Ash's Driving Fail July | Not Connected

[@ashley_neal]

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[@SurgeDashcam]

These videos are such a change of pace from a typical dashcam compilation and it's quite refreshing. You have hit the sweet spot for entertainment and education. Keep 'em coming Ashley!

[@ibs5080]

At 7:23 "Give us a call, we'll help ya". Brilliant Ash and so you! I guess that's a great line you get to use in a marked driving school car.

[@phantasmaleye3879]

Hilarious!

[@johnnymichael1804]

Iiiiiibaaaadeeebah.

[@Ndswpwlc]

In that first video, sadly when you say ‘leave space for all vehicles when parking’ a lot of people think this means they should park up on the pavement, blocking pedestrians instead. Amazing how many people can’t park a few yards down the road and use their legs for the rest.

[@ynot6473]

i'm a skin flint, i park a little further away to avoid car park charges!

[@R0ssMM]

In the driver's defence, he had his hazards on ;-)

[@TRASHoftheTITANS]

Too many people don't think when they park. They just fixate on: "there's a space, I go there", without giving any thought to, a) how wide the road is, b) what's on the other side, and c) what needs to get past them. I'm sure it's intentional selfishness for some drivers, but I imagine some are genuinely oblivious to the problems they cause because they just don't give it any thought!

[@tin2001]

I visited the UK in 2019 and drove a pair of rather large motorhomes around the countryside. Keeping them out of everyone's way was always on our minds.... But of course had 2 cases of people being more important than everyone else. One Range Rover driver who refused to back up about a car length to a wider part of the road and instead insisted on folding his mirrors in and trying to squeeze past while we pushed into the hedgerow... And another instance where we're got stuck due to parked cars like in the video, and had to reverse back down the street and find another way out.

[@engineeredlifeform]

At my previous street, it was on street parking, as it was Victorian terraces. One lad used to park his BMW right at the corner of the junction and larger vehicles couldn't get around the corner, and this prevented an ambulance from entering the road once. I explained this to him when I next saw him, but he kept parking there. So I got a permanent marker and drew a cock 'n balls on his driver's side door. That did the trick.

[@neiltill]

The bus been stuck behind two poorly parked vehicles happened to me a while ago, couldn't get through so a van behind me decided to drive on the pavement to get past near where kids was playing. I just wish i could get the CCTV off our buses to send to you Ashley for driving fails i see on a daily basis.

[@JurivonStolzenberg14]

Same with my truck! If I woudi have IT skills, I could record all . Mostly lost , sat nav, selfish , foolish drivers and also pedestrians/ cyclists. No surprise NhS cannot cope .we need edu action and discipline to reduce emissions and emergency services use.

[@paulcollyer801]

7:15 “Give us a call, I’ll help ya.” I’m sorry but if I were your pupil, we’d be parked up the rest of the lesson cos I’d be laughing too much 😂😂😂😂

[@SirBradiator]

Don't enter a yellow box junction unless your exit road is clear. What happens if you can't see the exit road? Would be an interesting legal challenge if anyone was ever fined for stopping in that box.

[@colinprice712]

Look up the DoT guidance on box junctions. I suspect that one could challenge a fine/penalty on the basis that the council didn't follow the appropriate guidance...

[@ianmason.]

@@colinprice712 I'll actually look at the Traffic Signs Manual and see what it says, but I wonder if that idea is so _fundamental_ to the very idea of a yellow box junction that the guidance _doesn't_ say "Make sure that all the exit points of a box are visible from the threshold of the box". It's like those workplaces rules you trip across and you _know_ that a rule exists especially because somebody did do the obvious "Nobody would do that, surely?" thing that the rule prohibits. Usually somebody called Gary, Nigel or Kevin for some reason known only to the gods. OK, checked it. _ "8.2.3. When designing the marking, authorities should take in account that drivers must be able to comply with the requirements of seeing that their exit is clear before entering the box. This will obviously impose limits on the dimensions of the box depending on individual site conditions." _ Looks like the writer had worked with enough Garys that they knew that they had to explicitly say it.

[@tin2001]

In the video instance, the obvious failure to stop at the red light is probably a far bigger concern than them not being able to see it was clear across the box.

[@p.a.1675]

11:00 I honestly think this situation could have been dealt with better. Not excusing the man walking on the wrong side of the barriers, but if he slipped or tripped on the curb, passing this close could have turned nasty.

[@thomasdalton1508]

Agreed. He should have been given as much space as a cyclist would have been.

[@adammcallister2260]

I suspect that was his intention before the taxi broke the merge in turn sequence. Perhaps slowing down a bit more when it was obvious that the taxi wasn’t going to give way might have been a safer action.

[@DrDandan]

I wish the instructors near me were more like you. There are just to many of them, that reaaly don't give two figs to the highway code. I though of myself to be a fairly decent driver, but have learnt so much watching your vids. Thank you.

[@PedroConejo1939]

I don't generally notice the ones around here, which is probably a good thing, except in heavy rain or fog when theirs are the cars with no headlights on. The same was true when we lived in Pembrokeshire, where the idea of signalling right to go straight across at roundabouts had infected the locals from somewhere.

[@Danniredrocks]

I think that's my previous instructor in the clip at 10:51! Great instructor, only had to change because I moved away. These videos are so helpful to me as someone who recently got their licence. Thanks Ashley!

[@somebody9762]

Positive reinforcement works a lot better than we think, I know it from my 30-year-old experience as a teacher. Loved the video, thanks for sharing. Regards from Spain.

[@cactusbase3088]

05:39 - Why use the horn here Ashley? They could easily see you emerging. Was it a reprimand which you normally advise against?

[@Madsstuff]

Logic states that the red car went late and should really have given way when they saw Ashley. But the pressure of the yellow box probably urged them to rush getting out of the way. I would say, on that logic that horn was a fair use of alerting that driver of a potentially dangerous issue impending. In the quick thinking needed it's clear the red car was in the wrong and the horn, while "hasty" was also warranted to bring attention to a quickly closing gap. I don't think at all that was a reprimand. People do funny things when surprised or under pressure. Give the man a break.

[@shm5547]

I would also add going on green when the road is not clear

[@TheGiff7]

@@MadsstuffThe two vehicles ahead of the red car cleared the junction while the lights for Ashley turned green. Suggests they jumped the lights at the other end as well.

[@richardhammer187]

Yeah, to me that was a telling off, something he always tells people NOT to do.

[@user-mv5zt8qd9l]

First clip reminds me of a beginner driving lesson I gave recently. Got a kid to park up on the left after driving a little loop, and a white panel van pulled up on the right just ahead (which was on a bend to the right). I then had to endure the discomfort of watching other drivers struggle to navigate around our vehicles, and of course a good handful of them gave the school vehicle the dirty look!

[@silasfatchett7380]

Outside my house, I noticed a car unable to pass due to my car and another which later had parked opposite. I spoke to the driver, telling him the situation and that I would move my car if he took back the dirty look.

[@VictheSecret]

'At least he was signalling'. Trouble is, far too many drivers think their indicators are a combination of a force field and immediate priority over everyone else, regardless of reality.

[@kenbrown2808]

and the other half are triggered to try to block the maneuver.

[@tin2001]

​@@kenbrown2808 Or maybe, here's a thought, they either don't actually see the indicator (too many cars now have indicators you can't see at all when side on) or they assume the indicating driver isn't stupid enough to try and smash into other cars, and will follow the appropriate rules for whatever they're trying to do.

[@kenbrown2808]

@@tin2001 you csn tell they know the other car is signaling, because they hit the gas as soon as the signal comes on.

[@merlinbooper6756]

5:01, what did you throw out the window!?

[@ashley_neal]

A ladybird

[@dannydee2668]

The bus problem at the beginning of this video, it used to happen many times near my home and the delivery driver refused to move even when asked, 4 weeks later the bus company cancelled the route and it's a shame because many pensioners used this service.

[@5688gamble]

This is how areas become car dependent, cars squeezing out buses by consuming all the space, leading buses to be unpopular because they get stuck behind traffic and to abandon dense housing scheme routes becuase drivers park badl, forcing ore people into cars and leaving those who cannot drive in a horrible position!

[@elelegidosf9707]

6:46 You told the girl, "Hold back, clutch down" as she was turning into the side road where the van was partially blocking the road further up. Then you immediately gave her a bollocking for braking and holding back, telling her, "It wasn't right - we're stuck out in the junction! Move forward!". You told her to hold back while she was still out in the junction and then when she does hold back as you instructed, you contradict yourself and tell her to move forward! Poor girl, she does what you tell her to do and then gets a telling off for it. Sometimes you don't give clear instructions. What you should have said when she was still out in the junction, instead of, "Hold back, clutch down", was, "Enter the side road and stop short of the van, clutch down". Do you see the difference? Instead of telling her to hold back in the middle of the junction and then giving her a telling-off for doing what you told her, you would have got her to safely enter the side road and got her out of the junction.

[@NicholasFerrar]

The van at 10 mins is very fast, isn't the speedl imit 60mph for a van on a dual carriageway (non-motorway)?

[@RichO1701e]

depends if they've had a panel replaced with a window, it's loophole. OR they're just oblivious and don't know their speed limit

[@Yes_Alex_Cook]

1:02 This is a perfect example of how sounding the horn is an ambiguous signal, just like flashing of the lights.

[@TimpBizkit]

That's why you need an R2D2 sound effect like on Mark Rober's car.

[@tflp1950]

Yeah, I would've interpreted that as a bitter driver who was annoyed that I was filtering through.

[@cccenturion4480]

@@tflp1950 That's certainly one way of looking at it. Another may be seen as a way to warn other road users of the potential hazard of a vulnerable road user with poor situational awareness.

[@phantasmaleye3879]

11:00 Ashley, why did you pass that pedestrian so closely? That was dangerous. You didn't leave 2 metres of space (or even half a metre) as the Highway Code instructs.

[@dominicstower5396]

9:35 I work really early mornings which means sometimes driving at 2am or 3am to get to work. We seem to have a little community of drivers at this time who are all super considerate like this. It's so nice

[@fd1150]

Well done for not having a meltdown @9:29 when you were FLASHED 😱😱

[@pompeymonkey3271]

11:06 I think you should have slowed right down: you had no space if that pedestrian lurched out. What do you think?

[@richardhammer187]

Yup, I think there was a bit of ego going on there for sure, he could easily have preempted the pass and backed off the gas a bit.

[@SiRhodesDriverTraining]

10:00 that vans well above the speed limit. Is that’s Knowsley Expressway where the M57 ends ?

[@ashley_neal]

It is 👍

[@shm5547]

11:00 no 2m passing distance for the pedestrian in the road here, distracted by the taxi using the junction as an overtaking opportunity?

[@richardhammer187]

Yup, I think there was a bit of ego going on there for sure, he could easily have preempted the pass and backed off the gas a bit.

[@ibs5080]

At around 2:07 in a situation where I'm waiting in a straight ahead lane and I'm "overlapping" the start of either a right or left turn filter lane (as per the van in this case), I will stagger my car away from the side of the filter turn lane whilst still remaining in my lane. Plus I may consider to break the practice of "tyres and tarmac" and instead, budge up a little closer to the vehicle in front whilst we are stationary and waiting. All in order to avoid exactly the sort of thing in this clip.

[@RichO1701e]

Agreed, being aware of your surroundings and the needs of others. But very poor from the Golf, couldn't squeeze thru without the contact but the silver Fiesta managed just fine.

[@10xZ00M]

If the driver of the GT van (2:09) got out, how did brake lights stay lit?

[@goodguykonrad3701]

1:20 Admittedly, he probably thought you beeped because you were angry he skipped all the traffic

[@123MondayTuesday]

nah it was obvious the cyclist thought the beep was to make him safe and to not skip the traffic lights you muppet

[@goodguykonrad3701]

@@BrianBadondebowl I get that, but rather than the cyclist just being triggered, I'd say it's misuse of the horn by the typical driver means it's going to be understandably misinterpreted. I'd also say it's better to do a quick double beep in that situation as it's less ambiguous

[@ashley_neal]

If a young child was going to walk out into danger and I beeped, would they get offended?

[@RichO1701e]

@yvonq.9346 Ash wasn't wrong, the cyclist mounted the curb, onto the pavement and went thru the PEDESTRIAN crossings instead of waiting behind the stop line at the red light. Riding on the pavement thru pedestrian crossings is not a "valid alternative". For your argument to make any sense, he should have dismounted and walked thru the pedestrian crossings.

[@ashley_neal]

No I haven't

[@frazermountford]

First (intro) video is a perfect example of the car car car mentality we have on the roads today and forget about large vehicles which include Ambulances are Fire Appliances.

[@Andy_ATB]

I'm afraid you're correct; people think they can do what they want, and park where they want - and damn the consequences. Nothing will change.....

[@paulcollyer801]

For the red trucks the do have S44 FRSA to make use of if absolutely necessary.

[@ianmason.]

@@paulcollyer801 The way you've phrased that I can guarantee that 90% of the people reading will not be able to discern what you're trying to say.

[@Monkeh616]

​@@ianmason. He's referring to section 44 of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004, which, to summarise, empowers authorised members of such services to take any action they deem necessary in order to perform their jobs in an emergency. This includes moving vehicles.

[@ianmason.]

@@Monkeh616 I figured that out with a little help from Google, but it needed a rephrase to make it a bit more reader friendly. It's an old editor's habit to point out poor phrasing, which I try to restrain unless the phrasing in question is particularly poor as IMNSHO this was.

[@1over137]

The last "hit and run" I did was a 4x4 Chelsey tractor parked exactly like the first pair in the first clip. One of those spatial awareness things, but my 'senses' didn't think I was going to clear the gap, but it did think my left mirror would pass under the 4x4's. I even said, "Breath in everyone". I was only going walking pace with an oncoming queue of traffic weaving around parked cars it was going to be slow. Unfortunately, within about 2 inches of the mirror, my senses then said, "Ooops." and "Clunk". They clipped. Top of mind, underside of theirs. I checked my mirror and it hadn't even moved out of alignment. Checked the 4x4 mirror was still there and still "out", it was, so I drove on. Given that my car is red and theirs was black, I didn't leave any red paint on them as I took a nice thumb sized smudge of black plastic which came off with panel wipe. Stopping within 100 yards was going to bring a sleeply little town that happens to find itself on the most busy tourist, road trip routes in summer to a complete stand-still in both directions in stead of just one as it was. I carried on.

[@ibs5080]

The very first clip with Ashley and the oncoming bus. I don't think I've ever seen Ashley driving so cheerfully...and he's had a good few laughs in the past. That's "Driving with a Positive Personality".😊

[@thomaselliot2257]

I was thinking the same thing. He was like that in a couple of more clips. 😁

[@ibs5080]

@@thomaselliot2257 Yes, Ash has a certain way with his laugh. I remember one time he was teaching a pupil and a lady coming the other way stopped behind the car in front of her, not realising it was parked!

[@thomaselliot2257]

@@ibs5080 or the time he saw the queue of cars the first time a McDonald's was open after the lockdown 😁

[@ibs5080]

@@thomaselliot2257 Was that when he did an actual video about queuing etiquette at a McDonald's drive thru...or was it a drive by such an establishment?

[@thomaselliot2257]

@@ibs5080 it was driving by on a dual carriageway

[@davidbarker3206]

Ashley at 11:08 I thought you would have held back & let the taxi go because of the man on the kerb?

[@richardhammer187]

Yup, I think there was a bit of ego going on there for sure, he could easily have preempted the pass and backed off the gas a bit.

[@nanoreefer1622]

Driving a bin wagon for a living I encounter that first clip soooo often it's really annoying.

[@stuge83]

7:21 how much weight is in the VW Transporter? Definitely over it's payload!

[@neiloflongbeck5705]

I think you missed the van at 14:09 go through the zebra crossing whilst the pedestrians you stopped for were still crossing. Isn't that still a big no no in the Highway Code?

[@TheGiff7]

Ashley. Regarding the yellow box on the bridge. How does the phasing of the lights work? Is there a delay between one side turning red and the other green to allow the bridge to clear? The box may exist to prevent traffic from crossing the bridge after the lights change. There’s a bridge where I used to live which is wide enough for traffic but due to being a swing bridge cannot have vehicles sitting on it. This has a yellow box on it to prevent traffic backing up from the lights further down the road.

[@ashley_neal]

All the lights work independently with a set time in between. Sometimes things get slightly blocked and people can't clear, but they still go anyway.

[@TheGiff7]

@@ashley_neal Cheers for that. It’s a behaviour that frustrates me. Motorists jumping lights and blocking the junction as a result.

[@eliz_scubavn]

First clip reminds me of what happens often outside my local primary school. People double park just so they can get 1yd nearer the school gates whilst the buses who also have to use the same road as part of their route get stuck. I’ve seen some very irate bus drivers shouting before now.

[@tin2001]

I've been picking one of the kids up with a bicycle-hauled trailer... Usually I go straight up their driveway, but some days there are like 3 cars parked on the street blocking it, tightly packed in since there's no lines marked there (after all, it's a driveway not parking). End result is I have to go all the way to the end of the block and walk back along the footpath with the heavy bike+trailer combination.

[@ibs5080]

Hello all from a rainy Canterbury. Held off going to RHS Hyde Hall Flower Show in Essex today in the hope of a drier Sunday. We shall see. And now to Ashley's video.

[@thomaselliot2257]

Whenever there's a rainy day, you can always spend the time with Ash-ley

[@ibs5080]

@@thomaselliot2257 That almost rhymes! How goes it Thomas?

[@thomaselliot2257]

@@ibs5080 OUCH 😄

[@Tillyard86]

At least that yellow box is properly painted which is more than I can say for some the ones in the town where I live.

[@PedroConejo1939]

I think that since no-one is allowed to enter that yellow box if they can't see their exit is clear (except for turning right), many, if not all of the drivers approaching it cannot legally enter the box at any time. Regarding your unsecured slabs on the LR, back in the 70s, I saw what happens when paving slabs come off the back of a wagon. It's not pretty.

[@shereenlawford3220]

I wish more people would watch your channel, I've found it has helped me have a different mind set. I find drivers are so inpatient and aggressive. Keep up the good work, we all must make a change to make things better

[@frankhooper7871]

Out of curiosity, why are there no wheelie-bins plonked outside the terraced houses located directly on the pavement with no front gardens in Liverpool? Here in Ipswich, every terraced house there would have 2 or 3 wheelie-bins permanently on the pavement LOL.

[@GodmanchesterGoblin]

But how do you drive down the pavement with wheelie bins in the way? I assume the pavement drivers that Ashley sometimes shows us in Liverpool have already taken care of them.

[@neilsa9292]

They're probably in the backstreet, they do that where possible here in Bolton.

[@chillired5389]

at 6:48, you always need to expect the unexpected and never proceed until you’re absolutely certain as to what they’re going to do… The van driver made a right mess of his reverse but the learner did really well by not going around him and held back👍

[@Sneakglove]

Fun fact, Gandalf used to be a driving instructor but had to give up as none of his students ever passed.

[@carlsmethurst8566]

Nice one 😂

[@leejohnson3209]

I hope that wasn't litter at 5:00 !

[@123MondayTuesday]

Ha great spot!

[@MoonWolf_yt]

I'm wondering about it myself.

[@thomaselliot2257]

I thought Ashley was better than that. The fact he sent the clip in at that point suggests he doesn't even realise that what he did was not right. I hope he reads this and realise it needs to change . Sorry Ashley .

[@stephandolby]

I'm thinking it's a fragment of nail he's getting rid of.

[@finding13emo]

yeh that surprised me

[@GrahamA63]

10:00 the van's speed limit is 60mph on a dual carriageway of course.

[@RichO1701e]

depends if they've had a panel replaced with a window, it's loophole. OR they're just oblivious and don't know their speed limit

[@SPTSuperSprinter156]

Cyclists are used to cars using their horn as an aural reminder that they want to run us off the road. Can understand why the cyclist was probably on high alert when you pipped. We have to be.

[@ibs5080]

At around 9:57, I have to admit I've never given a Thank You or thumbs up via my side window to an overtaking motorist on a motorway or dual carriageway. I've seen you do that in several other clips too and I'm going to try that when the situation is appropriate. I try to learn even the smallest details from Ashley's videos.

[@waldolemmer]

In South Africa people flash their hazard lights once. That way the other person is guaranteed to notice you thanking them, so you don't have to thank them twice

[@paulcollyer801]

I’ll use hazards flash AND a raised hand thanks as they pass.

[@RichO1701e]

Personally, I go with a quick flash of the hazards instead of a hand in the middle of the rear window, depending on the level of help from the other driver, I give a 👍🏻as they pass too.

[@waldolemmer]

@@zbf5h89ftb You don't have to look at the switch while you're pressing it. You only have to glance at it beforehand. In some cars, it's close enough that you don't even need to do that It only takes a second, so taking one hand off the wheel isn't a big deal. Remember that people who drive manual do that dozens of times per trip

[@waldolemmer]

@@zbf5h89ftb Highway Code 2 says you have to drive with both hands on the wheel whenever possible To quote Julia Daniels: > If you are looking to thank other drivers for any reason, do so in a safe - and legal - manner, such as getting your passenger to wave on your behalf.

[@grahamnutt8958]

A sense of humour at the right time reinforces whatever point you are making. I don't know the psychology behind this but it is something that I discovered 40+ years ago. It would explain why some subjects/topics taught in School were either remembered or forgotten in later life. Delivery was the key factor. This applies to Driving Instruction and most other environments as well. Hope that makes sense.

[@Jonc25]

The yellow box just needs cameras to finish it off.

[@will4may175]

I've never seen a Land Rover flatbed recovery truck before, only the tow crane vers.

[@5688gamble]

I was on a bus in a similar situation- was not laughing, I missed an important appointment because t took 10 inutes of bus driver blaring the horn to get a hold of one of the entitled motorists blocking his path! Buses need battering rams and to be legally allowed to ram any cars blocking it's way in this manner! The owners should then be liable for any damage to the bus or any other public or private property damaged in the process!

[@kenbrown2808]

with the silver van backing in, I could see that he was going to move forward, before he even moved the front wheels.

[@josephmarsh8235]

There seems to be 3 things that need sorting out in your area I think Ashley. Number 1: potholes need repairing. The roads did look seriously damaged on some roads. Number 2: 4:53 that dangerous junction that you said cyclists and people get killed at needs to be looked at and maybe changed. Number 3: I think there needs to be some looks at your own Gandolf Corner, for some more safety.

[@sleepycatsqueeze]

Does anyone know if the junction at 1.30 is shared use ? Many of those newer ones are where I live are, and some of 'em look just like this example.

[@RichO1701e]

Ash has said it is in the comments, but he should have dismounted to from the road onto the pavement

[@sleepycatsqueeze]

@@RichO1701e Can't find the Ash comment saying this is shared use, but I did find one where he said he didn't say any such thing so I still don't know if it is or isn't. . FYI one doesn't have to dismount on shared use "pavements". 'Cause " shared use". Anyhow mixing cyclepaths/pavements do seem to be the road planners way to guarantee conflict. Paint a bike and a line on a pavement and tick the cycle infrastructure provision box. Motorists triggered if the cyclist isn't using it, and pedestrians triggered if they are.

[@lifeincycling]

3:25 Are those glasses a prop for the sponsor segment? I can't say they're flattering

[@ashley_neal]

Nice profile pic 👍 The irony

[@leedorney]

Why, If I pay for KZbin do I do watch Ashley talk through an advert for yet another VPN provider

[@Thomashorsman]

5:00 did you throw something out the window?

[@ashley_neal]

A ladybird that was crawling inside my car

[@Thomashorsman]

@@ashley_neal ah haha

[@montyyy08]

You had me at “private hire” 😂

[@waldolemmer]

The rearview camera not being mirrored is so confusing

[@rustydusty2992]

Ashley this is the second time you have replied me saying I,ve won something Telegram me I'm not tech savy and to me telegrams were done away with in the 70s so how do I do this now.

[@ashley_neal]

Please ignore as it's spam. Unless the comment's from @ashley_neal it's not me!

[@rustydusty2992]

@@ashley_neal Many thanks for confirming it was not you.

[@carlhutchison4118]

Very good videos you should try fixing the damaged cars we fix in Ower area in Scottish borders , So simple to look ahead and around , I was told years a go by my instructor, 5 second, look around in your mirrors with your 👀 as it takes that time for anything to happen and in open roads extend time to look ahead and around for anything to happen.

[@MultiMidden]

First clip is a good example of how pavement parking can make things worse. If the blue car had parked fully on the road then there's a good chance the delivery driver would have parked elsewhere and the bus could have got through.

[@paulcollyer801]

Indeed, but the presumption is that the blue car was 1st. Would still apply the other way round.

[@TestGearJunkie.]

There was plenty of room for the bus, I've got buses though a lot smaller gaps than that.

[@paulcollyer801]

@@TestGearJunkie., Hard to actually tell with a dashcam. I’m an artic driver & in two minds.

[@fredslowho5612]

Could be at end of clip Rover saw L plates and took the precaution in case you failed to get away, as often occurs. However he did not rush to pass you as often happens..

[@iallso1]

I towed a vehicle last week for the safety of the public. Not because the vehicle that I removed was in a dangerous position, it was well onto the verge. The vehicle, a Ford FPR V8 Falcon, was being systematically stripped by thieves. They were parking on the 100kmph stretch of road, like this unlit, turning out their lights so as to not draw attentiontothemselves, and carrying out their act. They had no concept of the danger that parking on the dark road could have for them or other road users.

[@63mckenzie]

I found the best way to drive is assume other drivers are always going to do the stupidest thing possible. They usually do.

[@lolitapitpong3826]

9:27 I find people tend to try and close space at this point and try and force you to brake and go behind them, a lot of people see an opportunity for a passive aggressive manoeuvre and can’t help themselves

[@gs188]

In answer to the question of if the Land Rover would pass an MOT: probubly not but as its a F suffix reg its likely registered as tax and MOT exempt. Though given the fact the chassis has clearly been substantially modified (proper 6x4 or 6x6 landys dont have a rear axle that looks like its off a caravan, I wonder if its braked?) and the front end and suspension is off a much later model it should probubly be on a Q plate having been SVA/IVA tested and would then be unlikely to be tax/MOT exempt unless it was modified 40 years ago.

[@jameshoward2738]

F is 1989, not old enough to be tax or MOT exempt. My B reg (1985) has another couple of years of tax & MOT yet.

[@gs188]

@@jameshoward2738 Thats F prefix. F suffix would be 1967/68 so its meant to be a series 2A, not a One Ten.

[@Monkeh616]

Yeah, that thing's been naughtily grandfathered onto that plate. It's registered as an 'unknown' and I promise not a part on it dates back to 1967 to go with that plate. Farmers special, and I bet there's some interesting welding to be seen..

[@steve5772]

That's what the ropes for. 😂

[@smilerbob]

Just getting around to watching this video, family celebrations yesterday. With the first clip, did either of those drivers leave room for mobility scooters, wheelchairs or pushchairs to pass on the pavement? 🤔 I would rephrase the last sentence of the first clip to say “Remember when parking to leave space for everyone”

[@neiloflongbeck5705]

Some of the world famous Liverpool humour there with that hire car/taxi on the pedestrian crossing. Classy comment from your learner.

[@TanjoGalbi]

My mother is a private hire driver and once when she was driving me to her home for a weekly visit (I never learnt to drive due to anxiety issues) she had a go at a pedestrian for not using a zebra crossing correctly, the pedestrian veered off the crossing on our side to got to the right of the right barrier. I told her that there is no law that says they can not do that and her response I think says it all when it comes to private hire drivers: "I am a taxi driver, I know better!". It's a false sense of superiority due to their job.

[@G0LGS]

A VPN does nothing unless your sole interest is in watching content from sites that are not available in your country: At some point your data to/from the VPN providers servers for any not HTTPS access emerges on the internet un-encrypyted, it just happens to do it in a different place (perhaps mixed with other traffic) and unless someone has wire-tapped your connection at source (very illegal) getting access to your data is NOT as easy as VPN providers try to make out.

[@tednruth453]

Was that blocks of stone on the Land Rover ?😳

[@rogerkearns8094]

I suppose the driving test examiner can represent the ultimate Gandalf Corner: 'You shall not pass!' ;)

[@joshuabest100]

The taxi coming out of the crossing that's a new one 🤣

[@kekker_the_mod]

Am I going crazy or is there more than enough room for the bus in the 1st clip? It's 1 lane wide and there at least 1 & 1/3rd lanes worth of sapce

[@TestGearJunkie.]

Plenty of room for me, when I was bussing I got through gaps a lot narrower than that one.

[@Kenjh71]

9:28 this is directly comparable to the recent slip road video. Ashley was given the space by the van driver who did not have any legal reason in the world to give way. This is how it should be done, and what the lorry should have done in the slip road video.

[@Robins_Place]

Why do you have so many learner drivers in your passenger seat? I never had to do that when I was learning, would have felt ripped off if I did.

[@ashley_neal]

I spend most of my time teaching instructors.

[@ibs5080]

Re the last clip and reference to Gandalf Corner. I rather like it when there's a reference to another video channel from the current one. I find a certain "comfortable familiarity" with it all.

[@jayp25]

2:20 remember to put your hazards on!

[@shm5547]

9:55 Ashley doing 70mph here, but the van passes doing nearly 85mph. The limit for the van is 60mph on this road. That's 40% above the speed limit, but it's so common. I see vans breaking their speed limits all the time.

[@BrightonandHoveActually]

Maybe the driver of the GT Car Parts van sold the other driver a new door mirror 😀

[@Paws4thot]

7:00 ish - Silver Mercedes minibus driver demonstrates exactly why I would not have pulled round him like you seem to be encouraging your pupil to do.

[@neilharrison7555]

LOVED the "give us a call, I'll help ya"...that guy couldn't have been bothered if it was a Challenger tank which coming round the corner! The yellow box cyclist - utterly typical! He WILL end up in a & E after he encounters a driver who jumps red lights/ doesn't look/doesn't care. There ARE some REAL numpties out there!

[@vinny2242]

I thought Norfolk had some bad pot holes but seeing some of those on your videos around your area they are like craters 🤣

[@leenevin8451]

1:08 BEEPING THE HORN ANGRILY

[@ashley_neal]

More triggered cyclists

[@leenevin8451]

@@ashley_neal your true colours coming out now. It’s the hypocrisy that made me wanna comment

[@ashley_neal]

Would I have done the same if a child was going to walk out into potential danger? If so, you are playing the victim again.

[@leenevin8451]

@@ashley_neal yea but you knew full well he knew it was red haha

[@ashley_neal]

Exactly. What else would anyone expect if he's going straight through a red? I try and warn incase he just pulled straight out and all the poor cyclists get triggered, including you. Standard

[@michaelthomas3646]

the last clip really winds me up as it is illegal to show the wrong indicator, so most people don't use indicators when turning of extremely last second. so if you are basically que jumping down the wrong side of the road, how aware are you something else isn't going to do the same infront of you? especially when several hundred feet from the junction in some instances, and sometimes not even visable to oncoming traffic like a junction just after the crest of a hill, or a blind bend. or wose little kids trying to cross the road between stationary traffic. you cannot see an adult behind a vehicle in most cases when the road is so cluttered with parked vehicles. that is why you would never find me overtaking stationary traffic to basically que jump for my junction until totally safe to do so like 10 feet from a junction. when you can clearly see traffic from all angles, if a blind junction I will wait for that extra 10 feet.

[@brantnuttall]

8:00 reminds me off the meme where the passenger is quaking in the seat going "brake brake!" and then it cuts to the pedestrian being about 100 yards away.

[@kenbrown2808]

I find that occasionally dynamiting the brakes when the passenger yells to brake helps to keep that habit a little more under control. don't do it with someone behind, of course.

[@RichO1701e]

Did you just reference and episode of Keeping Up Appearances?

[@nitroneal4998]

Hi Ashley, I have a series of clips from my motorcycle, would you be interested? If so, how may I send them in?

[@ashley_neal]

People usually upload to Google Drive or similar then send me a sharing link 👍

[@sergarlantyrell7847]

That wasn't a triggered cyclist, that was a cyclist who's only ever experienced a horn used as a form of bullying. I've cycled for many years, but have only ever seen a horn used once in a way that wasn't hostile.

[@corroded]

So like the very definition of triggered then?

[@alanbirtles]

5:00 littering?

[@pugsterjosh7925]

Ladybird

[@stephen579]

My friend who is a driving instructor had dropped off his last customer and was on his way home when he was stopped by a police officer who asked to see his license and details, he then said " I'm future if you are not instructing you must cover up the "L" plates, even if you are on your way to the next lesson.

[@ashley_neal]

That's wrong

[@thomasdalton1508]

The Highway Code says "Plates should be removed or covered when not being driven by a learner (except on driving school vehicles)." Since it says "should" that means it isn't backed up by law (I've also checked the relevant regs and I can see the requirement to display them but not any restriction on displaying them when not required). It appears this officer was both unaware of the exemption for driving school vehicles (which seems difficult to believe, since no driving school vehicle ever has the L's covered - perhaps this vehicle didn't look like a driving school vehicle?) and unaware that it is only guidance anyway.

[@davidvanderklauw]

5:47 Is this the most useless yellow box? I believe that many road designers just sit in their little office and design the roads using little diagrams. This yellow box does make sense if your little diagram doesn't show the height of the bridge and does not show the height of the brick wall. The road designer probably met his KPI for the month and could tick the box and spin his work as a great success. Alternatively the design function is not a core function of the department and so was outsourced to the cheapest Indian design firm and the work was eventually done by the cheapest contractor on a laptop somewhere in India.

[@philipsmith9688]

That Land Rover and paving slabs wow 😮😮🤯

[@chrisb2443]

Hold on. At 3:10 the approach to that traffic light is a single lane road. What is the clown in the Skoda doing that appears to the right? Just straddling both lanes. People just make it up as they go for their own convenience.

[@peterkeleher]

just want to get in front of the learner - just a twat

[@izzard]

What did @ashley_neal throw out of window at 5:00? 😮

[@ashley_neal]

A ladybird

[@smilerbob]

@@ashley_nealLitter “bug” 🤣

[@Tillyard86]

13:02 I thought that was the fail for this clip!

[@CycleCalm]

4:55 put something out the window?

[@colinjames5643]

What are your thoughts on cyclists mounting pavements to bypass traffic signals? You see it quite a lot where they'll get over a junction by using the pedestrian crossings when the traffic lights would prevent them proceeding if they stayed on the road.

[@thomasdalton1508]

If it is a purely pedestrian crossing and not a "toucan crossing" (whose bright idea were those names?) then they are breaking the law.

[@KXXULADavidOC]

That parking where the bus couldn't get passed is shocking especially when there was plenty of space at both sides to park yet one of them chooses to park right across from the other, the stupidity of some people really is amazing and that unsecured load just wow so unsafe 😨

[@nmm3481]

I'm a bus driver and many people just don't think about where they park. It usually isn't malicious, it's just lack of consideration.