Bad UK Driving Vol 325 let's talk slip roads

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[@angeladormer6659]

Missed that flash. I have been driving nearly 60 years. Yes I'm that old biddy who drives at the speed limit, always indicates where I'm going, and will yell if you use your phone or park in disabled bays because " I'm only going to be 5 minutes ", when you're not disabled. I curse when people don't have manners, cyclists don't follow the rules of the road, don't indicate or use their mobiles. No wonder I have high blood pressure 😂

[@PhilBroad-ru7sl]

Thank you for the videos. I,too, am an old sod who passed his test many years ago. 1976 to be precise. A time when people had manners, both on and off the road. I drive a fair bit along the roads shown in your videos so if you encounter an even older sod than yourself in a grey BMW hatchback using indicators and the correct lanes, that may well be me. Keep up the good work and hopefully the Grand Theft Auto generation will learn how to use the roads in the real world 🤞🏻

[@VintageLynx]

When I helpfully move over, some drivers then block me merging back in by driving up the inside. No understanding of what I just did to help them out.

[@michellesimpson4364]

Thank you so Much Tony for this it’s given me more confidence. My request was because I had a bad experience on a slip road joining a motorway I was with my instructor and my speed matched I’d found my gap but then the car decided to speed up and closed my gap so I had to brake hard as I was going to enter my instructor beeped her cos it was dangerous. Luckily there was no car behind me. So it made me wary of joining from a slip road. But my instructor always told me never assume plan for both. Thanks again great video ❤

[@scienceexperimentsforhomee261]

How are you on the procedure for leaving? The Highway Code is a bit vague and says get into LH lane well before exit and indicate in plenty of time. I ensure, after being given notice of 1 mile warning that I'm in LH lane by the time the ½ mile sign appears and start indicating when the three hundred yard indicator appears ( three parallel diagonal lines).

[@djgarf1210]

@@scienceexperimentsforhomee261 that is exactly how i would do it driving on a motorway too, just seems the common sense way of driving?

[@Andrewwhite-zt2zj]

@@scienceexperimentsforhomee261 That's right, but as we know from these videos some drivers leave lane three at the last second and cut across the whole motorway. Probably on the dog and distracted.

[@r390gt1lm]

great video on sliproads, there is one thing you should NEVER do on a slip road, DO NOT EVER stop on top of the slip road and expect someone to let you in, you will die, you will get rammed by a 45 ton truck doing 60 mph and you will be a red stain on the road.

[@smilerbob]

Oops…I used to do that quite often on my morning commute to work if I needed to stop in the services. Then again if I didn’t stop I would be colliding with all the stationary traffic already on the main carriageway 🤣 Good advice by the way 👍 (Sorry, I will stop with the dad jokes one day…maybe)

[@r390gt1lm]

@@smilerbob well yea, if the traffic is gridlocked as it often is on M25, then maybe you shouldnt merge in at 70 mph lol

[@philtucker1224]

Agreed. There should be a law against slowing down below the speed of the passing traffic..

[@philtucker1224]

This video demonstrates much better motorway craft than is taught in ordinary driving lessons 👍

[@philtucker1224]

Some well known national driving schools ought to see there is a business opportunity where they can offer “motorway craft” driving lessons to established drivers that want to be better and safer, at higher speeds. - It’s not just an older age thing, as clearly some nervous younger drivers think “going slowly” means they are likely to be a bit safer…- Not always true though…

[@Kivetonandrew]

A brilliant video. This should be shown to everyone before their test. Also, should be compulsory for drivers to have motorway lessons. I know of people who really believe that those on the motorway should give way to joining traffic!! Unbelievable. I passed my test in March 1972 so I've a few years on you. Also my motorcycle test two years previously.

[@ScottishDashCam]

1:21 congrats on 40 years and amazing you got no points! Your a total legend 🎉

[@ThePhoenix198]

But far from unique. I've held a driving license for 48 years with no points, not even a speeding ticket or an on-the-spot fine. Although some of the latter might more accurately be described as '48 years of undetected crime' - I couldn't possibly comment! 😉

[@DavidJones-lz4io]

STOPTRANS on the HGV 😂😂

[@neilduran3586]

A cracking commentary on vehicle movements with skill and thoughfulness!

[@suziforester]

Agreed...Tony explains this very well......in simple language

[@ColinWatters]

I drive a lot on the A14. Between Huntingdon and kettering there are several junctions with short slip roads. Many times I've had to stop on the slip road because of the sheer weight of traffic. The trick is to stop early leaving as much slip road available to accelerate on to get out into the lorries. But Ive also had idiots pass me then stop when the slip road runs out. Madness.

[@smilerbob]

Same on the A38 and A52. Slip roads around 100 yards long with a blind 90 degree turn to get onto and see if there is a gap. If you creep you shorten the slip road…if you stop drivers behind get irate and try to get around 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@48ml07]

Another classic Tony👍 useful instruction with a touch of humour and humility. I have been driving since mid 1960,s. Many different vehicles, working mostly for Rolls Royce and Bentley, driver training was mandatory for insurance purposes. Always willing to learn from others though, thank you.

[@Manu-Official]

30 years, 1 parking ticket (I invented a parking space, cost of fine was £6.50) - 🍻

[@ianmason.]

Parking tickets don't count (unless you park somewhere dangerous). I do not park illegally but I have nevertheless collected a (very) few parking tickets in my time by being fooled by the way restrictions are displayed. Councils seem to love inventing signs that con you into thinking you've done the right thing and you haven't, or having plated restrictions on a single yellow that are at variance with the signs a tiny little way up the road on the same continuous single yellow line (Thanks London Borough of Camden).

[@stephencope7178]

I once saw an old guy drive up to the dotted line, then looking right hoped to join the M1 from zero mph!! 😳

[@xo2quilt]

Missed the flash of the speed camera. Not something I ever look for - not sure if there are any out here in the wild west of the USA!! I use my cruise control all the time when I'm driving (yes, I'll help it out when going up a steep hill/mountain), but I don't want a ticket so if I'm speeding it's maybe 1 MPH. I'd rather get where I'm going safely, so I leave with lots of time to spare so I don't have to speed. Love your practical rules for slip roads...they are the rules of the road and they do work.

[@davidperry2306]

Tony, I'm gonna pull you to task over your comments re the Range Rovers. They are without doubt incredible machines and are serious workhorses. I have had 3 of them since 1976 and would get another tomorrow if I wanted to change cars. The cars, like the Beema and the Merc are excellent vehicles, the problem comes from the driver, but the same problem can come from a Fiesta or a Fiat 500. If the driver is driving like a TIT then 100% call him/her out, but it's not the car. My driving has been 60 yrs NO claims since I passed my test on 7th Oct 1964 at the South Croydon test center. I have owned everything from Mini van to 7.5 ton tipper, Transits - Boxers for work and more cars than I can recall but my real love was a 6 ltr Jeep Cherokee that would do 15ish to the gallon pulling 2 tonnes of sand on a 4 wheel tipping trailer. Love your channel and your comments, but remember the car only does what the TIT behind the wheel makes it do.

[@kevinrayner5812]

I was watching some American video on the 10 worse cars. Middle ranked Range Rover and F Pace Jag.

[@suziforester]

Range Rovers are unreliable pieces of sh*t

[@davidperry2306]

@@kevinrayner5812 The video and comments are not about the reliability of a make of car but more a tongue in cheek dig about Tony's group labelling of the drivers. There are good and bad models in every make of car and the last ones to slag off a Range Rover should be the Americans who have produced several models of car that had some of the worst crash test results, here are some of the worst: Chevrolet Camaro, Dodge Challenger, Dodge Charger and Ford Mustang and like the Ford Bronco which had a tendency to roll over when going round corners.

[@johnfh]

Thanks Tony, that was really instructive. There are two key words for me when it comes to traffic entering the motorway - cooperation and helpfulness. And you have very good anticipation skills. as I hope I have.

[@johndilloway9762]

46 years never a ticket never an accident, I was thinking that to myself last year, 1 week later I got my speeding fine, changed the speed limit on a road I use quite often, down hill round a bend 60mph, just around the bend a 50 mph sign, to late camera van near a tree, got me.

[@thelondondashcam]

That always worries me this constant changing of speed limits

[@johndilloway9762]

@@thelondondashcam Yes and from what I read online they put the van there as soon as it changed and they caught quite a lot of people, all wrong doing that.

[@TheJimNorth]

I had an incident recently with someone emerging from a slip road. The weather conditions were horrible… and i was in the inner lane and being overtaken on the right. The car on the slip road was ahead of me and had a decent gap so I decided to accommodate them and hang back. You know, to give the space to emerge from the slipway, good filtering. But no, nothing doing! This plonker instead of simply emerging into the decent gap that they had kept slowing down and slowing down until we were nearly alongside each other (me slowing down too because I don’t want to crash into them). It got to the point where they came to a complete stop but not in the slip-road… instead abreast the end of the slip-road and the live lane… We were so lucky that I just had space in the outer lane because I then had to go around them.

[@bustersw1760]

Passed my car test in 1965 age 17 and at age 21 I became one of those dreaded "professional drivers", driving buses, coaches and trucks in various countries, until I retired at 65. And I certainly don`t profess to be the best driver. Had a few nick nicks when I was a motorcyclist back in the 60`s (Mad mile and the A24 Mickleham S`s and even Wimbledon Parkside) and had one or two knocks over the years, but with the mileages I covered that wasn`t too bad. It seems the best way to tackle slips roads these days, is eyes shut, foot down and aim for lane 3, much the same as they tackle the good old Rosehill roundabout.

[@joecrammond6221]

nothing slip road related but earlier today, i was riding on a bus so was driven by a professional driver, we encountered three red lights during the time i was on the bus, first red light we came across, the driver made no attempts to stop

[@timweather3847]

I was taught by the RAF in 1961 in a Standard Vanguard Phase 2 with a three speed steering column gear change. Anyone remember them?

[@Graham_Langley]

First summer hols job was driving a Bedford CA flatbed with three on the column for a heating company around 1973, a lot of it up and down the bits of the A3 Kingston Bypass in this video.

[@jaycee330]

Three on the tree. My dad had a car like that.

[@Sarah-bq7zo]

Thank you the short slip on the A3 always makes me cautious so many times people seem to pull out with barely a glance. Also the Farnham roundabout can be a bit of a nightmare. Have you done a vid on M25 at junction 5 with a the nonsense last minute lane changing when people suddenly realise they are about to head onto A21 / M20 done it a few times and always a nightmare keep up the good work

[@gordonthomas3328]

I have said for many years that slip roads is a bad name for the function . It should be called an acceleration lane. I am an ex HGV driver who has had many close calls with cars not knowing how to join properly and it is no fun. When I join a motorway in my car I boot it and hit the motorway at 60 or 70 mph or more if a wagon is bearing down. At this speed you have more options IE brake and go into the hard shoulder or accelerate out of trouble

[@gerhard6105]

14:06, inside mirror, right outside mirror, shoulder. Then, when safe, you put on the turn signal and go. Not turn signal on when you want to go but when you can go. That is what we learn in the Netherlands.

[@thelondondashcam]

Yes I left all of that sort of stuff out of the video because it was about entering a motorway which you should have a driving licence to do that anyway so you should know them basic skills that you have correctly pointing out there.

[@SimonJM]

40 years on the road? Bloody lightweight! 🤣

[@Graham_Langley]

Coming up on 52 years here. Scary, isn't it.

[@SimonJM]

@@Graham_Langley Not quite that for me, but yes!

[@davidellis8141]

@@Graham_Langleyme to.

[@Andrewwhite-zt2zj]

@@SimonJM 54 here. And it don't seem a day too long. I have had a couple of prangs, but nothing serious and, of course, not my fault.

[@markdyson4332]

Great video sir - good advice all round. I too have 40 years plus and definitely think driving standards have become significantly poorer. Regrettably I think this may be a reflection of society in general where consideration for others (let alone common sense) have gone out the window. So many of your clips show just how rude & entitled drivers have become - so much so that you are almost surprised when you are given your actual priority at an obstruction / roundabout / junction or actually given a Thank You signal when you have done the right thing. Keep up the good fight !

[@edj4833]

Some of the worst drivers are actually those who have been driving for 30- 40 years. They were inconsiderate when they were young, never updated their habits, and kept driving the same awful way for 40 years. I both drive and cycle and see it often, it can be that younger drivers are much more considerate towards me on my bike, whilst older drivers can be fairly dangerous. Not always, but often.

[@davidellis8141]

Good video,I agree with your assessments.

[@jacobtyler1145]

Also people must remember that it is upto the people on the slip road joining the motorway or dual carriage way to give way. It is NOT up to those already on the said road to give way to those joining.

[@Andrewwhite-zt2zj]

No, but sometimes common sense trumps the rues.

[@sunnybnk]

In 50yrs driving I've driven in virtually every country in Europe, all of Scandinavia, thousands of miles in Canada and likewise in America including Alaska. Driving in my own country, the UK, I find the most stressful and I love to drive. I'd say our roads are generally the most congested the further south you go. Every country has congested cities but here in the UK we are running out of open spaces.

[@ericaleak3170]

Excellent information Tony. I’m just shocked that driving instructors are giving out the wrong information. Hopefully new drivers watch your clips and will learn the correct way to do things.

[@ablestringer9063]

A very well put together video. Can't argue with anyof that. I'll be on the road 40 years next August although I was a motorcycle courier before I even took my driving test. People these days drive their cars with no awareness of the surroundings or what they are supposed to do. In SE London we have to contend with African style driving ie pootling along the outside of the dual carriageway and even stopping and talking to their mates the other side of the reservation. It's all going on.

[@coffeeflavouredapples]

I was looking down at my tea when the van driver got flashed

[@scienceexperimentsforhomee261]

All good stuff Tony and that should help Michelle a lot. I would add that contrary to what the car does at 12:25 to 12:40, stay in lane one for a while so that you get a feel for the flow of the traffic ahead and behind. You see too many times, vehicles almost instantly swoop into lane two or even three. See what traffic is coming up behind and assess the flow of traffic ahead. Often you will see people travelling too fast to a bunch of traffic ahead is slowing down and they haven't assessed that properly. Once you have got a feel for what the traffic is doing around you and you wish to speed up to 70 then ensure there is a safe gap for you to overtake into, if needed, and progress.

[@smilerbob]

Had one behind me recently that went straight from the sliproad into lane 2 only to be caught out by the one behind them being quicker in getting into lane 2. While they sorted their mess out I remained on the slip road until it cleared. One of the few occasions where slowing down is better

[@ThePhoenix198]

Agree absolutely with this. In my experience it is motorway/junction specific. The northbound M5 at Junction 19 is notorious for this, with traffic joining (mostly from Portishead) and trying to go from the slip road (which becomes lane 1) to lane 4 within about two hundred yards. Crazy, especially at rush hour, and even more so when the bunts then dive back to lane 1 to exit the M5 at Junction 18 all in about a mile and a half.

[@Andrewwhite-zt2zj]

Yes, it was a very informative video for the uninitiated. My own take is that approaching a joining slip road and if lane two is clear, I will always move over. Some slip roads are short others are covered in foliage and there may a joiner appearing quickly, and we all know from these videos how fast some drivers join the motorway.

[@Jamienomore]

I think your explanation was spot on.

[@derekstocker6661]

Great video as usual, and great driving lesson as well!

[@andreashaynes3346]

Many thanks for sharing this informative entertaining video Tony. Much appreciated 👍👍👍

[@ianholmes1468]

Well , now an issue every morning I drive past a busy junction which is a cross road on a dual carriageway , with a South slip road which is very short , many people sadly have been killed here by forcing there way on to the carriageway , forced to brake hard because you can't move over , or you have two cars emerging and the second car passes the first one forcing both lanes to brake causing a que it's not a great thing , if you can't move over , but they will force the car on to the road

[@TheEnglishLoungeLizard]

"A F***ing flash"? I don't think so. Surely it was an ordinary flash. (The other sort usually involves a dirty white macintosh)! 😁😦

[@ed_j_webb]

6:12 I know that slip road. Yeah it is REALLY short once you get round the bends.

[@ianbrowne9304]

Good video ; some great reminders as slip roads are something I don't see too often.

[@dad7720]

I've been driving for 55 years now and have never had one accident or insurance claim. My Dad taught me and told me two things to always remember 1. Always drive defensively 2. Never, ever, try to assert your right of way Profound indeed.

[@alunrundle162]

You want a ludicrously short sliproad? look at the M50 junction 3 (eastbound) sometime.

[@daviemac9925]

I wouldn't recommend slowing down to let somebody on, as they're likely to continue at that speed and you'll struggle to get out to pass them. I'll move over if I can, but at the end of the day it's down to the vehicle joining to get it right and fit in with the traffic that's already on the road.

[@stephenhargreaves9011]

Last year I'd stopped at motorway services, and when I left I was behind a dickhead who, rather than accelerating to re-join the motorway did, actually, stop. Right in front of me, on the slip road, waiting for a gap. What a complete and utter plank that was.

[@user-fz8ep5ey4v]

Having driven 2 million miles all over the UK and a bit in Europe you confirm what I’ve always said , ultimately the person on the slip road is crossing a give way line but some drivers think your obliged to allow them in by moving over or slowing down .

[@Andrewwhite-zt2zj]

Sometimes common sense and courtesy trump the rules.

[@user-fz8ep5ey4v]

@@Andrewwhite-zt2zj couldn’t agree more , I always hang back and allow these people to join the main carriageway even if they don’t know the rules .

[@beverlyhenderson188]

Tony I've driven for 46 years but let's not ask my age hey ? Haha. Taken driving test, Taxi test and advanced test in that time. Did loose my license for 6 months due to an illness which they later found I did not have. Worked as driver everywhere from Oban, Scotland to Cornwall. Me old? No hahaha😮

[@rosschannells5407]

You are spot on. . All Driving instructors need to be retrained ....Dont touch your crystal ball when Drive

[@Howie57]

Passed my test December 1977......one parking ticket.

[@Tailspin80]

Are you still parked there?

[@Andrewwhite-zt2zj]

Unusual to get ticket whilst taking your test.

[@suziforester]

@@Andrewwhite-zt2zj You not going to delete this comment Andy....like you do the rest ?? X

[@j.dmetalhead7517]

That pillock in the red Toyota (was it) was all over the place before getting of the phone and seeing tbe 40mph sign an braking

[@iancrozier8068]

I drive in France and the notion of "give way" doesn't exist to most drivers, even when people actually are acting correctly there will always be sum twit on the hard shoulder going farther forward to just push in and causing further hold ups for everyone else, pisses me right off. Also, many years ago, I was in Germany and never once did I have to stop on a major route even at rush hour. Ah, the good ole days of patience, respect and Manners.

[@nicholasbell9017]

Wayne, it might be a give way line, but if you want to cross it to join all the other merry motorists, it's a good idea to do so at the same speed they are doing, if at all possible. Cars joining at lower speed create a real hazard especially if they pull out ahead of a HGV, which needs a lot of anchors!

[@simonmeadows7961]

Didn't see the flash first, second or third time. I thought there'd been some shenanigans on the opposite carriageway. My worry (learner driver, test due in a few weeks) is that there just won't be a gap so I get stuck between forcing my way in or being forced to stop at the end of the slip and getting hit from behind.

[@kungfutuber]

Slip roads are one thing but parking areas on the side of these main roads are just as bad. Not much room to speed up to join and so many drivers just can't manage it.

[@markclayton8417]

Nice analysis video

[@stephenmudiecastles.2938]

I have been on the roads for as long as you have and have driven a variety of different vehicles from two to eight wheels, I agree with everything you have said. The only thing different is at 4:50 I would have moved over to the left as the drivers coming on have their own lane and should not be pulling out into lane two.

[@zetectic7968]

I missed the speeding van :( A few year back on the M25 heading SE I was in lane 2 approaching I think Cobham services. A BMW comes speeding passed in lane 4, no indication & at the last minutes cuts across 3 lanes & pulls into the services across the hatched marking! How there was an accident I don't know.

[@haydensmall8826]

0:39 wish I had the option 8 years ago ❤

[@jimwhippet3697]

As an old codger I regret the day they got rid of the man walking in front of vehicles with a red flag. If this was brought back it would reduce accidents. Unless the men with flags were flattened by Audi drivers. 🤣

[@mikehipperson]

Have to have one like Usain Bolt round my way! 🤣🤣🤣

[@ThePhoenix198]

I have heard that that "man (or rather 'person') with red flag" is what Sadiq Khan intends to do next. Not that I give a flying foo-fa about that as I never drive in London, but you can be sure that the virtue signallers in Bristol and Wales will follow suit.

[@Andrewwhite-zt2zj]

I had to avoid one on my test. Stupid guy dropped his flag and went to retrieve it. Full emergency stop.

[@PeteSQ]

Way too slow on slip roads I see all the time, but now I see way too slow in the right hand lane on the slip road. It must be every other time I drive my car. 40mph sat in the overtaking lane heading on to a motorway/NSL A road. I use my horn, flashes, never get any impact. The people are usually chatting with their passengers, on the phone, or those people who move through life really slowly. You all know those types - the people who don't brush their hair 🙂

[@SWBiker1957]

I have been driving for 50 years now, and Im amazed at how some of the newer gen drive, Must be due to video games I think

[@SGPFK8TypeR]

6:42 Need the “shitting Peugeot” sound clip

[@smilerbob]

Are you sure there is no requirement in the Highway Code to help others merging from a slip road? At the start of the motorway section in the Highway Code “Many other Rules apply to motorway driving, either wholly or in part: Rules … 146 to 151” So, rule 146 (in part) “Adapt your driving to the appropriate type and condition of road you are on. In particular - do not treat speed limits as a target. It is often not appropriate or safe to drive at the maximum speed limit - take the road and traffic conditions into account. Be prepared for unexpected or difficult situations, for example, the road being blocked beyond a blind bend. Be prepared to adjust your speed as a precaution - where there are junctions, be prepared for road users emerging” I do believe all three, but in particular the last two, statements _can_ be taken as adjust speed (and / or position) to help those merge from a slip road 👍

[@Graham_Langley]

15:30 Shepherd and Flock Roundabout Farnham - that must be the furthest west we've seen you.

[@pivottech8881]

17:27 did you notice the second flash after van man? 😁

[@thelondondashcam]

I did but only after editing which is why I didn't say anything on the commentary.

[@ianemery2925]

You missed the off ramp, which is (in theory), the exact same in reverse; you are supposed to enter the exit lane at motorway speed, and slow down only on that exit lane; however I know of a number of exit lanes/ramps that are far too short and end in a hideously tight curve off to the left.

[@johnjephcote7636]

I have had cars trying to join my bit of motorway when all three lanes are fully occupied with vehicles in front and behind me and HGVs in the two faster lanes to starboard. What do they expect me to do...disappear?

[@AlanMacdonald-on6nd]

seen it right away Redx and lane closed warning cars still going through it, I actually thought you had missed it at first

[@maximumsim]

I think the camera flashed someone else at 17:30 as well 😅

[@Gigie2Z]

I’m almost 78, driving in California for 52 years, Michigan 10 years.

[@Andrewwhite-zt2zj]

You don't look your age. What is your secret?

[@minigamers1255]

28 mins in and 6th Love it

[@ashleynaylor9531]

I wonder if these driving instructors you're talking about are the same ones who teach their pupils to swing into the middle of the road when turning left? A video on swingers and corner cutters would be entertaining but I don't know if my blood pressure could handle it.

[@ThePhoenix198]

I'm not sure that a video about 'swingers' will make it past the KZbin content filters, and with all due respect, I'm not sure that it's in Tony's line of experience. 😂😂

[@ashleynaylor9531]

@@ThePhoenix198I did think the term "swingers" might be a bit risque but I used it strictly for educational purposes.

[@dtfhhn]

Didnt even see it the 2nd time lol Only that theres an incident and lanes are closed.

[@smilerbob]

I think the whole of this video is the basis of what those driving instructors are saying. It isn't a case, as you have put it previously (and imply at the start of the video), to slow right down and let those joining out but if you can help out then do so. Obviously maintaining the same speed on the main carriageway is not always the best thing but a small (~2 mph) adjustment that helps someone merge is absolutely fine and is no different than if someone pulled into your safety gap in front, you would gently ease off to increase that space again. With forward planning this becomes second nature and I have never had any issues helping others out. There is one thing that really grinds my gears...the purposeful space closer. The ones on the main carriageway that close the gap you are heading into all because they don't want to share the road and believe all the tarmac is theirs. Absolutely no need for it and down right dangerous...like that one at 6:21. That has always been a nightmare junction with the entry and exit right on top of each other like that...and at 70mph. I thought there were rules around speed and junctions being close together than it had to be reduced to 50mph or 40mph...🤷‍♂

[@garymoores9248]

40yrs....hmmm..not far off 60yrs old, then Tony 😂😂

[@thelondondashcam]

I'll be getting a free bus pass shortly I can do Dash Cam videos from the bus 😂😂

[@johndilloway9762]

@@thelondondashcam Oh no poor passengers !!😂😂

[@suziforester]

Ha ha ha...poor bus driver

[@suznet]

only 40 years pffftt. I got a Lambretta scooter in 1971

[@neilclark2245]

So did I! All 3.2 horsepower of it

[@petercoffin-mu9sz]

An apple for the teacher. Not bad for an old git. 🍏

[@ianbentley-rb7hs]

It's not hard to keep your licence points/endorsements free. I have managed it for 58 years.

[@dennisrobinson53]

A lot of your m25 clips indicate that few if any users are aware of the 2 second rule

[@dennisrobinson53]

Why are you tailgating the red car in the first clip, just after you move over into lane 2 as instructed?

[@Holycurative9610]

I didn't see the van get a ticket but I did wonder why the red car in front of you was all over the road and slamming on the brakes when the lane was completely clear for a good half mile. I would be interested to see the breakdown of viewers ages on your channel as a lot of the comments here today are from drivers with 40+ years driving and very few fines/claims amongst the lot. This says something about the standard of driving people over the age of 50 tend to have and also says a lot about how they drove when they were younger. The RAC says average cost for a 1st car today is about £4000-£4500 but when I was a kid it was under £50 and you did the work yourself. I started driving in 1982, I was 14, and I had an old Simca I drove on the farm and I graduated to a Talbot Alpine before passing my test where I shared a car with my mum, we had a rather spiffy Fiesta Ghia🤣 I've got a claim where I hit a deer one dark and foggy morning and a windscreen claim but nothing for the last 15 years or so👍👍

[@thelondondashcam]

😂 I think this channel is one of the oldest average age channels on KZbin 😂. Good spot on the red car I was half tempted to play it in fast motion because it really shows how all over the place it was.

[@cybershot123]

One of your better videos plus should that red car under take you as it got flashed.

[@iamnoone.]

I've been driving since 1975 and am still learning

[@thelondondashcam]

Yes you never stop learning on the road, unfortunately in my experience it's Learning how to avoid the idiots.

[@waynestockton8953]

One thing you never said that I think you should have about slip roads is that the staggered line at the right of the slip road is a give way line

[@mikekenworthy]

I thought that van was driving to fast. Measured up from your rear camera, you were not flashed! To close.

[@lesskinner8588]

40 years driving and an old git, oh gawd my 44years driving seems to make me a really old git.

[@dennisrobinson53]

55 years plus and I can still drive and anticipate better than most

[@Andrewwhite-zt2zj]

@@dennisrobinson53 I saw that coming!!

[@grahamnutt8958]

Slip on; slide off 😂😂😂

[@dretety1]

Ok here's a point that makes my blood boil... You are driving along and catch up with a slow moving vehicle..you are unable to overtake and along behind you another car catches up..he wants to overtake the both of us and as i want to overtake he does and blasts the horn! What my friend do you make of said situation?

[@samhenwood5746]

Thanks The London Dash Cam 🚕😊👍

[@user-vn2jw7jw5f]

Some people expecting you to pull out makes you wish that their fathers did

[@jomukuk1950]

The van being flashed means nowt - the company will just deny knowledge of the drivers identity. Some ppl have all the luck!

[@gerhard6105]

When we made a fine, the company took it from our wage. Ofcourse we got the real fine in our papers holder as proof and colleagues could see it....🇳🇱

[@50mi55ile]

Employers by law have to show proof of who was driving the vehicle or risk bigger fines ,if they are using an operators licence they risk going in front of the area traffic commissioner and losing their operators licence

[@nicholasbell9017]

So, when you join the A or M road from the slip lane, you are saying that you have to give way to vehicles already on it. Of course you do, but you still need to adjust your speed to pull out safely.

[@thelondondashcam]

Correct

[@Holycurative9610]

I do believe Tony said several times you need to speed up or slow down according to traffic flow when entering from the slip road.

[@suziforester]

​@@Holycurative9610 He sure did ❤

[@stephenhargreaves9011]

40 years on the road? Why am I watching a KZbin channel made by a kid?

[@thelondondashcam]

😂😂

[@jamielee-hill449]

That wasn't a fucking flash.

[@thelondondashcam]

It's not panto season yet but, Oh Yes It Was

[@jamielee-hill449]

@@thelondondashcam it was behind you!

[@thickerbrummietwat]

0:57 Transphobic Truck? 🚚 😅

[@Tailspin80]

If you run out of slip road it is illegal to use the hard shoulder, so in very heavy congested traffic there are times when you have to slow up and even stop to merge in turn or wait for someone to let you in. That’s when the very sensible advice to speed up and merge breaks down.

[@DeeSock]

I'd add that you MUST consider other drivers, even those drivers joining from slip roads! "Rule 144. You MUST NOT...drive without reasonable consideration for other road users." In slow traffic you are expected to allow access from side roads: "Rule 151. In slow-moving traffic. You should....allow access....from side roads, as blocking these will add to congestion" And in faster traffic a 2 second gap in front is expected of every car therefore you should leave more than a 2 second gap if you are being considerate to drivers on the slip road so they can join without breaking this rule themselves: "Rule 126. You should...allow at least a two-second gap between you and the vehicle in front on roads carrying faster-moving traffic"