Classic cars forum & vehicle restoration.

[Bitumen Boy]

[Ray White]

Long before vehicles had cameras, I drove a long wheelbase Transit. I delivered computer stationary and security print for about 10 years.

With a full load onboard blocking the rear view, I had to rely on my door mirrors. Doing the same thing day in , day out , it eventually became second nature.

[Bitumen Boy]

[Norseman]

So a potentially dangerous driver escapes the justice he/she deserves.[/quote]

I have to say Iḿ not a fan of grassing on other motorists using dashcam footage... itś the sort of nasty sneaky thing that people who wear lycra get excited about. Next time it could be you who gets a visit from the plod following an innocent mistake or misjudgement on the road.[/quote]

If I had been driving an old banger, or a company vehicle (preferably a large one) I wouldn't have taken the trouble to swerve across the road & then called the plod to the scene & they could have viewed the 'cam footage on the spot, thereby avoiding my 'trial by technology' in trying to report the incident.
I'm sorry, I don't consider reporting the slightest bit 'sneaky' because that moron could get some innocent person killed.
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1987 classic Range Rover Vogue auto
1998 E39 523i SE auto sedan

A great many models have served me well since the 'sixties, all of them old & some even older than me.

[Norseman]

So a potentially dangerous driver escapes the justice he/she deserves.[/quote]

I have to say Iḿ not a fan of grassing on other motorists using dashcam footage... itś the sort of nasty sneaky thing that people who wear lycra get excited about. Next time it could be you who gets a visit from the plod following an innocent mistake or misjudgement on the road.[/quote]

If I had been driving an old banger, or a company vehicle (preferably a large one) I wouldn't have taken the trouble to swerve across the road & then called the plod to the scene & they could have viewed the 'cam footage on the spot, thereby avoiding my 'trial by technology' in trying to report the incident.
I'm sorry, I don't consider reporting the slightest bit 'sneaky' because that moron could get some innocent person killed.
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1987 classic Range Rover Vogue auto
1998 E39 523i SE auto sedan

A great many models have served me well since the 'sixties, all of them old & some even older than me.

[Bitumen Boy]

[Norseman]

If I had been driving an old banger, or a company vehicle (preferably a large one) I wouldn't have taken the trouble to swerve across the road & then called the plod to the scene & they could have viewed the 'cam footage on the spot, thereby avoiding my 'trial by technology' in trying to report the incident.
I'm sorry, I don't consider reporting the slightest bit 'sneaky' because that moron could get some innocent person killed.[/quote]

So you never make an innocent mistake on the road, or do you just not want to admit that you do?

Of course I have over the past 60 years & am prepared to admit those occasions, but there are degrees of bad driving. On this occasion his/her actions would have resulted in a serious smash that could well have been life threatening & that situation was only avoided by my level of attention & observance of the speed limit .. next time he/she may not be so lucky.
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1987 classic Range Rover Vogue auto
1998 E39 523i SE auto sedan

A great many models have served me well since the 'sixties, all of them old & some even older than me.

[alastairq]

I don't hold much faith in the idea that, if, many decades ago one was brought to book for exceeding the speed limit, or driving without due care, one is always going to be a risky driver, and therefore one shouldn't throw stones in one's glasshouse!
Has nobody realised, one can learn from one's errors, just like politicians?

Being shown up for holding a different view today, compared to 50 years ago, doesn't wash, I'm afraid.

Taking folk to task for advocating reporting [in this instance] poor or unlawful driving is much like picking on someone in a public school for 'being a twit,' or whatever a tell-tail is called these days.

Such criticism is how bullying survives and propers.

Why should we 'mind our own business?'

The drivers who really need retraining are those whose driving techniques have not altered one iota in the 40 or 50 years they've held a licence.

The very same drivers who consider themselves to be 'experienced!'

The very same drivers' who pronounce low opinions as to the driving standards of others.

In the same way I don't hold much respect for the opinions of those who claim their aging relatives are now ''too dangerous to be allowed to drive any more.''

It takes an awful lot of training to become a driving standards assessor.....in the UK,
and an awful lot of 'proving' one's ability to do so.

ADI, DVSA Examiner, Registered LGV instructors, you name it, all different aspects of a much bigger coin.

All trained, to ''assess''.....

Yet we sympathise with the young things whose licences are barely dry, pontificating about their grandparents driving skills!
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Dellow Mk2, 1951 built, reg 1952.
Fiat 126 BIS
Cannon special [1996 registered. Built in 1950's]
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Ford Pop chassis, Ashley 1172 bodyshell, in pieces.

[bjacko]

The young people wanting old drivers off the road forget that they will be old too sooner than they think and they won't want to lose their licence just because of age. There are many drivers old and and not so old who hog the right lane at slow speed thinking they are safe drivers! There are others who have poor judgment thinking they are driving an articulated truck or something and won't proceed, and others who do not seem to realise how much power the modern car has compared to older cars and suddenly find themselves exceeding the speed limit.
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1938 Morris 8 Ser II Coupe Utility (Pickup)
1985 Rover SD1 VDP