Land Rover - Military Operations - Safe Driving Techniques - On Road & Cross Country Driving (1997)

[@tonyalways7174]

There’s something rather elegant about military spec Land Rovers. Literally lowest spec fittings, everything stripped out to the bare minimum and yet it creates a marvellous simplicity for the whole vehicle. Top driving advice too.

[@shankarbalan3813]

Thorough advice. Lots of common sense. Useful for any off roader, not just Land Rover.

[@globalcitizen8321]

Useful for (almost) any car. I concur, good advice !

[@Rampart.X]

The bicycle mishap was hilarious.

[@6643bear]

This brings back memories. Regards mark

[@ludacris6212]

Reminds me of my time at DST Leconfield.

[@aymanzein7]

Thanks , useful information Ayman, Sudan, East Africa

[@ExMuslimAman]

Thanks a lot Sir ❤

[@normaneustice1112]

I just love the way the narrator is always banging on about environmental concerns for landrover drivers, when the British Army's regular ordnance has a devastating effect on the environment oh the irony, which seems lost on the narrator. Some very good driving tips TBF.

[@Willard05]

Regular ordnance??

[@allgood6760]

Awesome 👍

[@numb2feel495]

Thanks for sharing this video. Anyone knows what s the brand and specifications of the tires of this land rover defender?

[@rustandoil]

Goodyear G90👍🏻

[@romesh123elephant]

thank u

[@gordy4459]

Wish my 30yr old ex military Landie had power steering!!..😂😂

[@engchoontan8483]

regular canopy fold down windscreen is-not lotus-esprit's problem but recoil-less rifle's advantage

[@nickaxe771]

Not to keen on driving upto the white center line on left bends like in the diagram.....most knob drivers coming the other way will be slightly on your side of the road. Yes it GIVE YOU BETTER VIZ.....but at what cost.

[@norfolknomad]

This used to be taught on the advanced motor cycle course. I was never keen on hugging the the centre line for fear of being wiped out by some idiot driving over the centre line coming in the other direction.

[@johnjabang]

Exactly. Was thinking of that too. Good view but costly!!!

[@markwright3161]

This video doesn't go into enough detail. You stay close to the white line only when you can see far enough ahead to safely reposition if an oncoming vehicle appears. So position nearer the centre line further from the corner, but if it has a relatively restricted view, a high dense hedge or similar near the edge of the road surface on the inside of the corner, then you would move back to a more central lane position closer to the corner, obviously balancing the view with speed to ensure you can stop in the distance you can see to be clear if needed. The advice in this video is incomplete and not up to Roadcraft standards, so if you're actually interested in driving to a higher standard, look into the book 'Roadcraft, the police driver's handbook'. If you're not committed to purchasing a book, there's a channel 'Reg Local' here on KZbin that goes through the techniques much more thoroughly. Roadcraft is what sets the standard the IAM and RoSPA set their 'advanced' driving tests to. At an advanced level, off-siding on approach to a corner to the left was also suggested at a time, but at least one serious collision involving a police trainee in Scotland a while ago means they don't advise that now. If applied properly, it's still perfectly safe and beneficial, but again, all dependent on the conditions, which are everything from weather and traffic conditions to time of day, road surface, type of road and it's layout, the positioning of road furniture, vehicle being driven, vehicle loading and mental state of the driver, their capabilities (honestly assessed), etc. Reg Local has covered it at some point speaking from his personal experience through training police drivers himself, emergency response drivers can feel pressured to prove ability during assessments, so could feel the need to pass something to prove they can overtake to make progress or move offside for a better view when it isn't optimal for fear of being marked down for failing to make progress or position for view, so you can theorise how incidents might occur from that. Just because it's beneficial in a few scenarios and given as advise for those, doesn't mean it's advise being given to then be applied to all, this isn't the standard government driving tests. The fact the on road driver indicated left after overtaking a considerably slower vehicle suggests they're not advanced trained, unless they're overtaking with a considerably faster vehicle approaching them from behind, in which case they shouldn't have committed to overtaking in the first place. 'Advanced' driving has systematic elements, but the act of driving, order of actions, etc, need to be as variable as the conditions experienced on the road. A basic test standard is more systematic overall with things like 'always indicate' (of which I thought such low ability was limited to the US, but when this was filmed, apparently not), etc, which takes thought away from the driver and leads to confusion when the conditions don't align with that system or a lack of proper observation and concentration on driving which will lead to those incidents they mentioned while vehicles are reversing. They will move their head but not be able to tell you if a giant pink unicorn was in the rear view mirror or not. 'Speed is the leading cause of accidents' is a factually incorrect statement. Inattentiveness and distraction is the leading cause of incidents, but it doesn't roll of the tongue in a nice political slogan or have easy to implement 'solutions' that don't involve actually training people to an appropriate standard to begin with. In the right conditions, even one of these Land Rovers could safely do double the speed limit (with a strong tail wind as one of those conditions), but in the same place be unsafe in a dozen other variations of those conditions (still with the tail wind). Saying it's safe once doesn't mean always, but it also isn't never like too many like to jump to. Apologies for the long read, I'm passionate about driving and hate inaccurate information shared by even significant sources on it.

[@Chrisjvance]

Ah, youtube algorithms strike again. 😂

[@arsenal10141014]

Wolf remus is the defender to have

[@vengadeshkannavathy7225]

Can you please upload some Lincoln videos?

[@robertcrofts2108]

How many more are going to post the same video

[@monkmodemalik8225]

Was this an actual military training video?

[@tonyalways7174]

Yes

[@coops9871]

state of that beret

[@jantamanini8583]

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@ronaldrrootiii6040]

"Diff lock" in this case meaning Awd placed into 4x4. I hate the way it's always spoken of like a special thing. So when you have a jeep that is two-wheel drive with selectable four-wheel drive putting it into four-wheel drive is the same concept. So you're taking this all wheel drive Land Rover and putting it into regular four-wheel drive but it still has no axle diff locks its just a standard four-wheel drive when locked. Basically not special at all in any way.

[@alkimozden]

it is kinda special cause with normal 4H/L use on a landrover You only have 4 wheel drive as long as all four wheels are touching the ground. İf You lose grip on say the right front wheel the left front wheel Will also stop turning cause all the power Will be going to the right wheel with the least resistance spining in the air and youll only have rearwheel propulsion. Say İf You somehow manage to get both one front wheel and one backwheel off the ground then your Jeep or your LR wont budge even in 4w drive. What diff lock does it ensures (by locking one wheel on same axl) left front and rear right, so that even İf one wheel is cut from the ground a division of the power is splitted and this way it goes to the wheel still grippin the ground allowing the vehicle to move. İn my opinion its not a Real 4 wheel drive unles your car has a diff lock. (not including the electronic computer power distrubiting system newer LR vehicles have, they are also awesome)

[@SoediDodi-iu9pb]

OMG England Mulitary LR

[@Thepigfromthepot]

Powerful Hahahaha

[@petersmith4455]

talk about baby sitting !

[@SammyInnit]

His lane discipline is terrible lol

[@jayceoldacre9702]

Awful bit of kit. It's embarrassing driving around in these sheds.