Driving Fail Viewers Edition #54 | It's A Fair Cop

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This mistake by the Police officer was an easy one to make so don't be too tough on them. Some of the others mistakes in this episode are absolutely ridiculous though!
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[@RicardoPetrazzi]

Remember that during the 'covid era' MOT were allowed to be delayed/extended out from when it was due in 2020, so that may account for the seeming discrepancy in your example (?)

[@smilerbob]

If you see a hazard in the road, like at 7:14, drop your lights down to dipped or preferably side lights with hazards on to give those coming the opposite direction a good chance of seeing what is in the road. Leaving full beams on only result in preventing those coming the other way from seeing While we are on the subject of full beams…please turn them off when you are on a motorway or dual carriageway and a vehicle is coming the other way. They might be further away than “normal” roads but are still being blinded 👍

[@PedroConejo1939]

Definitely. And this is why it's illegal to stop against the flow of traffic with your headlights on - dipped or main beam. Any passengers alighting from the car into the road are completely invisible to drivers on your side of the road. I've seen this many a time - or not seen it, as the case may be.

[@ahmadalwadi9156]

This reminds me of an ambulance clip that was featured a few months back, they were parked with their dipped lights on but no blue's and someone walked out behind it and you couldn't see anything

[@i3d3]

When it comes to switching to sidelights when stopped and parked, I think automatic headlights are the problem. People nowadays just forget they have a headlight switch. I even saw police cars and vans stopped on the side of the road with their lights on, blinding oncoming traffic...

[@kenbrown2808]

forgot a moment your full beams are our high beams. yeah, high beams blind oncoming traffic just as effectively when there is a hazard, as when there is not. it's an improper use, but you can use your park anywhere lights to warm people there is a hazard.

[@ibs5080]

@@kenbrown2808 Ah yes: Dipped headlights (UK) = Low Beam (USA / Canada) Full Beam (UK) = High Beam or ''Brights" (USA / Canada) Mind you, the UK does also use the term "high beam".

[@RolfStones]

Zero emissions. Zero lights on. Zero observation. 😂 you were on a roll this episode Ashley

[@stevekenilworth]

no such thing as 0 emissions, you always have some tires and brakes and grid uses Natural Gas to produce energy.

[@thromboid]

Probably leaving their lights off to conserve energy. 😁

[@dylancode]

​@@stevekenilworthExactly!

[@dylancode]

​@@thromboid😂😂

[@markwright3161]

@@thromboid From the experience I've heard from a driver of an electric van, that might not be far from the truth. They were encouraged to get one by a family friend, who has since got rid of their own, so that says it all.

[@MikeBroom]

"Doing a Jeremy" - I wonder who this could refer to 🤔 😂😂😂😂😂

[@KevinWMoor]

You beat me to it! 😂

[@Oligodendrocyte139]

Depends on your age group 😊.

[@ashley_neal]

@Oligodendrocyte139 I totally got your comment, but I can't give it a ❤️ for obvious reasons.

[@Mikeb1001]

Clarksonnnnnnnnn! (Joking, I know it’s the numpty cyclist)

[@ahmadalwadi9156]

@@Mikeb1001 though tbh the episode where they cycled round london was not that far off

[@_Steven_S]

Driving without lights (or the wrong lights for the conditions) has been getting worse the last 10 years. It's fairly common to see drivers with no rear lights around here either at night or very early in the morning around here. And it's not helped by manufacturers using permanently illuminated dashboards, front DRLs and to some extent selectable auto lights (which are usually in the off position). My theory is, driver jumps in the car in the morning, dash is lit up and they see the DRLs reflecting off the car parked in front and drive off. And when they're already driving and it gets dark.... dash is lit up and they see the reflection of the DRLs off the car they're driving behind or off a reflective bollard.

[@kiradotee]

I drive vehicles at work and I still don't know why people switch the lights to off. Just keep them on and forget about them.

[@clivewilliams3661]

@@kiradotee Good point. As a biker my headlight is switched on all the time when riding. Our current family hack has auto headlights, which are switched on all the time that illuminate when the light level drops. Its one gimmick I approve of.

[@PovilasPanavas]

@@kiradotee it's because you must switch them off in cars generally speaking (if you leave it on, your battery will be dead, because parking lights will stay on). And it had been the case for many years. If some or most newer cars are different, then people simply do it because out of the habit. So many years of training to not forget it. Beeping alarms if you leave it on, etc. Hard to not switch it off, even if car allows that. Plus, never trust electronics. Better to be on off than to be sorry in the morning.

[@jameshoward2738]

@@PovilasPanavas They're all electronic now. My car is a 2015 model. The light switch, ambient light sensor, auto high beam sensor, hazard switch, steering column stalks etc all communicate over the CAN bus to the body computer (BCM). The BCM controls the lights either directly or via the TIPM (like a "smart" fuse / relay box). Things are off when the BCM (or other controller) switches them off. A car battery can run a small computer like that in standby for ages though.

[@Levenstone132]

Exactly. I saw one this very morning at 6am. DRLs on but nothing else.

[@ToppyTree]

Just because he's a cop doesn't mean he's not driving a BMW

[@j2w1_lub]

😂😂so true

[@matt821]

There were 3 of them in that box 😂🤦🏻‍♂️

[@huskytail]

@@matt821 that was nicely spotted 😂

[@MerlinKernow75]

Clip with the cop. All three cars stopped in the box were BMW's.

[@David_D.]

Yep. And I would have expected better from a traffic cop.

[@ibs5080]

Must have been a sign "Except BMW's". Or maybe it's implied by default.

[@David_D.]

@@ibs5080 I thought that applied to all signs that give orders!

[@CycolacFan]

But then the near miss clip was also skillfully avoided by a BMW driver...

[@huwlewis9059]

@@CycolacFanwithout slowing down too much 😂

[@MattCantor21]

Hi Ashley, thank you for featuring my cycling clip on the roundabout with the VW Golf. Hopefully it can help others not making the same mistake as this driver.

[@ashley_neal]

Thanks for your support Matt!

[@smilerbob]

Nicely handled to keep yourself out of harms way 👍👍 Many others would’ve purposely turned that into an event to prove a point

[@MattCantor21]

@@smilerbobthank you, it’s not worth endangering myself to make a point.

[@landrover5386]

Hi Ashley, I passed a month ago and I just wanted to say that these videos have been very helpful!

[@smilerbob]

Congratulations and well done 🎉🎉 Keep watching the channel and take care out there

[@PedroConejo1939]

Well done.

[@MikeBroom]

Congratulations, safe and happy driving! I passed my test in 1991 and still fine Ashley's videos helpful - you never stop learning...

[@johnfh]

And I passed my test in 1961 and I'm still learning, including from Ash''s upöloads..

[@bofor3948]

Well done on passing your test. 👍Now you have the rest of your life to learn how to drive.

[@ire923]

'that's called, doing a Jeremy' 😂

[@clivewilliams3661]

Which Jeremy - Clarkson?😁

[@mda5003]

@@clivewilliams3661 Jeremy Vine - he cycles right up close to drivers that haven't seen him just so he can make a video and shout about it.

[@clivewilliams3661]

@@mda5003 I was aware of that. It was a cynical comment, hence the emoji

[@jonrellim]

I had to go into the comments to find out what he meant by that. Makes sense though!

[@TheRip72]

"Doing a Jeremy" is bang on. Deliberately puts himself in danger so he can tell others they have made an error. He may die early just to prove his point too.

[@hebijirik]

1:24 technically emitting light is a kind of emission...

[@brantnuttall]

1:26 you're missing the point, Ashley; no lights saves energy so therefore better for the environment.

[@paulqueripel3493]

The front lights will be on, they see that those are on and forget about the rear.

[@markwright3161]

@@paulqueripel3493 The daytime running lights that were mandated for some reason, presumably too many incidents from people forgetting to turn their lights on in rain, etc and then head on collision occurring when the grey, black or grey car wasn't seen? How brilliant is it that DRLs now cause people to forget to turn on their lights *at night* because the road ahead is illuminated by more often than not bright LED DRLs. Volvo had the right idea, just have dipped headlights, including taillights, on all the time a decade or maybe 2 ago.

[@Matthew-bu7fg]

when "drunk uncle at wedding" becomes "warbling idiot on junction"

[@RikAindow]

Thanks to that last clip I now have "I want some hot stuff baby this evening" stuck in my head. 😅

[@smilerbob]

When I first saw the clip I was thinking “You can leave your hat on” but as the cars started going passed I started singing “Stayin’ Alive” 🤣 🕺🪩🕺

[@ibs5080]

Oh you mean from The Full Monty, with the tune replaying a second time whilst they are all standing in the dole queue?

[@ibs5080]

@@smilerbob Oh goodness, I remember the "You can leave your hat on" scene from the movie.

[@vintagetriplex3728]

1:18 we gotta love Ashley's dry sense of humor there. Lol.

[@ArminGrewe]

5:55 the joy of LED lights and digital video cameras ;-) For a brief moment I thought the police car was turning its blues on (combined with flashing headlights) and there was going to be a problem with someone not making space....

[@clivewilliams3661]

Note that the BMW driver also pulls into the yellow box with the copper. He will remember that and use it as a future excuse next time he fills a yellow box.

[@SurgeDashcam]

​@@clivewilliams3661followed by a third BMW to really reinforce the stereotype lol

[@alanchase7329]

1:40 Think the DPD driver was focusing on the cyclist in front of them and just followed them through the red light.

[@99solutionsit10]

He was a complete zero anyway. ⭕

[@PedroConejo1939]

Target fixation is common and dangerous.

[@ibs5080]

At around 4:25, dark coloured Audi, personalized number plate, catching up very fast behind, tailgating...and a road with traffic calming islands limiting overtaking. Yep, could see that coming a mile off.

[@Yes_Alex_Cook]

7:19 perfect example of why at night time, flashing the full high beams almost slways makes things WORSE. It will completely destroy the night vision of the drivers ahead of you. Better would be to turn the dipped low beams off and back on, or flip between dipped beams and running lights. Or use the 4-way hazard lights. Anything other than the Portable Sun 3000™️ headlights that will blind and dazzle everyone nearby.

[@QiuEnnan]

4:31 that was quite dangerous. The pedestrian on the right was about to cross the road when they overtook and they almost stepped on to the road having looked right and not expecting anything to be on their side from the left.

[@neiltill]

I love these driving fail episodes, doing a Jeremy made me laugh, and how close was them two cars to each other at that junction, that really was a close shave.

[@LOLHICRONO]

4:00 i drove in the UK for the first time while visiting scotland (from north europe) and someone stopped in the middle of the highway and turned across an exit like that luckily i had no one beside me and was able to avoid the idiot. never seen that kind of driving in my life

[@tubularcandy812]

Hi Ashley, your videos really helped me improving as a driver and to calm down behind the wheel. You give people really good advise. Especially on how to calm down and avoid road rage.😁😎

[@matt9537]

4:42 I use that roundabout all the time - no one is ever in the right lane

[@tcranend]

Hi Ashley. I would like to give some Dutch perspective on clip 0:25 - 0:50. Dutch LAW dictates that before doing a risky manoeuvre like a 3-point-turn, you have to yield to all traffic. However, once you've initiated your risky manoeuvre, Dutch CODE all traffic must yield to you. (The risky manoeuvre seriously disrupts flow, and therefore must be finished in the shortest amount of time possible.) This is very similar to your comment in v=PhqKnmBskVQ (6:30): "Two pedestrians have already put themselves in a hazardous spot by entering the road, so let them leave that spot as quickly as possible". Even though cyclists in NL enjoy a lot of protection as the vulnerable road users, this guy would not get an easy ruling. I do understand that in this nasty cold weather, you want to get home as soon as possible. I speculate that he cyclist doesn't have a drivers license, otherwise he would've passed in front of the car - instead of behind. Or maybe he was put off by the blue car just out of screen that appears at the end of the clip.

[@thefiestaguy8831]

What does dutch law have to do with clips from the UK?

[@tcranend]

@@thefiestaguy8831 The clip I mentioned is from NL, not the UK.

[@michaelhope8899]

That last clip just goes on.......and on.......and on

[@kenbrown2808]

there's a chance the ambulance got asked to divert, by their dispatcher, but they could have just looped around the roundabout to work their way to the correct lane.

[@ambiva]

I pass that A1M roundabout at Hatfield everyday, it really common for people to mess up at that roundabout, some of the lanes are really dodgy

[@theyouofyesterday6254]

I also live near there and it is a problem - agree it has dodgy lane markings.

[@dilwyn1]

@Ashley ... Regardless of the red light infringement, I guess the DPD driver was suffering from "Range anxiety" having ten miles to home and two miles left on the battery !!!

[@DavidWhatfor]

Maybe why he had no lights on, to conserve battery 🙂

[@dilwyn1]

@@DavidWhatfor Exactly

[@Indoor_Carrot]

5:06 I've said it before, and I'll say it again. After being on incidents with private ambulance companies, I'm usually left speechless at not only their driving but their clinical skills also. Honestly if you need help, hope that you get an official NHS service crew. Not a private one.

[@jerrysmith2360]

8:42 I may be wrong, besides not speeding in the first place, rather than trying to correct himself and causing headlong collision, shouldn’t he have just braked hard and allowed the car to hit the railings. It would have given the other driver a good chance to avoid.

[@ollieflj]

@4:26 This felt like I was doing a hazard perception test!

[@Thevariant100]

That DPD driver, probably saving battery 😂😂

[@alicat749]

Great attitude of the driver with the ambulance, so chilled and in control. That was a lot to deal with.

[@NimbusCumulus]

1:40 Of course, the cyclist is as bad as the DPD driver because they go through the red light as well. Traffic lights apply just as much to cyclists as they do to van drivers.

[@apkk5594]

Bad but not as bad. The cyclist puts themselves at risk but is very unlikely to cause any serious injury as a consequence of running a red light. On the other hand, a van running a red light could seriously injure or even kill someone.

[@NimbusCumulus]

@@apkk5594 well, arguably the cyclist could’ve killed themselves by running the red light if a vehicle had hit them. In both scenarios, cyclist running the red light or van running the red light, someone could die. But as we saw, no one died or was injured, nor was there any accident. So when I said “bad” I meant in terms of breaking the law. Both broke the rules as badly as each other.

[@QiuEnnan]

No they aren't. A cycle is far less dangerous than a van and it was travelling at lower speed as well. The rider also went through the red light seconds before the van driver did. Still unacceptable tho'.

[@Stoggler]

@@apkk5594has the phrase ‘jumping a red light’ gone out of fashion now? Was always the phrase used until recently (that’s not aimed at you specifically, I just noticed a number of people using running a red light a lot these days).

[@NimbusCumulus]

@@QiuEnnan A cyclist going through a red light and getting hit by a van coming from the other direction is going to result in the same injuries as a van going through a red light and hitting a cyclist coming from another direction. If anything, you’d think the cyclist would be more careful with stopping at red lights because they are going to come off worse in any potential accident. But that’s not the point. The point was they both went through a red light. They both broke the law. Surprisingly Ashley didn’t mention this, so I thought I’d point out that the cyclist acted just as badly as the van driver did - for those who perhaps mistakenly believe traffic lights don’t apply to cyclists.

[@suntrespasser9684]

"Zero emissions, zero observations, zero lights on" really made me laugh for some reason! 😂

[@ptaylor5014]

I liked the bit when Ashley was dancing in the street 🤣🤣

[@chrisl1797]

5:41 is a u-turn at the lights ???? It isn't signposted not to do so, but surely it is a shouldn't if not a mustn't....

[@hippophile]

"That's called doing a Jeremy". Love it! Biggest laugh of the morning today!

[@QiuEnnan]

Was cycling towards a junction with a green light today, a pedestrian crossed in front of me without looking when they had a red signal, so I duly slowed down and gave way, then about five other pedestrians walked out on to the crossing from both sides assuming it was their turn to cross. 🤦

[@BleachDemon99]

Doing a Jeremy Vine 😂 entering a dangerous situation with no consideration for one’s own safety in the hope to be PROVEN RIGHT 👌

[@ashley_neal]

....Vine? 😶

[@kenbrown2808]

when I was a lad, just being permitted to be out alone, my dad told me, "you don't want to be dead right." it has stuck.

[@CaseyJonesNumber1]

​@@ashley_nealhaven't you seen his 'incidents' on KZbin?

[@mackemforever]

7:40 - I deliver for Amazon and I see this all the time. People see me pull over and their immediate reaction is to pass me because in their mind if I'm pulling over it must mean I'm parking, they don't even take a moment to think. Driving on autopilot, it's far too common.

[@Darth_Benga]

0:51 Hey, Mill House roundabout. That lane merge shouldn't be catching anyone out. Cammer knew it was coming and still made something out of it.

[@robinthebobin6537]

4:33 - exactly the same thing happened to me in a residential area the other week, with an Audi S3 funnily enough as well! Except on a very steep speed bump, overtaking at about 40 in a 30 zone, on a

[@lloydy1312]

Zero lights on. It used to be that if your lights were off then your speedo was dark. Now they are illuminated all the time, so some people don't realize the lights are off. I think any car that has illuminated dash all the time should have to have auto lights mode all the time. (with a manual option also)

[@MonkeyBabba]

@9:30 there is another clip of this from the other angle i have seen it some where on youtube i cant remember i am not sure if its the taxis dash cam or some one else further back.

[@mattwardman]

That Zero Emissions Van at clip at 01:36 is Clapham Common Northside / Cedars Road, past the wedding cake flats. Straight through on a red light a long time after it establishes - that's 3-6 points in the competition. Points Mean Prizes !! The cyclists are going straight into a cycle track across Clapham Common, which is quite an unusual junction arrangement.

[@matthorner35]

7:44 I've had this happen in my town a hundred times, I've often wondered if you put on a right signal as you pull in to draw attention to drivers behind - but then it might be misleading

[@Gerishnakov]

Bus drivers are taught to do that so people don't think we're stopping.

[@PedroConejo1939]

A good collection of shockers. The one with the closest near miss in the history of the world highlights why traffic light-controlled crossroads are some of the most dangerous junctions you're likely to encounter. Those turning right often don't have a clear view, and those going straight ahead suffer from Moses Syndrome - where they believe God or some other force will clear a way for them. While the right turner will almost invariably take the blame, treating those junctions like you'll be lucky to escape alive is a better approach when driving straight ahead.

[@smilerbob]

“Those going straight have priority so don’t need to slow down and be careful” - Dash Cam Owners Manual, Chapter 1, Paragraph 1 😁 (All in jest of course, everyone should be slower through junctions and ready to stop…not lead footed on the Go pedal)

[@ibs5080]

@@smilerbob "Accelerating towards video content" is another expression I've heard.

[@iainamurray]

I think it’s worth pointing out that hatchings in no way protect people!

[@smilerbob]

The same as the painted lines at the side of the road that somehow make a bike lane and being a separate lane encourages drivers to pass cyclists with no room at all

[@iainamurray]

@@smilerbob The guy from "Not Just Bikes" (thoroughly recommend the channel!) calls them "Painted Cycle Gutters".

[@MrG-ESP]

Love the "doing a Jeremy" comment. Will use that one!!! Ambulance trying to go to the A1M did wrong. On another note the road marking don't mean a thing, unless they are a command, IE Left Only. People need to read the signs before the roundabout.

[@grahamnutt8958]

Closing clip definitely wasn't the Full Monty...... He didn't have a hat on 😁🤪

[@simontyreus6501]

Hi Ashley. Have you considered a handlebar mirror for your bicycle? The best one that is good quality and doesn't distort the image is called Mirrycle Mirror. I find it extremely useful when riding in traffic Stay safe out there 👍🚴

[@mattwardman]

The road design from 01:40 is diabolical. Some LHA has installed an optional cycle lane, which can be driven in and parked in at will, 'protected' by diagonal stripes within a dotted line, which can be entered if it is "necessary" and "can be seen to be safe". The whole shebang then stops at a junction, where vehicles are required to stop before turning, where traffic to the left - motors or cycles - are proceeding straight in a lane to the left. I'll not get onto the guidelines for painted bicycle lanes on 40mph roads, and the research showing they increase collisions. Is this near Plymouth, by any chance, as one location where they are still doing dangerous stuff like this?

[@TestGearJunkie.]

We've all done the box junction bit, but what was the ambulance driver thinking..? 🙄

[@KXXULADavidOC]

Doing a Jeremy 😂🤣 the police car in the yellow box nice 😅 you'd expect them to do better really, 8:21 Oh wow that really was incredibly close, they are so lucky that it was not a collision wow that last clip 😅😂

[@Paws4thot]

4:24 - I'd already spotted what the Audiot in the rear camera was going to do; the only question was "when?" 08:45 - Major kudos to your cammer for at least reducing the severity of that impact.

[@Gerishnakov]

I'm a bus driver in Brighton, and I see police vehicles breaking the speed limit all the time (without blue lights obviously).

[@MrGollysnake]

Clip with the gritter is great, no drama from the cammer, just slows down and cracks on

[@BeautyByBike]

The drunk man at the end ( 10:56 ) is dancing so he doesn't get a ticket for stopping in the yellow box!

[@hamshackleton]

I know exactly where the cam was at 1.50 - Walton Crematorium, just outside Warrington - I drive past several times a week! I might have met that little black car previously!

[@cardiffdrive8774]

Grey Mazda 3 car at around 7:44, Tax expired 29/10/23, not sure when the clip was taken but in my experience bad driving often goes hand in hand with poor upkeep of relevant documents for their car.

[@ibs5080]

At 6:02, "Would they have done that if there was a police car around?" Oh wait... Had there been a yellow box camera at that junction to capture this incident with the police car, I wonder what the outcome would have been, given they weren't on an emergency run. Or maybe if there had been a camera there, they would have switched on their blues and twos to er...."simulate" an emergency? Would they subsequently have to back that up with a corresponding call log?

[@ibs5080]

That final clip: I believe that was my fellow Canadian, Michael Bublé doing his Christmas special, namely A Very Bublé Christmas in a Yellow Box Junction. I believe he was on his way to do another one of his Asda tv ads. On a sidenote, I am literally about 10 mins from where he lives here in greater Vancouver (North Burnaby).

[@Tillyard86]

1:07 just lightly touch the brake and let them in! 🤷‍♂️

[@GopNet]

1:20 I have no idea how many motorists I've seen already that didn't have any lights on at night..... It' just shocking

[@stari313]

1:27 If you look closely at the Van, just to the right of it's license plate you can see the plug isn't plugged in to a socket. That might explain why the lights weren't on. 👍🏾 Clearly his backup generator kicked in at the end there.

[@jeffknight904]

'Something German or an SUV!' That has to be quote of the month. Here in the West Midlands in recent years, the BMW 1 Series seems to have been disproportionately involved in crashes resulting in the death or serious injury of someone other than the BMW driver. They invariably escape their little blue tin box with little or no injury. How do they do that?

[@ChrisCreats]

Police do as we say not as we do 😊

[@rebrandftw]

@10:15 aghhhh.. my good old friend alcohol! 😅😂

[@goodyeoman4534]

1:40 What is that, 3 points? I see red-light jumping like that daily in the city where I work, and always wondered if anything would be done if I sent the dash cam clip to the police? I've seen cars whizz through red lights and miss lorries by milliseconds. I'm not bothered if the red-light jumper gets crushed, but I don't want them to run over any innocent people pushing prams, riding bikes, minding their own business etc.

[@hhtrichard]

"Doing a Jemery", hopefully you don't have that trademarked.😂

[@Demun1649]

I was always told that it is good manners to give way to a gritting lorry. Better to follow a gritter, than slide off into a ditch.

[@paul756uk2]

They're not called dangerous parcel deliveries for nothing.

[@Aimee0206]

4:08 Really was not expecting to hear We Don't Talk About Bruno in a driving fails video lol. One of my favourite songs. Might want to mute that clip though Ashley, just to avoid any copyright issues

[@lloydy1312]

That drunk guy at the end is a definite vomit risk. No taxi will take him.

[@laugesen18]

I disagree, he SHOULD do this at home behind closed doors and NOT in traffic 😂😂

[@BangaBuseslad]

Ffs Ash you crack me up everytime 😂 fella. I love watching your channel! Thanks for these video uploads. I always learn from your videos!

[@ibs5080]

In addition to the "Doing a Jeremy" quip, I also loved the comments of "I don't think my viewer's been watching my channel for very long" as well as "The other driver's a bit of a plumb". For me, it's not only the actual expressions but the way Ashley delivers them and the intonation in his voice that makes it even funnier.

[@TestGearJunkie.]

Ashley sometimes reminds me of the scambaiter Jim Browning, who always sounds like a bored headmaster dealing with yet another unruly pupil 🤣

[@brianfunt2619]

7:10 IMO the signals ARE useful despite being too late, at least it provides some much needed clarity on what the hell they are doing

[@daylen577]

7:13 that wasn't flashing the lights though, that was full-on high beams. The reason flashing is useful is because of the contrast, this guy was just blinding every oncoming driver

[@geoffreylane8224]

How does someone go about sending you dash cam footage.? My email provider won't allow me to send attachments over a certain size which most of the footage is? Thanks.

[@ashley_neal]

People usually upload their footage to Google Drive or similar and then send me a sharing link. This also maintains the highest resolution possible. Thanks

[@Ratherniche]

I’m glad blackbelt barrister had a good Christmas shindig. He works too hard.

[@Indoor_Carrot]

God that guy is so arrogant

[@radishpea6615]

8:26, perhaps this is why turning passenger to passenger side is not safe

[@contessa.adella]

10:30 Drunk nutters like that terrify me…you never know what they’ll do next, maybe turn violent, throw a bottle at your car or even try to open your door. You can’t assume it is just ‘merriment’, things can turn nasty very quickly with drunks. Edit: This happened one evening as I drove past some jeering pedestrians (they were on the pavement) at pub closing time….a steak and kidney pie smacked across my windscreen and caked on a wiper…made me jump. I was too worried to stop and remonstrate.

[@BeautyByBike]

He's dancing so he doesn't get a ticket for stopping in the yellow box!

[@DarrellTaylorOnline]

2:26 Welcome to the club! I absolutely love my Focus ST Edition.

[@thefiestaguy8831]

Enjoy it whilst it lasts. I had a 2017 Focus ST-2 (not the ST Edition) hatchback. 2017 reg, 2 litre turbo petrol with 247bhp. In early 2022 the engine went bang whilst doing 70mph on a dual carriageway. Massive hole in the top of the engine block. Car had done 77k miles and was just under 5 years old (registered March 2017). Engine was wrecked, ended up selling the car to co-part as a non runner for £4k. Took a huge loss, was worth £10k-£13k for similar age and mileage. New engine was £5k plus labour. Insurance wouldn't pay out since it didn't catch fire and it was out of warranty with ford anyway. I lost thousands. Decent used engine was £3,500 plus labour (around £5k all in) with no guarantee as to how long it would last or before something else broke. Got a BMW 3 series 335D after that, goes like sh*t off a shovel. Much less firm even on Run flat tyres than the ST was, quicker than the ST was (335d does 0-60 in 4.6 seconds) and has 4 wheel drive unlike my ST. Also has a lot more space and came with more equipment as standard even though my BMW was a "low spec" model. ST came with no parking sensors, no reverse camera, no cruise control, no electric seats, no heated seats, no electric folding wing mirrors.... absolutely bog standard. My BMW (M performance variant) as standard came with parking sensors despite being made the exact same year the ST was.

[@eve9n857]

6:40 i think we all been in this postion before hahaha

[@paull7725]

7:22 just yesterday I avoided hitting a pedestrian because someone flashed its lights to warn me. I saw the pedestrian because I was warned. No it is not always to warn oncoming traffic of an upcoming police car. Just be extremely cautious.

[@15bit62]

Hahaha - "Doing a Jeremy". Like it.

[@coffeeflavouredapples]

Speaking of viewer fails I failed my practical test by going through a 30 zone at 45 Context: I was on a dual carriage way and was instructed "at the roundabout we are turning right following the signs for the A61 Sheffield" I did my mirrors, signal and maneuver and was concentrating on what was up the road and looking for A61 on the road completely missing the 30 mph sign . It's my fault I let the ball drop

[@katierscott8771]

Oddly I got away with doing the same, very similar situation although in my case I had extra hazard of cyclists joining in front of me from a layby just after the speed change. Fortunately I spotted a repeater (it was unlit road so appeared to be national speed limit) straight after dealing with the hazards and corrected my speed. Got a minor because the examiner recognised the priority was initially safe riding, it was my bike test, and that my observations were good once I had dealt with keeping the cyclists safe.

[@coffeeflavouredapples]

@@katierscott8771 lucky sod ^_^

[@ABPhotography1]

Beemers are always, usually!, driven by arrogant bad drivers.

[@ibs5080]

Re Ashley's very first sentence, "Hi everyone. Welcome to Viewers Driving Fail 54". Even the way Ashley delivers that first sentence and especially with his intonation of "54", you just know right away he's going to be up to something with the deadpan humour.

[@QiuEnnan]

1:18 that was hilarious Ashley! Agree that that was awful driving. Notice though that the cyclist in front also jumped the red light - but that clearly wasn't already bad enough for that driver!

[@Umski]

When singing along to “Bruno” ignore the idiot in the Audi 👍😂

[@ibs5080]

"Doing an Ashley Neal" = Posting an excellent series of educational driving videos...and inserting the occasional well timed hilarious deadpan humour.

[@KahnuevsKrake]

That last clip made my day 🤣🤣🤣

[@AmirBrooks]

4:30 - as the London Dash Cammer would say, "Always an Audi!"

[@lmusima3275]

1:25 this is in my area. Close to Cedars Road in Battersea 😊

[@SJsTransport]

With the cop in the box it looked like the cam driver was making an illegal u turn right in front of them, if not a weird layout.

[@sanfordcurtis8242]

7:51 surprised that oncoming Citroën driver wasn’t Ronnie Pickering