Driving Fail #60 | Putting People's Lives At Risk

[@goodyeoman4534]

Too many cars on the road combined with limited infrastructure and a gradual decline in manners and an almost complete lack of consequences for driving offences means more danger for drivers, pedestrians and cyclists.

[@Pattoe]

No political party is willing to make policing the roads part of their policy because many drivers are entitled and saying anything that might make it so they can't drive however the hell they want is political suicide.

[@DaveHines1]

Yeah , “we’re all doomed “ 😢

[@goodyeoman4534]

@@DaveHines1 Not doomed. But we're not in a good place.

[@rossmurrayfam1568]

​@@goodyeoman4534the World isnt a Good Place

[@jamesstewart7736]

Yep and meanwhile our out of touch politicians promise more housing but ignore the crisis on the roads right now.

[@Enterprise1001]

That last clip is 100% the main cause of problem drivers on our roads right now, no consequences.

[@raymondbenjamins5884]

Agreed. It doesn't matter how harsh the punishments are, if you're never getting fined anyway. A higher chance of getting caught, would go a long way of reducing the amount of problems we encounter daily.

[@Ezekiel_Burton]

It's a bloody huge problem in Manchester, maniacs driving like they're on a race track, in front of police vehicles and nothing is ever done. It's pathetic

[@Tailspin80]

Technology has forced change. Everything gets videod by someone and if you cause an accident the evidence is likely to emerge. That means lawbreaking can usually be dealt and paid for by you through your insurance rather than you as a taxpayer. Even the ever present threat of ending up on KZbin is enough to keep me in line! Of course, this system won’t deter the stolen car, joyriding, uninsured mob, or those high on drink or drugs.

[@rustydusty2992]

@@raymondbenjamins5884 Leave him be, he is on his way to place a bet.

[@MikesThinks]

It is based on the assumption though, that the Police vehicle was being driven by uniformed police officers. The power under the Road Traffic Act to stop vehicles only extends to uniformed officers... it could have been crewed by PCSOs, or other police staff But yes, consequences are too few and far between

[@BleachDemon99]

He’s literally on top of the roundabout 😂 some people are just thick and entitled …a dangerous combination

[@TestGearJunkie.]

Drive-over-abouts, wonderful, aren't they 🙄🤣

[@FBI_Agent_69420]

Sitting stationary on top of a mini-roundabout to argue with another driver, after failing to give way, and I bet he finished the debate with "learners these days, man". Man needs to go to Ireland so he can get a nice big R plate - one for his car, and one for his forehead.

[@ukusapatriot327]

As a Fleet qualified ADI (40 years) and in reference to the 1st clip of the Learner at the mini r/b, I have had to do many 'post collision' courses with companies whose drivers have this miss-held belief that when going straight ahead at a mini r/b they have 'right of way' ! , worse, they still think they were not at fault even after getting prosecuted.

[@smilerbob]

Ah, the “I am right and the system has failed me” person that takes no responsibility for their actions and are unwilling to learn the correct way of doing things They sound similar to the ones who believe if they accelerate to warp speed onto a roundabout first it gives them immediate priority over everyone else

[@660einzylinder]

@smilerbob I recently had a driver charge onto a roundabout that I had already joined, after frying his horn, the 'man in a hurry' proceeded to follow me to a supermarket car park to deliver a tirade of abuse for having cut him up! Shoppers gathered to listen and my wife nearly wet herself laughing as the idiots false teeth flew out of his mouth with the fury! As he left, bumping over kerbs, he didn't seem to have much more control over his car.

[@davem9204]

There's a 3-way mini-roundabout near me that often has the drivers doing the same thing as that one in the first clip. So when I'm turning right (like the learner does), I'm always ready for the driver coming from the opposite direction not obeying the rule. I try and time my approach so that my turn isn't at the same time as the on-coming vehicle, so if they ignore the rule I'm less likely to have problems.

[@ukusapatriot327]

@@davem9204 Good forward planning from yourself in that situation, the problem is when there's a queue of 'oncoming' and when one goes, they all blindly follow, the 'herd' or 'sheep' mentality as I refer to it.

[@guitarman256]

@@660einzylinder Ashley has covered this mis-held belief that if you get one wheel on the roundabout you somehow have priority before. You should have given way to him. Of course chasing someone down and having words can literally only make things worse - one day they'll meet someone who gives them a bop on the nose for their troubles. Might even be legally justifiable if someone is following you in a vehicle in a threating way...

[@genericname5766]

4:21 As a bus driver myself I would never slam on the brakes if a dog ran out in front of me, particularly if I have standing passengers. Far more dangerous to endanger the lives of 50 people without seatbelts than it is to strike a dog. I'm interested to hear others take on this.

[@5wheels178]

seems like installing seat belts might be an idea

[@cargy930]

@@5wheels178 How do seat belts help standing passengers?

[@GreatSpot8608]

​@@5wheels178 "standing passengers"

[@5wheels178]

@@GreatSpot8608 usually people standing are better able to emerge from a sudden brake unharmed. I genuinely don't get the whole 'buses having no seat belts' thing. Eventually we'll wonder how that was ever a thing

[@swanronson173]

I was taught that an emergency stop for a dog running into the road should only be done if it is safe for occupants of your vehicle and other nearby road users. Avoiding human injury or a collision with other vehicles takes precedence over the safety of a dog that a careless owner has allowed to run into the road.

[@TheGalifrey]

Bus driver will never slam on the brakes for a dog, he will slow just enough to clear, the risk to passengers is too great. Shocking merge from the coach driver.

[@PedroConejo1939]

I learnt long ago that dogs and cats just have to take their chances. They're not children - for whom braking to avoid is vital - and too many people end up paying for the untraceable loose dog with a car wrapped round a tree.

[@thecrispymaster]

Exactly. Most inner city buses don't have seatbelts and even the ones that do can't really enforce their use. A bus driver's responsibility to their passengers far outweighs that of a loose animal. That's why dog owners need to take more responsibility in built up areas.

[@joaoramalho1409]

Absolutely this. I was once in a bus that the driver slammed on the brakes to not run over a cat. The cat was fine but some people on the bus that were not seated became like missiles and got projected to the front of the bus and got injured.

[@johnkeepin7527]

@@PedroConejo1939 And spot the odd dead fox in the morning around this time of year. Not long since I had to stop to avoid driving over a dead one - probably run over by a truck after dark.

[@PedroConejo1939]

@@johnkeepin7527 Foxes and deer here. Deer should be avoided though because they will likely cause a lot of damage if you hit one. There's often evidence of whatever vehicle hit it near to a deer carcass.

[@davidrumming4734]

“Reluctantly reverses” is my personal favourite. “Stay safe” the man says…good luck with that after watching this montage of clips. We all occasionally make a mistake, but this video really takes it to an almost comedic level.

[@daylen577]

Seeing a lot of these clips, it's exactly your videos that made me not be in those situations. I'm sometimes frustrated that I have this fancy expensive dashcam (sadly not a Viofo.. yet!) yet I never have anything interesting to show, but then I realize that the reason is because I avoid these situations after seeing what happens on this channel.

[@Weakeyedominant]

Exactly, I've been driving for 20 years and can't remember the last time I even had a near miss. Maybe drivers are a lot more inconsiderate in England compared to Ireland.

[@philipgeorge7516]

Also, If someone wants to try and reprimand or cause problems, I just say, LET THEM! I sometimes turn off just to avoid someone who has decided to brake check me, rather than hit the horn and allow hi to wind me up.

[@XenothGaming]

First time watching a video of yours after passing my driving test. Wouldn't be half the driver I am without your videos! Big thanks!

[@hippophile]

7:09 is potentially lethal - if a child walked out on the pavement from behind that wheelie bin they were going to get squashed. Diabolical driving that I think should be reported. :((

[@Mumpy]

LIMMY MENTIONED

[@ashley_neal]

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[@TestGearJunkie.]

@@ashley_neal Thanks Ash, that's 3 minutes and 49 seconds of my life I'll never get back..!

[@ilikechickensausages2075]

@@ashley_neal 😆 it was funny!

[@richcolour]

@DaftLimmy 2:00 I hope the driver was singing the song

[@robbrown289]

Blahem!

[@PedroConejo1939]

I have no problem with those who physically block people driving the wrong way, so long as it's safe to do so. You may be preventing someone's injury later on. However, you run the risk of getting your car walloped. That pavement-driving clip at 7:10 would have gone to plod if it had been my clip. Maybe it did, but that was truly dangerous, as were a few other ones there.

[@PS-fl7et]

The last time I tried to tell someone they were driving the wrong way I was greeted with a rather rude “And? What are you going to do to stop me?” I am now rather careful about who interact with on the road and just generally keep myself to myself and let someone else deal with them Plenty of Twitter police that will happily put themselves on the line for our viewing

[@PedroConejo1939]

@@PS-fl7et That's always a risk, but at least you can easily drive off before they can turn around.

[@Evolixe]

Its not your responsibility to educate people or to enforce the rules. I wouldn't bother Going into one way streets the wrong way is mostly a matter of (in)convienience anyway. Its not really dangerous persé

[@PS-fl7et]

@Evolixe “Not really dangerous…”except pedestrians would expect traffic to be coming along the road from one direction only. Not to mention many roads have parked cars either side so someone travelling the wrong way is more than an inconvenience and extremely dangerous having to rely upon an incompetent driver to reverse an unknown distance

[@pst_uk]

The porr emerge (2:10) was a poor emerge - doesn't matter how long the driver would have been stuck there - if you pull out in front of another vehicle and it has to take evasive action it is a poor emerge. What is to stop the driver emerging chaning their direction and making a left turn emerge and turning around further up the road (might be quicker).

[@WilliamMuraszko]

There's a roundabout less than twenty seconds up the road if they take a left. I've seen delivery drivers coming from that same road use a left and then the roundabout instead of a right turn, so it must often be faster.

[@brianfunt2619]

1:28 it's hard to imagine what the cammer could have done differently in this situation. They seemed reasonably prepared for the Focus's mistake. It would be getting to the point that you would brake every time someone joined from a slip road just to avoid being in their blind spot

[@stevieinselby]

At 2:20, it's a tricky one. I've been in that situation where I have had an opportunity to pull into the end of the right-turn lane and then wait for a gap to join the main road, without realising that the driver coming up (in the camera car position here) might think that I was going to pull straight out in front of them ... _I_ knew that I wasn't doing anything dangerous, but I can also see that _they_ didn't.

[@landmannmike]

One thing to think about... If you are running late (appointment, picking kids from school etc), how do you drive? I think we have all been there. Driving a bit too fast, gambling on amber, dodgy overtakes to name but a few. Ashley, how about a video showing how little time you can gain by being (a bit) impatient?

[@Arcangeline]

Almost all his videos show this...

[@LeDoucheBouche]

Mythbusters did a traffic episode and admittedly it is an American show with about 6 minutes of footage to 24 minutes of diagrams, cut aways and voice overs but they do the experiments. Spoiler alert: driving impatiently gains you about 3 minutes. When you are in traffic you are on a raft that moves as fast as it wants so might as well tuck in until there is clear road. Speeders and impatient people cause more traffic by blocking exits and entries and closing gaps that other traffic could use to flow out. I drive at my guess for the average speed for the road so I don't have to stop at traffic lights or queue at junctions. I'm not going to get to go any sooner by stopping and starting behind someone in a queue.

[@PastorOink]

I have to give you praise for admitting something like this! Not many people confess their mistakes. I myself however, have never made a single mistake behind the wheel in my life.. well cause I haven't started to learn to drive yet 😝

[@bigted1347]

If you think that amber gambling and dodgy overtakes are acceptable because you're late for an appointment,then you are the problem. Please hand in your license before your lack of forward planning kills someone

[@landmannmike]

@@bigted1347 And you have never done any of those things? Truthfully.

[@smilerbob]

2:19 looks like Derby Road in Burton and that particular road is a nightmare to emerge onto from that exit.Many drivers will turn right and wait in the middle which can cause confusion but a lot of regulars will turn left and do a u-turn at the roundabout a few hundred yards behind the cammer. Usually quicker and definitely less risk or confusion to others

[@PedroConejo1939]

I've tried both methods, and see both here, but turning left to turn right is usually much safer. It's my preferred method of getting onto the A354 from here.

[@smilerbob]

@@PedroConejo1939 Unless I know the road is going to be quiet (time of day and day of week affects these things) I will always go left to turn right. Usually quickest, not always but most definitely safest The same with the petrol station the other end of the road in this clip (on the left side in the direction of the cammer). If I am turning right out of there I will turn left and loop around the roundabout I think the odds of winning the lottery are better than two lanes of traffic on a busy road to have a suitable gap simultaneously 😉

[@PedroConejo1939]

@@smilerbob Your last paragraph sums up our main road - and they're usually travelling up to 60 mph (legally), and the visibility is poor. The problem with pulling into the unassigned middle space is that it catches people out in the far lane, who often panic brake - which is absolutely not my intention. So, now I always turn left to turn right unless it's one of those very rare occasions when it's completely clear in both directions.

[@kenbrown2808]

we don't have the roundabout option in much of the US. so while tat sort of emerge isn't officially allowed, police prefer it to people just barging out into traffic. - though there are now some T-junctions that have an official acceleration lane for that purpose.

[@smilerbob]

@bazzacuda_ Not guilty this time 😁 I usually have a gap at least twice the usual distance to “normal” along that road purely becuase of the side entrances, tool station (or Greggs most likely) and then Screwfix (or McDonalds / Costa / Subway) are quite heavy traffic junctions. You can usually help a couplenof drivers out with a larger gap but still keeping flow Good the roadworks are all complete now and hopefully the temporary lights will be no more along there. It will be interesting the see if the road surface does any better than Wellington Road after that was resurfaced and if the drains do any better than the one just by A38. I see that failed again with the heavy rain a couple of weeks ago 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@ianmason.]

09:06 Bad news: it's a police vehicle. Good news: it's forensics, because although SOCOs _do_ carry warrant cards and are technically police officers so that they can exercise police powers to seize evidence they are told never _ever_ to arrest anyone. I know this because an old mate became a SOCO and one day when having a pint with him someelse in the bar was being a bit fractious and harassing us. Kev produced this Met police warrant card and quietly said "Stop bothering people and go away.", which worked big time, and led to the question "What are _you_ doing with a police warrant card?".

[@robshorts]

The Dunning and Kruger effect springs to mind. People with limited knowledge or skills over estimate their ability. But because they don't realise how bad they are, it prevents them from taking steps to improve their knowledge.

[@xTerminatorAndy]

and some people are just chocolate starfishes too. 🙂

[@ianmason.]

If you ask the average driver how good a driver they are the answer is almost invariably "Ooo, above average".

[@mcdon2401]

Too many drivers get their licence and think that's the end of their learning.

[@robshorts]

@@mcdon2401 Agreed. The other thing is that many people believe that doing something for a long time makes them good at it and that they don't need to do anything else. While it can be a factor, it's necessary to take active steps to improve knowledge and skills.

[@blotski]

Another thing is that more intelligent people always question what they think they know (even when they're right) and check their information. Less intelligent people are sure of themselves and feel no need to check their information (even when they're wrong).

[@TheCatBilbo]

1:21 "Can they see me? Have they seen me?" is my mantra. These situations really get under my skin, because of both parties - & it's so flipping common! I'd stay in lane 1 but ease off a bit. Then I can wait until everyone sorts themselves out & go from there. If moving lane to 'help out', reduce speed so you don't sit in a blind spot. Mitigate the mistakes that others may make.

[@_XRMissie]

2:17 While I'd never condone emerging like that, if there's not a roundabout or a place to turn around if you go left, there's not really much you can do crossing a road this busy. People can get stuck at junctions like this for so damn long due how many vehicles there are on the roads now. Commercial areas like that really should have mini roundabouts to help people join the main road.

[@ollycourt2654]

'It's that particular make of car again...' Ashley, I think I could hear your eyes rolling as you said it!

[@philipgeorge7516]

As it says on London Dash-Cam; ALWAYS AN AUDI!!!

[@Toupret]

Just scary Ashley. Thank you for sharing these clips, I see such all the time, which causes me to remember your advice ALL THE TIME. No brown nosing, just the plain truth of travelling any distance. Thank you for the heads up! Much appreciated 👍🏼.

[@johnbower7452]

2:20, yes and yes to both your questions, it is hard sometimes. See my comment previously where you do get people behind pushing you, just don't give in to the pressure as that car did, wait, someone will likely let you go eventually, if not carefully start creeping forwards until someone does.

[@mike309saa]

7:48 As a motorcyclist who's only just learning to drive a car after riding motorcycles since 2012, the CBT is enough training. It is also BASIC training and is never meant to put people up to test standards. We're still taught about the highway code and how to use junctions, first practising in an off-road area and even learning to do shoulder checks. Just because a few learner riders exhibit terrible riding, don't think it's because of the excellent instructors training them. I'd also argue that the fact we can hop on a bike without needing a supervisor means we get a lot of practice in and road experience that by the time we come to take our test, we already have 2 years of experience riding on the road which is way more than car drivers have by the time they come to take their test. We also have further lessons before taking our motorcycle test as well. Ironically the clips in this video show that even after multiple lessons and passing their car test, drivers still exhibit just as bad road use as the motorcyclists in this clip are. The amount of drivers I see hesitating at roundabouts, slowing merging onto a dual carriageway, and not observing properly is beyond a joke. Clearly, car drivers don't get enough training either. I'm not having a go btw, but I just want to point out that a few bad riders don't mean the CBT isn't enough training. It highly depends on the person and if someone isn't deemed safe enough then they do have to do further training. If new car drivers and even experienced car drivers can make mistakes as shown in these clips, then the lack of training on a CBT isn't the problem. Especially as car drivers don't even know how to use lanes on a dual carriageway. A 3 lane stretch of road and they're all hogging the middle and outside lane. I even see lorry drivers do this. I'll also add that the two motorcyclists clearly just lack common sense in that situation. You don't need training to figure out that if there is a cyclist then you should wait for them to pass the junction you intend to turn into. Also, they can only ride 125cc bikes which weigh 130kg at most and do 60-70 mph at top speed, they're hardly riding around on killing machines. With a car, you can pass your test at 17 with less experience than most learner motorcyclists and the only thing stopping you from buying a fast car is the insurance.

[@cactusbase3088]

Last clip sums up our society at the minute not just our roads. They know they are making an illegal moved but know they will not be prosecuted.

[@glenn1534]

This is the reason so many people still use their phones whilst driving. If there's no enforcement, plenty of people are willing to put others' lives at risk.

[@DAVE3422460]

its amazing how many drivers don’t think ahead drive badly but still think they are a good driver

[@cargy930]

My friend's belief in his great driving ability is purely based on the fact that he claims he's "never hit anything". In reality, not only is he a terrible driver, but his cracked bumpers and dented panels tell a completely different story: His car was immaculate when he got it, and I have the photos to prove it. But apparently the bangs and scrapes don't count because... reasons!

[@awild10]

As frustrating as the last clip is, often Police vans are not actually being driven by Police officers so there isn’t much the driver can do immediately. Arguably if they feel another motorist has committed sufficient an offence they might call it in but they can’t just pull people over.

[@oneandonlyjaybee]

Those vans are no different from any other fleet vehicle in terms of those that can be driven on a standard licence. It depends on the particular force as to how many civilians they have and whether they routinely use marked vehicles. Impossible to tell if it was a civilian or a constable however it may be that if it were a constable they may not be trained and therefore authorised in blue light driving

[@awild10]

@@oneandonlyjaybee It could also be a prisoner transport van on their way to assist another officer in taking a suspect to the Police station which isn't something they can delay whilst they go off chasing someone for a minor traffic offence.

[@geko7844]

Two counter-suggestions - 3:00 I think the analysis of the BMW is a little harsh. From where they were positioned when the HGV came into view, they wouldn’t have been able to see it due to the hedge. As soon as they can see it, you see the brake lights come on and they’ve stopped promptly (albeit not an emergency stop). There’s certainly no way they could have reasonably stopped where the camera car did. I think they’ve acted as well as they could. My blame is 100% on the lorry. 10:05 - The police vehicle may have a detained person on board and/or the driver may not be authorised to use blue lights. There may be many reasons why they’ve not been able to take action, besides a nonchalant attitude

[@issigonis975]

Agree about the lorry it was unlucky but why did the lorry driver not stop do a bit of gesticulating and allow the BMW maybe to reverse as there was loads of room behind or (it is hard to tell the next option) stop and allow him to squeeze around the corner. The lorry driver should have stopped as soon as he knew there was no room. The right of way is not necessarily right.

[@linuxretrogamer]

2:31 6 of 1, half a dozen of another 2:37 I drive a bright blue Nissan Leaf and a 3.5 Tonne works truck - it’s amazing how invisible both are to other drivers! 5:25 nobody round our way knows how to merge in turn, use a yellow box and, yes, 5:37 red lights are optional!

[@Jabular1]

The bump up the backside that the scooter rider got at the roundabout reminded me of my own incident this week. I was stopped at a junction on my motorcycle waiting to turn left at the bottom of our works road. There was a steady stream of traffic from the right so I relaxed a bit. I eventually saw a gap on the right and started to set off but I was hit at the right rear by a car. I think the guy just looked right and saw it was clear then went without checking his left. He just managed to brake in time luckily for me. I think he just hit my rear mudguard so it didn't cause any damage but it shook me up. I've seen this happen in too many KZbin videos, I hate having to stop at a roundabout or a junction with nothing behind me.

[@amazer747]

I would also recommend that the scooter driver "wears something white at night" which ages me for those who are aware of older government adverts.

[@loftyintentions1985]

​@@amazer747 as a biker, I've come to realise that it doesn't matter what colours you're wearing if the person isn't looking to begin with. I had a similar incident in broad daylight. Fortunately it was slow enough for them to stop before crushing me and the bike.

[@sainsay]

Good way of educating people. these videos always come with clear messages and good examples but as a dutch person who is spoiled by amazing infrastructure I am amazed by how in the UK someone can call some drawing on an intersection a roundabout it completely defeats the purpose of what a roundabout should achieve. Obviously not all idiot driving can be prevented and there are some big ones where I live but having infrastructure that is significantly more effective at preventing dangerous situations is a blessing. like the craziest think I can't wrap my mind around is having to conflicting direction having green lights like 2 far corner turns where you supposed to go around each other in some older videos on this channel. not sure if the UK does the turn across the going straight traffic like the US does but that's also insane.

[@AzguardMike]

6:00 - yup every day sadly. I use a bike just for local commutes, and my car for work or holidays. Without fault cars will either pull out right infront of me, or stop wheel to curb so i cant filter at lights. And using a bike lane on the pavement? forget it. Local mum's here use them with prams and yell abuse if you ride on them.

[@Kieran.Robertson]

Bike lanes are really just pram lanes in this country, so many clueless parents

[@peaoui165]

I know that junction at 7:30 - The camera doesn't show it well but that is also a very steep hill. The cam car turns to go up the hill. That lorry would have had to be very hard on its brakes to avoid hitting the coach

[@K.Pilkington]

The clip at 2:19 i have emerged like that before, it was a fast country lane and there wasn't a complete break in traffic for what felt like many minutes, If the eastbound lane was clear the westbound lane was busy and vice versa. So i did use the central hashed area to emerge, waited till the far lane was clear and then join, only ever had to do it once though in 20 years of driving.

[@BrandonDMorrissey]

It always winds me up when people break the law in front of the police and they do nothing

[@_Shadbolt_]

I know what you mean but sometimes, they actually do have more important things to be doing than writing fines for minor traffic offences.

[@steveurbach3093]

They were off to their tea break? Same thing happens here in California (and that was before defunding).

[@antonycharnock2993]

Same. But you have to remember they may be too busy to stop for every idiot on the road. My brothers friend was stopped for speeding at 80mph in a 40 a few years ago now. He got away with a severe telling off because the police had a prisoner in the car.

[@UltimatumNo5]

if you are talking about the second clip, that’s in Newcastle, and that car is never occupied and only moves at the end of the day. As for the last clip, it looked like at one point it was two way (the markings), but they could indeed have at least stopped the, and informed them it was one way (as if the signs didn’t say it clearly enough). But given the police don’t know about merge in turn or drive recklessly on occasion, and enforcement of speed limits are inconsistent throughout the counties, I think we know police officers need a lot more training.

[@edj4833]

It also depends what job they are doing. They may be specifically out to police traffic, or they might be investigating domestic violence, in which case stopping what they are doing for a traffic offence isn't productive.

[@keithdenton8386]

Just because it's a police vehicle does not mean there is a policeman driving it. The people who maintain and do other jobs in the vehicles are civilians could be taking them for MOTs and tyre checks.

[@bestintheworld568]

But that kind of comment is thinking outside the box! 😂

[@stephenclark9917]

Yep but the driver of the car committed the prohibited movement knowing that there was a police van there. They knew that if there was a police officer in the van, it was going to do nothing.

[@gavinminion8515]

4:25 - interesting comment on the bus driver not slowing down for a dog. During my instruction I was told never to perform an emergency stop for an animal. The reason was that the lack of observation during an emergency stop means that other drivers are put at risk. You may endanger humans for the sake of an animal*. I wonder if Bus drivers have a different version of this taught during instruction - If frail passengers are on board, they might be at increased risk due to heavy braking? *P.S. Not giving you my own moral values here - just relating what I was taught!

[@vee_e3e196]

4:27 as a bus driver who’s gone through training recently we’ve been taught to never slam on the brakes for any animals incase we hurt someone on board. They tell us to just keep on going and if you have to run it over. If it’s a human on the road then by all means we should emergency brake to save their life. But animals nope.

[@billferrol4202]

At 6:38 - 6:46 it's obvious none of the 3 are aware of HWC 110 & 111. Flashing headlights. 110. Only flash your headlights to let other road users know that you are there. Do not flash your headlights to convey any other message or intimidate other road users. 111. Never assume that flashing headlights is a signal inviting you to proceed. Use your own judgement and proceed carefully.

[@davem9204]

I think most headlight flashes are down to the context of the situation and the unwritten conventions would be far too complex to write in the HWC; hence the rather over-simplistic rule 110; and rule 111 to give a clue that these conventions exist. The situation of two opposing cars stopping in a narrowed road, where one needs to allow the other to go, is a common one where a flash is used as a polite way of saying "you go". I think most drivers are aware of this convention, and it gets used a lot safely and without drama. Otherwise you just end with a Mexican stand-off of who goes next. I think the problem in this clip, as Ashley suggests, is that the van hasn't got its lights on, so may appear to have parked up. There's so many delivery van around these days that just stop anywhere without indicating or finding a sensible place to stop, I can understand why the little blue van might have got mixed up here. I don't think the cammer's headlight flash made a huge amount of difference here as they were going to wait for the oncoming van anyway.

[@TheCatBilbo]

2:17 We've all been there & after a while some take a chance, but they've risked a collision & forced another driver to alter speed. You wouldn't do it on a test! Usually, breaks in traffic happen because of events elsewhere (lights etc.) so you have to be patient. Or, turn left & find an easier option - I quite often do it, can save time overall!

[@shm5547]

0:10 "it's obvious the learner is on the roundabout first" - exactly! They had priority, that silver car should have stopped and definitely shouldn't have driven over the roundel.

[@arthurjarrett1604]

8:24 Whoever thought up those "cyclists be careful" stickers must have made a fortune from idiots that think the sticker gives them the right to treat cyclists like second-class road users.

[@sendittothenewts]

Yeah. And these "stay back" stickers were never actually intended for anything as small as a van in the first place. They really are just blame-shifting excuses for bad driving on these smaller vehicles.

[@Chigleybus]

Personally I think they are a reasonable piece of advice (you can always choose to ignore it if you're daft enough) and probably helpful for inexperienced cyclists on the road who might not appreciate that particular danger but otherwise obey the more obvious, mandatory, highway code obligations eg red lights, pavements etc. I don't have an issue with them myself.

[@arthurjarrett1604]

@@Chigleybus Hear that whoosh?

[@Chigleybus]

@@arthurjarrett1604 you're not wrong, lots of hot air on here tonight.

[@ExplodingCabbage]

"Of all the people to crash into, imagine if you picked a police vehicle" - a while back in my hometown, a car of young lads being driven by one who had just passed his test managed one better than this and bumped into a parked car that, unbeknownst to them, was an unmarked armed response vehicle full of guns parked outside the officer's home. Naturally this immediately triggered all sorts of automated alerts that summoned every firearms officer available to descend immediately on the kids under the presumption that they were dangerous gangsters attempting to loot a police vehicle for weapons.

[@PedroConejo1939]

Yeah, that must have been hilarious to watch.

[@daveg3312]

Sorry, what now, parked outside officers' house "full of guns", surely they have to check weapons in / out of secure storage at the station when going on / off shift, not take them home with them??

[@ExplodingCabbage]

​@@daveg3312 I'm no expert on this but from sources I can find online it seems that this varies, possibly based on force and the precise role of the officers. Some routinely stay armed off duty, presumably to allow them to be scrambled faster when there's an incident that needs them. In the case I mentioned above my understanding is that the guns were in a high-security cage inside a car with lots of electronic monitoring - hence the automatic emergency response when it was bumped. It's not like they were just lying in the boot of a normal car!

[@TestGearJunkie.]

@@ExplodingCabbage The only place in the UK I know of where officers are routinely armed off duty is Northern Ireland. And even then I doubt they wouldn't have weapons in the car unattended.

[@j.tann1970]

Speaking of drivers of "that make of car". One time recently my brother was driving me home from our mother's (I don't drive, never learnt because of how learners are treated on UK roads). He's a bit of an impatient driver himself but does not currently drive an Audi. As we entered a mini roundabout an Audi cut us off to go first. I chuckled and said typical. Then I said to my brother how I watch dashcam videos on KZbin and it's amazing how many are Audi drivers. My brother turned to me and said "I used to drive an Audi!". I was not surprised at that revelation! LOL NOTE: I never knew he had an Audi because at the time I was living in Canada. I moved back to the UK in 2009 and in all that time since he has not had an Audi but drives as if he did. Like the night two weeks ago he drove me to our mother's as she was on her death bed he drove as if we were the emergency services on a callout! There was no hurry as she passed the next day late morning. The above incident was a few days prior.

[@ed_j_webb]

5:55 What a good piece of road design. Making the cycle lane that size to discourage cars from overtaking at the junction. This should be copied everywhere.

[@bofor3948]

at 5:20 the Police car that "pulls in nice and early" may be pulling in behind a suspect driver or as someone mentioned in another clip it may not driven by an officer but a service driver? They may have also been triggered to pull over by the arrows on the road getting closer together indicating that the road was about to narrow. If people observed these arrows when travelling at speed, when there was no queue and Zipped in turn at speed, instead of "racing" until the road run out, the stationary queue might not develop?

[@faheemsakha]

The police car is going back towards the station.

[@PaulB-justme]

People need to learn the art of 'defensive driving' and also I personally think that too many drivers seem to rely too much on their mirrors, when turning their heads and actually looking as well would avoid some of these incidents.

[@TestGearJunkie.]

Regarding that last clip, we live in a one-way street and once saw a car going the wrong way just as a cop car came along with blues and twos, on their way to a shout. They stopped alongside the errant driver and erm.. 'told him the error of his ways', although I don't think any action was taken as they were in a hurry 🤣

[@IThinkItsMe]

As a society we need to evaluate whether we are going to have rules ands enforce them or whether we are just going to let people do what they want. Going the wrong side of the road is endangering folk. We either ban them or encourage them. I cant see much middle ground.

[@RichO1701e]

Ever since the tories broke ALL the covid laws and got away with it, people think why should we have to obey their laws.

[@PedroConejo1939]

You can fine them, you can send them for training. There's lots of middle ground. Draconian penalties have been demonstrated to be ineffective.

[@TestGearJunkie.]

You can fine people, but then you have to get the money out of them. You can ban them, but since when has that stopped them driving..? Watch any cop show like Police Interceptors and you will see this time after time after time. The CPS (aka Criminals Protection Service or Can't Prosecute Shit) don't help either, with "No further action" all the time. I despair sometimes, I really do.

[@OrionHartwick]

Thanks Ashley, I will now get a massive high vis jacket for my car. I have been doing it wrong for ages 😒(2:33)

[@grahamnutt8958]

I came to the comments to see if anyone knew who or what the significance is ref: Limmy. Thankfully it did not take long for me to find the reply from Ashley with the relevant link 😂😂😂. "That make of vehicle again." I think Ashley meant to say "Always an Audi" but this happens to be used by Tony. You know the channel 😅. Ashley's Sunday Roast with a side serving of Ian Dury level of sarcasm 🤣🤣🤣

[@jonathanlang7294]

Wrong way down a one way street 😂😂😂

[@iallso1]

The emerge 2.20 in. Many junction here in NZ s have that box in the middle to enable vehicles to go half way, not every driver holds in the middle until it is face to complete. I also remember back in the 80s to get out of the industrial estate on which I worked I had to use the flush medium most nights, otherwise I would have been waiting for an hour to go.

[@metallicatJ]

I have a mini roundabout like this near where i work. the confusing thing about it is only one entrance to the roundabout has a 'give way' triangle and double broken line in front of it. the other 2 roads have a single broken line. it causes confusion when 2 people arrive at same time and whether the give way entrance should give way to both other roads or just to entrance to the right.

[@jugglerjim01]

5:21 it looks like theres two set of merge arrows there with a faitky large gap between them. The Police car is merging at the end of the first set (from their point of view).

[@davidchilds9590]

On the last clip, the person driving the police van might not have been a warranted police officer - there are a lot of civilian drivers and contractors who have occasion to move police vehicles.

[@FistOfFiori]

2:08 - I have "Wrong way... DOWN A ONE WAY STREEET!" in my head 2:13 - Ashley: "Who remembers that old Limmy sketch?" TBH I blame Charles/Dash Cam Hull for bringing that song back into my head after all these years as he uses it sometimes haha.

[@amazer747]

When waiting to make a right turn with heavy traffic both ways I sometimes go left, take the next right across only one line of traffic ahead of me, make a three point turn in a quieter road, and turn left into the flow. That depends on road layout of course. If there is a roundabout nearby after my left turn I'll go all the way around. It takes more time and distance but probably safer in the long run.

[@TYTHEOWL]

5:26 I'm almost positive this is the A57 near Crystal Peaks in Sheffield; it's always the same going towards Crystal Peaks, the left hand side is always full of traffic with many blocking those attempting to use the right lane as it should be used; police included - there's a police station just up the road from there so there's always police, and barely any of them can drive.

[@faheemsakha]

You're right mate. Thats my clip. Its the A57 towards Crystal peaks. If Ashley let the clip run you would've seen the roundabout coming from the parkway blocked up because of the single lane queue.

[@WhiteEagleTube]

"Wrong way down a one way street" beautiful the way you said that. 😂

[@matthewlockley2831]

I think a lot of drivers just feel entitled, partly through government messaging such as the opposition to ulez and the Welsh speed limit change. It's not a reluctance to do the right thing but a feeling drivers should do what they want

[@thetessellater9163]

I once heard a guy who delivered parcels say "I'm a courier, I've got to break the speed limit." Loony

[@TestGearJunkie.]

Sadly, the pressure on couriers is exactly the reason these things happen.

[@cathallynch1]

In the last clip I'd just like to balance out that between blue lights flashing and getting the police van turned around, there could be more danger especially if the offending driver panics or speeds off. Plus, the police could have been carrying a suspect/vulnerable person etc. If you really care about this, use your vote on 4th July to get some decent funding for cops and other services.

[@TestGearJunkie.]

Like voting is going to change anything. Politicians are all the same, out for No.1. They'll promise anything until they get in, then it's me me me and stuff the rest of us 🙄

[@Chalkie1983]

Just brought my VIOFO dashcam from one of Ash's links, cant wait to get it and set it up and get much better quality recordings.

[@ashley_neal]

Thanks for your support!

[@kenbrown2808]

the clip with the dog reminds me of an adage taught me by a UK hazardous goods driver: "where balls bounce, boys will follow" it can also apply to dogs and owners. and of course, animals can change course with no warning. I know bus cargo is more inclined to get cranky than other cargo, but I'd still have been slowing hard.

[@Paws4thot]

2:30 - 6 and half a dozen. The right turner had to make a move, but should maybe have waited in the centre lane rather than accelerating just in front of a vehicle? 3:30 - For once it's the fault of the DAAAAFF, not the Mist Wagon! 6:00 - And just who "designed" that road layout? I agree your point, but your point is not the only issue here. 8:16 - Widdershins gives way to anti-widdershins. So true.

[@stevieinselby]

From the way they were turning, I suspect the driver turning right was planning to wait in the centre lane, but then when they saw the camera-driver brake they took the opportunity.

[@smilerbob]

So glad I was sitting down while watching this…the only car not to go over the roundabout in the first clip was a BMW 😱 🤣🤣

[@hikaru9624]

At 2:17 is a situation we've all been in at some point. While it's understandable what the emerging car did in that situation, it's not necessarily justifiable. Assess the situation to the best of your ability and act accordingly. This does mean that you may need to be positive in your driving to be defensive in that particular moment in time. I would have held back for a better gap. Remember we can't see both flows of traffic here so we have no idea how heavy or light it is on the left lane. Good on the cammer making it a non-event.

[@rocklobster562]

I was not expecting the first clip of a driving fail video to be literally outside my childhood home in Carterton 🤯

[@TheCatBilbo]

9:10 Bit of driving psychology here: I'd carry on so the other driver didn't have to reverse whilst they've 'an audience'. We can rush manoeuvres if others are waiting for us & some get nervous & make mistakes because they're being watched!

[@jimi4906]

Wrong way DOWN A ONE WAY STREET 😂😂 Classic song

[@MitchellKJones]

WRONG WAY DOWN A ONE-WAY STREEEEETT 😆 I think we need a new one as well maybe, something like: REMEMBER TO MERGE IN TUUUUUURRRRRNN 😂

[@nicholashunt9522]

Pulling out blind and onwards into the Police vehicle..... beltin. 😂

[@hayleygerbil3109]

4:42 is my home town, Waterfoot; people drive horrendously around there, so this doesn't surprise me one bit.

[@stephencope7178]

In the past, i used to blame the type of car that I was driving for people cutting me up etc. The last two cars have had 'running lights' and have been a visible colour...but still it happens. Could it be the poor standard and bad attitudes of drivers...i wonder?? 🤔

[@tea2thebagel58]

As a CBT instructor I agree. CBT definitely isn't enough training. I think it's partly to do with people not caring as it's usually only 1 day. Yes some instructors will do the bare minimum but the attitude of riders taking a CBT is diminished because of it's duration too. Which then translates onto the road.

[@context_required]

I know the road from the clip at 9:16 is in Brownhills. That was a definite intentional wrong way. The road they pull out of leads to part of a housing estate and is not a through route, and going the correct way would have added 5, maybe 10 minutes onto their journey. My guess is definitely an intentional wrong way, not just incompetence

[@kevincross9206]

There’s a mini roundabout outside the school in the village where I live. Three exits off of it, and regularly see people driving from one direction, going to the right of it whilst turning right, even though the turn is blind until you are literally on the roundabout. Just waiting for the first head on…..

[@itsaderpyturtle5491]

5:43 That pedestrian crossing light was also on green on the left - and I've seen many times pedestrians just taking that as an order and blindly walking out - this driver's properly lethal and should never be behind the wheel imo

[@davem9204]

Talking of pedestrian crossings, why have so many changed the design so that the green/red man in on the button box, instead of on the pole opposite? Not only are the pedestrians looking down to their sides, the person standing next to the button is blocking the view of it for anyone else waiting. I'd much rather be looking across the road, so everyone can see the green/red man, and also see if the vehicles have stopped too. It seems such a stupidly dangerous design change.

[@itsaderpyturtle5491]

@@davem9204 cheaper.. but agreed, more dangerous. Ideally it should be both, so those with partial sight can use the one closer to them as reference. I often just look up and across at the traffic lights and when they turn red, I then watch for the cars stopping. Usually cos the pedestrian light is either blocked or broken.. oh joy.

[@davem9204]

@@itsaderpyturtle5491 For partially sighted or blind people, they should have those spinning things under the button box which they can feel. Assuming that they are properly maintained and work!

[@itsaderpyturtle5491]

@@davem9204 "assuming" ;)

[@JohnCarlyle]

0:50 Can someone please explain the purpose of the short bus lane? Anyone wanting to go straight or turn right has to go into the left lane then back into the right lane almost immediately. Or are Newcastle city planners just incompetent?

[@adlg5158]

I’m pretty sure the bus lane continues on straight ahead so normal drivers can’t even go straight or turn right. The lack of clear signage makes this a horrible place to pass through, and the rest of the city centre is similarly incompetent and confusing, even if you’ve driven here for years

[@DrRusty5]

The best bit of the first clip is that the silver car is sat on the roundabout, having made no effort to drive around it 🤦‍♂️

[@chrisclarke8451]

Yeah we saw, that was the whole point of the clip

[@jeremypnet]

@@chrisclarke8451no it wasn’t. The point was that the silver car should have given way to the learner and stopped, presumably to repeat the utterly wrong meme that drivers on the roundabout have priority. Being actually on top of it was a bonus, but everybody did that including the learner and the cam car.

[@kenbrown2808]

to me, the best bit of it was that the driver of the camera car, recorded the bad behavior of the silver car, and then THEY treated it as an overabout.

[@tomatzu]

1:47 - ah yes, Bowaters Roundabout. I've never seen someone proceed by looking at the bus lane light though, that's a first!

[@PeterBee911]

1:34 Having someone in your blindspot and not checking it is one thing, but completing the manoeuver even though someone is blaring their horn right next to you takes a special kind of stupid.

[@nathanbrown492]

6:06 kinda intrigued by that bike path design to be honest.

[@LukeTR2000]

4:27 Not saying the bus driver was in the right for not slowing... But I've driven buses that wouldn't start to slow for double that distance. Yes it scared me and no it wasn't consistently that long of a response time and common amongst the model so I couldn't justify putting it on the defect reporting sheet

[@jamief123]

"Wrong way down a one way street!" 🎶

[@thomasdodd2548]

That second clip is in Newcastle near st James park! Thought it looked familar, and aye it can be a bit confusing, always an annoyed hirn every 10mins on a busy day at that place

[@philgray8811]

2:42 from the way in which the front of the lorry entering the roundabout is held together with what looks like tape/ plastic this may not be the first time its done this?

[@chaoringmeister]

I’ve seen a couple of times where police merge early or just sit in the queue. I wonder if they do it for a reason? For example an ANPR equipped vehicle could scan more vehicles passing both directions by doing that, and then if an emergency happens they can just use the blues to get to the past the queue.

[@KXXULADavidOC]

2:21 that is a tough one, does looks like a bad emerge but also a difficult place to turn out of especially when turning right so they may have ended up being stuck there for a while. That council truck going though the red light is just a disgrace

[@cookiemonster2299]

Genuine question, 8:00 is that wrong? The cycle lane has a broken white line. ❤️🇬🇧

[@glenn1534]

It's a single-lane road. If everyone drove like that driver, cycle lanes wouldn't help anyone.

[@ChrispyNut]

Spotted a fun one the other week. A driver heading the wrong way down a one-way (that does have a bicycle contraflow lane) blocks the path of a car heading the right way and gives all the hand signals that it's a one way. After ~ 20-30 seconds of gestures they get by eachother, then as the wrong-way driver gets the end of the road, realizes they're in the wrong and performs a 5 point U-Turn. Car was a swanky black Mercedes, the posers type.

[@billyporter1389]

1:32 is why I set my mirrors that I cannot see any of my car looking through the side mirror. Sitting without moving your head and body would halp those who have blind spots.

[@joespittle1]

2:28 Turning left across traffic and using the center turn lane to merge into traffic is quite common here in the US.

[@derekmulready1523]

What a clear waste of yellow paint. A refresher course in reading the Rules of the road is warranted 🇮🇪🇪🇺

[@andrewholdsworth4953]

Your last comment is right about the roads.

[@shm5547]

1:19 more importantly Munchies is still going! That was a regular pizza/kebab stop for me back in the '90's! The owner was a bit of a character.

[@welshwizard645]

The irony of the sticker on that van, reminds me that while I give cyclists 1.5 meters on the roads they barely give 30 cm when passing me….mind you I nearly died of shock when I saw a Lime bike stopped at a red in Sloane Square yesterday

[@Adam2050]

Ha noticed Erbistock was the place where that bend bmw hit the lorry, you can see for miles as a driver round there, and it's tight bends either end of the high street.