Glad you weren't on a motorbike.

You can tell how he decided to stop and park , what a dipshit he was .

Gaslighting

This van driver ticks all the boxes. Driving like a tit. Cargo shorts. Rude as f--k. Chavvy jacket. Stick thin. Thinks he's better than the person who _doesn't_ drive the van for a living.

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You can look at him and know why he's like that 😅😅😅

Possibly still hungover or drunk from night before, just nipping down to the shop for a newspaper with his flip flops on and that's why he left the scene. Should have been able to get his reg for the insurance claim though and as it says insurance companies drag their heels when it is an import vehicle 😮😮

Totally with you on that👍👍👍

Pretty sure it's illegal in the UK to do thst

Yep it’s illegal on the UK

Probably couldn't find his stilettos.

yes he turned to early across wrong side of the road not able to see oncoming traffic

The were cones on the vans lane, so he had to peak into the opposite lane anyways, but he didnt look

Or maybe stopped the van before turning it around a blind corner

Yes, van driver seems to drive into the turn on the wrong side of the road (in LH lane and over the solid white line). I think he was going too fast for the turn. There was a cone, away from the curb, seemingly to support a diversion sign, but van seems to have been driven too lazily and maybe too fast and cuts the corner off the main road. Road layout with the junction just after the blind bend is not ideal but it's likely been that way for ~500y. Van driver in the wrong. Good to have the camera and send to Ashley as an example of poor driving. Be good to get his view.

It probably felt like it was back in its native habitat doing a PIT maneuver 😂

Typical van drivers mate. Always in a rush, and driving like a cock. If there were others in the van then no doubt they would have made a scene and been quite nasty towards me.

He struts about like a prize bellend!

@@billpugh58 I can't think of a more appropriate song to be playing.

I can't take any man seriously, hard or not, if they are wearing women's footwear such as flip flops.

White van men have the biggest sticks up their arses. Always trying to prove something. They think because they're "local hero" tradesmen that they can do whatever they want on the road and everyone else should just shut up and put up. Admittedly, his van wasn't white, but the archetype stands.

Preach! I don't blame people these days for driving without insurance as insurance companies are quick to take your money and don't care when you need their help.

It’s not the fuel companies. The profiteers off of fuel sales by a factor of 10 are the government. But certainly agree on insurance. There’s no competition and they’re becoming cowboys

Anything that is a legal requirement is an excuse to jack up the prices. Make it optional and watch the prices tumble as the companies drop their prices to entice custom of their now optional service.

My car was written off last year (partners fault). Direct Line paid out £1500 more than I thought the car was worth and only £700 less than I paid for it over five years before!

​@roblewis226 thats good

Well spotted 👍

Is that why he stopped and got out?

@@temparalflux914 He didn't hang around for long. He said his piece and then left before I could get his details. The dash cam does not show this as it powers off with the ignition no longer being on. In his exact words "I don't have time for this".

Yes, only if credit is given in the video. I will subscribe to you and watch your video when it is out.

@@madasafish2010 Thank you so much!

Helps to have a pushbar too

I agree standard of driving is going way way down for a lot of drivers on the road.

Push bar needed a bit of reshaping back to normal, but aside from that the damage was minimal. The front bumper isn't the same kind of plastic used on everyday cars, it is like a reinforced thick plastic or fibreglass that can take impact without damage. Then the bonnet and side fenders are solid steel, which probably explains why the car weighs 2 tonnes lol. Brilliant car, indestructible and very reliable.

​@@madasafish2010If only they made all cars like this ❤❤

Thanks man, it was my dream car growing up. I've loved every day of owning it. You could understand how pissed I was when this van went and did that to it.

No such thing as right of way in the Highway Code.

@@trainman665 try telling that to an insurance company!

@@mk1aquatic739 Insurance companies already know. If someone drives into someone else claiming ‘right of way’ but the accident was preventable it can go 50/50 as both parties were driving negligently. The Highway Code mentions ‘priority’. Priority is given not taken though. If someone fails to give priority where it is due the other party doesn’t have the right to drive into them and claim innocence if the accident was preventable. I’m not referring to the incident in the video just collisions in general.

No such thing as 'right of way'. Nobody ever has 'right of way'. This is important to understand because it can lead people to believe they can't be attributed partial fault in a particular collision because they had an imagined 'right of way'. You can however have priority. But this is given, not taken. If another road user fails to give you priority where they should, you still have a duty to avoid a collision where possible. You never have the right to crash into somebody because of an imagined 'right of way'. In this instance while the cammer did have priority and there doesn't look to be anything they could have done to avoid the collision in the moment, they could be criticised for their approach speed into a hazard (bend with no visibility) which gave the other vehicle virtually no time to observe and react to their presence and themselves no time or space to avoid a collision. While it may not have been significant enough in this instance, it's entirely possible (and common) for a driver with priority to be assigned some percentage of fault where they contributed to the collision (e.g. through inappropriate speed or failing to react appropriately to another user failing to give them priority). There are a lot of dashcammers on youtube that need to learn this. Too many drive into obvious risk because of an imagined 'right of way'. No doubt they will be in for a rude awakening when they are involved in a collision as a result and find themselves being assigned partial fault.

@@trainman665 Correct, they tell you or advise you when you should "Give Way".

He probably wouldn't care if he did knock a guy off his motorbike. Typical "I'm well 'ard" asswipe in a van.

Yeah it is a dodgy junction, especially being on a blind bend. They reduced the speed limit from 30 to 20 in that area 2 years ago probably because it is so dangerous.

You can fit a bull bar in any car that was made before 2007 in the uk. (I think)

I think it only applies to UK-spec cars that were first registered in the UK. My Crown Vic came from PA in the US and was imported and tested with the push bar already on it. It probably isn't safe for pedestrians but hopefully nothing bad like that happens. I drive carefully enough as the steering wheel is on the left which can affect visibility around parked cars or blind bends.

@@madasafish2010 flip flops is lucky he didn't get caught by that push bar. Or his van might have been heading for the scrap yard.

Cutting a corner on a driving test is a Major Fault and will get you a fail. So yes the driver is at fault for that too. Far to many drivers cutting corners these days instead of turning into them correctly.

Doesn't really matter tbh. The van decided the fate when the driver did not follow the highway code. If he is within the posted limit, it does not factor in.

Of course if credit is made. I'd be happy for you to use it, although this happened in the northwest and not the northeast lol.

@@madasafish2010 cheers mate👍

If you understand the van's view, you must not be a cautious driver yourself. I don't understand how anyone can not be cautious before turning across the opposite lane of traffic on a blind bend. Yeah also I have had other people saying I've been driving too quickly and to put it to bed, the framerate of the video is a solid 60FPS which gives the illusion that I'm driving much faster. The speed limit in that area is 20mph understandably because that blind bend is sharp. If you saw my car and ever drove it, you'd know that you can't speed around corners in it. Car must be 5.5m in length, 2m in width and weighs 2 tonnes, it might as well be a boat, a boat which rocks to the side when turning lol. With that said, I can assure you that I was doing under 20mph before the bend, which would constitute in the eyes of the law and highway code as safe driving.

@@madasafish2010 What would you have done at 0:17 if the van was going round the barrier (Though why a barriers on a corner!). At 0::26 the van is already turning before you appear (Again going round a stupidly places sign). You arent expecting to slow or stop going through road works and passing an old 3 turn badly spaced junction. You run into the back of the van not the front. People on the internet love to pile on but most who comment havent even noticed any of the hazards, badly placed signs, etc.

@@m60kaf It is true that the road signs were badly placed, but that does not change the fact that he should have stopped before turning, which is what the highway code states. His turn was too late. Could have been avoided had he just slowed down for the turn or stopped. He's the one in trouble for driving like a wanker, just like most van drivers do.

You're deffo a van driver lol

@@madasafish2010>Could have been avoided had he just slowed down for the turn Equally it could have been avoided if *you'd* slowed down for the bend as well. This wasn't a case of a van turning across you on a straight road, you should have already been slow and ready to stop for any obstruction that you couldn't see around the bend. What if instead of a turning van it was a horse or pedestrians in the road? Lucky it was a van and not a horse or pedestrians, because you couldn't stop before hitting it! Obviously the van could have done a lot better. But so could you. You just admitted in your previous comment it was a blind bend, yet you weren't in a position to stop for an unseen obstruction on the bend. Clearly the van did bad, but I'm just irritated at your total failure to acknowledge that you could have done better as well.

He had to go and feed the dags

Absolutely! The highway code states that road users must give way to oncoming traffic before committing to a turn across the opposite lane of traffic. Playing back the video in slow motion, you can see that my car enters his view before he has committed to turning. He had time to brake and stop but he chanced it and tried darting in front of me. My reaction and braking times weren't simply enough to prevent a collision.

Must be if it comes to the UK and passes its IVA and MOT tests with it on. The IVA test is an MOT on steroids that covers everything.

Oh shut up.

Despite being pulled twice, nothing was mentioned about the push bar. I believe the law allows for imports to have them as they came with the car, whereas UK vehicles do not have them and adding a push bar to them is illegal as it could and probably would kill a pedestrian. It is a grey area but the car passed the IVA and MOT tests so it is road legal!

@@madasafish2010Actual legality aside, you've just admitted you are aware the pushbar is a danger to pedestrians in a collision, so I think it's pretty irresponsible to keep it even if you're legally allowed to.

@@ryanmitcham5522SUVs are dangers to pedestrians! Time for all SUV operators to turn in the vehicles.

@@ryanmitcham5522 Call it whatever you like mate, I'm retaining the car's originality. If someone wants to play chicken with a 2 tonne steel police car then that's on them. I drive the car safely as I'm aware of how big it is and how dangerous it can be. Even without the pushbar, the front bumper still sticks out further than the grille which would impact at the knees and force someone's head to bang on the steel bonnet. The car is still going to hurt someone with or without the pushbar. American cars in general rate poorly for pedestrian safety. If it passes the government tests (MOT and IVA) then it is legal and that works for me.

Amusing really as my car is the same size as the Audi A8, yet nobody says the A8 is too big for the roads lol. You should see the RAM 3500 pickup trucks in Britain. Not only are they longer than my car but much more wider. My car is a tight squeeze but some just simply will not fit on most of our roads. RVs are the best. Those big bastards are wider than a coach with a steering wheel on the wrong side!

@@madasafish2010 lmao I just understand anyone wanting a car that you’ve got to be a Tetris god to drive, though I get what your saying and if it’s only R8 width then tbh it’s more the camera making it look on the wide side.

Yeah exactly, but sadly the police wrote the case off two days after this incident. They said in their words that "the case has been archived" which in my head just means written off. The police incident number was used for the insurance claim.

A Payment Protection Insurance claim would have had nothing to do with a vehicle accident. PPI claims are for people who were mis-sold protection insurance.

never tell people you have a dashcam, let them make cocks of themselves

Wouldn't even do that, just let themselves dig themselves deeper and deeper, then when the appropriate people get involved then use the footage. As i believe if they lie technically they are trying to pervert the cause of justice by lying about what really happened.

I can imagine! People have only ever seen these cars on TV. People are always looking, waving, thumbs up, honking horns or even laughing lol. My car brings joy to people's lives just by existing, and that alone makes me happy.

@madasafish2010 nothing better than cheering people up, I would say keep driving but imagine it's quite a gas guzzler 👍🏻😉

@@MACHOO179 Funny enough this car is my daily. I do 90 miles per week day. These Crown Vics are rock solid cars and can handle the mileage no problem. It can also clearly protect me in the event of a collision lol.

Imagine if our police had Crown Vics instead of Volvos and BMWs.

The Crown Victoria was only sold as a fleet vehicle and went out of production in 2011. American police departments generally now use the snoozefest Ford Explorer and other bland Yank SUVs. If they want a bit of speed then it's a Dodge Charger. Cops there don't have the same car culture ours do. The idea of American PDs using an unmarked BMW for traffic work is just unthinkable.