Driving Fail Viewers Edition #5

[@ashley_neal]

Hi everyone! Thanks for all the comments but one thing I would like to add is please do not leave negative comments on peoples businesses who feature in my videos. It is not necessarily anyone from the business who is driving. Truthful reviews are massively important for everyone to choose the correct service provider. #Itsnicetobenice

[@drasonmeerrkat2617]

Ashley Neal thank you for the tips I really enjoy them

[@AwoudeX]

From my perspective, as a Dutchman: The roundabouts in these clips are the pinnacle of poor design. Take the chunnel, drive a bit north and marvel at one of the best road systems in the world :) Almost all roundabouts are single lane, which prevents 90% or more of all the fails i've seen in these video's. In the clip you blame the drivers, i however blame the designers of the road. They've done a poor job and made roundabouts in the UK a rather messy business. In other clips you mention 'blind spot blind spot blind spot' when someone is merging in almost a straight line. On a roundabout with double lanes, it's even worse and you'll need to anticipate alot more and there's far too little room to correct mistakes of yourself and that of others due to this. Hope your government will abandon this type of roundabout. cheers

[@snowleopard9749]

I think your expectations of reaction times in clips 8 and 9 are unrealistic. We know that reaction times are often between 1-1.5 seconds so the reaction time of the cammers are likely within one standard deviation of the mean.

[@tazdevil875]

Clip #8, driving a Bmw 330i , according to reg in dash cam :-)

[@seraphina985]

Can't say I've ever seen one of those little things at the end there in person myself either. However as to your question about what they are, they do resemble prototype autonomous delivery drones I've seen demos of. I could be wrong on that though as the ones I saw demonstrated look a little different and to my knowledge have yet to be tested in the wild. Although it definitely looks like it could be a competing product as they look very similar to me and I know other companies are working on the concept. But yeah that lock box on robotic wheels screams autonomous delivery drone to me. As for your other question about hazard awareness from someone familiar with the state of this sort of technology I'd be very cautious if I found myself in a test area for such devices. They rely on the same tech as self driving cars and thus the software is in a similar state of reliability but I'd feel more concerned sharing the roads with these at this point. While I suspect they are probably still subject to similar rules requiring a human operator to supervise them at all times I neither know that for sure nor would trust it as well either honestly. Given the current state of the software for controlling autonomous ground vehicles and the training these AI's have had up to this point I'd say expect the unexpected. This is especially true where there may be somewhat uncommon road layouts or road user behaviour present as a factor. Honestly just don't feel all that comfortable relying on a remote human supervisor to react in time if something goes wrong with these. Frankly a remote operator has less reason to keep their mind on task and avoid distractions than a safety driver in a full sized autonomous vehicle that is motivated by self preservation thanks to being physically present. Considering even that seems to often prove far from adequate and lacking the ability to see and make eye contact with the operator to be sure I'd err on treating these as unsupervised experimental software prone to doing inexplicable things without warning personally. Granted humans are similarly prone to doing inexplicable things without warning but at least we have decades of experience to help us narrow down common errors and look for them to help mitigate that risk. Eventually autonomous road users absolutely will match and soon outperform human road users in terms of safety but they are not there yet so safer to treat them as you would the worst of unpredictable human drivers for now. Always better to err on the side of being overly cautious than potentially reckless to my mind especially with relatively poorly understood unknowns at play.

[@paulstevens9409]

The Alan Goddard van was one of the worst in this video. "I'm gonna pull out in front of you and make you slow to a crawl...and also you are not allowed to overtake" Pure arrogance

[@paulstevens9409]

@Tinky Winky He probably does half a job but wants full payment judging by his driving lol

[@cactusbase3088]

Has an interesting address which sums this character up if you look the business up on Yell.com

[@tomblewomble3369]

The guy shouldnt have attempted the overtake either. Two giant egos clashing.

[@tin2001]

@@tomblewomble3369 Why not? Clear, unbroken line (I think - I wasn't paying that much attention), van was crawling. I'd have gone for it too.

[@tomblewomble3369]

@@tin2001 He should have slowed down and waited to see what the van was doing first after he pulled out on him. If a driver acts like that im keeping my distance until i have a sense of what they are doing.

[@user-go7mc4ez1d]

This guy "Mike Hammer" submits a hell of a lot of clips..!

[@iangascoigne8231]

Stacy Keach certainly gets about.

[@TheSpacecraftX]

Clip 12 thinking he was somehow in the right is the funniest/scariest one for me.

[@davewestsk8]

Must be a wind up

[@atikulislam4079]

Imagine sending it thinking someone else did something wrong when it was yourself🤣

[@tomparsons5096]

Probs sent it in as his own mistake, let’s hope he learnt from it

[@user-go7mc4ez1d]

Me: "Oh he's going to overtake one... oh wait two, that corner is getting a bit close but... WAIT WHAT"

[@DavidS-iy8bb]

Would have been good to go behind the Zafira, but not enough vision to pass it.

[@Rezzo64]

Hi Ashley, I just wanted to say thanks for your perspective on clip #6 - I'm a pretty new driver and a similar incident happened to me recently where I poorly timed and observed emerging into a road, however the driver coming from my right decided to speed up and then stop directly in front of me so that they could roll their window down, hurl abuse at me and also threaten me. It actually shook me for a couple of days and I had only been driving independently for about a week at this point, and while I know that I had nearly caused an accident with my lack of observation, I learned the hard way that people assuming priority and actually speeding up into these situations is something that can happen. Keep up the great content!

[@iniehawk4472]

7:19 even if he was hidden behind the windscreen pillars that white car should not have had that road position

[@tin2001]

I doubt he was hidden. My bet is those 2 vehicles cutting the corner drive that road 2 or more times every day, and normally nothing is coming so they cut the corner... This time there was something coming, but habit had already taken over and wouldn't let go of the wheel.

[@Seansmit23]

@@tin2001 This was my clip. I encounter traffic coming the other way 50% of the time. Never have issues 99% of the time!

[@iniehawk4472]

@@Seansmit23 it's good to hear that most people you come across can still drive country roads properly. It's a shame the ones who can't stick out more and that their behaviour can cause so much damage. That was a good reaction you had to something that could have landed you in hospital

[@MrPoopnoddy]

@@Seansmit23 I will defer to your experience of the actual bend, but I would suggest you come in wide on that bend - you'd be able to see further around it, oncoming traffic would be able to see you sooner, and you'd still have plenty of time to tuck-in if there was oncoming traffic. You 'appeared' to be riding in the "cyclists" bit of the road but cyclists are typically going more slowly, giving everyone more time to react to late-seen objects.

[@ThatPerson-qv7et]

Agreed, the Toyota simply had no awareness that the bike was even there, they actually closed down how much of a gap on their right hand side that they had going unbelievably close to the bike. Too many car drivers simply don’t look for bikes, that’s why we have loud exhausts, they’re not just for pleasure, also safety as many people will hear us before they see us

[@albertbatfinder5240]

Ashley makes a very good point: It doesn’t matter who stuffs up, it’s how you deal with it.

[@SylvanApe]

"How did he point in that direction on a motorway?" Isn't that the proper use of the handbrake?

[@SGTSnuggles19]

Or he pulled onto the grass and turned it around xD more than enough space to the left to get his car on and back without going back on road.

[@ashyye3]

9:21 Loads of these little things where I live (Milton Keynes, that is where the clipper is driving), Starship deliveries. They deliver food like groceries or take aways. Think they are programmed pretty well, never had an issue with them on foot or in a car. Even tried to stand in front of one and it just stops and waits until it's clear

[@will4may175]

I would be massively surprised if some scumbag hasn't interfered with one, or tried stealing it or the food, nobody is allowed to have anything without a lazy low life trying to cheat their way through, instead of working/saving for their own, or a group of idiot youths thinking they have nothing better to do but wreck others lives.

[@ashyye3]

​@@will4may175 Yeah, few people have. It doesn't happen often though as I don't think the hassle of breaking in and trying to steal the food is worth it. It's really hard to get into, it's got an insanely loud alarm when messed with and also GPS that tracks it's movement by the inch.

[@will4may175]

@@ashyye3 Hard to get in, sounded like you have experience lol, only joking 😁

[@tin2001]

@@will4may175 I would have and I'm a bit of a pansy when it comes to breaking laws. I wouldn't steal the contents, but I'd definitely have a look at the locking mechanism and such. Also, putting a few bricks in front and behind might be funny. Like teasing a Roomba by standing in front of it 😂

[@BigDavie2000]

What are the rules for these if they are waiting at a zebra crossing?

[@PedroConejo1939]

2:43 Daily occurrence for me, drivers pulling out on roundabouts. It's just not worth getting upset about unless it's really, really stupid. Our local roundabouts are very busy, with long queues so we all have to run a bit of a gauntlet getting on to them. This is compounded by having a copse of trees in the middle of each island, growing to the kerb, thus restricting vision, combined with the kind of idiot who burns round the island as fast as they can. It means that sometimes it's impossible _not_ to pull out in front of traffic already on the island. 6:47 The lane-blockers. Another common occurrence around here, even with the huge 'merge in turn' signs, there are still wannabe traffic police who see it as their right to dictate how others drive or more specifically, to prevent others from doing what they're fully entitled to do. They block lanes and drive six inches behind the car in front to prevent (lawful) merging. This kind of person is the type to deliberately engineer a collision if they don't get their way. Absolute knuckle-draggers. If there's one right on my bumper trying to take out their small-willyness on another driver, I have been known to slow or stop to let the car in the outside lane slot in in front of me - not really ideal but if I can add a few millimetres of mercury to the offender's blood pressure, I'm happy to oblige and it serves them right for forcing me to be part of their anger.

[@Asfixiator7]

If I ever find myself behind someone trying to prevent merging in turn when one lane ends I will drive next to them preventing them to merge and see if they like it. Doesn't help but gives them a taste of their own medicine.

[@FatRakoon]

I agree... There are a couple near me ,and one in particular is non stop. You have to make your move or you will never get onto it, but then the other traffic are knowing this and so we all know how rotten and horrible that roundabouts, and so its an accepted thing thaty a car will hammer it out in front of you. The ONLY times that there has ben a knock on that roundabout is when people have dithered and they have been hit from behind by someone who did not see you slam on when you are half way out. Yoeither need to go, or not go, but fannying about causes crashes sometimes.

[@RobBCactive]

@@Asfixiator7 What's wrong with forming 2 queues? Then behind the road space is used well and the flow can speed up, as cars know who's turn it is. Drivers dislike people passing at high speed who don't filter in till the last second playing chicken causing traffic to stop.

[@Asfixiator7]

@@RobBCactive Literally nothing and that is how it should be. I was moaning about people who try to prevent others from using the lane that will be ending to prevent traffic building up. You drive up to the cones, then merge.

[@holnrew]

I love it when people send in clips thinking they're in the right, when they're being dangerous. I just hope they can accept the criticism and become safer drivers

[@DasArab]

Ashley, serious question. Do you ever get anyone booking for "refresher" lessons? You know a sort of analysis of their driving and how to improve themselves.

[@momentumstocks3493]

My driving has gone to *** past few years. I can tell my observation is not as sharp as it once was. But I do drive carefully.

[@slyfoxyandalifesaver]

9:24 OOOH that is a nice catch, It's a experimental delivery drone. Anything from takeaway food to essential medication can be carried. I didn't think they were being used in public spaces yet!

[@jackg3096]

They're everywhere in Milton Keynes. I'm told they're being operated by the Co-op. I could probably find some footage of them all driving in a line heading back to base at night time.

[@pogzy6922]

abit late but you see them in milton keynes and jack g is right there operated by starship deliverys

[@kindathicc1609]

The delivery robots at the end of the video are from a company known as 'Starship'. They are found in Milton Keynes!

[@gavin1411]

The last clip of the little robots are from a company called Starship. The little robots can deliver small amounts of shopping from the Co-op, a short distance. Milton keynes (where I live) is the testing ground 🙂

[@hikaru9624]

Isn’t Starship something Elon Musk bought? Or am I getting that confused for something else he bought?

[@Wolfie2467890]

Thank you for the info, I was wondering what they were

[@v52gc]

00:50 Clip 2 From that entrance it’s two lanes onto that roundabout, left lane is straight or left and right lane is straight ahead (overpass is for turning right). So that white Peugeot either jumped the lights or turned left from the wrong lane. Edit: cammer car is the blue Mini equivalent with the Mercedes cutting in from later in the video.

[@supergeekjay]

Thankyou for adding my clip Ashley (Clip 18, 8:04). Out of all the vids I've submitted to channels, you're the first to actually show one! :)

[@WilliumBobCole]

I've watched a bunch of driving fails compilations over the years on youtube, but this is the first dashcam channel I have actually subscribed to, love the commentary and active promotion of being better. Some of the "the cammer was in the wrong" criticisms sometimes come across a little harsh imho, we all make mistakes, though I agree with the underlying motive that we can all learn from it, I just think you being a driving instructor maybe makes your feedback more... direct? anyways, love the channel!

[@TheRip72]

I can see your point, but do they make you question yourself after a potential incident? I do. Sometimes I feel I couldn't have done anything differently, other times I feel I made an error & other times I feel I didn't really do anything wrong, but I could have done more to make the situation safer.

[@Seansmit23]

Thanks for including my clip.. AND making me the thumbnail :p

[@amyk9813]

How long have you been riding? :)

[@apocalypso1564]

The starship robots felt like a bit of a gimmick when I used them back in 2017, I think they've developed a clearer purpose in current times though!

[@caeserromero3013]

6:27 This happens on a MASSIVE scale on the M25 Junction 13 at Staines. The traffic in the outer lanes heading for the M40 slows down, so traffic pulls out into the less congested lanes heading for the M4. This backs up traffic as they often stop DEAD in the M4 exit lanes indicatign to turn back into the M40 lanes. You sit in traffic nose to tail to get to the lanes for the M4 exit. Once you get there, luckily there are two lanes. I always take the inside of the two as people in the outside lane are either looking to turn back into the M40 lanes or have to stop dead behind somebody who is trying to squeeze into the M40 lanes... This has been going on for YEARS, but nothing is ever done. I'm surprised there are not more accidents...

[@TsoLan1]

Clip 6 took place in Chelmsford, Essex; I can testify that that roundabout (the Army and Navy) is absolutely loathed by most drivers in the area. It's the fear of every learner that they'll be taken there on their test. To make matters worse, the flyover has now been taken down (numerous safety concerns haha), making the roundabout itself busier than ever.

[@TheRip72]

Not quite busier than ever. It is the only place I can think of which used to be worse in the 1980s because it was part of the A12.

[@caeserromero3013]

0:53 Hogarth roundabout. I use this regularly coming from both directions to and from the the A4/M4 but when coming from the Hammersmith direction I am always careful when I come round to exit towards the A4/M4 as traffic regularly get the lanes wrong and cut across. Same at the Westfield roundabout at Shepherds Bush. Whenever I approach that roundabout in either direction, I'm conscious of people cutting across me. When approaching from Shepherds Bush to turn off left towards the Westway, I ALWAYS get in the extreme left lane. You would not believe how many drivers get in the right hand lanes, then cut off left, soemtimes across three lanes of traffic...and if you are in their way, they blame YOU...

[@Pulsarnix]

Clip 21: They are delivery drones for shopping. A person can put a small amount of shopping in them and they'll deliver it to your door.

[@VictorKibalchich]

they'd get mugged round here!

[@StacieStreams]

@@VictorKibalchich they're made securely. They won't open until arriving to the destination

[@VictorKibalchich]

@@StacieStreams I doubt it!

[@StacieStreams]

@@VictorKibalchich i've seen chavs trying to open one in Milton Keynes 😅 they couldn't

[@TheRip72]

Those delivery robots are all over Milton Keynes & were introduced a couple of years ago. The video was shot in Bletchley.

[@tubefan93]

I don't really agree with your comments on the clips at 2:38 and 3:46. On both clips, the cammer is actually maintaining a constant, reasonable speed and also reacts to the danger fairly quick. Especially when keeping in mind that a driver should mostly focus on the car and the traffic in front to foresee slow moving traffic ahead. When someone pushes into your way from the side then, the need for a second reaction time is very natural. In no way I would b:lame the attitude of the cammer for these to situations. But anyway, thanks for the nice video lesson! :)

[@konradgreen2567]

Yea, I thought the same about clip 8 (3:40). Seems to me like he reacted as well as could be expected when someone pulls out in front of you with no warning.

[@TRASHoftheTITANS]

I agree. I'm a big fan of this channel, and more often than not I agree with Ashley's comments, but I do think he was particularly harsh on both of the clips you mentioned. The cammer at 2:38 could have reacted slightly quicker in an ideal world, but I don't think it's fair to accuse him of speeding into the situation. Going by the dashcam, his speed rose by 3mph as he approached the exit; but accounting for the dashcam lagging, and the fact that most drivers naturally speed up a little when exiting a roundabout, I don't think he was being dangerous at all. As for the second clip, the cammer kept a consistent speed, as evidenced by his dashcam, and reacted as soon as he saw what was happening. I also don't know what he could've done differently. I'm not quite sure what Ashley expects. We can't all drive around at a snail's pace just in case someone decides to emerge at an inappropriate time. It's about being aware of your surroundings and being prepared to deal with situations that may occur - and tbh, I can't see how you could argue that these drivers weren't.

[@andrewnorris5415]

4:34 clip 10 was probably a courtesy car while the BMW was at the body shop.

[@miabennett1363]

Clip 15 bothers me - if the lane ends in 200 yards and it's a merge in turn, use both lanes to improve traffic flow and don't be a dick to try and cut other people off who are within their right to merge. However, you've got to have a reasonable ability at forward planning, keep looking for a safe place to merge and just be sensible. If people did this at a merge in turn, you wouldn't end up with massive queues of bunched up traffic as often. It's not so hard.

[@tomparsons5096]

Init our taxes go towards these roads may aswell use all of em

[@SurgeDashcam]

@K The morons who merge early and get angry at the people overtaking in the free lane are the ones who made that space in the first place. It's funny.

[@Otacatapetl]

@@SurgeDashcam Yup. Tarmac's expensive, don't waste it.

[@drinkupmeheartysyoho]

The safe place to merge is at the end where you're supposed to do it.

[@_Steven_S]

Lane reductions (temporary or otherwise) are a bit of "chicken or egg." Some people in the continuing lane close the gap and bully the people using all the road space. So those people queue up early, causing longer tailbacks than needed. Some of those early to queue then go on to be the "well if I have to queue, then so do you" lane straddlers. And the cycle repeats 😢

[@scottlaaa]

I had a standoff with a van driver yesterday, he refused to reverse 10 foot and expected my 40 foot vehicle to fit in a 30 foot gap 😂 5 minutes and one angry woman telling him he was wrong she was my hero 👍🏻

[@callumturner9161]

Clip 6,7 and 8 are mine. I have to disagree with you on 6 and 8 Ashley. 2:40 you can see the jaguar is able to see me before they pull out and I accelerate (barely) only because im leaving the roundabout onto a 40 mph road. Clip 7- was a 40 mph road again above 0 degrees so just wet. I had good tyres on so didn’t expect the slide but thanks for saying i have skill😉. 3:30 again I disagree there, from when the car pulls out i react within a second so dont see where me thinking i have priority comes from but happy to listen to criticism. Also because its stopped i wouldn’t expect it to start to pull out and by the time it does its hidden by my A pillar. However my bad language is just me so doesn’t constitute to anything. Thanks Ashley for including my clips👍🏼

[@ashley_neal]

Thanks for sending them in Callum. Please don't take any offence by my analysis, as it's there for other people to learn from. Great save in the wet conditions by the way! Keep safe, Ashley.

[@callumturner9161]

Ashley Neal no offence taken mate its nice to see what other people think😁 cheers Ashley

[@jvoric]

Clip 10, I like how they’re commenting about the red car being in lane 3 while the camera car is hogging lane 2!!! “People in glass houses “saying comes to mind!!

[@Asto508]

Simon Barlow lane hogging is bad but not as bad such a maneuver

[@jvoric]

Asto , I totally agree..

[@matthewflanagan9097]

Clip 4 is Winnick Link Road coming onto the M6 at junction 22. I used to come home that way when I worked in Warrington and people do that all the time. Junction 23 is just as bad for people trying to cut across too

[@emamotorbiker]

Clip 16: pillar excuse sounds like blind spot or no bothering to look excuse; it's laziness that causes those situations. Frequently checking your mirrors, doing a shoulder check solves the problem of the blind spot. Staying on the left side of the road in a cluttered bend: same thing. Never think what I don't see, isn't there. Don't take things for granted = laziness. Check, check, check again and anticipate possible risks (also those which you don't see)

[@melontwist9140]

fart boxes on balloons. do not expect the driver to awake whilst in the second lounge. Driver of Alfa Romeo and a Kawasaki zx9R. Training. pre conceive everything. 28 years. still alive. Biker should have stopped before the bend and waited. those lanes ! stay away. use main arteries.

[@dashcamarmagh]

Thanks for including my clip! Was a nice surprise

[@chrisjlocke]

4:36 - More annoyed at why the cam car was just bumbling along in the middle lane. Lane 1 looks clear.

[@edwardcoe7293]

You can't see what's to the left of the car - could have just overtaken a vehicle or been alongside one which took the slip lane - maybe the driver has good local knowledge and knows there will be many cars joining the motorway at the same junction and is avoiding pulling in, just to pull back out in 100 yards to let cars out. Surely if there's one thing to learn from these great educational videos, it's to anticipate other factors *which you may not see*, that influence the driving of those around you...

[@edwardcoe7293]

To add to that, changing road position at that point would have been a poor choice as many drivers would be focussed on the behaviour of the red car, not looking to see other road users changing lanes.

[@Jake-vd8os]

9:24 That’s doing delivery for someone. 😂

[@DasArab]

To be fair to the BMW from Spain, he did use his indicator :D

[@VinylGolfHammers]

Yeah, maybe indicators come as standard in Spain

[@stem7266]

You're right about people closing gaps to make situations more awkward. These are the worst types of drivers, pure selfishness!

[@Endmast]

That last clip was roundabout where I live. Those little robots are used to deliver groceries and sometimes takeaway food straight to your door. They are so commonplace around here but i've personally only heard of a few being damaged by cars, more of them have been stolen and vandalized if anything. You can see them "wait" at a crossing for a long time, they literally will not go if a car is in the vicinity. I've pulled into my estate before seeing one of them in the road, been prepared to stop myself only for the robot to whizz backwards onto the redway to avoid a collision. Those flags on top also light up in the dark and they have little headlights, so they're easy to spot.

[@leandrocasimiro7880]

Watching these clips as a learner is not the besy thing, i am now anxious to drive once i pass my exam

[@CortinasAndClassics]

Mentioning the highway code. The green cross code needs to be brought back to our screens. Too many people have no idea.

[@two-countiesdashcam]

so many pedestrians need to go back to school.

[@will4may175]

I don't think Darth Vader is up to it anymore :P

[@gavinmagill7879]

Love the channel and wondered your opinion on having a automatic license only. Obviously it’s restrictive in terms of getting a car but with the emergence of many cars now being automatic (Tesla and the such) is it the future of driving?

[@Kaiser-ks3yq]

depends on how old you are, most SUVs that late 40's to mid 50's people often drive are mostly auto, but if you're 17 you're going to be driving a manual corsa, and if you're lucky it won't need jump starting every time.

[@MajorJohnSmith]

Clip 10, what are people's thoughts about lane management, I would have been in lane 1, they don't look to be in the process of overtaking anyone, and there isn't anyone in lane 1 for a while, were they in the middle lane early for the traffic coming on at that junction?

[@InclusiveDriving]

8:28 the car that stopped for the bus could have done a better hold-back position, further from the kerb. Its a reason but not an excuse.

[@tin2001]

Yeah. I thought they'd pulled up to stop, not wait for the bus. If they'd gone up a bit closer or stayed more to the right, it would have been more obvious.

[@dennisphoenix1]

I have had the same thing happen to me , I drive a big van and would have taken the same position as the silver car did to give the bus maximum space. The knob heads who then pass me prove they can't see passed the end of their bonnet . No planning or conception of other road users

[@supergeekjay]

The Insignia may not have been able to fully see his position to the kerb because of sunlight/dazzling. This is my clip, and I can tell you that the sun was actually brighter than it appears. My dashcam's exposure compensation darkened the picture a bit. I knew the silver Insignia was going to stop, as I'm sure I'd seen both buses (the one illegally parked on double yellows as well as the big First Manchester Volvo B7RLE going for the overtake) before the Insignia and the Corsa, that's how far ahead I plan. I'd started planning for oncoming traffic as soon as I saw the bus parked on double yellows as I came round the corner past the crossing. Disregard my GPS speed, it's laggy as hell. It's a RoadAngel lol. I do this route possibly hundreds of times a year, there's always cars parked on both sides, it's like running the gauntlet, there's a Thomas Harwood depot just up the road and their HGV drivers like to throw their size around hence why I'm always ready. The sun may have been a factor, but Mr/Mrs Corsa should have planned ahead, like me.

[@zaink7037]

Most bad driving from these clips seems to be caused by impatience, lack of forward planning or just didn't look properly before doing the maneuver. It's incidences like these especially the first two clips which annoy me when I'm driving. Hope the police work up their actions to take on submitted dash cam footage uploads

[@sophiebeeeee]

Thanks, I'm crying now.. 😂 Never seen a video that gave me more anxiety than this, just seriously what????? So many questions 🤦‍♀️

[@terrysweeney888]

Always a good watch we all need reminders about road senes

[@jamiereid9322]

Great little video as always. I disagree partially with you on clip 8 at 3:45, like yes, he could've maybe slowed with the potential of the car pulling out. I'm still a relatively new driver (passed November last year, done a fair bit of driving since then though), but I think it's reasonable to expect vehicles and people around you on the road to follow basic rules of the road and therefore you not have to react every time. I wouldn't have slowed approaching that junction on that clip, that being said I'd like to think my hazard perception is pretty good, I can spot most stupid shit people are going to do before they do it and avoid any incidents. But I certainly wouldn't be slowing at every possibility of someone doing something completely stupid. In this case, completely unexpected that that blue car would even think about pulling out that close in front of his car, you'd expect people to follow the basic rules of "there's a car coming, I'm not going to pull out in front of them". Granted a lot of people don't and I would've been able to stop and avoid an accident there,. Happy to be corrected on this thought, I'm definitely not of the "I've got priority so I'm going to increase risk and speed up" mindset, but I do expect some general common sense from people, while being aware of the small chance they do something stupid. Like I do a couple of rural fast roads on my commute to work, I get up to 60 if possible. I don't expect cars waiting at junctions to pull out right in front of me when I'm approaching at 60mph, slowing down and reacting to this small possibility wouldn't really be worthwhile in my opinion. There have been cars on the odd occasion that have done exactly that and misjudged my speed and pulled out, and I've been able to react and avoid any close shaves, but that's because I still keep the possibility of them doing it in my assessment.

[@iwill2022]

I think it is pretty harsh on the driver too. The time between seeing the car start to move off and the braking is a fraction of a second. As the driver approaches the car is stopped at the junction, so the driver maintains speed. The car probably vanishes into the blind spot too at about the time they start to pull out, which may also be the reason for a marginal delay in reaction.

[@jakerockznoodles]

It wasn't "slowing down to avoid a possibility" that was the issue imo, which you shouldn't being doing anyway (hazard perception is about anticipating a need to slow down, not slowing down TO anticipate, after all). The issue was that he didn't react in a timely way when it went from a "possible hazard" to a real and present one. Cammer hadn't stuck on his brakes until the other car was right in front of his nose. What I think may be unfair is the assessment of the cammer's attitude. I'm not even sure our cammer noticed them until they pulled out.

[@lewis8983]

The robots at the end are delivering shopping : ) They are everywhere in Milton Keynes (where the clip is from) - They have cameras all around them and stop when crossing the road to make sure it's clear. Same with avoiding pedestrians on the path. I've only heard of one failure so far (they've been around a few years now) - where one ended up in a lake!

[@cactusbase3088]

LOL. Do they float?

[@lewis8983]

@@cactusbase3088 www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-53678376 didn't sink at least!

[@TheRip72]

That was near the Co-Op in Water Eaton, Bletchley.

[@duckydashcam751]

At 06:55, its actually been studied and proven that its quicker if you use all available road up until the lane closure. Its people who feel hard done by that make a fuss out of it.

[@FrederikVds]

Cammer didn't do much wrong in clip 8. There's about one second between the blue car starting to move and the cammer braking. It's very reasonable in that situation to focus on potential hazards from the many parked cars on the left (some parked with the back towards the road), and not pay too much attention to a guy properly stopped at a yield sign. The guy at the yield sign had perfect visibility (he could see the cammer approach from seconds in advance from between the two parked cars) and there's no reason to assume it would randomly go. Taking that into account, a reaction time of one second seems perfectly acceptable. It's easy to immediately notice the car moving if you're watching a video and you know which car is going to do the dangerous manoeuvre, but when you're on the road and you have to watch everything, you won't be staring at that specific car the whole time. If you don't believe me, try watching the video while focusing on the cars to the left, and see how long it takes before you notice the blue car moving in the periphery of your vision.

[@Asto508]

FrederikVds I agree, reacting to suspected events is much faster than reacting to unsuspecting, as one idiot pulling out randomly. However, the blue car had bad vision as well due to the parked car. The only mistake blue does is not looking while doing the turn, but stuff like this happens regularly if vision is bad.

[@pirateadam3686]

Those little white things are delivery drones. They are trailing them here in Milton Keynes because we have wide paylvments and redways (big paths that usually follow next to main roads and through residential areas). We see them regularly now. They usually carry food or small parcels autonomously. They have cameras and sensors to navigate around, even over roads, although crashing. Oh, and my toddler is determined to ride one someday.

[@TheRip72]

But importantly, the redways cross main roads by bridge or underpass, which makes it possible for drones to navigate them safely.

[@frogandspanner]

3:45 A friend of mine, as he got older, became very cautious at junction situations like this and would slow down just in case. The body language his car thus gave off made more people pull out in front of him and resulted in more near misses than had he driven less carefully.

[@worldsbest91]

I've seen this a lot as a learner driver too, people pull out on you because you're in a learner car and they assume you're just gonna go slow. When I was gathering confidence and driving a bit quicker it would still happen, meaning i had to slow down to accommodate them (ironically would be a fail for them if they were on their driving test).

[@jaywright9924]

Clip 16 - There are a lot of country roads near my house, I travel on them often and whenever I come to a bend I always make sure to move my head to get a better look. There have been several times when doing so revealed a cyclist or motorcyclist I might have hit had I not made the check. It's the simple things that keep everyone safe

[@Richard_Barnes]

Well that made interesting viewing! 😳 I am one of the people who have changed their mindset when regarding the ‘merge in turn’ scenarios. I used to feel guilty for driving all the way to the end and then merging in. Whereas now, I do know I was right in using all of the road and merging later on. I never saw it that way and because of that, was one of the many who used to sit in the very long queue slagging off the other drivers as they went past. I’m embarrassed to say that at 51 years old, I was even the person who pushed forward to block the person from merging in because I thought they were ‘arrogant and shouldn’t push in like that’. How wrong was I? Well now I can say I behave differently. I no longer sit in the long queue, nor do I feel guilty for using all of the road just as the Highway Code explains I should be doing and merging in before the cones, nor do I rant and rave because someone ‘dares to’ drive to the end and then merge in later on. The only time I do get annoyed is when someone tries to push in without indicating nor waiting, they literally are coming in and you’d better move or else. I have to be honest and say that pisses me off. These videos, Ashley, and the people commenting are the ones who have helped me change my mindset to the better and right one.

[@jameshoward2738]

Good to hear of someone "getting it" and changing their approach to merging. I think most of the people who don't get it have not heard / understood the benefits of using all the available road space when queuing. Regarding your last point (the bit that still pisses you off), I say:- If it's their turn, they're coming over, if it isn't their turn they're not coming over, no need to indicate or wait. I try to just do what should be expected (take my turn). I try to do so with the right balance of assertiveness to show clear intention, and caution enough to deal with someone else doing the unexpected. I find that once both lanes have a reasonable length queue in them, most of the problems disappear and people generally start taking their turn at the front. Then everything is fine until some goon decides to block lane 2 further back (like the driver in the clip above) and the whole thing has to reset with drivers having to fill the empty lane again, rekindling the resentment felt by the "early mergers" lined up in lane 1.

[@ashley_neal]

@Richard Barnes 👏🏻 Thanks for all your input and support of the channel. Respect, Ashley.

[@MK-1973]

Great set of clips, and the smart new captions again - thanks for sharing. I think those 'things' are robots delivering packages - I think a company near Milton Keynes has invented them. In fact I saw one there a few weeks ago. Yes interesting point about how they fit in and how we should treat them!

[@EarlSquirrelsonn]

Clip 10: why was the camera driver in an overtaking lane when the driving lane was completely empty?

[@caeserromero3013]

5:56 you wouldn't believe how many times lorry drivers have done that to me needlessly...I don't know what it is that annoys them so much about other traffic joining the motorway that they actually CLOSE gaps they were happy with seconds previously...

[@sirkermy450]

Clip 13, that happened to me. I was merging with plenty of room, when a bus driver closed the gap and put me into the grass.

[@callumhardy5098]

2:50 Army and navy roundabout Chelmsford, I avoid this bit of road at all costs it’s terrible nearly every merging point is blind and people go round it like maniacs, removing the flyover has only worsened the traffic problems there as well.

[@koncorde]

2:55 perfectly summed up Ashley

[@davebaz8142]

Serious question... What are those little moon buggy style things at the end? Never seen one before nor have I heard about them. Can anyone on here enlighten me?

[@Asfixiator7]

7:20 Could well have been behind the pillars which would highlight the reason for sticking to the kerb even more so when cornering. I see it all the time on country roads, people don't like to follow the kerb and with more people choosing bigger cars this needs to change. Half the drivers out there can't even stay in their lane and end up with driver door on lane markings, I'd hate to see what their colouring in skills are like if they are unable to stay within lines.

[@Swan94y]

Bruh I literally live right near that last clip. Those drones are basically used for delivery from places like a CO-OP for example. They have great road and path awareness so you just really need to treat them like a normal pedestrian. They will drive themselves and you’ll get a notification when they arrive, then you just open them up. They are in the Milton Keynes area in Buckinghamshire.

[@Nononoone]

Love these type of videos 👌

[@StacieStreams]

Was the last one from MK or something?? I've seen many of those delivering something in Milton Keynes 😅

[@TheRip72]

Didn't you see the signs? It was South Bletchley.

[@Otacatapetl]

Ashley, I'd be interested in your opinion on the 3rd clip. I'm thinking of the very beginning, where the car in front lets someone out of the minor road. That really grinds my gears on more than one level. It's dangerous; in some situations, there might be someone overtaking you on the left. Secondly, they might think they're being courteous, but they're not being very courteous to the vehicle behind them. What say you?

[@andysutton2499]

Clip 6 is near me and I hate that roundabout not a single person knows how to use it they always in the wrong lane and when trying to enter they sit there for so long not sure what to do then end up entering at the worst of times so many accidents there

[@m2ger8]

about the last one. Those are package delivery robots. developed in Estonia. there was much talk about giving them same rights as pedestrians when using a zebra crossing.

[@Ethankeenan02]

Wow the mini was on the ball with the bemrakes

[@Htiler]

1:18 old lady is wearing the same colour as the pavement, urban camouflage.

[@judgedredd49]

That first one looks like Lancaster town center one way system. Its two lanes through the town where numerous vehicles change lanes to make the best possible progress. It has however become more sedate now that there is a motorways link that by passes the need to drive through the centre of town but its still a rat run.

[@Carllizard]

I find people who are stubborn when it’s their right of way are also the same people who will force theyre right of way. So its when two drivers with the same mentality come together

[@bp19870]

Those red Seat drivers are popping up a lot in many of these videos 😂

[@PRIMEMinisterRaz]

I like it

[@arzu77r]

Clip 4 and 10..speechless 🙊

[@davidsomething4867]

2nd Stereotype, I could see that happening only because you mentioned it :-) Good save by the Mini I don't think I could of done that.

[@samuelhitchcock6219]

These delivery robots are everywhere in Milton Keynes, they're pretty great, but couldn't see them working everywhere

[@TheRip72]

I agree. They are well suited to MKs network of redways.

[@CycolacFan]

As a BMW driver myself I’m proud of these BMW owners for using their indicators. Baby steps. Now if you rest of you mortals could just drive a bit faster... 😄

[@robertleem5643]

Clip 20, those little robots are everywhere in Milton Keynes, they drive around better than many motorists

[@fatyowls]

I have noticed there's an increasing amount of drivers going through red lights. Aquaplaning isn't an enjoyable experience, it happened to me on the M 74 at 60 miles per hour.

[@grahamsowerby6087]

You are 100% right in your comment on Clip 6.

[@BLMeredith87]

I wasn't sure what make the car was that cut up the Mini on the roundabout, but I was expecting the German-made Mini to be the problem 😂

[@jerry2357]

Thinking about your comment about the motorcycle being hidden behind the windscreen pillars, I wonder what the positive v. negative count is for the wider windscreen pillars necessitated by side impact restraint airbags. IMX, the window pillars were much narrower on older cars and it was much less easy to fail to see a person or vehicle behind them. I hate the width of the pillars on my current car. How many extra fatal accidents are caused by the wider pillars, compared with the number of lives saved by the side impact airbags?

[@Emrys91]

Cool that zebra crossing is my village. Its Wigston,

[@mick6263]

What are those little robot things in the last clip? 🤣🤣 never seen them before

[@playercryptar]

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[@mick6263]

@@playercryptar Ridiculous idea 🤣😂

[@TheRip72]

@@mick6263 They seem to work well in Milton Keynes, but the town does seem suited for them because the pathways are wide & all grade separated from the main roads. I am not so sure they would work in many other places though.

[@ganrimmonim]

In clip 9. I think they could have anticipated someone pulling out. And yes I think they could have stopped in time.

[@Kefford666]

Confused about the situation at 1:45. Should the mini be in the left lane if they’re not taking the first exit? The exit has two lanes so if both cars exited there would have been no issue.

[@Kefford666]

@@anoncyclist2131 I've seen it happen a few times too at J36 on the M1. 99% of people in the left lane take the first exit and occasionally someone will go straight on and. Do you know what the second lane is for on the exit? Maybe for people going straight over in a right to left direction

[@PurityVendetta]

Fundamentally I couldn't agree more with you when you say that it's the 'It's my right of way!' mentality is the scourge of our roads. I don't agree that the driver who lost the back end in the rain has much by way of skill. More luck that he saved it.

[@frankhooper7871]

At 2:15 I'd think the driver had sufficient time to stop when the light turned amber. Correct me if I'm wrong, but in the UK an amber light means 'stop, unless it's unsafe to do so'

[@ashley_neal]

Your understanding of the amber light is good Frank. Your comment however is flawed, as you aren’t taking in to account the following traffic or the distortion of the Dashcam 👍🏼

[@judgedredd49]

On clip 4 its probably the case that on or just before entering the roundabout and looking almost backwards well over his right shoulder as one has to do nowadays. One has to be a bit of a contortionist to negotiate modern roundabouts with their left hand 45 deg bend on the final approach to any roundabout. The driver of the mini saw the other car at his rear offside and obviously being not too happy kept an eye on what he was doing, fortunately.

[@stephencopps1561]

Clips 4,5 and 6👍 Compelling stuff!

[@iandawson7373]

You mentioned the highway code about the crossing most people haven't a clue what's in the highway code let alone read one

[@jontownsend8090]

Clip 11 for me. A sign written van, his own company, he is taking way too much for granted. I won't be giving him any extra work any time soon. As for closing the gap, why do it, what is the point, is it a welcome to the UK. Assumption of priority, see it every day. Yes, one may have done wrong, but making it two, again, why.

[@bluesky4733]

Had same thing happen to me on M6 white van with Toon plumbing on the back he’s based in London him and his equally idiotic mate Iin black Audi A3 cutting people up and brake checking cars pair of absolute morons

[@theedgef1614]

I’d love to know why you thought there was anything wrong with the zebra crossing clip, the lady hadn’t even reached the footpath let alone the zebra crossing. What proposed changes are you talking about? I assume these were never implemented?

[@Cavalier_Steve]

Loads of them delivery robots in Milton Keynes especially around Broughton. I really must send in my clip I was very lucky but the car behind wasn’t.

[@FROOB202]

I think with clip 6 maybe you've got a point, but he did nothing wrong in clip 8. Clip 6, he's got so much time & space, he might just be expecting the guy to see him and stop.

[@CristiNeagu]

6:37 Look, if traffic is moving, merge early. If traffic is at a standstill, use the available road.

[@quartzlump]

For clip #16 (07:11 - motorbike potentially obscured behind pillar). I don't think it was obscured behind the car's pillar for the entire duration of the corner. It should've been visible for a short time even if only briefly. This is a case where DRL's can be helpful. Clothes or painted metal are easy to miss not least because they don't emit anything. You have to look out for them. Lights on the other hand, are always attached to something and they actively emit photons that your eyes can detect and react to. In essence lights call out to you (the observer) and tell you "I'm here!" so you're far less likely to miss them. If your car doesn't have DRL's, just drive with your dipped headlights on. Before I passed my test I always used to wonder why people drove round with their headlights on, thinking it must've been by accident, but these days, I won't drive without my dipped headlights switch on even in mid-day sun.

[@davidrumming4734]

3;24 Is that car losing control at 36/37mph because of puddle on a bend?

[@petteremberson]

Re cuing traffic or traffic moving on one side of the duel carriage way and not the other lane...you're always going to get people jumping out and need to be aware of it.