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[@leetori1]

Why do some people get so rude when they drive?

[@jacobthompson8507]

6:13 That generation of Qashqai has a shockingly bad design for the front indicators. Most cars DRLs dim/turn off when an indicator is turned on, those Qashqai’s don’t. The bulb is tiny and placed next to a much brighter LED DRL which means it is often barely visible.

[@JohnCarlyle]

There's also quite a few vehicles nowadays where the rear indicators are practically invisible if the (LED) brake lights are showing at the same time.

[@jacobthompson8507]

@@JohnCarlyle Agree. Ford Puma springs to mind.

[@poitynine]

⁠@@jacobthompson8507I haven’t had any problems with Puma’s yet, but some other new ones are terrible.

[@CraigNiel]

I was thinking the same and in these very litigious times we live in I'm surprised the car manufacturer hasn't been sued yet. Only a matter of time I reckon!

[@SiRhodesDriverTraining]

I came here to say that also. They are awful, you simply can’t see the indicators due to the DRL’s.

[@ibs5080]

Good morning all. That very first clip is a good example of the importance of giving yourself time to analyze the traffic pattern and speed when joining a motorway, rather than making an immediate rushed decision to keep pulling out further to overtake right away.

[@TigerP1]

This is why lane 1 is a no go lane. If you get stuck behind a lorry going slow, no fluker will let you out.

[@UnseenMenace]

It's a combination of 2 things I see way too often, people joining from a slip road and feeling they immediately need to be in the fast lane, and people changing lanes without any thought of matching speed with what's coming up on the outside.

[@smilerbob]

@@ibs5080 This is something I see regularly where I am when I join a dual carriageway and the amount of problems trying to go into lane 2 immediately causes. This gets compounded when two try to do the same but the one furthest back accelerates quicker. As for me, if I have to stay in lane 1 for a few miles then I stay in lane 1. Only a few days ago there was a straight to lane 2 driver that went speeding off and when I exited 4 junctions later there they were waiting at the roundabout. Absolutely pointless manoeuvre

[@seanandersen5752]

​@@UnseenMenace I see this all the time they jump to the middle lane and do 50.

[@CJ0175]

@@TigerP1 Lane 1 is usually the fastest anyway in conditions like this, primarily due to the mentality of a lot of drivers who desire to get out of lane 1 as soon as possible.

[@SiCrewe]

11:25 Reminds me of the time a woman drove into the back of my Land Rover while waiting at a roundabout. Refused to speak to me because she "felt threatened" when I took pictures of the incident and then cleared off after I called the police. Told the cops I'd been shouting at her and that the collision occured when I'd stopped while EXITING the roundabout... despite my pictures showing otherwise. Later on, after I made a request to the DVLA to obtain her details, it turned out she cancelled her insurance on the day of the collision and so the insurance company wouldn't deal with the claim. Not a huge amount of damage but £400 to replace the bumper plastics on my Land Rover. I guess some people REALLY know how to play the system. 😞

[@ryanmitcham5522]

Cancelled her insurance on the day of the collision before or after the collision? That would determine whether she was covered at the time and whether they should be dealing with it.

[@marz_mitzi]

typical sociopath & pathological liar. they try so hard to manipulate events and make things difficult, as with every abuser.

[@SiCrewe]

@@ryanmitcham5522 You're right but, in this case, all I got from the insurer was "We cannot help with this matter because the person in question is no longer our customer". The enquiry I made to the DVLA - roughly a week after the collision - gave her insurance details and listed her insurance as "expired" on the day of the collision but didn't give a time. I suppose it's vaguely possible that her insurance genuinely expired on the day she had a collision but, given the way she seemed to know exactly what to say/do to avoid giving me her details and then, later on, explain to the cops why she'd left the scene of a collision, suggests she knew exactly what she was doing, and what the outcome would be. When the cops told me she claimed I'd stopped while LEAVING the roundabout I even invited them to prosecute ME, just to get her involved in a court case that might, hopefully, help sort things out but, unfortunately, I'd already showed the cops my photographs so I guess they knew that'd be a non-starter.

[@Mort221]

@@SiCrewe Then surely you should've informed the police that you'd been in a collision with an uninsured driver? If it said expired without a time, I'd assume it expired at 00:00:01 that day in which case she'd have no insurance. It then gives her the chance to dig the hole even further.

[@SiCrewe]

@@Mort221 Last time I spoke to the cops about it, they told me they didn't see anything that required their involvement and it was a matter for insurance companies to sort out. When I told them her insurance company told me she was "no longer a customer", the cop just told me to go through my own insurance.

[@RicardoPetrazzi]

@ 6:13 - car turning right at mini-roundabout. Pretty sure signal was on for at least 4 flashes on approach - it's a bad design of the front lights cluster - very hard to see being on the 'inside' on the clustrer right next to the dipped headlight - poor distinguishment. FAIL!

[@gingernutpreacher]

Agread

[@iallso1]

11:50 checking into all side roads to look for emerging vehicles is something that was drummed into me when learning to ride my motorcycle and which I have carried over into driving. I even look into both sides when crossing a one-way road, I've seen too many vehicles travelling the wrong way along such streets.

[@davemar73]

So true on the one-way road thing. Although it is usually a cyclist (or these days an e-bike or e-scooter) going the wrong way and you can't really hear then coming.

[@iallso1]

@davemar73 here in Canterbury NZ the road rules don't seem to apply to cyclists and scooter riders, (they do), and they ride the wrong way all the time. But while working on the streets I have seen a car do a U-turn in a one-way street to park back down the road on the other side. I have seen a 7 tonne truck going the wrong way past two schools and a kindergarten, and while sitting at the lights exiting a one way and with another motorcyclist in the lane next to me, a car drove between us heading into oncoming traffic. I actually have an offence I can issue to for parking facing the wrong way in a one-way street.

[@reeseburns3552]

I really appreciate how Ashley made the distinction between 4wd and 2wd pickups.

[@xo2quilt]

Doesn't really impact how the truck handles normally. Only time I've noticed a vast difference is when you are trying to turn slowly with the 4WD on. Is there a bigger difference between them in the UK?

[@SurgeDashcam]

6:11 i have always criticised that model of Qashqai. The indicators are tucked right inside the angled part of the daytime running lights so you can barely see them during the day. Most cars will have the daytime running lights dim when indicating if both of these lights are close, something they clearly overlooked for this car. Pretty poor and could be dangerous in the right situation, and this video proves it!

[@BanjoPixelSnack]

I was stuck in a long tail back on the motorway a few years ago due to an accident up ahead. One car decided to get out of waiting by reversing back up the sliproad. Then having seen him do it a bunch of other cars started following suit like a little reversing wagon train. Best bit was there was obviously a fair few police around due to the crash and I watched in my rearview as a police car pulled up to the top of the sliproad and just waited to receive all the reversing morons. Satisfying. 😊

[@markmann6964]

I used to have a 2015 Qashqai and frequently had people not realising I was indicating. The front orange flashers being blinded out by the daylight running lights. Used to have to drive on dips to dim the DRLs!

[@swanronson173]

10:48 Ah the good old "I'm in such a rush I must get one space in front but I also have time to stop for a fight" situation. Utter morons with fragile egos.

[@tin2001]

The first one... Have a look at those tiny strips for indicators. If theyre set in just a little bit, they could be nearly impossible to see from up high. I'm finding this to be an increasing issue with modern cars and their fancy LED lights designed with form over function. They get blocked entirely by the smallest of obstructions, both fitted to the car or built into the road (like plants on roundabouts just high enough to block indicators).

[@steamhammer2k]

I agree, the light would be hard to see from the height of a truck, but the do look cool and that is what matters the most. It says something when silly lights like these are a thing. It was a given that this Porsche would barge out into lane 2 as soon as they got onto the motorway.

[@tin2001]

​@@steamhammer2k A Porsche belongs in the furthest lane over for better travel times anyway, so it's everyone else's fault for not letting them get over there. 😂 I do quite like Porsches, BTW, but not really impressed with these newer ones lighting arrangements. Give me an older one with huge indicators and headlights you can see the shape of.

[@solasta]

This is a massive issue which needs addressing. Many modern cars have near invisible indicators- designed to look cool rather than be seen. Not sure how they get away with it.

[@richardpalmer3998]

I think a similar issue with the Qashqai and the mini roundabout. I couldn't tell from when the indicator was on

[@Gazzxy]

this has been bugging me too.. and whats with this new trend of teeny tiny break lights?? litteral the sun gets in the wrong place you cant see them at all. is it ford or Nissan that are the worse. am pretty sure my pc has a bigger power LED than them

[@DrRusty5]

I always think that in most situations, it is worth establishing yourself in a lane agter merging before considering moving out to another lane. This gives time to double-check for approaching vehicles who simply have not seen you.

[@demil3618]

Indeed! One can change lanes later when everyone got himself "sorted" after a junction.

[@WayneTulip-zm9gw]

12:05, that’s very important to remember, buses and lorries take longer to stop, especially in the rain.

[@gavindawson3108]

If only the lorry driver left himself enough room given the wet conditions...

[@highdownmartin]

That black cab needs his license revoked. Shocking driving: without any focks given

[@xo2quilt]

I certainly would not have been as nice as the Mercedes. I would have forced the cab to do the reverse of shame. Absolutely horrible driving that they do on a consistent basis because others make way for them.

[@MarkGaudie]

The trucker made it a bigger event than it needed to be. I’m a car driver and a trucker for a living. Love your content. We are like like driver twins when it comes to knowledge of safer proactive driving. I still can’t understand why I’m not a professional driving instructor.

[@petegreenfield8366]

You ever thought about partnering with an insurance company, Ashley, to provide a training course? I reckon completing one would be worth a discount. Your training got me out of the shit, yet again, on the M5 the other day. 50mph limit in a roadworks zone and I didn’t like the look of the way someone was driving in the outside lane to my right. Decided to ease off and drop back, and the next minute he’s veering into my lane, but thankfully not into me. Phone use, I wonder? Anyway, thanks for all the content!

[@raydriver7300]

Wise words as always, Ashley. Thank you for taking the time to share 🌞

[@ibs5080]

At around 2:34 I wonder if the silver Corsa was trying to perform the right turn emerge by tackling each half of the road separately. Either way, a very poor emerge, especially considering the car on the main road waiting to turn right. Also, I'm not sure I would have done what the Nissan Note driver did and pull out in front of the Corsa. I'd likely have waited for the Corsa to sort itself out and then followed after. Would have also saved being on the receiving end of the tailgating "revenge" reaction from the Corsa.

[@BanjoPixelSnack]

Yep, there was no need for the Nissan to go like they did. They could have waited three more seconds. I'd've waited. We all do daft things sometimes (alright, maybe not quite that daft).

[@Generalwastebin]

I was very lucky at a roundabout recently. I was behind a car and saw a massive gap. I thought the car in front was going to go. All of a sudden my car came to a sudden halt. My car had activated emergency braking because I hadn't observed in front properly. The driver in front was very hesitant but I was equally to blame. Technology saved me from increased insurance premiums but it definitely gave me a kick up the backside for sure

[@fugginbazza]

Nearly been caught out doing the same myself. Learned the lesson to worry about what's on the roundabout *after* there's nothing to worry about in front of me.

[@mikemac803]

The queue cutter being shunted is good for the soul. I was nearly the 4th car in a 5 car pile up because of someone doing this. Line of traffic in lane 3, queue in lane 1, I'm in lane 3 because lane 2 is full of people trying to cut in. One does and catches the driver behind off guard. He swerves into lane 3, nearly taking out one car, the one behind slams on, the one behind that swerves to the central reservation, I slam on enough enough space to stop and the person behind me had to serve into lane 2. Their bumper was level with my driving position, thankfully in the next lane. All this to save 10 minutes, it's fucking moronic.

[@BanjoPixelSnack]

@mikemac803 We've sat in the queue on the motorway for the Fairfield Airshow a few years running and there's always people coming up the next lane then slowing down near the front and trying to cut in and jump the queue. Last year, this guy was continually being blocked from queue cutting by all the patiently waiting cars. He pulled level with us and I saw he had a kid in a car seat in the back.... and he's just basically stationary in the lane like a sitting duck risking his child's life to save a few minutes. Astounding. I let him in, obviously.

[@mikemac803]

@BanjoPixelSnack we need to have police strategically placed in spots where this happens and blanket enforce £100 and 3 points for careless driving in places where they slow to 20mph less than the flowing traffic to cut in and dangerous driving when this increases to 40mph difference

[@normiedeathsquad40]

Benny Harvey RIP miss you big man. Gone but not forgotten 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿😔

[@Seasons_]

GBNF🙏🙏

[@Aidan-mt6cl]

Who is that?

[@RichO1701e]

​@@Aidan-mt6clI'm guessing the one way street clip

[@broshmosh]

@@Aidan-mt6cl ​ @RichO1701e It's a reference to another Limmy sketch. Often gets referenced whenever Limmy is brought up to intentionally mystify people.

[@williamfence566]

Funniest road rage I've seen was when a lorry ran into the back of a mini who brake checked him ( something had gone on before ) The lorry driver got out and was tugging on the mini door in a rage when the mini driver unfurled himself and got out of the mini . He was huge. The lorry drivers face was a picture.🤣

[@PedroConejo1939]

Humour aside, attempting to gain access to another vehicle should be a criminal offence.

[@rustydusty2992]

Ashley yes first clip thats why it's always recommended that you emerge then stay in lane one long enough to get used to motorway speeds to start with, this delay then usually helps with lossening up the traffic as it usually does after slip roads as the traffic looses it's initial concertina effect.

[@88balloonsonthewall70]

He was at motorway speed tho. It was slow moving traffic, that lorry driver was just trying to close down the space. There was no chance of him continuing at that speed unless he was aiming to crash into the blue SUV.

[@rustydusty2992]

@@88balloonsonthewall70 Yes but although motorway speed on this occasion was slow if you practice staying in that lane under normal conditions it's less likely and habit forming that you don't move over straight away whatever the conditions on first merging. But even in this situation the gains are minimal to move over straight away as normally you often get the overhead gantry's stating stay in lane with this congestion as per studies that have been conducted show no real gains switching lanes under these conditions. Although agree HGV driver was fully in the wrong for either speed or closing down gap.

[@ibs5080]

At around 6:44 I never understand why some drivers take such risks when there's a safer alternative. Another example is safely going round a roundabout one more time rather than suddenly diving for an exit.

[@xo2quilt]

It is crazy!! I've missed my exit on a freeway driving across the USA because I was one lane over to allow cars to come on or get off the freeway easily. I was following my GPS and the exit was new enough to not be in there. I went on to the next exit and followed directions from there. Added 30 minutes to that day's drive, but I didn't cause an issue in the insanity that is Las Vegas!

[@ChrisBrown-px1oy]

Lost without satnav is my hunch.

[@ibs5080]

At 6:25 the cam car had plenty of time to simply ease off and let the red van complete it's emerge without incident. I get the feeling the cam car wanted to make a point.

[@screally1152]

And the post office van didn't have to straddle the give way lines either

[@xo2quilt]

@@screally1152 True, but two wrongs don't make a right. I do hope the postal van driver learned a lesson - they appeared to not have looked right at all when pulling out!

[@ChrisBrown-px1oy]

​@@screally1152 No, but driving those vans I've been surprised how many motorists do give way to us. Probably hoping their post will arrive soon.

[@TheMirrorGuy]

The roundabout crash at the end reminded me of a close call a few weeks ago. The car in front of me began to pull onto the roundabout, so I looked and seen it was clear and as a began to move the car in front stopped!! Fortunately I was also able to stop, but boy was that a close call.

[@chrisl1797]

0:18 THAT is a typically idiotic mind set of most drivers, especially of german cars.... the "I must get as far right as I can as soon as I am on the motorway" brain fade. Probably the biggest causes of accidents near junctions as everything behind that lorry (whose driver did close the gap) will chock up big time.

[@thomaselliot2257]

All these clips remind me of another Limmy Special : 🎶 Gotta take a little time 🎶 a little time to think things over 🎶 😁

[@DeeSock]

Reminds me of: Can't stop now 🎶 I've travelled so far 🎶😁

[@KevinD_33x150]

That's all a little Foreign(er) to me... 🤣🤣

[@the_shavedyeti]

5:36 cammer needs a special shout-out for camping in lane 3 for no reason

[@davet2555]

I'm a little surprised Ashley didn't comment on this

[@WilliamMuraszko]

We can see a slower-moving lorry in lane one, which then moves out to lane 2 at the end of the clip. Cam car passes the gantry 3 seconds after this lorry does, and conditions dictate a minimum 4 second gap if we were to be in the same lane. It's inadvisable to overtake with such a slight speed difference, but it's certainly not an offence to, and nor is it an offence to be out early enough to leave a good safety margin throughout.

[@the_shavedyeti]

​@@WilliamMuraszko Absolute rubbish sorry. There is absolutely zero need for the cammer to be in lane 3 in this clip. The cammer is 4 seconds behind the lorry. Highways Agency recommends a 4 second gap in these conditions to the vehicle in the same lane - and that assumes vehicles with equal braking capability both doing 70mph. The cammer, being a car, can decelerate significantly quicker than the lorry, and they are both reducing speed to the temporary 60 limit anyway, so the gap between cammer and lorry is ample at the start of the clip for the cammer to be in lane 1 (if there wasn't the lorry there that we can see in the first few frames anyway). Not to mention, a 4 second gap in the same lane does not mean a 4 second gap a lane over, for obvious reasons. The cammer is therefore absolutely fine to be in lane 2 at the start of the clip and remain there right up to the point where the lorry indicates a full 20 seconds after the start of the clip, at which point they still have their 4 second gap anyway. Their low speed delta means they then have more than ample time to indicate and move to lane 3 before being anywhere near the blind-spot overtaking danger you are referring to. Your reasoning takes into account excessive and unnecessary redundancy, and amounts to undue hesitation (driving instructor training defines undue hesitation as "delaying making a decision unnecessarily, which can lead to hazards and confusion on the road...including not changing lanes when safe to do so"). Saying "I'm going to sit in lane 3 and leave lane 2 entirely empty on the off chance that the vehicle 4 seconds ahead in lane 1 that I have a 1mph delta on MIGHT want to use lane 2 at some point in the future despite the fact that they are not indicating or showing any sign of that intention".........yeah no, you're lane hogging at that point.

[@Alex-ul6sx]

@@WilliamMuraszkononsense

[@WilliamMuraszko]

@@the_shavedyeti The lorry is showing signs of wanting to move over if it's catching the vehicle ahead. It was, and this would have been easier for the cam driver to spot than it is in the footage. The other factor you've failed to account before rushing to your holier-than-thou judgement is what's behind - the cammer could still be completing the overtake of a vehicle in lane 2, and taking time to clear it with an adequate safety margin. It's possible that the cammer is a lane hog, but this clip doesn't prove it as there's more that could be going on. Innocent until proven guilty, I say.

[@loftyintentions1985]

1st clip. Even if the lorry driver didn't see the indicator, why are they dangerously closing the gap to the vehicle in front and at such a rate of speed? I'd say they either saw the indicator and decided "not on my watch" or they're driving distracted. Either way, that person should not be operating heavy machinery.

[@ChrisBrown-px1oy]

I've just suggested that they were indeed distracted by the Porsche from the slowing traffic ahead. Either way, a refresher at least beckons.

[@AlexEdwards-sy4yo]

Do either of you drive lorries?

[@loftyintentions1985]

@@AlexEdwards-sy4yo no but it's pretty obvious that, posrsche or no porsche, that driver was coming in way too fast.

[@AlexEdwards-sy4yo]

@loftyintentions1985 so there's a good chance that the lorry was planning on using all the space available to slow down in time without having to break too hard. The porche pushes his way in because f*ck lorry drivers which forced the lorry to slow down faster than he'd like hence the blast on the horn. Happen all the time and it's infuriating.

[@loftyintentions1985]

@@AlexEdwards-sy4yo there are many crap drivers on the road and alot more with a me first attitude which the porsche driver seems to have. However and I'm only going to say it one more time, that lorry driver was coming in way too fast, porsche or no porsche. Makes me wonder what was distracting them. Seen quite a few clips where the driver has seen stationary vehicles at the last second and a number of people have been killed because it was too late to do anything. Didn't whole family get killed by a lorry driver on their phone. There's probably more that we don't hear about.

[@RisuAzura]

@9:00 of all the places in the US, I never expected you to feature one in a place I instantly recognize!

[@ibs5080]

At 5:58 a very good illustration that a green light only means to proceed if it's safe. Especially when the other road users are far more vulnerable.

[@NatSpiv]

The very last clip, I had this happen a couple of times while on the M62 near the moors. One stopped dead when they could merge but luckily the motorway was quiet to manoeuvre around them. It also causes lane hogging, the spot I mentioned it happens regular so you will see people sit in lanes 2/3 to not get caught up in this which doesn't help flow.

[@cloudmaker]

When you said I bet you're shaking your head I had to check you weren't watching me as that's exactly what I was doing! 🤣

[@smilerbob]

First clip…both as bad for different reasons in my opinion Never go straight to lane 2 from entering a road (OK, there was a short gap but still not long enough imo) and give yourself time to assess what it going on. I know there was a gap but a little more time would’ve shown the gap being closed. The lorry driver shouldn’t be closing the gap like that to make a point At busy junctions I like to leave at least double the usual space for people to merge and in case people change lanes. It stops sudden braking and keeps things flowing better

[@123MondayTuesday]

Mate I've been a passenger in your car and you always squeeze in the tightest gaps, and that's before we even start driving!!😉

[@smilerbob]

@@123MondayTuesday Are you having one of your delusional fantasies again? The gaps aren’t that tight along well used roads from what I’ve heard 😉

[@smilerbob]

@@123MondayTuesday Apparently my original reply to you may have been too innuendo heavy for KZbin 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@123MondayTuesday]

@@smilerbob I’m glad I didn’t see it then 🫢

[@roderickmain9697]

Still shaking my head. I mean we all get things wrong occasionally but in some of these clips, you can sense the entitlement. Some people are just looking for the place to have an accident. When I was in the Netherlands many years ago I was in a car, queued up behind several others at a set of lights. The lights went green the first car moved maybe half a meter and stopped. This articulated truck with a "bucket" trailer - potentially full of soil - shot through what must have been a red light and he/she was doing it at speed. If that first car had moved another meter it would have been seriously damaged. Had they not looked and carried on, there would not have been enough left to identify the body., These clips keep reminding me not to trust lights.

[@chrisl1797]

New motto for everyone : Be The Firebreak. (A firebreak is a channel gap in a forest or woodland designed to stop wild fires spreading). I am sure you can work out in a driving situation that means leaving a larger than the norm gap to the vehicle in front.

[@mick8678]

Ive changed job location which now means I use the m62 in the morning, i give my self plenty of time in case of traffic but i usually set my speed to 70 and just sit in lane 1 behind a wagon (rader cruise) but the amount of people i see speeding along then taking the exit at last minute is mind-blowing and also people just indicate and move over with out looking

[@eddyrourke5514]

Commiserations on having to use the M62 old chap.

[@skapunkno1]

@@eddyrourke5514 Hells highway, I sit crying on there 3 times a week.

[@BanjoPixelSnack]

People think indicators entitle them to move. It's "ready or not, here I come!"

[@mick8678]

@@eddyrourke5514 I have been lucky so far

[@1hd3szfgrdm13]

5:30 This looks like the B242 at the Tooting Common end. It used to be a 30mph road until a few years ago, when it was dropped to a 20. Absolutely no one does 20 and when someone does they're tailgated, beeped, and overtaken at stupid points like in the video. I think it stems from the fact the portion of road just before the clip is sandwiched between two wooded areas with no houses and 20mph feels unnatural.

[@goodyeoman4534]

How can you sit in lane 1 at 70 mph when lane 1 is usually full of HGVs doing 60?

[@demil3618]

Good example of the fact that speed limits should make sense and not be ideological. If nthe road hasn't changed and was safe before the limit was dropped, I can understand everyone who takes his chances.

[@Milesy]

Exact same with the A30 through Bagshot. Used to be 40mph now 30, doesn't matter cause people continue to go 40+

[@goodyeoman4534]

@@Milesy Loads of roads in North Lincs and South Yorkshire have been changed from 60 to 50 mph. And ofc many 40 ones going to 30 mph. I want safer roads, but arbitrary reductions is not the answer.

[@Milesy]

@@goodyeoman4534 I agree. The rest of the A30 from Bagshot up to London used to be 50 and even national in non-built up areas which was fine, now it's ALL 40 mph and 30 in built up. AFAIK there weren't any incidences that required the limit to change, but as said before, people still tailgate, beep, flash and all sorts even if you're doing the required speed limit.

[@iallso1]

10:11 Only this week, I was on the main boulevard through a local subdivision, one lane in each direction with a central raised medium. The resident of one of the properties further along my path of travel chose to pull out of their drive and drive the wrong way down the street. They used the mini-roundabout I had just turned around at to get on the correct side. This was all to avoid going approximately 100m in the other direction and turning around the next mini-roundabout. I saw them coming and tucked over out of the way, but I suspect that they do this regularly.

[@iallso1]

0:59 often here in NZ that hatched area would be a lane to enable right turning traffic to cross the first lane and wait for a gap in traffic, or accelerate to enable them to merge. Unfortunately older drivers (in general) don't get this and still try to take refuge on the far shoulder to wait to merge into the lane. In this instance if the turning vehicle is forcing either vehicle to adjust their speed there clearly wasn't time to complete their manoeuvre safety.

[@davesimms5397]

Highway code 'remain in the left-hand lane long enough to adjust to the speed of traffic before considering overtaking.'

[@RichO1701e]

but, but, I've got a powerful, German sports car, those rules don't apply to me, they're for the peasantry! 🙃

[@cactusbase3088]

08:38 - where's CyclingMikey when you need him?🤣

[@RichO1701e]

No one needs that jobsworth clown

[@petehiggins33]

Today he's in the Daily Telegraph he's got a whole half page to himself

[@ibs5080]

At around 4:50, there is no way I could commute around London on a daily basis. I enjoy visiting the city and it has much to offer but just couldn't deal with getting around on a regular basis.

[@ScruffyMisguidedAndBlue]

I used to live and commute in London 20 years ago, there was relatively little two wheel traffic back then. From what I see of clips now, it looks a bloody nightmare!

[@MoochieGamez]

London had stuff to offer now does it? 😒

[@ibs5080]

At 4:30 it would be interesting to see if there was another vehicle shoehorned in the driveway right behind the offending one that's sticking out in the road.

[@WayneTulip-zm9gw]

11:11 engine idling law, rule 123, drivers must not leave a parked vehicle unattended with the engine running, he broke the law.

[@dar4061]

Ive said it before in similar situattions..i agree fully with the truck at 5:50. If you cant stick to the literal first thing your parents taught you about roads..that a red light means stop and green means go...then the reprocutions are on themselves. Same with the clip at 8:10 ..should have let him finish? Finish completely breaking a red light? No. Letting people think they can behave like this will lead to other people being hurt, better the individual breaking the law feels their own reprocutions and not some random elder or child.

[@donaldjames3912]

7:57; these traffic light issues are not necessarily what @ashley_neal has initially concluded, which is the same as most people would. In the first case, the moped rider is obliged by law to stop at the white line if the lights are red. They might not have been red. There may have been some other incident, and the rider stopped before the primary light. Primary lights are on the left and one should always stop for them. This then follows to the second one, that is a primary light on the left and this is a badly constructed junction. Someone appears to have put a secondary light for a space reserved for a primary light only, not the driver's fault, they are correct.

[@Matthew-bu7fg]

1:04 - did not expect my old high school to be the backdrop on one of these videos!

[@kenbrown2808]

4:23 never underestimate the skills of a good crash investigator. he'll look for scuffs on the sidewalls of the back tires to see which direction the car was rotating when it hit the kerb.

[@SultanSaeed_99]

1:20 spot on. Was shaking my head lol, that car turning right has to give way to the bus first!

[@andrepipo4542]

no, bus has to give way to the car turning right

[@SultanSaeed_99]

@@andrepipo4542 okay let me rephrase. Car turning right should allow bus to go so they have more space.

[@SultanSaeed_99]

@@TheLotusManFILMs.looking again you are right. Perhaps some better planning from the black car to stay further back would’ve don’t it but it’s hard to say. And yes the bus could’ve just waited as they clearly couldn’t make the turn with the other car next to them.

[@Adam_Boots]

8:28 Last week I was waiting to cross the road along with someone else and a driver did the exact same thing causing two other vehicles to stop in the junction. The driver was trying to gesture to us that we should cross but we didn't. I waved my hand at them to signal that they should continue and they did fortunately. The driver behind put their hand up to thank me as they noticed me waving the other car on and got the traffic moving again.

[@chrisl1797]

1:03 That is my Dad's clip. We did offer to share the footage with the driver, can't remember if they wanted it or not. One of those things that was obviously going to happen as soon as they turned into the side street. That is why it is sometimes nice to cede priority and let bigger working vehicle drivers get on with their job.

[@xo2quilt]

I'm not sure why the person turned onto the street in front of your dad...he was blocking the main road with half his car. With the bus turning, that was bound to happen.

[@chrisl1797]

@@xo2quilt she.....

[@ibs5080]

At around 5:31 I am also wondering what speed the overtaking car was doing in relation to the speed limit. And then there's that Ashley-ism "Would they have done that to a police car?"

[@awild10]

I can almost guarantee this would not have happened when the speed limit was 30mph. No excuse for the Focus driver but these blanket 20mph limits on main roads around London (which I presume is where this occurred but I could be wrong) seems to have caused a lot of anger and drivers struggling to get their head around travelling at a lower speed. I've been overtaken like that on numerous occasions when sticking to 20 by drivers who you really can tell would never have done so when it was 30. Whatever your opinion on whether the lower limit is right or wrong, doesn't preclude you from a responsibility to drive safely.

[@PedroConejo1939]

"The scooter rider should have..." How many times has that expression been used? As often as "Watch the Audi/BMW ahead..."?

[@TimpBizkit]

I think the lorry was carrying more speed than the car in front and can't slow as easily. They don't pull away like a nippy turbodiesel. The porsche was also in the nearside blindspot.

[@chrisl1797]

4:14 My clip again, we've seen two cars parked like that... the other was further down the road we've just come up, but on a different day, obviously.

[@kenbrown2808]

8:04 just another delivery learner. it leaves one wondering what gap in UK highway codes allows businesses to get away with it.

[@Shhaa162]

8:20 - How was he supposed to know that you dont stop at that red light?

[@chrisl1797]

6:06 My Dad's clip again. Salutary lesson to approach roundabouts at a much slower speed. I do that all the time now. I think my Dad was caught out by the speed of the Nissan too.

[@Fieryaleeco]

I got rear ended in the same situation as that last clip. The car in front of me braked heavily & indicated to cut into the turning lane. I was able to stop in time, but the car behind me wasn’t. Unfortunately, she had to pick up the bill, & the car that caused the crash continued on their merry way, completely oblivious to the fact they caused it.

[@tjzero849]

i drive a fairly big van for work everyday, its not a hard job, but the people around me make it much harder than it needs to be, and i have no idea why, but when im doing 68mph on the motorway, and the car infront is doing roughly 60, im catching up fairly fast so i go to overtake, and when im along side them, or just about to meet their car to pass, they speed up, forcing me do drop back in behind them, and then the course repeats itself. doesnt happen all the time, but more often than id like to admit.

[@Jackler]

6:13 never mind was the indicator late, think about it, if they just went ROUND the roundabout rather than over it, there would have been enough space and no hesitation on having to stop because there would be enough space for everyone. I wish someone would actively make the smaller roundabouts have something on top of them that would potentially stop people from going over them, maybe like a very thick concrete post in the direct middle of them for example

[@davidjones332]

The problem with that is that long-wheelbase buses and lorries usually cannot negotiate a mini roundabout without using the whole width of the roundabout. They've got no option but to drive over the "damned pimple", as one of my former managers referred to them.

[@jimmyrussell9264]

Never thought I'd see a Limmy reference on this channel! Yer feather would be proud

[@kenbrown2808]

6:36 there's almost always a way to fix your mistake without going backwards in a travel lane. especially now with satnag available.

[@ibs5080]

At around 5:45 I often encounter a situation whereby I ease off to comply with a lower temporary motorway speed limit...only to have other vehicles around me carry on without slowing until the very last moment when they slam on their brakes. It's as if they don't see the signs until the last moment...and no doubt wondering why I've slowed down. Often also when they finally do slow down, they are then nervous about doing even the speed limit. One qualifier with this is that I base my speed on gps readout rather than speedometer.

[@spychopath]

0:50 My criterion for judging whether an emerge is OK or NOK is simple; Can the oncoming car maintain a safe separation without braking? If yes, OK, if no, NOK. If someone pulls out in front of me, I will lift the throttle until I am satisfied that an adequate separation is going to be maintained, then I put my foot down again and continue. No problem.

[@StefanVeenstra]

Only once met a responsible Porsche driver. And a bloody good looking one too, of course he'd want to protect that. The hundreds of other 100k+ car drivers seem to purchase an entitlement package with it that doesn't translate to traffic safety.

[@kenbrown2808]

1:15 I'm wondering why the car in FRONT of the black car that got stuck with his arse hanging out isn't proceeding. it looks like it may be that the road is backed up. which highlights thedanger of assuming the car in front of you is going to proceed.

[@dimitriousdrake]

6:08 can you explain what you mean? What's the issue with specifically modern car indicators? Thank you

[@davidjones332]

They are often tiny LEDs in the same cluster as the headlight. With an LED headlight or daylight running light you often cannot see the indicator due to dazzle, and sunlight reflecting off the perspex lamp fairing has the same effect. It's a triumph of designer ego over safety and practicality that should never have been permitted.

[@dimitriousdrake]

@@davidjones332 Thank you for explaining, sounds and looks terrible

[@roxdude]

Turning right is the cause of so many accidents and fatalities especially on rural roads. Definitely better being safe than sorry.

[@WayneTulip-zm9gw]

11:43 it’s always a good idea to have a little look left and right when going through a green traffic light.

[@mordekai_wilde]

I smiled so hard when that car got flashed by the speed camera.

[@MohammedFahimUddin1999]

That collision at 11:33 is on Tigers Way, Leicester. 5 mins from where I live

[@goodyeoman4534]

Do you have an alibi?

[@UKMonkey]

@5:34 - this is why smart motorways aren't safe. It's not that they're unsafe conceptually - it's that some people are unable to follow the most basic of instructions. Personally, I think that people speeding on smart motorways where there's been a speed reduction (or driving in closed lanes) should immediately just lose their license as they're putting lives at risk because you can never be sure about the why it's been reduced/closed. When those people have learnt that driving is a privilege, and not a right; then they should be allowed back on the roads. I'd say 3 months should make the point well enough for a first infraction.

[@chrisl1797]

10:40 why would anyone with half a brain get out and confront another driver in this day and age is beyond me. I mean picking on a pickup driver too. They are always big and burly folks who drive them..... just ask my Gran....

[@Techucator]

I don't even check for gaps at roundabouts until I've made absolutely certain the vehicle ahead has gone. I may miss a gap as a result but losing a few seconds is preferable to rear-ending someone.

[@SolitaryBro]

How can you miss a gap when there's a vehicle in front of you? And if you meant that you might miss a gap because you are checking for a vehicle in front of you, just wow!

[@Techucator]

@@SolitaryBro Plenty of people get rear ended by people checking for gaps before being sure the vehicle ahead has already gone, which is exactly what the driver in the Jag does at 11:22 in this video. Hence my comment.

[@kenbrown2808]

6:22: once a person has screwed up by the numbers, I usually prefer to let them get clear. but maybe that's just me.

[@kenbrown2808]

6:14 your viewer's first mistake was mistaking an overabout for a mini roundabout, and their second was forgetting that BMWs always have priority.

[@markgambrill]

6:09 the issue is the cammer not giving way. An indicator just shows intent. You can make a turn without one (but shouldn't). The cammer should have slowed more on approach.

[@callumhaines6288]

I recognise the junction with the corsa @2:34, thats in Bodmin near the ASDA?

[@Monkeh616]

Good eye!

[@TheJase8566]

1st one. Slow moving traffic, plenty of space. Lorry was going too fast for conditions

[@douglasreid699]

@7:00, yes the van did close the space down, but i feel this is more the cam cars fault, they put the van in a position to fix their mistake and not everyone is going to do that. they got caught out by the vehicles ahead slowing so when they got to the merge point they had to slow to merge in which is the vans braking zone, they didnt have enough space to complete the overtake. and with plenty of warning signs too telling them the merge was approaching, why not think ahead and move lane in advance? just bad planning from the cam car or possibly some "must get in front" attitude.

[@rustydusty2992]

2.00 This happend all the time with a well known pharmacy delivery company in Ruislip always going the wrong way opposite us at ACADO on the 1 way loop road just to get back into their yard to go home 2 minutes ealier than they would have done to complete the loop road back to their yard. All drivers at the company drove like DPD Drivers (CRAP).

[@someguymatts]

Drivers getting out and having a rage at 10:30, typical of Colchester and Essex. Such anger on the roads down here!

[@frmcf]

Re: the second clip, the van with the trailer. Obviously, this is horrific, but in many countries that hashed-out space would be put to good use and enabled as a space to do precisely this. I don't understand why UK roads don't have that. Even so, he would have been cutting it pretty fine in this case, and should have waited for a much bigger gap in the traffic.

[@Bin-The-L-Plates]

It was my clip, and it's a NSR road, but thankfully it was easy to spot and back off and create an 'Ashley non event'..... The bigger problem would be for the Audi coming from the other direction, they could have panicked and swerved or the van could have messed up the positioning causing a Collision. The van then has a horric view behind him to move off again.

[@frmcf]

@@Bin-The-L-Plates Yes, you did great! Don't get me wrong, and thanks for replying. I only mean to point out that there is a design solution to this that UK highway designers/engineers seem to overlook, despite it being really common on the continent. Thanks for replying and keep safe 👍🏼

[@nuntius1933]

@ 5:43 that motorway was scarily dark!

[@Junbav]

6:51 they're so close that I think it's actually slower doing all that reversing rather than doing the right thing

[@DJSARG3NT]

Look at the clip at 6:15. Look how difficult it is to see the indicator with how it’s positioned centrally next to the parking lights which are on. Surely that’s a bad design?

[@kingofwar39]

Hi, Ash. Been meaning to comment this for ages. But be careful with Car Vertical. It doesn’t pick up cat X or Y cars. There’s a reason why Arnold Clark/other big garages use V check instead.

[@AlmostLastJedi]

05:30 It was a good 5 seconds after the cam car could see over the brow of the hill that the car behind overtook.

[@ChrisBrown-px1oy]

6:30 I think it would have taken less time to carry on. Satnav dependence has a lot to answer for.

[@robg521]

1:42, no I believe it, some people are so tunnel visioned over what they want they cannot see anything wider and cannot understand the implications of their actions.

[@goodyeoman4534]

They can, but choose not to. Which makes it worse, as they've made a conscious decision to endanger others.

[@charleswrigley]

Some drivers in the clips don't understand that they have still wait till have pedestrians have fully left the pedestrian crossing not go when they are one step away from leaving it only takes someone else to step out and cross. As for the car that didn't slow down when the smart motorway had reduced the speed always use your manual operated speed limiter.munes always on before setting off.and it seems to piss people off for some reason that I just tootel about while driving and get home safely

[@johnnyfearlesszrx]

Theres no way the lorry driver sped up, so it was 100% the Porche drivers fault. I'd guess the lorry driver was slowing down but suddenly had a lot less space due to the Porsche driver looking to get a Darwin award. Or maybe he just didn't look at all, too busy checking his phone? I'm all for drivers making things a non event but as we do that, it makes idiots think the gap was ok when it wasn't. Next time they do it and they get rear ended, they can't see how it was their fault because they did it so many times before, and it was ok.

[@claptrappers]

Ashley Neal x Limmy - yes

[@richardpalmer3998]

First clip lorry driver did nothing wrong. The Porsche driver was leap frogging from the slip road. The height of the truck means there's a gap for where the driver can view. Also, I think the cam car should have gone behind the Alliance van as there was plenty of room. It wasn't merge in turn as he'd gone past the van on the count down marker

[@KXXULADavidOC]

Nice Porsche in the first clip 😍 both are bad there but the lorry driver really should be better then closing down the space like that, being in charge of such a large vehicle leaves no place for that type of egotistic driving 5:07 another nice Porsche 😍 5:57 that is shocking, driving a school bus yet drives towards a bunch of children crossing the road like that, you'd think someone driving a school bus would be better then that 8:38 that is a disgrace, well done to the Merc for sorting it out, id have understood if someone in that situation refused to move for the taxi, the way some taxis drive would nearly make you question getting a taxi

[@user-hi4sm3ig5j]

2:08 Star!

[@Chilli_Tea]

your faether wud be proud