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[@ashley_neal]

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[@123MondayTuesday]

I used to drive every day until I saw Ash’s videos. Now I stay home where it is safe

[@hollow34]

🤣🤣

[@frazermountford]

Don’t trip up on the steps. If we all follow Ashley’s advice we can generally keep away from the fools

[@cakehole53]

Every time I get in the car I am fully aware of my surroundings, I know what's in front, behind and at the side of me and then, suddenly, something unexpected happens and I think I’ve still got a lot to learn - and Ashley would be calling me out. Such as, “Our viewer thinks he's done alright but really he's a tw*t (choose your own vowel)!” And of course he wouldn’t say that, but that's what we think he means! At around 10.08you say, “Nice one mate, did you do that as a kid?” Well, you see, I didn’t see what he saw, so I’m clearly not as observant as I think! should I give up driving now?!

[@Neds_Severed_Head]

Like your bus clip, I’m amazed by how often people seem to get caught out by HGVs on the motorway and have to brake before pulling into a perfectly clear lane to overtake.

[@DrRusty5]

Similarly, when someone sits behind you in the middle lane as you overtake a slower vehicle, with the outside lane free. When you pull in they speed up and overtake as if you were holding them up 🤦

[@ihavenousername1805]

It's also annoying when you're approaching an hgv, but the person behind you goes to overtake about a mile in advance and then sits alongside you for the entire duration so you can't overtake.

[@urglegurgle5807]

@ihavenousername1805 A bit like Ashley did by moving out to overtake the bus early, which was then on its way again before he even got to it. Driver in front could well have been waiting for him to pass before moving out.

[@rufusgreenleaf2466]

The Porsche getting beeped by the Audi similarly happened to me. Instead i slowed down to let someone walk across the road on a junction turn, i later looked at my rear dash cam footage and the driver when they beeped looked completely puzzled to why i stopped, their face was priceless. It's like the pedestrian didn't exist to them.

[@grahvis]

Far too many drivers don't look further than the car in front.

[@rufusgreenleaf2466]

@@grahvis True

[@smilerbob]

Yep, two days ago I had the arm waving asking me to go while waiting for a pedestrian cross and only this morning one of the vehicles behind beeped in anger as the pedestrian crossing lights had turned green to allow cars to proceed but people were still crossing. It is a bad crossing for that but I wait for everyone to finish while other drivers will want to nudge through as if they have some sort of “right of way” - which we know doesn’t exist Having reviewed the rear camera…the beep wasnt in anger as initially thought but was our friend the taxi driver seeing a green light while sorting out his paperwork and deciding to use the horn

[@aitch8237]

@@grahvis I'm of the opinion that many drivers don't even look through the windscreen.

[@rufusgreenleaf2466]

@@grahvis I'm that ahead on planning i sometimes start braking before the vehicle in front does when approaching a changing light or crossing.

[@ArminGrewe]

Some really nice and considerate parking by the white van at 9:28 creating no risks and problems for pedestrians let alone wheelchair users or parents with prams whatsoever.

[@dmac2573]

Pavement parkers get on my nerves..

[@highdownmartin]

Obviously not using his PLAC lights.

[@stephenjamespayne6131]

It always amazes me how many people ignore the illegality of pavement parking. I believe the highway code states one is not permitted to drive on the pavement, unless accessing a driveway. So how did they manage to get the vehicle on the pavement without driving on it? It massively disadvantages those with disabilities too. Utter selfish behaviour. I do wish Ash would point it out more in his videos. But I just couldn't believe the people that did just straight up drive on the pavement. I've seen it in real life too. In an area where children play on their bikes on the pavement regularly. So dangerous.

[@ArminGrewe]

@@stephenjamespayne6131 yes, that's the strange thing: parking on the pavement is not illegal outside of London. But driving on the pavement is (except for a few rare exceptions like the one you mentioned). Which begs the question, how did all the cars parking on the pavement get there? Did they fly? Were they beamed over?

[@Mr.Moto448]

Absolutely love your attitude for driving. Thank you for teaching people how to drive. not just how to pass a test.

[@smilerbob]

And why do drivers think that every vehicle they drive is 50+ feet in length and they have to first move the opposite direction into oncoming traffic first before turning? It is a bad habit that needs to stop

[@colinprice712]

It’s because the steering wheel needs to be turned more than 90 degrees from straight ahead. You do need to use both hands to do this safely, not one hand steering, the other on the gear lever (or worse). Plus turning into a narrower side road at 90 degrees May mean slowing down.

[@kiljaeden7663]

​@@colinprice712 and god forbid people should actually show down before taking a corner. You can take any corner without turning the opposite direction first if you slow down enough.

[@smilerbob]

@@kiljaeden7663 That implies they have purchased the optional brake pedal attachment for the vehicle

[@unsafevelocities5687]

@smilerbob This drives me nuts, especially when the person doesn't actually shift the rear axle and all they do is swing the front axle out. If anything, that's counter productive!

[@maybenot6075]

Then they wonder why they're tyres get worn out quicker than usual, bumper car drivers input less steering angle than these half wits

[@lennydicko]

To any police officers who watch Ashley’s channel be aware he’s always watching 🙌😂😂

[@derekheeps1244]

Neither you nor Ashley know the circumstances of that journey ; the car could have been on a 'silent approach' call ( which means no lights or sirens) and they might also just have been stood down as they passed through those lights . Neither of you know , neither do I ( although I am an emergency responder ) , so you cannot make unfounded assumptions without all the relevant information .

[@CrispsBoy]

On a separate note, has anyone realised of late just how many drivers that tend to speed and tailgate? They just aren't aware that they are 'locking on' to the vehicle in front of them and wonder why the 'victim' driver gets passive aggressive with them and slows down by decelerating to annoy them.

[@wumpty93]

No police so people don't care. That's the simple answer to your question

[@neilholmes8200]

I find this super annoying, especially when driving through the tunnel, I'm like "I literally can't change lanes and am doing 40mph, get off my tail" lol

[@smilerbob]

I must admit I haven’t seen it increase as it has always been bad, at least where I drive in the Midlands. All I do is increase the gap to the vehicle in front so if I need to stop and can do it slowly without them going in the back of me or they can overtake. At the end of the day, we can’t change their behaviour (even if the police have a chat with them) so I make it as safe as I can for me and the vehicle in front of me

[@rufusgreenleaf2466]

​@@Chris-ob7qd Best thing to do in these situations is ignore the pressure bandits. You're in control of your own vehicle, they can't do anything. Unless you're going 30 in a 40 and the road is dry and clear. Only then would i say speed up.

[@andyo1737]

Its not passive aggressive its simply being safe. Have a good look at how much attention tailgaters pay to the road. Tailgaters are just bad drivers and most of the time will do something else stupid before long

[@BlueSummers101]

@6:23 I couldn't agree with you any more on this point Ashley, I used to commute into Liverpool for over 8 years when I worked at Broadgreen Hospital, and while i love the city and (most) of the people in Liverpool, I was shocked with the amount of red light jumping in Liverpool as well as excessive speeding and unnecessary overtaking.

[@mikejames4540]

Ashley, I follow you and really respect your driving analysis. I often think when I’m driving, ‘Hmm. Ashley would have had something to say about that’ as I try to improve all the time. I do wonder, however, how many different VPN platforms you really need…

[@rjy8960]

I buy one from every video I watch.......

[@smilerbob]

And when you find yourself doing things right you know you have Neal’d it 😉

[@tom13king]

His videos have improved my driving instincts and habits so much it's unreal. My ability to spot a dickhead before they've done anything has increased massively.

[@R04drunner1]

Several laugh out loud moments there, Ashley! 7:34 11:35 12:30 - being prime cases!

[@awild10]

2:33 Happens a lot in the 20mph zones around London. I've had cars overtake me a number of times when adhering to these limits. Its such a common occurrence that its clear Londoners dont agree with the new lower limits

[@DarrellThompson47]

some of the 20 mph limits, or high emissions zones as I call them, are in sensible places some are just pointless, but have been put in because of people driving like idiots, unfortunately reducing the speed limit doesn't make them drive any slower or better.

[@davidsomething4867]

Same around here. I've even see someone mount the pavement to get past someone going 15-20MPH and there was absolutely no way anyone coming out of a driveway or garden gate would of had a chance. I've had one do the same to me whilst I'm doing 20MPH near a primary school at kicking out time, one guess what the car make was.

[@adamspencer95]

Wait until Wales is 20mph everywhere...

[@sg403]

As an addition to the last clip, people like the Ford driver behind you that just blindly followed your overtake drive me crazy. I really don’t think they had a good enough view of the road. It bad enough when the vehicle in front is a car but I often drive a van and you can see multiple people that just blindly follow my overtake. There is no way they can see what’s happening ahead.

[@mertar3608]

I’m kinda disappointed, that Aprils episode is not titled Driving fools 😂

[@ashley_neal]

I'm having that one!

[@MartinParnham]

I pity the fool…

[@ekatep6362]

​@ashley_neal you need Merch with, "You see where I'm coming from?" I'd buy it. It works on 2 levels, you saying it a lot, but also a lot of drivers could do with seeing where the hazard is coming from 😂

[@keith6400]

Where I lived a few years back was a 40 mph dual carriageway and a motor spares shop opened up near the junction. There was a narrow access road to serve the parade of shops which 99.9% of people used. However sometimes a driver would pull up on a red close to the kerb without signalling, get out and simply go in the spares shop. It caused mayhem.

[@deancostello14]

There's been a fair few times where I've been in a bus stop (in my bus), went to pull out and realised there's a car sitting behind me because they've just went up behind and stopped because their forward planning has been so poor, I mean like zero other traffic on the road, and a wide open road with loads of visibility too! It's incredible really.

[@JulianShagworthy]

9:45 A huge bugbear of mine is pedestrians who hit the button and THEN look, see it's clear and cross, leaving the next stream of traffic to wait at an unnecessary red light. Like, if you feel more comfortable using it, do so, that's what it's there for. But either do that or use your eyes, don't do both...

[@olivertunnah3987]

To be fair there won't be an unnecessary red light at that junction. It all fits into the light rotation.

[@johnflavin1602]

100%

[@chrisbrookes1167]

This really boils my piss. Where I live they haven’t cottoned on to grade separation and thus have pedestrian crossings either side of non signalised roundabouts and also on the short stretch of road in between, there’s something like 8 pedestrian crossings within a half mile stretch of ring road and at least one of them you don’t really need the lights as you can cross using a pedestrian refuge when the crossing up the road is used. So someone comes along, presses the button, realises there’s no cars because they are stopped at the previous crossing, crosses and is away from the crossing so that you just clear the last one and get up to speed as this one changes to red. When I’m at the previous crossing I always look down to the next one now to see if any fucker is crossing there so I know to expect the red light.

[@broadsword6650]

It's good of Audi to put that 4 Rings symbol on their vehicles as a warning that they are likely to be driven by Ringpieces. Some of the Audi-ists in the video are Lords of the Ringpiece

[@GenoAtkins]

Even the police are jumping reds! The standard of driving is really falling away

[@frankhaney8535]

4:00 That's not a cyclist, that's a (illegal) motorcyclist.

[@mikemonkeyz]

4:14 I instantly screamed... "ITS CONTENT JUNCTION!!!!"

[@shm5547]

9:40 pedestrian crossing lights can take minutes sometimes after you press the 'beg button'. Maybe he was just popping into a shop and thought he'd better press the button now so the lights would be green for him to cross on his way back!

[@mikewade777]

I approached a crossing, there was a lady with one eye already stood waiting. After more than a minute i looked round her and saw that the button was not lit.

[@jakerockznoodles]

​@@mikewade777That might not even be enough to clue me in. Where I live about half of the boxes don't even light up when you press the button so that wouldn't seem strange to me 😂

[@brendanhegarty6792]

When I cross the road at my local shops I always press the button on the other side so I get a handy red light so I can turn out of the carpark.

[@smilerbob]

@@mikewade777 There is one near me that has a “person sensor” to stop the school kids and drunks from incorrect use of the button that is pointing in completely the wrong direction to pick people up so the first press will always cancel 5 seconds later so you have to press it again. It has caught me out a few times so perhaps the same? Or just didn’t press the button like most people…

[@mikewade777]

@@smilerbob one eye said she pressed it, it lit when i pressed it, its not one that cancels.

[@matthewclifton9145]

Damn those tiny buses that blend into the background.

[@nearlyretired7005]

Have been driving for 43 years,and have come to the conclusion that a high proportion of drivers are ignorant and arrogant- and some are very aggressive. It's all about attitude!

[@cactusbase3088]

Or more simply put - self entitled.

[@urglegurgle5807]

It was not necessary to move out to overtake that bus so early, and may not have been necessary at all, as the time it had been stopped for was sufficient for passenger movement, and the bus was on the move again before you went past. What could potentially happen is the driver in front delayed to move out as they could see a driver behind moving out to overtake them, and waited to check that you were not going at excessive speed wishing to pass them, before safely moving out to pass the bus.

[@auries24]

I have just recently started to train for my PCV licence (bus driving) and the amount of bad drivers I see whilst driving a learner bus is dreadful. The things people do to get ahead of learner drivers (especially a bus with L plates) is disgusting.

[@Madmark50484]

Sorry to tell you it doesn’t get any better once you’re out with passengers. Ash thinks learners have to deal with the worst I personally think buses do.

[@auries24]

@@Madmark50484 Great to hear.. Guess I will start considering this the norm 🤣

[@Madmark50484]

@@auries24 I wish you the best of luck. Bus driving is damn and it really will either make or break you. I’m happy I’ve done it but I’m also happy I don’t do it any more. Genuinely hope you enjoy it.

[@auries24]

@@Madmark50484 thank you. I got my driving test on Thursday so fingers crossed. 🤞 Both my parents were bus drivers and my brothers are both HGV drivers. Driving seems to run in the family 😂

[@Madmark50484]

@@auries24 Best of luck and I genuinely hope you enjoy the job. I do HGV 1 now. Buses are a lot more fun to drive, lorries is a nicer job. You can’t win them all

[@ian9805]

I totally agree with you about liverpool being the worst place for drivers going through red lights, Long Lane by Taskers has got to be one of the worst places for it

[@picklestheswift]

7:49 Ashley's sarcasm here is off the scale 😂😂😂

[@ibs5080]

Liverpool must be absolutely heaving there Ash, what with the Eurovision Song Contest.

[@kenbrown2808]

with the police stretching the light, unless your lights have an all-red phase, that would be stretching the yellow too far. our yellow lasts a full 5 seconds, which would mean he had plenty of warning to stop. but the letter of our highway code is that the citation is only for "running the red" if the light is red before they cross the threshold.

[@oliverbrookes27]

@5 min it is law that if you are going to a local corner shop you have to park close enough so when you open the drivers door you can walk into the shop.

[@mrblablablabla]

9:37 near perfect blinker sync! 😁

[@LuckStrk]

I'm a coach driving instructor, I wish I was allowed to have a dash cam to show how many people disrespect people trying to learn to drive a vehicle that alot of people have no idea how to drive

[@havingalook.]

9.33, no need for dirty looks when you have a road on the left that is available for a bit more space, a bit arrogant holding a tight line and stopping, as you say, don't make it an issue...

[@WhereWeRoll]

7:55 this is great example of why I dislike setting the handbrake and taking your foot off the brake. Dazzling is a nonissue for North America, Japan and most of the world.

[@JimNH777]

9:40 on some junctions pressing button lights up all green lights for pedestrians (every direction). So maybe he wanted to cross the road again towards those brick buildings ahead.

[@SiRhodesDriverTraining]

I was going to say the same but thought I’d check if someone else had got there first.

[@leeholden8658]

The Audi in the thumbnail I call them ‘swingers’. Were students actually taught to swing out to take a left to right turn? It’s dangerous and I’ve nearly been sideswiped a few times.

[@rufusgreenleaf2466]

I thought you meant a different kind of "swinger" at first.

[@smilerbob]

@@rufusgreenleaf2466 It could be a modern way of advertising…🤔

[@rufusgreenleaf2466]

@@smilerbob All i can think is all Audi drivers are Swingers now 😭🤣 The four rings fun house 🤮

[@smilerbob]

@@rufusgreenleaf2466 🤣🤢

[@andreamusso1469]

Every time I see one of those people I think "you're not towing a big trailer man, you don't need to do that"

[@SiardHoutstra]

That last one was interesting. I learned to never overtake at a junction because it is a higher danger. Why did you choose to do that, with the added danger of the vehicle following (close) behind?

[@MartinParnham]

Ashley said you have to adapt if the situation changes but if someone comes out of that junction in that scenario then you are screwed! You can’t tuck back in because the car behind has decided to follow on.

[@MisterSynonym]

Ironically, it was last week when I made the conscious decision, going forward, to keep an eye out for that 4 ring logo.

[@RiverMersey]

Police car driver should have known that @AshleyNeal 's car might have been around to film them! Just yesterday, I learnt from 2 great community support officers - who were walking - that they even need to do a training course to ride a police bicycle (no joke), so surely the car driver would have had additional training to drive a police car?!

[@woutervanr]

Have had PIA for like 5 years now, works fine. Have it on my phone, laptop and PC.

[@neilmortimer2799]

Last week I was approaching a T shaped mini roundabout in my bus, I'm coming from the right of the 'T' and signalling left to turn down the stalk. Theres a police van coming the opposite way with 2 police officers inside. They are not signalling and since 95% of traffic approaching that way goes straight over this is what I'm fully expecting them to do. Well, they signalled right after entering the roundabout. I'm a bit close at this point but I can still stop, though I need to brake much harder than I normally would and I would've stopped a bit over the give way line. This is when the police officer beeped at me in anger. They then proceeded to speed down the 20mph road we both exited into, I'm guessing they were doing around 30, and then turned right at the next roundabout without using any signals whatsoever. 4 bad examples in the space of 1/4 of a mile. What hope is there?

[@MartinParnham]

Impatience is the issue in a lot of these clips. Thought about this channel earlier today when I was driving to my local Sainsbury’s! It’s located on a retail park and there’s a 3 lane section on the approach (as you come off a roundabout) with the right hand lane right turn only for said retail park. You can go straight on in both of the other lanes. There are signals and I was slowing to queue at lights - because there’s only one right turn lane it often means there’s a long queue. Someone in an old Astra cut in from the left and tried to wedge themselves into the gap I’d left from the car in front. I’ll give them the benefit of the doubt and say it was down to bad planning or not being able to get across but I quite often find drivers going down the middle lane and then cutting in dangerously just because they are special and don’t think they to queue like everyone else.

[@cactusbase3088]

Not impatience. That is too nice a term for what we are witnessing on a daily basis. The term to use is self entitlement.

[@Xenro66]

I honestly love learner drivers. They may not have the best skills or reaction times, but Christ, they're predictable and I'd argue a LOT safer than drivers that have had their licence for decades. The lack of back habits just contrasts the amount of bad habits road users pick up pretty much immediately after their test.

[@benrampling812]

I think the police car did what many would do in that situation and just misjudged how much time they have. Its better to go through on amber than slam the brakes on in some cases. Another possibility is they were responding to something without blues on and as they could see no traffic onto the roundabout they passed, but at the next set there was traffic moving out. Just my 10p

[@ibs5080]

Will catch up with this as soon as I can. Greetings from RHS Malvern Spring Festival at the Three Counties Showground near Malvern. Stopped off at the British Motor Museum in Gaydon on the way up yesterday. And on the drive up, kept thinking "I wonder what Ashley would make of my driving". Oh and my GPS based speedo recorded that my max speed from Canterbury to Birmingham and down to Malvern was 74 mph, during 245 miles of driving. Room for improvement right there!

[@smilerbob]

Enjoy the RHS show, the ones I have been to have always been good 👍 As for the speed, put it down to the GPS signal bouncing off the buildings around Birmingham making it appear you was travelling faster 😉

[@kenbrown2808]

and conversely, on my drive home yesterday, I think I only had about a 3 mile stretch where it was physically possible to reach the speed limit.

[@neil_m135]

@9:00 Perhaps this driver moving to the left is simply following the road signs? I believe they started indicating just after the first road sign for the business parks, I am not familiar with the area so may be wrong! Yes, they could have planned the route better but maybe couldnt remember which lane for every junction.

[@Orion3T]

It's possible the police car was on an urgent, but not emergency, call. So if they deemed it safe (which to be fair, it was) they can go through the first reds but at the 2nd junction they deemed it unsafe so they waited. Maybe I'm giving them too much credit but this is what I would hope to be the case.

[@timothygremlin9737]

6:30. For me there is no such thing as a "blue light call without blue light". If they don't have the blue light beacons on, they are the same as any other vehicle and must obey the same rules. Especially that they stopped on the next set of lights. There should be consequences. Just my opinion.

[@GoosePlays20]

I still press the button after crossing roads now LOL

[@andyalder7910]

4:00 appeared to be an electric motorbike, not a bicycle.

[@g.h.w.stewartphilosophy4123]

8:33 Christoph Waltz reaction to mountain-climbing story from Inglorious Bast£&ds.

[@rufusgreenleaf2466]

That's a Binngoooww

[@CarlosArruda77]

The police going through the red light, in Portugal that wasn't a red light. We call it a pink light. Lol. It's between orange and red lol

[@malcolm6951]

Yes buses are very hard to spot if you are only looking just past the bonnet of your own vehicle!!

[@rangersmith4652]

Driving is pretty much a giant, never-ending game of what-if. I taught my daughter to always assume every other driver is blind, drunk, or stupid, maybe all three, so you never know what he's going to do. And remember, I said to her, crashes always happen to the other guy, but to every other driver, _you_ are the other guy.

[@hatefuleightyseven2962]

8:00 The opposite of this happened to me once. I was a passenger in a car and the driver thought that cars queuing at lights were instead parked and tried to overtake, until I intervened.

[@marceatslorries5600]

1:58 definitely not three clicks on the indicator before you changed lanes Ash 😘

[@fredmercury1314]

7:03 They're not on a blue-light call without the blue lights on, because there is no such thing. They are obligated to make sure other road users are not endangered by their breaking of the road traffic act, and they do that by showing they are on an emergency call, by using their emergency lights. There is no way it's legal for a cop car to pass through a red light without showing they're on a call. There is just no way for that to be safe or legal. I get that sometimes they have the lights off, so they can sneak up on a situation, but under those circumstances, they have to obey the same traffic laws as everyone else. They are not exempt from following the rules. They have a duty of care.

[@GaffaTV]

I was going to say "surely for (any) exemption to be used, it would have to be proven that they're in 999 mode - IE - responding to an event" - with what you said, is that correct too?

[@robbrady4649]

To someone who learnt to drive in Liverpool but moved away some 30 years ago, the place appears lawless now, at least when it comes to driving.

[@radiogreenduck]

RLJing is very bad in Manchester. It's common to see two or three cars go through on red. What I rarely see, when driving in that city, is a GMP traffic police car. Coincidence perhaps?

[@KXXULADavidOC]

7:56 now that is hilarious 🤣😂

[@strafehelix]

9:12 I recognise that home bargins place, its there old HQ, and also came across 3 red light jumpers in a row as i was headed to a competition near to the docs. so find that ironic that you had an incident there

[@jazzx251]

"This video is sponsored by AUDI OOOO .." ... that would be so funny

[@smilerbob]

That first clip, I had to pause, rewind and zoom to make sure it wasn’t the same Audi that did similar to me the other day. It wasn’t so looks like both drivers are keeping up with the stereotype Edit: And again at around 10:50 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@elviskennyg]

watching another great video Liverpool looks just like Glasgow

[@clivewilliams3661]

My wife worked in Bolton for 10 years, commuting every weekend from the Midlands and she consistently complained about the driving standards in North-west. She is no expert but for her to recognise and single out an area is condemnation enough and indicates the scale of the problem, no other area/location around the country comes in for the same criticism. If it is so bad then why is nothing done about it?

[@GaffaTV]

Possibly because those responsible for enforcing the rules or issuing fines don't care enough and perhaps even guilty of such things themselves.

[@SiRhodesDriverTraining]

I agree about Bolton but some parts of the North West are better. Red light jumping, illegal parking, blatant not give a care is rife in Bolton.

[@clivewilliams3661]

@@GaffaTV You can't just use a big stick to ensure that everyone toe the line, proper training is required. The other problem is that people mimic what they see .

[@GaffaTV]

@@clivewilliams3661 yeah education and training is a big part of it.

[@clivewilliams3661]

@@SiRhodesDriverTraining My wife lived just south of Wigan during the week and her daily commute was between there and north Bolton so it was not necessarily Bolton specific and her weekly commute was East Lancs Road and M6 so hence the generalisation. I must admit that I worked on projects west of M6 on either side of the Mersey for over 10 years and I recognise some of the comments she made although most of the time such antics that wound her up didn't faze me, I just made allowances.

[@HondaHarvey]

I (Motorcyclist) was involved in an accident a couple years ago where a Black AUDI RS4 side swiped me crossing my lane to reach a junction. Any time I see a blacked out AUDI i expect them to be awful drivers

[@Destide]

07:52 the state of it down there some car owners really think they have no responsibility for their private property

[@johnbuckley683]

Ashley I highly respect everything you do in your videos.... but the last clip!! ? Highway code...167 "DO NOT overtake where you might come into conflict with other road users. For example approaching or at a road junction on either side of the road

[@corroded]

I nearly died laughing when the audi overtook your learner car to get stuck behind the next car, also a learner

[@bigted1347]

Try cycling . It's a daily occurrence

[@john-de5vf]

I would have not said anything . When you saw her on the phone 😂😂. She probably would have got our after her call to have a rant at the invisible Man . 🤣.

[@jesse291]

2:00 good spot, once people walk onto the road like that, you want to help them of the road as soon as possible for their own safety

[@thoughtful_criticiser]

Plenty examples of, what we used to say, keep death off the roads. Drive on the pavement!

[@picklestheswift]

9:50 this really winds me up....

[@rustydusty2992]

11.00 The audi driver does not care about the overtake either Ashley as it's sorned and not moted they are obviously not cared about anything.

[@boner2008]

you're right that bus isn't very fluorescent

[@Shyted]

Pressing all the buttons as you get out of a lift was always my prank.

[@michaelmason5459]

I'm 70 now but as a kid I used to jump up and down on the black plastic strip on road to change lights when a car was comming in opposite direction. That's what kids are for.

[@MartinParnham]

Re the clip with the Old Bill. I won’t say too much but let’s just say someone who lives near me is a police officer and I’ve seen the way they drive their own vehicle. To be honest, police would have been the last job I’d have thought they did but maybe that’s modern policing for you…

[@Monkeh616]

Some of them get seriously overconfident from their training. I have extended family (unfortunately) who used to be (fired.) a paramedic - he has the mindset that because he has some advanced training, he's a vastly superior driver to all around him and can proceed to do as he pleases whenever he pleases.

[@AndyWoodger]

Our local DIA meeting had invited a blue light trainer to give us some info about the training and what we can do when we see an emergency response vehicle, can the Police go through a red? Yes if on a call, but like you said Mr Neal, not sure he was.

[@bellerophonchallen8861]

the lady at 9.20 drives in segments like my neighbour; 1st segment the junction; 'oh my God, tight turn, turn the wheel, watch the kerb, yes made it and only went a little onto the other side of the road.' 2nd segment, the van; 'There's a van on my side, oh god, should I wait for the car coming towards me or go past it? Oh, oh... Oh dear too late.' 3rd segment, ball in road; 'oh dear what do I do? Which pedal did they say was the brake? Oh I'll go around the ball that's the best course, if I stop I'll be late to my hair appointment.' My neighbour sits behind the wheel, rigid, gripping the wheel tightly, staring straight ahead, slowing for every corner and having the 'what if' nerves. What if the tyres loose their grip here? What if a herd of wildebeest appear in the road there? What if that lorry hit the pub after swerving for a pigeon and careered out onto my side of the road and ran into me? Those same nerves stopped my mother from driving for fifty years even though she had a license. She spent so long readying herself for various scenarios in her head she lost all confidence in her ability to actually drive and problem solve on the move. Taking her out was a nightmare, she would gasp loudly making me look around for the danger I'd missed, then say she thought the cow grazing in the field might jump the fence, or the car approaching the junction wouldn't stop. At the end I'd be a nervous wreck too. 🤨

[@kiradotee]

Great clip, lot's of positive vibes. Cheers Ashley.

[@christopherfanshawe1425]

Just as a matter of interest, but why do you think Audi drivers took over from BMW drivers as the worst driver stereotype? I actually did a little study of this one year when I was doing nearly 40k pa driving. The result was that BMW were still worse than Audi drivers but they weren't the worst. That was Ford drivers, then Vauxhall, then BMW, then VW, then Audi, then Renault. Land/Range Rover were way back down the list. In fact the correlation was closest to the number of regestered cars by manufacturer. OMG, how dull, everybody is as bad as eachother! So why Audi and not BMW. The stereotype switch coincided with the introduction of the big shield grill, which was more promenent than BMW's kidney grills, and considerably more noticable than Ford and Vauxhall dull output. Basically we notice driving and stereotype on the look of the car rather than the standard of the driving. You will now all appreciate the efforts being made by BMW and Audi to produce ever larger and more ugly grills, to still further enhance their stereotypical reputations. I'm sure you are all grateful for this fasinating insight into the psychology of driving and I bet it has enriched your lives.

[@ihavenousername1805]

It's just a poverty, German shitter thing. Same goes for VWs Mercedes etc. Owning a german car is what a scruffy chav's perception of opulence is..

[@steve3291]

I do think some people drive as though they cannot see more than two car lengths in front of them as in the bus example. I forgive the learner who missed the grey car as when you do start out learning to look down the road is one of those things you must practice.

[@hollow34]

Are you having a bit of a karaoke session in your car at 06:54? I love a sing a long in my car too 🤩

[@Khaisz.]

9:42 I used to do that, but I pressed it on my side, looked if it was free and crossed before it became green.

[@picklestheswift]

6:50 the police really should set a better example...

[@andrewfinch2009]

Was that a lump of masonry in the road at the junction opposite Ted’s Trailers (first time)? It didn’t appear to be there the second time

[@rustydusty2992]

7.15 I call those motorists the 2 feet in front of them brigade.

[@rosaob5842]

It's correct to say police don't have to have blues and twos on when responding to an emergency incident, however they should use them when there is potential danger, and going through a red light would definitely qualify as such. So in either scenario they would have been at fault here. Tut tut Merseyside Police!

[@noooo_safechat2589]

Judging by the Audi accelerating heavily after the Porsche turns, they were the one that honked and not the car behind

[@dacre6630]

No thought goes into anyones driving anymore, they'd all just rather pile up and block everyones way. Its just selfishness at its very best

[@DarrellThompson47]

I know it's just stupid. Most people sitting in queues of traffic now just seem to block junctions even though doing so doesn't gain them anything as they are stuck in traffic anyway.

[@DarrellThompson47]

The last clip where you overtake the cyclist at the junction, I though the highway code states do not overtake when at a road junction on either side of the road?

[@musicoflloyd]

9:50 could he have been looking to cross the main road (around the corner) and just pressed the button on the other crossing to save a few seconds?

[@secretsquirrel6124]

i've got one for you Ashley if as an instructor/full licence holder/suitably qualified person you get out of the car with the learner in the car and the engine running who is commiting an offence ?

[@ganrimmonim]

Well done on that duel carrage way what a silly place for those pedestrians to cross the road!

[@VictheSecret]

It's unfortunately entirely predictable next to a bus stop.

[@ricksanchez3628]

3:56 I think you will find that's an illegal ebike Ash...notice the rather large black hub motor on the rear wheel

[@Itsa-sh]

At 11:50 I think more importantly, being distracted by ones phone just before moving off has the risk that you don't properly check blind spots and hit a cyclst (or another road user) that may have appeared in that brief window.

[@ashley_neal]

You don’t need to check blind spots before moving off

[@DarrellThompson47]

@@ashley_neal I always have. Probably not necessary and I do tend look around more than I probably need to, but it makes me feel more comfortable.

[@Itsa-sh]

​@@ashley_neal Oh I didn't realise. My driving instructor insisted that I always checked before setting off.

[@secularspectator]

I watch a lot of these types of videos and I must say, it feels like they are documenting the downfall of society right before our very eyes. !!