Nice Driving 21 | ASMR

It's not always possible to keep really calm whilst using the roads, but in this video, we look at a few things that might help.
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[@MJPage]

My late husband was a truck driver and I learned a lot from him. The wave and the look of amazement on a truck drivers face when a little old lady in a mini holds back so they can navigate a local tight staggered junction is priceless. I imagine Ashley saying 'nice driving' .

[@peterthompson9854]

I did this 30 seconds into my driving test 30odd years ago. Didn’t even think about it. Got my Dad to thank from that I’m sure. I’m also sure it’s why I passed because the rest didn’t go perfect.

[@eurosonly]

While other clueless driver get mad and honk the horn.

[@JdeBP]

The cammer with the donkeys has good taste in music, and by happenstance it was just perfect for the situation. Slightly spoiled by the following vehicle's tailgating, but a marvellous example of calmly letting the animals work it out. On my playlist, the track following that is T'Pau's _Heart and Soul_ . (-:

[@dmac2573]

Yep, even though I’m just watching a YT video I felt my heart rate rise because of the tailgater. Why do they do it?!

[@Chalkie1983]

I assume the tailgating was to block any gaps the donkeys could walk into, yes it was a little scary but at such slow speeds hopefully it was to make it safer for both vehicles to get through.

[@PedroConejo1939]

Yeah, a local driver if that's in the New Forest. Sadly, it's not always the grockles who haven't got a clue.

[@tony_w839]

Did the tailgater move forward to stop any donkey going between the cammer and the tailgater?

[@JdeBP]

@@Chalkie1983 Personally, I'd put it down to the same instinct that had several of the donkeys tailgating each other. We have animal instincts too. Don't try to herd livestock with a motor vehicle. If the donkey wants to go in between, let it, and do the same stop and ultra slow crawl that the cammer was doing. It's the same principle as not tailgating people through a flooded ford. Handle the problem one vehicle at a time if necessary.

[@ibs5080]

Clip 2: Excellent use of horn. This also brings up an interesting point that on occasion, your passengers (and indeed other road users) don't always understand the reason you are doing something. This can even apply to passengers who drive. One of whom asked me why I turn my head to the right when changing to a lane to my right. I explained to them it was to check my blind spot. To which they replied " I just check my mirror. Surely that's enough?".

[@inyobill]

My grandson is approaching the age to start driving training. I comment on what I'm doing and what I'm looking at and thinking about. Sometrhing hopefully will stick.

[@chrisburn7178]

I hope that passenger learned something!

[@PedroConejo1939]

Yeah, many years ago a hitch-hiker asked me the same question, then added, 'Do you ride a motorbike?' I said I did but also that I'd just returned from the States, where it is taught (but not often practised). I have now fitted internal blindspot mirrors because it's quite difficult to see through my car with all the headrests and pillars, but there are times I'd still rather trust the mark one eyeball.

[@ibs5080]

@@PedroConejo1939 I can totally relate to the part about you'd just returned from the States and the blind spot over the shoulder checks. Similar for me re Canada.

[@bradador1]

My thoughts exactly irritable bowel syndrome

[@groundcontrolto]

Those donkeys look a lot more chill than the cows I encountered galloping down a country lane.

[@keith6400]

Years ago I had a tailgater on a long single track road who was really getting on my nerves so I pulled up in a passing place. He pulled up behind me got out and told me I couldn't park there. I told him "I haven't parked, I have stopped to let people pass but they have parked behind me".

[@ibs5080]

Oh goodness! Some folks are incredibly dim! Similar are the folks that tailgate even though there is a perfectly safe and legal opportunity for them to overtake. I've even had this when driving in the left hand lane of motorways and dual carriageways, with nothing whatsoever in the next lane over to prevent the tailgaiter from overtaking. In those situations, I might ease off the gas slightly to give them further encouragement to overtake...and sometimes they just slow down with me. The mind boggles!

[@JorunnO]

I've felt a bit of annoyance building up whilst driving the last week, so this is a good reminder for me to start calming down and lettings things go again. Stress is a big part of my life, and sometimes it impacts other parts of my life that it shouldn't, like driving. These video's remind me to keep calm and be nice to others, even if they make a mistake or if I feel wronged. Thanks Ash!

[@jackwatsonepic626]

You do let a lot of things go over your head when you have watched Ashley's videos

[@kenbrown2808]

I know the feeling. Friday, I started 20 minutes late from one job to the other, and drivers coincided to increase the gap by another 5-10.

[@petersmitham8273]

A herd of Donkeys?….. don’t see that everyday!…😂❤

[@inyobill]

One of the reasons I watch these, too. I am aware of my personality defects (well, some, anyway).

[@thromboid]

@@jackwatsonepic626 Or under your head, in Jorunn's case. :D

[@mattwardman]

What a beautiful passively safe environment in the first clip. Split the 2 directions so overtakes are ruled out. *Just* wide enough for an emergency vehicle to pass. Tight roundabout design to prevent straight lining, with an overrun high enough to be unusable at speed by cars. Drainage round the outside so the slight adverse camber encourages speed reduction. Continuous ~4m cycle track plus ~2.5m footpath crossing the road at pavement on a speed cushion. Give way sharks' teeth on the exits where cycle / foot ways exist. I want some.

[@Richard_Barnes]

Clip #1 - I've even parked up to let a tailgater past. I want them where I can watch them..... in front of me. I hate it and yes it puts me on edge. I know I'm observing things but if they're tailgating then they're not looking properly, just eyes glues to my rear end. #2 - this horn use is something I need to do more of myself. On the video for the 'tail swing', this is what I look out for too. You get a lot more swing with some buses due to the rear axle / body shape designs. A lot of great clips, thx Ashley 🙂👍🏻

[@josiahsewell7824]

Thanks for featuring some of my clips. I'm glad they made it into a nice driving video. 👍

[@ashley_neal]

Thanks for sending in, I know it can take a while for clips to feature 👊

[@PedroConejo1939]

That's an accolade worth having, far better than ToTW over on UK Dash Cameras.

[@misterflibble9799]

I frequently use the "all the way around the roundabout" trick to allow following traffic to pass, particularly when driving an HGV. It's much easier than pulling over into a layby (when you then have to wait for a decent gap to be able to pull back out again), and saves a bit of fuel because you don't come to a complete stop.

[@JimNH777]

4:30 I remember being on a bus in Italy on a narrow, very twisted route up the mountains. The driver used horn at every. single. turn. (And there was a turn every few seconds it seemed like). I guess we could actually use some of it in UK. Using horn not to reprimand others or as a last resort but more of a warning to others "hey I'm here".

[@ibs5080]

I've seen videos of tour buses on the narrow twisty Amalfi coast road. It's quite something and the horn blowing is rather musical.

[@JimNH777]

@@ibs5080 It literally was Amalfi I meant :)

[@somebody9762]

According to my experience, I must say that there are more nice drivers than otherwise. Unfortunately, negative behaviour tends to make more noise, as in many other aspects of life. Thanks for sharing yet another inspiring video. Best wishes from Spain.

[@charlieretro]

I'm glad to see there are other Dashcammers out there like myself that don't get mad or go have a Horn Ego problem when people make mistakes.

[@smilerbob]

That last clip is always nice to see. Many times I have been in a long queue of traffic along the road to find a small branch in the carriageway. Quick blast of the hazards, pop out and move the branch to the side and the traffic is clear within a couple of minutes. I draw the line at complete trees, telegraph poles or large animals. I’ve even stopped to give someone a push (and the odd tow with a rope) that had broken down to a safer place I would like to add that I grew up in rural areas where it was down to the local population to keep roads clear and open. The unfortunate mentality of most these days is that it is someone else that should be doing things when in fact, if we all help each other out, things run a lot better. I live in a town now but still keep the gulley outside ny house clear to the drains on the road, no puddles forming on my watch! Well done everyone in all these clips, top driving

[@jackwatsonepic626]

What always gets me is when you are shopping at your local shop and there's a queue at the till and the other two tills are empty and then they open the 2nd till , people at the back of the queue go straight to the second till ; shouldn't it be the people near the front of the first till " because after all they have been waiting there the longest haven't they ! Inconsiderate people you'll also find this when there is debris in the middle of the road , people will just drive rounded Instead of getting out to move it ?

[@smilerbob]

@@jackwatsonepic626 I have often wondered if there is a link between driving behaviour and social behaviour, like the barging in front in the supermarket do they also barge in front of everyone in a car? I’m too laid back for all that and if people want to raise heart rates and stress levels then they can do it themselves, I’ll wait until they finish and carry on. Driving in London was the worst for that for me, many times I’ve been shouted at for being stationary on a green light while the queue of cars in front isn’t moving, or having four lanes of traffic along a two lane road and people fighting for that last half inch of spce. So glad I’m out of that now :)

[@Martin-oo4kn]

post10 would be proud

[@jackwatsonepic626]

@@smilerbob I agree with you full heartedly I myself was standing at a pelican crossing I had pressed the button waiting for the green man to go on And this pedestrian walked up behind me and pressed the button I looked at him and said what do you think I am doing standing here LOL 😂 some people are in their own little bubble and it is exactly the same when they're driving a car 🚗

[@smilerbob]

@@jackwatsonepic626 Watch out for the crossings that have pedestrian detectors. I pushed the button on one near me last year and was standing ages waiting for the lights to change. Then someone walking past pushed the button again and stood two steps back from the kerb. I looked at them and was about to ask when they said there in a sensor to detect pedestrians and if it doesn’t “see” any it cancels the button press to stop drunks and others randomly pushing the button and stopping traffic flow. I didn’t believe them until the next time Inised the crossing (and yes, I went out of my way to use it) and sure enough, I pushed the button only to see the light cancel 1 second later. When I looked up I saw the sensor pointing away from the kerb so pushed the button, moved back and the lights changed 5 seconds later. Technolgy at its finest but lack of knowledge for pedestrians makes it awkward at best

[@KahnuevsKrake]

Good point on treating passing places like navigating around parked cars. I think it's probably to do with the fact that most single track roads are on peaceful country roads, whereas around parked cars is typically busier, so you're more likely to come across aggressive drivers in that situation. In other words, drivers are typically more relaxed on a country road, and therefore more likely to be considerate of others.

[@pdken3081]

Thanks for another Nice Driving vid. I prefer these to the fails and accidents although there is something to be learnt from all of them.

[@terrygooglewassgoogle1767]

I feelgood video, I think the world needs more of these. Thanks Ashley.

[@PixieSpright]

Wow, found this channel today, and now I'm binging. Love everything here. "Make everything a non-event", such words of wisdom. I'm full of jealous: all these videos come from the UK, with one of the lowest road fatality rates in the world. Here in Germany "Make everything an event" is the rule of the day, unfortunately.

[@BassBusMusic]

I like these 'Nice Driving' videos. They give some hope.

[@Stoufferthecat]

Watching your nice driving videos genuinely make me tear up a little. What I wouldn't give to get a 'Perfect' from Ashley!

[@bensmith1689]

I always try to do as in clip 12. Driving a big vehicle through towns and villages can be stressful and it's a nice feeling to help make someones job a little easier. And getting that thumbs up or wave always gives me a warm fuzzy feeling. It's nice to be nice indeed.

[@SolPhantasmagoria]

5:10 _Incidently, this position is also fantastic if a emergency vehicle is coming up behind you, it allows us to move from offside back into the safer onsite position when seeking to progress on blue lights._

[@ibs5080]

Clip 10: That's also a great example of why in some countries it is always the law to stop for approaching emergency vehicles, including if they are oncoming. In the UK it's more "situational".

[@penguinland666]

These are great, instead of road rage show the good behavior and reinforce positive attitudes. Well done sir.

[@Chalkie1983]

I really love watching these nice driving videos. Its a welcome change from the usual cammer who doesn't think about anyone other than themselves. Thanks again Ashley and have a wonderful Christmas.

[@bensmith1689]

And the cammers who go out of their way to make problems worse so they can honk their little horns!

[@daleykun]

4:30 - I find this really useful during the short days. I drive a very narrow country road on my commute that has poor visibility due to tight/hairpin turns and large hedges but when I'm coming up to a turn I flash my lights at the hedges to alert drivers (and also many dog walkers/cyclists) that I'm approaching and have had other drivers do the same. Makes things a lot easier to navigate

[@PedroConejo1939]

Yep. How often do we meet drivers with just DRLs or side-lights (usually, only one) coming the other way - and too fast at that!

[@kenbrown2808]

I often get on the other end of the transaction, I notice headlights reflecting off the scenery and dip my headlights before the other driver actually comes into the glare.

[@daleykun]

@@kenbrown2808 Aye I wasn't meaning I drove in with them on full beam, just flash them. I find that the change in light intensity makes people more likely to notice them than if I just left dipped or just went from full to dipped. We humans are very good at only noticing things that change and fill in the gaps based on what we think is there otherwise

[@kenbrown2808]

@@daleykun I wasn't taking that to be your meaning. I meant I was the one who saw oncoming headlight reflections and responded appropriately, whereas you used your headlight reflection to signal ahead.

[@juliandoncaster6128]

Interesting alternative to a toot in those circs.

[@grahambonner508]

Clip 5. I agree with you. I think it probably comes down to patience and attitude. Most single track road situations are found in very quiet rural areas whereas most narrow roads with many parked cars are found in cities. City folk are mostly in a rush whereas country folk tend to be more relaxed and sometimes even just stop in the road for a chat.

[@nickdavenport4237]

I would agree that it comes down to locality and patience. Drove down a single track lane near Slough and noticed I was the only one slowing down and tucking in and it was a nightmare, similar road out in the countryside near Antrim and it couldn’t have been more different, people understood that we could all make life easier for each other.

[@jakerockznoodles]

I agree that it's down to the mentality of people used to using these roads. As an example, we once had a big A road we were travelling on closed down (a 3 car collision) and people coming in both directions ended up taking a diversion through single track roads. The selfishness and lack of respect & consideration when navigating these roads at this time was unlike anything I'd seen on these roads before. All people very grumpy that they couldn't get somewhere as fast as they wanted. We were just thankful to make any progress at all.

[@ibs5080]

Clip 15: Great anticipation by the motorcyclist and yet another great example of driving in a staggered formation.

[@arpit92k]

Love these nice driving videos. We need much more of these on internet to change perception that there are only "bad drivers" on the road.

[@ibs5080]

Clip 8: Perfect advice. It's also a reason why I drive on dipped headlights at all times and not just daytime running lights.

[@jordanford148]

Hi Ashley, thanks for sharing my clip (15), and for the kind words!

[@ashley_neal]

Nice riding and thanks for sending in!

[@paul756uk2]

Clip 15 is Hilsea roundabout near where I live in Portsmouth. The traffic queue in lane 3 is always much longer as most of the traffic goes into the city so you always get people in lane 2 queue jumping. Happens all the time.

[@Ep1cure]

At the end 9:35. Always a good idea as demonstrated to create extra space. Also when letting a vehicle or pedestrian move out of turn. A 4 wheeler can stop careless drivers on 4 wheels, but not careless riders on 2. And it gives more scope to see from either side.

[@Shyted]

Just bought my Viofo, only the front fitted so far but think I’m going to be happy with it.

[@PedroConejo1939]

Yeah, I have one that I'm very pleased with, demoting the previous one to the rear.

[@peterosbourne3571]

Tail end swing - I just learnt something new. Don't you wish everyone would drive like everyone in these clips! Life would be so much more relaxed. It often feels like war out there, depending on the day.

[@inyobill]

Yes.

[@robg521]

Yep, not many would even think about this. In this clip I suspect that the good driver has local knowledge of the junction so already new of the potential hazard. [still a bloody good bit of driving though 😁😁]

[@mdcollins1984]

That was the most informative clip (9) this week for me. I’ll try and remember that one..

[@seraphina985]

@@robg521 Could be, but then it could also be the cammer has HGV experience of their own so they have developed that implicit sense of how the trailer is going to behave in a given situation. You kind of need to develop that sense for where the boundaries of the vehicle are and where they are going if you intend to operate said vehicle without hitting anything. Granted I have never driven a HGV but having experienced operating an aircraft that is about the same length around you get an implicit sense of where the tail will be despite not being able to physically see it. Granted it is somewhat less of an issue there as the wingspan is also very wide so a lot of the swing is within the area that will be swept by the wings anyway, but it is still something you develop a sense of when taxing around.

[@Madmark50484]

Clip 1 when I’m out in my lorry I sometimes do this to allow faster to go. Especially if there’s just one or two cars behind me.

[@joejoejoejoejoejoe4391]

When going down a single track with passing places, two cars came the other way, the first stopped in a passing place, the one behind started to pull in to a passing place, but then pulled out and went into the same one, causing a car going in the same direction as us to have to stop, at first I thought that this was bad driving, but then a campervan came, and because the second car had left the passing place vacant, there was enough room for the campervan to pull in. I realised that it was really good driving.

[@markpunter5777]

Ash, your comment on the responsibility of vulnerable road users rings true. And I think it'll get worse due to those Highway changes. As you often point out, priority is given, not taken.

[@Xenro66]

8:52 They're called life savers for a reason 😉lol. Also, the bike is a Triumph Rocket 3, one of my dream bikes. This is one of my favourite series on YT.

[@ganrimmonim]

Good to see a video where so many drivers make such good and helpful decisions which help everybody's journeys' go more smoothly.

[@ibs5080]

Interesting to see this is Nice Driving 21. I wonder if we will reach Nice Driving 22 in 2022. Maybe even on 22/12/22. This could even be a new annual trend - to reach the same number of Nice Driving videos as the year and on the same day in December as the year, all the way up to 31/12/31. Perhaps that would bring us all good driving vibes for each upcoming New Year? No pressure at all Ash and written somewhat in humour. :)

[@KXXULADavidOC]

Aww the donkeys that was so cute :D you definitely have a point that when there are parked cars people are much more likely to barge their way through, if everyone treated itl ike those signal track roads with passing places things would move much more smoothly

[@luvstellauk]

04:27 that's Marcham near Abingdon in Oxfordshire and to be honest that stretch of road is long overdue a weight restriction, HGVs often cause absolute chaos at that point as it's narrow and the bends are tight for artics who could use the A338 and A420 to get to the A34 instead of struggling through a small village with unsuitable roads just to save a few miles.

[@miroslavvelichkov6612]

Hi Ashley. Just wanted to say thanks for featuring a couple of my videos (clips 8 & 9). If it wasn't for you, most probably I would've done it differently

[@ashley_neal]

Thank you so much for sending in!

[@getmetothegeek4066]

Lovely stuff, Ashley, as always!

[@thomaselliot2257]

I have In the past encountered poor emerges and refrained from sounding my horn . Not only is it not there for remonstrating but I get this feeling that if I did , sods law dictates I would next be in the wrong when trying to emerge poorly.

[@brantnuttall]

nice. warms my soul

[@thomaselliot2257]

I think the driver/listener was already zoned out with the piano music when he encountered the donkeys. A good lesson on how to stay calm in any driving situation.

[@PedroConejo1939]

And anyone who's worked with donkeys will know they have the devil in them. Excellent for guarding sheep though, like llamas, an angry donkey is bloody dangerous.

[@thomaselliot2257]

Edit: zoned out means the opposite to what l meant .🙄I meant chilled out 😅

[@ibs5080]

Clip 3: The poor emerge. In all honesty, yes I believe I would have spotted it in a similar way to the cammer. Reason being, anytime I am in a relatively clear lane and the lane next to me isn't so clear, I am on very high alert. Especially if there is a side street. This also applies if the other lane is for oncoming traffic.

[@smilerbob]

Do you also slow down when traffic is moving slower in the other lanes? Many times I’ve had aggressively drivers behind me tailgating and flashing lights (which I ignore) as I’m doing 15mph on the motorway in a lane marked at 40 while, although our lanenis clear the lanes either side of me are stopped or 5mph. I’ve seen too many drivers see a “gap” and pull out from stationary so for me I take the motorcycle filtering approach, slightly faster than surrounding traffic but not too fast that it dramatically increases risk Same approach on standard roads as well, queue of traffic in one lane means either someone pulling out of a side road, someone pulling out of the queue or as in a recent video by Ashley, a pedestrian coming across the road without looking. As a wise man keeps saying…stay safe everyone ;)

[@ibs5080]

@@smilerbob Yes! I can totally relate to the situation in your first paragraph. To me this is a big red flag that those other drivers don't have the road awareness to recognise certain hazardous situations. The issue now is, you have to slow down even more because of their tailgating. Totally understand and sympathise with you from someone who has been in very much the same situation. Kudos to you for taking the approach that you do,

[@marklittler784]

I use a soft sweeping brush to remove snow from the car but I suppose you could keep it in the boot to clear any debris you come across

[@rufusgreenleaf2466]

Clip 8 is something i try and do. Make use of all reflections, gaps in buildings and light flickers around blind bends. It's become instinctive now.

[@ditch3827]

Single track rural roads don't usually have pavements and so the single track is shared with pedestrians etc and so extra care is needed even when there is no on-coming traffic.

[@chrishartley1210]

4:13 The notorious Gypsy Street roundabout between Bradford and Leeds has a terrible layout but with 2 exits very close together there's little alternative. For anyone who is unfamiliar it can be a nightmare.

[@Kromaatikse]

The very first clip is clearly in NL, and is taught as standard practice there. This goes with the NL government's long-standing policy of building roads with only one lane in each direction as a traffic calming measure, with the left-over space used to give pedestrians and cyclists a safe route. There was an ambulance-dashcam channel for a while which commented on this very factor when it cropped up, which was often. One theory regarding roads with passing places is that they tend to occur in very rural and sparsely populated areas, where the pace of life is generally slower. Yes, there are visitors from elsewhere, but most of the time, most of the users of these roads are familiar not only with the road but with each other. In urban streets where the road is effectively reduced to a single lane by parked cars on both sides, you naturally get a lot more in the way of impatient drivers, who are that much more likely to place their own convenience above the greater good. It's also a fact that "single lane roads with passing places" are specifically called out with appropriate procedures in the Highway Code, and by road signs as you enter them. That undoubtedly helps visitors to rural areas to understand what behaviour is expected. No such specific reminders are present on an ordinary residential street, unless it's been made one-way as a traffic calming measure.

[@JosvanderLelie]

You must mean the Amersfoort ambulance driver's channel. A real shame he was forced to stop by his superiors, his content was really good and positive, like Ashley's.

[@richardgiles2484]

Clip four was funny. Donkeys in front and a donkey behind 🤣🤣🤣

[@GronTheMighty]

6:44 Bus driver thumb - one of the best thumbs to get :D

[@JannyUK]

4:18 - Bradford roundabout. The lanes are confusing for drivers. I did the exact same when I was going around like the red car since it says to go straight then goes left instead and was trying to come back around on myself.

[@purplegary]

Clip 5, inner city impatience, rural areas are mostly sedate driving.

[@Non-Stick_Pan]

The donkeys in the New Forest is very common - as well as ponies of course, and often cattle too. Despite it being so common I'm sick of seeing people driving at them aggressively. I even saw one driver trying to physically barge cattle out of the way in their car a few years back. I was very impressed when the animal stood its ground and butted the wing of the vehicle leaving a nice dent before casually walking off.

[@Blahsheep]

Wow, some great clips. I can't say I would have done the same in a few of the situations but I also drive in a totally different country under different circumstances so I'm not 100% sure.

[@cheeseburgerbeefcake]

I was driving in London for the first time in years last night, I was attempting to emerge to the right of a fairly narrow T junction, after waiting a short while, a bus wanted to enter the road I was on from my right, it managed to do half of the turn and stopped to signal that I needed to move; I waited for 5-10 seconds and a scooter came around the back of the bus at 20-25mph, very glad videos like this and others from this channel are around, else i'd probably have a written off car! Sadly no dashcam yet, all of the current options feel mediocre for image quality (they can rarely read a plate in low light).

[@richardpayne]

On single track roads with passing places: I agree, co-operation is more common on the single track road. I suspect this is because the people driving on single track roads simply aren't in as much of a hurry. Urban drivers are more likely to be trying to get somewhere on a schedule in heavy traffic.

[@edhchippy]

Hello Ashley. Just joined your channel. Very much enjoying the info you are putting out. Still got a lot of back vids to watch. Besides, bad road positioning, not signalling on exit on roundabout. Fog lights is something that is very annoying to me. Sometimes I think people think, it’s some kind of force field, if I put my rear fog lights on, nobody will rear end me. On a motorway where you can see a long way ahead, aways looks like someone is breaking. When it’s the car in front, dazzling. If the car has two rear fog lights, much harder to see when they break. Please can you put a vid out about the use of fog lights rule 226. Keep up the good work.

[@grahambonner508]

Clip 9, a very good spot.

[@MikeWalls7829]

Single track road in the country compared to single lane remaining after parking... when it's the single track road you know that there are passing places and you know where they are, and you often have a great view up ahead, a bit of certainty. When it's parked cars you often can't see whether or not there's a space, but after many goes you find there often is, so you end up learning to just try and go for it and then you seem like you barged if there turns out to be no spaces howevee, if you don't do this you simply can't go down the road at all since there is no way to see for sure.

[@robertkustos2931]

When i approach blind bends in built-up areas i always give a show of high beam . You would be surprised by how much reflection the light gives off from walls , windows , parked cars etc to warn others coming in the other direction . Doesn't really work on bright days though .

[@dimdim14]

in mountaneous area surch as the alpes italy switzerland ect it is common place to hear vehicule honk to make they presence known

[@Madmark50484]

Nice content Ash. Everyone posts about doom and gloom so nice the good stuff happening 👍

[@neilholmes8200]

Driving through the tunnels is probably the most frustrating part of my commute. Every single day without fail I'll get tailgated, even had it in cold or wet conditions. I do need to be calmer dealing with it, but it's so frustrating since you can't do much other than drive normally and keep the distance between you and the car in front. It's probably the only thing I get worked up about though, since it's so frustrating and dangerous

[@_Steven_S]

2:45 Great timing with that question. Other night I'm driving along a residential street, cars parked all on one side pretty much bumper to bumper, very few places to pull a 5m long van in to. So once me and the 3 drivers behind negotiate the bus coming the other way, we start progressing along. Good visibility in to the distance, speed around 20. About 200m along I see the headlights of something oncoming, little bit of brake for the people behind, more brake as the oncoming isn't slowing down, and then to a stop as the oncoming is still driving at me - who's just passed a wide open T junction on their right, about 45m from where I've stopped. We're all sat still for about 45s while the driver gestures "go back." So I switch of and walk around the front of my van to explain there's no where I can pull in to. First words from them "You're going too fast on my side of the road! I'm not going back!" There's now a queue of traffic waiting on the far side of the T junction and more behind me. I jump back in and in to reverse for the 230m reverse back to the previous T junction. They stop as they're going past to tell me I "shouldn't be driving on their side of the road anyway!" 👏 So to answer your question Ash, some people seem to believe "my side/lane" is more important than everything else, and those people will happily risk a head on to try to make that point. Hopefully that driver encounters a bus in similar circumstances one day, the bus company has a policy of no reversing without a banksman and will happily sit where they are with the keys out until their Transport Manager gets there.

[@1obsessionafteranother794]

On beckoning… I was stopped waiting to turn right down a supermarket car park aisle. Aside from waiting for oncoming traffic to clear, there were also cars manoeuvring in and out of spaces, and others wanting to exit soon after in the aisle I wanted to turn down, so if I turned i’d be left with my rear half obstructing the main road. The oncoming driver beckoned me to make my turn in from a distance but they had no way of being able to see what was going on where I wanted to turn so it took a couple of tries of me beckoning them to carry on

[@richH1625]

1:16 I hope so. You can see the white van moving quite early. And it's a white van. Places to be.

[@PedroConejo1939]

I think the single-track road vs parked vehicle thing is probably because so many drivers are unfamiliar with them and they were very well marked in the clip. I use them a lot round here and I have found drivers are very reluctant to reverse, even just a few yards, preferring instead to 'force' the oncoming driver to reverse much further than they would have to. When you drive on them regularly, you learn to look for places to pull in and note them as you drive past. We don't have such well-marked passing places either, and people will park in them too, even if it's there primarily to allow large farm vehicles to swing out of a field entrance. Consequently, I'm equivocal about whether drivers are better around parked cars or passing spaces.

[@GilesWendes]

8:01 That's Cosham, Portsmouth. A nightmarish roundabout where nobody knows which lane they should be in!

[@fervent2896]

By far one of your best videos. Just discovered your Nice driving series. Could someone please further explain the ambulance driver turning right (the cam drivers left) and the cyclists and horses?

[@misterflibble9799]

Ambulance - the cammer noticed from a long distance away that the ambulance was wanting to turn, and thus stopped before the junction to allow them to turn. This gave the ambulance lots of notice that the cammer had given way to them, and therefore the ambulance could approach the junction and take the turn at a higher speed than they might otherwise had been able to use. Had the cammer carried on through, it's possible that traffic following the cammer might not have realised that the ambulance wanted to turn until much later, and thus the ambulance driver would have had to approach the corner with more caution, possibly even having to wait for someone to let them turn. Cyclists/horses - Horses can easily be spooked by unexpected occurrences. In some cases, they're spooked by noisy vehicles; in other cases, they can be spooked by the sudden appearance of a vehicle with no obvious audible warning (i.e. a cycle, which is almost silent). Although I didn't hear it on the audio, Ashley said that the cyclists warned the horse riders of their approach, and that they were intending to pass. This gave the horse riders the opportunity either to communicate back that the cyclists should wait and avoid passing (if the rider knows that the horse is particularly jittery), or communicate any other appropriate warning. They also did the overtake at a suitable speed and distance. Having completed the overtake, the cyclists then pulled over and slowed down to allow a following car to pass.

[@hairzilla]

Great vid

[@ibs5080]

Clip 6: I would have definitely held back on the HGV to the right of me just as the cammer did. The one exception might be if both myself and the HGV were waiting right at the Give Way line for the roundabout to clear. In that scenario, a car can easily out accelerate an HGV onto the roundabout, even taking into account that the HGV can start to move slightly earlier, since any traffic on the roundabout will clear the HGV first.

[@keveb4724]

For once, I've actually enjoyed watching some dashcam footage. This is how driving should be, not a race to who can get in lane first or who can blast their horn to show their disapproval. Thanks for this Ashley

[@chrisburn7178]

Was the Chopin nocturne playing in the donkey clip added after or did the cammer just have good music taste (which fitted the clip perfectly as well)?

[@ashley_neal]

My viewer was playing the music 👍

[@chrisburn7178]

@@ashley_neal Have you ever thought about how the music playing in your cammers' videos (or your own car) affects driving style or standard? Or how attitude to driving is reflected in music choice perhaps? Could be an interesting video if there's enough relevant footage.

[@CalmingAnxiety]

Well Ash, I now have my Viofo installed in the new i4 M Sport..... but because the car is so relaxing and I drive with a "what would Ash do?" mindset I've not captured anything of interest yet :)

[@iallso1]

Even when diverging into a turning lane, I always use a lifesaver head check to give drivers an additional visual cue (along with the indicator) that I an about to make a manoeuvre. Hopefully next time they are behind a motorcyclist they will be looking for this as well.

[@unsafevelocities5687]

2:29 I think your observations are correct; you'd never see somebody hold back that far with parked cars. My theory is it's country driver attitude vs city driver attitude in a nutshell, unfortunately.

[@jhdore]

Donkeys and Chopin? Wonderful!

[@fredmercury1314]

I think everyone should have to ride a motorbike for a few years. It teaches you a lot about personal responsibility.

[@inyobill]

Observing the dangerous maneuvers motorcyclists routine perform, one wonders how much more aware they might be.

[@richardwaring8613]

I agree with you totally but in my case it was a pushbike. The downside was that when I did my test I was failed for hesitation. Only when I drove, in my opinion, rather arrogantly was I passed! Irrelevant now as I can no longer drive due to be ill health.

[@PedroConejo1939]

I agree. It was the thing when I was a yothe that everyone started on a pushbike, graduated to a motorbike, and the survivors eventually got cars. You could spot the ones who went straight to cars very easily by their poor anticipatory skills.

[@fredmercury1314]

@@inyobill I'd rather see them do in on a motorcycle and risk their own life, than do it in a car and risk mine.

[@inyobill]

@@fredmercury1314I get what you're saying.

[@marklittler784]

#10 Emergency vehicles really need to consider fitting larger indicators and using main beam flashing headlamps lights that can be noticed from further away.

[@peterabrown]

Parked vehicles causing aggro v. Passing places: I think there’s 2 reasons for parked cars causing aggro. 1. When cars are parked either side then both drivers perceive they have priority when often neither has. 2. When cars are parked on both sides, having offered priority and waited a few times a driver can then believe they are due priority next time, when in actual fact each situation involves new drivers and your actually not due anything! Priority is always offered never taken

[@marklittler784]

#9 Certainly suspected it was something to do with the traffic behind but even then didn't even get that straight away !

[@shm5547]

0:10 Going around the roundabout had to be done, as overtaking is not possible on this road. This is a good example of the way Dutch country roads are engineered for safety. It's a single lane, but dual-carriageway to prevent overtaking, as this is the main cause of bad collisions on these types of road. The speed limit is a mere 50kph. Also note how pedestrians and cyclists are banned from the road, because an excellent, wide segregated cycle path AND separate footway are also provided along the whole length of the route. The cars also have to give way to the concentric cycle lane going around the periphery of the vehicular roundabout.

[@ibs5080]

Clip 4: The AMSR clip was lovely, other than the diesel clatter of the oncoming Land Rover! I have nothing against those vehicles btw and actually think they're brilliant! Or was the diesel clatter from the cammers own vehicle?

[@JesterRlP]

I do love these clips. They've had such a dramatic effect on my driving. Far from the "horn first, brake later" mentality you see on these dash cam channels, I'm often finding myself making such incidents "non-events" now. With the exception of the other day when an oncoming van blinded me. I flicked my lights off and back on again (rather than dazzle) but the driver was oblivious. Slowed right down and gave him a double beep as he approached. How do you all deal with Bobby-dazzlers?

[@shelldrak3]

Nice video

[@donaldasayers]

Single track roads parking places and obstructions: I agree people tend to be pretty good at using single track roads and in general if there's parked cars causing an obstruction or reducing the road to effectively single track, people cope well. But if a utility company cause an obstruction with roadworks, no bigger than a few parked cars, they feel the need to come two days earlier, erect traffic lights, cones signs, the whole works, seems a little unnecessary to me. And the traffic lights will be there for days after they've long gone.

[@dannyboyy31]

8:50 - Ashley - although not taking anything away from the cammer's driving, part of the reason for staggered formation and drivers appearing to hold back is that that section of road is a SPECS 50mph average speed camera zone (it's the A338 heading into Bournemouth :-)

[@dannyboyy31]

(You can actually just glimpse one of the yellow SPECS camera poles at the start of the clip)

[@ibs5080]

Love the very first clip of the cammer going full circle round a roundabout to get out of the way of an approaching ambulance. In this way they don't have to try and guess which exit the ambulance is taking. Perfect! I'm also trying to work out which country this was. Holland perhaps? Or Germany? Update: At 0:20 the white van in front has Dutch plates. The surrounding architecture and landscape are also certainly very Dutch.

[@jackwatsonepic626]

Definitely not the UK because he was driving on the wrong side of the LOL 😂🤣

[@inyobill]

@@jackwatsonepic626 "Wrong side of the road", ahem, one begs tro differ. Later in the vid, the unsafe circle exit could have been easily avoided if the driver had just continued around. Sigh.

[@PedroConejo1939]

Looked like the Netherlands to me too. A brilliant piece of anticipatory driving; also the guys who left room for the bus and the wagon to turn wide.

[@johnrussell5245]

@@jackwatsonepic626 No, he was driving on the right side of the road.

[@ibs5080]

@@jackwatsonepic626 Haa, well that much I would have definitely known even taking into account the possibility of a "reverse image" rear camera. The road signs and markings are different to those in the UK, as is the ambulance siren and indeed the architecture of the houses.

[@organiccold]

Good to see good driving cammers as normally they will do everything to turn stuff in a bad event so they can be featured in UKDashCams gagah

[@remibejide]

Good job, as usual. I reckon that, instead of issuing fines alonside points to driving offenders, making them sit through 3 hours of Ashley's episodes will be better for the country. Yes, I am serious.

[@olympusgaming7477]

Hi Ashley, About your comment on clip 5 I agree that people are less likely to give way when there are parked cars than the rural roads. Could this be because the people driving on the rural roads are nicer/more laid back. Or the people in urban places are in a rush somewhere.

[@Threelinkdave]

Re single track roads. Have toured Scotland on a few ocasions. I am afraid to say you canspot the towney tourist as they barge thrrough. The locals are more sensible and give a raised finger in thanks. So to answer your question those who barge through in town are likely to barge through in the country

[@ibs5080]

Re "A raised finger in thanks". Now, which way was their finger pointed? :)

[@KahnuevsKrake]

Makes a change from the usual donkeys we deal with when driving!

[@kenbrown2808]

the "poor emerge" incidents I've had to deal with lately, have involved full ABS activation and yelling for the dog to hang on.

[@kenbrown2808]

the last one, that piece of bodywork was an immediate hazard, and well dealt with. bet at least one driver behind was raging, though.