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11th Aug 2014

Video: Portuguese driver causes traffic collision then posts dash-cam footage online

We’re not sure why this driver uploaded the following footage, as it appears to show the driver causing a fairly big collision...

Oisin Collins

We’re not sure why this driver uploaded the following footage, as it appears to show the driver causing a fairly big collision…

The following incident occurred in Madalena, on the island of Pico, in the Portuguese Azores, and it appears as though the driver in the camera car causes the crash in question.

The camera car driver appears to be moving painfully slow at the start of the video and only speeds up when the driver behind attempts to overtake. After speeding up, the camera car then performs a pit manoeuvre on the silver car, sending it straight into a row of parked cars.

While the driver of the silver car probably shouldn’t have been overtaking on such a narrow street in the first place, the driver in the camera car certainly didn’t help matters. Police are currently investigating…

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