As has been mentioned elsewhere, the sooner that dashcams become standard fit, the better for all concerned. Driving standards in this country have plummeted over the last 20 years, there appears to be no courtesy towards a fellow motorist anymore, and it's become every man for himself....a bit like society in general, more's the pity.

The only problem with dashcams is, as Dorset has mentioned, the inevitable dashcam warrior that has a sad life and reports every transgression to plod. I don't know about your individual respective Forces, but here, West Mercia have opened a portal for dashcam warriors to upload footage to allow them to take retrospective action. Like anything else, it will invariably be abused by some, and given that the majority of these "Traffic Enforcement Officers" are civilians playing with their authority, cause more problems and division in the long-term.

I don't know what the answer is moving forward. Perhaps if plod stopped spending so much of their resource investigating people who call others names on Twitter et al, and got back on the roads with a visible presence like they used to do, standards of behaviour just may improve? Just a thought....

bit like society in general, more's the pity.


THIS ∆∆∆ If it wasn't so bad it'd be funny.

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SouthamFL2 wrote:

As has been mentioned elsewhere, the sooner that dashcams become standard fit, the better for all concerned. Driving standards in this country have plummeted over the last 20 years, there appears to be no courtesy towards a fellow motorist anymore, and it's become every man for himself....a bit like society in general, more's the pity.

The only problem with dashcams is, as Dorset has mentioned, the inevitable dashcam warrior that has a sad life and reports every transgression to plod. I don't know about your individual respective Forces, but here, West Mercia have opened a portal for dashcam warriors to upload footage to allow them to take retrospective action. Like anything else, it will invariably be abused by some, and given that the majority of these "Traffic Enforcement Officers" are civilians playing with their authority, cause more problems and division in the long-term.

I don't know what the answer is moving forward. Perhaps if plod stopped spending so much of their resource investigating people who call others names on Twitter et al, and got back on the roads with a visible presence like they used to do, standards of behaviour just may improve? Just a thought....

Christ almighty, I take it that that was a built up area/30mph zone?

Pound to a penny that was a Joe Dackey on one of his county lines runs.....unbelievable driving, and very much a fatal in the making!

Yes a 30mph limit and the sign can be seen lighting up as he goes past me (on the original video). I reported it to the police (pre-website reporting) and the car was uninsured and no registered keeper. The keeper on the system was contacted but he had documentation to say he was no longer the keeper and DVLA records had not been updated.

The police said a marker would be placed on the car for it to be stopped if seen by traffic cars. Whether it ever was I'll never know... LL.B (Hons) - University of Derby
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as for your first post Doctor you should name & shame the drivers company.