The incident at 21:35 and the comment is the worst of everything for me. What is your lowest of the low situation? Edit : Just a quick update to let you know Part 2 has dropped th-cam.com/video/7RAEzd3pA-U/w-d-xo.html and nothing has changed. If Shania reads this, please get in touch as I'd love to help.
I think the "you snooze you lose" was the worst for me. Implying that driving is a competition to be won or lost is an awful attitude from a driving instructor.
It’s worrying that someone would say that they will crash into you deliberately to prove a point. if people want to complain about this driving instructor go on Google and type complain about a driving instructor and it will send you to a DVSA link
100%. All this person does is blame blame blame. There is no self reflection. And a very clear knowledge gap of the highway code, as well as a lack of plain old common sense. Who in their right mind sees a car in the middle of the road and thinks "I'm going to keep going right towards it"
Not seen the entire video as of yet but a scenario I can relate to is the one with the Mini cooper. I'm not entirely sure if the Mini could have fit in the gap without having to reverse in (not to mention the speed bumps would make it harder) but they were literally given no time to even try and make space or reverse back to the much larger gap by the instructor. Now for all I know there could have been a great big timber lorry behind the instructor at that time but I highly doubt that. I just hope they don't use the phone whilst driving as that would be the cherry on top wouldn't it?
Had a colleague at work who crashed into someone as it was ‘his right of way, and it’s tough if I crash into him’. Other person suffered life changing injuries. When police reviewed colleague’s dashcam (we had them fitted to our company vehicles) it showed him SPEEDING UP to make the point. Done for dangerous driving. Lost his job. Been unemployed for last two years. All because of a poor attitude and need to prove a point.
Here lies the body of William Jay, Who died maintaining his right of way- He was right, dead right, as he sped along, But he’s just as dead as if he were wrong.
"If I crash into you, I crash into you. It's your fault" Says someone who's never actually deal with an RTC. Sounds lovely, until the following happens (many, all or one of them) 1/ You're struggling to breath with eyes full of chalk dust, a nose full of snot and watering eyes as you just had an airbag go off in your face (this is most unpleasant). Tomorrow you'll need hot baths and painkillers to get through the day. You look a mess, too. Your shins REALLY hurt where you kicked the dash. 2/ You realise you can't get to work tomorrow, because your car is knackered. Your boss isn't going to be pleased. 3/ You realise you've knackered your thumb on the steering wheel - do you know how important opposable thumbs are to your species? - you're about to find out. How hard do you think is it to wipe your own arse when you can't grip the paper? - I hope you have an understanding partner. 4/ The traffic officer isn't interested in your bullshit "well it was his fault" arguments and reports you for dangerous driving as you could have avoided the collision but chose not to. (this seems pissy to you, but this morning he had to tell a mum about her son's fatal motorcycle accident - caused by an attitude remarkably similar to yours...) 5/ Turns out the other party wasn't insured. Which explains why they legged it up the road after the collision (s'long sucker!) 6/ Your insurance is closed for the day and won't arrange a hire car until tomorrow. Tomorrow arrives and they arrange a tiny hatchback, Filthy, unfuelled and "conveniently" collectable 30 miles away. After you pay a deposit and commit to paying for it if the insurance choose not to. 7/ Your insurance hold you partly to blame and under "contributory negligence" knock 33% off your claim. Having undervalued your car by 33% to start with. You can either accept that today, or argue and maybe get more in a year or two's time.... But you need to buy a car urgently....So... bend over, now. 8/ Whilst your car is in the salvage yard, someone salvaged everything not bolted down inside it (this happens a lot...) 9/ Next year your insurance multiply this year's premium by your phone number and call it your "renewal premium" (on the plus side, you now own a cheap-to-insure 12 year old Kia Picanto 1.0 in bile green) 10/ Your old car you were emotionally attached to and trusted. This new one isn't really you and is a bit dodgy, but you had to take what you could get. 11/ You were really late home tonight - because you wouldn't let off the gas for 2 seconds to prove a point. Turned out the other person really was a muppet - who knew? 12/ You had a distressing, stressful experience, a pile of hassle dealing with the aftermath and suspect you pissed yourself. You did. You were holding it in when you crashed and the seatbelt squeezed it out of your bladder. You may or may not dribble for the rest of your life as a result of this. If they do fix the car is remains unclear if the insurance will replace the driver's seat, but your trousers and underwear are a definite "no". Oh, is this why you were so impatient? - you needed a piss? My point is this. On purely, purely selfish grounds taking risks does NOT make sense. The benefit is a slightly faster journey (if you don't immediately lose that time at the next lights) and the costs are anything from paperwork to lifelong wearing of an incontinence pad. Just chill. It really doesn't make much difference. Just assume the other person is having a really bad day, isn't like that and you've maybe just made it a tiny bit better for them and ask yourself "Like, Cosmically, does this shit even register?".
I found driving in Norway to be a zen like experience compared with the UK, and I don't live in an area/region that has particularly poor drivers. Although I found the give way at city crossroads weird, so I made an error on my first day driving over there.
@clarkeysam Yeah, driving in Norway can be something to get used to for foreign drivers. But it's simple really - in general (unless you're on a priority road), you give way to anyone who will, at any point, come at your right. So if you're going left at a junction and someone else are going straight, you will get them to your right, so you have to give way. Especially light intersections can be difficult for people to understand, because even though you have a green light, if you are turning left or right in a junction, you have to give way to pedestrians crossing the road - as they will get a green light at the same time as you do.
@@Henoik yeah it was give way to the left and roundabouts but right at cross roads that threw me! I was driving through Haugesund at 20, a car arrived at the junction to my right, there was no markings on my lane and it felt like my road was a busier road than his, so I continued, and he pulled out. I was shocked by this and later mentioned it to someone who explained that I was in the wrong. It's a beautiful country, but the speed limits are a little low, and the beer price way too high!
@clarkeysam Ahahah indeed! Alcohol is very expensive, but with these exchange rates I guess it's fine for you Brits. Speed limits are on the lower end of the scale, even compared to the rest of the Nordics. It makes sense when you realize we have ice and snow for like a third of the year. And we have way lower statistics of traffic deaths than comparable countries, so I guess it's reasonable.
They have to be a content creator rather than a driving instructor. None of her students would ever pass. There is no way she would have passed any kind of accreditation with that attitude.
@@goodyeoman4534she is responsible for teaching people how to drive and all she is doing is passing on her terrible driving to new drivers. Are you related to this clown by any chance, sounds like it.
The Highway Code literally says something like ‘these rules do not give you the right of way in any circumstance, but they advise you when to give way to others. ALWAYS GIVE WAY if it can help avoid an incident.’
Yep, as a cyclist/e-scooter rider I try to anticipate and avoid the dangers. Slow down even when I technically have right of way etc. I assume every driver and cyclist is an idiot and about to do something wrong and prepare my reaction to their potential mistake and if they are actually the 99% of good drivers who work with you well then great. But at least I am prepared.I also am willing to cede the right of way if it aids traffic or helps everyone proceed quicker.
The graveyard is full of people who had the right of way. I had the same mindset when I was learning and my driving instructor told me that and since then it changed how I view and approach situations when driving.
My driving instructor was like this, and it shows in my driving before I came across your channel, remember my mini roundabout incident you covered. Your channel has helped me reshape my driving completely to turn 99% of incidents into non events, and the %1 that becomes an event is outside of my control. Thank you Ash for everything you do in helping teach drivers (even those like me who have been driving for 20+ years), and also your help in training driving instructors in your area.
I'm not even from the UK, but Ashley's teachings are international. More often than not I'm thinking "let's make this a non-event" and I hold back as good as I can. Yes, there are still bad drivers on our roads, but I won't change their behaviour by trying to "educate" them through my own terrible driving.
Same. Before I even saw a clip, that attitude had me worried. She's just teaching her student to be "stupid" like the drivers she's criticising instead of trying to make these incidents into non events
There are attitude issues here that have become normalised, not just by this arrogant, judgemental and self righteous lady who has set herself up as an instructor, but in many other areas of life. Bad attitudes are now an integral part of the culture we live in. Our society has made driving into a competition, a battle for individual supremacy, when it should instead be understood as a cooperative endeavour, governed by rules and systems on which everyone's safety depends. Props to Ashley Neal for calling it out so calmly, correctly and in fair objective analysis. Excellent work, trying to right some wrongs.
I watched you after I failed my first test and you helped a load. I've been driving since march but continued to watch and I've always loved your level headedness and no BS attitude, you say what you mean, mean what you say and know what you mean. You have a very clear way with words and know your way all around road attitude which I admire
Having now endured to the end, all I can say is it's like one of those dashcam compilations where every cammer drives into danger yet believes that every other person is entirely to blame - only, this is the same driver/'instructor' throughout. I hope your report is acted upon.
You try to leave those compilations but people keep dragging you back in! If there are instructors out there like this it really does explain how our roads are as broken as they are
@@smilerbob And you get involved in arguments with people arguing exactly as she does! Perhaps Ashley needs to rename his series How to drive like a good driving instructor.
Dashcam Owners Australia now holds onto those sorts of clips to create an April Fools Day special. The comments on the day are usually hilarious as so many fail to realised what's going on. But the compilation is very difficult to watch with so many idiots believing they're right when they're incredibly wrong.
Riding a motorbike teaches you to be incredibly vigilant and you become really good at interpreting micro behaviours of other road users so you can turn issues into non events. If you rode the way she drives, you wouldn't last a week. Its not about being right, its about being safe. It obvious she doesn't have the maturity to instruct.
I was taught motorcycling by an off duty police motorcyclist. His mantra was " treat every other road user as if they are hellbent on getting you killed and ride accordingly". It keeps me safe.
@@edwinmccracken2686 I think cycling or biking teaches more awareness on the roads and how to make everything a none event as the car will win every time if one didn’t do what’s best.
Indeed. My observations while driving improved immensely after getting my bike license. Maybe everyone should have to spend time in/on different vehicles like motorbikes and vans.
My driving instructor 9 years ago told me and these words ring in my mind "Do not drive angry. If you're letting your emotions pull you into driving in a way that makes other road users and yourself unsafe, pull into somewhere safe and breathe."
This woman is ABSOLUTELY a narcissist. The constant commenting on her music or singing is just cringe worthy. It has nothing to do with your bad decision making!
21:44 "...I'm going mate. If I crash into you, I crash into you. It's your fault." Her insurance company would have a different opinion, especially if they had access to the same footage as you. 60% fault to the driving instructor, I'd say.
If she deliberately hit a car, I would say she is 100% at fault as had the choice of avoiding or having an accident. The highway code says you must avoid an incident.
@@letter1014 pretty sure insurance always sides with the person who had priority, no? (Even though her attitude is terrible) it can't really be the driver who was already on the main roads fault
This attitude is what is wrong with drivers on the road, I love her quote "chilling, listening to music while driving" and nearly causing a T-bone accident. LOL
"luckily there wasn't anyone to our right, hehe, imagine they got killed by my reckless swerve, tehee😊😊😊" This isn't just bad driving instruction, there's something concerningly sociopathic/psychopathic about the way the driving instructor talks in this video. She should be reported to the DVSA as soon as humanly possible, and I hope they immediately revoke her status (whether trainee or approved). She should only be allowed to instruct again after extensive retraining and retesting, to demonstrate that she's completely and utterly changed her mindset. She's going to get someone killed.
100% something wrong with her. Entitled, sociopathic psychopath with main character syndrome and a side order of yet more entitlement. I feel bad for her husband if she has one, I bet she beats him.
@@KROKIACK Any qualified therapist would see her as a walking red flag and safety hazard lol it's not "woke" to sweep criticism under the rug with weak excuses, it's a 'piece of shit' thing to do. All walks of life have people like that. I sincerely doubt this woman votes left lol
“If you snooze you lose” what a petty, childish attitude to take to something as potentially dangerous as driving, and from a driving instructor no less.
I know that roundabout, it's recently changed to be a left only lane and it catches a lot of people out. She would also know this being local. I am also worried that she drives on the same roads as me!
Driving a vehicle like a weapon into danger like at 21:35 is really scary. It's saddening we share the roads with people like this. Glad you're reporting this to the DVSA, this sort of dangerous attitude should not and must not be passed on.
Hi Ashley, I used to be a staff instructor at the BSM training school from 1986 to 1991 and used to train prospective driving instructors for the company to a very high level. I am appalled at the drop in standards I see out on the road, not just from the general public but by driving instructors as well. You are right to report this incompetent ADI, but it begs the question, if she can qualify, how many more of them are out there?
She seems quite the narcissist. I had a sister very like that. Havn't seen her for nearly 20 years but very much the attitude of _"I'm always right"_ and _"I'm more important/intelligent than you, whatever happens will be your fault"_ . Years back when she did a few lessons, instructors refused to teach her because of this attitude. No idea where she now location or employment. The few things I do hear is it's suggested she's still the same today. Sad really. As for the instructor; the fact she keeps saying _"Him"_ and _"He"_ but never 'The driver' rings alarm bells to me. After some digging on the socials, she is almost certainly single (certainly no evidence of a man in her life) which suggests that there's may be kind of underlying discrimination going on. Figures really.
Oh and ive found the icing on the bloody cake! on Shania's "Professional" LinkedIn page she says that she is "Amazing under stress and controlling risk and responsibility", Like hell...Outrageous.
@user-mv5zt8qd9l and like other drivers, we all have bad and stressful days whilst driving. We all make mistakes. We measure our mistakes on how well we overcome the mistake to make it a non-event! I love it when someone screws up in front of me, you can learn from thier mistake, smile, give a courtesy signal and go about your business. Why transfer your problems onto somebody else!
Place your bets how long it'll take before she tries to take down this video. She's totally deluded, and doesn't deserve to hold a licence, never mind instructing people. Scary!
Wow! I'm rarely moved to comment on TH-cam, but that is absolutely shocking. Seems the "mindset" she is passing on is the self entitlement that we are seeing more and more on our roads. I do wonder what her pass rate is! Like others commenting, i am glad that you have decided to report her. Btw, I'm a regular visitor to your channel. Even with over 50 years driving ( including 10 years HGV back in "80's) 53 years motorcycling (including IAM, with 11 years as an observer), i feel we can all learn more. Keep up the good work.
It's not just on the roads, I drive long distance coaches and I've found over the last 3 years there are more self entitled people than there were, people can't read their tickets properly, people can't follow instructions etc etc
As a driver of 46 years the very best of watching your videos for the past couple of years is patience and keeping calm. I thank you for teaching me this SKILL. I know I've improved my reactions to difficult situations on the road. Retribution on the roads to those at fault doesn't serve a purpose and only inflames the situation. Thank you.. Continue your skill sharing.
A quick google suggests that she is part of the Bill Plant franchise group. Reading reviews of Bill Plant driving instructor training and driving instruction suggests that she is only a small part of the problem.
I think she was formally part of that group mentioned until she created her own driving school. I could be wrong and she is actually part of both, difficult to tell with the dates of everything
If a pupil encounters this situation and reacts like this, the examiner will almost certainly hit the dual controls and fail them. She isn’t just a terrible driver but a terrible teacher also.
@Gopher, for my test, the duel controls had to be removed. Maybe things have changed, but other than pulling the handbrake, my examiner could not control the vehicle.
@@wibbley1 Lots of people sit tests in the instructor's car, which will have the controls which the examiners can use. The downside being that even if you were ready to stop or even using the pedals yourself, but the examiner deems it necessary to take action, it's an immediate fail.
This is why I struggle so much when I see satire - we live in a world of such insanely self-absorbed, self-righteous behaviour and mental health issues. This is a parody of a driving instructor. I get a kick out of being helpful on the road. Letting people out and fixing their mistakes for them, it makes me feel good. There’s an art in the 6th sense of catching things way ahead of most people and planning for it. Especially necessary as a biker.
Funny enough it also makes me feel good to be helpful 👍 As I'm a farmer I particularly like helping lorry drivers and buses to get out or at a junction provided it's safe to do so.
Ashley, you are SO right. Regardless of being a so called insyructor, she will be involved in a crash one day, while telling everyone "Nothing was her fault"!
28:57 - Wow. When you said "BMW" you nailed the issue immediately. I thought I was pretty good at spotting things like this (when I'm not watching at 1.5x speed). You are leagues ahead. Amazing
It is even worse when one focuses on what the BMW was doing and realizes that it gained a mere one van's length at a red traffic light at the risk of having its wing dented by an entitled driving instructor. It is not actually changing lanes, notice. It does also prompt the question of what make the instructor's driving school car is. (-:
@@JdeBP You weren't watching very closely, otherwise you would have noticed the space in front of the van and its hazard lights were on; that van's not going anywhere when the lights go green. There's a central reservation to their right, the only way around is to the left. Even so, the BMW should've indicated left and maybe waited before moving.
WOW. I have 3 points to add. 1. A police traffic officer told me that if there is 2 or more lanes, then keep to the left unless you need to be in the right lane for turning, roundabout ETC. 2. My driving instructor from the 1980s told me, treat every other road user as an idiot and try to predict what the other drivers, pedestrians, cyclists and animals etc, could do and be ready to react and ALWAYS drive defensively. I'm glad this person wasn't my instructor!!
When I taught my daughter, I told her that by being in a hurry when driving can save you perhaps, one minute per hour, but it could cost you hours and lots of money , if you have an accident, or get caught for speeding.
" if you snooze you lose " she needs to bin that attitude!! What's 100th of a second going take out of her day to let them in??? People like her are the main cause of accidents or unnecessary traffic ques because shes thinks shes way more important than everyone else! Absolutely shocking that shes a driving instructor 😮 I don't wish anyone to lose their job as they might have people depend on them but this really needs to be looked at. Disgusting behaviour
Exactly. In these situations, I consider how flustered the other driver must be, and how a dangerous situation could arise if they become more unsettled and have a lapse of concentration. Your reactions have a lot of influence over the stress levels of the drivers in your vicinity. I always try to keep that in mind.
I was a driving instructor with similar habits, 60yrs ago, @ the fairground on the dogems...lol...Thank goodness the cars had all around rubber bumpers, it makes you realise accidents still hurt...
What she isn't doing: teaching people how to drive safely. What she is doing: teaching people how to be bullies, in the worst, most dangerous way possible.
The "if I crash into you it's your fault" line comes from people who've never had to deal with the nuisance of having your nice car carted off to be repaired (could be weeks, could be months), the neck pain from even a slow rear-ender, the palaver of having to wrangle with your insurance company (even if you're 0% at fault and they confirm this) and seeing your premiums tick up slightly anyway because you've now had a claim on record. I'd rather skip all that, let the idiot get away with their poor driving, and maybe let the police deal with it.
Yes and you are right no matter how much you were not at fault your premium goes up and when you search for a better deal you get quizzed on it for 5 years!. Nobody is perfect and if you go out with the attitude that you will come across errors ( I am no talking about deliberate dangerous driving) and you have won a victory if you have done something to avoid all the hassle of insurance it makes driving less a stress. I am not on the road to mark peoples driving out of 10, I am trying to get somewhere.
In her case she would have taken a lot of the fault on too, if you have the opportunity to stop an RTC and you don't then you take blame for that part of it.
And the loss of 3 hours waiting for a tow truck and having to find alternative transport to wherever you are going. I completely agree - accommodating crap driving is far less stressful than having an accident that's not your fault.
A car run into the back of me at red traffic lights at about 30mph. Wasnt a big deal, got a courtesy car, the other driver accepted full responsibility. I wasn't hurt as had the handbrake on. It was fun driving another type of car , an SUV insted of my sports car, not an inconvenience. My no claims was not effected.
Credit to you for going through the entire thing and taking action at the end of it to report her, as this is absolutely disgraceful and precisely the right thing to report officially out of anything. It's alright reporting drivers who are already like this, but even more important to highlight those teaching such horrendous behaviour and attitudes. I just can't understand what she's thinking but it is seriously concerning if she thinks what she is doing is correct. Which she clearly does. And to post all of this on TH-cam highlighting your own awful behaviour? Wowzer.
"I'm terribly sorry you feel upset that I killed that pedestrian, Your Honour, but I was in a bad mood that day." Yep. I'm sure that would go down well in court... 🙄
This is genuinely scary. As someone who has recently qualified as an instructor, I can’t possibly fathom why anyone would pass an attitude like this onto pupils
That "instructor" needs to be forced to RETAKE her own Driving Test, and BANNED from being an Instructor. She has SUCH an attitude that SHE is the danger on the road to all other road users. An accident waiting for somewhere to happen !
Years ago, my grandfather was a driving instructor, and believe it or not, he owned a bus company called Cygnet Travel in Barnsley back in the 90s. He was the exact same as this woman, and it's absolutely despicable. He never used to allow people to overtake him, and I remember him standing talking to me whilst I was driving private from Leeds, and just as I came off the roundabout between West Bretton and Darton, a car went to overtake me, he had every right as I was driving an old Leyland Olympian. As my grandad saw this, he grabbed my steering wheel and tried steering my bus into the car. He was a menace on the road all the way up to his death in 2009, which was unrelated. It just goes to show that there are idiots in all professions.
I like it how the muppets with this kind of attitude are always in a hurry, but if you happen to hinder their progress, they are not in a hurry anymore, and have all the time in the world to indulge in road rage. I've had one of those be at it for literally 5 minutes. I didn't get out of the car, just gave him the finger a number of times while watching him dance around shouting at me to get out. Before that he was weaving all over the road as if he was going to ram me for about a mile. Funny thing is that the guy was tiny, i might as well have kicked his ass, but i was on my way to a date, so talking to police wasn't in my interest.
My dad told me when driving treat everyone on the road as if they are an idiot, because they usually are AND you avoid them, keep away, give them space. No accidents after46 years, other than the idiot who ran into me at 50mph whilst i was stationary in a queue on A556.
@ashley_neal This is in Leeds/Bradford area, I have been cut up by this instructor (not on a lesson). It's amazing how many drivers are like this in this area. Thank you for reporting her.
It wouldn't surprise me if it is. It's bad enough having to venture into certain parts of Greater Manchester, but Bradford and Oldham is full of even more risk.
All these years, I just saw bad driving as bad habits & impatience. But now I am horrified to discover that a lot of them have probably been taught them!
I'm not an instructor and only passed in July but I'm fairly sure, "right of way" doesn't exist in the UK. It was described to me as "priority". Someone who is committed to a maneuver, even if they fucked up, has priority. Cuz anything else is risking a collision, and unsafe driving practice. I see it all the time with people thinking they have "right of way" over cars on their side of the road, and think it's acceptable to force those drivers into small spaces, rather than give them 30 seconds to finish clearing a row of parked cars. Edit: exactly like she did shortly after I posted this lol.
You're pretty much correct, although it's kind of even less firm. The rules tell you of who _should_ get priority in given scenarios, but also instruct you to always give up priority if it's the safest option. In other words, this instructor is breaking arguably _the_ most fundamental rule of the road.
Has she been an instructor for a long time? I feel she has taught about 85% of the drivers on our roads. So many incidents that could have been fixed, by just letting go of the gas, and letting everything dissolve before arrival. So many incidents that could have been managed and used as good learning points. Ashley often asks, "would you have done this to a police car?". We can use this, "would she have driven like this on her Part2 test?", or "If your pupil drives like this on their test, are they likely to pass?" Perhaps she's instilling this attitude into her pupils, to ensure ongoing business, after each test failure.
Great comment, it's amazing to see these ignorant and arrogant drivers become "good drivers" when a police car comes in the vicinity then when they go it's back to no indicating and dangerous overtakes and driving
She is treating driving like some sort of competition. Sometimes people make mistakes and make bad decisions when driving, no need to escalate it and make a bigger issue from it. 🤷
@@5uper5kill3rz Yeah she seems genuinely deeply unbalanced. The constantly making everyday encounter with idiot drivers immediately into a personal attack against her is very telling. And the always talking about her mood screams BPD.
@@TheScaper28 I know you're making a joke, but both "finders keepers" and "you snooze you lose" are legal and valid... Not in the highway code, but still - I think it's pretty neat.
@@creepbg In what way? just curious, especially as (for example), if your bank accidentally pays a large amount of money into your account in error that was meant for someone else and you spend it then you WILL get done for theft as you spent the money whilst fully aware that you weren't expecting it which is called Theft by finding
_"If I crash into you mate, I crash into you!..It's your fault!.."_ I wonder if she'd have the same attitude to a 40 tonne lorry, or a cyclist, or a child....
Here lies the body of Albert J Who died maintaining his right of way. He was right - dead right - as he drove along, But he's just as dead as if he'd been wrong.
Shocking attitude honestly, this person absolutely cannot be teaching the new wave of drivers. Dunno why TH-cam decided to show me this hours after passing my Class 1 road test 😂
I’ve watched some of the SDS videos (I passed my test because of people like yourself and DGN driving and finally finding a wonderful instructor). And to me she seems horribly narcissistic, if you listen carefully to things like her student feedback or her intros, there are so many “Me or I” sentences. One student broke her “passing streak” and although she kept saying she wasn’t upset about it, her responses to the student after he had failed felt so loaded and passive aggressive. I could be misreading this entirely but, she scares me.
Just watched a bit of the Steve mock test one. She seems to spend most of the session talking about herself instead of letting him concentrate of his driving. Also glugging a massive water bottle and fiddling with her phone. The opening sequence also shows her driving in high heels which isn't to be recommended. I did wonder what make of car she drove too, and my guess was correctly revealed in that video too!
This same driving instructor is on instagram telling people if they signal when nobody is around they'll get a driving fault for unnecessary signal. Absolute lunatic
Not signalling is "advanced driving" nonsense. If you try to do this all the time, it potentially gets you into bad habits, sets a bad example to other drivers, and if someone suddenly appears loses time. I just do it when it is comfortable to see there is no-one around.
What staggers me is that her observation and interpretation of others' "body language" is on point, it's just her responses that are the opposite of what they should be.
As someone whose primary mode of transport is cycling, this was truly terrifying. A momentary lapse of concentration for me could result in her or one of her students killing me and justifying it with "it was my right of way!" Thank you for reporting this reckless individual
*Glad she is being examined introspected for her NEGLIGENCE. Please file w DVSA DVLA and VOSA against her and have her penalised as well as retrained for public safety.*
If you want to see the consequences of driving instructors like this, come on over to Leeds and Bradford. Seeing this explains a lot of what I experience on the roads every day.
Student: *Causes carnage behind* Student: "I think I caused some carnage behind, was I right in doing what I did or could I do better?" Instructor: "Nah you were fine. Take zero lessons away from anything, keep driving exactly as you already were doing so". Her students are better teachers than she is...
It is weird how people respond to you in a learner car. My mate is an instructor; one day he picked me up in his learner car. We drove about 20 miles on country and City roads in Carlisle. It was just after 17:00 hrs. It was a real insight to see how some other road users responded to what they assumed was a learner. I still believe the Ashley Neil driving philosophy is the most zen and ‘less eventful’ approach to driving and to cooperation on the roads.
When I see a learner car, I give it the space and time I know I needed when I was learning. I don't want to panic them or make them feel like they were wrong, it's the instructors job to let them know if they did wrong, not mine.
Hi Ashley, I was a driving instructor for 10yrs, watching this video gives me the fear. She should be teaching defensive driving and hazard perception to her students. I’m not really sure how she could have qualified as a driving instructor in the first place. Horrendously poor instruction and attitude .
I was a PDI, and could not pass my pt3. It's quite anger inducing to see this idiot (probably an ADI) getting away with this dangerous instruction, and I couldn't be a driving instructor just cos I can't do the roleplay exercises for the pt3 exam.
She's not an English teacher, but she is a driving instructor. On par? You're being petty, just like her reprimands on the road. I'd say apostrophe usage is the least of her problems. 🤷♂
The rage buildup to her video is insane, can only imagine how much zen Ashley must have been to sit through it all. Patience of a saint, true instructor
Seeing her attitude here is truly shocking and makes me even more grateful that I learned (and passed) with a truly wonderful instructor. She taught me brilliant defensive skills and reading other drivers so to better anticipate and prepare for the unexpected. And that makes me even more disheartened that not all driving instructors are like mine… knowing there are learners and new drivers that will be reckless because of what their instructors have either knowingly or unknowingly taught them.
Glad I seen this before this gets potentially taken down. I can definitely see her trying to copyright stike this video down and take her video down today
Courtesy completely out the window Ashley - The self-entitment is breathtaking- people make bad judgements but be ready and courteous and lessen the risk - disgusting !
My driving instructor was an advanced police trainer, and many, many decades later I remember just about everything he taught me. A good instructor can make a world of difference if the pupil is willing to learn.
The incident at 21:35 and the comment is the worst of everything for me. What is your lowest of the low situation?
Edit : Just a quick update to let you know Part 2 has dropped th-cam.com/video/7RAEzd3pA-U/w-d-xo.html and nothing has changed. If Shania reads this, please get in touch as I'd love to help.
I think the "you snooze you lose" was the worst for me. Implying that driving is a competition to be won or lost is an awful attitude from a driving instructor.
It’s worrying that someone would say that they will crash into you deliberately to prove a point. if people want to complain about this driving instructor go on Google and type complain about a driving instructor and it will send you to a DVSA link
I second the 'you snooze you lose incident. That was intentionally bad driving.
Was also the first time I've seen Ashley look genuinely stressed out 😂
100%. All this person does is blame blame blame. There is no self reflection. And a very clear knowledge gap of the highway code, as well as a lack of plain old common sense. Who in their right mind sees a car in the middle of the road and thinks "I'm going to keep going right towards it"
Not seen the entire video as of yet but a scenario I can relate to is the one with the Mini cooper. I'm not entirely sure if the Mini could have fit in the gap without having to reverse in (not to mention the speed bumps would make it harder) but they were literally given no time to even try and make space or reverse back to the much larger gap by the instructor.
Now for all I know there could have been a great big timber lorry behind the instructor at that time but I highly doubt that. I just hope they don't use the phone whilst driving as that would be the cherry on top wouldn't it?
You can't. argue with her success rate. She seems to have instructed half the drivers on the road,
hahaha this is an underrated comment! 😂😂😂😂😂😂
😂😂😂😂
Ahh of course, she's the officeal instructore for Private Hire Drivers,
Top comment 😂
Not gonna lie, I wish I'd thought of this one! 😂😂
Had a colleague at work who crashed into someone as it was ‘his right of way, and it’s tough if I crash into him’. Other person suffered life changing injuries. When police reviewed colleague’s dashcam (we had them fitted to our company vehicles) it showed him SPEEDING UP to make the point. Done for dangerous driving. Lost his job. Been unemployed for last two years. All because of a poor attitude and need to prove a point.
Shows the responsibility driving instructors really have, bad teaching like this leads to exactly what your colleague went through
He should have gotten a decent prison bid to go with that
Very irresponsible
Repulsive attitude
Here lies the body of William Jay,
Who died maintaining his right of way-
He was right, dead right, as he sped along,
But he’s just as dead as if he were wrong.
Brilliant 😅😅😅
Fantastic!
If a quote couldn't more apt. I've never heard it before. But, will now never forget it.
I'm so stealing this xD
The highway code doesnt give right of way so he died in the wrong
"If I crash into you, I crash into you. It's your fault"
Says someone who's never actually deal with an RTC. Sounds lovely, until the following happens (many, all or one of them)
1/ You're struggling to breath with eyes full of chalk dust, a nose full of snot and watering eyes as you just had an airbag go off in your face (this is most unpleasant). Tomorrow you'll need hot baths and painkillers to get through the day. You look a mess, too. Your shins REALLY hurt where you kicked the dash.
2/ You realise you can't get to work tomorrow, because your car is knackered. Your boss isn't going to be pleased.
3/ You realise you've knackered your thumb on the steering wheel - do you know how important opposable thumbs are to your species? - you're about to find out. How hard do you think is it to wipe your own arse when you can't grip the paper? - I hope you have an understanding partner.
4/ The traffic officer isn't interested in your bullshit "well it was his fault" arguments and reports you for dangerous driving as you could have avoided the collision but chose not to. (this seems pissy to you, but this morning he had to tell a mum about her son's fatal motorcycle accident - caused by an attitude remarkably similar to yours...)
5/ Turns out the other party wasn't insured. Which explains why they legged it up the road after the collision (s'long sucker!)
6/ Your insurance is closed for the day and won't arrange a hire car until tomorrow. Tomorrow arrives and they arrange a tiny hatchback, Filthy, unfuelled and "conveniently" collectable 30 miles away. After you pay a deposit and commit to paying for it if the insurance choose not to.
7/ Your insurance hold you partly to blame and under "contributory negligence" knock 33% off your claim. Having undervalued your car by 33% to start with. You can either accept that today, or argue and maybe get more in a year or two's time.... But you need to buy a car urgently....So... bend over, now.
8/ Whilst your car is in the salvage yard, someone salvaged everything not bolted down inside it (this happens a lot...)
9/ Next year your insurance multiply this year's premium by your phone number and call it your "renewal premium" (on the plus side, you now own a cheap-to-insure 12 year old Kia Picanto 1.0 in bile green)
10/ Your old car you were emotionally attached to and trusted. This new one isn't really you and is a bit dodgy, but you had to take what you could get.
11/ You were really late home tonight - because you wouldn't let off the gas for 2 seconds to prove a point. Turned out the other person really was a muppet - who knew?
12/ You had a distressing, stressful experience, a pile of hassle dealing with the aftermath and suspect you pissed yourself. You did. You were holding it in when you crashed and the seatbelt squeezed it out of your bladder. You may or may not dribble for the rest of your life as a result of this. If they do fix the car is remains unclear if the insurance will replace the driver's seat, but your trousers and underwear are a definite "no". Oh, is this why you were so impatient? - you needed a piss?
My point is this. On purely, purely selfish grounds taking risks does NOT make sense. The benefit is a slightly faster journey (if you don't immediately lose that time at the next lights) and the costs are anything from paperwork to lifelong wearing of an incontinence pad. Just chill. It really doesn't make much difference. Just assume the other person is having a really bad day, isn't like that and you've maybe just made it a tiny bit better for them and ask yourself "Like, Cosmically, does this shit even register?".
Great post.
Bravo. Couldn’t put it better myself 👏👏👏
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100% agree! 👏🏻👏🏻
Brilliant.
As a Norwegian, I am astonished. We're always taught to drive defensively, not aggressively. Right of way doesn't mean "right to run into others"
I found driving in Norway to be a zen like experience compared with the UK, and I don't live in an area/region that has particularly poor drivers. Although I found the give way at city crossroads weird, so I made an error on my first day driving over there.
@clarkeysam Yeah, driving in Norway can be something to get used to for foreign drivers. But it's simple really - in general (unless you're on a priority road), you give way to anyone who will, at any point, come at your right. So if you're going left at a junction and someone else are going straight, you will get them to your right, so you have to give way. Especially light intersections can be difficult for people to understand, because even though you have a green light, if you are turning left or right in a junction, you have to give way to pedestrians crossing the road - as they will get a green light at the same time as you do.
@@Henoik yeah it was give way to the left and roundabouts but right at cross roads that threw me! I was driving through Haugesund at 20, a car arrived at the junction to my right, there was no markings on my lane and it felt like my road was a busier road than his, so I continued, and he pulled out. I was shocked by this and later mentioned it to someone who explained that I was in the wrong.
It's a beautiful country, but the speed limits are a little low, and the beer price way too high!
@clarkeysam Ahahah indeed! Alcohol is very expensive, but with these exchange rates I guess it's fine for you Brits. Speed limits are on the lower end of the scale, even compared to the rest of the Nordics. It makes sense when you realize we have ice and snow for like a third of the year. And we have way lower statistics of traffic deaths than comparable countries, so I guess it's reasonable.
The only Rights of Way we get in UK are Footpaths, Bridleways and Byways.
I’m so glad you’ve decided to report her. This sort of teaching can’t continue. Absolutely horrendous
Interesting how he reports her but makes a big thing of not reporting dangerous and careless drivers.
Almost as if teaching others to drive carries more significance
They have to be a content creator rather than a driving instructor. None of her students would ever pass. There is no way she would have passed any kind of accreditation with that attitude.
@@goodyeoman4534she is responsible for teaching people how to drive and all she is doing is passing on her terrible driving to new drivers. Are you related to this clown by any chance, sounds like it.
Shocking instruction
The Highway Code literally says something like ‘these rules do not give you the right of way in any circumstance, but they advise you when to give way to others. ALWAYS GIVE WAY if it can help avoid an incident.’
Exactly - my comment somewhere else and is often overlooked by drivers (especially London Dash Cam if you follow him).
...and many cyclists. There's a quite famous one who is a TV and radio presenter that springs to mind.
@@ashley_neal I agree! Please don’t think I’m biased towards cyclists - I’m not, I just see motor vehicles as far more dangerous.
Yep, as a cyclist/e-scooter rider I try to anticipate and avoid the dangers. Slow down even when I technically have right of way etc. I assume every driver and cyclist is an idiot and about to do something wrong and prepare my reaction to their potential mistake and if they are actually the 99% of good drivers who work with you well then great. But at least I am prepared.I also am willing to cede the right of way if it aids traffic or helps everyone proceed quicker.
@ A ‘waman’ 😂
There's an old adage:
If you meet one arsehole, they're an arsehole. If all you meet is arseholes, you're the arsehole.
😂 very true
I must be one because I meet at least three everyday on a 1mile village school run!...LOL
That's just called living in London...
@@AndyBurr-du3vtdifferent rules apply on the school run.
@@imerz87 She's in Leeds
What a terrible ‘entitled’ attitude from this instructor. We’ll done Ashley for showing this video, and for your comments.
The graveyard is full of people who had the right of way. I had the same mindset when I was learning and my driving instructor told me that and since then it changed how I view and approach situations when driving.
Age helps too. We're too eager and excited when we 1st get a DL 😁
Shania school of driving :
“That don’t impress me much”
Omg I was looking for this, underated comment 😂
But she's got being right, down to an art.
Haha love it
@@Species1571😊
🎵You think your a genius, you drive into a wall
You’re a regular original, a know-f@@k-all🎵
My driving instructor was like this, and it shows in my driving before I came across your channel, remember my mini roundabout incident you covered. Your channel has helped me reshape my driving completely to turn 99% of incidents into non events, and the %1 that becomes an event is outside of my control. Thank you Ash for everything you do in helping teach drivers (even those like me who have been driving for 20+ years), and also your help in training driving instructors in your area.
Remember that, brilliant work mate. Keep spreading the word.
I feel a lot more relaxed with this mindset.
With regard to road rage , told an advanced riding instructer off for road raging, he quickly shut up and got back to instructing.
I often come back to Ashley's videos to get myself centered into the calm non-eventful driving we all need to practice.
I'm not even from the UK, but Ashley's teachings are international. More often than not I'm thinking "let's make this a non-event" and I hold back as good as I can.
Yes, there are still bad drivers on our roads, but I won't change their behaviour by trying to "educate" them through my own terrible driving.
As soon as she said ‘I will not give them right of way’ in the intro, the alarm bells went off.
Same. Before I even saw a clip, that attitude had me worried. She's just teaching her student to be "stupid" like the drivers she's criticising instead of trying to make these incidents into non events
@@joevictor53Exactly. Polar opposite of Ashley’s approach, or that of any competent driving instructor.
for me when she said that i was like don't you adapt to the situation but from the clips no she doesn't
That’s not what she said. It’s way worse as she said “I will not give them way” which is not even a sentence in English.
She keeps saying to too 😂
@@DontPanicDear Fair point, my brain clearly did an autocorrect!
There are attitude issues here that have become normalised, not just by this arrogant, judgemental and self righteous lady who has set herself up as an instructor, but in many other areas of life.
Bad attitudes are now an integral part of the culture we live in. Our society has made driving into a competition, a battle for individual supremacy, when it should instead be understood as a cooperative endeavour, governed by rules and systems on which everyone's safety depends.
Props to Ashley Neal for calling it out so calmly, correctly and in fair objective analysis. Excellent work, trying to right some wrongs.
It's so refreshing to hear the truth, acceptance of reality is worryingly rare these days.
I watched you after I failed my first test and you helped a load. I've been driving since march but continued to watch and I've always loved your level headedness and no BS attitude, you say what you mean, mean what you say and know what you mean. You have a very clear way with words and know your way all around road attitude which I admire
Don’t stop watching. I’ve been biking since 1979 and cycling for five years before that and passed my car test in 82. I’m still learning.
Having now endured to the end, all I can say is it's like one of those dashcam compilations where every cammer drives into danger yet believes that every other person is entirely to blame - only, this is the same driver/'instructor' throughout. I hope your report is acted upon.
You try to leave those compilations but people keep dragging you back in!
If there are instructors out there like this it really does explain how our roads are as broken as they are
@@smilerbob And you get involved in arguments with people arguing exactly as she does!
Perhaps Ashley needs to rename his series How to drive like a good driving instructor.
Dashcam Owners Australia now holds onto those sorts of clips to create an April Fools Day special. The comments on the day are usually hilarious as so many fail to realised what's going on. But the compilation is very difficult to watch with so many idiots believing they're right when they're incredibly wrong.
@@tin2001 Even their normal videos are like that too! Just no sense of anticipation or risk management.
The Teddy H of driving instructors!
That driving instructor has the wrong attitude full stop. She needs to be reported to DVSA.
Too true
Wait until you see her second video... speeding, road rage, dangerous driving - yeah, people like her create really shitty drivers.
Did I hear right at start.she would "deliberately" hit another vichael because she has 'right of way'?
@davidbalmer712 I heard that too. Despicable behaviour from an instructor. Wonder how her students turn out?
Riding a motorbike teaches you to be incredibly vigilant and you become really good at interpreting micro behaviours of other road users so you can turn issues into non events. If you rode the way she drives, you wouldn't last a week. Its not about being right, its about being safe. It obvious she doesn't have the maturity to instruct.
I was taught motorcycling by an off duty police motorcyclist. His mantra was " treat every other road user as if they are hellbent on getting you killed and ride accordingly". It keeps me safe.
@@edwinmccracken2686 I think cycling or biking teaches more awareness on the roads and how to make everything a none event as the car will win every time if one didn’t do what’s best.
Indeed. My observations while driving improved immensely after getting my bike license. Maybe everyone should have to spend time in/on different vehicles like motorbikes and vans.
Most people who drive this way get a "nice bulky crossover" to "assert their dominance. "
Take it to the next level and train to be an advanced rider. You may think you are good, but the training will open your eyes.
My driving instructor 9 years ago told me and these words ring in my mind "Do not drive angry. If you're letting your emotions pull you into driving in a way that makes other road users and yourself unsafe, pull into somewhere safe and breathe."
This woman is ABSOLUTELY a narcissist. The constant commenting on her music or singing is just cringe worthy. It has nothing to do with your bad decision making!
21:44 "...I'm going mate. If I crash into you, I crash into you. It's your fault."
Her insurance company would have a different opinion, especially if they had access to the same footage as you. 60% fault to the driving instructor, I'd say.
at best settled as a 50/50
If she deliberately hit a car, I would say she is 100% at fault as had the choice of avoiding or having an accident. The highway code says you must avoid an incident.
I’d argue 100, the cammer would have made no attempt to avoid a collision.
No - 90% her fault!
@@letter1014 pretty sure insurance always sides with the person who had priority, no? (Even though her attitude is terrible) it can't really be the driver who was already on the main roads fault
This attitude is what is wrong with drivers on the road, I love her quote "chilling, listening to music while driving" and nearly causing a T-bone accident. LOL
The "I will crash into them,I don't care,it's theyr fault" ,she should be banned from driving
I'll say she is chilling!
@@UnipornFrummI think if she does crash into anyone, they should be shown this video. If she was teaching my child, I would report her.
It's the driving instructor equivalent of a "hashtag be kind" social media types who tend to say the nastiest stuff to people.
"luckily there wasn't anyone to our right, hehe, imagine they got killed by my reckless swerve, tehee😊😊😊"
This isn't just bad driving instruction, there's something concerningly sociopathic/psychopathic about the way the driving instructor talks in this video. She should be reported to the DVSA as soon as humanly possible, and I hope they immediately revoke her status (whether trainee or approved). She should only be allowed to instruct again after extensive retraining and retesting, to demonstrate that she's completely and utterly changed her mindset. She's going to get someone killed.
I disagree. I think her licence should be revoked and never be allowed to teach again. Ever.
100% something wrong with her. Entitled, sociopathic psychopath with main character syndrome and a side order of yet more entitlement. I feel bad for her husband if she has one, I bet she beats him.
YOLO ✌️😉☺️
@@Phlash1
People do change over time... She needs to be stopped today, but if she can change, there's no reason not to try again later.
Given her comments about "misogyny" on her new video I higbly doubt she will take anything from this. Her lack of self awareness is frightening.
So I did correctly smell some s3xism somewhere in this video... 🤔🤦♂
She wouldn't last five minutes riding a motorcycle with her lack of road craft.
Ahh the woke school of driving, I wouldn't be surprised if she's a fully qualified therapist too.
@@KROKIACK Any qualified therapist would see her as a walking red flag and safety hazard lol it's not "woke" to sweep criticism under the rug with weak excuses, it's a 'piece of shit' thing to do. All walks of life have people like that. I sincerely doubt this woman votes left lol
Its not often my gabber is flasted these days.. but seriously, this is an ADI? what an absolutely narcissistic menace to all other road users she is.
“If you snooze you lose” what a petty, childish attitude to take to something as potentially dangerous as driving, and from a driving instructor no less.
Yeah that is an awful attitude from an instructor. She is potentially teaching her pupils that driving is a competition to be won or lost.
I know that roundabout, it's recently changed to be a left only lane and it catches a lot of people out. She would also know this being local. I am also worried that she drives on the same roads as me!
bad attitude while driving but when it comes to buying up good used cars there couldn't be anything more accurate
She should be a motorcycle instructor. Fight for your lane, what could go wrong?
Imagine if two of them ended up in the same situation together. Neither would relent and they'd both end up losing.
Driving a vehicle like a weapon into danger like at 21:35 is really scary. It's saddening we share the roads with people like this.
Glad you're reporting this to the DVSA, this sort of dangerous attitude should not and must not be passed on.
Hi Ashley, I used to be a staff instructor at the BSM training school from 1986 to 1991 and used to train prospective driving instructors for the company to a very high level. I am appalled at the drop in standards I see out on the road, not just from the general public but by driving instructors as well. You are right to report this incompetent ADI, but it begs the question, if she can qualify, how many more of them are out there?
well 2 driving instructors i had used to be on their phones during lessons, one of them would even text while driving herself!
Standards have slipped everywhere here, we put people in positions of authority who have no business here as they have very different mindsets
She seems quite the narcissist. I had a sister very like that. Havn't seen her for nearly 20 years but very much the attitude of _"I'm always right"_ and _"I'm more important/intelligent than you, whatever happens will be your fault"_ .
Years back when she did a few lessons, instructors refused to teach her because of this attitude. No idea where she now location or employment. The few things I do hear is it's suggested she's still the same today. Sad really.
As for the instructor; the fact she keeps saying _"Him"_ and _"He"_ but never 'The driver' rings alarm bells to me.
After some digging on the socials, she is almost certainly single (certainly no evidence of a man in her life) which suggests that there's may be kind of underlying discrimination going on.
Figures really.
Oh and ive found the icing on the bloody cake! on Shania's "Professional" LinkedIn page she says that she is "Amazing under stress and controlling risk and responsibility", Like hell...Outrageous.
Translation: "amazing at transferring my own stress onto unsuspecting members of the public"
@user-mv5zt8qd9l and like other drivers, we all have bad and stressful days whilst driving. We all make mistakes. We measure our mistakes on how well we overcome the mistake to make it a non-event! I love it when someone screws up in front of me, you can learn from thier mistake, smile, give a courtesy signal and go about your business. Why transfer your problems onto somebody else!
Place your bets how long it'll take before she tries to take down this video.
She's totally deluded, and doesn't deserve to hold a licence, never mind instructing people. Scary!
You know this Karen is going to war.
Yeah in her comment replies she seems to be doubling down
@@Zeyr01 Please don't insult people called Karen.
@@TestGearJunkie. No 🗿
Bet u didn't expect her to double down and release a new identical video straight away 😂
Wow! I'm rarely moved to comment on TH-cam, but that is absolutely shocking. Seems the "mindset" she is passing on is the self entitlement that we are seeing more and more on our roads. I do wonder what her pass rate is! Like others commenting, i am glad that you have decided to report her.
Btw, I'm a regular visitor to your channel. Even with over 50 years driving ( including 10 years HGV back in "80's) 53 years motorcycling (including IAM, with 11 years as an observer), i feel we can all learn more. Keep up the good work.
It's not just on the roads, I drive long distance coaches and I've found over the last 3 years there are more self entitled people than there were, people can't read their tickets properly, people can't follow instructions etc etc
As a driver of 46 years the very best of watching your videos for the past couple of years is patience and keeping calm. I thank you for teaching me this SKILL. I know I've improved my reactions to difficult situations on the road. Retribution on the roads to those at fault doesn't serve a purpose and only inflames the situation. Thank you.. Continue your skill sharing.
Haven’t watched you for a while Ashley- good to see you’re still doing a great job. You help me be a better driver.
Is she seriously for real? This feels like rage bait!
I agree, this is a fake instructor video for likes
I agree, but if she's been reported there will be a record, so if it is real something can be done about it
Yes, thought that myself after a few minutes.
A quick google suggests that she is part of the Bill Plant franchise group. Reading reviews of Bill Plant driving instructor training and driving instruction suggests that she is only a small part of the problem.
I think she was formally part of that group mentioned until she created her own driving school. I could be wrong and she is actually part of both, difficult to tell with the dates of everything
"I was in a good mood that day" is scary.
I'd hate to meet her when she is in a bad mood.
People's lives depend on her emotions.
If a pupil encounters this situation and reacts like this, the examiner will almost certainly hit the dual controls and fail them.
She isn’t just a terrible driver but a terrible teacher also.
YEP! A very good point!
Which one?!! 😬
@@hippophileWhich examiner??
@Gopher, for my test, the duel controls had to be removed. Maybe things have changed, but other than pulling the handbrake, my examiner could not control the vehicle.
@@wibbley1 Lots of people sit tests in the instructor's car, which will have the controls which the examiners can use. The downside being that even if you were ready to stop or even using the pedals yourself, but the examiner deems it necessary to take action, it's an immediate fail.
This is why I struggle so much when I see satire - we live in a world of such insanely self-absorbed, self-righteous behaviour and mental health issues. This is a parody of a driving instructor.
I get a kick out of being helpful on the road. Letting people out and fixing their mistakes for them, it makes me feel good. There’s an art in the 6th sense of catching things way ahead of most people and planning for it. Especially necessary as a biker.
Funny enough it also makes me feel good to be helpful 👍
As I'm a farmer I particularly like helping lorry drivers and buses to get out or at a junction provided it's safe to do so.
Ashley, you are SO right. Regardless of being a so called insyructor, she will be involved in a crash one day, while telling everyone "Nothing was her fault"!
28:57 - Wow. When you said "BMW" you nailed the issue immediately. I thought I was pretty good at spotting things like this (when I'm not watching at 1.5x speed). You are leagues ahead. Amazing
It is even worse when one focuses on what the BMW was doing and realizes that it gained a mere one van's length at a red traffic light at the risk of having its wing dented by an entitled driving instructor. It is not actually changing lanes, notice. It does also prompt the question of what make the instructor's driving school car is. (-:
@@JdeBP You weren't watching very closely, otherwise you would have noticed the space in front of the van and its hazard lights were on; that van's not going anywhere when the lights go green. There's a central reservation to their right, the only way around is to the left.
Even so, the BMW should've indicated left and maybe waited before moving.
WOW. I have 3 points to add. 1. A police traffic officer told me that if there is 2 or more lanes, then keep to the left unless you need to be in the right lane for turning, roundabout ETC. 2. My driving instructor from the 1980s told me, treat every other road user as an idiot and try to predict what the other drivers, pedestrians, cyclists and animals etc, could do and be ready to react and ALWAYS drive defensively. I'm glad this person wasn't my instructor!!
I was told number 2 aswell. Has saved me from a bunch of near misses
I have 12 points to add... On her license.
@@whydoilivetoseethis need to add 1 more as you definitely don't want to near her
What's point 3, OP?
@@whydoilivetoseethis 🤣
When I taught my daughter, I told her that by being in a hurry when driving can save you perhaps, one minute per hour, but it could cost you hours and lots of money , if you have an accident, or get caught for speeding.
Can also cost you your life
" if you snooze you lose " she needs to bin that attitude!! What's 100th of a second going take out of her day to let them in??? People like her are the main cause of accidents or unnecessary traffic ques because shes thinks shes way more important than everyone else! Absolutely shocking that shes a driving instructor 😮 I don't wish anyone to lose their job as they might have people depend on them but this really needs to be looked at. Disgusting behaviour
Exactly. In these situations, I consider how flustered the other driver must be, and how a dangerous situation could arise if they become more unsettled and have a lapse of concentration. Your reactions have a lot of influence over the stress levels of the drivers in your vicinity. I always try to keep that in mind.
I was a driving instructor with similar habits, 60yrs ago, @ the fairground on the dogems...lol...Thank goodness the cars had all around rubber bumpers, it makes you realise accidents still hurt...
What she isn't doing: teaching people how to drive safely.
What she is doing: teaching people how to be bullies, in the worst, most dangerous way possible.
The "if I crash into you it's your fault" line comes from people who've never had to deal with the nuisance of having your nice car carted off to be repaired (could be weeks, could be months), the neck pain from even a slow rear-ender, the palaver of having to wrangle with your insurance company (even if you're 0% at fault and they confirm this) and seeing your premiums tick up slightly anyway because you've now had a claim on record. I'd rather skip all that, let the idiot get away with their poor driving, and maybe let the police deal with it.
Yes and you are right no matter how much you were not at fault your premium goes up and when you search for a better deal you get quizzed on it for 5 years!. Nobody is perfect and if you go out with the attitude that you will come across errors ( I am no talking about deliberate dangerous driving) and you have won a victory if you have done something to avoid all the hassle of insurance it makes driving less a stress. I am not on the road to mark peoples driving out of 10, I am trying to get somewhere.
Spot on. They just don't realise how much of a pain being 'in the right' can be.
In her case she would have taken a lot of the fault on too, if you have the opportunity to stop an RTC and you don't then you take blame for that part of it.
And the loss of 3 hours waiting for a tow truck and having to find alternative transport to wherever you are going.
I completely agree - accommodating crap driving is far less stressful than having an accident that's not your fault.
A car run into the back of me at red traffic lights at about 30mph. Wasnt a big deal, got a courtesy car, the other driver accepted full responsibility. I wasn't hurt as had the handbrake on. It was fun driving another type of car , an SUV insted of my sports car, not an inconvenience. My no claims was not effected.
I need to be on the lookout for this instructor - this is my neck of the woods and I don't want to be anywhere near her attitude to others.
Sounds like she will appear to be quite sweet. A wolf in sheeps clothing.
Credit to you for going through the entire thing and taking action at the end of it to report her, as this is absolutely disgraceful and precisely the right thing to report officially out of anything. It's alright reporting drivers who are already like this, but even more important to highlight those teaching such horrendous behaviour and attitudes. I just can't understand what she's thinking but it is seriously concerning if she thinks what she is doing is correct. Which she clearly does. And to post all of this on TH-cam highlighting your own awful behaviour? Wowzer.
*Drunk stumbles into the road* "My right of way! snooze you loose."
It is rarely that I see you so upset, almost to a point of fury, but I must say you are entirely right! I am 100% behind you on this!
"I'm terribly sorry you feel upset that I killed that pedestrian, Your Honour, but I was in a bad mood that day."
Yep. I'm sure that would go down well in court... 🙄
Or she would say your honour they where not following the rules so it thier own fault
And so would she!
This is genuinely scary. As someone who has recently qualified as an instructor, I can’t possibly fathom why anyone would pass an attitude like this onto pupils
I can see her video being used as evidence against her in court one day when she eventually hits someone.
That "instructor" needs to be forced to RETAKE her own Driving Test, and BANNED from being an Instructor. She has SUCH an attitude that SHE is the danger on the road to all other road users. An accident waiting for somewhere to happen !
The good news, is this was part one, she's just posted part two!! 😱🤯
Oh dear. I can feel my blood pressure rising and have not even pressed play on it!
I've just watched that & it's not any better 😢
@@DriveSmartDash I’d say it was worse. And there’s seven uploaded two released so five in the pipeline. Delusional is the word.
@@highdownmartin oh dear!! 😫
Did you see the "how to tell between good and bad driving instructors" video!?
"If I crash into you I crash into you" This person needs to be reported immediately they are an absolute danger and their attitude is disgusting.
...and her caption; Don't try this at home, I'm an experienced driver...!
Years ago, my grandfather was a driving instructor, and believe it or not, he owned a bus company called Cygnet Travel in Barnsley back in the 90s. He was the exact same as this woman, and it's absolutely despicable. He never used to allow people to overtake him, and I remember him standing talking to me whilst I was driving private from Leeds, and just as I came off the roundabout between West Bretton and Darton, a car went to overtake me, he had every right as I was driving an old Leyland Olympian. As my grandad saw this, he grabbed my steering wheel and tried steering my bus into the car. He was a menace on the road all the way up to his death in 2009, which was unrelated. It just goes to show that there are idiots in all professions.
I like it how the muppets with this kind of attitude are always in a hurry, but if you happen to hinder their progress, they are not in a hurry anymore, and have all the time in the world to indulge in road rage.
I've had one of those be at it for literally 5 minutes. I didn't get out of the car, just gave him the finger a number of times while watching him dance around shouting at me to get out. Before that he was weaving all over the road as if he was going to ram me for about a mile. Funny thing is that the guy was tiny, i might as well have kicked his ass, but i was on my way to a date, so talking to police wasn't in my interest.
@zloychechen5150 I've never seen a truer statement. If they had brains, they'd be dangerous, well more dangerous than they already are.
old mate sounds like a total looney...
My dad told me when driving treat everyone on the road as if they are an idiot, because they usually are AND you avoid them, keep away, give them space. No accidents after46 years, other than the idiot who ran into me at 50mph whilst i was stationary in a queue on A556.
The absence of a sense of self-awareness is frightening in itself, before even thinking about what's actually going on. This is really scary stuff.
@ashley_neal
This is in Leeds/Bradford area, I have been cut up by this instructor (not on a lesson). It's amazing how many drivers are like this in this area. Thank you for reporting her.
Insurance must be dear up there
It wouldn't surprise me if it is. It's bad enough having to venture into certain parts of Greater Manchester, but Bradford and Oldham is full of even more risk.
Not in a Citroen C3 is she? If so... she's got 6 points for a careless overtake coming her way 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@khalidacosta7133 No unfortunately, its a grey Mk8 Golf with "sds" on the doors.
@@RikAindow I prefer GM to Leeds/Bradford XD
The irony. I've just looked at her channel and literally the second video I can see is "Signs of a Good and Bad Instructor". Wow
‘Would of ’ - not only is the instructor appalling with her attitude (which akin to most dashcam channels) but she’s illiterate as well.
Agreed 👍🏻
I particularly enjoyed “Horning” and
“Give them way” 😂
She also has poor knowledge of the highway code which makes her getting a licence and becomming an instructor puzzling.
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@@salerio61 No she's not driving a lorry (thank God).
There was also "chaning lanes" at one stage. Spell check, people.
All these years, I just saw bad driving as bad habits & impatience. But now I am horrified to discover that a lot of them have probably been taught them!
I'm not an instructor and only passed in July but I'm fairly sure, "right of way" doesn't exist in the UK. It was described to me as "priority". Someone who is committed to a maneuver, even if they fucked up, has priority. Cuz anything else is risking a collision, and unsafe driving practice.
I see it all the time with people thinking they have "right of way" over cars on their side of the road, and think it's acceptable to force those drivers into small spaces, rather than give them 30 seconds to finish clearing a row of parked cars.
Edit: exactly like she did shortly after I posted this lol.
You're pretty much correct, although it's kind of even less firm. The rules tell you of who _should_ get priority in given scenarios, but also instruct you to always give up priority if it's the safest option.
In other words, this instructor is breaking arguably _the_ most fundamental rule of the road.
Just want to say, Ashley-I’ve been watching your videos for a while, and they’ve genuinely made me a better driver. Thank you!
Me too.
'The audacity to keep moving forward even when you see me...' even though she did the same thing
Has she been an instructor for a long time? I feel she has taught about 85% of the drivers on our roads.
So many incidents that could have been fixed, by just letting go of the gas, and letting everything dissolve before arrival. So many incidents that could have been managed and used as good learning points.
Ashley often asks, "would you have done this to a police car?". We can use this, "would she have driven like this on her Part2 test?", or "If your pupil drives like this on their test, are they likely to pass?" Perhaps she's instilling this attitude into her pupils, to ensure ongoing business, after each test failure.
Great comment, it's amazing to see these ignorant and arrogant drivers become "good drivers" when a police car comes in the vicinity then when they go it's back to no indicating and dangerous overtakes and driving
She is treating driving like some sort of competition. Sometimes people make mistakes and make bad decisions when driving, no need to escalate it and make a bigger issue from it. 🤷
Sounds like Driving School for Audi / BMW / Mercedes drivers and upcoming Taxi Drivers
One thing is obvious she has a very self entitled attitude.
I would go as far to say potentially a narcissistic personality disorder
I find a lot of people have an entitled attitude these days
It's gen z all over.
Entitlement on steroids.
@@5uper5kill3rz Yeah she seems genuinely deeply unbalanced. The constantly making everyday encounter with idiot drivers immediately into a personal attack against her is very telling. And the always talking about her mood screams BPD.
I am actually speecheless and then to see her replies to people in the video, its incredible. What a terrible driver through and through
That's a frightening video.
Great to hear you are reporting that instructor..
I'm glad she's not teaching my kids to drive, what a stuck up horrible person. She shouldn't be on the road let alone teaching others.
Went to have a look at their videos.
“Video no longer available.”
Looks like the school of reality has caught up with her.
I missed that part of the highway code thats says, 'you snooze you loose'.
I suppose it’s true anyhow since if you snooze at the wheel, you crash. Seems like a loss to me.🤷🏻♂️
It's just under the law of finders keepers.
@@TheScaper28 I know you're making a joke, but both "finders keepers" and "you snooze you lose" are legal and valid... Not in the highway code, but still - I think it's pretty neat.
@@creepbg In what way? just curious, especially as (for example), if your bank accidentally pays a large amount of money into your account in error that was meant for someone else and you spend it then you WILL get done for theft as you spent the money whilst fully aware that you weren't expecting it which is called Theft by finding
It's in her special addendum on the last page
_"If I crash into you mate, I crash into you!..It's your fault!.."_
I wonder if she'd have the same attitude to a 40 tonne lorry, or a cyclist, or a child....
Probably. She has no perception of outcomes let alone consequences. Piss poor
Laws of physics > Laws of the road anyday. Couldn't imagine what she'd have done if the mini at 10:59 had been an artic.
Here lies the body of Albert J
Who died maintaining his right of way.
He was right - dead right - as he drove along,
But he's just as dead as if he'd been wrong.
Shocking attitude honestly, this person absolutely cannot be teaching the new wave of drivers.
Dunno why TH-cam decided to show me this hours after passing my Class 1 road test 😂
Congratulations on passing your Class 1👏
If you can’t be calm, patient, and switched on enough to deal with anything, including reckless driving by others, you shouldn’t be on the roads!
I’ve watched some of the SDS videos (I passed my test because of people like yourself and DGN driving and finally finding a wonderful instructor). And to me she seems horribly narcissistic, if you listen carefully to things like her student feedback or her intros, there are so many “Me or I” sentences. One student broke her “passing streak” and although she kept saying she wasn’t upset about it, her responses to the student after he had failed felt so loaded and passive aggressive. I could be misreading this entirely but, she scares me.
What! Her pupils are passing driving tests?
@@stephenclark9917 Scary, isn't it?
Just watched a bit of the Steve mock test one. She seems to spend most of the session talking about herself instead of letting him concentrate of his driving. Also glugging a massive water bottle and fiddling with her phone.
The opening sequence also shows her driving in high heels which isn't to be recommended.
I did wonder what make of car she drove too, and my guess was correctly revealed in that video too!
@@davem9204 I'm sorry - she's posted a video to TH-cam of her using her phone while a learner is driving her car? That's literally a crime.
This same driving instructor is on instagram telling people if they signal when nobody is around they'll get a driving fault for unnecessary signal. Absolute lunatic
Not signalling is "advanced driving" nonsense. If you try to do this all the time, it potentially gets you into bad habits, sets a bad example to other drivers, and if someone suddenly appears loses time. I just do it when it is comfortable to see there is no-one around.
I was taught to signal even if you think no one is around in the event that there is someone around who you haven't seen yet.
@@Dinkztado your observations properly, and there won't be anyone you haven't seen.
I *always* signal whether there's anyone else around or not. It's just 'force of habit'.
@@Dinkzta Best default option IMHO too.
I was half expecting a twist at the end where she says these are examples of how not to behave, having the wrong mindset
What staggers me is that her observation and interpretation of others' "body language" is on point, it's just her responses that are the opposite of what they should be.
As someone whose primary mode of transport is cycling, this was truly terrifying. A momentary lapse of concentration for me could result in her or one of her students killing me and justifying it with "it was my right of way!"
Thank you for reporting this reckless individual
*Glad she is being examined introspected for her NEGLIGENCE. Please file w DVSA DVLA and VOSA against her and have her penalised as well as retrained for public safety.*
If you want to see the consequences of driving instructors like this, come on over to Leeds and Bradford. Seeing this explains a lot of what I experience on the roads every day.
Student: *Causes carnage behind*
Student: "I think I caused some carnage behind, was I right in doing what I did or could I do better?"
Instructor: "Nah you were fine. Take zero lessons away from anything, keep driving exactly as you already were doing so".
Her students are better teachers than she is...
It is weird how people respond to you in a learner car.
My mate is an instructor; one day he picked me up in his learner car.
We drove about 20 miles on country and City roads in Carlisle. It was just after 17:00 hrs. It was a real insight to see how some other road users responded to what they assumed was a learner.
I still believe the Ashley Neil driving philosophy is the most zen and ‘less eventful’ approach to driving and to cooperation on the roads.
When I see a learner car, I give it the space and time I know I needed when I was learning.
I don't want to panic them or make them feel like they were wrong, it's the instructors job to let them know if they did wrong, not mine.
Hi Ashley, I was a driving instructor for 10yrs, watching this video gives me the fear. She should be teaching defensive driving and hazard perception to her students. I’m not really sure how she could have qualified as a driving instructor in the first place. Horrendously poor instruction and attitude .
I was a PDI, and could not pass my pt3. It's quite anger inducing to see this idiot (probably an ADI) getting away with this dangerous instruction, and I couldn't be a driving instructor just cos I can't do the roleplay exercises for the pt3 exam.
"Can't be dealing with this". Lol.. One shouldn't be driving in that case! Much less being a driving instructor!
She's right though. She CAN'T deal with this. She should learn how and it would make her a much safer driver (and, consequently, a better instructor).
I was taught to drive defensively. This is exactly the opposite. Unfortunately there are far to many like her on the road. Self entitled.
Her driving is on a par with her ability to use apostrophes!
And her spelling mistakes, I noticed a few!!
She's not an English teacher, but she is a driving instructor. On par? You're being petty, just like her reprimands on the road. I'd say apostrophe usage is the least of her problems. 🤷♂
@@em0_tion It's symptomatic of a lack of care, a lack of respect, or a lack of ability.
Lynne Truss would have a field day with her.
The rage buildup to her video is insane, can only imagine how much zen Ashley must have been to sit through it all. Patience of a saint, true instructor
yeah .. and even he didnt .. some of that he had not seen either! .. I like to think he rage quit watching the first time lol
Seeing her attitude here is truly shocking and makes me even more grateful that I learned (and passed) with a truly wonderful instructor. She taught me brilliant defensive skills and reading other drivers so to better anticipate and prepare for the unexpected.
And that makes me even more disheartened that not all driving instructors are like mine… knowing there are learners and new drivers that will be reckless because of what their instructors have either knowingly or unknowingly taught them.
This is absolutely appalling. I am lost for words. It gives our industry (I am an ADI) a terrible name.
An accident waiting to happen creating more accidents waiting to happen. Thank you for reporting her.
Glad I seen this before this gets potentially taken down. I can definitely see her trying to copyright stike this video down and take her video down today
She could try, but copyright strike wouldn't work as it's clearly transformative with heavy commentary.
Courtesy completely out the window Ashley - The self-entitment is breathtaking- people make bad judgements but be ready and courteous and lessen the risk - disgusting !
My driving instructor was an advanced police trainer, and many, many decades later I remember just about everything he taught me. A good instructor can make a world of difference if the pupil is willing to learn.