AMERICAN Reacts to 10 Most Notorious GANGS in the UK!! *CRAZY*

[@jameslacey7005]

Jaywalking isn’t a crime in the UK. You can cross the road where ever you want. There doesn’t have to be a crossing

[@katiperry8533]

As my hubby used to say ... "cars have brakes!"

[@emmahowells8334]

Jay walking isn't a crime in any part of the UK, not just in England.

[@kevintwine2315]

I’ve never quite understood why it’s a crime anywhere to be honest

[@As.11.11]

No the armed police in London don’t care unless you stare at them because one is you’re friend then they search you to make you feel embarrassed I love my friends🖕

[@Strange_Club]

In fact quite the opposite now. The new Highway code seemingly gives priority to pedestrians at all times. If a pedestrian is hit by a car, it's automatically the car driver's fault. Sheer lunacy!

[@Philzoid]

I've always found jaywalking a strange offense. They trust people to own guns in America but they don't trust people to cross a road lol.

[@rblxplaysmochax6808]

The average democrat struggles to negotiate crossing the road

[@survivalrush]

@@rblxplaysmochax6808 It's because they ignore the actual traffic, crossing only when it 'feels' right

[@Devonshirejackdaw]

No we don't cross until we know it's safe to cross. We don't just walk in front of traffic

[@Silvertongue8]

I know its absurd!!

[@ronaldfinch7420]

In Las Vegas one morning I jaywalked. I was getting some ciggies about 6am, the roads were empty so I jogged diagonally across all 4 lanes of east Harmon boulevard to get to wallgreens. A homeless guy gave me a really strange look. Strange but true.

[@danielferguson3784]

Most gangs are territorial, based upon an area, region, or particular Borough, some associated with football clubs. There is now also a racial aspect to some gangs. Each gang try to keep rival gangs out of their area. There is a growing problem with County lines drug distribution gangs, using schoolkids etc to spread drugs around the country.

[@chrisicotec7652]

im from glasgow where gangs are primarily territorial

[@Nobby76]

As you can see from this video, most gangs only have problems with other gangs. They rearly ever do anything to random people (unless that person did something to cross the gang) The Kray twins were known as "the gentlemen of murderers" as they would be nice and polite to anyone NOT involved with that kind of lifestyle. As long as you was respectful to them, they were to you too. One of my aunties used to have a Cafe in london which the krays would often frequent. She had one basic rule (similar to the continental hotel from john wick) You was more than welcome to come in and sit for something to eat, or use the back room for private meetings, but you was NOT allowed to "conduct business" on the premesis. If there was ever any problems i nthe cafe from someone acting up, the krays would send someone around to remove them from the building. One afternoon, some random gang found out the krays were at the cafe and they kray brothers themselves activly protected my auntie from harm, while some of the rest of the gang dispersed the rival gang..

[@itiswhatitis3582]

They both where known nonces

[@chelseaultra9348]

ALL THESE BULLSH*T LEGENDS ABOUT THE KRAYS ARE NONSENSE ! ANYONE WHO REALLY KNEW THEM KNEW THEY WERE NONCES WHO LIKE LITTLE BOYS AND WERE SELLING KIDS TO HIGH PROFILE COPPERS JUDGES AND POLITICIANS , IT'S THE ONLY REASON THEY STAYED ON THE STREET SO LONG AS THEY DID BUSINESS IN SUCH A MESSY WAY BUT USED TO BRIBE THEIR WAY OUT OF CONVINCTIONS , HAD THEY NOT GONE TO JAIL THE HIT HAD ALREADY BEEN ISSUED ON THEM ANYWAY BECAUSE OF THE HEAT THEY WERE BRINGING TO EVERYONE , THEY WERE BULLIES AND MORONS ! 🤦‍♂️

[@lewis6916]

My granda always told me similar stories. The krays were good people at heart. Countless stories of them doing nice things. This doesn’t make up for what they done… but I’ve never heard of them hurting someone who didn’t fckn deserve it🤷‍♂️🫡

[@itiswhatitis3582]

@@lewis6916 they fucked little boys . What you talking about good people

[@tropixi5336]

the uk dont have jaywalking, its just crossing the road

[@tropixi5336]

@@user-um2sw7ov3e ok bot

[@benlipman7755]

We cross where we fucking want 🤣

[@paulwensley4708]

You should watch peaky blinders a very good series with alot of gangs in it including the sabinis starring cillian Murphy and Tom Hardy

[@dboyyarris4811]

I'm from West Yorkshire England but my parents moved to Salford Manchester back in the 90s I remember meeting dezi noonan in a pub once whilst visiting my parents. He seemed like a good lad, didn't know who he was till his death was on the news.

[@johnloony68]

6:35 the 14 siblings were named Desmond, Damian, Dominic, David, Dylan, Dean, Derek, Drew, Dane, Donald, Dexter, Douglas, Duncan and Bernard.

[@_Professor_Oak]

5:20 probably to do with whoever was inside the building, nothing personal against the building itself 😂

[@vinylmonkeyTHFC]

My dad used to know a cousin from one of the Richardsons, he told me one day they came down his street looking for someone with hammers and guns and the whole street would just scatter as normally everyone would be outside playing and kids playing football etc but once word got to them that they were on the way, everyone just locked themselves in. He went to school with their cousin too. This was Battersea south London in the 60s

[@Viceeoff]

Absolutely loving this reactmas mate. Daily uploads is just what I need after work everyday

[@theunknownuser0429]

Keep up the awesome videos jt. They are really helping to cheer me up right now because my grampa passed away a few days ago. ❤

[@Bazk01]

We have a lot of laws around the use of land and the upkeep of existing buildings after sale. The older the building, the more chance it has listed status and those are expensive to keep habitable. So you buy the land and you can't take down the building and build something else on the property. It's "surprising" how many of these buildings suffer a fire out of nowhere. Then when the building falls down, the owner gets a insurance windfall to build whatever building they wanted on the site now that it's just rubble.

[@allenwilliams1306]

Even that doesn't mean you can build what you like on the site. If the council suspects what has happened was a way around planning laws, they could order you to restore whatever's left to its original condition.

[@Bazk01]

For the right people, the council is like Sgt. Schulze. They see nothink. @@allenwilliams1306

[@Calrissian360]

The arson thing isn't just about burning stuff for fun. Most often it'll be an insurance job. edit: Just thought I'd add that a lot of people think Dessie Noonan was stabbed to death by a rival gangster. This isn't the truth. He was stabbed by a heroin addict who Dessie was trying to steal £5 from at the time. Literally got himself killed over a fiver 😂

[@daveoconnell3833]

😂

[@MetalRocksMe.]

This happened near where I live on the estates over from mine.

[@Calrissian360]

@@MetalRocksMe. Did Dominic ever get his Safety Deposit Box scam off the ground? I heard a couple of years back that he'd bought an abandoned police station in either New Moston or Middleton and planned to 'take good care of' people's valuables for them, for a 'reasonable' price 🤣 I can't imagine anyone would be daft enough to take him up on it though.

[@SteveODonnell]

There are and have been a number of large well known gangs in Scotland too. The Ferris' and the Ice Cream Wars are two of the most well known fanilies and events. There have been murders over the years of other gang members in quite public places. Living around Glasgow you learn and hear of these things all the time. Also know folk that were involved or knew some of them.

[@-IAmPie]

Lyons family too. I hate when they specify uk and its just England gangs not scotland or Northern Ireland

[@SteveODonnell]

@-IAmPie oh yeah forgot them. yeah it's annoying. Especially the terrible UK towns and its mostly southern England.

[@-IAmPie]

@@SteveODonnell expecially the glasgow scarface. He could have mentioned bonzo or the glasgow underworld

[@iceninja46]

Remember, whenever you hear UK or Britain, they mostly mean England...😠

[@-IAmPie]

@@iceninja46 true, independence would be good then 🤣

[@gilgammesh1]

As someone whos born and bred in Manchester i have heard of the Noonan's, Its just one of those background things that i never bothered to look up.

[@terminusaquo1980]

I love that "Bro, just tell us what they didn't do and it would be a shorter list" 🤣🤣🤣

[@bernardfender5147]

The video forgot the Quality Street Gang from Salford, Manchester where I live. In the sixties the Krays thought they would muscle in on the Manchester crime scene. They travelled by train from London, arriving at Piccadilly station, only to be met by FOUR HUNDRED men, all waiting on the platform. The Krays and their cronies were so scared they refused to get off the train! They never came back to Manchester again. Having worked in nightclubs in the 80s and 90s I had lots of first-hand experience of what it was like. One club had a wheelie bin full of petrol pushed down the stairs as a warning, another had a car actually driven through the front doors and crashing and getting stuck on the stairs down to the club. An old school friend became a doorman at the Hacienda and was followed home and murdered. Many of my friends were, a couple still are, doormen. A few knew the Noonan brothers personally. I could tell you a lot the spicy stories about then things that went on back then, like me standing outside an illegal rave in a warehouse unit with 5000 people inside, telling a police inspector to "bugger off this is a private party", while I could see a mate still trying to steal electricity from a lamp post to power more amps and lights😂😂😂

[@MM-76]

Why lie

[@bernardfender5147]

@@MM-76 I am not lying. Why assume I am?

[@HolyFreakinDragonSlayer]

JT you should watch a bbc programme called the bank job, its about a group of old men that broke into a bank vault drilling a man sized hole into the vault wall - its also a true story

[@icba9292]

I actually BEG you watch the film 'Legend' with Tom Hardy playing both the Kray Twins, amazing film.

[@David-The-YorkshireMan]

Here In Leeds we have the Yardies atm, they've controlled crime for decades a Jamaican Gang that the police admit are heavier armed than them

[@Yap4256]

Should react to some new gangs they have loads of drill music and gang documentaries

[@kirstygunn9149]

My kids were called the' Gunn brothers' by their old Head master at school, the fact that they were only aged 7 & 8 years old at the time made it even funnier 😊

[@itiswhatitis3582]

Well, is that not what They are.

[@ShilohSmith]

I used to live in Birmingham, the uk one ahah. We moved when I was four because the gangs were so bad that it wasn’t safe to walk down the street at night or even sometimes during the day with the threat of being stabbed or abducted. There was a huuuuuuge filed over the back of the street we lived on, and we called it “the car graveyard” because every day and night, the local gang would steal a car and light it on fire to watch it burn and explode. They would then throw them into the huge ravine that encircled the whole field. It was…super rough down there 😂 Edit: apparently it’s even worse now, last video or news I saw come out of my hometown was of the entire police force trying to control a huge mob, there were kids no older than 10 with machetes and poles. They were ALL (adults and kids) stealing cars, deliberately running people over and into peoples houses. Bricking and smashing up police cars. The police didn’t have a leg to stand on, this mob pushed the police back and forced them to retreat. It’s bad down there, I’m so glad we moved.

[@Lynnwoody1]

i have no idea what part of Birmingham you lived in, but i have lived there for most of my 71 years and have never seen any of the things you describe.

[@ShilohSmith]

@@Lynnwoody1 lucky you, you obviously managed to find yourself in the less chaotic and crime ridden areas. I wish I was you tbh, the outlook on my hometown would be much better lol

[@ShilohSmith]

@@Lynnwoody1 I honestly can’t remember the name of the specific area I was only 4 years old when we had to move away, I’ll have to ask her ahah

[@1234legend1234]

​@@Lynnwoody1 its around newtown, ladywood, aston and lozells. Its grim around there.

[@sconaldo7]

Nobody has mentioned the burger bar boys, are they still a thing in Birmingham? Apparently they are or were just violent and dangerous to anybody no reason needed.

[@alexjmurphy2145]

Last I heard, loads of the senior guys went to prison and whilst the name/gang is still active, its not like it was. Don't quote me on any of that though, most of it from KZbin

[@lokibrux]

Still going strong. They just rebranded.

[@davidford3744]

"Mad" Frankie Fraiser from The Richardsons torture gang became quite a celebrity later on. There's lots of footage of him on TV shows and interview programmes

[@michaelkitson8594]

disgusting how someone like that could be a celebrity says a lot about the state of the UK finished

[@alexjmurphy2145]

​@michaelkitson8594 Finished? It was in the 1960's mate. London Gangsters were heavily involved behind the scenes in various aspects of entertainment ie Sports, Music, TV etc etc. Look up Barbara Windsors life, parts of Sharon Osborne life too, loadsa stars from that era and before and beyond

[@molliesmomma]

I met Frankie and his wife in the early 2000’s and he was so polite and respectful towards me. It was hard to believe he could be that ruthless.

[@jackstevenson-grier8170]

Should react to UK drill gangs and UK drill music would be worth a watch

[@KSmeaton1]

I'd love to learn about the part of America you come from. It'd be great if you could do some videos on it, about the history, traditions, culture etc. Please =)

[@MrPagan777]

America?!!! No sir, this boy is from Kentucky!

[@KSmeaton1]

@MrPagan777 Sir? I am no sir, lol. Kentucky is a part of America, right? Last time I checked. 😉

[@davidgraemesmith1980]

As a buddy from Laurel county, Kentucky says "the commonwealth of Kentucky is a beautiful place with a dark past deep underground"

[@LeoVentura-u3e]

Modern day gangs in UK , would be like “Peckham SN” Manchesters “Gooch” gang, Birmingham’s “Johnson” gang and then we have the Albanian gangs, Somali gangs and Yardie gangs too, apparently Glasgow has a history of gang violence but I’m not to educated on up there , there’s documentaries on all of them you should watch, hope that helps 😎

[@Justgetmanic]

You've got to watch the kray movies, you'll love it

[@pete4508]

its like 6-8C or 42-46F degrees where i am in the UK at this point.

[@redpillmicky]

In England there's gangs from, Jamaica, Pakistan, Eastern Europe from everywhere

[@JOHNDOE2K13]

Dude you ever watched kidulthood or adulthood 😂😂😂

[@SJKStudiosphotography]

From Birmingham UK here every postcode has its own gang I grew up in the 38 area which is now known as the Frankley killers and its the same everywhere. Knife crime, drugs, guns organised motor theft its just normal here. Commonly known gangs from the UK; Frankley killers, as mentioned earlier, 247365, 23 drillas, 61 gang and the burger bar boys from Birmingham. The A team, the Gooch close gang and the cheetham hill gang from Manchester. The east side boys, the Whitney gang, wave 420 and the scottie road crew from Liverpool. The Albanian mafia, the bengali machete gang and the somali streethoods from london. Others include the lyons and Daniels clans from glasgow and smaller gangs dotted around every area of the uk mostly saturated with teens and young adults

[@YouknowwhereHughgo]

Modern day are Somalian and Albanian gamgsters in the South anyway. A lot of kids like to think they are too lol A lot of the mafia failed in London because of Jewish gangs. Jack Spot being the most notorious, there's a film called Once Upon a Time in London on it, mad frankly Fraser is in it too, you heard about him when they talked about the Richardsons aka the torture gang. The Krays are like your Al Capone. In fact, they modelled themselves on it. Have you seen the film legend? Many people's favourite gangster films, even in the States. Tom Hardy plays both twins, you should do a reaction on it ✌️

[@bazcrowther8205]

The krays wasn't nothing to sniff at

[@OliverQueen1974]

Correct in regard to modern day gangs - they are mostly Albanian, Turkish or Somalian - & the first 2 use hand car washes & barber shops to launder their money which the Police know about but do basically nothing about it either due to fear, resources or that the bosses are based overseas & control everything via the phone/internet. With the sheer amount of lieutenants that they have in the U.K., they arrest one or two of them & they are replaced within minutes by someone else. Most of the gangs are also operated from countries with no extradition to the U.K.

[@YouknowwhereHughgo]

@@bazcrowther8205 yeah their story is exaggerated, they were local bullies that went out of their depth, still I wouldn't want to be on the wrong side of them

[@MrPagan777]

Arson was for insurance fraud. A business would be insured, then an 'accidental' fire would happen. Or the fires would target the businesses of rival gangs...

[@DavidPurvis-dt6iw]

In Britain a lot of buildings have something called insurance on them

[@j4mesy1984]

The sabinies is in the Programe picky blinders

[@willis9976]

The fact cheese and rice was mentioned we welcome you to the uk 😂😂😂

[@TeSs_TiCkLeS101]

How the Gooch was mot mentioned is beyond me they had manchester renamed to gunchester, most of them he listed I've never heard of.

[@michellemaggs75]

Salford and Cheetham Hill much bigger. Moss side was divided between Gooch and Doddington. Plus dozens of new gangs. Longsight ,Rusholme,Old Trafford .

[@Nobby76]

The 2 most notorious gangs in Birmingham (englands second biggest city) these days are "The burger bar boys" and "The Johnsons" They made the news back in 2003 in connection to the murders of Charlene Ellis and Letisha Shakespeare. It was a drive by attempt on the rival gang with Mach 10 machine guns, unfortunately the 2 girls were caught by stray bullets and didn't survive.. I have had dealings with both gangs, i used to work in a club on John bright street (just behind New street station) One night, the johnsons came to the club and our doormen bounced them back, due to their clothing choice. While the johnsons were trying to argue their case to be let in, the Burger bar boys happened to drive past and decided to open fire. Luckily our doors had thick metal plates in them so only a few bullets made it through the gap in the open door and embedded into the walls. The johnsons bolted through the club, i was inside and just said "The back door is that direction, dont stop, just go through, you can get back to the main road from there" then the burger bar boys jumped out the car, and chased after them, so again i said "They took the back door, which is that way, don't stop, just go through and it will lead out onto the main road" They ran through the club and after the last one left we shut the doors and locked them and we watched from the upper balcony. Once they left the area, we unlocked the doors and kicked everyone out and shut the club down for the night..

[@Nobby76]

I've also had dealing with the Yardies (jamaican gang found all up n down the country) Someone i knew got in trouble with them and came to my place to try to hide, which i did not allow (i dont want to get involved with yardies) So i told him to leave, by going over my back garden fence. Next thing i know Yardies were on my front door, so i told them straight "I want nothing to do with this, i let him in the house, but told him to leave, he went over the back fence, by all means go ahead and follow" So they did, i let them out the back door and the chased after him. Next morning the same guys knocked on my front door, i was fairly shocked as you could imagine. But they just came to say thanks for not getting involved and letting them go though the house after the guy. and "compensated" me with a bottle of jamaican rum. We ended up having breakfast and chatting for about an hour. Really nice guys to be fair, just dont cross them and you are fine.

[@Raggattoni]

Yes all the Noonan kids names start with D

[@redpillmicky]

There's a gang in London known as the east end mafia huge guys, mechanic by day gangsters by night

[@dylanhallsworth3677]

You burn a house or shop down to cause fear, go back a few days later without the mask, offer protection to sed person for £500 a week, really easi money

[@W.T.M.40]

It's weird seeing people who have no clue on this. We have some of the worst knife crime in Europe. I feel safe around the world, but in my own city of London, I don't feel safe. This country is not tea, and the Royal family, its corruption from the government, reflects our situation now.

[@shihtzu291]

Okay calm down! We are rank within the top 5 least currupt countries in the world America is around 19th. Also London is no different to any other mega city of 10 million of course there is going to be crime but again not as bad as other countries look up what is happening in Sweden I can assure you that it will shock and surprise you how dangerous it is compared to London (whole country of Sweden 11 million).Really the UK ain't that bad. 🇬🇧

[@W.T.M.40]

@shihtzu291 ok, calm down 😆 🤣 😂 😹 😆

[@noneofyourbeeswax01]

I'm a Londoner born and bred. I've never felt unsafe anywhere in the capital (except when inside a Police Station). In the wild, predators prey on the weak and injured. The same applies with human predators; it's easy to spot people who are fearful and nervous as distinct from those with confidence. The trick is not to act like prey.

[@W.T.M.40]

@@noneofyourbeeswax01 The fact you say the trick is not to act like pray tells me everything I said is correct.

[@noneofyourbeeswax01]

@@W.T.M.40 Have you ever been stabbed? I'm guessing not or you certainly would have mentioned it. I never have. None of my family, born and raised here, have ever felt unsafe in London. Of course none of them (with the exception of myself) have ever been so foolish as to walk the more sketchy area alone in the dead of night. And, before you jump in and say "aha! You admit it's dangerous" I will point out that that it the same for every large city in the world, and many - most, I would contend, have more inherent danger than London. You can get kneecapped in Belfast, Bombed in Beirut, mugged in Miami and shot in New York. The chances of getting shot in London are miniscule, you'd need to be a terrorist or an armed roadman to have any chance at all of being shot, and in that case you'd probably deserve it. You claim to be a Londoner. You say it's your city. Then own it. Walk the streets like you're Thomas Shelby. You have nothing -well, very little - to fear but fear itself. p.s. Of course I know very well that you're not a Londoner, just someone whose purpose is to spread fear and a false narrative for whatever reason, ut my words are to counter your propaganda, and may be applied to anyone living in London whatever their origin. I will finish up with that admirable quote from Boswell: _When a man is tired of London he is tired of life, for there is in London all that life can afford"._

[@jeepsthetimebandit]

The Noonans don't deserve their status. Dessie was a drug using bully and Dom is a paedophile. I don't know anyone round here that actually respected that family. They ruined The Hacienda. And yeah, all the kids have names beginning with D.

[@matthewrobinson2831]

I was delivering in a dangerous place in the uk today 😂 had to watch my back the whole time and the amount off cctv cameras watching the whole street etc. madness

[@benlipman7755]

We don’t have jay walking 🤣🤣🪦 we cross where we fucking want 🤣

[@alexturner4096]

My family and I moved to a, then, small mining village, we even had territorial gang fights there, using cars, hammers, crowbars, anything you could get your hands on, I got jumped one night, by 3 of the other gang, 2 of them layed into me , while the 3rd one, holding a crowbar, stopped my mate from helping me! And that was just a tiny village, so you can imagine what the big cities are like! That list mostly showed defunct gangs, there are more gangs in the UK than ever before!

[@buskingkarma2503]

I was born and grew up in a big city in the UK(Birmingham),I left at the end of the 90s,and it was bad then,so bad that you would have thought it couldn't have got any worse,,,but it honestly has,sadly enough! I mean in Birmingham alone just now,the crime rate is higher than London,which is surprising because,it's only the size of South London alone.

[@blitznac]

I Live on the Outskirts of Greater London in a village called Gravesend Kent that is surrounded by rough neighbourhoods. In Town or even on the Streets especially on a Friday or Saturday night its not unusual to see gangs of 20 to 30+ some with a few rowdy girls but mostly boys walking round or hanging about on the streets and alleys. If you can walk past without them shouting something or all running over the road you are lucky. I got a lot of stories of run ins with gangs round my way. Big gang fights or even 4 or 5 of us vs 25 boys with weapons happened a few times. One night in Kings Farm one of the worst estates 50 of us at a Party and 40 travellers and Gypsys running down the road throwing glass bottles at the house turned into a big fight people getting stabbed next to me then the police raided the place broke in the front door. Too many other incidents round here to talk about but to answer your question I know loads of Gangs just in the towns around me. In the UK there is gangs in most towns and villages. In total 1000s of gangs here but they arent all organised crime a lot are just big groups of friends that just wana do bad things or got rivals in another big group of people. Also mainly in the big Cities London, Liverpool, Manchester etc gangs fight for control of their Postcode but of course that happens in some towns as well

[@steelpanther9568]

Jaywalking was invented in the USA to blame the pedestrian for causing an accident when they get knocked down by a motorist , which other countries, including The UK, (not including Ireland & Northern Ireland, as Jaywalking is also illegal), as well as Canada, where the motorist is responsible for Knocking down a Pedestrian, (except on Motorways & Highways, where it is illegal for pedestrians to either walk along or cross):- Jaywalking is the act of pedestrians walking in or crossing a roadway if that act contravenes traffic regulations. The term originated in the United States as a derivation of the phrase jay-drivers (the word jay meaning 'a greenhorn, or rube'), people who drove horse-drawn carriages and automobiles on the wrong side of the road, before taking its current meaning. Jaywalking was coined as the automobile arrived in the street in the context of the conflict between pedestrian and automobiles (also then known as horseless carriages), more specifically the nascent automobile industry. Jaywalking laws vary widely by jurisdiction. Origin of the term While jaywalking is associated with pedestrians today, the earliest references to "jay" behavior in the street were about horse-drawn carriages and automobiles in 1905 Kansas: "jay drivers" who did not drive on the correct side of the street. The term swiftly expanded to pedestrians, and by 1909, The Chanute Daily Tribune warned "The jay walker needs attention as well as the jay driver, and is about as big a nuisance." No historical evidence supports an alternative folk etymology by which the word is traced to either the letter "J" (characterizing the route a jaywalker might follow), or "jake walk" (an early term related to a drunkard's walk). The earliest citation in the Oxford English Dictionary follows in 1917. Automobile interests in the US took up the cause of labeling and scorning jaywalkers in the 1910s and early 1920s, by then the earlier term of "jay driver" was declining in use. The word was promoted by pro-automobile interests in the 1920s, according to historian and alternative transportation advocate Peter D. Norton. Today, in the US, the word is often used synonymously with its current legal definition, crossing the street illegally. Originally in the US, the legal rule was that "all persons have an equal right in the highway, and that in exercising the right each shall take due care not to injure other users of the way". In time, however, streets became the province of vehicular traffic, both practically and legally. In many countries such as the United Kingdom, the word is not generally used and with the exception of certain high-speed roads, there are no laws limiting how pedestrians can use public highways. This has caused confusion among British people visiting countries with such laws, with the BBC reporting on a case where a man from the UK was arrested in the U.S. city of Atlanta for crossing the road. Legal texts in other countries use different concepts, such as Rules applicable to pedestrians in the Vienna Convention on Road Traffic. One member of this convention, the United Kingdom, does not have jaywalking laws; its Highway Code relies on the pedestrians making their own judgment on whether it is safe to cross based on the Green Cross Code. In many European countries, pedestrians are banned from high speed roads such as motorways or expressways, but they are generally permitted on regular rural and urban roads. That is done in compliance with the Vienna Convention on Road Traffic, which also contains concepts addressing the question of the usage of the road or street by pedestrians for walking or crossing. Some countries like Ireland do not comply with the convention as rigorously as others. Laws and traditions vary from country to country. The UK In England, Wales and Scotland (Great Britain) it is not illegal to cross or walk on all roads except motorways (where pedestrians and slow vehicles are not permitted), and roads with the "No Pedestrians" sign displayed. The Highway Code contains rules for crossing a road safely, but these are recommendations and not legally directly enforceable, though branches of the highway code may be used as supporting evidence in prosecutions. As with other advisory parts of the Highway Code compliance and non-compliance can be used to claim/counterclaim/defend against liability in civil law claims such as insurance claims. The term "jaywalking" is obscure. There is no law preventing such an act. Culturally, "jaywalking" often confuses British citizens abroad and visitors to the UK. British citizens, like citizens from other countries where it is not an offence, are more prone to infringe jaywalking laws abroad. Transport for London identified tourists visiting London as being particularly vulnerable due to the personal assessment of risk expected of all pedestrians who cross roads. Some tourists copy locals' most risky crossing stunts, falsely assuming there was no advanced risk assessment involved or a higher right-of-way to vehicles, without understanding they have less right-of-way in all but a few places and times. A third reason is that many visitors are not used to all traffic driving on the left. Recent changes to the Highway code have given priority to pedestrians waiting to cross a road. When crossing, pedestrians are expected to use their judgement and wait until it is safe to cross. Under Rule 170 of the Highway Code, if a pedestrian is waiting to cross or has already started crossing the road (from either side) across a side street into which a car is about to turn, vehicles should always give way and let them leave the road safely. (Prior to January 2022 this only applied for pedestrians who had already started to cross the road). In UK schools children are taught to cross roads safely through the Green Cross Code. British children are taught to "Stop, Look and Listen" before crossing a road, as demonstrated in the Think! campaign. Unlike the rest of the UK, in Northern Ireland jaywalking is an offence. This is through article 38 of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1995, which states "If a pedestrian through his own negligence on a road endangers his own safety, or that of any other person, he is guilty of an offence." In both 2005 and 2006, hundreds of fines were issued for jaywalking, however from 2018 onways this had reduced to approximately 50 per year. Ireland Ireland maintains a jaywalking law, which requires a pedestrian to use a pedestrian crossing if they are within 15 metres (49 ft) of one. When crossing a road, pedestrians are advised to wait until it is safe to cross. Vehicles should give way to the pedestrian who uses a zebra crossing. Irish children are taught the Road Safety Authority safe cross code in schools where it teaches them to stop, listen, and look out for any incoming traffic whilst crossing a road and only cross a road if safe to do so. It also advises them to use traffic lights and zebra crossings to cross a road rather than jaywalk. The Garda Síochána usually do not take action on jaywalkers unless they caused possible harm to drivers or others. Canada Jaywalking is not in the Criminal Code and is not considered a criminal offence in Canada. No law on jaywalking exists at the federal level, although several provinces and territories in Canada, as well as municipalities, have enacted regulations and/or by-laws that restrict when a pedestrian may cross a roadway. Most of these provincial regulations and municipal by-laws do not use the term jaywalking to describe when a pedestrian unlawfully crosses a roadway. Although provincial regulations and municipal by-laws on crossing a motorway exist, its enforcement remains extremely rare. United States State road rules in the United States usually require a driver to yield the right of way to a pedestrian crossing a road when the pedestrian crosses at a marked crosswalk or an unmarked crosswalk. Unmarked crosswalks generally exist as the logical extensions of sidewalks at intersections with approximately right angles. Following the Uniform Vehicle Code, state codes often do not prohibit a pedestrian from crossing a roadway between intersections if at least one of the two adjacent intersections is not controlled by a signal, but they stipulate that a pedestrian not at a crosswalk must yield the right of way to approaching drivers. State codes often permit pedestrians to use roads that are not controlled access facilities and without sidewalks but such use is usually regulated. Jaywalking is considered an infraction, but in some jurisdictions, it is a misdemeanor or requires a court appearance. The penalty is usually a fine. 🤔

[@jameslee1736]

U should do a reaction video to the ice cream wars in glasgow scotland uk

[@mattmason4700]

I have lived in the uk all my life and the only ones i had herd of was the kray twins

[@mana3735]

If you live in inner cities, you get to know about a lot of gangs. I live in Salford, I don't get involved but I know a lot of them.

[@mattmason4700]

@@mana3735 yeah I am in a small town called Bromsgrove it's about a 20 min drive from Brum you hear of gang violence but that's about it lol ✌️

[@EmilyCheetham]

J walking isn’t a crime in uk. It’s perfectly legal as long as you don’t cause an accident.

[@jackbackband7733]

Arson is usually for insurance money.

[@georgedrummond1111]

The part about arson, you asked why, well they dont go around lighting fires for fun its done because someone wont pay protection or are due the criminals money etc I am 5.22 into this video and its all ready cheesing me off with its inaccuracies hahahah they mention the Ronnie Kray gang ( never been a thing ) then follow it with a description of the Firm anyways will get back to it and see how long I last before switching off hahahah

[@carwyndavies6800]

Arsen either insurance fraud ,evidence disposal or punishment for the protection racket or a rivals

[@ToeInMyJam]

Pfft, no mention of the paramilitaries (essentially mafia gangs tbh) in Northern Ireland. Otherwise, great video JT :)

[@stephensmith4480]

They only really became Mafia types after the Good Friday Agreement in 1998. Before that they were very different.

[@matthew-Williams]

Think I am gonna start using cheese an rice as my new curse word now.

[@bigdaddigaming]

The British gangs didn't cause arson because it's a nice building, they did and do it because it's there enemies buildings or someone owes them

[@catholicbeth2371]

My geat Grandad was an illegaj bookmker in Sheffield, north England in the 1930s.Grandma told me stories of police coming to her house looking for betting slips, in fact they were hidden under the bread dough rising on the hearth. Take it from me Peaky blinders was definitely close to. Reality........

[@Paul-vt8ff]

biggest gang is the parliament

[@MrGeo176]

You should look into the quality street from Manchester and the Hellbanians in London.

[@paulcarter9618]

Im a nottingham resident and they Guns were known everywhere. Even though they looked after people in the Bestwood area but where very dangerous people. Colin especially.

[@gafre2757]

Have a read of the book " HOODS" , it's about the Gunns and gangs and gangsters in Nottingham. There's also many videos on youtube regarding gangs of Nottingham etc. The city isn't anything as bad as you'd think after reading and watching these.

[@ImranKhan-dr8bb]

Some modern day ones are The Burger Bar Boys, The Johnson Crew, Hellbanianz, Croxteth Crew, Strand Gang. Theres loads more though.

[@sailingayoyo]

“If you don’t pay up that’s fine. Oh did you hear about the last person who didn’t pay? Yes somehow his house burned down with his family inside. You want to pay up? Good call”. That is why arson would be on the list, I would imagine.

[@chanabhaji2726]

The famous five and The Red Hand gangs where all over the TV really big in the 1970s and 80's.

[@sikmissiontv9273]

Wayyyyy goo on Charlie boiiii . So glad to see the Richardsons made this list .

[@ayygeordiee]

Now those are gangs. Not these "Roadmen" fellas

[@elainecassidy5116]

You really need to watch pinky blinders series really good

[@usefulrandom1855]

Most proper UK gangsters are "normal looking" as in your comment about number 4. They have to blend in, they are businessmen men in a sense just illegal. A kid selling drugs on the street is not a gangster despite what they may think haha.

[@kris1103]

It's hilarious the gang has the least intimidating dog ever. Whats he doing? Herding sheep?

[@markclay2103]

Happy Christmas J.T

[@jeanproctor3663]

Here's one you might find interesting, JT, the gangs linked to the UK football following. There's two in the city where I live - the BBC (Blades Business Crew) and the OCS (Owls Crime Squad), with links to Sheffield United and Sheffield Wednesday. But there's a lot more than just these two.

[@AlanHood]

The Mooneys would be the Sheffield gang that would fit the vudeo more. Proper old peaky blinders stuff, with the addition of Shillito and the police "bastard squad" of brought in to play hardball.

[@papaxci]

you should look at the adam gang from rochdale, greater manchester, was active until a couple years ago

[@LuxuryBradfordMansion]

the thing with criminal dog owners is that they usually have one of those massive and aggressive dogs that mightve been trained to kill rival gang members so that mightve been why they killed it

[@Believer3_]

There is 1000s of modern gangs just in London , way more then there ever was back then

[@gavingiant6900]

Sheffield was knicknamed 'Little Chicago' at one-point, and they had to bring in the newly formed Flying Squad it got that bad. They didn't mention the Garvin's involvement with the Mooney's and also Sky Edge, Park Hill, Pitch and Toss (gambling game that is still played today, also penny up wall which kinda came from it and normally played at school) etc. If you've watched Peaky Blinders you'll have heard bits about it. Gotta love my cities colourful past, also has the oldest football club in the world SFC (that is a different kinda gang mentality, they would be the OCS and BBC nowadays (BBC not to be confused with the TV company). The 80's and 90's were mental aswell, I started coming up around 96 when I was about 11-12.

[@jane0206]

I was on a bus with mad Frankie Fraser just before he died what a smart gentleman he looked & acted used to go to our local pub Every one loved him lol

[@michaelkitson8594]

he was a murderer

[@T--qn7zm]

My brother was a member of The Joker Mob, in the 1960s.

[@adamwyatt9748]

Watch the movie “The krays “ it’ll give you a rough idea of what the London underworld was like.

[@adamwyatt9748]

Edit….. is like.

[@MemeAthon.]

Kray wouldn't walk around burning random things they most likely burn peoples property

[@jonnyjungle8096]

That’s more of the old skool gangs bro. There’s 100’s more out there these days from countless street gangs in the city’s to Yardies, Eastern European’s, Triads, Asian gangs, to name a few. There is a book called Gangland Britain which gives a good insight to gang activity from the 80’s to the 2000’s and loads of stuff out there to tell you what’s going on nowadays. Merry Christmas mate 🎅🏽🎉🎄👍🏽

[@rorybrooks5657]

I grew up in clerkenwell and went to primary school in the one shown about when the bloke says 200 mill

[@Isleofskye]

These are considered hard? I would like to see them, in their heyday, come down to Royal Windsor and see Andy Bradbury's Windsor Razor Boys in action especially at THe Royal Windsor annual Horse Show and The Royal Windsor Flower Show where only last year they saw off The Chelsea Flower Show Headhunters who wanted to muscle in on the action where rival Republican Gangs sell their Anchusa azurea ‘Loddon Royalist’ plants which should be sold, exclusively,by The London Chelsea Headhunter Royalists in honour of The Royal Family.The main trouble last year centred around the area selling illicit, imported Aquilegia, Alliums, Ageratum, and Antirrhimums Plants. It got nasty, very quickly. Claret everywhere...

[@Isleofskye]

@user-jd3jr1hl2y Let these "tough" Mexicans try and muscle in on the "Flower Trade" in London and see how long they last..

[@lukespooky]

cheese and rice?

[@Jamie_D]

Jesus Christ,lol

[@Bridgercraft]

The Kray twins are the guys Tom Hardy played in the movie "Legend"

[@OriginalOwner777]

There are notorious groups including Chapters of the 1 percent biker clubs the Warlocks the Pagans and The Hells Angels. When the Noonans where active it was not unusual in manchester for drug dealers to be murdered in the streets in broad daylight. Children on their bikes being used to courier drugs through moss side and other areas of the city. As to the Bestwood Cartel their members have been known to commit rape however they are so dangerous the police advise victims to not report the offence. This one about the Bestwood Cartel is not a rumour it is from a first hand account by one of their victims.

[@marypettyfer4640]

Thankyou appreciate this had no idea.

[@The-Audi-driver]

Dom noonans a wrongen whose doing 22 years for kiddy fiddling. His MATES should also be arrested as they to was up to no good. As they all protected each other. And in England we don’t make money from its citizens for crossing the road

[@JNSGLN]

Haver a look at Glasgow gangs and knife crime, in particular Paul Ferris (the Wee Man)

[@CharlieHoldcroft-dg6cc]

do a video about wales please i think it would be cool!

[@chrisgoodman5712]

We have loads now days too just as infamous, liverpool mafia, Lyons and Daniel clans, Mali boys etc. alot of them are very notorious even abroad. Also there's alot of solo gangsters who flee to Spain and other international countries and start a drug trafficking ring from there

[@helenroberts1107]

I have a question- what happened to the fish?

[@MikeSmith-ye9ho]

Oh yes There are a lot of modern day gangs. I could name one very infamous one in Britain but I won’t. I will say there was a little altercation between them and the gypsies. Hasten to say that they never bothered the gypsies again

[@kennethhewish2455]

I would do some more research into other cities like Newcastle upon Tyne, Liverpool, Birmingham, Glasgow etc. Just to name a few places that definitely have big gangs

[@keithhayward8678]

They start fires to claim on the insurance, big money claiming for a full building thats actually empty

[@markthomson2175]

Just to drop a few Scottish gangsters and more recent if you want to look into it, Paul Ferris (the wee man) Arthur (the godfather) Thompson Tam ( the licensee) Mcgraw I say more recent, but I think Arthur Thompson may have been born in or around the 1930s, not sure if you've ever covered these men before but they were proper