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On our way back from Creech Wood in Denmead today with my three children, this happened on Forest Road.
Fortunately nobody was crossing the road ahead of me.
Despite the the oncoming truck as they overtake the second car, it probably won’t make this driver think about their behaviour.
Having had my car written off last month by an inconsiderate driver, there is no excuse for this type of driving.
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Wow! That is incredible, they’re going to kill themselves or some poor person one day. Such a shame that the number plate is unclear or you could report them and hand in the video. On that sort of road, pedestrianised, there is no excuse for those speeds or overtaking riskily.
Uploading the video causes YouTube compresses the video, the actual footage is clearer. We have the reg plate though won’t post it here.
Yep, the road is a 30 … we were doing the speed limit … clearly this driver felt they had special dispensation to go as fast as they wanted.
So many stupid idiots about on the roads, rules mean nothing to them.
Selfish idiot, glad you are ok
We see it all the time on Tempest Avenue – it too is a 30mph and drivers regularly exceed 50mph.
There are never any police around to spot idiots like this either!
This happens to me all the time along there, I’m usually doing the speed limit but it’s not fast enough for some silly people!
And the trouble is that it’s more likely to be someone else who gets injured or loses their life because of it than them!
Once a driver actually went round me and the island at the same time by the Furzeley junction! Call it sixth sense but on another occasion I had a car race so far up my tail pipe they didn’t see me indicating right, I used caution and was right to, as they overtook. If I hadn’t been paying attention to my mirrors I dread to imagine what would have happened.
Get this every day driving to and from work on A3- yes black transit van at around 4.40, driving with no consideration for anyone else- you know who you are!
Maybe it was a real emergency i.e love one dying, don’t judge until you know the whole story
Well done for getting the moron on camera.
Adam- still no excuse. Better to get there than not at all. I was an oncology nurse for 10 years- that excuse does not wash
Idiot, makes me so mad, no regard for anyone else, so self-centred .
Yes Tempest is a nightmare to cross x
Have you shown the police the video, they have the authority to warn the driver.
Question ?? Is it legal to record and post on social networks ? I’m a sensible driver and of the opinion poor driving is as bad as speed and the pair combined is madness … free classroom driving classes for all every 5 years good or bad drivers no exceptions .
I have dealings with the police due to other matters, though I doubt if they’d be able to do anything constructive with the footage. Therefore I’ve posted it here so that folks can lobby their Denmead Parish / District councillors should they so wish to ask for more speedchecks on this road. To answer Mark’s question, yes it is legal to film in public places and do what you like with the footage :)
Wow that’s scary dangerous driving. There can’t be any excuse for driving like that. I had a car accident last year and it’s made me so nervous and anxious on the road! glad u r ok x
Did you show police
I drive along this road at least twice a day & it happens all the time, I reported a Royal Mail van once as he was on my bumper for most of the road then overtook me…
Rachael – our car is a write off after being hit last month on Tempest Avenue … by a driver on the wrong side of the road … (!)
That’s awful. Hope u weren’t hurt then. We have been talking about getting dash cams just as a bit of back up. I think they make sense. Defo show police that video!! That driver needs a word or two!
i had this done to me same road
Hope you have reported him/her to the police? This happened to me on the Hambledon are going through to Denmead the other day. So dangerous and stupid!
Oh my gosh Paul … that is crazy — so lucky that nobody was hurt. Thank you for posting that vid.
This happens to me all the time when driving down Tempest Ave(which is also a 30!) bloody idiots!
Yep that’s pretty bad. I witnessed a bad porshe driver not long ago. I have to say I was happy to see no accident because it wasn’t far from it. You’ll notice how seen you see an on coming car. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYUz0rIiG9I
Jan Lathem be careful
I’m sure everyone has broken the law some how, whether it’s speeding, road rage or what not. No point wasting your breath or time on people like this. End of the day no one was injured so surely thats a positive?
Ben Dawber
i have been travelling down forest road now for at least twenty years every week going to work in titchfield.i retired in 2006,i am now classed as an old fogiey i now take my time travelling at the regular speed limit on all roads and never over 45 mph even outside the the speed limit areas.i have seen enough road accidents for my likings,whilst driving along forest road a couple of weeks ago i did see a police speed camera standing by the brick wall at the entrance to the industrial site i have also seen an anpr van along the road just past the harvest home pub so the police have been in attendance in the area recently,
Apart from going fast, I don’t think the overtake was dangerous really.
… the Denmead Neighbourhood Watch team got in contact last night and they’re going to bring up the matter with the appropriate folks …
Good for you :)
I drive this road a million times a day and fortunately never had this problem! A few weeks ago early in the morning when I was taking kids to school a police camera van was there catching all the speeding drivers however I’ve not seen one since! Not sure 30 is the correct speed for that road mind, I would never overtake on that road! It’s hard enough when a car parks their to get by with all the traffic!