Bad UK Driving Vol 328

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[@frankhooper7871]

Kudos to the kids at 6:20 for the little "thank you" wave. PS: I passed my California driving test in 1970, my UK car test in 1977, and my UK motorcycle test in 1980. (First time pass for all three)

[@fredlenz4743]

You missed out the emergency stop. That was compulsory in Scotland in 1972. Always remember my test, it drizzled rain all morning and as the examiner said "when I hit the dash with my hand you will do an emergency stop". No sooner had he said that when a small child ran out from the pavement. I stopped, the examiner nearly hit his head on the dash and as we both recovered, he turned and said, "You've passed." Proudest day of my then seventeen-year-old life. The child got an almighty clout from its mother, by the way.

[@DonStratton-cn9rj]

I was terrified of the emergency stop because the cobblestones were slick from recent rain but she made me do it on tarmac without stalling. She still haunts me.

[@Cornz38]

I got stuck behind a funeral procession and a Chinese geezer waved me out of a bastard of a junction and i darent lift my hands to thank him. I thank him every thime i think of him.

[@RogerGibbs-wo1qt]

I am 100 % with you I passed my test in 1971 and I think the standard of driving has gone downhill , you keep it up you are doing a good job 👍

[@David-km8in]

I was taught the Green Cross code and I still use it today. It has saved my life several times when car drivers have jumped the lights.

[@Howie57]

I was in the tufty club

[@Yorci62]

@@Howie57 Believe it or not, I use it in supermarkets when coming out of isles, there are some dangerous trolley drivers and disabled scooters in those places ;-)

[@johndilloway9762]

@@Howie57 Same here, nowdays it should be look left, look right (might be an audi), look left again (might be a berk in a merc) if its safe run like hell you missed the fiat 500 !!

[@David-km8in]

@@johndilloway9762 Pedestrians today seem to expect to put there safety into the hands of the car drivers. I was taught it was my responsibility. Doesn't help as well when they are more interested in there mobile phones, while walking. All the best David

[@timleaning6695]

Huh... Green Cross Code! You kids had it easy. Tufty Club was were us tough kids went. :)

[@bustersw1760]

The new Highway Code regulations were introduced for one reason only. That is to absolve the stupid from the repercussions of their own stupidity.

[@BarryJacobs-tg1ke]

Yep, easier to change the highway Code than educate people on how to put their phone down to cross a road

[@johnjephcote7636]

Parking on the wrong side facing traffic at night is one thing but the nodern habit of parking with full headlights on makes it impossible to see one's way!

[@deborahrouse3330]

I'm a 54 year old female and passed my test in 1988 and my husband and I agree with everything you say. Love watching your videos. The standard of driving these days is atrocious.

[@thematlockbiker]

Been riding Motorbikes for 56 years, always said they’re a good apprenticeship to start driving a car

[@richardeggett392]

passed motorbike test at 17, got reliant robin when i was 20, passed car test when i was 23, wife nagged me into it because we had 2 kids.

[@thelondondashcam]

Definitely that's how I started.

[@richardeggett392]

@@thelondondashcam got cycling proficiency test first nearly forgot that

[@alwright8715]

Yes you learn a lot driving a motorcycle

[@philtucker1224]

Are you still thinking of learning to drive a car??

[@garyknight8432]

They need to bring back the Old Grey Whistle Driving Test. 😂

[@andreashaynes3346]

I’m an old codger, Tony, approaching 66 and agree 100% with your observations and opinions, on today’s driving standards. WTF is happening. Keep everything as is, much appreciated and keeps me from banging my head against the wall!!! 👍😂👍😂👍

[@user-pw5ls9ti2j]

A lot of newcomers to this country have taken their driving ‘test’ in their country of origin where it’s not unknown to bribe their way to a ‘pass’.

[@andreashaynes3346]

@@user-pw5ls9ti2j Agree 100%, driving standards are in the toilet. My licence was revoked about 2 years ago, due to deteriorating MS condition. My enjoyment now is watching Tony’s posts on LDC. Happy days 😂😂😂

[@nonecomformistme932]

Today they only teach how to pass the test not how to drive they do the test routes over and over glad im older 72

[@user-uk6im1or3w]

Another great video, Tony. Your videos are a microcosm of the current world we live in. No one seems to give a toss about anything any more. There's so much regulation without enforcement it's no wonder people don't care anymore. I could go on but I'll leave that to you!

[@misseryguts]

Great channel, I enjoy how you present the appalling driving around today. I passed my test in 1969 (on a motorbike) and 1971 (in a car), parallel parking, 3 point turn, reversing around a corner all included in the test, along with a lot more stuff. Also all the theory in one tests. Passed both first time and am still driving 55 years later. Keep it up, I look forward to your posts.

[@markclayton8417]

55 and driving 36 years... my wife said I sound like you when i'm driving but without the accent. keep these videos coming

[@TheWanderingwill]

im an old git 74 passed my test 1967 .i watch all your dash cam videos keep up the good work tony

[@Littleskykite99]

Hiya ! I’m 23 and an advanced driver based in MK/outer London ❤ love these videos and they are so helpful to learn from !! I love the commentary and I really feel the frustration, particularly as someone that drives a tiny car which is quite slow. The attention and attitude from some people is honestly mental. Thank you again ❤

[@geordiegeorge9041]

Those kids running out shocked me. Pedestrians have priority? I look both ways when crossing a oneway street, that's how much I trust people.

[@Kivetonandrew]

As a 72 year old codger, I love your videos. To the point and and your narrative is so funny. As to parking facing oncoming traffic at night. That also applies to daytime. The Highway Code says you SHOULD not park facing oncoming traffic. Time and time again I see driving school drivers picking up clients when parked on the wrong side of the road. It's a bad habit, lazyness and an offence at night. Illegal and enforced in some countries.

[@michellesimpson4364]

07:43 omg, kids think they are immortal nowadays

[@jillspence7227]

If we walked out into the road like that wayyy back in the day, some adult would have come and given us a bollocking, and if a parent was there we got a good hard clip over the ear! Learnt!

[@ianmason.]

I don't think there's any "nowadays" about it, kids always have thought they were immortal. I know I did and I'm a fully paid up member of Tony's grumpy old git demographic.

[@MrHughk1]

@@ianmason. Me too, hold my beer and watch this!

[@martinlewis1425]

I am 68 and love your vids.You start off all nice and at the end you having a meltdown lol. Following for 3 years.Take care.

[@iamnoone.]

I'm one of those old gesser who watch you and love your videos

[@preferredimage]

4:18 Some of us remember Tufty and when Willy Weasel didn't look crossing the road. dropped his icecream!

[@jimwhippet3697]

I'm another old codger Tony. In fact my first car was insured against Viking Raids. Todays driving is atrocious but I have an advantage over many other motorists. I drove in the Middle East for a while which has equipped me to cope with the idiots on our roads.

[@TheConsettcowboy]

The old car at 8:27 is a Morris Ital estate.

[@Chewiebakke]

I'd never noticed before how much the front of the Ital looked like a MkIV Cortina! BL were their own worst enemy designing new models sometimes - the Ital was like a face lifted Marina, with lever arm front suspension when the rest of the world had been using Macpherson struts for a decade. I remember the advert where it was favourably compared to a Mercedes, being driven around what looked to me like some docklands, but I found the steering skittish on bumpy or rough roads.

[@TheEnglishLoungeLizard]

@@Chewiebakke I used a Vauxhall dealership in the 1970s for servicing and they always lent me a car for the day. The owner, Graham was very temperamental. On a good day the loan car would be a Magnum, VX4/90 or in later days a Carlton or Cavalier. On bad days one got the Ital, a long-suffering and neglected shed of a car which had the most awful steering I have ever encountered. :)

[@Sarah-bq7zo]

I remember endless reversing round corners when learning to drive, the notorious corner used by many instructors in the area also went uphill. All stood me in good stead and I can reverse into parking spaces pretty well and know how to parallel park correctly on the right side of the road without having to make a million attempts to straighten up. Passed my test in the 80’s on a Friday 13th and yes I am in one of the last two columns!

[@edwardlees2992]

I’m 76 passed my test late in life compared to most, 31 years old in 1979, and it was the old test then, hill starts, reversing round a corner, three point turn etc and l passed first time, unlike my ex wife who took three tests before she passed. Love the vids so please keep them coming.

[@stevewareing8525]

I'm 62 years old so in the top end of the demographic you showed at the beginning of the video. I passed my test (first time) in the early Eighty's. My driving instructor was an Ex- Senior Metropolitan Traffic officer who retired to Lancashire. After a few lessons with him he was confident enough in my skills to teach me a few driving techniques most people would not be taught, e.g.; Defensive driving / threat observation etc, much the same as todays Police driving test. Calling out observation to show I had situational awareness but never of course breaking any rules of the Highway code. His advice to me was to concentrate on what is in front of you and what might appear from the sides, to a lesser degree use your mirrors to keep an eye on what's behind you but what's behind you is not your problem! Over 40 years experience and still with a clean licence I think he taught me well. 👌👍.

[@paulcullen814]

I'm 53 and on 20th September would have been driving for 35 years. When I passed there was the test and a few questions after. Nowadays there is the theory test, hazard perception and the driving test, but our generation know far more about driving theory and hazard perception than young drivers. Also it used to be called the three point turn, but I think too many learners thought they had to do it in 3 rather than 5 or 7 or more so they changed the name to turning the car using the forward and reverse gears and without touching the kerb. As usual another great video, and your commentary is fantastic!!

[@jillspence7227]

We had to pass a written test on our knowledge of the road code, and only went onto the practical test if we passed the written. It seems that we probably ARE better drivers because of how we were taught!

[@nuntius1933]

I'm an inveterate kerb toucher. No one has yet managed to convince me to change my ways!

[@MrHughk1]

I grew up on a farm, driving instructor had a forehead slap moment when he asked me to turn the car in the road. I reversed first and did it in 2 moves, he never specified the direction of travel for the first movement lol It was a quiet road with no traffic so I didnt see the problem.

[@neuralwarp]

The new rules about priority for pedestrians and cycles are ludicrous and bloody dangerous.

[@ianyates7742]

I totally agree with you 100%

[@johndilloway9762]

It was a bloody stupid idea, now they just dont care because no matter what happens they will alway's be in the right.

[@ThePhoenix198]

@@johndilloway9762 Always a good thing to have inscribed on your headstone. 🙄

[@graham5670]

Sorry if this comes out a bit garbled but I'm drooling porage everywhere 'cause I can't find my teeth. I never learned to drive; I did not have the patience for it and I thought there were too many idiots on the road already. As a serial pedestrian I can still appreciate what you're saying because you are someone who who knows what he's talking about and actually gives a toss about standards. Who remembers when Darth Vader used to be the Green Cross Man? Gotta go, Matron's here.

[@tommysmith5479]

To be clear, I had my test in the early 90s and it included all three manouvers: a three-point-turn, reversing round a corner and parallel parking (but on the same side of the road as the raffic is flowing).

[@ianbentley-rb7hs]

One of my son's workmates passed his driving test a few months ago. I understand, from what my son said, that his instructor taught him four manoeuvres; how to parallel park, the turn in the road (3 to 23 point turn), left-hand reverse, right-hand reverse (into a parking bay). He was told by his instructor that he would only be tested on two of the four, one of which would be the parallel park, (because examiners have been instructed to include that) and the second would most likely be one or other of the reverse manoeuvres. Someone required to take an enhanced test, as happens when they have been naughty, will apparently be tested on all four.

[@stuartselkirk7581]

If you're an old codger Tony, I dont know what that makes me! I passed my test in 1966 aged 17. Seeing the way some people drive nowadays makes me wonder if they've even bothered taking a test! Keep up the good work, and I always watch the videos all the way through.

[@paulreed5077]

I passed my test 2nd time in 1979 in a Mk2 Escort. Never had an accident (touch wood) & one speeding ticket for doing 35 in a 30. I think my lessons and test were the reason why I've had a practically clear full licence all these years. Different class of teaching in those days!

[@DoctorBobP]

BIG rant, but totally 100% correct! Seen lots of what you said for the last few years. I'm 65, keep up the good work 👍

[@rondameier8168]

Yep the phone takes priority over anything in life.... It's absolutely ridiculous.... That people cannot put their phones down or away for any reason. Not even for their own safety much less anyone else. If only people understood how pathetic it is....

[@arthurlittler1473]

3 point turn, reversing and of course hand signals. That shows my age. At 77 I really enjoy your videos from Bangkok now retired here.

[@JesusLovesYou-nd1rz]

I was on holiday in the Scottish Highlands recently and it's very common for "local" drivers to use bully boy tactics to make you move out of the way. Usually by getting right up close. All the smaller roads have lots of passing places, so it's easy to let them pass. But their attitudes show up what kind of drivers they are.

[@xo2quilt]

I taught my children and my students that while they had priority when crossing the street at a crosswalk, they needed to make sure that the cars saw them and yielded to them. Otherwise they could be dead right.

[@trevorberridge6079]

I'm 59 Tony and as people of our generation know we had the Green Cross Code Man played by Darth Vader himself David Prowse. We even had Tufty The Squirrel telling us how to cross the road. Mind you we also had Rolf Harris teaching kids to swim and Jimmy Savile telling us to Clunk Click. So it was a mixed bag of safety based public information films. Turns out you could only really trust the fictional characters.

[@phantom62]

I'm 61 nearly 62 and passed my test in 1981. Sadly had to hand my licence in in 2005 due to ill health, but I see some really bad driving locally with the youngsters.

[@dereksmith6126]

You make me laugh and you cheer me up!

[@michellesimpson4364]

My instructor taught me the parallel park by stopping next to a car that’s parked and reverse behind it while doing your observations until your position next to the curb it should only take 3 turns of the steering wheel.If that makes sense. Great videos ❤

[@Stebs_Paintings]

Just worked it out, Marra, 47 years for me. However, I am the embodiment of Victor Meldrew nowadays 😅😅😅 I even remember Dave Prowse coming to our school dressed as the green cross code man. We used to have public information films in the sixties and seventies regarding road usage, I wasn't allowed out on my bicycle until i passed my cycling proficiency test, (which was taught at school) and that was in the sixties.

[@GazzaCam]

Interesting we 'oldies' watch your videos to completion. I'm now 75 years young and only gave up my independence and car driving during the covid pandemic. Seemed a waste of money paying for tax/insurance . Passed my test in a Mini when I was 18 years old and passed the advanced during test at 23 years old. never had an accident in all my years of driving. Drove a London double decker for 12 years and never had an accident. Driving a London bus certainly improves one's ability to 'read the road'. If you make a mistake driving a bus, you can't reverse to correct the error.🤣 You appear to live in the same area as me. I lived in Sutton for 20+ years. I'm certainly glad I now no longer drive with the number of idiots and no insurance drivers on the road. Great video. Thanks for the entertainment.

[@christophershelvey-tutt6295]

I passed my test in 1978 at 17, I’m now 63. Love the videos, it’s like listening to myself! As for road safety, we had Tufty the squirrel before the green cross man.

[@BarryJacobs-tg1ke]

I'm an old git of 64. Passed my test in 1977, first time, three months to the day after my 17th birthday. had to reverse round a corner and do a turn in the road. Touch wood, I still have a clean licence too.

[@geoffphillips5293]

@2:46 - when I moved to Ely, on the first day I had a ticket for this. But I was parked in a market square, so there wasn't really even a way round per se. I just ignored the ticket and nothing ever came of it.

[@marinusdekker6707]

I remember that Ford Taunus, my dad had 1, also a saloon in the color brown, a beautiful car with lots off room inside.

[@gardengnome3249]

I always remember the word impede on my written exam. YOU AIN'T ALLOWED TO DO IT.

[@andysimkin5200]

I think the reason they make the parallel park facing oncoming cars is to make it as easy as possible to pass. You are sat on the same side as the curb so it's got to be easier to judge when you are lined up and close to the curb to park

[@garyknight8432]

Cos we enjoy your videos. I'm 57 and love them. They don't do 3 points and reverse round corners anymore.

[@timweather3847]

Looks like I am the oldest here, 82 and took my test in Nov. 1962, then had fun driving an unheated RAF Land Rover through the coldest winter of that century.

[@johndilloway9762]

I remember driving one of them in winter, it was warmer outside !! the way the wind came up through the gaps in every panel inside was horrible, we resorted to a parafin heater going in the back, you felt a bit dizzy when you got out but it was better.

[@craftsmanwoodturner]

Kids are taught to cross the road - at primary school. By the time they are teenagers, they are arrogant and big-headed, they think they know it all, and they ignore all the rules they were taught. I heard a long time ago that the peak age for pedestrian casualties was 12 - I bet that hasn't changed.

[@johnbratley6926]

Many years ago as a moped rider I was knocked off it by a schoolgirl who ran out from behind a parked van. I braked, somersaulted and landed on the road with my damaged moped on top of me and she limped to the pavement screaming theatrically. An ambulance was called and she was whisked away with a bruised foot. Nobody checked if I was hurt. Fortunately I was wearing the right gear and only ended up with severe bruising down one side and two days off work. It cost me a new crash helmet, new wet suit and a bill for a buckled wheel. To add insult to injury I got a bill for her ambulance as one of the crew had taken my registration.

[@lation9707]

On the driving test, the manoeuvre is to park up on the other side of the road, and reverse 2 car lengths. And that allows for you to see oncoming cars.

[@drivewithterry]

I'm a driving instructor and totally agree with the test going against the highway code... No hope ... But just to inform. Parallel park is always on the left for test. The one on opposite side would be on a road with clearer sight and then reverse back 2 car lengths. Then move off.

[@milsteadonmovies]

I’m 44, but my first driving instructor was an old boy & he taught me well.

[@RM-qv9rb]

I am just over a decade younger than you and got my licence in the nineties. I was the first batch to do the theory exam. in my days we had to do two of three manoeuvres. We had to do reverse (parallel) parking, three point turn, and reverse around the corner. With three point turn you were allowed to make it 5 point turn as long as you don't hit the kerb on a narrow road. Do have to say that standards have fallen now and lots of people who pass the test nowadays won't be be able to pass the exams then.

[@Learnerslancashire]

Brilliant as always! The parallel park will only be done on the left side of the road. There is a manoeuvre where you are asked to stop on the right, reverse back 2 car lengths and then drive on. Keep up the good work Tony!

[@SittaCarolinensis]

In the USA and NZ you MUST park facing forward on any road day or night - immediate fine if you don't!

[@robinwbarrett]

Tony we like that you tell it as it is, much as we do when we are behind the wheel. Keep up the good work

[@shm5547]

5:38 to be fair, whilst it's prudent to look, the pedestrian has priority to cross there and the turning vehicle must wait. Same goes for cyclists crossing.

[@ibs5080]

The one manoeuvre that I thought was a bit strange back in the day was where you cross over to the right hand side after passing a junction on your right...and then reverse around the corner and into the side street on your RIGHT. You then of course had to keep reversing well away from the corner before crossing back over to the left in forward gear, well away from the junction you just reversed around. I can totally understand the reverse around the corner to your left but the one that's to your right and from the wrong side of the road seemed a very strange one for me. I passed my test first time back in 1978 (yes I'm up there in your older demographic) and have never once used that manoeuvre.

[@annewood5562]

I'm 57 and been driving 40 years, passed first time and one accident that wasn't even my fault in fact I wasn't even in the car😂 I can't believe the standard of driving these days... Atrocious😮

[@SoupMagoosh]

My sisters been driving for 8 years, she’s written off 2 cars, crashed numerous other times, drink driving charges, speeding charges, it’s crazy

[@JamieSaunders-yn9nu]

Have you recovered from the shock of the Audi driver letting you into the traffic? Driving tests this side of the world have gone backwards too. Comes back to my favourite theme about licences at the bottom of breakfast cereal boxes. Enjoy your and the other dash cam post very much. Stay safe.

[@elliottsw]

We did 3 point turns in the '00s as well, also a fail for that.

[@RichardFrost-du7sc]

Hi, In the last clip, I suggest that the lorry that was taking up 2 lanes, and going straight on has used this junction before and he has fallen foul of being on the inside lane and has had to put up with those greedy buggers who speed up going through the lights and then cut in !! Frosty ( 80 years old ).

[@JohnMyer999]

I’ve driven since the mid sixties, from 1970 until 2010 drove an emergency ambulance, had some great driving tuition to do this. I’m now 76 and fit and well. But peoples mind set when I try and hire a car at 76 on holiday is an old git with a Zimmer frame lol 😂 just got charged €50 extra for two weeks car hire because of my age! All your comments of modern drivers are right, the whole thing needs a fresh look with some good old fashion common sense. Keep up the good work. 😊

[@user-wo6qn3vf9n]

I passed my test in 1983, even though motorway driving is not a part of lessons I still had questions on motorways.

[@rodmcleod4805]

Greetings from yet another old codger! Top notch ranting!!! The car in question was, I believe a Morris Marina/Ital,another reason why BL/Rover went tits up... I passed my test in 1973 when most cars would struggle to do 70 mph with the usual provisions,e.g. downhill,strong following etc. They had no gizmos like ABS etc. There was also a lot less of them on the road and nowhere near as many Audi's BMWs .... Keep on ranting,it's mostly true and very observant. And you're not as old an old codger as me!!!

[@jordanielridgway-bent]

As an "old codger" myself, still driving HGV too, I would defend the fuel tanker driver's positioning. What he is doing is called defensive driving, not having some boy racer (or Audi) up the side of him trying to beat him into the merge point causing them to not be concentrating on the road ahead. When you are driving fully laden at 44 tonnes gross, forward planning is essential to safe driving. This positioning also applies to those HGVs turning left or right at such junctions too as they do tend to take up (and need) far more space than most other vehicles on the road. I don't see his action in any way as bullying but more ensuring other drivers on the road understand the greater room a HGV needs when manoeuvring, whether round a corner or in a straight line to upcoming lane/road markings/street furniture, of which a following car driver may not be totally aware due to their lessened vision around the HGV in front. The thinking here is also highlighted in London to a great extent, where cyclists are urged not to put themselves into a position where it is likely they will be in danger from the lessened vision a HGV driver has from the cab. The pickup van driver however, moving onto the opposite side of the carriageway to complete his manoeuvre displays impatience, lack of understanding and ignorance towards other road users and causes safety concerns of all other road users.

[@iallso1]

Parallel parking facing the wrong way is an offence at any time here in NZ, for the reason you described. It is the easiest offence to spot as you drive around, and all to often drivers who do this have other offences like an expired registration or expired WoF (mot) and a couple of infringements can be issued to the one vehicle.

[@ThePhoenix198]

I think the 'turn in the road' and the 'reverse around a corner' were as much about vehicle control and vehicle positioning as observation. So many drivers seem unable to do either nowadays; what are easy three-point turns end up as multiple, multiple points turns, or drivers going back and forth on the same arc. That said, it does seem that more people reverse into parking bays. Whether they've figured out by themselves that a car is actually more manoeuvrable in reverse, or been taught it, I don't know.

[@anthonynoelgarside6140]

You mention parallel parking and in 52 years of driving I have never had to parallel park.

[@alwright8715]

I passed my test first time in 1980 definitely easier then I was so nervous I forgot to turn on my windscreen wipers on when it was raining and I went up the kerb when reversing round the corner. I was asked lots of questions at the end and passed. Passed the motorbike test as well so after Riding a motorcycle you learn so much. 43 years later I now drive for a living

[@johnfh]

Well, you really were muttering today, Tony. One good point here was at 06:17 when the schoolchildren thanked you for stopping. - that's communication! By the way, I'm 80, passed my test in Australia a week after my 18th birthday. But my father let me drive from the age of 13, on country roads. I really enjoy your channel.

[@bazf2443]

6:13 a situation occurred to me when driving down a one way street with 2 lanes like here ,and your turning right at the junction and you let pedestrians go because they have right of way, but someone drives up the side of you and hits them because they run out because you let them cross. BANG!. They're dead. The driver gets points and a fine and the pedestrians are dead.

[@jillspence7227]

I will be 73 next month and have been driving for 50 years. The things that were drummed into my head before I got my licence are all still there, and the only accident I have had on the road was in 1987 when a cow emerged out of the dark on a very dark sleety, freezing night on our State Highway 1 here in NZ and I just did not have time to avoid it. I had a trailer on so wasn't going fast but while nobody was hurt, my car was totalled and the cow died. I use my mirrors frequently, all of them, and keep to speed limits and do not have any distractions going, like music, phone etc. because as we get older it is easier to become distracted so, just drive now. I have lived out in the country for at least the last 40 years and will move into the city sometime in the next 5 years because I live on my own with my dogs and it makes sense, but I am not totally looking forward to it, but my family are there. Needs must when we get older.

[@elessija6252]

I only passed my test in 2016 and I even had to reverse round a corner. Kids have gotten more stupid with road safety, and the general standard of driving has got a lot worse just in 8 years. I get a bit jealous when my mum tells me what it was like to drive in the 80s.

[@drivingwithlee6550]

always look forward to a new video. :)

[@48ml07]

When we changed from black and white licence plates to yellow (rear) and White (front) we are supposed to park on the correct carriageway. The reason was, at night you need to pass a yellow plate on the right and a white plate on the left. So, on a foggy night you’ll know which side to pass on. That didn’t last long though did it. 😂

[@cgcsworld2807]

Love your channel and especially when you say 'always an audi'. Your best quote

[@stephencope7178]

At 3:00 there's the comment regarding parking, facing traffic. With the led headlights now used on a lot of vehicles, it can be blinding at nighttime. They don't think these things through!!🙄

[@dixxie420]

At 4:00 bring back the Tufty club and cycling proficiency...............

[@gerhard6105]

And theGive Way sign at 6:22 is to give way to drivers, not to all traffic....

[@PhilBroad-ru7sl]

Great video again. Entertaining and educational. That estate car is an Ital.

[@simonmeadows7961]

40 years old here and I have my driving test in a fortnight. Would be very surprised if there's a parallel park on the opposite site of the road, as the only manoeuvre that has parking on the right is to then reverse two spaces. Have been taught turn in the road but know it won't be examined.

[@thelondondashcam]

Good luck 🤞

[@MrSolodriver]

Another old git, 75, and I passed my test (1st attempt) in 1965. I completely screwed up my first attempt at reversing around a corner, as soon as I realised that it wasn't working, I asked to do it again and the examiner said OK. Fortunately, I got it right that time. I failed my motorbike test the same year because I couldn't start the bloody thing. It was an Ariel Leader. Wish I still had it, it's worth a lot more than the £75 I paid for it! Well, a bit more!

[@fatsmandela]

Im in the middle section of viewership , we had to 'practice' ; Turn in the road Reverse round the corner Parallel park Reverse into bay , We could have 2/3/4 to do on the test depending on the examiner (my instructor had me do turn in the road on the smallest road he could find and i had to do it in 3 or 4 )

[@moraydashcamandstuff6764]

Omg. A morris ital estate. I had one in baby nappy yellow 😅. I didn't think the car stayed in one piece after 10 years old 😅

[@Polysixchick]

8:30 Morris Ital Estate, friend of mine had a dark blue one

[@TheEnglishLoungeLizard]

Very entertaining video; thanks from yet another ancient driver (passed test April 1973).

[@tattoos1988]

I passed my test in 2010 and the driving test instructor asked me to do all 3 the parallel parking the 3 point turn and the reverse round the corner my instructor Tony said moany cow had the hump when I booked you in lol and I thought cheers mate you could have told me to give me a heads up lol but seriously I grew up with my dad driving all over the country so I learned a lot from him and the level of driving now is abysmal on the phone with dark window tint the new craze of the front window screen being tinted with that stupid fucking orange shit and the fact the wing mirrors are now obsolete lol no one uses them then moans when you clump them one sorry for the moan lol watching your videos Tony has helped my chemo flyby poxy cancer all the best everyone god bless you all stay safe ❤

[@keith6400]

The new test does not incorporate parallel parking on the offside. It incorporates stopping on the right hand side of the road and straight reversing two car lengths. The parallel parking occurs on the near side. Of the approximate six manoeuvres the candidate has to do one randomly chosen by the examiner. The test itself is longer and now incorporates ten minutes longer and a much greater diversity of roads which might range from single track roads with passing places up to fast dual carriageways with 70mph speed limit. It replicates normal driving more accurately and four out of five tests follow a sat nav.

[@martinoldfield7244]

I passed my car test in Sept 1990 in a land rover 110, whilst i was in the army. I then passed my hgv(rigid) Feb 1991. The 1st job i had after i passed mt test was to take the Kindergarten bus and pick up the officers kids and drive them to school. Best way to learn to drive carefully in my opinion. Yes i was told how to cross the road by the GCC man and my parents.

[@PatKennedydon]

Great video as usual Tony. When I did my test I did a 3-point turn and reversed around the corner here in Ireland but I failed the first time because I called another driver a fucking idiot, so after the test I drove home alone, yes here in good old Ireland up to recently if you failed your driving test you could drive on your own after failing your driving test. I think it changed a few years back.

[@elliottsw]

The parallel parking they teach for the test is not facing traffic, they reverse behind a car to the left with nothing behind, they don't do it on the right.

[@samhenwood5746]

Nothing like a good rant & thanks The London Dash Cam 🚕😊👍

[@HALman1973]

Lovely Morris Ital Estate there amidst the lunacy.

[@user-us8tq8tx5x]

I always look out for your new videos . At 69 I find common sense is sadly lacking these days! Thank you for your common sense comments.