Heard of 'Road Driver' ?

[Pillock]

You lot had better go back and remove any photos of your cars with visible reg plates. I'm going to have a drink later and I've got some very creative ideas what I saw you all doing.

 

That site seems to be like a free version of the "How's My Driving" stickers, a lot of the blurb is geared up towards checking on vehicles you are responsible for. So perhaps, if there was any evidence the MD of the recovery firm whose driver has just lobbed his McD cartons out the window in a layby was reading it.... Maybe it's useful.

 

The police probably read it for a laugh rather than anything else. They still seem to stick to this idea of "evidence" which is not a post on a glorified forum.

[Mr Lobster]

I spent a few minutes browsing some of the 'driving guides' and it really is a grim, dull little site.

[doobietoo]

Any website that uses the expression "tarmac signage" instantly looses all credibility with me i am afraid ........

[Mr Livered]

 I'm surprised by the general attitude here though.

What? You're surprised to see general disdain for a site that encourages pathetic Daily Mail readers, who probably mostly have no qualification to judge other people's driving, to grass up fellow road users whose driving they disapprove of?

 

EIther someone drives badly enough to merit a call to the old bill, or they don't - and in the latter case, the people posting on that site should have a good look at themselves in the mirror and consider whether they should get a fucking life.

[AlabamaShrimp]

What a load of smug old shit. Stupid stickers, some crap about monitoring truck drivers and some tips* that only a moron would need and to top it off you can't just read random reports.

 

A site made by wankers for wankers to toss each other off

[fairkens]

I never said the Internet was a bad thing- I suggested it might not be a wholely good thing. So what about neighbourhood watch? Is that worthwhile? And what if you had reason to believe a child was being neglected; would you do nothing because it's 'not my business is it', or 'they' should do something about it.

I've got little to say about the site I mentioned as I only glanced at it for a moment; I'm surprised by the general attitude here though.

 

What they all said above, who pissed on your chips today?

[DSdriver]

We had some stupid woman from the green party canvassing who told me they wanted to reduce the speed limit in our village because of the number of cars that come tearing through. I pointed out that reducing the speed limit wasn't going to make a bit of difference as they aren't obeying the present 30mph and it was just going to make life even more boring for those of us who do (mostly) obey the limit. We agreed to differ.

[mat_the_cat]

^^^ so you would keep quiet if your brother/neighbour/workmate was driving about pissed or on drugs?

 

IMO this is different to poor driving - with drink driving you're actively making a choice to do so,but with poor driving is it just a mistake (which we all do), or deliberately dangerous...?

[Uncle Jimmy]

^^^ 'poor driving is just a mistake', arguably poor driving is either a. Being a useless twat or b. A malevolent fucker.

So you're incapable of making an active choice.

As for Fairkens (nice selfie) have you nothing to say other than repeating dull phrases you read in Viz.

[SambaS]

I wonder if my run out to Whitby last weekend is on there. It was record breaking. And the drive back too, had to get to cinema for 5 via the coast road. Back end twitchy on wet roundabouts coming into Middlesbrough.

[Uncle Jimmy]

Putting the merits or otherwise of the website to one side; the question is, should dangerous driving be penalised. It appears that the police are unable in most cases to do anything about it. So, is there another body that could have some effect.

[mat_the_cat]

It *should* be, but it's fair easier to prove that you are exceeding a speed limit, rather than driving within it but in a dangerous manner I suppose video evidence helps, and I wonder whether with dashcams becoming more common, it'll be easier to prosecute in the future?

[Uncle Jimmy]

A reasonable comment at last...

[overrun]

Nippletit is the webmaster for this shit.

Nailed on.

[Uncle Jimmy]

^^^ If you want a Master join 'Netmums' luvvie.

[mat_the_cat]

A reasonable comment at last...

 

The other comment I made wasn't a dig by any means, just a question I was rising on where do you draw the line? I could quite understandably have been reported to the site a couple of weeks back, as I was pulling out of a slanted T junction and someone had to slam on their brakes. Their speed was exactly such that they remained hidden behind the A pillar for my entire approach to the junction, and although I thought I always moved my head to check for this, clearly I failed then  So on that basis I tend to give people the benefit of the doubt before being critical.

[fairkens]

Sorry m7, your daily mail whinging paedogedden posts don't inspire originality, shouldn't you be out pointing your hair dryer at traffic?

[AlabamaShrimp]

^^^proper lol at "acting the goat" not heard that in years

[Matt]

It *should* be, but it's fair easier to prove that you are exceeding a speed limit, rather than driving within it but in a dangerous manner I suppose video evidence helps, and I wonder whether with dashcams becoming more common, it'll be easier to prosecute in the future?

 

When i bought my first cheap dashcam I actually contacted my local 5-0 to see if it would be worthwhile passing video onto them and they basically said that a prosecution would probably be unlikely from it.

[Inspector Morose]

It's just a thought but the ever increasing need to watch, film, criticise what everyone else is doing leaves less time to watch what we're doing ourselves.

[Cavcraft]

Putting the merits or otherwise of the website to one side; the question is, should dangerous driving be penalised. It appears that the police are unable in most cases to do anything about it. So, is there another body that could have some effect.

 

By having a load of curtain twitchers post about it on the internet? At best it's going to be hopeless, at worst full of vindictive people who want to snitch on neighbours or colleagues.

[Mr Livered]

I could quite understandably have been reported to the site a couple of weeks back, as I was pulling out of a slanted T junction and someone had to slam on their brakes. Their speed was exactly such that they remained hidden behind the A pillar for my entire approach to the junction, and although I thought I always moved my head to check for this, clearly I failed then So on that basis I tend to give people the benefit of the doubt before being critical.

Yeah, me too.

 

I consider myself a pretty decent driver. I never drive when intoxicated or excessively tired, and I'm not a threat to other road users. However, a few days ago I pulled out in front of someone who I simply didn't see. It was a momentary lapse of judgement, and frankly it was (for a split second) a pisspoor piece of driving. I felt really guilty about it, because it could have resulted in a bump - which would have been entirely my fault.

 

However it was a one-off and I really don't think that one incident in isolation makes me a dangerous driver. On the contrary, because I learned from it, I probably became a little better.

 

Yet if I had ended up on that site as a result, the "evidence" of my unsuitability to be behind the wheel would have been permanently recorded, by some self-righteous wanker, with no right of reply as far as I can see.

 

Why should we hand the badge of witness, copper, judge, jury and executioner to every single keyboard warrior in the land who happens to have too much time on his or her hands?

[dave21478]

Putting the merits or otherwise of the website to one side; the question is, should dangerous driving be penalised. It appears that the police are unable in most cases to do anything about it. So, is there another body that could have some effect.

 

 

If the police aint doing anything, NOTHING else will - certainly not some spurious shite posted on a forum. As far as actually getting results and convictions it will be as effective as all these online petition websites that do the rounds every few weeks demanding the moon on a stick and a free Nelson Mandela. Its just little people shouting into the darkness and feeling smug with themselves because they are "making a difference".

 

If YOU want to penalise dangerous drivers, join the cozzers and get busy. Nothing else will work. I look forward to seeing you in the 2018 season of Road Wars.

[bogeyhead]

It reminds me a bit of the stuff these knob end cyclists post from their helmet cams. Helmet cams is a good name, because we know which helmet it refers to.

 

The thing is about all these photos and clips is that they are edited to show someone else's poor driving, but not the person with the camera. Nobody is a perfect driver, so hoot your horn or soemthing and move on.

[overrun]

^^^ If you want a Master join 'Netmums' luvvie.

#LOL

[rml2345]

I had a similar lapse of judgement to Mr. Livered a few weeks back. Thank God I now have a site to report all my driving mistakes on so I can avoid myself whilst driving. That'll really show me.

What a strange thing to dedicate what must be hundreds of man hours of effort to.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

That site is a barrel of wank

[martc]

From the website
 

"RoadDriver - Driver Monitoring and Reporting system"

"Who can benefit from our Road Safety and Co2 reduction Schemes"

 

I tend to judge the quality of a website by seeing if they can get the basics right -it should of course be CO₂. And where's the question mark?

 

The Inconsistent use Of capitals seems to Suggest an Angry pERSON banging Away on Their keyboard with little attention tO dETAIL. Could this be a reflection of their attention to the rOAD aHEAD?

[STUNO]

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[rml2345]

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