Nice Driving #35 | Pockets

[@BeautyByBike]

Please keep up these nice driving videos Ashley, such a relief from the rest of KZbin!

[@v6i838]

I deliberately stopped watching the other dash cam channels as they’re essentially just rage bait

[@debbiebrinkworth1677]

❤

[@theaikidoka]

That's a smart kid at 0:41 - she looked, then when she wasn't certain, waited in the safe space instead of committing, then verified and crossed. I wish there were more adults who could manage this feat.

[@sabrinalee3372]

Thanks for featuring my video Ash! My driving has come so far thanks to your excellent standard of training 😊

[@MeFreeBee]

9:13 A van driver, a BMW driver and an Audi driver walk in to a bar...

[@PedroConejo1939]

There was no indication of their intentions.

[@Vikface1978]

They barged their way to the front of a busy bar, pushing past people with the whole “I’m bigger than you!” Attitude 😂

[@R04drunner1]

... then blamed the bar for being too low.

[@R04drunner1]

​@@PedroConejo1939😂 superb

[@fitmydashcam]

Sadly these comments help nobody - just like the cyclist comments. The vast majority of all drivers are reasonable, and there's no issues. Otherwise nobody would ever get anywhere. I for one am sick of the "white van man" stereotype. I drive a van, but I look around too. Much like you give dispensations to HGV drivers though, view is partially limited in most commercial vehicles.

[@howarddavies136]

That three way parking snafu was excellent 😂 the three most obnoxious road users, two of whom parked facing the wrong way, and one of whom pulled out with a u-turn, all united in their less than ideal choice of parking and indifference to other road users. It was like three rival mafia families getting along in front of the police 😂 bloody beautiful 👌

[@ibs5080]

Such a nice treat to see your Saturday video come in Ash. And a Nice Driving series no less. About to have breakfast and make a nice warm cuppa and then settle down to watch this on my 32 inch TV. I can't tell you how wonderful it is to be home after 4 weeks in hospital being treated for leukemia. As you may know, I still face around 10 months of outpatient treatment, the first of which was yesterday. But at least I'm home now. Everyone is telling me how good I look and you'd certainly never know of my condition by looking at me. I look surprisingly fit and healthy. Thanks for your Saturday video Ash. It's a symbol that life continues despite the challenges I've been facing recently and I know I will come out the other side of this. I might even re read the new Highway Code whilst I take it easy here at home, all warm and cosy. Safe driving everyone and enjoy your Saturday. Ibrahim in Canterbury

[@BeautyByBike]

I truly wish you all the best with your treatment

[@ibs5080]

@BeautyByBike Thank You very much for your kind words. It's very much appreciated.

[@PedroConejo1939]

Morning Ibrahim. Always good to see your comments.

[@ibs5080]

​@@PedroConejo1939 Thank You kindly. I've just started viewing this video and will comment on the actual content too. Hope all is well with you.

[@smilerbob]

Morning Ibrahim and good to see you/ read you are about to get cozy once more for a nice Ashley video 👍

[@imatonkatoo]

One of the things I like about this channel. Showing positivity on our roads instead of all this negativity.

[@WayneTulip-zm9gw]

It’d a shame the comments section on this KZbin channel is full of negative angry people..

[@paulsengupta971]

@@WayneTulip-zm9gw Where? I can't see any.

[@ibs5080]

Interesting new phrase to describe "driving in a staggered formation". Namely "pocket of space". Interestingly back in Canada, I've seen this whole concept described as "Gates", with the same concept of driving in such a way as to keep "Gates " open for yourself (side, front, rear), as opposed to closed of course.

[@thomaselliot2257]

Hi Ibrahim. I mused whether this is a purely Ashley catchphrase, or not. I see you are back on form as top commenter. Well on the road to receive 1000 hearts from Ashley.👍

[@kenbrown2808]

I've described it as giving people room to swerve.

[@cyclecam6328]

The best kind of priority to give pedestrians at junctions is when they don't even know you've created the opportunity for them.

[@davidstevens-k6f]

WIt is not just motorists: with limited vision, and as a pedestrian, I always adopt a staggered ethos and look out for safer pockets if my space is infringed upon. But whilst I may also have priority when crossing the road, I'd rather wait to cross a road or signal mortorists to continue, and always aknowledge them with a thank you gesture.

[@cyclecam6328]

We do have one of the best driving etiquettes in the world. I've just been in Peru where the standard is everyone is out for themselves, it's mostly just reactive driving and the extent to which people can anticipate you want the same space is so they can accelerate into it and close down your space. Junctions are frequently blocked causing gridlock and if you don't tailgate the vehicle in front or block the junction the car behind is either on the horn to you or looking to get around you to use that space.

[@theyouofyesterday6254]

It's like this in Marrakech and Dubai too - everyone for themselves, with frequent collisions and shouting matches in the streets! Every time I've been in a taxi in either place we've been involved in some form of altercation or collision because neither driver would back down and give up a bit of road space. When driving with my sister-in-law in Dubai she avoided all kinds of potential trouble by just backing off when appropriate and allowing people a bit of space on the road, whilst still being assertive enough to make progress. The horn also seems to be used whenever people want to - which is all the time! 😂

[@ibs5080]

At around 5:36, this is also a very good example of not allowing yourself to be pressured by someone close behind you on these narrow winding country lanes. I've had similar to this video but with horse riders round the next bend...and a car tailgating me. And you'd think that after encountering the horses, the tailgater would back off but they continued. I let them past at the first available straight.

[@PedroConejo1939]

With the exception of phone use, I think tailgating is the single worst habit by drivers who don't think they're doing anything wrong. If you're being tailgated, not only do you have to think for the person behind, but it often limits how you are able to effectively deal with what's in front of you.

[@nickramsden5366]

Amazing how many drivers don't anticipate the needs of others for best flow. Always be aware of what's around. Stay in lane 2 or 3 through junctions, just delay moving back, look left and assess the volume of joining traffic. Try and spot the coming conflicts. Even go from 1 to 3 if extremely heavy to allow max space for all.

[@richardharvey1732]

Hi Ashley, some of what you do resonates for me because it is exactly how I have been doing things for years!, I never thought about it in terms of creating 'pockets', but just as it is with music the space between the notes is just as important as the notes themselves!. On reflection I think that I have been taking the whole thing as one entwined dynamic system where the elements, (the traffic), and the location, (the road or street), has fixed elements and mobile elements and the interesting bit is the relationships between those components, it is the sensible integration that concerns me. Not for the first time you say that judging speed and distance from dash-cam footage is more difficult but this is only because the screen display is entirely two-dimensional!. It is one more of those skills that improves with practise, in much the same way all cars seem to have slightly different curves in the wing mirrors, both the same on each model but varying between models, this made life interesting when I was swapping between my van and my car trying to reverse into and out of parking spaces in the street where I live all I had to do was give my brain a bit of time to catch up with my eyes! and switch to the other mind-map, again the primary key is always observation first consideration second, look-think-leap!, look again and have another little think!. Now that you have described and explained what you are thinking it has made me observe my own driving habits more 'objectively' and the next thing will be for me to consider which of my habits could and should be revised, never too late to learn!. Cheers, Richard.

[@ashley_neal]

Thanks as always for yet another articulate and well thought out comment 👍

[@ibs5080]

At around 4:57 I hope the taxi driver behind the cam car felt a bit sheepish after sounding their horn and then realising why the cam car paused due to the bus running the red light. To me that's a good indication that the taxi driver doesn't check for cross traffic just because they have a green light.

[@markwright3161]

They could also have been trying to reprimand the bus. Being observant doesn't mean they're guaranteed to be patient. I used to be a bit impatient. I used the horn once when someone didn't set off when the light turned green... from 3+ cars back from the one at the line (I maybe watched too many dashcam compilations from New York back then :)). I didn't realise it was a learner because of the angle the traffic in front was queuing onto this roundabout, I physically couldn't see the front car, just the space they hadn't yet moved into. Even back then though, I wouldn't have intentionally used the horn on a learner if I had known.

[@Shiltz]

The funny thing is that I've been catching that exact bus twice a day, 5 days a week for the past 8/9 years and it must've missed the turn because it's supposed to turn off onto the same road as the cam car. I suspect the bus driver didn't even notice the light due to a turning mistake and just went the whole way round without thinking about the lights. I'm not condoning their action, I'm just giving a potential cause. Honestly, if the cam car is a regular, good on them for not going through the green expecting the bus to turn left onto their road!

[@martinhutchinson9265]

I have no idea how he anticipated that so early. Saw the bus driver still looking back at the previous exit?

[@markwright3161]

@@martinhutchinson9265 Maybe saw the driver looking round to their right, the front wheels pointing around the roundabout rather than towards the exit, and the speed of the bus being too high to stop without braking harshly which would endanger all passengers on board.

[@martinhutchinson9265]

@@markwright3161 Maybe, still an excellent catch. But often it's random road positioning stuff that subconsciously gets my spidey-senses tingling. Like when you sense a driver is going to pull into your lane by spotting fractional movements.

[@ibs5080]

At around 6:36 I immediately knew the reason why the cam car was in lane 2 even though lane 1 was empty. Right away I remembered Ashley saying "Whenever there is a slip road off, there is invariably a slip road on, a little further ahead". In fact I always think of Ash and can hear his voice whenever I encounter this situation.

[@Being_Jeff]

Unfortunately not all lane hogger accusers know about these reasons as far as they're concerned you are just in their way!

[@EvilGav]

9:10 is a great example where New Zealands law that you can only park in the direction of traffic flow makes so much sense - so in the UK, you should mostly only be parking on the left, unless it's a one way road.

[@PedroConejo1939]

UK is the only place I know that not only allows it but tests drivers on it.

[@R04drunner1]

Few people realise but it is actually the law in the UK, when parking at night. HC rule 248: *You MUST NOT park on a road at night facing against the direction of the traffic flow unless in a recognised parking space.* During the daytime, too, HC tells us not to park against traffic flow. HC rule 239.

[@nowillnoway]

@@PedroConejo1939 to be fair, it's quite a "recent" addition to the test, added in precisely because we have far too many cars fighting for on street parking spaces, so it became a much more common thing to do. Easier and cheaper to tweak the test than redesign the majority of urban environments in the country (or even expect new development to have decent urban planning with regard to modern vehicle usage). Highway Code 239 still says "do not park facing against the traffic flow", but isn't a 'MUST NOT' so not backed by specific law. I suspect that in the event of a collision when doing so/pulling out, it could be used as evidence towards contributory negligence if things made it to court though (or even in extremis for a charge of 'without due care').

[@kenbrown2808]

the US also prohibits parking facing the wrong way.

[@Anopano3000]

9:24 almost sounds like the setup to a joke. "A white van man, a BMW driver and an audi driver walk into a bar... "

[@GeorgeThoughts]

"the barman holds out an indicator bulb and says "evenin' gents, one of you left this here last time"

[@smilerbob]

And the barman says “Sorry, we’re out of blinker fluid just like your vehicles” (I’ll get my coat and see myself out)

[@ibs5080]

At around 7:43 I was almost expecting another car to go past our cammer, unaware of why our cammer pulled in or of the ambulance behind. This has happened to me on a number of occasions when I've pulled over for an emergency vehicle coming up behind.

[@raymondbenjamins5884]

Yeah, either that or somebody from behind taking advantage and coming past right after the emergency vehicle.

[@R04drunner1]

​@@raymondbenjamins5884 to my shame, in my pre-advanced driving days, I did that once behind a fire engine going up a city road. My Canadian front seat passenger commented that it would be illegal in Canada. I never did it again.

[@smilerbob]

I would never have believed a van driver, a BMW driver and an Audi driver were civilised when all vying for the same road space had it not been captured on camera There is hope for everyone if these three stereotypes can break the mould in such a healthy way 👍

[@kyal]

9:08 is actually so rare lol, 3 people going at the same time and it all flowed fairly nicely that was quite satisfying to watch

[@abt833]

This is one of my favourite videos. All nice comments and suggestions no blaming and micky taking. Keep up the to good work

[@georgejohnson1498]

I always have adjusted speed to avoid being directly beside another vehicle - round abouts, dual carriageways etc. This came from my childhood driving farm tractors without mirrors and a huge bloodspot if you had a grain trailer in tow.That is now five decades ago. I am getting terribly nervous driving nowadays, because there are so many drivers who drive without finesse, grace or even enough actual attention. Best wishes from George

[@robg521]

8:20, sometimes doing the right thing can prompt others into following suit. The people in the queues can see the cars infront filtering and everything going well, so this nudges them into doing the same.

[@panther9450]

The only way I like to start my weekend 😎 Big up Ash you've taught me a lot about staying safe on the roads. Staggered formation ftw 😊

[@ady-uk7150]

Oh this is such a joy to watch and quite funny at times too. I'm sure, like me, most of us here drive to these standards every day. It's feels very rewarding to do. More of these please Ashley!

[@grahambonner508]

@2:15 also demonstrates a good reason to hang back and not get close to the back of a large HGV in this situation.

[@fetchstixRHD]

Slightly different, but why on earth is there a box junction there when it's pretty much literally impossible to comply with(?)

[@WayneTulip-zm9gw]

1:01 everyone should know to drive in a staggered formation with a pocket of space all around your vehicle at all times, if they don’t they need to hand in their driving licence..I like to call it my imaginary personal safety bubble..if someone invades my personal space in front behind or to the sides I’ll check my mirrors and I’ll fix the situation by adjusting my speed and by adjusting what I do to get back my imaginary personal safety bubble.

[@PedroConejo1939]

Hey Bob, My first ever place of work was in view at 4:50 - the low building next to the Telegraph pub used to be Pete Smith's Exotic Car Emporium where I did a good few months before moving on to Wakefields Army Stores at the Moreledge. We had some cracking motors in there, from Ferraris and a Lambo to Bentleys and Rollers to DB6 and an Interceptor, even an early Camaro SS. British sports cars like Lotus, MGB and TR6 too. Great job for a yoof.

[@smilerbob]

Morning, didn’t even know there was / used to be an exotic car emporium there despite having used that road on a number of occasions. I shall keep an eye out next time I am around there 👍 Interesting to see someone else catching a dodgy bus driver in that area. Must be a training ground for “perfect” driving 😁

[@PedroConejo1939]

@@smilerbob It's long gone. They took the business to Hatton and became an Alfa dealer, but even that is gone now, unless it's moved again. Was that not your clip then?

[@smilerbob]

@@PedroConejo1939That would explain why I never knew it was there 😉 No, that was not my clip neither the one that preceded it on Toyota Island where very few drivers are in the correct lane that side of the roundabout I am seeing more clips from others around here which is nice to see, even if it does cause a little confusion sometimes

[@PedroConejo1939]

@@smilerbob I think I recognised the bit from Havenbaulk Lane to Findern island in there too - the country bends on the wet road job.

[@richH1625]

2:06 reflections from shop windows can be really handy.

[@PedroConejo1939]

A classic example of a conundrum of a yellow box in that clip.

[@hypergolic8468]

And from car doors: it's cheap "Over The Horizon" information.

[@ibs5080]

At 6:14 where the cammer moves to lane 3 in anticipation of a car in lane 1 wanting lane 2 to overtake. This is a principle that Ashley himself has illustrated beautifully in the past and a key learning point I've taken from Ash. It's actually very satisfying to carry out this manoeuvre and see the other car take up the space I've created for it

[@aps-pictures9335]

I do enjoy these - reflects my own bike riding, but always good reminders of best practice and nice to see some curtesy for once! Just back from work and people were doing the exact opposite of this.

[@PedroConejo1939]

I drove the A35/A31 yesterday and the dual-carriageway/roundabout sections will truly test your adherence to staying staggered. It pays off multiple times every journey on that road, but others love to sneak up alongside and stay there. Constant vigilance of this can be tiring. I do wonder if it comes from seeing side-by-side driving so much in American films/TV.

[@kenbrown2808]

if you have seen the old US TV show CHiPs you will see the example my motorcycle gave of how NOT to ride with another motorcyclist. being side by side eliminates an escape route, should there be a problem.

[@PedroConejo1939]

@@kenbrown2808 It also requires far too much concentration to stay in formation, something the RAF had to learn the hard way in 1940.

[@kenbrown2808]

@@PedroConejo1939 but it requires next to no concentration for a motorist to blithely follow along in a lorry's blind spot. - while the lorry driver is forced to divide his attention to look after the oblivious motorist.

[@ibs5080]

At 2:57 a very good point you make Ash is that just because the cyclist is in their lane and you are in your lane doesn't necessarily mean it's safe to go past. The 1.5 metre rule takes presidence. After all, what if the cycle lane didn't exist?

[@dukedragon28]

Councils and Drivers alike need to learn that Painted Cycle Gutters doesnt make close passing any safer than having no bike lane at all

[@robg521]

9:14. All the alarm bells would be ringing in your head with this one. 3 cars all pulling out at the same time heading into the same road space. Hanging back is the only sensible thing to do and wait for them to all work it out.

[@thomaselliot2257]

It was not just not being able to see the available space on the country road to drive at the appropriate speed, it was also because of the wet conditions and the slippery road.

[@smilerbob]

Especially when being on diversion as well as those roads are not well travelled usually so the surface is likely to be more contaminated than others I was grateful the van driver behind was also keeping an appropriate distance and stopped with no issues

[@thomaselliot2257]

Ahh this was one of yours, Bob. Nice work Bob (also for giving the emergency vehicle a pocket of space)😊

[@kenbrown2808]

"if you can't stop in the distance you can see, you're going too fast." in my area, especially in the conditions that create wet roads, you can run into things much more damaging than pedestrians. I sent ashley a picture, about a year ago, of emergency services clearing a thicket of trees from the roadway in the middle of the night.

[@smilerbob]

@@thomaselliot2257 Thank you and yes, one of my boring non event clips where not much happens apart from using the road as it should be used 🤣 Hope you are keeping well now the days are getting shorter

[@tboneisgaming]

Definitely a nice treat to see great driving. It's certainly better than driving instructor you highlighted. She's still at it too.

[@Maceymayjunejuly]

Can i have a link to her channel?

[@tboneisgaming]

sds.mindsetdrive

[@BeautyByBike]

9:40 unfortunately, so many drivers, cyclists and pedestrians on our roads have this little of an idea of what's going on around them and just think "ooh, I can overtake now!"

[@WhereWeRoll]

I stopped in the middle of the road on my bike the other day because I was trying to pass a stoped van blocking the street. I saw there was and oncoming vehicle so I gave them priority as the obstruction was on my side of the road and the car behind me starts trying to go around me and the van. Completely idiotic as I obviously wasn’t stopping in the middle to go shopping. Ultimately the oncoming car waited for as both. This is the type of incident which makes it hard to give priority on a bike. Most of the time when you do the car behind will try to overtake. I know I’ve not given priority when I should have before and I’m not proud of it.

[@BeautyByBike]

@WhereWeRoll Absolutely. You'd think it would happen less on a bike, as the car behind can see the oncoming car more easily, but it doesn't seem like it!

[@The_Leeroy]

with the temporary lights at 1:30, they shouldn't be on sensors, they should be on a timer so that standstill traffic isn't an issue. at least in Denmark, temp lights are always on timers. sometimes they even have the timer shown, so that people can see how long they have to wait

[@issigonis975]

The last one is a classic. Your level of courtesy may not even come into the other drivers head. That is why in some situations overdoing it can lead to impatient drivers taking risks. You definitely on a motorway need to watch the speed of a car in lane 1 compared to the vehicle in front. This is the most common one I have seen someone suddenly pulling into lane 2.

[@peterhopkins4748]

@2:00 there is a good example of where using shop windows or other reflective surfaces to help you see around blind areas can be a great benefit helping to avoid awkward situations. The lorry is clearly visible in the window whilst at the same time being out of sight.

[@ibs5080]

At around 4:30, these "crossover" situations at large multi lane roundabouts are so common. Seen so many not only in Ashley's channel but many others too.

[@Being_Jeff]

As a matter of interest a roundabout has just had lane markings painted around it, when it previously had none I've never had an issue going round it. I wonder if it's something to do with without marking drivers naturally stagger as they don't know for sure where others are going, then with the lanes they assume drivers are going where the lane says so presume no necessity to stagger, not taking into consideration the other driver may be unfamiliar with the area and have made a mistake!

[@Sthilboy56]

Got to the point now where I hate driving , no one indicates , sticks to the speed limits or has any manners anymore if I can walk or go on the bus I will do now the roads are just horrible

[@DriveSmartDash]

That's a shame to hear 😢 - I love driving (I came late to it though - only passed my test when I was 57) just over 3 years now. But I do my best to do everything correctly & by the rules - if anyone else wants to break the rules, you can't stop them - but karma will catch up with them one day!! I particularly despise drivers on their mobiles though, I must admit. Hope you get back to enjoying your car - just let the idiots do their thing & as Ashley says "make it a non-event" 😊👍

[@kenbrown2808]

4:20 also nice work, bob, in not blocking the driveway, just in case the ambulance needed to pull in there.

[@smilerbob]

Thank you. I try to leave all options open where I can

[@kenbrown2808]

3:00 one of the benefits of the wide US roads is many of our cycle lanes and hard shoulders are wide enough that a motorist can give the cyclist a safe space, without leaving their own lane. - unless the cyclist is riding with his wheels ON the dividing line

[@ibs5080]

At around 0:29, an added benefit of the cam car waiting in it's own side street whilst all those pedestrians clear the opposite side street: Namely that the cam car isn't stuck part way across the priority road blocking it. That would be an extremely undesirable position to be in and one to be avoided at all costs. Even more so at night.

[@RichO1701e]

With regard to the cammer pulling into the junction to allow the ambulance past, just got to make sure there isn't a divvy ambulance chaser right behind before pulling back into the live carriageway.

[@BadgerBob]

Says something about the state of driving on UK roads when a montage of people just driving normally like everyone should is note worthy.

[@robg521]

2:19… one of those situations where you can ask why on Earth do we allow Lorries this size out on small rural roads and towns. For big engineering firms that require large lorry’s to carry large equipment you can sympathise, but when it a juggernaut travelled all the way across Europe there is an argument for mandatory logistic depots for these Lorrie’s to drop off to, then a small truck delivery vehicle to get the stuff to your local area. I live in a densely populated city where every Thursday during morning rush hr the area out side the nearest Onestop shop is grid locked, because there is an Arctic delivery lorry trying to do a 6point turn in the main causing the road block because it is trying to reverse into the side road along side the shop.

[@sudodrive]

I:14 As I said to one of my athletes the other day who passed her test a year ago, and was giving me a lift. "They do that sort of thing from time to time", that is continental lorry drivers switching lanes across the hatched area, because they are in wrong one. They also have a habit of doing what this fella's done regardless of the traffic island they are on. She said " how do you know its foreign lorry". Oh I said that's easy, clock the trailer plate it will be different to ours, then there's the signage, and finally if you can't see the driver in his mirror or through his window then the unit will be a left hooker (left hand drive.) Hope that's of use to anyone.

[@susiejones3634]

I really like these nice driving videos. Thanks Ash.

[@tjfSIM]

Learn a lot from these, thanks Ash!

[@grahamnutt8958]

An Audi, BMW and Van........ I was waiting for Ashley to tell us a joke 🤣🤣🤣 Partial faith in Humanity gets restored when viewing these clips.

[@kenbrown2808]

2:28 two countries separated by a common language: in the US, the scooter rider would be passing on the outside of the car - as our "inside" is closer to the center of the road, instead of closer to the kerb.

[@simonmeadows7961]

At 6:59 the cynic in me thought the taxi driver was well aware of the cyclist and wondered if that's *why* they moved to their right.

[@brianconnell9602]

The move to the right did look deliberate.

[@wibbley1]

@simonmeadows7961 Unlikely. Bikey was demonstrating their typical arrogant entitled selfish attitude. Rather than staying in the line of traffic to safely cross the bridge, bikey was determined not to slow for any reason, zooming from the inside to the outside without looking behind him and then overtaking on a very narrow bridge. Notice how he did not give the 1.5 metres space when overtaking the vehicles and by his own actions, prevented any oncoming vehicle being able to pass the oncoming traffic safely, as biky had put himself between the two narrow lanes of traffic. If anything, driver saw bikey on the inside & moved out a bit to stop bikey scratching his paintwork, trying to squeeze down the inside. Never of course thinking bikey would be so stupid as to overtake the traffic on a hump back bridge. Obviously underestimated the stupidity of bikeys.

[@calebm553]

Love the nice driving videos. Most driving videos are just people being idiots on the road, which as entertaining as it can be, isn’t as helpful as videos like this. I hope more videos like this become more the norm. I think these help people get the right attitude out on the road. I know they help me go through the right thought processes in these type of situations.

[@richH1625]

;) always learning but I hope most of us are watching this and thinking "but I thought this was just normal driving."

[@phanter344]

I have to say, when I see a cyclist in the cycle lane I thought it was OK to go past them. I do move out a little, but not the full 1.5m. If they're not in a cycle lane then I give them 1.5m+. Learned something new.

[@theyouofyesterday6254]

Thank you! I'm really pleased to read that you've taken that away from this video. 😊 I have cycled a lot over the last 25 years (I don't drive) and I really hate these narrow painted cycle lanes. I tend to cycle at the very edge of the lane or even in the 'traffic' lane to try to make people give me space, but that inevitably annoys some drivers who then give me a close punishment pass. There's very little you can do here as a cyclist except just avoid these lanes completely where possible! I feel so vulnerable! 😢

[@Chigleybus]

​@@theyouofyesterday6254I actually prefer the bit of painted road masquerading as a bike lane. At least in Liverpool they are far safer, in my opinion and experience of using them, than the designated, segregated bike lanes. At the very least you don't get electric bike "couriers" approaching a foot away from you in the opposite direction at 25 mph. Far more reckless than most drivers and with zero regard for the highway code, if they even know what it is.

[@Soren015]

I found your channel about the time I got my driving license, and I have to say you continually help me to become aware of my bad habits, and to keep improving. Also, I very much enjoyed the person at @03:30ish, listening to a swedish audiobook of Harry Potter in the car 😂

[@aidanmorrison4599]

Got a gopro last week, now I hold open every single possible door for people. I record these displays of good character and submit them to a guy online. I hope that one day he will give me kudos, one day..

[@TimpBizkit]

I don't know if this is wrong but i don't usually pull over for ambulances on NSL roads because i usually outpace them even with lights and sirens. I did once and they were only going to their emergency at 50 in a 60 so didn't see the point. I do if driver in front is holding me up. In town always.

[@sie50]

Thanks for another great “Nice Driving” video. Glad to see the pedestrian crossing rules being used so well in this example here. Unfortunately, not the case up in Windermere on Thursday where a large SUV car turned right from a main road into a side road where myself and my partner were already crossing the road. The driver continued to drive towards me at slow speed whilst I continued crossing the road stopping less than a foot away. The middle aged female driver then asked my partner (who had stopped crossing in the middle of the road) why I would do that! I bet she still thinks she was in the right and I was wrong. I can only hope that she mentioned it to someone who knew better.

[@paulsengupta971]

I was up in the Lake District on holiday last week.

[@raymondbenjamins5884]

3:36 Plenty of people just bomb it into that slight narrowing, which can cause some issues for traffic from the other side. I've seen it happen plenty of times where people have to serve to the point their right wheel leave the road. Luckily it's gravel right next to the road, but as you can see from this clip, it really isn't that big of a deal to just delay your acceleration. I've also seen people pretty much scrape the hedge to the right, but there is a driveway immediately after it. I once saw a near collision with somebody coming out of that driveway, since they can't see anything coming until they're pretty much on the road. The stones below the hedge were added not too long ago, because people would sometimes damage the hedge with the vehicle.

[@MRDNRA]

1:45 those temporary lights will likely have detected the emergency vehicle or even the pedestrian on the left and will trigger from those. I can speak from experience this year just walking past many temporary lights in my village (we've had countless roadworks this year) that they've often triggered just from me walking past (even at times on the opposite side of the road) when there has been no traffic around whatsoever!

[@kenbrown2808]

in the US, any short term road works will have live traffic control people. I've only seen temporary lights in places where a road has been reduced to one lane for days or weeks at a stretch,

[@themessfact0ry]

This is Shania's favourite video series 🙃

[@R04drunner1]

😂 Think it's more of a case: "And never the twain shall meet."

[@DarlingtonBadDrivers]

I find myself saying make it a non event all the time now after watching your videos, driving is so much less stressful.

[@loc4725]

When entering onto a 2 lane roundabout a few months back I took up a staggered formation with a lorry to my left. Apparently slowing to let him go in front caused some confusion as he slowed and then stopped for a few seconds, presumably wondering why I hadn't kept up.

[@Lincoln-rx3mt]

Ashley check out the clip at 8:05 from part 2 of that worst driving instructor, she literally committed a crime and posted it online

[@thromboid]

I saw she also posted a Short proclaiming how thick-skinned she was and wasn't going to let the "haters" get to her. I really hope she can allow herself to get help.

[@mikebarber1480]

In that last clip the lack of observation is mindblowing

[@doughunt9621]

At the 1:11 mark, the lorry is foreignregistered. If you have ever driven on the continent that is exactly the way lorries take roundabouts (in mirror image, of course). I'm not sure we can expect foreign drivers to drive exactly as a British drivers would. You have to be very caerful on continental roundabouts as there is very little indicating, and in Austia you will frequently see signs on roundabouts saying 'beim verlassen' (hope that is correct) meaning 'indicate on leaving'.

[@R04drunner1]

Awesome video. I spotted who clip 1 was from in the first few seconds. I recognised the driving style. You confirmed it by complimenting Jon. 😁 I like the way your cammer even had space for the light aircraft. 😇 Practically laughed out loud at the comment about the van driver, BMW driver and Audi driver. 😂 Must be a joke in there somewhere. Beautiful driving and beautifully highlighted by the commentary. Such a pleasant learning experience. Keep them coming, Ashley!

[@lewistillett206]

Always love the nice driving episodes!

[@snodgee]

As a pedestrian who walks at least 5 miles a day I wish they would change the rules on the highway hierarchy back to how they were as they are not working , how do you explain to youngsters that at junctions they should have priority but at just a few metres down the road they don’t

[@theyouofyesterday6254]

Exactly! I also walk a lot (I don't drive) and I'm teaching my 6 year old to always decide for for himself, and to wave on drivers who stop (unless, for example, it's at the end of a one way street and the car is going to have to wait to pull out anyway). I've explained (an demonstrates) to just walk away if they try to insist and he doesn't think it's safe. It's the pressure some drivers put on you to cross that I don't like, and some get quite aggressive about it, which can be intimidating to a child and make them cross without properly checking the road is clear in both directions 😢

[@insightphoto]

I just love the van/BMW/Audi triple there

[@Birkguitars]

The clip of the white van and the car with the canoe at about 6 minutes flags another issue. Pulling from lane 3 to 2 at that angle to the car in lane 1 means the van was approaching in the car drivers blind spot. With modern B pillars being so wide it is incredibly difficult to see someone coming from that direction. Had the car driver not seen it and pulled out they would both have been approaching the same spot at the same time. The van driver then must either brake while changing lanes or veer back to lane 3 at what is, for motorway speeds, quite a sharp angle. Neither is safe. I was never taught this but picked it up through a strong self preservation Instinct and always approach far enough behind to be steering straight in lane 2 before I pass a vehicle in lane 1 or get past the vehicle first and then change lanes.

[@willp458]

Great video as always ash. Always refreshing to see some nice driving instead of the typical bad driving. Also don’t know if you’ve seen but that driving instructor released a new video and I’d say this one’s even worse than the last one. I don’t know if I can believe she’s actually a driving instructor at this point or if she’d just doing it as a wind up 🤣. As always though would be great to get your views on it. Keep up the great work 😊👍.

[@kenbrown2808]

7:45 well done for finding a place to pull over and stop. do be aware of indicators on the ambulance, though. this one didn't need to turn, but there's always the possibility.

[@ShadowReaperX07]

1:40 - Depends on settings, it could be that these lights are set to cycle on interval; but given they're temporary, it's extremely unlikely, and is probably set on vehicle motion. However, given you can *see* the opposite queue (the White Van[?]) towards the end of the clip, you could potentially go for the idea of waiting until the opposite side has cleared and then proceeded through with caution (as that doesn't mean there isn't a concealed junction I can't see). Personally though, if it were me, given the police car is acting as a rather big christmas tree blockade (stopping anyone from progressing from the opposite direction) I would be inclined to proceed through behind them (even though its now changed to red), albeit with caution; if the person immediately behind me follows me through, that's their choice (though I wouldn't as the lights are now likely to have recognised 'motion' and tripped the sensor.

[@KennethSwaby-j9d]

There are plenty of good points there, Ashley. 👍 The last clip was typical of some drivers. 🤔

[@bofor3948]

The Three Stooges, always had good timing too.

[@WurstCase]

0:20 I'm curious. Do pedestrians legally have priority in cases like this or is it one of the cases where the Highway Code says that drivers 'should' yield but it is not backed by a binding law? Over here (DE), pedestrians do not share the priority rules for vehicles but drivers and cyclists must yield to pedestrians who are crossing a road they are about to turn into. Even if they haven't started crossing yet.

[@Batters56]

One my driving adages to myself is “never fight with a lorry on a roundabout”

[@brantnuttall]

9:22 I've just literally fallen off my chair in disbelief! lol (not really)

[@paulbolus9399]

In The Netherlands we only give way to pedestrians when they are going straight on the same road.

[@Enjay001]

8:38 The driver of the black Fiesta had it sussed, but the red BMW SUV behind them took a bit longer to realise what was going on. They definitely stood on the brakes a bit.

[@keith6400]

0:18 The pedestrian priority rules do apply at cross roads, however if you are going straight ahead you are not turning right or left in to or out at a junction. Then they do not relate to you. I am not saying this example of driving is bad or commenting on what we see. The point I am making is they are worded in a very bad way.

[@bobmcneill1104]

Good to see some of the kids stopping and looking before crossing, not sure on the numbers of people run over whilst on the pavement but I bet it is considerably lower than people being on the road. Its an easy rule to remember, vehicles on the road pedestrians on the pavement, if you need to cross just stop and look, it's not rocket science.

[@WayneTulip-zm9gw]

1:26 you took the a46 Leicester exit..what roundabout is this? Leicester is my local city, I live only a short drive away from it! 😀

[@ab-jm5gn]

Haha, a Swedish audio book with Harry Potter in a Dutch rural area at 3:49. That was unexpected.

[@richardkent]

In the first clip, just because the kids have priority they shouldn't assume it's being given. None of the boys look before crossing. Time to bring back the Green Cross Code; Kevin Keagan wouldn't tolerate that behaviour.

[@rustydusty2992]

3:05 Should have used all available roadspace for the pass and then also would have been central on speed hump best placement for car on it for max stability of vehicle.

[@jonnyholton2196]

I spotted that DHL HGV in the reflections so would have held back. I am an HGV driver so it's expected.

[@twoshottino1991]

I’m late to watching this video however I would like to say it was no surprise when you said John was driving in an early clip. It’s a shame he’s not an instructor because his driving is impeccable and it would be great if he was teaching those standards to learner drivers. Unlike the recent “Instructor” that was the complete opposite of good driving

[@istriver.]

Great Series !!

[@jamiemittermuller6470]

I don’t like driving on dual carriageways and someone driving along next to you. I’ve always slowed down or speed up to get a space. I feel safer. I use these videos to judge my driving and to gain some experience for situations.

[@Batters56]

9:42 The “pull up on the right” strikes again. I’d like to see that on the test “Now I’d like you to pull up on the right… [student does so] I’m sorry that’s a fail for dangerous driving.”

[@kenbrown2808]

I think the only time someone actually said not to drive alongside somoene wa sin my motorcycle class - but I've always seen it as an obvious way to not have someone change lanes into me.

[@michaelgoode9555]

The cammer at the end summed up the macho pickup driver perfectly. Wish people would engage brain, especially when driving.

[@derekmulready1523]

When passing a HGV. The HGV will most often where space permits pull to the left. Hard Shoulder. And maintain speed 80 to 100 kph. Why don't they reduce their speed. 🇮🇪🇪🇺

[@SEBZED86]

The clip with dhl lorry. If the car were to reverse, there’s a chance you could get stuck on the Yellow box, leading to a hefty fine…😢