Driver caught on dashcam throwing Rolo wrapper from car window given £80 fine

A driver has had an £80 fine handed out to them after being caught throwing a Rolo wrapper out of their car window in Somerset.

Another motorist reported the litterer after the incident was captured on their dashcam.  The driver handed the film footage to South Somerset District Council, the offender was then found using the offending car's number plate.

After being invited in for an interview under caution, the offender admitted to throwing litter from their car and has now been issued with a Fixed Penalty Notice of £80 for the offence.

Councillor Carol Goodall, portfolio holder for environmental health said: "This is a great example of how modern technology is helping local authorities tackle issues such as littering and that if you are willing to commit an offence in public, you'll ultimately pay the price.

"If you see others throwing litter from a car, let the district council know and if possible tell us where it was thrown from and how many people were in the vehicle."

Under the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005, it is an offence to drop or leave litter on the floor, and this includes cigarette butts.

Dropping litter can result in a Fixed Penalty Notice being issued.

Caught on dash cam rolling back accident rear end scam

The Honda driver in front at the lights rolls back a long way in to the car with the dash cam.

This driver in the car with the dash cam was extremely grateful that he had the evidence he needed to prove that he was not at fault and therefore protected from being blamed for this accident.

Minibus misses car by inches - terrifying dashcam footage

Knowing how dash cams make distances people are from your car look further away than they actually were when you watch footage back, this must have been mere inches of a near miss.

This footage was Filmed on a notoriously dangerous road (A9 near Blair Atholl), the footage shows a minibus just avoiding an oncoming car.

The near-miss, posted on the Aberdeen Dash Cam Facebook page, the Daily Record claims the van which has the camera in it is doing 50mph when out of nowhere the minibus overtakes and just avoids an oncoming car.

Rikki Evans commented on Facebook: "The people in that car would have not stood a chance. That would have been an instant fatal. Stupid impatient driver!!"

Protect yourself from idiots like this who if an accident had occurred would have tried to claim that you went in to the back of them through no fault of their own firmly pinning the blame on you!!

Testosterone Fuelled Road Rage

This guy suddenly got a lot less brave when the owner of the dash cam pretended he was going to run him over, funny that!

Would be interesting to see what happened before this clip though that lead up to the guy in the pickup becoming so enraged

Honda civic Rolling back dash cam accident rear end scam?

As Eric Cheung the poster of the youtube video says "Lucky I did have this dashcam and is well worth otherwise I will be at fault"

Car Vs Truck Crash Caught on Dash Cam - Everyone OK

Julia creek Queensland, Wednesday the 3rd of December. A driver runs a stop sign in front of a truck
and gets T boned.Driver got away with cuts and a concussion and fined for not stopping at a stop sign.

I bet the driver was relieved to have this footage putting him in the clear of any wrong doing.

Head on Caught on Dash Cam (everyone ok)

Fairly scary out of nowhere head on, there would have been no way of the guy talking his way out of this one, I wonder what he was doing that made his car veer off his side of the road and through the reservation like that? anyone able to translate?

 

Your Car Starts Skidding On Ice - What Do You Do?

1st of all, I know this is not a dash cam video, its just that it was so entertaining I had to share.

So picture the scenario, your car starts skidding on ice, what do you do? in real life would you manage to gain back control of the car or would you do this.......

NNNOOOOO!I hear you cry, yes you saw correctly, both people in the car baled out one ending up in the parth of the car leaving an empty car skating down the road driverless! SAFE!

Driver Doesn't See Pedestrian on Crossing

Get a load of this near miss! the pedestrian worryingly doesn't even seem to notice as the car narrowly misses him and then whilst swerving narrowly misses hitting two OAPs.

What will you capture on your Dash Cam?

Car vs Truck Crash E40 Aalter (Belgium)

This video was captured 13-8-2014, E40 Gent (Ghent) - Brugge (Bruges), exit Aalter. The Driver was sent to hospital in critical condition (2 broken cervical vertabraes (neck). She was in a coma for a while but got out of it and is recovering exceptionally well. Which after seeing the video I think you will that she is a very lucky lady indeed.

I bet that this truck driver was glad that he had a dash cam to prove that he was not at all at fault in this incident

Nuttiest Person vs Car Scam That I Have Seen Yet!

This footage is taken from a dash cam in Korea. I have to say this is probably the nuttiest person vs car scam that i have seen yet!

Two in Five 'Considering a Dash Cam'

Road Vision

According to new research from the RAC, TWO IN five UK drivers are thinking about installing a dashboard camera.

26% of motorists (thats over a quarter!) think the UK should take the lead in combating 'crash-for-cash' scams, where people deliberately cause crashes in such a way as to make it appear that the other driver was at fault, before claiming large sums of compensation.

The RAC's research shows that 71% of the more than 1,600 drivers it polled believe that introducing in-car cameras would help to cut fraudulent car insurance claims. 39% said they were thinking about installing a dash-cam, just 4% of drivers actually have one at the moment.

Of that 4%, almost three in five (59%) said the main reason they installed it was to record what happened in the event of an accident, with 21% specifically wanting to protect themselves against crash-for-cash scams.

The RAC quotes statistics from the Association of British Insurers describing a 34% increase in bogus car insurance claims in 2013.

The company's head of external affairs, Pete Williams, said: “Accident cameras or in-car cameras are commonplace in some countries where unscrupulous driving practices are a more regular occurrence.
“With ‘crash-for-cash’ crimes unfortunately becoming more prevalent on UK roads, motorists are looking to in-car cameras to protect themselves from being taken advantage of.”
Elsewhere in the study, 72% of respondents said they would consider installing a dash-cam if it brought them lower insurance premiums, and 70% said they thought an increased number of dash-cam installations would reduce fraud.

Driving With Wheel Clamp Attached - Not a Dash Cam

Some people just don't think.  Price of paying the fine verses the price of the damage that he has done to his car! Heeelloooo!

Kid Riding Bike Hits Car - Caught on Dash Cam ( kid ok )

Every drivers worst nightmare ending up with a kid on their car bonet. Firstly thank goodness the child was ok, secondly thank goodness this driver had a dash cam to prove that he wasnt speeding round the caravan park had things not turned out so great

A Child riding a bike in a Caravan park flies around a blind corner into the bonnet of a vehicle with a dash camera. I certainly think that that child has learnt a valuable lesson about blind corners and
about sticking to the left side of the road.

Learning her lesson about blind corners and keeping to the left side the hard way - See more at: http://rayanuk.com/20141007135620015/bike-riding-kid-hit-by-car-caught-on-dash-cam#sthash.wf6EG5fs.dpuf

Learning her lesson about blind corners and keeping to the left side the hard way - See more at: http://rayanuk.com/20141007135620015/bike-riding-kid-hit-by-car-caught-on-dash-cam#sthash.wf6EG5fs.dpuf

Other Things Caught on Dash Cams

So today we came across this video from Russia which shows that it might not be just Crash for Cash scammers that your dash cam will assist with.

 

Dashcam Video "Another Roundabout Plonker"

We came across this youtube posting entitled "W174 XBW - Roundabout Plonker" unfortunately the embed feature wont seem to work for this video but here is a link to it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lvbNanPntI

the driver goes from "right turn only" lane straight across into left lane of the wrong exit ...