Another shocking driver caught on camera

Another Dunedin motorist has captured footage of shocking driving on city's streets, this time featuring a flying bag of rubbish and a foul-mouthed tirade.

Dashcam footage from a following vehicle begins as the motorist pulls up behind a Toyota Corolla sedan, stopped in traffic in Crawford St near Briscoes, about 5.30pm on February 22.

When the sedan remains stationary, despite traffic moving forward, the filming driver honks their horn four times.

The sedan begins to move forward, before its front-seat passenger suddenly hurls a plastic bag full of rubbish out of the left-hand window, which hits a passing hatchback in the neighbouring lane.

Cans and plastic bottles litter the road as the filming car continues to follow the sedan.

A motorist flings a bag of rubbish from a car in Crawford St in this video image captured by...
A motorist flings a bag of rubbish from a car in Crawford St in this video image captured by another driver last month. Image: supplied

At the intersection of Crawford and Jervois Sts, both vehicles pull up at a red light.

The sedan shifts into the right-hand turning lane as the other driver pulls alongside and begins remonstrating with the litter-bug motorist.

The following driver is met with abuse, and an angry and vulgar reply.

"What? What the f...?! What's your problem?"

When the lights change, the sedan swerves in front of straight-ahead traffic, crosses two lanes and speeds off towards Police St.

The driver who captured the video reported the incident to police the same day using its Community Roadwatch form.

That driver supplied the video to the Otago Daily Times after another motorist was captured last week repeatedly crossing the centre line in Warrender St.

They asked to remain anonymous, citing concerns about the safety of their family members.

The offending driver did "not sound stable at all", the following driver said.

A police spokeswoman said that they were attempting to locate the offending driver.

Dunedin police (03) 471-4800, Crimestoppers 0800 555-111.

george.block@odt.co.nz

Comments

There's no doubt that some drivers are total idiots (for want of a better word) and the sooner responsible drivers get dash cams fitted to their vehicles the better ... in fact, I believe they should be made compulsory.
Not only do they provide proof of what the responsible driver may report to Police, they can provide details of other accidents, make insurrance claims easier, and in the sad case of a driver dying in an accident, the memory card should survive and give the Police serious crash team another aid in finding out what happened.
Just a thought, but maybe insurance companies or government should be looking at subsidising the cost ... even though the cost of the cams has come down in price over the last few years.
If boofhead drivers realise they are probably being filmed, maybe they'll follow the road rules more often ... maybe.

Must be one of those Facebook warriors who complains most about cyclists on roads.

" We are attempting to locate the offending driver"! .......Gee, if only someone had captured the car registration!

I am shocked by this and agree with 'concerned''s comments. We are all going somewhere and dealing with other humans- lets just be civilised about it. We all get there in the end.

And people this is part of the problem because parents can't smack their children as a result they don't care and don't know that every action has a reaction, time for a change before it is too late if its not too late already

 

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