Originally Posted by Kyras

I am one who can drive in a straight line and take photos at the same time. I do it on drives often. Perhaps I could even hold up my phone for a video while driving in a straight line. Haven't mastered videos with a phone or camera, yet.

I sure as hell don't want to sound like I'm defending the woman because with the LIMITED info we all have, it could very well be that she was intentionally trying to piss off the truck driver, but the fact is, if one of our loved ones, or ourselves, were on the other side of the road, his anger could have caused our death.

Still, if she was NOT intentionally adding to his anger, and it was all about him being a major idiot, I'd be just like her, laughing my ass off as he crashed. I'd also be just like him, flipping her off, if she WAS intentionally being a road block for miles. I just wouldn't have done his lame stunt and crashed. I don't have that testosterone issue.

Gene, you need to blow off some steam, my friend. It's just a video.

Originally Posted by jukngene

I did...that's why I YELLED! You don't find them irritating? I know I am extremely anal, but, like you and Lainey, I take a lot of pride and care in the pictures that I post and can't understand why others don't. Waterfalls and Portraits: Vertical; Everything else: Horizontal (Cellphone photography laws by Gene)

By the way, I'm not the only one who commented on the vertical video. Just can't remember where I saw it. At least I'm not alone!

Originally Posted by RMurphy

While I'm not lamenting the guy's crash (a bit of poetic justice, ya know?), the woman videotaping was also dangerous and played a role in creating the problem. You can't safely drive while video-ing with a cell phone. And I wouldn't want to be distracted by anything while some lunatic was tailgating me. I would want both hands on the wheel and my concentration on the task at hand.

I run a dashcam in all of my vehicles (fixed and mounted). It's always on. That's the only safe way to record what people are doing as you drive down the road. And seriously, when I see someone driving like that guy in the truck, I do everything I can to get as far away from them as possible. Taking the time to video and then gloat isn't smart. The smart driver recognizes that frequently discretion is the better part of valor. If you don't invite trouble, then you are significantly less likely to find yourself in the middle of it.

We'll put on this videotaper gal's headstone, "But I had the right of way and I was doing the speed limit!"

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Originally Posted by Legal Bill

I know if I'm in the passing lane and the person in front of me is going exactly the speed limit and holding a camera up to my face while I drive behind them, I'm going to get pissed off. Your temperment may vary.

Originally Posted by poorshoeless

That's one reason I leave for work at 0630 daily. I don't want to deal with idiots in the fast lane doing the speed limit. There are way too many of them out there in OH.