Ashley’s Driving Fail | Blame Others For Your Mistake
ฝัง
- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 มี.ค. 2021
- It's been awhile since I've put out a Driving Fail of my own. In one of these clips the driver behind me blames the Driving School vehicle for their own mistake, and I also see the aftermath of a big collision in the car park!
Social Media
www.ashleyneal.com
/ ashleynealdrivinginstr...
ashleysanalysis@gmail.com
/ lessontracker
The Apps
Pupils - apps.apple.com/gb/app/driving...
ADI - apps.apple.com/gb/app/lesson-...
Amazon Links
Sony a6400 Camera - amzn.to/2xVCrn0
Sony FDR X3000 Action Camera - amzn.to/2YVoPDh
VIOFO 4K Dash Cam A129 Pro Duo - amzn.to/3fEouLg
DJI Osmo Action - amzn.to/2WN7BWg
Joby Suction Cup Mount - amzn.to/2YYQ68a
RODE Wireless GO Microphone - amzn.to/3cmSBEZ
#driving #fail #education
![[UNCUT] ฝันรักห้วงนิทรา | EP.8 (4/4)](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/RDYJYiDwsj0/mqdefault.jpg)
"How do you do that much damage, in a car park?"
Right foot goes vroooooooom 😆
The amount of times I’ve backed out of a parking spot by 2/3 and people still squeeze past is astonishing.
Of course I stop in a situation like that, but why squeeze past instead of waiting for 5 seconds
One of the things that I like about driving in the US is that the police can and will ticket people for violations in car parks. One of the great stories I heard on the radio in Louisiana was of a deputy who _arrested_ his own sheriff for parking in a disabled space in his patrol car. Class.
@@PedroConejo1939 Police in the UK can do similar just they choose not to most of the time.
Driving too fast is in car parks is bad enough, but in our local Tesco car park the Give Way markings and Stop signs with solid white lines just seem to be mere decorations, judging by the number of drivers who take absolutely no notice of them.
Treating the car park as race track day at Snetterton
A sample question in a Liverpudlian Cab Driver's exam: The traffic lights ahead of you are red. Do you:
A) Ignore them and just keep going?
B) Just keep going and ignore them?
C) Ignore them?
D) Just keep going?
What's a red light?
@James Stewart Now you're just being silly: that's clearly from the Advanced Exam 😉
Beats me why they have brakes they only slow the meter down anyways.
@@ianmacfarlane1241 Some people apparently think red lights are optional
@@notmenotme614 Three years ago I was walking up to the local shops with my two year old nephew - I used to look after him one day a week.
So, we're crossing the road at a green man, and a car comes round the corner, straight through a red light and comes close enough to us that I managed to kick the car, while shouting, "it's a fucking green man".
I'd never sworn in front of my nephew, but I got such a fright I lost it.
So, I watched the car travel about 100 metres up the road and pull in at a Church/Church Hall.
I walked up to the car, but it was empty.
I've always got a pen on me, so I'm looking for a piece of paper to write an angry note, and the driver walks out of the Church Hall - he'd been dropping his daughter off at a dance class.
He sees me and immediately knows what's up, and I'm fuming, (I'm not a big guy - 6' tall with a shaved head, so to some I've got an aggressive demeanor) so he starts apologising profusely.
I let him know, in no uncertain terms, that I'm not happy - bad enough nearly hitting me, but my very precious two year old nephew....no way.
He explains that he was dropping off his daughter and his mind wasn't in the right place - I told him that I was considering calling the police to have him breathalysed, however, I couldn't believe that he'd drink and drive with his daughter in the car, so I was prepared to give him a pass - I don't think that he had been drinking - I was just letting him know that I wasn't happy.
Anyway, that was that.....
I didn't mention this to my sister, (his Mum) - didn't see the point.
About three weeks later I saw my sister, and she says, "you'll never believe what happened last night....I'm getting dinner ready with Gary, and Aidan (nephew) is just entertaining himself in the living room, when all of a sudden he shouts out...."fucking green man" at the top of his voice...clear...as...day, with perfect pronunciation.."
She said that she had to close the door as her and her husband tried to stifle the laughter, as the wee nephew just carries on playing with blocks or whatever.
She wasn't accusing me of anything...in fact she had no idea where he'd heard this phrase, but he'd heard it somewhere.
I, very sheepishly, told her that he'd picked it up from me, and I had to explain that some clown had shot a red light, nearly hitting her precious wee boy and his uncle.
Anyway, that's a IMHO funny red light story - unfortunately many of them aren't so funny 🚦⛔✌️
An ambulance w/o lights and siren should not be running red lights.
Especially if they are carrying medically vulnerable patients, as if they end up in a crash it might not go well for them
It's not an emergency ambulance I don't think so no need to rush
Ex-police officer here - the idea of going through an ATS system without lights or sirens gives me shivers. There's no two ways about it - the ambulance driver cocked up. From what I've seen though to me it isn't an emergency ambulance either.
Some of these clips really highlight the benefit of a rear facing camera
We "normal" drivers are gobsmacked when someone jumps a red, or uses the left lane to go right etc. But the drivers that do this stuff don't give it a moment's conscious thought, so long as it doesn't end in a collision and they don't get caught. To them it's just a part of everyday driving, and they've forgotten about it the second it's behind them - assuming they even gave it any thought in the first place.
It's possible that the taxi driver was looking at the second set of lights, which were on green and missed the fact that there was a red light a few yards before it. As Ashley said, that's why you should always have a look, even when your lights are on green.
i know it's kind of off topic but do anyone know of a good website to watch newly released tv shows online ?
@Maison Terrence i watch on flixzone. Just search on google for it =)
@Archie Tripp definitely, been using Flixzone for months myself :D
@Archie Tripp thank you, signed up and it seems like a nice service =) I appreciate it !
I have a simple rule when I get tailgated: If you don't want your safe braking distance, I'll include it in mine; if you get even closer, I'll simply increase my distance to the vehicle in front.
Some of the worst offenders are wagon and van drivers because they can see over a mere car but there's reasons that people have to brake that are not always visible directly in front of them. I've always tried to give HGV drivers respect and room but as with every other form of transport, there aren't half some tits among them.
I do this when the person in front of me is tailgating the person in front of them. Increase the distance as I know they couldn’t slow down progressively and only slow abruptly and sporadicly, I leave a little more room.
There's nothing worse than when you're in a 50 zone with average speed cameras and you have to decide whether to stay in the left lane and let the cars on the slip road struggle to join, or move over into the right lane and have an HGV sat in the boot of your car for the next 3 miles.
@@jacintarene_ I agree, keep well clear. At least they make themselves easy to spot because of the constantly flashing brake lights.
@@ihavenousername1805 - you don't have to decide anything, it's down to them joining to do the thinking.
@@LITTLEbigREG NO!!! firstly, I believe in most cases its legally thier priority, and, secondly, this is the kind of mentality that causes crashes, a road situation is everyones buisness, laws of physics do not distinguish between the right and the wrong.
The only surprise with that Range Rover was that it went the right way down that one way street!
He didn't even stopped on red light 🤣
Not being broken down is also a surprise
I think letting the lorry out was a bit over courteous and even if the driver knew what you were doing it's the kind of unexpected event that can cause confusion to other road users. You had a clear road in front and traffic behind you, how does it help the flow of traffic for you to stop them all unexpectedly?
Edit: Just to add to this as well, I was very nearly rear ended because a driver in front of me decided to stop and let out a load of vans from a council depot. Not really the fault of the driver that stopped, but the event wouldn't have happened if he hadn't stopped
Given that the road ahead was closed, there was a junction and there was a wagon starting to pull out, a lot more caution should have been exercised by the overtaker. He didn't even _think_ about what was going on but immediately went into the overtake. Not something that would be wise in a car let alone an artic.
Yes, being over courteous really would cause confusion in other road users who generally expect the F-you attitude these days.
I have done exactly the same
stop to let the driver out of the junction
but the car behind me didn't like it
I thought you stopping there caused too many variables for the lorry behind to easily assess - the parking space, the junction, the roadworks. Which probably should have caused him to stop, but...
I've been watching your videos for a couple of months now and I have to say a lot of what you say, do and see has definitely made me reevaluate my own driving. You get into bad habits, I would never say I'm perfect but I'll definitely say I've improved my driving and I've become a lot more patient. 🚘👍
So good to hear! Keep learning and thanks for letting me know 👍🏼
As the great Bob Ross used to say "we don't make mistakes, just happy little accidents"
Lol, yes. "Beat the bejesus out of it"
I like the ones that look where they're going, instead of looking where everyone else is going.😃😂😃😂😃😂😃😂😃
No, that articulated lorry that overtook was just being impatient
1 view
7 minutes
18 likes
6 comments
Ashley's driving lessons on here are absolutely brilliant.
Watching Ash's latest video on a Sunday... Priceless!
There are some things money can't buy. For everything else there is Ashley Neal...🙂
Well said, Ib S!
@@duraab27 Thank You kindly. When I saw your list of one liners with numbers I immediately thought of the ad. 🙂
Ye, tailgating lorries always freak me out too, especially if you think that a lot of them tend to watch movies or clip their toe nails while driving.
If they're tailgating you, they're probably at least concentrating on being a tit and are not going to do as much damage as the idiot miles behind you, watching Die Hard, who slams into stopped traffic at 56 mph. They're the ones to worry about and that's why it's a good idea to leave plenty of space between you and the vehicle in front if you ever have to stop on in a live lane on a motorway or dual-carriageway - and to keep an eagle eye on your mirrors.
Stopping on the road when you have right of way to let someone out is, in my view, bad practice. If you have right of way then use it, everyone knows rules so trying to unilaterally swap them on the fly is confusing and can be dangerous.
Example, the lorry in the clip, you were stopped on the road with a left hand indicate on, as far as the lorry behind knows you could be stopping for a while.
If you'd have used your right of way, you would have turned left, the lorry behind carried on and the lorry emerging would have waited their turn, exactly as everyone expected-you were the only one in that situation that knew you were giving up your right of way.
Have a look again to see where and when I actually stopped 👍🏼
@@ashley_neal possibly slowing down rather than stopping would have been better? The wagon shouldn't have overtaken though.
I only stopped when the overtaking lorry was passing the junction
@@ashley_neal yep, fair enough, you were at a crawl so deffo not stopping. The wagon had slowed as well so showing some impatience by accelerating round, lucky the wagon emerging was paying attention as that would have been a bad accident.
@@ashley_neal ....(Clip 4)....In the given traffic situation : not a good action imo....You created an unnecessary & confusing situation (difficult to interpred by others, 'coz exceptional), hampered the natural flow of traffic by near-halting w/o a real reason, (illegal in my country), which made another driver create a potentially dangerous situation by taking a 'bad' decision (though also a very efficient one; he probably had also seen the roadworks ahead as an obstacle) .... 'Coz : if you would have kept moving, he most likely would have stayed in lane ...Senseless too, 'coz you turned left anyway, so you had hardly any influence on the turning lorry's possible actions and the traffic was normal, so an occasion to enter the road would occur soon enough for the lorrydriver...(In heavy, crawling bumper to bumper traffic this would have made more sense, but then also only if you would have kept going straight on the road)...
I almost always watch until the end of the videos because 1. I'm always learning and 2. I love seeing a part of the world I might not be able to visit. I really appreciate the older architecture! ❤️
Love the videos Ashley! You've inspired me and I'm always trying to improve myself. I'm definitely going to be training to become a driving instructor next year when I can at 21
Love that!
That first clip reminds me of something similar a few weeks back where I stopped just short of a "keep clear" box for a junction. The car behind wanted to turn down that junction and got very angry that I wouldn't move forward to block the junction.
It probably didn't help that I also let two cars out before I moved.......
I’ve had that whilst I’ve been teaching. The guy behind was going absolutely mental. What did he expect a learner driver to do, go against the rules and into the Keep Clear just so he could make progress ?
@@SiRhodesDriverTraining going mental over a delay which was probably about 30 seconds to a minute...
The irony of driving through a red whilst displaying a baby on board sign..
What do you think the sign is for? It’s not there to remind you not to crash into the back of their car, but to warn you that the driver is paying more attention to the baby than their driving.
GOOD trigger for the baby snatchers!
Love watching these, it's not all about pointing a finger, but having a good laugh and learning what to look out for.
Your videos are a useful watch even if, like me, you have been driving for 40 years. Please keep posting them!
Clip 1. If that's recent then that Audi is currently untaxed. Which to me shows the current headspace of people. Want a semi flashy car but can't afford to keep it. The same as people who drive for weeks on the smaller spare tyre.
How can you tell its untaxed?
@@dadjv1926 looked up the licence plate reg on the insurance.
Vehicle smart app will tell ya whether a vehicle is taxed, insuranced, got an mot and more
@@grillflame103 Oh yeah, forgot about that app.
That's what's society is becoming. Show off idiots, who in their eyes are never wrong. The driver deflecting the blame on you because he thinks he or she is a top notch driver.
Clip 4, with the truck overtake, could he have thought you were stopping? You turned left, into the road the other truck emerged from, were you already signalling? If the left signal was on, and you stopped, the following truck can assume that's where you intend to stay, regardless of the space ahead. With a clear road ahead, he was not willing to wait while you parked, especially if you were displaying the L plates or any learner car livery. He might have been getting short of driving time. Could of course, have just been impatience. Disappointing that he apparently hadn't noticed his fellow truck driver waiting to emerge.
The driving school car's sign on the top was clearly causing such an obstruction that the lorry driver couldn't see past him.
It never ever ceases to amaze me the number of illegal "off-road" motorbikes and quads that are on the roads with no care to anything around them or the damage they cause. You can generally tell by the lack of number plates, the stupid things they do like pulling wheelies, carrying three people and so on. If I remember correctly, the average cost of a fatal road traffic collision is about a £1,000,000 after the investigation, hospital treatment and inquest, let alone the human cost. I shook my head at the idiot who pulled out on the little toy quad and nearly went over in front of you.
Think the lorry one was probably them misinterpreting what you were doing _and_ focusing on that. So, thought you were going to park, and decided to go round you without taking proper notice of the other lorry. Perhaps stopping beside the open space instead of short of it would've helped? Shouldn't have passed you there anyway though I reckon.
You asked. So ... 😉😊 I do think at times you are over courteous to vehicles waiting to exit from a side road behind a Give Way line. The junction is laid out that way for a reason. You are on the main route. There's no problem creating a space in queuing traffic to let a vehicle out BUT where you are flowing reasonably freely, slowing/stopping to let vehicles out can confuse following vehicles, and possibly put yourself in danger.
When would the LGV emerging get out if there is a constant flow of traffic turning left?
@@ashley_neal Is that your responsibility? Stopping where you did, although polite and not really dangerous, caused that situation to occur. Yes, the lorry shouldn't pass, but as you always say we should be driving to prevent the mistakes of others!
It's the lorry's responsibility to wait until a gap in traffic occurs. Gaps do come about, even on busy streets. If the gap is *just* too small for him, he can probably begin to inch out to force his opportunity.
Alternatively stop a little further up maybe, to avoid confusion?
Difficult one that.
@Eggyk95 have a look again at when I stopped. This was only caused by the LGV overtaking!
Some good caps & analysis there Ash!
Being able to see Tyres and Tarmac or Rubber and Road is what I mostly adhere to if you are sat behind someone. Reasons include if car in front breaks down you have an escape route and if anyone does hit you hard from behind you are less likely to hit the car in front.
I learn something new with every video of yours. 👍
So far you have featured 2 of my Mum's favourite cars.
I have a personal philosophy which stands me in good stead in business, which is that I own everything that happens to, as well as from, me. Situations aren't always my fault, superficially speaking, but down the rabbit hole of cause and effect, there's nearly always something I could have done, given enough foresight - which, to be fair, is sometimes l'esprit de l'escalier - to have saved the situation. Mind you, it does boil my kettle when I stop to let someone pass on narrow stretches of road or pavement only to be overtaken by some thoughtless, impatient blockhead.
Ashley, I have worked in Road Safety Engineering for 30 years and very much appreciate these videos. I have always tried to drive according to the conditions and always within the speed limit but I think these show that you can teach an old dog new tricks if you pardon the cliche. My grandson is going through his lessons at the moment and I've told him to subscribe. Not sure if he will but I've sent him some links).
The honest truth is that most drivers don’t drive carefully in those shopping centre car parks. Common sense and decency seem to be rare commodities.
Most shoppers can't keep their shopping trolley's under control either.
Trollies! I get the one with a dodgy wheel 😅
@@ollieb9875 Arn't you in the "AA!"
If I ever make a mistake I’ll be the second to admit it
Thsts never a good idea
@123MondayTuesday Amazing 😂
Why? Easy. It's far easier for most people to comprehend that someone else is wrong rather than themselves being wrong. Kinda where we get a lot of conflicts from, I'd say.
0:59 This reminds me of some road works near a level crossing. The contractors put a sign up that said do not stop on the railway line. People think the problem is that the vehicle ahead stops just past the rails. They do not think stop short of the rails if there isn't enough space beyond the crossing and hold back on approach to generate the necessary space and this is the solution.
It's the chavy black Astra for me on the intro! 🤣🤣
Great video, I’ve court some red light runners lately, I court one which could have easily stopped and one that stopped but then thought I’ll go anyway later on in the sequence, stay safe everybody :)
Clip4 there isn’t the full story - if the lorry had been waiting for a while why not help it out. Otherwise, as you often imply, being too kind can lead to confusion, just let the rules sort things out . Nice video 😊
It's the pulling up too short that caused the confusion. It's a theme. Clip 1 causes it so the Audi can't clear the crossing. Clip 10 so the lorry cuts the pavement. If he had moved forward to a normal gap (everyone else managed it!) then there wouldn't be this issue.
I thought it was about being nice and helping people out? But it seems it's only Infront only and sod everyone behind! 😁
@@gavjlewis it's a one lane road with a road narrows sign on the LHS, I wouldn't be squeezing in beside the car on the right, it's just going to cause problems.
Agree, he should have just gone about his business, with another wagon behind you have no idea what that might have lead to, the wagon pull out and collide with the overtaker and that would have been a nasty outcome.
@@gavjlewis it's up to the driver behind to drive his own car and not enter a space from which there is no exit. I believe the instructor's car left the right amount of gap to the car in front. Traffic queued nose to tail is only inviting further hassles in the event of something unexpected happening. Its what all instructors would teach.
When you stopped for the truck the one behind you had too have seen the emerging truck as both were so much higher than your car.I learnt to drive in 1974 and my driving instructor told me a number of things that I remember to this day. 1) trucks need longer to stop and move off. 2) Never wave any one on or move on because they wave you on always make sure that it is safe to move yourself. 3) the most important , always treat other drivers as if they are total idiots that way they will never supprise you.
I am currently letting my girlfriend drive and we're working on prediction of traffic. It is obvious to us how many people drive without a plan and therefor make sudden and unpredictable moves. She on the other hand is very consciously thinking several steps ahead now. She said it makes every situation a lot less chaotic for her and she is in full control of most situations.
The starting point for a safe, effective and adaptable driving plan is observation. It seems many drivers fail to realise that observing one's mobile doesn't count.
You let your girlfriend drive, instead of making her walk behind the car.
You sound like the sort of people who think you are perfect drivers 🤦♂️
@@ethanmccormack9561 I am not. But I have had a total of 3 months of professional driver training on top of my normal drivers licence.
Thanks for sharing 👍👍👍
another episode of 'Ashley's DLT awards!! 😁
Blaming other people for your own mistakes is just the done thing it seems. I’m always getting shouted or gestures at by people demanding I drive faster than the speed limit because they want to speed, or cutting me off at a roundabout and giving me the finger lol. On the m3 on Friday an 18 wheeler drove behind me so close I couldn’t even see his windshield, beeped and swore at me, then overtook me when all the lanes were set at 50mph because there were people walking on the motorway and I was doing 50.
I very doubt this happened if u was doing 50, if all lane where 50 the lorry would of probs overtake u? N u prob sped up when he tried. Seems like u r blaming other people for things u have no idea your doing.
@@theripper820 you can doubt it all you want but that is what happened. I was in the slow lane doing 50 as all the lanes were 50mph and said pedestrians on the road for at least 5 miles. He drove up to me, was so close I couldn’t even see him and then he overtook me. Why would you just automatically assume I’m lying when you weren’t even there? So you even know the m3? People overtake over the speed limit all the time, even in the 50mph average speed check. Seems to me like you are literally just making things up because you are bored or just an idiot I guess?
@@SD-oi9gr people just don't beep and swear at someone for no reason do they? U must of done something to annoy him. I always drive speed limit and I dont get beeped at or insulted becssue I'm doing speed limit. U clearly someone who does things wrong and not even aware of it it sounds like to me.
Yup - I treat a green light as a give-way sign.
Don't ever question it women &multitasking skills ☺👍
My only accident was with a 86 yo women who went through a red on a light controlled merge, long after I had set off from my green. She only appeared beside me, running out of road when he got forward of my blindspot. A fraction of a second of "WTF?" and I braked to allow her to merge in front. Now the lesson here is that when bad situations like this develop, DO NOT forget they can suddenly get worse. So even at about 10mph. The lady did not merge in front of me, but put her left indicator on, looked over her shoulder and drove across both lanes of traffic for a side road. The Audi on my left, missed her by inches, I was less lucky and clipped her rear passenger door. She completely lost control, drove up the pavement, careered through pedestrians as they jumped out of the way and only managed to find the brake pedal again when she was facing a brick wall and a cash machine. Then I made my second mistake. Assuming at the time it was very obvious what happened, and not asking the 3 pedrestrians who approached me, including one of the ones that had to jump out of the way, saying "She ran that red, not your fault, that's discraceful.", for their phone number for the insurance. I had no dash cam and the local council lied about who was the data collector for the CCTV, so I wrote to PSNI for subject access, who sent my cheque back telling me it was the council. I wrote the council this time and they responded that the retention on the cameras had already passed and the footage was deleted. So I ended up taking a 50/50. My insurance went from ~£350 to £800 and barely fell for 5 years. It's now, thankfully only £304.
"Blame others for your mistake"
I see this every single day.
In fact I saw it driving home less than an hour ago... I was driving down a narrow road with parked cars. One guy decides to open his car door and step out of his car as I was driving past him. What was he thinking? There was no car behind me, he only had to wait 2 seconds for it to be safe to step out of his car.
Yet he looked at me like it was my fault he almost got run over and his car door ripped off.
Why am I surrounded by idiots?
You're twice the man for openly admitting your own faults.
great video as always Ashley. Some of these drivers dont have a CLUE.
Clip 5 was funny, I was just thinking the range rover made an ok call to emerge.... when it went through the red!!
#7 I know the junction well. The turning lanes are the first ones to show green to allow them to turn and then the straight away lights change to green a short while later and the turning lanes change to red.
Taxi couldn't be arsed waiting for the next cycle so just went when there was a space in between those ahead of him changing to red and the cammer lanes changing to green.
People need too listen too this man 👊🏻👊🏻👍🏻
I’m showing this to my wife!
@@ashley_neal ha nice one ☝️
You really need to also leave a reasonable space before and after the crossing to open up the view more for anyone crossing and any vehicles passing for better safety.
Good shout, pulling up a few yards before a crossing of any type not only gives the pedestrians a better view, it's less imposing to those wanting to cross. I try do this on my bike as much as is possible as well as in car, it's leeway for me and the pedestrians and means I can move off into the space timing it for when they've crossed safely.
Had some clever man take my right of way yesterday. He had room to move his car to his left and let me past but he insisted on shouting and blaming me.
I switched of my car and sat there so he gets out and started attacking me infront of my kids. Let's say he walked off worse off than me and I didn't even undo my seatbelt.
He then moved into the space on his left and the traffic was flowing again. So his actions were totally uncalled for and it could have all been avoided if he just pulled in.
Turns out it was the father of a very good friend and he told everyone that it was all my fault 🤦
I learnt 2 lessons yesterday.
1. Never open your window to a stranger,
2. Always be the better person and give way regardless because people's egos are dangerous.
3:23 Sometimes, the best way to give someone space is to just go on your merry way. The tanker lorry figured that stopping in that situation will only waste fuel as it will have to switch lanes regardless (see obstacle behind turning lorry), hence, it decided to accelerate and clear the junction.
The turning lorry is also the last one in this intersection and has to give way regardless (it's turning right, eh?)
speak of the 1:30 car park damage, my mam once reversed her ford escort she had at 2-5mph, didnt see the clio behind her and hit the side, the clio completely crumpled causing it to be written off, my mams escort had a scuff in the paintwork and no other damage, it's strange how little accidents can cause so much damage sometimes.
At 8:37 i always do the same thing. I always command others behind me and control their speed. I like doing this.
There's a lot of collisions near Liverpool I say Ashley. I've even saw more across the UK getting worse
As a wheelchair user I regard those who stop across pedestrian crossings as highly inconsiderate drivers, particularly when they can see I'm waiting to cross. I've lost count of the number of times I've lost my chance to cross when someone has stopped in a position which means I cannot access the dip in the kerb.
It never ceases to amaze me how many so called, "professional drivers" drive like idiots.
Then, when they do appear in court they inevitably turn on the waterworks because, "they need their licence to feed the family".
There's a pretty simple solution if you need to keep your licence.
I drive a HGV around Liverpool daily and these things happen all the time! There's areas I actually actively avoid (Like the first clip where people think it's two lanes) because I can't stand to drive in those areas.
A good example of this is low hill coming from Everton road way, there's two lanes for the city centre yet people love to get in the outer city centre lane and pull across to the first city centre lane on the junction causing the cars in the first lane to end up moving over to the low hill lane.
Hi man, good work.
Teaching new drivers HOW to drive.
There is a disease growing in the driving world. It’s called I don’t give an F***!!!!
Forget you, I’m doing my thing.
I’m by far the best driver in the world, but I understand my limitations, I try to be courteous as often as I can.
But some drivers, especially in Inverness just do not care for anything else but themselves!!!!
Oh and Inverness drivers…… your supposed to give way to ANYONE coming from the right!!!!!
I think in clip 4. With the 2 lorries involved. The lorry turning out of the side road was not entirely free from wrong doing! Because he was blocking the road but also the signs that stated the road was closed!
Thats why he was halfway out knowing that on coming vehicles had to turn were he was turning out.
This lead to the lorry that overtook you to enter a road that was closed.
The lorry that overtook you committed an offence by driving on the wrong side of the road on to oncoming traffic of which the other lorry could have been one of them.
Had there been a collision between the two lorries. The lorry that overtook you would have been completely to blame.
Under the Highway Code, the lorry that overtook you had right of way over the other lorry waiting at the giveaway line and the the right of way to overtake the obstruction you caused to the free movement of traffic (an offence in itself, if your wheels actually stopped turning) by stopping.
A retired paramedic friend of mine attended an RTA where a car, on a main road, stopped to let another car out of a side road, similar to this video situation. A motorcyclist, on a Honda C90, wrongly guessed that the car was turning into the side road, without signalling, and overtook it. The motorcycle ploughed into the driver's door of the side road car (which had wrongly assumed that all right of way traffic had been stopped), badly injuring the rider. Ambulance & Police attended. My friend heard the driver of the car that had stopped to let out the side road car, telling the copper that the motorcyclist prosecuted for dangerous riding, to which the copper replied, "Did you stop your car dead, thus blocking preventing the movement of following traffic in order to let that car out of the side road??", to which the motorist replied, "Yes!!". The copper then booked him for the offence of obstructing the free movement of traffic on a public road and the side road car driver for failing to obey a give way sign / line thus driving into the path of a vehicle that had right of way.
The motorcyclist was within the law in overtaking the obstructive car and was the only one innocent one involved and the only one seriously injured.
Over the years I've quizzed a few traffic cops abut this accident scenario and the law regarding letting people out of side roads.
One stated that when drivers act courteously, the Highway Code is throw out the window, because it usually causes confusion and accidents, in his experience.
A few pointed out that you may slow down to let somebody out, but it is illegal to actually stop you wheels from turning (coming to a dead stop) because your vehicle has become an illegal obstruction on the highway.
As for pulling out over a give way or stop line from a side road, all traffic, even vehicles overtaking the obstructing or slowing vehicle, that has let you out of the side road, still have legal right of way over your vehicle. I'm extremely cautious when pulling out in this scenario and treat it like pulling out with a compromised view of traffic scenario.
The trouble with the first clip you have stopped quite rightly at a green light but that in itself always brings its own danger to the situation, the brain dead pedestrian who thinks you have stopped at a red light , they tend not to look at the lights themselves as the woman did and just walk, normally followed by everyone else at the crossing like sheep, same sort of thing happens at filter lights too.
That doesn't sound like trouble to me, that sounds like Darwinism at work.
Clips 4 and 10 are driving as if they're in Euro Truck Simulator and late for a delivery!
On ets2, I generally drive like the Indian bus drivers haha, I do stuff on the game that I can't in real life
I believe what Ashley effectively came up against in Clip 1 was a lot of pedestrians gathered at the roadside intent to cross without waiting for lights to change. Looking at the footage there isn’t a ring of red lights around the button which would indicate one of the pedestrians had pressed the button. So it’s either broken, or more likely people don’t realise that when the lights aren’t part of a junction then the lights won’t ever change on their own. Pedestrian fail? Causing the lady to get impatient and chance her luck on the green light.
Hi Ashley - I always enjoy your videos. Do you report all this bad driving to the police? You always have excellent video evidence.
The sooner people realise that everyone else’s journey is more important than theirs the better .
Regarding the truck situation, while it's definitely the truck behind who was at fault and shouldn't have overtaken, I generally don't find it particularly safe to stop to let another vehicle move when on a main road where you have right of way (which I believe you do in this case). Good way to get rear ended by someone texting or distracted.
It always amazes me how many people overtake vehicles that are turning left. I always thought that you indicate left off a main road to allow cars to exit the junction onto the main road. Overtaking vehicles that are turning left is so dangerous.
With #4, I'd say it would depend on the position of the car at the time of overtaking, which was perfect in my opinion.
Tanker driver was either only looking ahead, and not the indicating Artic, or running short on Tacho time.
My old car was written off in a car park with far more damage than that. It was parked correctly well within the bay. Lorry driver went in wrong entrance and then when trying to exit reversed into it and punted it into a retaining wall. Smashed at both ends into a crumpled mess. Glad the new owner wasn’t in it at the time.
Clip 4. A slowing down arm signal might have helped. I know it’s not a requirement of the test (not since 1975) but if it helps another road user by removing some confusion of indeed introducing an element of caution, then it could help.
3:30 in my country you cannot overtake close to junctions... so I would hope it's the same in ENG.
I agree with your commentary, but short of mimeing a prayer symbol, its difficult to tell someone "I have accidentally blocked a walkway, could you please pull forward to I can minimise my negative impact on these pedestrians and I will do better in future."
Dunno if it's the same where you live, however in the housing estates round here most drivers, in particular taxi drivers seem to have different take on the highway code. Basically at a junction where you are required to give way you just continue driving over the junction without slowing down and perform an emergency stop if required.
Why do people often blame others for their mistakes? Because they are (seemingly) blind!!! For example. The other day, My Nanna and I were driving down the aisle of a car park with a lady in front of us who turned to cross the road in front of us where there was no crossing and she said "THANKS FOR GIVING WAY!!!"
The first clip… that is something that is so common on uk roads and it really annoys me. People blocking pedestrian crossings or side roads or roundabouts when they are in stationary traffic. Why is it so difficult for people to leave a gap so others can get out? It usually costs you literally no time as well…
The guy waving at you for stopping at the red light showing me the type of people sticking to my car's bum trying to push me to go through the last second of amber
Being a lorry driver myself, no amount of rushing is worth risking someone's life. Not only driving aggressively can seriously do some damage to someone but if you did kill someone and it was a genuine accident you did everything you could to prevent it your not going to prison and your not taking someone's family member away from them.
Some hgv driver forgot paid by the hour get that extra hour a day by taking your time.
The taxi at 6:15 definitely had a red light . I know the junction well , the right turning filter is before the straight ahead traffic .
i agree with all of these clips except the ambulance clip - they made it through just on the last second of amber & that extra minute or two saved could have a massive impact if there was someone injured inside. Other than that though there are definitely some idiots amongst these clips! Great video!😆
As someone who used to work for dept of transport (as it was then) , most professional drivers were a credit to their various professions. There were too many though that looked on everyone else as inferior.
Overtaking at a junction is just asking for trouble. I don't know about the legality of it as per British law, but it's not a wise thing to do anyway.
It is a cautionary rule in the Highway Code.
"167
DO NOT overtake where you might come into conflict with other road users. For example
approaching or at a road junction on either side of the road"
In the case of an accident, it could demonstrate carelessness.
From the reputation of Liverpool where I live, I'm surprised that smashed up car in the car park wasn't on fire!
And it was still sitting on its wheels, not housebricks ;-)
Too many people drive around car parks as if it is a 30 mph speed limit and a few times I have had to tell them to slow down.
In the clip where you stopped to let the lorry out (#4) the exiting lorry's indicator was quite dim. (It was very visible head-on.) So maybe the lorry needs a new indicator bulb? It's also very low down so may have been obscured by the car that turned left at 3:16. So maybe the lorry driver behind you didn't see it. In the case of the ambulance running the red light, the road was wet, so stopping distances are extended and the driver would have had to make their decision to stop or proceed much earlier than normal. Note that an ambulance can weigh up to 5 tonnes.
Hi Ashley.. long time viewer (and habit changer)... First time commenter 🤣.. really enjoy the content too.
Clip #10
Surely it's still an offence as they are contravening the red light?.. i did an action very similar like this this a few years back and got given a ticket for it by parked police car.
Was told if I had stopped and gotten out of the car and then back in then I wasn't in contravention as I would not be disrupting the natural intended traffic flow.
I was in dismay but took ownership as avoiding the redlight was ultimately my goal at the time, I understood if everyone took that course of action, the redlight at junctions like these become almost obsolete causing congestion and at worse accidents.
Chronologically and in a free but probably chaotic style (overseas reactions):
#1 .. Yup .. happens to me in East Europe a lot. I am pushed onto crosswalks and bike crossings because some are soo important, rules do not apply to them. And when pedestrians walk over their hoods, leave dents, scratches and muddy footprints, I chuckle.
#4 .. Mine is bigger than yours?
Over here the use of mobile phones is allowed while behind the wheel ONLY when traffic conditions and circumstances make you stationary (eg. at a red light, at a train crossing, theoretically when a crowd of people pass over a crossing and so forth) ... In reality; everyone keeps going like ox piss over the road, eyes off the road, or just having phones visibly at their ears .. smh
#8 .. Guess it is kinda/sorta rule now? Get going, I am ready to be the danger with a trunk loaded with stuff for someone else.
People are ready to win 10 seconds where and when they can. For every junction they 'manage', if they can get 10 seconds off.... spare time millionaires, baby! (Let us be honest; if 10 seconds matter constantly, you are always late, you need some time management bull*, not corners to cut)
And just a small observation; I estimate not much of a difference in the amount of cars on the roads, yet in the UK, following distance tought and expected is very big/far/forgiving.
Over here I get that non-existent following distance from a lorry pulling a barrel of milk at 90 kph. Don't ask me how I did not get a heart attack until now.. What I can do if I can is make sure it is clear, pop a signal to the side of the road, let it blink a couple, take it off, and if the driver takes the hint, he will barge right past me .. I can take my foot off the gas, and thank the for not letting me die.
Some have no respect for lawn maintenance .. some for others on the road...
Love you videos Ashley. Do you think you could have done more to make the event in Clip#5 a non event as suggested in previous videos. You seemed to speed up quite close to the the rear of the car which seemed to hinder your ability to adjust to the change in road layout causing your road position to be poor after the junction? Seems to me that your driving style after the car merged seemed to portray that you letting him know he was driving poorly in a manner you normally would discourage.
Good question. As the Bus cleared I accelerated gently to be positive with the cars emerging, but when the RR came out I backed off but didn't brake. I also went to use Lane 2 as the road splits but changed my mind when the RR came out wide. It was definitely a non event as I didn't had to brake, and it didn't hinder me doing anything. Thanks for asking, Ashley.
Ashley why did you even stop if you were turning left anyway, he’s a professional driver he doesn’t need Samaritans to assist him to come out of a junction, what he needs is you not to confuse anybody and go about your business and let him. Go about his, why potentially bring a main road to a standstill to allow someone out of a side road when he had a much better view of the situation than you did ( he can see over the top of most vehicles you cannot, just get round the corner and let him sort it out) car drivers do this all the time they think they’re helping when inevitability they cause more confusion than they help, the right thing to do is you sort yourself out and he’ll sort himself out ( he’s a professional )
Clip#5. Similar to Clip#4 in that he unnecessarily stops to let the bus come across instead of maintaining a constant predictable speed. Then he blames the Range Rover for accepting the same courtesy that he'd extended to the bus? I'd do the same as the Rover thinking "Look mate. If you're not going to go, I will."
He really must stop doing this; stopping to let someone in when he's got a clear path ahead and the waiting vehicle would've been quite content to let him pass first.
Totally agree, we seem to have a blame culture in the uk nowadays, others should take their own responsibility for their own actions.
With the lorry driver I think it was just a typical display of arrogance one can expect. I think the mentality is, my vehicle is heavier so don't argue.
You have clearly never driven a heavy vehicle. I have and do for a living and it's mainly car drivers who cause the problems such as cutting in front of a hgv on a motorway, yes when I'm driving down a tight road and a car comes towards me I make the car reverse because it easier for a car to reverse than a big vehicle, some drivers get pissed off with it but a few understand and give me room and I make sure to thank them for their patience.
@@ethanmccormack9561 If you hadn't told me you drive HGVs for a living I'd have guessed that's what you do because you sound like an arrogant bellend. Thanks for proving my point.
3:16 just a very impatient driver. Luckily the truck driver (At the junction) knew what he wanted to do. Conclusion, was a pretty bad overtake. As you should really never overtake when a junction is coming up for vehicles crossing your lane. You'll always have impatient people / drivers and that's what causes misjudgement & unneeded frustration. All i do to combat these situations, is if someone is letting me out from a junction i make sure everyone behind him knows / is patient enough to also wait. If i feel the gap is dangerous or i'd like to wait myself, i'd shake my head. I don't know if this is right or wrong, but it's what keeps me safe & that's all i care about at the end of the day.
This kind of happened to me only just today just gone (yesterday). Waiting at a crossing for the little man on the pedestrian lights to turn green and when it does the driver who I think was a woman; (just for technicality's sake ;) stopped right on the crossing area in front of me. I'm not sure why - there are probably many reasons why people stop their car right on the crossing when the light changes to red for the vehicles on the road , but I feel like if this woman had been paying more attention to the road she might have been more prepared for the lights to change when passing through a junction area. Perhaps the fact that it was around the time of 5pm in the evening so it was evening rush hour traffic might have a strong bearing on the situation. I take no assumption from the fact that it was a lady behind the wheel but I think the rush hour factor was more to blame in this case . I can't help feeling as though she would have stopped behind the line if she had been paying more attention . Rather than saying anything or gesturing in any way I just walked around the vehicle . Maybe there were aditional factors at play but it always makes me think the driver should be paying more attention to the road when aproaching a set of traffic lights or a crossing .
Again maybe the rush hour thing makes weird things happen on the road because it seems to happen a lot at rush hour.
Watching this with my Mum.....
Plenty to discuss. Here goes:
Clip 01 - Impatient Audi driver. Enough said on that.
Clip 02 - Excessive speed?
Clip 03 - Was that a Delta? 🤣
Clip 04 - Definitely a fail by the following HGV there. A very poor overtake in my opinion.
Clip 05 - Very little to say here, apart from "cretin". You forgot to lean on the horn like most other dashcammers lol 🤣🤣🤣.
Clip 06 - Correct... a disgrace for sure. She might as well have had 📱 in her hand 🤬🤬🤬.
Clip 07 - I was unable to clearly see from this footage; however, your reaction would indicate to me that the PH went on Red 🤔.
Clip 08 - To coin a phrase......
"Gee Whiz!" (or similar).
Clip 09 - No excuse. If there was a medical emergency then there are "blues and twos" that can be deployed for this.
Clip 10 - That was despicable.....
I'm almost speechless here.
Clip 11 - A contender for that coveted "Darwin Award".
Clip 12 - Dodgy parking at this junction and yet another driver that seems to be colour blind.
*Accidentally hit "send" before I had finished typing hence edited.
Stay safe everyone 👍
Ashley please explain in a tube what overtaking at a junction means.
Divers do it all the time, at the end of our road. Thanks Ashley.
I've been beeped and shown the "what do you think you're doing???!!!" hand gesticulations, because I will not enter a boxed junction when it is plain to see the exit wasn't clear.