out through attrition.

Mike

That’s fine with me , but unfortunately they take us with them .

[cummins2014]

Bumpyroad wrote:


please summarize exactly what controls you would impose that would have prevented this incident. If a patrol man/sheriff, etc. would have seen this occur I would assume the driver would be cited for reckless driving. but again, how do you test for stupidity?
bumpy

No idea , my point was just the fact of why not have some better guidelines, anything would be an improvement over who gets a drivers license , it’s pretty clear many do not belong behind the wheel , and get people killed . I agree it’s tough to regulate.

[memtb]

The world is full of idiots.....Denver seems to have exceeded it’s allotment! I’ll drive an additional 500 miles, just to avoid the “Front Range” of Kolorado!

Nice driving....glad you avoided contact! memtb

[garyp4951]

I'm glad that no accident happened, and I will for sure be getting me a dash cam.

[Bumpyroad]

garyp4951 wrote:


Thats a strange looking tag, looks like they were confused or brake checking you.

looks to me like a temporary tag. I bet that could be made legible if desired.

bumpy

[time2roll]

I think they continued braking after scaring the **** out of themselves as they almost hit the divider.
Very poor driving. Lucky to be alive. No reason to go in front of the OP.

[garyp4951]

Thats a strange looking tag, looks like they were confused or brake checking you.

[JRscooby]

time2roll wrote:
I would like to see a soft barricade, maybe the plastic reflector posts, extended out from the guardrail bumper to discourage the last second route change.

Would that discourage, or just move the problem?

Maybe we could have some kind of clearing house where this kind of video could be sent, prosses to identify owner of the vehicle, then notify their insurance company.
After all a large percentage of the population goes batsnot crazy about government regulation to protect the public, but are perfectly fine with a for-profit company taking the same action.