Bad UK Driving Vol 284

[@Howie57]

First clip with no seat belts.. , they looked like our travelling friends to me Of course, they're above the law.

[@grahampointer5727]

You must mean members of the friendly Caravan Using Nomadic Travelling Society.

[@fenrichlee2867]

Spot on, you'd make a brilliant detective - elementary my dear Watson. Only thing is you put it mildly calling them 'travellers' they are fully fledged jippoes.

[@the_Monkee]

Doesn’t that little van only have 2 seats in the front too?

[@paulreed5077]

The no seat belts numpties. That poor kid would go either through the windscreen or out the door in a crash. What an absolute arsehole of a driver. I'd have been straight on the phone to the police.

[@grahamgreen9440]

I think the Highway Code makes it clear about these hatched areas. If the hatching has long broken lines at either side you can cross them as long as you use caution. Just the same as if it were a single long broken line. However, if the hatched area has solid lines around it you must not enter or cross it as this is the same as crossing a double white line in the road. All the hatch is for is to make the lane dividing lines wider giving greater lane separation, it’s the solid or broken line around them that defines if you can enter or cross them.

[@dhcgvvchnchb1161]

"Enter broken hatched markings only if safe and necessary", why does everyone seem to miss that phrase. Do you think it was safe for any vehicle, let alone a large bus, to do that manoeuvre when there could be oncoming traffic and people coming out of the side roads as he said? 🤔😡

[@jjharson7344]

@@dhcgvvchnchb1161 I think you both make a good point on this, the phrase "Enter broken hatched markings only if safe and necessary", is open for interpretation. I think we can all agree though that the bus took liberties with that one. 🙂

[@Holycurative9610]

I have regularly overtaken tractors in the cross hatchings on a stretch of road near Evesham, 3 miles of wide straight road, but wouldn't dream of using the area to overtake a car or lorry. Use the area when necessary and only when it's safe to do so is what I was taught many years ago.

[@tigertony2716]

Well done to the cyclist at the temp lights for having awareness and using some common sense

[@shm5547]

4:40 I let cars through temporary lights first when i'm cycling, but only if it's only a few, I've done that countless times. It's just nicer than having a couple of cars tailing you through the coned area, then trying to pass. If the lights change with no other traffic approaching, you get a clear road with no dodgy overtakes for quite a while. It's also considerate towards drivers, which I will be when it's safe and reasonable.

[@neilclark2245]

Hatched markings bordered by broken(dashed) white lines can be driven on if you need to. However hatched markings bordered by solid white lines - you aren't allowed to drive on or across them unless it's an emergency situation (not that it stops some people, of course, and you know who you are!)

[@michaelweston8569]

08:02 - this is an increasing problem in my experience-cars parked way too close to junctions. Highway code says no parking opposite or within 10 metres of a junction. The other annoyance in this clip is all the cars parked on what is a narrow road, when every property has a driveway.

[@albarn100]

I thought for the first clip you were going to say the main problem wasn't the seatbelts, it was the fact it's the 2 front seat version not the 3 front seat version!

[@richardmathews783]

I understood that hatched areas replaced traffic islands because they were cheaper to install. IF I am correct, one should not drive on or over them.

[@mwolfer1]

1:50 You really don't want to know! 🤮

[@ianbentley-rb7hs]

Ooo, we do! we do!!

[@rwadley15]

9:00 your commentary here will have me smiling for the rest of the week. Love it 😂

[@duncanrathbone2658]

I was told by a psv instructor you can drive in hatched markings if the outside lines are broken not solid. That was a few years ago though.

[@susanwassall361]

1st clip, such clear evidence,NO seat belts, NO MOT & vaping( illegal for a driver or passenger to smoke or vape in a car or van with a roof while driving with children under the age of 18. This came into force in October 2015. I would have reported & sent video clip to Police.

[@jamjardj1974]

Nor three seats in those vehicles.

[@ianmason.]

If it's the classic hatched lines that lead up to a separate area for turning right from it's fine to drive on the markings (as long as they have broken not solid edges) to join the traffic tuning right and avoid obstructing traffic behind you. They are there to protect right turning traffic and you offer more actual protection than a little paint on the road. Where they are like the ones that bus run over that are there to separate two lanes running in opposite directions then it's only OK to use them if you absolutely have to because your vehicle is too wide or you need to cross them to go into a driveway or similar. They are obviously not there to provide an extra lane for 'special' people.

[@BrendanShort-c6t]

The people that pull out, it makes you wish their fathers did

[@sillenrobe]

* Highway Code Rule 130Areas of white diagonal stripes or chevrons painted on the road. These are to separate traffic lanes or to protect traffic turning right. If the area is bordered by a broken white line, you should not enter the area unless it is necessary and you can see that it is safe to do so. So, we're the bus actions necessary? Nope. We're they safe? Nope

[@bazf2443]

As some people have rightly said That bus at the end can drive over the hatch markings, so technically he's doing a long overtake of about 4 maybe 5 vehicles including 2 lorrys, which in itself is still a dangerous maneuver especially if it had passengers on-board.

[@daviemac9925]

Another example of why I never want to drive south! That van that was holding you up nattering (or getting a wee blether as we say up here) Had an SK number plate the same as mine it was Registered in Edinburgh, a long way from home.

[@xusiaxod6255]

11:22 - minis are BMW's remember..

[@shaddow1867]

I know this maybe a weird comment, but one time I was waiting to cross a mini junction in an urban area, and I waited for the 5 cars to turn left into the road where I was crossing. And after they went I started to cross and out of nowhere an orange Peugeot Suv (I don't know the model name) turned into the road and almost hit me, they didn't even indicate I started crossing due to thinking they was going straight on, then obviously they turned into the road. Dangerous drivers need to have either re-test on their driving skills. So if they fail, they will have to retake all lessons (that they need) to become a safe driver.

[@Eddymonsoon]

Give way lines mean give way to oncoming traffic regardless of which side of the road. I'm sure Kermit is giving licences to his mates. 🐸

[@JesusLovesYou-nd1rz]

There's a song about running red lights by Tiesto. It's really apt for these clips of the cyclists.

[@garyboyle695]

Lots of drivers run red lights too but somehow drivers seem to give them a pass while slagging off the cyclist.

[@simonmeadows7961]

I'm thinking I should set up cameras at the junction by my office. I cross it on foot twice a day. In the two years I've worked there, there have been 3 days when not a single cyclist has gone through a red light. Though for evenness, it's fair to point out that about once a month, a car driver turns into the broad cycle lane, thinking it's for them.

[@mjr2567]

What's the point of an ASL for cycles if motor vehicles stop in them?

[@stephenwalker6823]

The rules say that motor vehicles should stop at the ASL "if it is safe to do so". If the lights change when the vehicle is close to the line or another vehicle is close behind, then vehicles should stop in the box, rather than increasing danger by braking harshly.

[@mjr2567]

​@stephenwalker6823 Unfortunately, that doesn't answer my question.

[@ianemery2925]

Dashed white hatched area, you can cross if you have to; solid lined hatched area, no you cant. Neither can you illegally overtake on a single lane road in an urban area - which is what that bus did, the bus should also have stopped top let the pedestrians cross; but the driver didnt even hesitat. As a country, we are turning into Parisians; as anyone who has ever driven in that awful city will understand.

[@jacobdavis9548]

13:42 Bit confused. A bus is allowed to do that due to the fact that it's a large vehicle meaning that it needs more space to move around a turn.

[@doughunt9621]

At ~9.44, the car to the left is doing nothing wrong. This is at Leatherhead Station, and Google Maps clearly shows that you can go straight on from the left lane according to the arrows on the road surface.

[@scuoby6689]

5:40 Dunsfold Aerodrome, was just there 3 days ago

[@alannickson3197]

Great video as usual. Where do they get the drivers from ? Try the rubber dinghy’s. No licence no experience no passport.

[@konradgreen2567]

@10:10 pretty sure thats just a mistake, otherwise they'd have just gone in behind you. also i tried to read the road signs as they went by, but struggled.

[@andreashaynes3346]

A lot of “special ones” there Tony. But I suppose they don’t care because you’re doing the thinking for them!!! Take care 👍👍👍

[@BillyBanter100]

These drivers are ridiculous but not in a funny way. Well done for the commentry explaining the reasons for road markings and always checking your mirrors.

[@draconia1336]

I had 3 cycling people down a single track road let me by today 😻😻. I take travellers kids to and from school, they put their belts on, and the parents put them on them too, they are good kids

[@IrishCarper86]

Brain dead van driver.that kid would be stuck to dash if he crashed.terrible

[@xo2quilt]

Interesting that in the USA it is not illegal to steer with your knee!!

[@michellesimpson4364]

I’ve heard that in America your allowed to turn right on a red light if the road is clear

[@xo2quilt]

@@michellesimpson4364 That is absolutely correct in most places, unless it specifically states no right on red. I do believe there are some cities that don't allow it, but none I have ever been to.

[@michellesimpson4364]

@@xo2quilt I went to New York in 2019 and the traffic there was crazy.

[@xo2quilt]

@@michellesimpson4364 I'm a country girl...don't like big cities.

[@sdean9081]

The policeman that pulled me for using a hatched area to turn right told me you can't drive in the hatched area. I'll take his word for it. That happened about 25 years ago, don't see why that would have changed.

[@xusiaxod6255]

Of course they are always in vans as we know van drivers are lower than slugs, below that of BMW and Audi drivers.

[@DavidNewmanDr]

I have seen half a dozen cyclists in a cyclists only box waiting for a red light to clear. It is quite common in Oxford. We even get cycle traffic jams.

[@garyboyle695]

Lots of cyclists stop at traffic lights but it's a motorists channel so he's playing to his crowd.

[@robertbate5790]

Last bus driver, definitely a no no!!! Certainly not for the distance he had to travel head on to the junction, one vehicle maybe . . . ?

[@darealmrog]

This is what happens when you're still a teacher's pet after you graduate

[@MRDNRA]

The audi at 12:31 - i dare say another one of those who can't comprehend either a) why someone might be going to somewhere different from them or b) why there is other traffic on the road! It's always real idiots who glare at people for preventing them driving improperly. Many years ago a house my family and I lived at was just to the right of a corner at a junction where people would (and still do) routinely cut the corner because not many people turn right out of that junction, and my dad used to get a lot of glares from people simply for waiting to turn right (and thus preventing them cutting the corner as a result)

[@eddieMurphy11111]

that Audi had the right to be there on the round about the other vehicles had to give way for him

[@petercoffin-mu9sz]

Speechless today tony, thx.

[@Debbiestrainsandtoys]

Why don't people take Mel C'ss advice in Stop "slow down, read the sign so you know where you are going "

[@plbingham]

agree with the hatching assessment

[@chrispayne523]

The roofing van in the clip with the two talking hasn't had tax since last November.

[@jeffreybell5454]

There pikies don't forget, rules don't apply.

[@Graham_Langley]

I wouldn't say Dunsfold is "just down the road" from Albury...

[@thelondondashcam]

A very long road 😜😁

[@Graham_Langley]

@@thelondondashcam Around 10 miles.

[@ianbentley-rb7hs]

Last clip. If the bus driver had pulled that stunt on his PCV test- immediate failure.

[@samhenwood5746]

No seat belts & those kids should be in kids booster seats 💺.Thanks The London Dash Cam 🚕👍

[@JBTheMighty]

People really dont know the size of their car it amazes me. Have it all the time people coming into my lane like they are turning a bus.

[@paulatkinson2849]

Ur not the only one who meets ppl on a corner on a arrow lane I do every day 😒

[@PaulFisher-uj9vb]

I live in rural Cornwall, take it from me, that lane is not narrow.

[@marcoose777]

Country lanes attract bell-ends in German cars, Swedish car drivers are quite bad too :)

[@joecrammond6221]

did i just imagine a clip where a cyclist not only stops at a red light but lets two cars go ahead of it

[@garyboyle695]

Remind me, who causes the vast majority of deaths and injuries on our roads? I'll give you a clue, it's not cyclists.

[@seankinvarra1123]

I spotted it straight away in the first clip. It WASN'T an Audi. 🤣🤣

[@MichaelWarren-ms6ov]

Do not let them in make them wait

[@kinkaito5433]

i love watching people who try to push in, not being allowed to, fook em, get in the right lane, or fooking wait :D

[@Holycurative9610]

Clip one. A man of that age driving should know better, the woman who is quite possibly his mother should know better, and even the kid knows he should be in a car seat or have a belt on. Disgusting behaviour from people we class as "adults" when even the child knows better.

[@SsnakeD23]

At 9:14 you're having your little rant about how cyclists who have the advantage of the "box" as you called it or the proper term, ASL and why they dont use it and just cycle through the red light like the one you showed, which I agree was wrong. However, you didnt mention the fact that the car in front of you was breaking the Highway code as they had gone over their line and were sat in the ASL box, something I see all too frequently. On the occasions when I used to ride to work at my old job I would actually make a point to "break the law" and put my bike in front of them to proof a point because of their inconsiderate nature.

[@stephenwalker6823]

If the car was close to the lights when they changed, then they should only stop at the ASL "if it is safe to do so". If it means braking hard and risking a skid, they "should" stop past the ASL, but before the stop-line proper.

[@stephencope7178]

Out of all of the clips featuring cyclists, none are behaving correctly! I wonder if Jeremy Vine has seen these vids, as he is always sounding off about motorists!!

[@alancarlyon340]

Bikes are always breaking the law/s of the highway code! They don't have to sit a driving test! We need more cameras at traffic lights to catch those clowns! Learner drivers get taught in how to drive/reverse, but not in how to read what is round the corner, keep your distance from the car in front etc! They are let loose to create havoc to themselves and other road users! More tuition and guidance should be available to new drivers! Dash cams help us drivers a lot when incidents occur, yet we are all paying OTT insurance premiums which is a bit confusion seeing that we capture evidence on our dash cam?

[@garyboyle695]

Good idea as you'd catch a lot more drivers going through red lights and speeding up to go through on amber than cyclists.

[@johnnodge4327]

Was the last clip with the bus going through the hatching the bottom of Reigate hill? And no he shouldn't be using the hatching to avoid sitting in 100 yards of stationery traffic, but bus drivers are also some of the most self entitled drivers on the road. Professional, not from what I've seen.

[@thelondondashcam]

Yes it is the bottom of Reigate hill 👍

[@diddyd8350]

F F S, seems to me there are a an element of people that would not pass if re- testing was brought in. Too many bad habits.

[@glennbeavis8478]

Send1. off the first clip to the police ? Op Snap. clear video evidence. 2. The many many traffic violations that cyclist pull will never be brought to justice, they know they're almost uncatchable. 3. i'd love to see you block a car off like the mini, soon as they pull out, you pull out too. 4. i agree with you on the hatched markings , theyre not an additional overtaking lane.

[@michellesimpson4364]

How bright was that green car on the driveway?

[@thelondondashcam]

Very 😂

[@xusiaxod6255]

13:35 - use the hatch markings with broken lines if it's SAFE to do so. So bus was fine matey.

[@thelondondashcam]

I don't think it was safe to do so because he can't even fit into the hatched markings he is actually driving part on the wrong side of the road as well as driving too fast.

[@50upss]

It should be illegal to vape inside buildings and cars with a child, just like smoking

[@MichaelWarren-ms6ov]

They don’t have a clue about driving a car

[@Zodliness]

Taxi's are 'employed' drivers, not 'professionals' by any highway code book definition! 🤔😉

[@thelondondashcam]

Actually their self-employed

[@Zodliness]

@@thelondondashcam Still tantamount to 'employed' motorists with a working 'knowledge' of London roads.

[@dhcgvvchnchb1161]

If you spend all day everyday on the road, then you should be driving properly as you would have far more miles under your belt than normal drivers and yet they are the ones who drive the most like loonies

[@Zodliness]

@@dhcgvvchnchb1161 When people spend all day every day working on the roads, they often become complacent about it and dismiss the 'right of way' of other road users.

[@thebarnaclebill]

Just drive your own car as safely and considerately as you can. There is absolutely no point getting hot under the collar about things you can do nothing about.

[@andrewstorm8240]

So much chaos

[@seankinvarra1123]

Neither was the second one . Of all the clips only 2 were of Audi's. How come they're Always An Audi?

[@MichaelWarren-ms6ov]

You can be as careful and drive safely but the nob is still there and you will lose your noclaims

[@caolkyle]

12:35 bmw driver saying thanks or waving you off 😂

[@malgf4145]

They're SPESHAL !

[@neuralwarp]

You mustn't drive on a hatch with a solid border.

[@bluegirl77777777]

The driver's probably from Albania

[@KevinD_33x150]

First clip: He may need to glue in his teeth, but he can't glue a brain into his skull... 4:24 Many cyclists do the right thing, some go this far, showing some courtesy & consideration to others. 👍 12:50 There are great savings to be had by painting lines on the road versus a concrete island. Many take the piss & "drive" regardless. A concrete island would have them think more than twice.

[@grahamnutt8958]

Talking about tools....... rofl. As you say, Tony; don't pick an argument with a *insert relevant description* as we all know what happened to Bricktop 🤣🤣🤣.

[@icouldbewrongicouldberight]

Speaking of tools 😹

[@DennyG995]

Oi! Oi!

[@shm5547]

3:32 I know it's technically illegal, but both those red light infractions were done safely. There's far worse behaviour on the roads. Red lights wouldn't exist if it wasn't for motorised traffic, I've yet to see traffic lights installed at an intersection of cycle lanes or to control pedestrians crossing a cycle track (that's not part of a road crossing).

[@stephenwalker6823]

The first traffic light was installed in 1868 - long before motorised vehicles were on the road.

[@shm5547]

@@stephenwalker6823 and also long before cycling took off. It wasn't to control the flow of cyclists!

[@shm5547]

@Mark-tk6lt unknowingly going through a red light is far worse than knowingly going through a red light!

[@SGPFK8TypeR]

11:54 I would beep my horn a few times on these roads.

[@davie732]

The clip at 4:30 - A cyclist actually stopping at a red light!

[@garyboyle695]

The cyclists were the least dangerous of all the incidents in this video. Drivers are the biggest menace on our roads.

[@shm5547]

9:05 that blue car is stopped in the ASL box, no room for the cyclist, so they proceeded through. You can see them looking carefully to make sure it's safe.

[@charliejackman2953]

Oh dearie dearie me 🤣

[@mikeheasman2594]

Didn't even attempt to be cautious and no excuse for jumping a blatant red light.

[@shm5547]

@@mikeheasman2594 what was the blue car drivers excuse? did they really not have time to stop for the first line I wonder? there are not many cyclists who ride recklessly. with little protection, you are very vulnerable on a bicycle, so there's a massive incentive to not do anything stupid. I don't make a habit of riding through red lights, but sometimes, it just makes sense. A couple of days ago I had a situation where a bus pulled alongside me and moved into the ASL box. I didn't want to be setting off at the same time as the bus, so anticipated the lights changing and rolled through the red light as the intersection was completely clear. The bus set off a few seconds after when the lights changed, but I'd already got across and made my right turn by then. Far safer than trying to turn right across traffic when it's accelerating ahead.

[@mikeheasman2594]

@@shm5547 So blue car was partly in asdl box, obviously there was plenty of room on left or cyclist could have stopped behind the car. Lucky that bus was slow of the mark when it got a green light or maybe the driver expected the cyclist to jump a red light.

[@shm5547]

@@mikeheasman2594 I don't think luck came into it with the bus. Awareness is much greater on a bicycle, you can tell how quickly something is going to accelerate, just by listening. If the bus engine was revving off the limiter and the driver was poised to dump the clutch, then the cyclist would have held back!

[@phillipsharpe6459]

A considerate cyclist, now there's a first, 😂🤣👍

[@garyboyle695]

I'm still awaiting a considerate driver.

[@phillipsharpe6459]

@@garyboyle695 considerate is what considerate does, if cyclists are going to be arseholes expect it back 😁👍

[@sassyboofle6983]

The clip at the front was a 2 seater with 3 people in front , 🫣