Driving Fail Viewers Edition #3

Driving Fail Viewers Edition #3. Huge thanks to all my viewers who send in clips, and even to those who don't! Was the VW Polo in the thumbnail at fault?
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[@radhanisthebold562]

I'm the cyclist in clip 11 starting at 7:15 and I have to say I'm a bit disappointed with your analysis but I think it reflects a learning point for yourself if I may. I'm glad to see that some of your viewers have it on the money too in the comments. I gave you some reflections I made in the initial email but you probably don't have that to hand when recording audio. Everything about the car's position, from a left position at the junction he joins from, selecting the lane to take the first left, and maintaining a position to take the second left predicts against him taking the right turn he did. The learning point for yourself is that the speed of cyclists is very dependant on the gradient and you need to be aware of gradient changes to predict cyclists' actions. I do not in-fact accelerate down the hill but maintain my speed by coming off the power completely and gently applying the brakes. Further, for the duration of the road I am not in the blind spot (I recall seeing the face of the driver). as he brakes for the speed hump, at which point I am not in the blind spot. Though I was suspicious of the car as it emerged from the junction, the point at which I realise the risk increases is when he continues to brake after the zebra crossing and it is at the point the he brakes hard that I enter the blind spot which is the key point of my reflection. My road position, being to the right of him is good if he turns left or continues straight and communicates to following vehicles my intention that they should not be overtaking at this point. Your comment that I have "very little road sense" is I think deeply unfair and represents a lapse in the integrity of your analysis.

[@ashley_neal]

Thanks a lot for first of all sending in the clip and secondly your response. I knew that you wouldn’t be overjoyed with my analysis but unfortunately it still stands. When you mention gradient in relation to predict a cyclists actions I shake my head in disbelief. Just use your brakes more! If I had a collision because I was too close to someone I wouldn’t dream of saying “I was going downhill” Too often the road cyclist has little else on their mind other than rate of travel, and too few pick their time to use speed at sensible times. You even admit in your own comment when risk was increasing, but at that same point alarm bells had been ringing in my head for a while. If you had concerns about the emerging vehicle at the start and rode how you did, it ratifies my quote of “Little road sense” I expect you to also to be less than happy with my response, but sometimes what seems to be a harsh word can teach us most. Please see my words in the way they are meant, which is to increase road safety and reduce risk for yourself and everyone who reads this. Kindest regards, Ashley.

[@Alan-xxxxxx]

Basically, he is saying (and thinking) that cycles are second class vehicles and should concede to cars at all times, and probably shouldn't be on the roads at all. Very poor analysis. How dare you ride so fast !!

[@ashley_neal]

No, far from it. I'm a cyclist myself but I don't treat every ride like the Tour de France!

[@ADAMLFC92]

After watching that clip, the Skoda has it's indicators on, you couldn't have slowed down and let him turn?

[@ashley_neal]

BTW @Alan Jones did you watch the video? Perhaps you should to see how many of the clips are “Pro” cyclist. This alone makes a mockery of the words you type. This channel is all about road safety and if more roadies took my advice rather than jumping to each other’s defence all the time, less would be statistics in RTC’s. If you think before you ride as much as you do before you type, you’re in trouble.

[@dodge10111]

The dad scolding his son was funny and the last one was probably the son on his own 😂😂😂

[@justanotherviewer4821]

I think a brief observation comment and a discussion later would have been better. Overloading a new driver with information - without dual controls - is irresponsible and further distracts them from the road like if they were taking part in a phone call.

[@hausmaster9801]

@@justanotherviewer4821 Sometimes a good telling off does the trick, especially with the hazard perception, and the thinking of “what if your brakes fail” it opens the mind to other thoughts then and there and then they will use that from that second on as a reaction of “oh sh*t, yeah he’s right”

[@otocan]

Brings back memories of my own dad telling me off for going too fast and breaking too late!

[@davidknight5863]

I never over or undertake on a roundabout unless there is a queue in their lane, it has saved me so many times when a car has changed lanes , and drivers don't always indicate. The father and son incident was good , the son was speeding towards the cyclist , the dad explained you can't see what might come over the hill towards you, and there was a solid white line , stating this to stay in between the lane lines.

[@JackSucksAtLife]

Get told Jared!!!

[@AutonomyCentral]

Didn't expect to see you here Jack 😂

[@kamaledinemehdani3490]

What's Jack doing ere?

[@foxxyblieu9]

Not from your dedicated driving Channel hm?

[@JayJay-vr4tu]

Wtf are you doing here

[@Alexr03]

Bruh, this aint your area of KZbin lmao

[@DGQ1Q2]

This is the secret "How you deal with other people mistakes make the difference." lack of empathy is our problem on the road, Your are right Mr. Neal

[@isengard1500]

Learning to drive is only one part, the second part of driving is to understand the psychological aspects of road users.

[@amyk9813]

Agreed. The second part is understanding that not everyone obeys the rules like they should

[@a.speers1365]

Also we need to understand that not everyone has the same ability/confidence to drive as we might have and I think that causes a lot of frustration and impatience from other drivers.

[@cmartin_ok]

Learning to drive ??? Many instructors just teach pupils to pass the test. There is a big difference in knowing how to drive to pass your test, and how to drive on the roads "for real".

[@SylvanApe]

"second part of driving is to understand the psychological aspects of road users." Which is a very easy and quick lesson. They are all insane and incompetent. Stick to that and you won't go far wrong.

[@CJax749]

I found that after a year of driving you can see the signs that someone is about to do something really stupid. Almost like a sixth sense

[@gorebrush]

11:36 - Why do people feel it necessary to immediately drift out to the middle lane? Really gets my goat, that.

[@drinkupmeheartysyoho]

Whenever i see 2 cars coming up a slip lane I just know the 2nd one is going to go straight into the middle lane. Muppets!

[@vitalijusxxx6102]

I mean for me it just crazy , use some common sense not to jump straight to middle lane it doesnt matter there are cars or not . You never know who can come very fast from back .

[@Seanmcdhuibhne]

They do that because they are too stupid to think you cannot undertake. I wish everybody would do it for it would take a lot of time off my journey.

[@David-sw2fn]

Made my comment for me 🙂. It’s an appalling practice. Not even ten seconds to look and figure out what’s happening. Always gotta keep an eye out for these people joining the motorway.

[@Asfixiator7]

I was about to comment exactly this, why can't people sit in the left lane and mirror check/blind spot. Everyone is in a hurry to get into another lane that causes an accident and then blames the other driver.

[@anon1903kg]

Clip 7 is one that highlights a big problem on UK roads, people fly onto roundabouts and then complain when someone pulls out in front of them without ever considering if their own speed is the problem. Had a few arguments with friends about it after they've blasted their horn at someone who clearly made the best decision that they could.

[@fluffyfetlocks]

6:05 it's people like these who accelerate to close the gap when someone puts on their indicator that make driving unpleasant

[@gavjlewis]

Yes it's the fastest he went in the whole clip. He's obviously a bit of a spanner! 😀

[@vitalijusxxx6102]

Yea there was plenty of space to let lorry in .

[@taylorcarter831]

To be fair, the cammer overreacted, but the lorry had loads of space behind the car. Bear in mind the size of the lorry and the fact that dashcams make it seem that there's more space than there is, and there was probably barely enough space in front of the car for the lorry. Having said that, I do agree with Ashley's comment though - the cammer needs to chill out.

[@ADAMLFC92]

Yep, made himself look a tit in that clip, plenty of room for the lorry to get in, but he just has to get infront.

[@trainzandtrombones]

@@ADAMLFC92 What about the space behind the cammer's car? That lorry dived last minute for that exit.

[@tomhill3907]

That driver getting angry at a lorry changing lanes needs to lay off the viagra

[@gixxerman69]

Indeed. Yes Mr Lorry driver messed up. It happens. Maybe his sat nav was a bit slow that day. If it were me, I would have just had a shake of the head and a tut or two, and a few quiet words to myself and let the lorry in. It wouldn't have inconvenienced / endangered me any.

[@Zulisian]

@@gixxerman69 My satnav is always slow, heck, sometimes I've left the roundabout it's now telling me to read. That's google maps through android auto on the built in dash thing. Nightmare! It's more annoying the fact it's a bloody red light!

[@stephenpeacock2627]

gixxerman69 me too, but that was bloody dangerous driving from the lorry driver especially in those conditions. However I would’ve let the idiot in.

[@SoUthSideRiDers2OO9]

What if it was a BMW instead of a lorry ??

[@tomhill3907]

Zulisian google maps on CarPlay can be absolutely piss poor at times. I’ve had it where it just flies off the road and lags for ages

[@leforite]

Jarrod was so fixated on getting past the cyclist, I doubt he saw the near miss of the van in front and had one himself. Tunnel vision at its finest

[@gixxerman69]

Yep the MGIF (must get in front) was strong in Jarrod, as it is in a lot a motorists. The times I have been close passed whilst cycling just so the car can get to the red light 3 seconds sooner.

[@ashley_neal]

I don't think Jarrod was doing it on purpose, therefore it's not a must get in front incident. A lot of drivers fixate on the things that they are most scared of and see little else. This is the most likely cause of this incident.👍🏼

[@gixxerman69]

@@ashley_neal Fair point. To be fair, most MGIF incidents that I have witnessed are not malicious, but the result of drivers just not thinking or planning ahead. They see a cyclist and immediately think they will be travelling slowly, therefore they need to be in front of them. Almost a case target fixation it seems. On the rare occaisions that I have discussed the MGIF with them, most were unaware that they had done something silly. I did have one very baffling one though. A driver passed me (30 limit and I was doing about 20) and immediately after passing me they turned left into a side road causing me to have to brake quite sharply (a classic left hook). It was such a bad bit of driving I thought a word or two was in order. Having asked why they overtook so near to when they were going to turn, the driver simply replied that they "wanted to get past me". I explained that what they did was dangerous and pointless, but they just couldn't see it, and just kept repeating that they wanted to get past me. Oh and to ice the cake, so to speak, they couldn't resist spouting out the tired old road tax nonsense. I left it there as some people, it seems, are beyond help.

[@Asfixiator7]

My biggest worry with cyclists "holding people up" is at least 1 person will be impatient and almost cause an accident if a bigger vehicle is in front. I will happily sit behind a cyclist for miles on end but as soon as another vehicle turns up I start over thinking.

[@Zulisian]

​@@Asfixiator7 The annoying thing with cyclists is that they are on very fast roads doing tractor speed. It's very easy to be doing 50 on a corner and meet a cyclist in a precarious position.

[@FirstSlateProductionsOfficial]

Poor polo is a 69 plate too!! 😬😬 Worst nightmare!

[@DareDevilPhil]

surely with the dashcam evidence that should be resolved quickly and the other driver's insurance will pay out entirely?

[@paulfuray8557]

New 69 polo hit. Worst nightmare getting hit in a nice new car. 😬

[@thomasdavies442]

That was my polo, only 3 months old. It wasn’t a write off, they ended up repairing it but coz of COVID it all got delayed....

[@jh7616]

Thomas Davies I hope you weren’t too serious hurt. Do you know if there was any repercussions for the other driver ?

[@thomasdavies442]

J H no one was injured thankfully, and I’m not sure what repercussions there were for the other driver. All my repairs were done through their insurance though.

[@robaviation.7904]

I suffered with really bad anger towards other drivers when they made a simple mistake or when ever I was tailgated. Eventually, my stress lead to being involved in an crash. My lesson I'm teaching myself by watching your videos, is to let things go, remind other drivers they made a mistake and carry on with my day. Your description of the events happening in these videos gives me that gentle reminder of how to react in different situations. Keep up the fantastic work Ash!!

[@Wonderkid44]

You were one of those fucking idiots i hated on road

[@TheWhiskeyMan-rk7qv]

5:15 It's beyond ridiculous what they'll class as a write off. It's only dented 2 doors, a quarter panel, and some very light damage on the other panels. Such a shame because it's a practically brand new car which looks very repairable. I hate car insurance companies.

[@EinkOLED]

If it's classed as a write off (if it exceeds a % of the value of the car) then it will be sold at auction as damaged but repairable. It won't be crushed if it is deemed repairable.

[@andrewdavidson6495]

the pillar inbetween the doors was damaged and that means repairing a heap more. It is possible the chasis itself is bent out of shape.

[@TheSpacecraftX]

From my non-expert eye, I'd guess it comes down to whether that floor/the chassis is damaged.

[@thomasdavies442]

It got repaired wasn’t a write off and it was only 3 months old at the time of the accident

[@Dutch3DMaster]

I think many people are underestimating how much of a precision instrument cars are these days with all of the sensors that are in it. It's easy to get something misaligned after such a collision.

[@joetrevena1953]

It seems like a lot of collisions or problems could be avoided if every road user does proper checks for the current situation, and also be more calmer if others make mistakes. Even the best drivers will make mistakes sometimes. No point in getting angry about it!

[@SurgeDashcam]

Something just gave me a laugh whilst watching this. On one of the clips when the cammer blasted their horn, someone got cut up outside my house and blasted their horn at the same time. It confused me a bit because it sounded like my phone suddenly got surround sound.

[@coolwill1802]

Does 42 in a 50 oh yeah “Speeding” 😂

[@weetabixharry]

6:36 "There is no such thing as a perfect driver ... it's how you deal with other people's mistakes which sets you apart". A great mindset to have every time we get behind the wheel.

[@DAFPvnk]

3:20 I get this all the time as an HGV Driver - so many people enter roundabouts too fast and get a sudden surprise that im pulling out in front of them (because they were invisible at the time I was entering the roundabout) at a low speed and blocking their whole path. It is ridiculous

[@Zulisian]

I literally just had this coming home tonight from cannock and heading onto the M6. I was at a roundabout where my immediate right is covered by a sharp corner and I can't see round it. I'm approaching at 15 in second and out of nowhere a white golf comes flying out, clearly too fast for the roundabout and I have to slam on the breaks half on the roundabout. Approach speed is as important as making sure it's safe, he would have been part blame if I'd hit him because of his idiocy thinking the roads are empty at 11pm.

[@paulcollyer801]

2nd roundabout north of my depot is a nightmare, blind to traffic to the right until it’s 30-60m from the junction, plus a delightful lag on the pedal to gas (modern computerised sh**e) in the auto unit, you just get going & have to stop so often it reaches the point where stopping again is dangerous so you just gotta go, while matey is heavy on the horn and brakes cos They were going too fast.

[@silasfatchett7380]

You and me both, mate.

[@FROOB202]

Jared's passenger is 100% right about how he handled the situation but he isn't a "speeding boy racer" when he's doing 40-44mph in a 50mph that looks like it should be 60mph lol.

[@mittyahmed7362]

Feel sorry for the owner of the polo beats, such a nice car. Insurance must have went up like mad 😭

[@thomasdavies442]

It is a great car tht was only 3 months old at the time of the accident. No change to insurance yet though, all repairs were sorted by the other persons insurance

[@mittyahmed7362]

@@thomasdavies442 was only saying as I've got the same car vw polo beats, same colour and same alloys. Hope it got sorted, lovely dub/vag car it is tbh. The amount of unexperienced drivers on road is crazy, even if you're safe, that doesn't mean others will be 😟 The polo gti+ is a spaceship

[@johnbower7452]

All the motoring organisations agree that So called Smart Motorways were the worst idea ever. Especially as they have caused several deaths.

[@SylvanApe]

I believe they are being phased out.

[@paulcollyer801]

It’s not so much the concept, more the way all ALR Smart Motorways are built following the trial build (M42). The original build and concept had refuges every 800m, and automatic camera monitoring throughout, so any issues were picked up within seconds and controls put out. AFTER the trial, to save money, refuges every 2KM, large stretches not covered with ANY camera, and few automatic cameras, so issues can have resulted in multiple collisions before controls come in.

[@seraphina985]

@@paulcollyer801 Honestly I think there needs to be some important changes to the law and driving culture in the UK to make them work safely also. First and foremost on that list would be implementing a law similar to Germany mandating the creation of an emergency lane upon joining stationary traffic. In effect this would mean something like lane 1 must form a queue as far to the left as possible when traffic stalls, similarly to the right for all other lanes thus creating a gap between lanes 1 and 2 for EV's. This would in effect remove the need for a dedicated hard shoulder for emergency access since the space is created dynamically when traffic stalls enough for it to be needed since ultimately this only really becomes essential when traffic stalls and queues bumper to bumper. Blue lights and exemptions are usually adequate to make progress in flowing traffic but a complete stall is another matter. Granted this still doesn't solve the issue of providing a safe space for sudden breakdowns where even limping a relatively short (

[@paulcollyer801]

@@seraphina985, you speak wise words. Ftr, the original plan for All Lane Running Had full coverage with radar & cameras, and was very rapid in responding with lane closures, but as with so much these days, the demo kit is perfect, the production is not.

[@tilidie5272]

i like the jared clip his dad i think gave a perfect bollocking and explained it all to a tee, he probably felt stupid after but it was a good life lesson

[@JamesA1]

fur king el if someone drives like that when learning they need to be taken off the roads completely that was completely mindless reckless and irresponsible of Jared to continue at the same rate of speed on approaching the cyclist he should of slowed in advance as his father says in the clip until he could see that the road was clear as he was also on a hill

[@UltraSack]

@@JamesA1 My only issue with what the dad said is "you were speeding", the road was a 50 and according to the cam he was doing 45, even if you want to claim the GPS in the cam isnt accurate it wouldnt be so far inaccurate that 46 could be significantly over 50, maybe the car registered 52 at most there. I have this issue with my car and know for a fact my speedo is significantly off at higher speeds as when following it for 70 on the motorway im being overtaken by everything, and my dads car says hes doing 63 when following me at "70"

[@paulcollyer801]

@@JamesA1, I don’t think they were learning, more newly qualified, or Dad was at fault for not coaching earlier.

[@frogandspanner]

My favourite clip has to be the lorry driver taking the trouble - and risk - of warning other motorists. A sportsman would get an OBE for less. When an Earl gets an OBE do they become an Earlobe?

[@henryginn7490]

At my uni there is a lecturer called Dr Earl and me and my friends call him Earlobe precisely for this reason (although he doesn't have an OBE, but we wish he did)

[@polopowered]

The fast the road, the faster you die. Sounds like an Alan Partridge line but very true. Love it.

[@SconVideos]

Sounds like a reason to go faster.

[@andyp315]

Clip 6 - yeah blind spot but no excuse for not moving your head and looking imo Clip 11 - Blind spot or not the car is aware he was there, He saw him in that lane seconds earlier at the give way. The cyclist didn't accelerate both of them are on the brakes (check his levers), he knew the danger he was not going up the side of it. You can't completely stop every time a driver could do something crazy, the car turned right from the left lane without indicating (until after the turn) Cyclist slowed and left himself enough room to be able to avoid the car. Taking it to its logical extreme... If you were cycling along a major road and a car was waiting on the minor would you stop just in case the driver decided to pull out on top of you? you would have put yourself in that danger by cycling in front of him. Clip 13 - Malory could see a junction ahead but matched speed just behind a large vehicle that was turning in this would make her completely invisible to any car that would be waiting to pull out, didn't she put herself in that position like the cyclist in clip 11?

[@stevesmith7530]

For clip 11, never assume a driver saw. "Looked but did not see" is a very common factor in collisions at junctions, perhaps the single most prevalent factor.

[@scottlaaa]

Roundabouts have to be my pet hate in the uk! People don’t understand what lane to be in, they don’t understand it’s give way to the right or traffic already on the roundabout, they can’t stay in their lane they take the race line, they fly onto the roundabout making it difficult for larger slower vehicles to safely join, they go flying past other vehicles giving that car ahead no room for an error, there’s so much more I could ramble on about 😂

[@gixxerman69]

Not using indicators on roundabouts is also a big issue.

[@scottlaaa]

gixxerman69 yeah nothing worse than giving way to someone for them to turn down the street you’ve just come from 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@itchyscratch3829]

And mini roundabouts, how many drivers don't even attempt to go around the circle painted on the road, even when it's an actual hump! They end up driving directly at a vehicle attempting to clear the roundabout, when had they cornered properly they would nicely tuck behind it and keep things flowing well. Same with straight-lining roundabouts, pure laziness with steering! 😠😂

[@scottlaaa]

Itchy Scratch totally agree and when you enter a mini roundabout with caution because you can’t see traffic to the right and they floor it at you? They don’t realise they have to give way to you already on it!

[@zxbzxbzxb1]

Round here roundabout priority is generally based on how German your car is

[@dhvsheabdh]

Cant imagine the mental state of someone sending in a clip where they're in the car honking the horn and swearing. What??

[@Masa6x]

Probably 'ill expose this clip and everyone else will see what sorta idiot I have to deal with'

[@SQUIZZLER24]

He’s probably sent it to every other dashcam channel on KZbin and been slagged off in the comments in every last one of them so thought he’d try here instead so he could finally find someone who agrees with him… Nope!

[@DerMarkus1982]

13:55 "... this series has turned into an absolute gem ..." I totally agree with you. Although I am not a UK resident&driver (well, not a driver at all; I have an Austrian "B" DL but am using public transport here in Vienna; unemployed and low income and I finally got my own living space 2 years ago, now it's on to claiming and holding my Call Centre Agent job - I'm 40!) I really appreciate the detailed and analytic UK way of teaching traffic awareness. Your advice might be valuable and help me if I was ever to sit down in the driver's seat and operate the car & traffic around me! BIIIIIG Thanks to you, Ash!

[@Ethankeenan02]

I always go way slower when there's low sun I'm my eyes because you cant see aswell

[@dgphi]

You should also go slow if there is a low sun behind you because people won't be able to see you very well.

[@Vincent_a02]

7:37 i think the skoda knew what he was doing and saw the cyclist the whole way as this was a one way street he had the wrong lane to turn right, no indicator and sudden steering all to just get ahead of the cyclist. im a keen cyclist also and wouldve been just as aware but to be fair the cyclist had no idea the skoda was going to turn until.. he did.. suddenly i guess i dont know how to end that in english

[@bednar23]

That polo shouldn't be write off, its 2 doors and a rear quarter panel as long as no structural damage underneath. With how new the car is I camt see that being written off. Both those doors only cost 2 to 300 to fix each

[@jamesknightreading]

Been driving for years, but I always learn something from Ashley's videos.

[@oxide_fx]

I love this! So many dash cam compilation videos don't say anything when the camper is the one in the wrong. Thanks for telling us straight!

[@borka6937]

I loved the dad telling his son off 🤣🤣

[@FreddyVan]

The absolute arrogance of the truck cutting in at the last minute forcing the car to take evasive action borders on 'driving without due care'. There was ample time and a huge gap behind the car to get in for the exit, but no, he must get one more vehicle ahead. Totally pointless as he has to stop at the lights with the traffic. The car driver however as Ashley says does himself no favours by losing his temper. Far better to have complained to the company and sent your clip in to them (and the dvsa) so they could educate their driver etc. The lorry will no doubt have multiple cameras that would back up the car driver's evidence,. Unfortunately with all that horn blowing and actually trying to keep the truck out with his road position, he has lost the moral high ground. The horn means 'I am here'. The truck driver knows you are there because he has deliberately decided to carve you up, so all the anger means nothing to him. Before anyone says the truck driver may not know the area etc, the incident was at Darford and the company are based at Purfleet a few miles away. The fact the driver exited at the leftmost exit of a multi lane slip shows he knew the area. Possibly as a bulk vehicle he is doing multiple short trips in a day and is frustrated at the traffic impeding him. Not worth arguing with a truck, they know they will win.

[@kevinmartin8088]

don't know that the truck driver deliberately cut in, looks like a mistake to me. The camera cars reaction was dreadful.

[@Species1571]

2:46 Blind spot was no excuse for that. Besides a mirror, you are also provided with a window for your convenience. 11:57 Seemed quite reasonable for that car to come out in that gap. I live in a town known for its roundabouts and you really have to take these gaps or you will be sitting there all day. 13:18 That can happen when parking on the wrong side. Someone in a van parks in front of you and blocks your visibility when you want to get out.

[@theindiediary5950]

Big shout out to Jarrod's old man!

[@IliRIS-kn2rd]

At 11:24 I tought that was a meteor for a second.

[@Orchid_VR]

How u deal with other peoples mistakes is what sets u apart. Well said

[@Ep1cure]

9:08 for clip 13 is a common mistake. The driver pulling out is only seeing the car pulling in, which obscures the car behind it (the cam car). We need to be thinking about what traffic can hide. Could it hide a bike, motorcycle, or in a different scenario, a pedestrian (?).

[@dgphi]

Yeah, people wait for a hazard to clear, and then they feel they have the all clear to go, but really they should reassess the situation.

[@Zulisian]

When you are taught to drive you should be taught if you think it's not safe, don't go. If you can't be sure it's clear then, in that case don't go. Yes you might miss a gap, but you've also potentially saved a hell of a lot of insurance money.

[@Ethankeenan02]

That lorry driver probably saved a accident from happening

[@kennethgilham5273]

i like the speeding driver getting told off by his passenger for going too fast that was bloody good

[@sinista.productions]

Technically he wasn’t even speeding though. You can see his GPS speed at the bottom of the clip and you can see the road signs that state the road has a 50mph limit. He approached the cyclist a little too fast, but never was speeding. Blithering werriting idiot in the passenger seat is more dangerous.

[@kieranhendy]

@@sinista.productions I mean someone who overtakes a cyclist on a blind hill is more dangerous than a moaning passenger. Sure the passenger is overreacting about his speed but his point about approaching the cyclist at speed without planning ahead is spot on.

[@williamfence566]

first time finding this channel and at last you tube clips to educate and not gratify mistakes/ inexperience or attitude. My father taught me to drive in the late 70's and his best advice was " 50% of driving is anticipation " . Still use it now.

[@MK-1973]

Lots of interesting and thought provoking clips and commentary - great selection. I think Jarrod is my favourite. Feel sorry for the Polo driver. I wonder if the young lady who lost her wing mirror knew about acceleration sense and engine braking going down that hill? I'd like also if I may to share something that happened the other day. I was out in my wife's Fiesta doing my usual trying to make safe progress within the speed limit. I had a young lad in another Fiesta behind me. He was following close and I could see from the scowl he had on him that he was getting impatient. Sure enough he went tearing past at the first marginal opportunity, cut in front and then roared off onto the dual carriageway going straight across three lanes of traffic. Instead of getting wound up I thought "driving fail" and the thought made me smile. I had to think twice though a little further up the road where I made a mistake myself. Nothing too drastic but a little lapse meant I went a bit off line and had to correct sharply enough for my daughter in the back to notice. She said "but daddy, I thought you watched Ashley Neal?" We both had to agree that I might well have made it onto driving fail myself in that instance.

[@paulcollyer801]

Clip 12; I’ve been faced with a similar bad overtake, I was driving an 18tonne truck, a cyclist coming toward me, car behind them going at quite a lick so I eased off the gas, gently braked, and the car decided against the overtake. I eased back on the gas, & the car went for it. One emergency stop, 3 write offs & one life saved. Was toward the end of the last shift of 6, with, up to then, NO harsh braking events. (Luckily we Don’t have a bonus linked to driving, but even if we did, I’d rather avoid the crash than get the bonus). Jarod’s lecture... fair review. Clip 18. Damned good advice Ashley. And yes, I would guess a good 30+% of dashcam compilation clips are roundabouts like that

[@sexycowman]

2:40 I couldn't even tell you how many times I've been at a roundabout and someone has cut in front of me. Countless times! How many times have I been in an accident? None! You should be able to not only expect it to be done, but also recognise when they are about to do it, and slow down further.

[@cjeam9199]

I think as other comments have pointed out that the criticism of the cyclist is incorrect. The road positioning and observation of the other vehicle is what is at fault in the clip, and the cyclist has not been given information they can use to anticipate the driver’s next action. The other driver should have seen where the cyclist was. It takes time to remove yourself from a vehicle’s blind spot when they have put you there. The vehicle pulling onto the roundabout from the supermarket is the opposite. An argument can be made that the vehicle waiting to exit the supermarket should anticipate vehicles driving fast across a roundabout that handles through traffic, especially where they have waited and looked for so long. It is a misjudgement of speed. The fact that the mini is speeding doesn’t change that it should still be given-way to. To criticise one of these without any criticism of the other is unfair.

[@leesullivan1916]

Poor Polo..

[@JohnSapato]

Imagine if all bad drivers had someone like the Jared clip in the passenger seat. 😂

[@Phirrip97]

Worst part about dashcams is the cammers making mistakes and passing it off to the other driver who couldn't have known otherwise and making things worse. Glad there weren't any serious incidents here.

[@joeridgley2027]

That polo is such a nice car to be written off

[@massurname7940]

I can honestly say that since I have started watching your videos, I have learned to be much more patient and a much better driver. I never thought I could ever drive this calmley. Thank you so much!!

[@johnstower2449]

Ashley, I have seen and been involved in many near misses on roundabouts and I would suggest that the advice should be DO NOT EVER TRY TO OVERTAKE OR UNDERTAKE on roundabouts. One should expect that people may change lanes on roundabouts, they may not be familiar with the road layout. I have seen and been involved in many near misses on roundabouts. One often sees people in cars having nearly misses trying to pass articulate trucks on roundabout where the truck trailer unavoidably drift into their adjacent lane and the car is probably in the truck drivers blind spot. One of my pet hates is where people try to pass as they are turning right when I am going straight on, on what are essentially single lane roundabouts.

[@mikehunter2844]

If you are approaching a single lane roundabout then stay in centre of lane and stop idiots trying to overtake.

[@derekdelboytrotter8881]

The clip with the mini flying over a roundabout, I get that all the time while driving my work truck. Obviously a truck is slower at accelerating because its heavy and on roundabouts where there is no entrance onto the roundabout from my 12 oclock, people will just keep their foot down and come flying up behind me while I'm turning left. It's even worse when the view down the road from the right is restricted because of trees or a hedge and all you can see is maybe 20 feet of road at that entrance to the roundabout. But as my instructor said "if they don't stop they'll hit you and that's on them, they were not on the roundabout when you pulled out so you did nothing wrong. You give way to whats on the roundabout not whats coming up to the roundabout"

[@MikeyLFC94]

i failed my hgv class 2 last week for this same reason apparently i caused the car to have to slow down :SSS

[@derekdelboytrotter8881]

@@MikeyLFC94 That sucks man

[@robp8218]

Clip 15, Jarrod, be told lad, forward planning is the key 😉

[@woutervanr]

I liked the cyclist clip most. Especially the end bit "you cut me of there, mate", no extremely angry respons. I liked you commentary in the clip with the guy getting extremely angry at the truck the most. 90% of driving is fixing the mistakes of others. If you're not prepared to do that, don't drive.

[@FayeOwens_Ss]

Love your videos! Please keep doing this style. I really enjoyed it. Especially your voice over with your opinion on what went wrong. X

[@ashley_neal]

Thank you so much!!

[@stevencoombe6060]

Clip 15 the passenger said everything for you Ashley. Lol.

[@theborobuzzard9533]

Clip #10..when he realized he was going to be next to the lorry at the lights, he shit a brick, and went into the right hand lane

[@jastat]

"How you deal with other people's mistakes which sets you apart". This is why I watch your chanel

[@crispinalanrobinson4515]

That's a good dad telling his son off

[@Zulisian]

13:22 - what the hell does this guy expect the 4x4 driver to do? Is he a periscope and can he stick his neck out of his front passengers window to see round the parked vehicle? He is sat on the side where he literally can't see anything. He has to pull out slowly and blind.

[@itchyscratch3829]

Which is why Ashley said the speed was too excessive from the cam car driver in a street like this. What it also highlights is why you should park facing the correct way on most streets like this because you then don't have to pull out 'blind' to traffic oncoming.

[@Zulisian]

@@itchyscratch3829 the issue there Itchy is the road itself. Everyone is parking on that side. He needs to park facing the other way and turn around when it's safer. It'll take all of 30 seconds, but people don't think of it. Both are dumb.

[@CycleCalm]

I'm amazed the cyclist didn't appear look behind them once at 10:05, hearing a car come that close would be scary

[@chrisblinman9150]

I really enjoyed the dad giving his son a lesson lol

[@nigelkthomas9501]

Unbelievable! In all my driving (since 1989) I’ve had very little of this shit to deal with thankfully!

[@al-anoud-123]

12:55 who had the priority? the cam guy or the car merging from the right?

[@tonysansom]

Ashley's blindspot rap: You're in the blindspot, blindspot, blindspot, blindspot, You're in the blindspot, blindspot, blindspot, ooooh!

[@jl-xs6ud]

Coming from a lifelong cyclist, the rider in clip 11 should have anticipated the possibility of the skoda driver doing what they did. However the Skoda driver should have known the cyclist was there. Golden rules for safe cycling. Asume everyone is an idiot, always assume you haven't been seen, don't rely on signals, expect the unexpected.However, elevation IS a real factor while cycling for obvious reasons so drivers should be aware of this

[@morton.1467]

Jareds dad and Ashley should have said something about overtaking over a solid white line.

[@travellingtom6091]

Two types of people watch these clips. The first watch them to see stupid drivers and laugh at their mistakes. They think they are the worlds best drivers. The second type watch them to learn how to improve their own driving and avoid getting in the same situations. These people are actually the better drivers in the end.

[@konradc12]

The Jared clip is the best in this compilation for me. Then clip 20 the view says to the car coming out of the parking space to watch what they are doing, and they are! They stopped! Some would say they were facing the wrong way, which is true, but they would probably only look over their shoulder less.

[@Regnbuesolv]

The dressing down Jarrod got was so funny 🤣 my Dad used to give me the same ones when I was learning

[@mikehunter2844]

@7:37 Don't agree with you Ashley when you said the cyclist is staying in the drivers blind spot. With mirrors properly adjusted and a quick look to the right the car driver would have seen the cyclist. Blind spots don't exist any more. It's just down to poor driving standards.

[@ashley_neal]

Mike Hunter have a look at the pinned comment thread Mike. I explain more in that thread. 👍🏼

[@crocoman776]

You make some great points. I really dislike this culture of knowing fine well how to avoid a situation (say, seeing someone joining a motorway for example) and drivers speeding up and not adjusting their speed to allow a smooth join from the other vehicle.....and then blasting their horn! It is completely unnecessary and the more I see of dash cam footage allegedly showing ANOTHER vehicle at fault.....it is actually the dash cammer that is the bad driver.

[@simonlloyd7557]

'It's how you deal with other people's mistakes that sets you apart'. Wise words.

[@Ethankeenan02]

I would have just let the lorry in it would have been the safer and nicer thing to do because it's not like he got anywhere faster because they stopped at the Same lights anyway lorry driver probably forgot he had to get off so exited late iv done it before I'm sure everyone has nearly missed there exit

[@edwardpurkis1084]

Exactly the right mind set, even if an HGV is completely in the wrong you just get out of the way as much as possible and as safety as possible, no amount of being in the right is worth loosing your car over and an HGV will always win in a fight🤣

[@Ethankeenan02]

@@edwardpurkis1084 yh I'd rather not be flate under a lorry and keep my no claims bonus because iv been driving about 2 years now and my insurance has gone down loads since my first time on the road witch was £1800 for a 1.4 diesel now iv got a van for work so need it to be on the road not under a lorry lol

[@edwardpurkis1084]

Ethan keenan i wish more people on the road had that attitude and knew how to drive. My daily is a 26ton Left Hand Drive truck😂 which attracts idiots to it apparently.

[@Ethankeenan02]

@@edwardpurkis1084 yh I see idiots all the time in lorrys blind spots cutting them up

[@gazp2194]

agree . only one loser when you clash with something that big

[@alanpirouet5889]

Clip 15 was spot on, the passenger was right to explain the drivers failings, also too many people feel the need to get some revenge after being cut up etc on the roads and that's when things go wrong to a bigger degree at times, I don't see the need to blast the horn at someone or continue to flash the lights for the next half mile, i just smile, let them get on with their driving and continue on my way, really enjoy watching your content, keep up the god work.

[@maxbacon4828]

"Some aspects of smart motorways leave a lot to be desired", that has to be the understatement of the year.

[@thescottishpanda5]

5:12 that's a new car as well!!

[@kykykykykkkkyy250]

That A2 roundabout, no one keeps in their own lane anyway. Everytime I'm on it, i get cut up 🤣

[@josephmarsh8235]

Most of these collisions happen a lot. Sometimes though it could get worse. So far, on my new longer trips I've not seen too much trouble.

[@reecegulston2428]

The pushbike rider in that clip was creating that situation for the benefit of his camera/himself.

[@shereenlawford3220]

Thank you Ashley for helping me see things more clearly when driving. Please could you do a video on using slip roads

[@robloxfan4271]

that polo can be easily fixed, new front and rear door, boom!

[@ashley_neal]

I'm not so sure!

[@antonycharnock2993]

Sill damage at bottom affects the structural integrity.

[@thomasdavies442]

Polos been repaired and all good now. It was only 3 months old when that happened

[@BillsAllotmentDiary]

Crazy horn guy showed what a coward he was as he makes sure he's far over in the right lane and hidden by the van gotta love the car warriors

[@andrewbryce1287]

Clip #4. What would be your advice for dealing with this situation? Should you undertake the lane-hogger as the cammer and the other cars in this clip did (although I noticed the cammer moved to the far left hand lane to minimise risk)? Or should you stay behind the lane-hogger (at a safe distance of course) until they change lanes? And is a flash of the lights acceptable / helpful in this situation?

[@ashley_neal]

Cammer did what I would do 👍🏼

[@andrewbryce1287]

@@ashley_neal Thanks Ashley!

[@ashley_neal]

The lane grace between the 1st and 3rd lanes make this safe 👍🏼

[@andrewbryce1287]

@@ashley_neal Suggesting that the undertake by the white BMW was not safe? If this happened on a two lane carriageway, it would not be possible to leave a lane gap so you always run the risk of the car you're undertaking moving left at any time. That's why I tend to stay behind anybody I catch up on the outside lane until I can overtake safely on the right.

[@ronwelford6896]

Dad and son I past my test 58 years ago and the one thing my dad told me is you never stop learning I still am

[@richardnicholson3912]

I’m an hgv driver and unfortunately other hgv drivers and PCV drivers not realising your need more room and trying to overtake you or undertake you on a roundabout or bend leading onto it or off it is a common occurrence. Rush rush rush is the order of the day.

[@MrKingdavy]

Listen to that man Jarrod he's talking sense 👍👍👍

[@johnbower7452]

@11:24 nobody could anticipate that lunatic.

[@andyowens5494]

I think I like clip 2 best - someone actually taking some personal responsibility to actively avoid an incident, whilst remaining relatively safe behind the barrier. But if he's made it that far down the carriageway, what are the CCTV operators doing - surely there is meant to be surveillance and gantry signs for blocked lanes to cover exactly this situation?

[@Jonc25]

I sent this in Andy there were no warnings on any gantrys, in fact they were showing National speed limit. The guy worked for a railways company in wales, which is probably where he got his flag waving skills from he was doing a great job. This was an uphill section at Tibshelf M1 services with trucks constantly overtaking.👍

[@andyowens5494]

@Jon C I wasn't sure if it was a red flag (I'm a motor sport marshal, so notice that kind of thing), or orange Sainsbury's bag. I know Tibshelf well - just up the lane from me in Notts.

[@Jonc25]

@@andyowens5494 I messaged the company and asked them to thank the driver for his commendable actions, they said thanks and would pass on the message. I bet he doesn't know he made it on to KZbin. 😄

[@markwright3161]

I disagree with the focus on speed in clip 15. They're doing 45 mph max on a 50 mph road and were nearly involved in an incident showing that speed has often got nothing/very little to do with bad driving. Complacency with speed could have contributed, but I'd only be able to speculate about that in suggesting a mindset of 'I'm not speeding so won't be catching up on anything'. Officially police reports place 'excess speed' as a contributing factor in only 5% of reportable incidents (those with injuries, major and minor, and/or deaths). Not once were they 'speeding' as their passenger keeps suggesting, but yet they were nearly deadly for the cyclist. Observation is entirely the problem there, poor observation kills, not speed, but yet that's what everyone is obsessed with. Poor or inadequate observation (officially called something else but I can'tr remember what it is right now) is listed as a factor in 38% of reportable incidents. Edit; (this single following paragraph added) Clip 20 is a possible result of speed enforcement too. Don't exceed the speed limit. Probably 30 mph for that road and they don't exceed that. They then think they'll be fine, 'why would the speed limit be 30 mph if it wasn't safe to do there', without the proper education of how to observe, how important visibility is in the speed you can carry, etc, to be able, encouraged to think otherwise in each situation. Speed enforcement isn't actually done to prevent or reduce the likelyhood of incidents occurring. Limits are only for reducing the severity of the injuries *when* you get hit, so you'll 'only' be paralysed/debilitated/traumatised for the rest of your life instead of killed *when* you get hit crossing the road by a driver not paying attention, at least that seems to be how authorities see it anyway. 1930-1935, no speed limits across the whole of the country, approximately 800 fewer deaths occurred in that time, possibly for the first year of no limits country wide, but I can't recall that specific detail so I won't claim it to be the case. If someone can't drive fast safely when the conditions enable it then it's a training problem or a simple lack ability not a speed issue, otherwise pilots and passengers would drop dead on takeoff and deaths would only have increased dramatically from the days or Model T Fords that at anything over 40 mph would be throwing pistons out of the engine to the world we're in not where road cars (performance focused at that but still road cars) have broken the 300 mph mark, which isn't the case.

[@cjeam9199]

Excess speed being a factor in only 5% of accidents is vastly different to the fact that speed in terms of trying to get where you’re going quicker is a factor in nearly all accidents, going slower, being more patient and erring towards waiting would eliminate far more than 5% of accidents.

[@markwright3161]

​@@cjeam9199 Going slower doesn't compensate for people not looking where they're going. The most common collision on UK road is driving into the back of someone else in traffic, you can't go much slower than being stationary. If people were taught to the advanced (RoSPA, IAM) level then potentially 90+% of collisions would be prevented, and training to that level enables the elimination of speed limits while maintaining that level of safety, simply driving slower will not reduce incidents that significantly. Getting somewhere quicker isn't speed related. If you walk around a building you can get to a destination quicker by taking a shorter route while not walking any faster. Walking the shorter route and tripping over a cable across the floor isn't an incident that results from going quicker, because you're not actually moving faster than you would have been on the longer route. Speed is specifically how fast you're moving, so running into someone stepping out of a door on any route through the building, regardless of whether it could get you to your destination quicker, when it could have been avoided by walking, i.e. going slower, is an incident where speed is a factor. You could be taking a scenic route that takes longer even when running, not getting to you destination quicker but speed is a factor. So if police reports show speed as a factor in only 5% of incidents then it's going to be accurate. Just in case you didn't know, there's a list of over 80 possible factors that police can list as contributing to an incident (not accident, accident suggests no one is at fault, they're officially called RTIs (Road Traffic Incidents) (at least they were the last time I checked)). destination 'quicker' is by not stopping when you should, not necessarily by speeding or driving too fast for the conditions.

[@cjeam9199]

Mark Wright Nonsense. Going slower definitely compensates for people not looking, because it gives them time to get around to looking, and gives them longer to react when they do finally get around to looking. Getting somewhere quicker is precisely speed related. That’s what speed is. How far you’ve gone versus how quickly you’ve got there. If you’re in a hurry, so decide you won’t follow the walkway that’s cleared and marked and end up tripping over a cable that accident could have been entirely avoided if you slowed down and taken the route you were supposed to. That is precisely an accident that is caused by speed, because it could have been prevented by slowing down.

[@markwright3161]

@@cjeam9199 How do so many collisions happen in stop start traffic below 10 mph compared to anywhere else if speed is the cause? Getting somewhere quicker isn't "precisely speed related". You can take a shorter route and avoid stopping where you should to get there quicker and not travel any faster in the journey, i.e. you can drive a major, high traffic flow route at all the posted speed limits then get to your destination quicker by taking a shorter, less traveled route and avoid stopping at traffic lights and still not exceed any posted speed limits, even though smaller roads tend to have lower limits. You can get places quicker with a lower average speed. The main way drivers cause incidents on major routes when they're trying to make up time are by failing to stop when lights change, failing to give way at roundabouts and failing to merge in turn where lanes end. They will have a very similar average speed over the course of their journey as every other driver as they cannot drive faster when they're in the flow of the rest of the traffic, but they cause incidents by jumping lights and the like previously mentioned. They're not going at a greater speed so how can a non-existent greater speed be a factor in the incidents occurring?

[@cjeam9199]

Mark Wright All of those things will be speed related, because people are trying to beat the lights, get into that gap, and get ahead of the person in the next lane, because they’re all trying to get where they are going faster. Collisions in stop start traffic at 10mph happen because people are impatient due to being stuck in the stop start traffic, because they want to go faster so they aren’t late to work, or can get home on time.

[@grapes008]

The thing that Jareds dad didn't mention, wrong side of the road over the brow of a hill, that is an absolute no no in any circumstance

[@aleebea]

Slow down Jared, increases speed even more before slowing down. Good telling off much needed.

[@frogandspanner]

11:45 There is no such thing as a blind spot - if you use the 'lifesaver' look over the shoulder. Everybody should have to ride a motorcycle for a few years before a car - it's a great training ground for defensive driving. And it Darwinistically filters out the worst riders/drivers.

[@Baldycat74]

Agree with that one, the shoulder check seems to be the first thing that gets forgotten. In all channels on YT there's this blame culture on bikers and cyclists about riding in the blindspot. Yes every situation is different but for myself it would induce nausea constantly trying to avoid other people's negligence to look by speeding up and slowing down to stay in the mirrors on 3/4 lane roads!

[@hv54wxt]

@10:47 the voice of reason for sure. Good chap!

[@CJax749]

I find it so baffling that people don’t look on roundabouts like @5:05 I see it daily, would’ve slowed when that other car approached the roundabout - was obvious they weren’t gonna stop. Also I always wonder how lane hogs don’t notice that everyone is padding them on the wrong side

[@markplenty2631]

The last one, parking into oncoming traffic, I will try my hardest if possible to park on the side of the road of which the traffic is facing to stop this from happening.

[@nathangreenwood7198]

Jared getting his arsed handed to him

[@francisgaliegue6645]

Definitely the last one. The "camera driver" clearly drove too fast past the line of cars when he, or she, had no vision past the first car. Slowing down, looking on the left AND "kissing" right is a necessity here. This way, you are never surprised. Plus, "kissing" left allows a potential driver in one of these parked cars to spot you earlier.