Why do people video their daily commute?

[oneofsix]

Ok im guna risk sounding like a total noob and ask wtf is OP?

A total egotistical arsehole that can't drive and doesn't like people videoing the fact?

red rep

No it means Original Poster or post.

[Banditbandit]

I'm not 12, I'm in my late 20's

There there .. you will grow up and experience an adult orgasim shortly - for women usually around 32-33

I see some motorcyclists keeps really makes me shake my head.

Inexperieced riders need to keep their heads straight and their eyes on the road at all times ...

[willytheekid]

Some situations we find ourselves in are definitely out of our control that we've been forced into through no fault of our own, but I would hedge a bet that most of the time if we find ourselves in an unfavourable position and this seems to happen fairly frequently, then we are probably at least in part to blame. I'm not 12, I'm in my late 20's and like I said I've seen and experienced the odd act of dangerous or inconsiderate driving but nothing extreme enough to warrant using a camera. Don't get me wrong, I'm not criticising, if someone wants to do that with their time then no problem why should I care, still think its odd though and a little time consuming (call me lazy) however if I ever have an accident or anything where footage could have or would have been useful then perhaps my thoughts may change. So, I don't take the "needs more experience on bikes etc.". There's been times where I have come close to getting in trouble, most of which were self created. And I don't know what you're talking about I don't think I've posted about tailgaters before, you must be thinking of someone else. And yes, he was tailgating me but then, I like to keep a good distance between myself and other vehicles and the following distance I see some motorcyclists keeps really makes me shake my head.

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...ng-bad-driving

Ever had any repercussions from reporting bad driving?
"....... Said driver then proceeded to tailgate me for another 200m, then when I gently put on the brakes as I was descending down a semi steep hill, saw her"
...my memorys not THAT bad lol

So...you have "a couple of years" experiance, and your in the most accident prone age group for motorcyclists.
...So either that must have been one HELL of a learning curve over those couple of years...or...your still learning like us all -(30+yrs daily riding...and Im still learning tips & tricks to survive & enjoy my chosen form of transport & passion)

But if ya don't want the friendly advice shared on here(hence the green rep), sweet as...don't ask for it!(that was the point of this thread wasn't it?)

...but don't let all that "percived experiance" you have thus far gained, go to your head...Because the simple fact is...it only takes ONE little mistake or ONE drunk driver etc to put you in a posistion of WISHING!! you took as many extra steps as possible to ensure your own safety, AND the insurance company payout afterwards if it all goes horribly wrong.<(Nothing worse than arguing with an insurance company after loosing your bike etc)

...but you are sooo right!, it DOES take two to tango, and a camera can also help keep yourself! honest and point out your own errors to learn from.

Remember...riders used to laugh at others for wearing helmets!...until the benefits were fully understood.

Take it how you may BL, I certainly don't mean to offend you (you truly do seem like a lovely KBer...and I have a soft spot for GN's...shhh), Im just sharing the advice & tips that I too learnt from others over the years.

As always, Take care BL

PS: I use a $50 kodak Zx1 with a fisheye lense..cheap as chips HD footage, just wipe the SD card and recharge the AA batterys every night...its now just part of my daily "gear"..hence I dont leave home with out it
pps:...sorry if my green rep seemed blunt etc, as many on here will attest too, I sometimes struggle with "wording" things correctly, but I never mean too offend fellow KBers (unless they are being absolute pricks! lol)

[Katman]

There there .. you will grow up and experience an adult orgasim shortly - for women usually around 32-33

Fuck's sake - how old are you?

[Banditbandit]

Fuck's sake - how old are you?

Pretty good bet I'm older than you .. why???

[oneofsix]

Pretty good bet I'm older than you .. why???

because he has a good deal on mobility scooters for you

oh think I better go hide now.

[bosslady]

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...ng-bad-driving

Ever had any repercussions from reporting bad driving?
"....... Said driver then proceeded to tailgate me for another 200m, then when I gently put on the brakes as I was descending down a semi steep hill, saw her"
...my memorys not THAT bad lol

So...you have "a couple of years" experiance, and your in the most accident prone age group for motorcyclists.
...So either that must have been one HELL of a learning curve over those couple of years...or...your still learning like us all -(30+yrs daily riding...and Im still learning tips & tricks to survive & enjoy my chosen form of transport & passion)

But if ya don't want the friendly advice shared on here(hence the green rep), sweet as...don't ask for it!(that was the point of this thread wasn't it?)

...but don't let all that "percived experiance" you have thus far gained, go to your head...Because the simple fact is...it only takes ONE little mistake or ONE drunk driver etc to put you in a posistion of WISHING!! you took as many extra steps as possible to ensure your own safety, AND the insurance company payout afterwards if it all goes horribly wrong.<(Nothing worse than arguing with an insurance company after loosing your bike etc)

...but you are sooo right!, it DOES take two to tango, and a camera can also help keep yourself! honest and point out your own errors to learn from.

Remember...riders used to laugh at others for wearing helmets!...until the benefits were fully understood.

Take it how you may BL, I certainly don't mean to offend you (you truly do seem like a lovely KBer...and I have a soft spot for GN's...shhh), Im just sharing the advice & tips that I too learnt from others over the years.

As always, Take care BL

PS: I use a $50 kodak Zx1 with a fisheye lense..cheap as chips HD footage, just wipe the SD card and recharge the AA batterys every night...its now just part of my daily "gear"..hence I dont leave home with out it

Haha, are you serious? One instance of my mentioning someone tailgating me now indicates I have a common and reoccurring problem with this? Hello, I live in Auckland! Enough said. I'm not really sure what you are trying to prove, are you trying to attack me or something too? Not sure there either. What do I have a couple years experiEnce of? Riding? Wrong, pay attention, I've only been riding since mid-December, driving for longer than that and have lived in Auckland all of my life, that's what crazy city folk do here yo! And of course, no one would deny that there is always something to learn, life is a learning curve for sure.

I'd also like to refute that you seem to think something is going to my head. Firstly, the only thing that goes to my head is some good Sauvignon Blanc. Secondly I consider myself neither an overly bad rider/driver or a particularly good one, in fact I'd say I'm pretty average and have been fortunate enough to have never been involved in a motor vehicle accident (minus the first time I drove a car when I was 16!). I still stand by what I have said above and always will, most undesirable situations we find ourselves in are created by... ourselves, although as humans our natural instinct seems to be to blame others for things that are usually of our own fault. This is my philosophy for pretty much everything in life, roads aside and is why I don't put up with whingy moany people bitching about how the world has done them wrong (not saying you're one but I sure have met a lot of people like that and stay away!). If I'm poor, I'm poor and it's probably due to poor financial planning, if I get knocked up with two kids far before I'm ready and when I'm too young, that's my fault etc. etc. I might still have a moan about it but I'll know that it's my fault and no one else is to blame.

I'm not 100% sure what you are trying to prove, I don't think I'm the bees knees (I'm more like the bees farts) I was just asking why people did such a thing, not as a criticism just as a wtf why bother? cause I honestly don't think I could be fucked for my 17km commute to work then back again. However if that's what you choose to do based on your past experiEnces then go for it, I don't care, doesn't bother me? But if people choose to not record their boring old commute then it should not be presumed that they are inexperienced or don't know anything etc.

[oneofsix]

Haha, are you serious? One instance of my mentioning someone tailgating me now indicates I have a common and reoccurring problem with this? Hello, I live in Auckland! Enough said. I'm not really sure what you are trying to prove, are you trying to attack me or something too? Not sure there either. What do I have a couple years experiEnce of? Riding? Wrong, pay attention, I've only been riding since mid-December, driving for longer than that and have lived in Auckland all of my life, that's what crazy city folk do here yo! And of course, no one would deny that there is always something to learn, life is a learning curve for sure.

I'd also like to refute that you seem to think something is going to my head. Firstly, the only thing that goes to my head is some good Sauvignon Blanc. Secondly I consider myself neither an overly bad rider/driver or a particularly good one, in fact I'd say I'm pretty average and have been fortunate enough to have never been involved in a motor vehicle accident (minus the first time I drove a car when I was 16!). I still stand by what I have said above and always will, most undesirable situations we find ourselves in are created by... ourselves, although as humans our natural instinct seems to be to blame others for things that are usually of our own fault. This is my philosophy for pretty much everything in life, roads aside and is why I don't put up with whingy moany people bitching about how the world has done them wrong (not saying you're one but I sure have met a lot of people like that and stay away!). If I'm poor, I'm poor and it's probably due to poor financial planning, if I get knocked up with two kids far before I'm ready and when I'm too young, that's my fault etc. etc. I might still have a moan about it but I'll know that it's my fault and no one else is to blame.

I'm not 100% sure what you are trying to prove, I don't think I'm the bees knees (I'm more like the bees farts) I was just asking why people did such a thing, not as a criticism just as a wtf why bother? cause I honestly don't think I could be fucked for my 17km commute to work then back again. However if that's what you choose to do based on your past experiEnces then go for it, I don't care, doesn't bother me? But if people choose to not record their boring old commute then it should not be presumed that they are inexperienced or don't know anything etc.

If it warrants an online rant why not the use of a camera? Different reactions to the same thing. Seems you prefer ranting, willy prefers evidence and I can see Willy's point about using the footage as self education too.

[Banditbandit]

because he has a good deal on mobility scooters for you

oh think I better go hide now.

Ooooo... Yeah ... scooter has to be faster than Katman and his aged Katanana




Oh .. BUGGA

[oneofsix]

Ooooo... Yeah ... scooter has to be faster than Katman and his aged Katanana

That could explain so much about Katman's attitude

[bosslady]

Some of you are being overly sensitive. When did I ever attack people who use their camera? An overreaction me thinks. Oh well.

[f2dz]

I'm looking at getting a camera as soon as I have the spare cash, mainly, like others have said, to record all the shoddy driving I encounter.

Once you have it hooked up and stuck to your helmet I doubt it's that much of a hassle. Unless something amazing happens it's not like you'll be spending an hour a night trying to take the footage off and add sweet checkerboard transitions between clips.

You'll just record over the old stuff until something does happen.

[Berries]

Some of you are being overly sensitive. When did I ever attack people who use their camera? An overreaction me thinks. Oh well.

Pot. Kettle. Teletubbie going on post #37.

Ok im guna risk sounding like a total noob and ask wtf is OP?

Usually black and you don't talk about them.

[cmoore]

I stand to be corrected but I have heard that in the states insurance companies won't payout without in car video footage to prove you were not at fault...i am pretty sure all cars will have them soon

[SMOKEU]

I stand to be corrected but I have heard that in the states insurance companies won't payout without in car video footage to prove you were not at fault...i am pretty sure all cars will have them soon

Then it won't be much longer until all new vehicles are required to have a GPS installed and hooked up to the ECU to prevent speeding.