(64) Car Cam: On Being Invisible

Observation(s):
- truck parking questions , 0830 south road
- drivers cutting in, port road, 1500hrs
- lane hog, west terrace, 1510hrs
- speeding through workzone, port road
- taxi hilarity
- bike lane driver
- environmentally friendly bus
- how to change lanes without looking

Conditions: Mild, some light rain, low 20's Celsuis

Date/Time: Tuesday, 24 Mar 2009

Current Road Toll:
http://www.dtei.sa.gov.au/roadsafety/home

What: Driving Diary (12 month experimental project)

Where: South Australia

Why: To record 12 months of my life driving, and in the process reflect on my own driving behaviour and to possibly highlight how other ppl's behaviours can impact negatively on us. Accidents can be so easily avoided.

Sound: I only keep one CD in the car and change that weekly, so there will be some repetition. GPS also makes a few sounds and audible directions.

This is for educational (not punitive) purposes, it is my belief that citizens shouldn't police other citizens.

Further Info -

Road Traffic Act (1961):
http://www.legislation.sa.gov.au/LZ/C/A/ROAD%20TRAFFIC%20ACT%201961.aspx

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• car cam
• dash cam
• south road
• trucks
• semis
• hungry jacks
• blind spot
• roadworks
• cutting in
• taxi
• taxi drivers
• port road
• bike lane
• defected bus
• pollution
• marion road
• driving
• adelaide
• south australia
• filming

[rextinctione]

nice vid! um okay is exactly what I said about bike lane driver! it was just dumb and unsafe! you gave him room!

Yeah the visibility didnt seem safe being behind the bus! I hate when vehicle blow out smoke and especially if its nasty black! I felt invisible in the past because my accident and people moving in my lane without looking! if I had my cam then I would have like 20 clips of just people moving in my lane without looking! it was after I got car painted and thought it made it invisible

[drivinginsa]

yeah, there is special invisible paint (maybe various car makers do one in every 20 off the line - just for a laugh).

Sorry to hear about your accident, allot of accidents can start a chain reaction - when ppl either slow to look at one, or fail to see the obstacle caused by it.

[hachidrift77]

The silver sports car at 2:25 was a Nissan 350Z otherwise known as a Z33 Fairlady Z in its home country. Nice car, not so nice driver :)

I'm using the old Z31 300ZX/Fairlady in an amateur novel I'm currently writing, so I will say that I have a soft spot for those cars.

The whole bus incident in that vision actually shocked me a little bit, was the visibility behind really as poor as it looked?

[drivinginsa]

you know hachidrift77, that car really did look like a 'lady's car' - so it's interesting to learn of the name/make. I was almost a bit surprised it had a young male driving it, not that it matters, but I guess it just looked like a late 50's woman's sports car. For the record I loved it - but it really needs someone inside it wearing hat and gloves :)

...and yes that smoke was that bad - I think mostly when the bus was at low revs - but it was bad.

All the best with your writing! :)

[TapTapTido]

Can I please ask, i noticed at the end the Holden was like moving about in its lane (right left right) and then it nearly entered your lane which nearly crashed into your car. Since it's night, I think that person was tired. Can you tell me time at that time?

[hachidrift77]

While I've loved 'Z's, from the 240Z/S30Z up to the latest models, the 350Z IMO has a different feel mainly because rather than being built for the American market like the older cars, this Z33 model was actually French designed due to Renault having majority share holding on Nissan.

Not that I think French designed cars are strictly for the Ladies :)

Thanks for the encouragement, I actually hit the quarter milestone of the first draft last night. 10 chapters down, 30 left to go... damn it.