So, How fast should you drive with dipped headlights??

[chaparral]

Lol. Why are the police doing nothing. Does show very poor attention on the part of drivers though.

I like what that police car did at 1.58 good thinking

 

[muon]

I like what that police car did at 1.58 good thinking

The earlier vehicle could easily have closed off that lane. Just turn it's lights on and everyone would slowly go through that part.

 

[chaparral]

The earlier vehicle could easily have closed off that lane. Just turn it's lights on and everyone would slowly go through that part.

I reckon that first police car crapped himself and thought there no way am waiting here and thought he just leave it to some else to deal with

 

[Steeps]

Last night on the M1 driving through the storm (after midnight) in an unlit section there was a car nose first in the barrier just like in the video, it was on the other carriageway and even from the other side it was clear to see. In the video he flashed his full beams and didn't react at all, a lit up motorway would have made no difference. Looks like this campaign is an effort to shift the blame from his poor driving and blaming it on the road instead, the lorry driver spotted it much sooner.

 

[jpaul]

It's not a traffic cop car for sure, and the lack of florescent identification on the back for me indicates it's not a police car full stop. I think it's just somebodies works car as there's definitely branding on the door.

isn't the police car parked up before the camera, and you can only see it's lights reflecting at 0:03 , for example.

 

[Scania]

Last night on the M1 driving through the storm (after midnight) in an unlit section there was a car nose first in the barrier just like in the video, it was on the other carriageway and even from the other side it was clear to see. In the video he flashed his full beams and didn't react at all, a lit up motorway would have made no difference. Looks like this campaign is an effort to shift the blame from his poor driving and blaming it on the road instead, the lorry driver spotted it much sooner.

Most trucks driving position is high enough to avoid the majority of spray thrown up by cars so the drivers view is generally better in such conditions because of this.

 

[Skully]

I come across hundreds of drivers that are constantly hitting their brakes for no reason what so ever on the motorway. I was following a Tesla the other week on the M1 and he was constantly speeding up by 5mph then braking, then speeding up, then braking, he done this for 5 miles.

Probably TACC it's annoying with the fluctuating speed.

 

[weathmatth]

Probably TACC it's annoying with the fluctuating speed.

I doubt it, there was no one in front of him, he was just sat in the outside lane like a d**k.

 

[Django x2]

There was a lot of error on the BMW drivers part, the brake lights from the car in the middle lane, then his need to flash that car, for some reason, which again, in my mind would have highlighted that car, or at least it's silhouette to some degree so as to err on the side of caution.

 

[Rroff]

Saw this on the news: https://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/1...ky-escape-tree-crashes-onto-tesla-car-dorset/ seems like the emergency braking potentially avoided a tragedy there.

 

[Django x2]

Saw this on the news: https://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/1...ky-escape-tree-crashes-onto-tesla-car-dorset/ seems like the emergency braking potentially avoided a tragedy there.

Not unique to Tesla in anyway though

 

[jpaul]

I'd question whether the emergency braking plays a big role ... the earlier thread with a video of a tree falling on bonnet showed how quickly they fall, and at what point will the radar spot it ?, equally the tesla that hit the lorry side on , trying to go underneath it, also showed radar may not see it until it's right in front of you;
hitting a tree square on, obviuously helps distribute the impact

quick search on emergency braking reaction time - threw up this ... not on emergency braking, but rather if you are using cruise/adaptive you are slower to get the brakes on.
(by ~ 150ms) - lol'ish

Objective: We compared the differences in the braking response to vehicle collision between an active human emergency braking (Control condition) and a cruise control (CC) or an adaptive cruise control (ACC). Methods: In eleven male subjects, aged from 22 to 67 years, we measured the active emergency braking response during manual driving using the accelerator pedal (Control condition) or in condition mimicking a CC or ACC. In both conditions, we measured the brake reaction time (BRT), the delay to produce the peak braking force (PBD), the total emergency braking response (BRT + PBD), and the peak braking force (PBF). Electromyograms of leg and thigh muscles were recorded during braking. The Tonic Vibratory Response (TVR), Hoffman reflex (HR), and M-waves were recorded in leg muscles to explore the change in the sensorimotor control. Results: No difference in PBF, TVR amplitude, HR latency, and Hmax/Mmax ratio were found between the Control and CC/ACC conditions. On the other hand, BRT and PBD were significantly lengthened in the CC/ACC condition (240 +/− 13 ms and 704 +/− 70 ms, respectively) compared to Control (183 +/− 7 ms and 568 +/− 36 ms, respectively). BRT increased with the age of participants while the driving experience shortened PBD and increased PBF. Conclusions: In male subjects, driving in a CC/ACC condition significantly delays the active emergency braking response to vehicle collision. This could result from higher amplitude of leg motion in the CC/ACC condition and/or by the age-related changes in motor control. Car and truck drivers must take account of the significant increase in the braking distance in a CC/ACC condition.

 

[TheVoice]

isn't the police car parked up before the camera, and you can only see it's lights reflecting at 0:03 , for example.

That looked like someone's torch (lots of LED ones have a strobe mode).

Deplorable behaviour by the LAPD officer leaving the scene, doesn't matter what they were dealing with or on the way to at the time.