Ash's Driving Fail February | Who Will Be Triggered?

[@ashley_neal]

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[@TestGearJunkie.]

Re. the change in mileage, it would be ok if the seller could produce a report from the technician who replaced the speedo saying why it had been done. Otherwise run a mile.

[@SomeGuyCalledJ]

@@TestGearJunkie.Also ont he mileage... Possible km recorded as miles in error and corrected later?

[@alanhindmarch4483]

There are so many drivers out there who don’t understand ‘Merge in Turn,’ or ‘Use All The Available Road Space,’ and would rather queue. They have this idea stuck in their heads, that drivers who do the right thing, are queue jumping, like the BMW in Ashley’s clip, Then there is the Self Appointed Traffic Police who straddle 2 lanes, again because they think drivers are queue jumping. The worst of these tend to be HGV drivers who should know better.

[@tom13king]

@@jamesgrey6217are you the BMW driver?

[@user-mv5zt8qd9l]

​​@@jamesgrey6217 It's a good job that the highway isn't controlled by the customs and rules of a supermarket, then. Remind us what is wrong about using the road space as it is intended to be used.

[@broshmosh]

@@jamesgrey6217Yes in your analogy that is queue jumping, however that isn't what is happening here. The more apt analogy is you are queuing behind someone who has not yet started putting their items on the conveyor. Another till opens up, and you go to that till instead and start unloading your items onto the conveyor. That second till opened up to reduce holdups. This is the same purpose as keeping both lanes open and merging zipper-formation at the top. If the planners for the works wanted everyone to use one lane, they would close the second lane much earlier. One could posit that, despite not really causing an issue to the shopper in front of you (they are next in line at their till, you are next in line at another till, exactly the same as two lanes merging before a closure), the queue has been jumped. It is different to *actually* queue jumping, wherein someone who was previously not involved with the queueing at all jumps in at the front. By the nature of both road users using the same road, albeit to get to different locations usually, your comparison is not so apt.

[@TheOz91]

Even those of us in Malaysia, we lot are not known for emaculate driving standards, understand what the merge in turn is--although ironically, it is a result of everyone wanting to queue jump so no lane will be left unfilled. The zipper merge somehow happens naturally most of the time.

[@eurosonly]

​@@user-mv5zt8qd9lit's only queue jumping in the social sense at the super market. When it comes to operating a vehicle on a public road, it is written that you do this as using all available road space. Lots of people ignore the little paragraph at the bottom that says this is actually encouraged for best traffic flow. Especially when all cars are constantly moving. But Bubble ownership mind set kicks in and people treat each other like enemies on the road.

[@auries24]

On the bus clip at 6:40; When I was training as a bus driver, I was told that sometimes it's 'necessary' to cover a "Keep Clear" on the floor, so that you can trigger the sensors at lights. I try my best to avoid this, but even on test we were not marked down if that happened. This bus driver definitely should have been more mindful going up to that junction, His speed approaching was way too fast, and even if he tried to brake to a stop he would have been over the crossing; I'll also like to note, when driving a bus it's very hard to determine how close someone is behind you, too, so can be dangerous doing an 'emergency stop'. He should have been slower, that would have solved the issue entirely.

[@TestGearJunkie.]

Possibly concerned about standing passengers falling over..? I'm an ex bus driver and I could never persuade people not to stand up for ages waiting for their stop.

[@auries24]

@@TestGearJunkie. Yep definitely another thing that needs to be thought about before slamming on the brakes. Don't want a complaint because a passenger refuses to sit down 😂

[@SeanHardaker]

You can give way to people when exiting a roundabout...when it's clearly marked as a crossing so all parties know what to do.

[@bertjesklotepino]

Thx very much Sean. I was about to say the exact same thing. Nice to see i wasn't the only one getting triggered here.

[@ScruffyMisguidedAndBlue]

Plus there is a space in front of the crossing for the car to stop in, so you aren't just stopping dangerously in the roundabout.

[@user-mv5zt8qd9l]

Except we have rules now that very clearly state what to do at this exact situation without a marked crossing. The only markings you should need to see in order to know that pedestrians should get priority when safe is a give-way line.

[@AM2K2]

@@user-mv5zt8qd9l Why do many EU countries bother with the marked crossings then?

[@thomaselliot2257]

Another good point is that the crossing is a reasonable distance from the exit.

[@alidavemason4417]

That car at 15:30 which didn't build its speed on the hard shoulder. That happened to me years ago on the M25. Busy traffic with all lanes moving at about 60mph. I was in lane 1 & noticed a car stopped on the hard shoulder. With no indication & it just pulled out in front of me from a standstill. I really had nowhere to go but managed to just ease over to the right between lanes 1 & 2. I may have left a skid mark but not from tyres on tarmac.

[@TestGearJunkie.]

I remember a clip from Police Interceptors or some such similar programme. The cops had stopped to help a Dutch driver who had (I think) broken down, anyway he got his car going and the officer said 'Build up your speed on the hard shoulder before merging onto the main carriageway' so off the guy went, 0 to 60 in about 5 seconds, and into lane 1 he went..! Nothing wrong with that, he did build up speed on the hard shoulder, he just didn't take very long over it 🤣

[@windroid_user]

​@@TestGearJunkie.Hahaha I think I remember this one!😂

[@jameskole3584]

Also another one, with an Asian driver I think, where they put a lot of effort into telling him to build up speed. Made clear to not blindly pull out into lane 1...exactly what he did in front of a HGV with no speed.

[@windroid_user]

@@jameskole3584 Was this one where they struggled to communicate how/where they wanted him to park the car?

[@jameskole3584]

@@windroid_user Sorry for the late reply, just seen the notification. They wanted him to go into the next services, he went and parked in the lorry park.

[@malcolmsinclair3016]

Just wanted to say how much I appreciate your videos. Really helping me to wipe out my own bad habits of many years. I say to myself, Drive like Ashley's watching!.

[@heartshapedfilms]

@2:50 on the roundabout with the zebra crossing that is ideal that's exactly how I think they should be to accommodate the update to the highway code

[@ashley_neal]

They are! It's that simple, but most people don't get it.

[@daslisachen5901]

That's exactly how it's done in Germany and it makes it way clearer who has priority

[@heartshapedfilms]

@@ashley_neal there are a lot even by me there is a two mini roundabouts with zebras right after though the larger roundabout after doesn't have anything - and people tear ass around it I wouldn't step out to cross it until it was clear and wouldn't expect anyone to give me right of way.

[@ChrisBrown-px1oy]

I've been saying this for a while. The people who fume about the dangers of giving way at roundabout exits aren't saying all zebras and pelicans there should be removed. In daylight at least, is it that much harder to look out for human forms than Belisha beacons or red lights?

[@thomaselliot2257]

​@@ChrisBrown-px1oyI know of a roundabout with pelican ,or puffin(?) Crossings on all of its exits, but if they are all or most getting used at the same time it holds up the traffic on the roundabout.

[@JesusLovesYou-nd1rz]

I love how calm Ashley is in these situations. So many people will get angry pretty quickly.

[@ashley_neal]

It’s taken years of training to alter my natural response. If I can do it, you can!!!

[@carusmike]

"the closer you come, the slower I go, for my safety and yours and our passengers." They never ever get it. If only they would ease back we could get back to the speed limit, but when you're triggered, being delayed is secondary to showing how triggered you are, even if the 'delay' was your trigger in the first place.

[@smilerbob]

With regards to everyone working together for best flow, reminds me of driving in the countryside where you move into a passing place and as drivers come passed you tell them of anything in the road futher up or sometimes it will be a farmer in a Land Rover telling us there is a tractor coming up behind. Always nice to see the pleasantries being observed in a city environment as well

[@kenbrown2808]

there's a shipping practice called "Mississippi chicken" (or any other major waterway it's done in) where two ships will approach at sufficient speed that their bow waves cause them to rise in the channel enough to essentially make their own passing place. our single track roads are wide enough for experienced drivers to do much the same thing.

[@kenbrown2808]

@FeatherForge yes, unless it is a private driveway, we don't have roads that narrow. In fact, we have very few single track roads that aren't logging roads and our passing places can be a mile or more apart. Our roads tend to be gravel and have 3 tire grooves. Which makes the gravel 16 feet wide. We're also a lot more aggressive about clearing vegetation than you are.any publicly maintained road is liable to have at least 6 feet of clearance from the edge of the traffic lane.

[@TestGearJunkie.]

06:52 As an ex- bus driver, the only thing I can think of is perhaps the bus had standing passengers and the driver didn't want to send them flying. Although stopping in the yellow box would have been the lesser of two evils.

[@smilerbob]

That never stopped some of the bus drivers I had in the past. If anyone went flying they would just shout out “Hold onto the handles if you are standing” Such consideration for their passengers 😁

[@SuperAd1980]

Bus should have anticipated a little better, but he did NOT go through a red. It was Amber when the front 3/4 of the bus passed the light. Stopping would have put him over the line and in the yellow box. Bus did the right thing (mostly)... a little more thought and just a little slower on the approach would have been perfect.

[@wjkitching]

No chance, did you see how hard the driver turned at the junction, would have thrown those passengers off their feet just as much as braking heavily. I see buses and others constantly going through amber when they can clearly stop safely, amber to many means go quickly before red.

[@trevorenever265]

Is it possible that the driver thought he could enter the box because he was turning right?

[@peterhearnden7634]

@@SuperAd1980The key part of your reply is 'anticipation'.. Hindsight's a wonderful thing.. It's what's so good about these videos, the opportunity to review, reflect and hopefully improve our own driving.

[@wjkitching]

The perfect example of why so many people don't like to do the merge in turn, you get accused of queue jumping.

[@PedroConejo1939]

At 9:30, you came across one of the great enigmas of the cosmos: why do people who are about to turn off get right up your jacksie? It seems to happen to me at least once every journey - and it's not like I dawdle about, I'm usually just keeping up with the endless stream of traffic.

[@smilerbob]

I have always had to laugh at those that can see the traffic ahead and that you are maintaining flow with them but somehow it is your fault that the lights change and there are still cars in front and they can’t even make the turning road. All of the swearing and arm waving directed at someone that has absolutely no control over what happens in front

[@kenbrown2808]

now that you mention it, on my route home, I turn across traffic from one highway to another, and traffic on the first tends to lollygag. I don't count the number of times that if the person in front of me had just stepped up to a reasonable approximation of the speed limit, I'd have gotten to my turn enough sooner that I didn't have to wait to turn across a stream of oncoming traffic. I try not to tailgate, but it's so tempting sometimes to start pushing.

[@JustsomeblokeinYorkshire]

The car pulling off the hard shoulder at 15:40... I had a coach driver do this to me on the M62. Two flashes of the indicator and off the shoulder from a standing start about 50 yards in front of me. I was towing a 2 ton trailer at 55mph - no hope of stopping. Traffic was solid in all 3 lanes, so there was no way I could move right. I did the only thing I could, and went left round him on the shoulder he'd just come off. As soon as he was up to speed he tailgated me for the next 2 miles, flashing headlights, on the horn, flicking hand gestures. Absolutely unbelievable from a "professional" driver. Wherever possible, if I see a vehicle on the shoulder, I move out to the middle lane...

[@Alhe867]

I'm always blown away by your superior perception skills Ashley. I would love to see a series where you use an eye tracking camera so we can see how you are observing around you in the vehicle.

[@ashley_neal]

I’d be interested in that also. I’ll try and make it happen 👍

[@Wg323]

7:26 i don’t understand why automakers are allowed to mount the reverse lights that low.. who exactly are they for down there? the cats of the neighborhood?

[@kenbrown2808]

don't know if they're in the UK, but in the US we now have them mounting indicators that low as well.

[@Drew-Dastardly]

Reversing lights were not part of the MOT at all until late 2009. If you got fancy schmancy reversing lights it was just an added package feature from the car manufacturer but not at all needed by law. I panicked when I found my 2001 Mk1 Focus reversing light was out on the day of the MOT. I managed to replace it in time and then found it wouldn't have been tested anyway.

[@Wg323]

@@kenbrown2808 yep I see that too, especially in Kia/Hyundai vehicles

[@kenbrown2808]

@@Drew-Dastardlyinteresting. in the US they have been standard equipment since 1959, and mandatory since the 1960s.

[@Thomashorsman]

2:02 here’s a question… would you fail your driving test for going on the pavement? When I did my test back in 2019 I mounted a pavement to allow an ambulance on blue lights to get past, but the instructor gave me a serious fault and failed me for it :`(

[@scottw3048]

regarding the car vertical mileage - mine once had the mileage recorded in error at an MOT in KM, rather than miles. I flagged it up as soon as the MOT certificate came back because I stopped and queried in horror why my mileage had shot up so dramatically! One of those where I was doubting myself, too, but thankfully a prompt fix at the time. I think some of the settings were reset as part of the service etc. so it defaulted back to KM (vauxhall/opel) and then the mileage was recorded. Might be an explanation for some mileage discrepancies, at a guess VW probably default to KM as well.

[@jaywright9924]

Yeah I was thinking the same. I find it very improbably that it did over 56k miles in one year. Assuming they are actually KM it would be 74k miles and 86k miles for those two really high years. It's still worth checking but some common sense should tell you it's most likely a case of wrong unit

[@richardpayne]

The example at 3:08 seems fairly non-controversial simply because the crossing is set back from the roundabout. It's a bit trickier when the crossing right on the edge of the roundabout and giving way to pedestrians would leave you blocking the roundabout. Not only does that limit flow but it also increases your risk significantly.

[@robg521]

8:59. Almost an empty road - over take someone then pull in front and slow them down before you turn off of the road. 🤨🤦‍♂️🤷‍♂️

[@Paws4thot]

06:00 - And yet another demonstration of why Germans call these "Bayerische Mist Wagons". 09:58 - "People who tailgit generally don't realise". So true Ashley, so true. I've been intermittently tailgited by the same (female) driver most of the way from the M6 over the A65 to Skipton, despite doing things like slowing from the 40mph the motorhome that was making the queue was doing to 15mph and pulling briskly away when I had a decent gap in front of me. 10:51 - Personal congratulations to your pupil for how well she anticipated and handled the oncoming "red dread". If she's still with you, tell her this!

[@eurosonly]

I'll never understand why people refuse to let off the throttle pedal and let people merge in and them blare the horn like they own the road space. Or did they really just not see the merge in turn sign? On a similar note, I live in an area where we have a few roads like this, and you can always spot the locals because they would all pile into the main lane early and then refuse to let people in. People are selfish and anti social behind the wheel.

[@tony_w839]

some people, I would hope anyone here would drive like Ashley.

[@54356776]

​@@tony_w839 I like to just focus on the good people and ignore the rest. It helps a lot. There are quite a few despite the prevailing pessimism many of us have.

[@chrisl1797]

6:38 the other thing to remember is buses generally have non-seatbelt wearing passengers on board who will complain bitterly to the driver if they fell off their seats because they did a sharp stop.

[@FlavourlessLife]

This is a really good point.

[@juliandoncaster6128]

Thanks, Ash. 7:00 Reversing lights. I sometimes drop it into reverse for a second if I want a view through my rear camera to see how close the vehicle behind has come. If he is right up my chuff I might ease forward a metre or two over the space I left in front.

[@Stokie09123]

Passed my test yesterday, your videos have been a huge help not only in helping me learn how to actually drive, but arguably the more important aspects of recognising car body language and minimising risk, thanks so much!

[@ashley_neal]

Congratulations!

[@JoannaHammond]

Which is the worst? Strange question, if in the hashed area they would block flow, if running the red light they could cause an accident.

[@ashley_neal]

So, the answer is obvious 👍

[@andyclark8991]

But if you block the flow, sadly you could equally cause an accident.

[@JoannaHammond]

@@andyclark8991 I'm not being nasty, but, think a little more and think who would be to blame.

[@catfrab]

You must stop at the red light. No question. In this circumstance, the yellow box is not contravened even if you were to stop in it. Yes, you may block flow but that is far less of a risk.

[@tohaklim]

7:56 from what I can see in the clip, the right lane is actually marked for a right turn only, so not sure what the issue is? that junction does seem a bit busy overall though

[@Jonc25]

Reversing into a main road is not advised, but there have been many times i have driven into a dead end where there is nowhere to turn around, or there are vehicles parked in the turnaround area.

[@smilerbob]

That is terrible forward planning Jon, would expect better from you 😉 I suppose you aren’t allowed to park up on main roads anymore to take a wander down the side road and make sure you can turn around? What with red routes and all the cameras 🤭 (Joking before others think I am being serious)

[@Jonc25]

​@smilerbob Lol, i don't take any notice my driving is rubbish at the best of times.😂

[@tichwykes]

Ah good to see BMW & Merc drivers getting triggered & sticking with the stereotype, I really do detest tailgaters or people that coming flying up behind you while you're overtaking flashing their lights at me like their more important, sorry but I'll move over when finished the manoeuvre & not before. The potholes clip at the end was class to.

[@kenbrown2808]

in the second, there is also a possibility he is doing it to prevent people running up alongside him and making things awkward. there are a couple merges in my town that get awkward, and people try to shove past artics, and I often will help them out by establishing position to give them a clear space. too many people think merge in turn means cars get priority over lorries.

[@David-124]

I was really impressed by the way you handled the driver at 5:40. Rather than punish their hissy fit and go in front of them you let them go past, which I think actually sent out a much stronger message

[@matt821]

Well done Harry! 👌🏻 And fantastic forward-planning in that clip, especially at such an early stage in your driving life. Says something about the instructor I think.

[@Batters56]

8:24 in my area there a few junctions that have markings on telling traffic to go nearside to nearside. It works really well.

[@TestGearJunkie.]

I hate passing nearside to nearside when turning right. Only if the layout of the junction demands it will I do it.

[@Batters56]

@@TestGearJunkie. I used to not like it, but I’m used to it now and I think it is a better option so that you don’t get cars blocked by an opposing queue also wishing to turn right.

[@TestGearJunkie.]

@@Batters56Possibly, but I like to see what's coming without somebody in the way.

[@ChrisPatrick-q6k]

2:10 Was going all the way up to the other vehicle, necessitating the use of the pavement best practice?

[@lewispearce3916]

My car developed a fault early on when I had it where the car would go into reverse gear at lights like the car at 7.05 may have had. For example, not matter how much I tried putting it into first. All that it was, the button for the safety catch to put the car in reverse was slightly higher than it should've been. Pulling it down did the trick and a bit of grease put on there and hasn't happened since.

[@dopiaza2006]

Are you allowed to mount the kerb as you did when giving way on the clip wth the transit and skip truck? Genuine question, not having a go.

[@illegalopinions4082]

Law says no, but practicality says yes. Pretend you didn't see it so he doesn't look silly on his soap box

[@SIX622]

Never knew you were a fan of the CC, Ashley. I purchased one 18 months ago for the exact reason you stated - it flies under the radar! Another interesting video and in answer to your question, better to block the box than run the red and cause a fatality.

[@lwo7736]

I absolutely get triggered by people cutting the corner when turning into a junction, it's like DRIVE PROPERLY

[@54356776]

They almost always glare at or even have at go at you also. Two lanes buddy.

[@theyouofyesterday6254]

Me too! I cycle and have been shouted at multiple times for being near the centre line, my right hand sticking out, waiting to turn right, all because I'm blocking someone from cutting the corner!

[@tomijmcd]

@6:38 The bus did not go through a red light. The traffic light turned red after the bus started across the stop line. Whether the bus driver could has stopped on the amber is another question. The light on the left hand side was not visible in the video.

[@nuttyslack]

My HGV instructor told me to only give way on exit to a roundabout if it’s marked as a crossing, well unless someone’s clearly going to step out regardless. Two days ago, it got me through my test anyways.

[@douglasreid699]

choice is yours to make if you give way or not according to the new rules when exiting a roundabout. to me, its not changed how i drive, and depends on the situation on that day if i give way or not but i feel the rule change is to give better legal protection to pedestrians, now in court there is something that most cases will not be able to fight against if they go to court or working out liability for insurance. as long as you dont run down the pedestrian at the end of the day and dont get rear ended, its a win lol

[@wr2899]

@@douglasreid699the choice isn’t yours, you have to give way, unless I am mistaken.

[@douglasreid699]

@@wr2899 its a should give way, not a must give way when i look at the highway code. Because if it was a must give way, there would be lots of vehicles getting rear ended by other drivers not paying attention. If it is safe to let a pedestrian cross then let them cross. If it is not, be ready to stop for them if they step out but the choice is yours, as the driver, on what to do and depending on the situation if its safe to stop for them or not. Most pedestrians probably dont know the rule change, most drivers probably dont know the rule change either, as a pedestrian, would you step out taking the priority and trusting a vehicle to stop for you? Probably not. So overall its a small change at the moment as drivers adapt and new drivers are trained to look for pedestrians that should be given way to. I heard one person say its in advance of self driving vehicles because in the future, they will stop to give way and more drivers need to be ready for it.

[@callumfriend2523]

Quick one Ash. 2:41 - the exit from the roundabout. Looking at the lanes are you able to move in to that left hand lane to exit rather than move across a lane like you did. Or is that left lane for others joining on to the roundabout from the left just prior?

[@joespittle1]

16:08, not sure how it is in the UK but the hard shoulders in the US don't tend to be the cleanest. A lot of small debris from accidents tends to end up there, people don't want a puncture or to spray garbage at other cars so they avoid it as much as possible. I would still get up to speed on the shoulder if it was busy but if it's quiet I don't see why you couldn't immediately join if you've got a quick car (

[@oh8866]

Not the best but better than the US from what I've seen (which I appreciate is probably biased, nobody is posting pictures of clear hard shoulders, and I've never visited to witness first hand). The emergency sections on the newer "smart" motorways have completely removed any ability to get to speed before re-entering the motorway.

[@cupofcustard]

It's a hell of a lot safer to merge with the motorway traffic after picking up speed on the hard shoulder. Yeah hard shoulders in the UK have debris like nail etc... so you can risk tire damage...but I think that's better than potentially getting rear ended/t boned at 60+ mph.

[@stevekenilworth]

think you got use phone so they put red X so you can merge out safe. if busy because you never get safe gap. but yes leaving an emergency lane build up speed then merge back on to motorway @@oh8866

[@kenbrown2808]

in my state, the hard shoulder on a freeway (motorway) is usually pretty clean. the biggest complaint I have is that if you're launching on to a high speed road, get your foot in it. my daily driver is a bit slow off the line, and I can accelerate faster than some of these people do.

[@joespittle1]

People nowadays seem afraid to use all of the throttle. @@kenbrown2808

[@FistOfFiori]

Guy that appears from 13:20 isn't observing that much (outside of pulling a move he shouldn't have done in the first place). Guessing he did look initially because he stops at 13:25, but then he looks like he's not looking properly as he keeps doing it despite you, the van (the Warburtons truck would have been visible too eventually), and then the oncoming Corsa. Madness.

[@theaikidoka]

At 6:57, re your question of which is the worst choice, yhen going through a red light is worse by far. Stopping in a box junction prevents others from turning, going through a red puts you in the path of live traffic who may be accelerating hard and not looking to their sides.

[@QiuEnnan]

6:36 I don't think the bus driver stopping in the box junction would have been illegal, as The Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016 states 'the yellow criss-cross marking… conveys the prohibition that a person must not cause a vehicle to enter the box junction so that the vehicle has to stop within the box junction due to the presence of stationary vehicles', and in any case it was beyond the driver's control. By the way, I think you also should've waited behind the yellow criss-cross markings, as stopping where you did blocked access to the main road from the side road, though there was no one in that case.

[@ColinWatters]

3:50 That roundabout isnt the worst example though. There are roundabouts on the A45 where cars are doing 40-50mph as they exit the roundabout in multiple lanes. Fortunately ive never seen pedestrians trying to cross but im not sure I'd try stopping if there were cars behind me. Would be very high risk of causing an accident.

[@michaelsaunders6923]

At 6:23 your reaction is one I wish I could muster , unfortunately I've got more bad tempered mainly because I feel that you are being bullied and need to stickup for yourself whilst on the road

[@tony_w839]

I had one incident, no collision, just road rage from two stupid men. Now I drive with less stress, as much like Ashley as I can. And sing the song from Frozen --- 'Let It Go'. There are also some very good heavy metal versions.

[@phillwainewright4221]

Well done, Harry, and welcome to the No Minors Club. Keep your standards up, don't slip into bad habits.

[@broshmosh]

🙄

[@smilerbob]

Badly placed box at 6:54. I wonder if that junction would benefit from being no right turn into the side road so the box can be removed thus allowing larger vehicles the ability to stop at the lights without blocking it?

[@neiloflongbeck5705]

Nothing wrong with the box, bad drivers block junctions whether not there are yellow boxes.

[@smilerbob]

@@neiloflongbeck5705 Agree with you there, I was just thinking in this instance even being a good driver and waiting for the exit to be clear before starting you can still get caught in a long vehicle if the lights change when you are half way through the box…do you stop and block or continue through a red light? 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@neiloflongbeck5705]

@@smilerbob Do as the bus driver did. Preferably you shouldn't enter the box when going straight through unless you are certain you can clear it and in this case get through the junction.

[@smilerbob]

@@neiloflongbeck5705 Go through a red light and potentially be in conflict with those proceeding on the other carriageway? Not for me thanks I might consider going through the red light slightly to clear the junction behind if in a larger vehicle but never continue all the way through on red. If I receive a yellow box infringement notice I would then appeal with mitigating circumstances

[@neiloflongbeck5705]

@@smilerbob only if it's just changed would I risk it, but preferably I'd stop short of the box and wait.

[@wrightwoodwork]

My understanding is for any load sticking out the bsck it cant be more than 1m if it is it needs something tied on like a warning triangle.its incsse someone gets too close to your bumper and hasn't spotted the load it isn't going through thier windscreen. The load length at rear should be kept to a minimum but in front there is no maximum distance as you can see the load. This is what i got told when 17 as an apprentice. Not officially out of a book

[@kenbrown2808]

I know I looked it up for my state, recently, after seeing a video about an appliance you can put in a hitch receiver to carry a long load, and there is a minimum length behind the rear lights that requires a flag in the daytime or lights at night, and then there is a maximum distance it can stick out past the rear wheels, expressed as "3/4 the total wheelbase, regardless of extenders"

[@jameskole3584]

Another point about tailgating, at night time it creates a white sheet in in your mirrors which practicality takes out most if not all the visibility in the mirrors. For tailgaters on dual carriageways what they don't realise is this means the person they are tailgating has may have very little visibility on when it's safe to pull back into the left lane, so they are likely to be in the outer lanes longer. I experienced this exact situation on one of my first night time drives on a motorway, which is how I came to know about this.

[@meme2287]

Funny that you said 'the closer you drive, the slower I go' because I have a sign in my rear window that says exactly that.

[@ianbeale2527]

The Private Hire driver. Why do these so called "Professional Drivers" seem have all the ability of someone who's never taken a single lesson ? It's absolutely everywhere I go. Their driving is substandard and in most cases , downright dangerous. Funny story, a Private Hire taxi coming from the opposite direction decided to cut infront of me to turn right at a set of traffic lights, causing me to brake sharply. Luckily as I saw him approaching I decided to be cautious and slowed down (which was lucky as he had no intention of stopping and he would've T-boned me) As he was turning he gave me the middle finger but continued to turn his head to look at me and laugh. At which point he mounted the pavement and took out the whole near side of his taxi on the railings. I may have avoided an accident by having my wits about me, but he still managed to cause one after the main event !

[@RomanHistoryFan476AD]

Many of them come here from lower driving standards to gain licence countries, many of them are only 'professional' as in they make money from driving, they ain't got any special training like HGV or Bus drivers. Many of them are in a rush as well and honestly are entitled.

[@jameskole3584]

Had two private hire drivers use the wrong side of the road on a mini roundabout to avoid waiting for me once. Then today I was in traffic queing at a roundabout. Ambulance coming from behind. Ambulance coming from behind. Taxi approaching behind me in the next lane in front of the amublane. Instead of leaving a staggered gap so the ambulane can pass through, joins the que in the right lane planting himself next to me and not leaving any room for the ambulane to get through between us.

[@ianbeale2527]

@@jameskole3584 On the way home from a funeral today. A minibus full of school kids jumped the lights without even slowing down. The driver (one of the usual suspects) sarcastically smiled as I shook my head. My lights had already changed to green ! But where I live, you can see this on a daily basis . There's a "right turn only" at a main set of lights that brings you on to a school road. Rather than queue, these school minibus drivers will either jump the lights, then block the road and causing a tailback, or they use the straight on lane to jump the queue turning right, to get to the front and turn, effectively making a second lane - again causing a bottleneck as they block the carriageway until someone is forced to let them in .

[@SuperAd1980]

6:40 bus wouldn't have been able to safely (and comfortably) stop before the red and chose to continue through an Amber, rather than risk passenger discomfort/ injury or stopping more abruptly both over the stop line and within a yellow box. Did the right thing (just about)... could/ maybe should have forseen this and slowed a little earlier, but was ok.

[@TomboTheTornado]

15:42 I saw one of these the other day on the M4 no speed pulled out. Thankfully I already moved over

[@frogandspanner]

0:26 Vehicle on left: Parking within 10 m of a junction. RTA 1988 Part I §22) Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986 Reg 103) Obstructing the Highway (the footway part). Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986 Reg 103) Highways Act 1980 §137 Having driven on the footway Highways Act 1980, §184 Highways Act 1988, §34 Highways Act 1835 §72 I wonder if the driver remembers any of the Highway Code, never mind just the bits associated with the 6 + 1 laws contravened. Drivers are failing pedestrians if they obstruct the footway. There is little point in modifying the Highway Code to improve pedestrian safety if drivers can't even be bothered to keep off the footway.

[@mickboon9831]

Always interesting and instructive. Makes me evaluate my thought processes and decisions when driving.

[@j.blogsblues]

The problem with merge in turn and use all available road is that nobody knows about it, so people using all available road space, as Ashley did, are considered to be queue jumpers. Most of these situations seem to involve temporary roadworks, how difficult would it be to have the temporary signs showing a closed lane ahead to also instruct drivers to merge in turn. It works, some time ago approaching Guildford on the three lane A3 where it reduced to two lanes they had merge in turn signs for a mile before and everybody followed the instructions and it worked fine. You know how all the lane blocking, arguments, horn blowing and road raging would've been before the merge in turn signs went up!

[@kenbrown2808]

sometimes I think the only cure would be to install concrete barriers to make it impossible for people to queue early.

[@_.Madness._]

Who are you kidding? I've seen merge in turn signs several times and drivers still queued in one lane.

[@1988dgs]

@@kenbrown2808I think they shouldn’t merge one lane into the other, they should close both lanes into the middle of the road with temp double solid white lines for a fifty yards or so before the merge point

[@j.blogsblues]

@@_.Madness._ Have you really, and what did you do, queue in one lane or go to the front to use all available road space then merge in turn without anybody getting the hump with you?

[@_.Madness._]

​@@j.blogsblues Used the empty lane all the way to the end and forced my way in as I always do.

[@kenbrown2808]

my comment on the bus running the red light is that there was a commentary about this in the city near me, and the official statement is if the driver of the bus finds him caught out by a yellow light, he's already failed in his observations, and he should have recognized that the light had been green long enough it was likely to go yellow on him. with that taken as a given, going through the red is dangerous, staying in the yellow box is awkward. my pinion is awkward is less bad than dangerous.

[@hikaru9624]

@13:32 pretty sure that taxi could have used the junction further up to turn around. A 3 point turn may have been possible too albeit difficult. Edit: just got passed the part where you pointed out they could have used the junction further up.

[@demil3618]

Good video setup! Regarding that vehicle reversing into the road: In London people frequently do a 3 point turn in the middle of a busy road instead of going a short way around.

[@Viken43]

Been driving over thirty years now. Would never say that I am a good driver but the standard of driving now and the lack of any patience does concern me...

[@wohlhabendermanager]

Yeah, before I get into a car, I keep telling myself that I am a terrible driver and therefore need to pay close attention to traffic and my surroudings (ie, not let myself get distracted by the radio, or passengers chatting away). Worked out pretty well so far.

[@brantnuttall]

11:52 best registration of the day winner!

[@dodadaexploda7777]

I like how you train drivers not just to move the vehicle, but assess other drivers and what they *could* be doing, not what they *should* be doing, and react or prepare accordingly.

[@stephenclark9917]

@6:30 The bus should have stopped and waited in the yellow box. You are allowed to enter a yellow box as long as your exit is clear. It is not illegal, pursy, to wait in a yellow box.

[@PauldeVrieze]

Another one is that sometimes km gets reported as miles on mot

[@jonathanirons231]

Congratulations Harry!

[@MGX93dot]

3:05 difference is, everyone can see the zebra crossing and should expect people to give way. you said yourself, many dont know about the changes. so if there is nothing to suggest you give way on a roundabout, people are going to get pissy you gave them way. that and i just dont think it applies to roundabouts. theyre separated in the highway code for a reason and it only said junctions

[@smilerbob]

A roundabout _is_ a junction. Just because they have a separate section in the code doesn’t mean they are not The only mention of slip roads in the code is in the motorway section. Does that mean we ignore the rules for them when on a dual carriageway? Of course not

[@thealbagalavanter9986]

I used to have a Volkswagen Passat 07 reg estate no trouble at all i only sold it because i fancied something bit newer currently got a 66 Reg Skoda Octavia

[@RazorSharpRust]

I actually saw something very similar to that clip on the motorway with someone just pulling out of the hard shoulder from a standstill. It was made even worse by the fact it was just a family car with L plates on not even a school of motoring.

[@robloxfan4271]

7:33 the funny thing is the sensors on a peugeot beep once to tell you your in reverse when the gear is selected

[@frogandspanner]

I have disagreed with our eminent host [I honestly mean that description with great respect] in the past over passing then expecting 'merge turns'. The example given here was a complex version of the problem - more on that later. In general, in the past our host has claimed that it was important to maximise the use of the road space, although here flow was being emphasised. I would argue that, from a driver perspective, flow is more important. My research (not as rigorous as my co-author who is a professor emeritus of traffic engineering - i.e. retired, as am I) finds most studies in the US suggest that flow is increased when traffic lanes are travelling at the same speed, and merge approximately in turn. It should noted that in the US required lane discipline is unlike that in UK and Europe. In such matched-speed circumstances there is lower turbulence, and less psychological 'appeal to fairness' in the driver in the priority lane giving way. Thus, when reaching a slug of slowing-down traffic, it is best to equilibrate speed with the slug then, if lane changing is necessary, it meets the criteria for smooth merging so one can proceed. What does not meet those criteria is passing a slow/stationary lane at higher speed (speeds need to be matched), then being seen to expect to be let into the priority lane, which does not meet the psychological criterion of natural justice/fairness - which is am important part of British culture. Which brings me to this particular case. What I would have done, in order not to have joined the queue which would have blocked the junction, is to have continued in L1, and crawled along so as not to prevent traffic from behind getting through the junction. But (and this is the important psychological bit) I'd have made it clear by car body language that I was a supplicant, and hoping to be invited by a kind driver to let me in ahead of them. That way it maximises flow, but also make the giver-of-way feel that they have done a good deed, makes them feel happier and they may continue with generous and considerate driving. [This last bit is just a feeling. Just before retirement I had been applying for a grant so my PostDoc could develop her research into the field of the psychology of driving. I failed. She lost her job and future career. Such is the cruelty of the academic life these days].

[@BangaBuseslad]

Both in my opinion for the bus going over the red light! And stopping in a yellow box 😊 Ashley's Analyses are always correct and Precise! That Cumfybus Optare Solo wouldn't be a cumfybus anymore if it keeps jumping red lights 😂 Thanks Ashley for another excellent video 😊

[@TheDantheman12121]

2:43 I love the videos ashley and I am not saying i disagree with you but that situation is very different from most roundabouts. for one there is a zebra crossing so everyone who knows the roundabout will know to expect someone stopping there. most roundabotus don't have a crossing on the exit

[@ashley_neal]

But you simply have to imagine there is a Zebra at every entrance and exit. Is that so complicated?

[@TestGearJunkie.]

@@ashley_nealBut there isn't one. If they want people to behave as though there was one, then they should put one there. I can't be having with imagining what's not there, I drive according to what is (and the law, of course..!)

[@nuttyslack]

I think the ‘sunken cost fallacy’ is well illustrated in drivers like the ‘maximum progress’ Ford Focus driver - it’s hard for them to dial it back when all their effort actually produces comparatively poor progress resulting in the need to run red lights and drive even more poorly.

[@hicky62]

Potholes. Well, Ashley, I've just spent 10 days cycling in Cuba, and British roads are as smooth as racetracks in comparison. 😢

[@grahambonner508]

My god!!!

[@kenbrown2808]

regarding the first one, there is a junction in my town where the center line has been worn off for two car lengths by people cutting the corner.

[@TheOz91]

I do think there is a bigger societal issue at play when it comes to letting habits drop, especially if you are mainly influenced by family members. This is true for many places, and there is such thing as family members who would berate or castigate you for doing things are "contrary" to things *they* believe to be right. This is the very reason that channels and videos like yours are very important--and not just people in the UK, too. People who want to improve their driving would always take steps to improve. And it is always important to get the basics down, because if all the fundamental skills are second nature and in your subconscious, you are a better driver because you can always concentrate your higher level thinking to everything Ash talks about. As for the bus, I find it difficult to solve this dilemma. However, in the interest of making transit systems reliable, I do think that buses should get signal priority and I would advocate for technology and systems to make it so (not everywhere can you put rail, and buses are very important as part of a wider public transportation network). If I were the bus driver who need to follow the timetable, my mindset would be to continue and try not to throw the anchors out to stop. I do think it is the lesser of two evils, and I do say that if you can stop when you must, stop.

[@liveme33]

With the bus. As a bus driver in New Zealand, some time it the boss that make it hard too. All are bus have cctv on the bus. So if a passenger complains that i brake to hard, i can get in to trouble with the boss for this too. When they check the cctv and they do check them alot.

[@TestGearJunkie.]

It used to be my job to check bus CCTV. In this instance, I was wondering if there were standing passengers, no driver wants to send them flying.

[@andyclark8991]

9:00, awesome driving, nicely sorted out.

[@TheEulerID]

@6:38 that yellow bus did not go through a red light. Go through it carefully, and you can see that the front was over the stop line when the light turned to red and that is not, technically speaking, going through a red light. To be clear, the stop line is just before the keep left bollard, not in line with the traffic light itself. Of course you can make a case that it should have stopped when the light went amber, but then there is that issue of being stopped in the yellow hashed area. If the bus had braked when the light turned amber, then I think it probably wouldn't have been able to stop before the hashed area anyway. Not really a junction made with buses in mind.

[@ashley_neal]

It's interesting for me that you didn't mention the buses speed in all your analysis. It was obvious one to change!

[@TheEulerID]

@@ashley_neal I was commenting on the accuracy of the statement that the bus went through a red light, which I don't think it did. Also, I'm not sure the speed would always fix this issue. If the light went amber such that the bus could not stop before the box junction, it would still have to stop block in the yellow box. As I say, the junction is not designed for buses or other long junctions.

[@ashley_neal]

What do you think the bus driver should've been doing with their speed on the approach?

[@TheEulerID]

@@ashley_nealI didn't see a particular issue myself. As I say, it wouldn't resolve the issue as the bus driver has no control over when the light turns amber. If they are going slower, then they there are still situations when they can't stop before the yellow box when the light turns amber, and if they stop at the stop line they will be in the yellow box. Indeed, if they are going slowly, and the light goes amber at the wrong time, they are more likely to have to stop in the yellow box. It's a no win situation because the junction designers have insufficient space between the stop line and he yellow box for longer vehicles. As it is, at a technical level, I don't think the bus driver went through a red.

[@ashley_neal]

Well, I think totally differently, but then again I am trained to teach Driving Instructors.

[@user10184]

At 5:30 why not just put your indicator on and wait. You've made load of progress in lane 1. No need to merge at the front of the queue. Someone's going to let you in.

[@razzle1964]

‘wait’ where, exactly? After the junction (and vehicles) from the right, I assume? After the van? Before the turning on the left? Where do you suggest?

[@andyalder7910]

Not illegal for the bus to stop in the yellow box area due to traffic lights. Their progress is blocked by lights, not vehicles. TSRGD 2016 Box junctions 11.-(1) Subject to sub-paragraphs (2), (3) and (4), the yellow criss-cross marking provided for at item 25 of the sign table in Part 6 conveys the prohibition that a person must not cause a vehicle to enter the box junction so that the vehicle has to stop within the box junction due to the presence of stationary vehicles.

[@ashley_neal]

If that's correct, I didn't know that. This also makes the situation even worse as it turns it into a deliberate, red light without reason.

[@RichO1701e]

7:04 - SHITTING PEUGEOT!! Living up to the stereotype that Top Gear demonstrated a few years ago.

[@drcl7429]

I often ask tailgaters about how much money they are saving from slip streaming. They have no idea what I am talking about usually.

[@Denbot.Gaming]

maybe it was switch from mile to kilometers, I had that happen on my motobike, some add reason it started up in kilometers on the readings... converting the dodgy reading, it does make sense, following on with the yearly increases as well 10k increase on the first one, so 119k = 74mi then 138k = 85mi

[@nickbebbi4492]

What did the van driver say at 2:03

[@jayzo]

This is a great example of how we're backwards as a society, we think about _me_ and not about our part in others' lives. The example at 2:09 where you let the HGV pass you on the narrow street, waiting for just a few seconds longer to let them in, vs 11:58 where they see the car wanting to turn right and bunch up as tightly as possible, because if _they_ have to wait so does the car turning, and what does it achieve, nobody can move, all for a few seconds of self-centeredness.

[@heiho9029]

Passed my test today and I wanna say how helpful these videos were in helping me not just learn, but understand the advice given by my instructor. You never stop learning though, even after you pass.

[@dannywhite132]

The guy talking about routine in junctions is spot on! So many people are in a habit of booting ut off roundabouts. I was in warsaw recently where at every crossing and junction pedestrians have right of way. And you know what? I didn't get knocked down. Because drivers there are used to it snd prepare for pedestrians at junctions and roundabouts

[@ady-uk7150]

I passed my driving test 1st time in 1981. I Passed an Advanced Driving Test 1st time in 1988. I am still learning about driving because it's always changing in to this modern age where I'm more conscious now of idiot drivers.

[@neiloflongbeck5705]

Any know what the van driver shouted?

[@edwardtye4119]

I'm not sure, but it didn't sound negative to me.

[@neiloflongbeck5705]

@@edwardtye4119 perhaps he's another viewer.

[@YoinkerYoink]

"We've all had the same idea here"

[@edwardtye4119]

@@neiloflongbeck5705Maybe

[@jacobfoster6773]

​@@YoinkerYoinkWhat does that mean?

[@UmbertoDavidPanda]

On building up your speed on the hard shoulder...yes, definitely...but sometimes they are so littered with stones, litter, bits of old tyre and debris, it isn't easy 😢

[@skoldmo762]

I think i just learned something, just letting people pass if you know the vehicle behind will be problematic. And as i write this you point it out. Thank you for these videos!

[@chrisl1797]

6:38 you've also got to remember the bus driver probably can't see the grey car behind them and perhaps don't want to risk a rear shunt.

[@smilerbob]

Well done Harry 👏 Top job with no minor marks as well 👌

[@kenbrown2808]

in the minivan with the accidental reverse lights, I couldn't see make or model, but there is a current trend to put indicators and reverse lights down low like that, in cars in the states, and I think it is dangerous to the point it should not be allowed. but I am wondering if it had a twisty knob for a gear selector on an automatic transmission, and the driver was trying to put it in neutral for the light, and the knob was, well, being a bit of a knob. the lad who played, I think Sulu on the new version of star trek was killed because his twisty knob transmission control didn't go into park when he thought he put it in park.

[@ibs5080]

Well I've been triggered by this video coming in at 4am Vancouver time. It would have been 3am but we literally just sprung forward an hour this evening. I'm now trying to resist watching Ashleys 17 min video (and commenting) right away and go back to sleep. I got as far as Car Vertical. Now I need Pillow Horizontal. 😊

[@smilerbob]

So you will be having 3 clock adjustments this week with the spring forward there, the time zone change flying back and then the UK clock adjustment at the end of the month Good luck with your body clock 😉

[@ibs5080]

​@@smilerbobAnd just to add to the fun, 6 days after returning to the UK we are off to NEC Birmingham for several days to attend 3 different trade shows. Barely enough time to catch our breath but we did similar last year. I think I will go back to sleep now and watch Ashley's video later. As much as I'd love to view it all now.

[@smilerbob]

@@ibs5080 Nice, I forget spring also brings the trade show season…even with me having constant reminders about the technology trade shows

[@kenbrown2808]

ah, yes, the great daylight tax collection. it ought to be abolished, and if people want to get up earlier, they can just adjust their alarm time. it's really gone to just business managers making their workers get up in the dark so they can skip out early to play golf, so why don't they just skip out early, without making working people get up in the dark?

[@TestGearJunkie.]

@@kenbrown2808Always hated it, especially up here in the north of Scotland. GMT all the year round, I say.

[@dodadaexploda7777]

14:00 ridiculous, as a currently learning driver, stuff like this makes me exasperated. who taught you that reversing out into a main road was a good idea, and secondly, you didn't save any time at all reversing instead of doing as you suggested in the clip, driving to the junction, turning there and exiting onto that main road forwards, if anything it took them longer to do the whole stop/reverse than it would have to juts go down turn around and drive out.

[@hughesevents]

Hi Ashley , just on your point of allowing a pedestrian to cross on the exit to a roundabout. The exit in question on 2 mins 51, Clearly has a zebra crossing with lights and markings. I would also have stopped for the pedestrian, no issues as it is clearly a crossing. The problem is where there are no such lights and zebra markings.

[@ashley_neal]

But that's how every single entrance and exit should be treated now anyway. Why do you need markings?

[@ScruffyMisguidedAndBlue]

@@ashley_neal No, you don't need markings, but with that roundabout the crossing had space for the car to stop safely without just stopping on the actual roundabout itself.

[@bertjesklotepino]

xactemotto. And the marking we need to have clarity. @@ScruffyMisguidedAndBlue

[@hughesevents]

@@ScruffyMisguidedAndBlue exactly, and if you look at the layout it also accommodates both lanes.

[@hughesevents]

@@ashley_neal seriously Ashley? Why do you need markings?? Isn’t it obvious? I’m surprised at you.