I wonder how many junctions are made hazardous by the presence of advertising signs or other clutter. It's brilliant that this was pointed out in the clip because it's far too common.
Ambulance. As a police officer, I can appreciate what that driver did. A lack of awareness, poor planning and panic make junctions and round-a-bouts so much harder than what they need to be.
Who doesn’t move over at motorway junctions to allow others to join? I am always looking for vehicles joining the motorway and anticipating moving out.
schmoosmith well, it’s funnily considered a “mistake” here in Germany to leave your lane without overtaking someone, even when you anticipate a merging. It’s stupid but there are people who follow every stupid rule just because. Sometimes they are also just lazy assholes.
Yep this is just plain old courtesy and helps everyone out 👍. Unfortunately, I’ve had people in the middle lane accelerate like a bat out of hell to close a gap when I’ve indicated right in order to do this. This has forced me to go down to 50 in the left lane to let traffic merge safely. If you’re in the middle lane, do as one of the guys in the clips does and help out.
Trucks and other heavy cars which are not so agile and accelerate slowly are one thing, because you know you're gonna pass them anyway. But I really don't see a reason why I would move over for a passenger car joining the motorway. And actually it's illegal where I live. If you move over and they accelerate to same speed, then you're just driving next to each other and blocking the whole road, and at this point it becomes your responsibility to either accelerate or slow down to move back to the other lane. I've seen many cars who move over when I join the motorway actually never even reach me because I accelerate to target speed rapidly. And then it was just an unnecessary lane change. Just drive at a steady speed and keep the distance to the car in front of you and let the merger do job.
@@David-sw2fn The best way to let the traffic merge safely is to drive at a constant speed and keep some distance to the car in front of you. By moving over in front of someone else you're forcing them to slow down. I don't know if moving over is what you're supposed to do in your country, but generally speaking being you shouldn't improvise in traffic, but drive according to rules. Traffic should be predictable, and it isn't if you give up your right of way for being courteus. The worst thing is when someone on the motorway starts to slow down to help you merge, while you (as the merger) are trying to adjust your speed to merge behind them. And the biggest mistake you can do when merging is not accelerating in the merging lane. You can fit in a 10m gap if you're driving as fast as the cars on the motorway, but even a 100m gap isn't enough if you drive too slow.
whl he best thing for mergers is to give them the lane wherever possible. People have widely differing perception and anticipation abilities and it’s not always easy merging. Often several vehicles can be stuck in the acceleration lane behind someone trying to join the motorway at 40mph for example. As you point out, this causes huge problems and a lot of space in that lane will help them to sort it out. If I can’t move away from the left lane, I can gently adjust my speed as needed to avoid the mergers. I have a much better perception of the situation than the merger (clearer view, used to the speed already etc). They’re an obvious hazard to me so I want to stay away. I would agree that what we don’t want is a sudden change of speed. That’s going to mess up everyone’s plans. In the example above, it was the sudden change in the middle lane vehicle’s speed that caused me problems.
I used to see the same car reversing onto a national speed limit road day after day on my way to work. A few times they came close to causing an accident. They even had enough room in the lay by in front of their property to turn around but always insisted on backing straight out across the road.
Was just about to start a comment saying this exact same thing. Looking at the driveway looked ample room to turn a car around so could easily drive in then spin car around so next time can just drive straight out again.
I think in US or Canada it's illegal to reverse onto the road, or at least certain types of road, heard it mentioned in another idiot drivers vid, they should do that here.
Where I used to live, I used to reverse into my driveway but it caused an awful lot of aggro from drivers who didn't think I should stop there. It was a busy road and evidently, driven by a lot of angry people. I would often have to wait an age - stopped where it was disrupting the traffic flow - and very rarely did anyone have the foresight to stop and leave me enough room to back in, out of everyone's way. It didn't stop me doing it but I wouldn't say it was any less dangerous.
Wouldn't it be fabulous if videos like this were playing in places like airport lounges/waiting areas for all to watch and digest good driving. Might improve their driving standard on the way home.
Can I just add that in the first clip the cyclist acknowledged the HGV's considerate driving, but as importantly the HGV driver acknowledged the Cyclists acknowledgment by flashing alternate indicators. Its not hard is it, lets all try to just get on out there.
Great set of clips, thanks for sharing Ashley as always. Really hard to pick a favourite - I'll go for the motorcycle and the horses just due to the patience the biker showed. Perhaps Jon deserves a series all on his own! I only discovered the channel properly during lockdown but I agree the recent content has been, to coin a phrase, "top drawer". Do please keep up the great work and I look forward to the next "nice driving" episode.
Nah he doesn't. What you're supposed to do is to accelerate to close the gaps as much as you can and hold your hand on the horn for at least 30 seconds before slamming the brakes on in the middle of the road while cursing loudly.
Ashley, I have to thank you for channel. I got a car recently for a new job, after a few years of not driving, and your videos have been incredibly helpful. I almost hear your voice in my head when I’m driving. Also these videos showing good driving are just as important as videos showing bad driving in my opinion.
We do need more drivers like John on the road. Keeping the traffic flowing with his driving. Especially when he went into the right lane to let that car emerge. Not enough drivers do that. I’m a bus driver and if I have a chance I always go into the right lane to let others emerge from junctions on mains roads.
yeah, and you're supposed to drive backwards into your driveway to prevent having to reverse out like that. (but at least the cammer spotted it to not make the situation worse)
Im from Manchester and im a coach driver thats the road into Oxford and that junction is horrendous and you see cars at the last minute as its a really sharp bend and sometimes its hard to react so very good anticipation
its a shame that people dont drive nicely im 44 and ive stope driving cause there are so many twats a round and im not a shame to say this but it scares me to death being on the road i think will i get home safely or not i think the government should being in lthat truck drivers do resit the driving test every 5 years the people who been done by the police like speeding on the mobile phone road rage and all of that should be made to pay for there driving test and the people who has clean driving license gets it free as a ward for being good driver
I would argue that it is up to the Vauxhall to determine if it safe, not everyone else. Of course, if you can mitigate a situation go for it. But changing lane to assist a merging vehicle, only for that vehicle to pull out into the path of another vehicle...well...that's on the merging car. You drive to your observations, not other people's. You can't guarantee that they have seen something you haven't and vice-versa.
5:50 The slip road entrance is used on test routes in Oxford and what you can’t see too well from the camera view is it’s a very sharp 150° corner that leads onto a very short sliproad to join the carriageway. very often if you don’t do what the cammer did you have stop on the slip road which then causes major problems joining as traffic can be doing up to 70mph So well done to the cammer for making everyone’s life easier
The point is well made. There are lots of top-end A roads (e.g. the A34, A417/419 etc), which are essentially like motorways, but have sharp curves into the slip lane which can be awkward for anything attempting to merge on, especially when it’s a fairly steep gradient as well. It’s often wise to move over and make it as easy as possible for whatever.
I like this video. I have been watching quite a number of dash cam videos lately and the main problem with watching so many is it makes you lose faith in people and believe that everyone is an idiot and you can't trust anyone. I'm actually getting a bit jaded from watching too many I think and seeing these careless road users. So it's really nice to get a balanced perspective and see that not everyone is an idiot when they get behind the wheel of their vehicle and there are still some decent people out there. Good job.
funny from posting my comment this morning i had 4 horse riders (teenages) going along the road with park cars on the other side 6/7 cars waiting as the horses was coming towards them - i did not follow the horses (behind them) i wait for them to clear the parked cars as i was stop i give way to the cars from the other side ( as i was only going to get back behind the horses any way ) which also helo clear the road for everyone but the asshole behind me starting to have a go at me hehehehe any way i got back behind the horses riders who was was waiting to go left at a road junction who was very thankful and understand wot i did :-) ( so me following them would of not matter any way the asshole still would of had to wait ) i really wish i had it on video for you i think you would enjoy seeing this lol
vitali If I were on my bike and a car did that for me, I would. Haven’t had the chance yet as most cars just ignore you on your bike and just plough straight on through
4:50 - why did car driver not do a 3 point turn in what looks to be an ample driveway and emerge facing forwards? Nice cam car driver of course, and not such a safety issue on a slow moving / queued up street but even so...not much excuse for having to reverse out in that case!
Maybe there was no gap to change from lane 1 to 2 to reverse in. And if he did make a right turn into lane 2 he wouldn't be able to see if there was a cyclist coming up on inside when reversing. Wait until traffic gets light.
I got stuck behind a car in the city yesterday who consistently needlessly stopped the let people out. I asked myself why they were doing it they were asking for a rear ending as they were so indecisive.
Another brilliant video, I also agree with the pulling up on the right thing. It's just making things awkward for yourself and others when you're trying to move back out! I've just got myself a dashcam and im like a kid at christmas with it! So be prepared to be bombarded with clips (when I've got the hang of using it properly!)
Hi Ashley, I'm fairly new to your channel and love it all ready, makes a change from seeing driving fails to nice driving not something you see that often on TH-cam. Even after driving nearly 30 years I'm finding my self taking mental notes of what you are saying and have tried to modify my driving slightly.....ie forward planning more than I used to ect, so thanks Ashley great videos.
the horse riders and the cyclist for me i live in a rural part of North Lincolnshire we have lost of country roads just started driving lessons again driving instructor has had me driving on the country road the last 2 lessons. i have had to past horse riders cyclist and tractors.
The horse clip covers something that most drivers experience on rare occasions. It’s always helpful to show and explain the dangers and how to avoid them.
It always amazes me when drivers seem blind to the danger that such a large animal poses not only to it's rider but the driver and their passengers too if it gets spooked. You hit a 300+ kg horse at speed you are going to regret it bigtime most of their mass is up where the windscreen is after all and those A pillars aren't going to provide adequate protection at any significant speed.
@@idontcareifyoubanme Because someone doesn't say thank you? Do you clobber people who don't say thank you when you hold a door open? Eat more veg dude.
as a cyclist who often pulls in for cars on the occasion I do ride on the road I almost never get thanked. We're too low in the pecking order for it. Jump in my car and it's a different story. So it works both ways
The cyclist isn't the one needing to cross the centre line to get through, so while I probably would have given a wave when on my bike, it really is the car's requirement to wait and the cyclist doesn't *have* to say thanks
In the last clip, I think stopping there was very good, but what if someone was following behind? As people will always assume you will go through green. What would everyone else do?
Strangely most crashes are rear end into stationary vehicle. Drivers have to accept blame if you hit a stopped vehicle. Slowing and stopping requires consideration for someone who may be too close behind. I thought the car that went closer to the ambulance didn't seem to consider what couldn't be visible in front of the car that has stopped. Wouldn't you wonder if there was a reason? I missed a scared squirrel at 40 mph the other day. Afterwards I realised the damage it could do to a car. At the time it was just an unpredictable object to avoid. I would be more inclined to slow down faster in future, as long as no one would run in the back of me.
The clip with the ambulance is on a roundabout I know well. Travelling north on the A34, turning off onto the southern ring road. It's horrible. Large areas of tarmac with poorly marked lanes, You have to know which lane you need on joining the roundabout, but there are no signs. Many people have very poor lane keeping as they try and navigate around.
being in the countryside we get this a lot lol lol but Also you got to say well done to the horse riders who also stop (pull over) which help a lot as there was on coming cars which help make it better for the biker to make a wide drive pass everyone did a great job there in helping each other with loads of care :-)
If horses are so easily spooked why even have them on the road in the first place? They're scared of their own shadow and they're not exactly low emission vehicles if you catch my drift.
Not sure why you're giving any "credit" to that lorry in clip one (1.29) - imho that is quite a dangerous move. I would not be best pleased if while waiting for an opportunity to overtake a cyclist in a narrow lane and when that opportunity arrives - some impatient lorry behind pulls out and cuts me off.
Consideration around slip roads is always appreciated. There's one near me that's a steep climb around a blind corner with no more than a couple of cars length of slip road at the top. It's impossible to get up to speed and you often have to rely on people moving over.
When i did my test/instruction in 1968, if i wanted to turn right at a cross road, but a car opposite coming towards me wanted to turn to his right, we met in the middle of the junction and went around each other to continue on our direction of travel, now this does not happen, we do not go around each other, why not?
That depends on the road layout. Junctions are not all the same. If the vehicle opposite you is a high roof it may be better to go around each other. If it's a small junction it may be better it go in front.
I personally think the way the horse rider and the motorcyclist handled the situation at 3:11 is probably the best way to deal with horse riders because motorbikes are loud even low RPM so even at slow speeds they are very loud so what the best thing to do is for them to both stop as the horse is stationary the riser has more control over their horse , as the horse riders were going single file this allowed the motorbike to give as big as space as possible. Ideally this is the best way to deal with situations like these I personally think that horse riders riding two abreast is dangerous because horses can easily get spooked by engines and this pushes road users to stay back and take dangerous steps to overtake as most horse riders ride on B roads it’s hard to give the maximum clearance so if they did ride single file it is easier to give them maximum clearance necessary to overtake.
Remember it’s not just the sound; horses have ultra wide viewing angles - as much as 350°, with their eyes on the side of their heads. They are there to detect predators etc from behind, which we can be unless they’re trained, or if they wear ‘blinds’ `(as some do, for towing some drays etc).
Really great stuff Ashley. I'm new to the channel and also a relatively new driver. Your insights have helped me out on several occasions and given me the confidence to deal with potentially challenging situations! Thank you.
Every single clip in this compilation displays the same thing. A driver (or rider) who thinks about other roads users, instead of just thinking about himself. It's as simple as this : some people generally are selfish, and don't give two fucks about anyone else in life, and that includes the time spent behind the wheel of their cars. Some people are considerate and think about their actions and how it might affect other people, and do so generally in life, which translates to being good drivers too, thankfully. Another great video, and you have a new subscriber.
Ashley, well done to the main cammer on this clip. That is how I always have driven since passing my test in 1967!! Never had an accident! The only thing I do differently is when on dual carriageways and approaching an entry slip road. I always hang back if there is a vehicle on the inside lane (especially a lorry) for if a car enters at speed it may well cause the inside vehicle to veer out. If you are alongside it then you can either end up running into the lorry, or having to swing into the barrier. I sit back, thus allowing me to see what drivers on the slip road are doing, and this also gives the other driver room to avoid an accident.
Not sure if I have a valid point or not here but here goes. By moving over to the right hand lane in anticipation at the petrol station to help the Vauxhall driver did it not put the other car in front in a situation that his only option was to brake and not change lanes because of the car behind?
4:42 It is interesting that the decision to stop really cost the cammer no time because he would have had to wait at the lights anyway. With regard to the penultimate clip, the car in lane one (in front of the cammer) had its lights on so I do not think that there was any causal link between the cammer's action and the fault of the emerging driver. With regard to reversing into or out of a drive. If you reverse out, you are further away from the road as you reverse out, and need to swivel your head far more to change your view from one side to the other - you cannot just glance from side to side. In addition, assuming the traffic approaching will generally be on your side of your car (assuming you car is right hand drive and you are somewhere that has a "drive on the left" convention) - so it that, too, will make it far easier to see. The other advantage of reversing out is that if something in the road you are trying to get into does hit your car it will be your engine in the firing line rather than your children (or your fuel tank!).
The more you learn about horses the more you give consideration to them. For example I was surprised to learn they can get spooked by writing on the road. People write messages for bicycle races.
I was driving down a hill that goes to 2 lanes at the bottom and has traffic lights as i come from the hospital i know it's even more likely an ambulance will come down on blue lights, i always watch my mirrors, today i stopped just as the lane splits as i saw 2 police cars on blue light coming down, i did not move when the lights turned green instead i waited til they passed and moved off safely :)
Crikey. Back in my country of origin, I've done illegal road racing and I've done legal road racing. I've taken rally driving and drifting courses, I've driven on race tracks, rally stages and public roads for 14 years and, at least, 200.000 miles, I've attained national level racing licenses and driven organ/blood transport for local hospitals. I'm an absolute maniac of a petrolhead and all I've got to say is: when driving on public roads, Jon is driving skills goals. ALWAYS respect the fact that your car is a weapon if misused. At 30mph, a modern 1500kg hatchback has 15x the kinetic energy of a bullet from a high-powered rifle. ALWAYS respect the fact that all other road users out there are humans too (well some are horses, cats, dogs etc. but you get it).
I think the clip where you say a slip road leaving will be followed by one entering is the Elsfield turning on the A40 Oxford ring road. It is immediately followed by a 50 mph speed limit sign, which could have placed before the junction.
Oh, this is a treat! My favorite is easily the first clip. The size difference doesn't get much greater when it comes to road vehicles and that driver understands that 100%. Top job!
more of these please! am pleased to report that I drive like the drivers shown on this video. and it would be good to show other drivers that considerate driving will make lives easier for everyone.
I’m all for considerate driving... with plenty of thank you’s to those that deserve it. But! Horse riders are a real bunch of stupid c##ts. Riding a horse on a fast busy road is just moronic and selfish. Yes I’m fully aware that it’s legal to ride horses on a road.. but it’s also legal to stick your head in a wasps nest. Use a a bit common sense when choosing what legal things you do. The clip @3:00 is the definition of stupidity with a complete lack of common sense. I was on a national speed limited road (60mph) not too many weeks ago... it’s a perfect road, smooth tarmac, lovely sweeping corners with the occasional sharper corner here and there but not crazy sharp.... we all know these roads. Whilst going around one of these sharper corners at a perfectly plausible speed... suddenly 2 horse riders riding next to each other quickly appear in front of me, with oncoming traffic also being an issue. Having to anchor up is a fucking understatement! Now I’m sure I’ll get a bunch of people saying you should have been going slower.. or always except the unexpected. Please understand the stupidity of the riders before trying to blame a car driver for driving perfectly normally on a ROAD. I’ve been driving this road for 11 years now sometimes multiple trips up and down the road in a day... and I’ve never encountered anything like this or on other such roads in fact. After the anchoring up had been done and the horses regained a calm state I passed the thick as pig shit riders and continued on down the road. I them proceeded to stop In a sensible pull in place and waited for said horse riders to have a little chat about the whole situation. I said whilst quite enraged still due to the fucking stupidity of some people.. what in the ever loving fuck are you doing riding two a breast on a corner whilst on a fast busy stretch of road? One response I got was it’s a public road and I’m allowed to ride on it. The other response was you shouldn’t of been going so fast. ( for the stretch of road in question.. it was not fast not even close to fast). Now there was a lot I could of said to defend myself but with 2 responses that fuck witted I chose to just say... best of luck with meeting a fully loaded artic on those bents next time... because he won’t be able to stop and will teach you a lesson about not riding a horse is such a stupid location. Please don’t reproduce have a nice day. I hate that we the drivers are always the point of blame with situations like these! It’s always us that get told to expect the unexpected. I say what about the riders etc.. surely doesn’t this same saying apply to what they choose to do. If I’ve got to expect that there is a pathetic horse rider around every damn corner and slow down to a crawl... surely they should be thought to think, what happens if there might be an unexpected unfamiliar to the area road user that doesn’t know that moronic horse riders enjoy dicing with death on the corner, therefore I should consider staying off of this road.
5.03, it' might be ok at times letting people take the piss by not conforming to merging politeness, but if good natured drivers keep letting piss takers get away with it the piss takers will never learn anything and will just keep doing it. It's a bit like letting somebody push in front of you in a shopping queue, how many times do you let it go before you say something, while they keep thinking your politeness is weakness. You need a few more skip lorries on the road, I have found they seem to get the message across pretty quick to the non conforming mergers.
I wouldn't have stopped so readily to the Skoda reversing off the drive and I probably wouldn't have given way to the oncoming cyclist on that narrow residential road. Really shows that, having held my licence for over three years, I still have a massive amount to learn about driving properly.
On driving along a 60mph rural lane I was approaching a village, I removed my foot from the accelerator and allowed my speed to reduce to 30mph, I then heard the car behind screeching brakes, looking in the mirror I could see the hand gestations and see the mouth movement.
Stopping at a green light for an emergency vehicle is something I should have done one time. It made it so much more difficult for me than just waiting a few extra seconds.
At 7.40 plus we are in a car on a dual carriageway and there is a 50 mph limit and as we know drivers usually drive on or close to any limit so I presume that both drivers, his car and the car in front are doing about that 50 mph. limit. However if we look closely at the road surface it seems to be wet, there are some puddles lining the gutter that would indicate that previously it had been raining. So under those circumstances what would the following on or safe stopping distance be on a dry road at 50 mph. The H.C. recommends it to be 175 ft in the dry but to double that on a wet road to 350f. That said, what distance is the driver giving to that car in front, only some 90 ft at the most. I know that he is considered to be a safe drive but in this case he should not have been that close to the car in front.
Interesting the pulling up on the right is now part of the UK test. Pulling up on the right on a two way road is illegal in Australia. Parking against the flow of traffic is also illegal. I had to learn that pretty quickly when I moved here 10 years ago from the UK.
I also agree with what you mentioned previously about parking on the right side of the road instead of the left. When it's time to pull out again it is a nightmare, your view is poor and in some cases you are poking out slowly hoping and praying that nobody oncoming bumps into your car! Made this mistake when visiting an uncle some years ago. I'd rather take a longer route or turn into a side road then come back and then park on the right side of the road. Less stress all round.
That car pulling out of the service station reminds me of something that happened to me recently going up to Suffolk. I believe when you are on a slip road going onto a motorway you are supposed to get your speed up. Is it the same exiting a service station slip road to join a motorway, because the slip roads are so short. I was coming to the end of the slip road and there was a lot of traffic. luckily a car signalled and went to the middle lane but it was tight. or on short slip roads from service stations to the motorway do you just wait for a break in the traffic then just go for it?
About stopping for an oncoming cyclist whilst we as drivers have now to bend over backwards to keep them safe whilst overtaking and with the giving of a yard and a half or same in metres. On the other hand just how many cyclists return that safety message when they are cycling relatively fast whilst passing either parked cars or moving ones in the same direction. They give nothing at all. Good safe world isn't it.
Some years back I was driving down a country road and in front of me was a horse. Wasn't quite sure how to approach the situation but i got a quick lesson on what not to do as a range rover came roaring the other way. Horse reared and the ride somehow managed to keep her steed under control. I took the lesson, slowed right down, pulled as far to the side as I could and crept passed when she completely in control of the horse and back under way. Glad the prick in the range rover got it wrong first so I didn't have to.
At 8.50 apparently the driver of the car approaching is asking whether he contributed to a potential collision as the other car drove out of the petrol station. I would say that if he had put his indicator on to indicate to others that he was pulling out and into the outside lane then its possible that he may have contributed to that other car pulling out of the station. I say this because if he did indicate and at that point at 8.50 the driver of the car exiting from the petrol station and looking to his right would have seen a car approaching, that would have been the car in front but they could possibly also have only seen indicators flashing from the video car and which was now actually partly hidden behind but it may have appeared to be the same car one and flashing to move over to allow him to exit safely. Look at it at that time and presume that you are the driver of that car exiting the station and presume that the indicators were on. then its possible. If instead of tailgating, of being only some 90 to 100 ft behind the car in front then [ the road speed limit now being 60 mph ] if he had been about 350ft behind it then this would not have happened at all. The driver exiting the petrol station would have clearly seen a red car approaching at speed with no indicators on and he would have slowed to afford him precedence. before actually pulling out.
The clip with the motorcyclist and the horses places the motorcycle rider in a dangerous situation, the sun is in his eyes and that of other drivers. I ride a motorcycle and there's no way I would have come to a complete halt like that, asking for a following vehicle to tail end you with the compromised forward visibility. He had lots of time to overtake without coming to a halt, safely and at a low speed.
I should start sending in my clips. I do stuff like this all the time and I only get honked at by people in suvs on their way to the coffee shop. How dare me be a cautious and safe driver instead of just barreling through.
I don't have a problem with cyclists being on the road.. I have a problem with cyclists being on the road during evening/ night and bad weather in dark clothes , with no lights, or both at the same time.
stopping/parking on the right-hand side of the road should be banned cause unless you have a passenger with you and there’s no cars in front, you can’t see any cars coming from the front and they probably won’t see you properly either
8:15 " He spots early the car that's going to merge out from the petrol station" Yet he nor you Ashley mentioned the poor standard of his driving on a wet road at in some cases UNDER 1 second from the car in front. Would you accept that from one of your students?
Excellent content..... this must rate in the Top 3 (at worst) of the best I've seen in one upload. Absolutely right for you to make a point of crediting Jon C; in particular the petrol station clip where he questioned himself. You mentioned in a recent email that 5% of the road users create 95% of the problems - probably not far from the truth. The level of road use here puts the cammers in the top 5% that help solve or reduce the risk 95% of the time, or thereabouts. Much can and should be learned in todays content. Top marks there!! The key phrase used "Thinking about how your actions can affect others, and thinking for those that don't" is one that really stuck in my mind. Brilliant. Stay safe everyone 👍.
Merge in turn question?? Is it wrong/illegal when you see a lorry in the outside lane level off with another lorry when road roadworks cause the road to go to one lane? And he leaves a massive gap infront of him ?? Just to stop people merging Further down the road
I thought that reversing out into a main road was either not advisable, or illegal. To have twelve feet of an estate car backing into a main road, before the driver can see if the road is clear, cannot be a good idea. I have always backed in!! 🤔
I wonder how many junctions are made hazardous by the presence of advertising signs or other clutter. It's brilliant that this was pointed out in the clip because it's far too common.
I think spotting the person reversing out of their driveway with virtually no visibility 6:40 is absolutely brilliant.
Honestly, I dont even get how they saw that Keen eye.
Ambulance. As a police officer, I can appreciate what that driver did. A lack of awareness, poor planning and panic make junctions and round-a-bouts so much harder than what they need to be.
I’m old school and i refuse to park on the wrong side of the road. It’s too dangerous.
It’s also prohibited in some countries in Europe
@@idontcareifyoubanme lmfao scenario was dead funny
@@smaviation9171 Should be illegal in Britain. I know it is at night but there's no way it should be officially sanctioned by being part of the test.
I do not see a problem where you are parking in a one way street.
It's illegal in Australia.
Who doesn’t move over at motorway junctions to allow others to join? I am always looking for vehicles joining the motorway and anticipating moving out.
schmoosmith well, it’s funnily considered a “mistake” here in Germany to leave your lane without overtaking someone, even when you anticipate a merging. It’s stupid but there are people who follow every stupid rule just because. Sometimes they are also just lazy assholes.
Yep this is just plain old courtesy and helps everyone out 👍. Unfortunately, I’ve had people in the middle lane accelerate like a bat out of hell to close a gap when I’ve indicated right in order to do this. This has forced me to go down to 50 in the left lane to let traffic merge safely. If you’re in the middle lane, do as one of the guys in the clips does and help out.
Trucks and other heavy cars which are not so agile and accelerate slowly are one thing, because you know you're gonna pass them anyway. But I really don't see a reason why I would move over for a passenger car joining the motorway. And actually it's illegal where I live.
If you move over and they accelerate to same speed, then you're just driving next to each other and blocking the whole road, and at this point it becomes your responsibility to either accelerate or slow down to move back to the other lane. I've seen many cars who move over when I join the motorway actually never even reach me because I accelerate to target speed rapidly. And then it was just an unnecessary lane change.
Just drive at a steady speed and keep the distance to the car in front of you and let the merger do job.
@@David-sw2fn The best way to let the traffic merge safely is to drive at a constant speed and keep some distance to the car in front of you. By moving over in front of someone else you're forcing them to slow down. I don't know if moving over is what you're supposed to do in your country, but generally speaking being you shouldn't improvise in traffic, but drive according to rules. Traffic should be predictable, and it isn't if you give up your right of way for being courteus.
The worst thing is when someone on the motorway starts to slow down to help you merge, while you (as the merger) are trying to adjust your speed to merge behind them. And the biggest mistake you can do when merging is not accelerating in the merging lane. You can fit in a 10m gap if you're driving as fast as the cars on the motorway, but even a 100m gap isn't enough if you drive too slow.
whl he best thing for mergers is to give them the lane wherever possible. People have widely differing perception and anticipation abilities and it’s not always easy merging. Often several vehicles can be stuck in the acceleration lane behind someone trying to join the motorway at 40mph for example. As you point out, this causes huge problems and a lot of space in that lane will help them to sort it out.
If I can’t move away from the left lane, I can gently adjust my speed as needed to avoid the mergers. I have a much better perception of the situation than the merger (clearer view, used to the speed already etc). They’re an obvious hazard to me so I want to stay away.
I would agree that what we don’t want is a sudden change of speed. That’s going to mess up everyone’s plans. In the example above, it was the sudden change in the middle lane vehicle’s speed that caused me problems.
So true: "Thinking for the others that don't think"
I hate drivers who reverse out of their driveway onto a main road, they should reverse into their driveway. It is much safer and easier.
I used to see the same car reversing onto a national speed limit road day after day on my way to work. A few times they came close to causing an accident. They even had enough room in the lay by in front of their property to turn around but always insisted on backing straight out across the road.
Was just about to start a comment saying this exact same thing. Looking at the driveway looked ample room to turn a car around so could easily drive in then spin car around so next time can just drive straight out again.
I think in US or Canada it's illegal to reverse onto the road, or at least certain types of road, heard it mentioned in another idiot drivers vid, they should do that here.
It's usually just an issue of convenience for most people. Probably just don't like reversing up the incline of their driveway.
Where I used to live, I used to reverse into my driveway but it caused an awful lot of aggro from drivers who didn't think I should stop there. It was a busy road and evidently, driven by a lot of angry people. I would often have to wait an age - stopped where it was disrupting the traffic flow - and very rarely did anyone have the foresight to stop and leave me enough room to back in, out of everyone's way. It didn't stop me doing it but I wouldn't say it was any less dangerous.
It’s refreshing to see quality polite driving on TH-cam, rather than dog eat dog. Great video 😁
"Thinking for other people who don't think"
I will adopt that quote 👏👏👏
I like these kind of videos. Everyone can learn something from this.
"Part of being a good driver is thinking for the people who don't think."
Great quote!
The orange shirt reminds me of Fake Driving School lol
Bruhhhh
Makes him look like Johnny Sins lol
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Wouldn't it be fabulous if videos like this were playing in places like airport lounges/waiting areas for all to watch and digest good driving. Might improve their driving standard on the way home.
Can I just add that in the first clip the cyclist acknowledged the HGV's considerate driving, but as importantly the HGV driver acknowledged the Cyclists acknowledgment by flashing alternate indicators. Its not hard is it, lets all try to just get on out there.
I just love those interactions! You can tell the day got a lot brighter for everyone involved.
Great set of clips, thanks for sharing Ashley as always. Really hard to pick a favourite - I'll go for the motorcycle and the horses just due to the patience the biker showed.
Perhaps Jon deserves a series all on his own!
I only discovered the channel properly during lockdown but I agree the recent content has been, to coin a phrase, "top drawer". Do please keep up the great work and I look forward to the next "nice driving" episode.
Absolutely not.😃
Nah he doesn't. What you're supposed to do is to accelerate to close the gaps as much as you can and hold your hand on the horn for at least 30 seconds before slamming the brakes on in the middle of the road while cursing loudly.
@@salerio61 you've seen my driving then 🤣🤣
Ashley, I have to thank you for channel. I got a car recently for a new job, after a few years of not driving, and your videos have been incredibly helpful. I almost hear your voice in my head when I’m driving. Also these videos showing good driving are just as important as videos showing bad driving in my opinion.
That is awesome! Great job for getting back out there :)
Ashley Neal thanks mate, my confidence/ability has improved massively thanks to your vids
It's so easy to find the negatives and to criticise bad driving. It's refreshing and heartwarming to see celebration of good practice. Love it
We do need more drivers like John on the road. Keeping the traffic flowing with his driving. Especially when he went into the right lane to let that car emerge. Not enough drivers do that. I’m a bus driver and if I have a chance I always go into the right lane to let others emerge from junctions on mains roads.
Nice to see a "nice" driving video for a change instead of the usual poor driving/crash videos.
Definitely!! 👍
Great standard of driving there. I wish more people displayed this level of skill and thought on the roads.
Perhaps the atrocious parking at 6:41 should be mentioned, the two vehicles completely blocking the footpath on a bend.
yeah, and you're supposed to drive backwards into your driveway to prevent having to reverse out like that. (but at least the cammer spotted it to not make the situation worse)
Just had my first driving lesson. Hopefully these videos will give me good habits :D
Crazy at 3.45 I stopped 2 days ago exactly the same circumstance to let a bike through I'd rather be safe than live with knocking someone off.. period
Im from Manchester and im a coach driver thats the road into Oxford and that junction is horrendous and you see cars at the last minute as its a really sharp bend and sometimes its hard to react so very good anticipation
I feel like I’ve slipped into a parallel universe or something, all this good driving doesn’t feel right
Thank you to the people who send the videos they are really helpful to know what to do n not what to do
My fav was the ambulance one and the 6:47 one
Same here. They did really well, because it is sometimes difficult to tell where the siren is coming from
That's a driver without an ego. I wish there were more people like that.
its a shame that people dont drive nicely im 44 and ive stope driving cause there are so many twats a round and im not a shame to say this but it scares me to death being on the road i think will i get home safely or not i think the government should being in lthat truck drivers do resit the driving test every 5 years the people who been done by the police like speeding on the mobile phone road rage and all of that should be made to pay for there driving test and the people who has clean driving license gets it free as a ward for being good driver
I would argue that it is up to the Vauxhall to determine if it safe, not everyone else.
Of course, if you can mitigate a situation go for it. But changing lane to assist a merging vehicle, only for that vehicle to pull out into the path of another vehicle...well...that's on the merging car.
You drive to your observations, not other people's. You can't guarantee that they have seen something you haven't and vice-versa.
Being kind is free
5:50 The slip road entrance is used on test routes in Oxford and what you can’t see too well from the camera view is it’s a very sharp 150° corner that leads onto a very short sliproad to join the carriageway. very often if you don’t do what the cammer did you have stop on the slip road which then causes major problems joining as traffic can be doing up to 70mph So well done to the cammer for making everyone’s life easier
The point is well made. There are lots of top-end A roads (e.g. the A34, A417/419 etc), which are essentially like motorways, but have sharp curves into the slip lane which can be awkward for anything attempting to merge on, especially when it’s a fairly steep gradient as well. It’s often wise to move over and make it as easy as possible for whatever.
I like this video. I have been watching quite a number of dash cam videos lately and the main problem with watching so many is it makes you lose faith in people and believe that everyone is an idiot and you can't trust anyone. I'm actually getting a bit jaded from watching too many I think and seeing these careless road users. So it's really nice to get a balanced perspective and see that not everyone is an idiot when they get behind the wheel of their vehicle and there are still some decent people out there. Good job.
funny from posting my comment this morning i had 4 horse riders (teenages) going along the road with park cars on the other side 6/7 cars waiting as the horses was coming towards them - i did not follow the horses (behind them) i wait for them to clear the parked cars as i was stop i give way to the cars from the other side ( as i was only going to get back behind the horses any way ) which also helo clear the road for everyone but the asshole behind me starting to have a go at me hehehehe any way i got back behind the horses riders who was was waiting to go left at a road junction who was very thankful and understand wot i did :-) ( so me following them would of not matter any way the asshole still would of had to wait ) i really wish i had it on video for you i think you would enjoy seeing this lol
Great to see some nice driving unlike the past months in lockdown where driving skills have been very poor
3:58 Nice considerate driving by the car, but why didn’t the cyclist just raise a hand to say “Thank you”? Seems rather rude
Wait that's something cyclists do?
vitali If I were on my bike and a car did that for me, I would. Haven’t had the chance yet as most cars just ignore you on your bike and just plough straight on through
Don't expect thank yous. You know you've done the right thing. ☺
JUST PASSED MY TEST TODAY
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Congratulations!
Well probably see you on one of the videos soon
4:50 - why did car driver not do a 3 point turn in what looks to be an ample driveway and emerge facing forwards? Nice cam car driver of course, and not such a safety issue on a slow moving / queued up street but even so...not much excuse for having to reverse out in that case!
Maybe there was no gap to change from lane 1 to 2 to reverse in. And if he did make a right turn into lane 2 he wouldn't be able to see if there was a cyclist coming up on inside when reversing. Wait until traffic gets light.
What I mean is it looks like there is ample too to pull in forwards and do a 3 point turn within the driveway to pull back out facing forwards!
@@itchyscratch3829 looks a bit tight to me. If it was possible it would be more than a 3 point turn. Also seems to be for more than one car.
The car letting the reversing driver whose line of sight was impaired by parked takes my cake. That is just good proper friendly safe and driving.
I got stuck behind a car in the city yesterday who consistently needlessly stopped the let people out. I asked myself why they were doing it they were asking for a rear ending as they were so indecisive.
notice the cyclist didn't thank the driver for pulling in and letting him through.
Another brilliant video, I also agree with the pulling up on the right thing. It's just making things awkward for yourself and others when you're trying to move back out!
I've just got myself a dashcam and im like a kid at christmas with it! So be prepared to be bombarded with clips (when I've got the hang of using it properly!)
Hi Ashley, I'm fairly new to your channel and love it all ready, makes a change from seeing driving fails to nice driving not something you see that often on TH-cam. Even after driving nearly 30 years I'm finding my self taking mental notes of what you are saying and have tried to modify my driving slightly.....ie forward planning more than I used to ect, so thanks Ashley great videos.
5:05 That footbridge got demolished last October due to a collision.
the horse riders and the cyclist for me i live in a rural part of North Lincolnshire we have lost of country roads just started driving lessons again driving instructor has had me driving on the country road the last 2 lessons. i have had to past horse riders cyclist and tractors.
10:00 a BMW driver using an indicator 🤣
Nice to have someone posting some positive dash cam footage for a change. Thank you
Those videos made my day. brilliant all of them.
The horse clip covers something that most drivers experience on rare occasions. It’s always helpful to show and explain the dangers and how to avoid them.
It always amazes me when drivers seem blind to the danger that such a large animal poses not only to it's rider but the driver and their passengers too if it gets spooked. You hit a 300+ kg horse at speed you are going to regret it bigtime most of their mass is up where the windscreen is after all and those A pillars aren't going to provide adequate protection at any significant speed.
Lovely to see so many examples of a good standard of driving
Shame the cyclist didn't say thanks.
@@idontcareifyoubanme Because someone doesn't say thank you? Do you clobber people who don't say thank you when you hold a door open? Eat more veg dude.
@Will Smith nobody pays road tax, not since 1937 and people don't consider other road users just for praise.
as a cyclist who often pulls in for cars on the occasion I do ride on the road I almost never get thanked. We're too low in the pecking order for it. Jump in my car and it's a different story. So it works both ways
@@SPTSuperSprinter156 Exactly - I don't think I have ever been thanked by a driver for giving way when on my bike.
The cyclist isn't the one needing to cross the centre line to get through, so while I probably would have given a wave when on my bike, it really is the car's requirement to wait and the cyclist doesn't *have* to say thanks
7:41 That road must have the most appropriate speed limits.
In the last clip, I think stopping there was very good, but what if someone was following behind? As people will always assume you will go through green.
What would everyone else do?
Put hazards on too maybe? But yeh, gotta be aware of who's blasting up behind you.
Strangely most crashes are rear end into stationary vehicle. Drivers have to accept blame if you hit a stopped vehicle.
Slowing and stopping requires consideration for someone who may be too close behind.
I thought the car that went closer to the ambulance didn't seem to consider what couldn't be visible in front of the car that has stopped.
Wouldn't you wonder if there was a reason? I missed a scared squirrel at 40 mph the other day. Afterwards I realised the damage it could do to a car. At the time it was just an unpredictable object to avoid. I would be more inclined to slow down faster in future, as long as no one would run in the back of me.
Approaching 10 minutes of -scams- adverts for a 12 minute video is pushing it a bit. Good advice though.
The clip with the ambulance is on a roundabout I know well. Travelling north on the A34, turning off onto the southern ring road. It's horrible. Large areas of tarmac with poorly marked lanes, You have to know which lane you need on joining the roundabout, but there are no signs. Many people have very poor lane keeping as they try and navigate around.
being in the countryside we get this a lot lol lol but Also you got to say well done to the horse riders who also stop (pull over) which help a lot as there was on coming cars which help make it better for the biker to make a wide drive pass everyone did a great job there in helping each other with loads of care :-)
Sadly, I have had people overtake me if I wait as long as the motorbike.
Great video Ashley & the gentleman who sent the clips in. I learned a lot from positive driving.
If horses are so easily spooked why even have them on the road in the first place? They're scared of their own shadow and they're not exactly low emission vehicles if you catch my drift.
What a strange comment.
Not sure why you're giving any "credit" to that lorry in clip one (1.29) - imho that is quite a dangerous move.
I would not be best pleased if while waiting for an opportunity to overtake a cyclist in a narrow lane and when that opportunity arrives - some impatient lorry behind pulls out and cuts me off.
I was trying to work out what vehicle the cammer was in but concluded that it was a bicycle.
Consideration around slip roads is always appreciated. There's one near me that's a steep climb around a blind corner with no more than a couple of cars length of slip road at the top. It's impossible to get up to speed and you often have to rely on people moving over.
When i did my test/instruction in 1968, if i wanted to turn right at a cross road, but a car opposite coming towards me wanted to turn to his right, we met in the middle of the junction and went around each other to continue on our direction of travel, now this does not happen, we do not go around each other, why not?
That depends on the road layout. Junctions are not all the same. If the vehicle opposite you is a high roof it may be better to go around each other. If it's a small junction it may be better it go in front.
I personally think the way the horse rider and the motorcyclist handled the situation at 3:11 is probably the best way to deal with horse riders because motorbikes are loud even low RPM so even at slow speeds they are very loud so what the best thing to do is for them to both stop as the horse is stationary the riser has more control over their horse , as the horse riders were going single file this allowed the motorbike to give as big as space as possible. Ideally this is the best way to deal with situations like these I personally think that horse riders riding two abreast is dangerous because horses can easily get spooked by engines and this pushes road users to stay back and take dangerous steps to overtake as most horse riders ride on B roads it’s hard to give the maximum clearance so if they did ride single file it is easier to give them maximum clearance necessary to overtake.
Remember it’s not just the sound; horses have ultra wide viewing angles - as much as 350°, with their eyes on the side of their heads. They are there to detect predators etc from behind, which we can be unless they’re trained, or if they wear ‘blinds’ `(as some do, for towing some drays etc).
Really great stuff Ashley. I'm new to the channel and also a relatively new driver. Your insights have helped me out on several occasions and given me the confidence to deal with potentially challenging situations! Thank you.
4.50....not a good idea to reverse into the road.
I had to check I was on TH-cam for a second there! (FDS)
Every single clip in this compilation displays the same thing. A driver (or rider) who thinks about other roads users, instead of just thinking about himself.
It's as simple as this : some people generally are selfish, and don't give two fucks about anyone else in life, and that includes the time spent behind the wheel of their cars.
Some people are considerate and think about their actions and how it might affect other people, and do so generally in life, which translates to being good drivers too, thankfully.
Another great video, and you have a new subscriber.
Great to see good driving, but not shocked as not one said thank you.
Ash I past my test today. Your vids helped a lot thank you.
Great to hear!
Ashley, well done to the main cammer on this clip. That is how I always have driven since passing my test in 1967!! Never had an accident!
The only thing I do differently is when on dual carriageways and approaching an entry slip road.
I always hang back if there is a vehicle on the inside lane (especially a lorry) for if a car enters at speed it may well cause the inside vehicle to veer out. If you are alongside it then you can either end up running into the lorry, or having to swing into the barrier.
I sit back, thus allowing me to see what drivers on the slip road are doing, and this also gives the other driver room to avoid an accident.
Not sure if I have a valid point or not here but here goes. By moving over to the right hand lane in anticipation at the petrol station to help the Vauxhall driver did it not put the other car in front in a situation that his only option was to brake and not change lanes because of the car behind?
Its a good point and could be a possibility in other circumstances, but there was a pretty big gap.
@@Jonc25 Get your point, those cameras can make things seem nearer than they are, thanks for reply
4:42 It is interesting that the decision to stop really cost the cammer no time because he would have had to wait at the lights anyway.
With regard to the penultimate clip, the car in lane one (in front of the cammer) had its lights on so I do not think that there was any causal link between the cammer's action and the fault of the emerging driver.
With regard to reversing into or out of a drive. If you reverse out, you are further away from the road as you reverse out, and need to swivel your head far more to change your view from one side to the other - you cannot just glance from side to side. In addition, assuming the traffic approaching will generally be on your side of your car (assuming you car is right hand drive and you are somewhere that has a "drive on the left" convention) - so it that, too, will make it far easier to see.
The other advantage of reversing out is that if something in the road you are trying to get into does hit your car it will be your engine in the firing line rather than your children (or your fuel tank!).
The more you learn about horses the more you give consideration to them.
For example I was surprised to learn they can get spooked by writing on the road. People write messages for bicycle races.
I was driving down a hill that goes to 2 lanes at the bottom and has traffic lights as i come from the hospital i know it's even more likely an ambulance will come down on blue lights, i always watch my mirrors, today i stopped just as the lane splits as i saw 2 police cars on blue light coming down, i did not move when the lights turned green instead i waited til they passed and moved off safely :)
Crikey. Back in my country of origin, I've done illegal road racing and I've done legal road racing. I've taken rally driving and drifting courses, I've driven on race tracks, rally stages and public roads for 14 years and, at least, 200.000 miles, I've attained national level racing licenses and driven organ/blood transport for local hospitals.
I'm an absolute maniac of a petrolhead and all I've got to say is: when driving on public roads, Jon is driving skills goals.
ALWAYS respect the fact that your car is a weapon if misused. At 30mph, a modern 1500kg hatchback has 15x the kinetic energy of a bullet from a high-powered rifle.
ALWAYS respect the fact that all other road users out there are humans too (well some are horses, cats, dogs etc. but you get it).
I think the clip where you say a slip road leaving will be followed by one entering is the Elsfield turning on the A40 Oxford ring road. It is immediately followed by a 50 mph speed limit sign, which could have placed before the junction.
2:12 Acknowledged by the Malcolm driver. Good to see.
Oh, this is a treat!
My favorite is easily the first clip. The size difference doesn't get much greater when it comes to road vehicles and that driver understands that 100%. Top job!
more of these please! am pleased to report that I drive like the drivers shown on this video. and it would be good to show other drivers that considerate driving will make lives easier for everyone.
I’m all for considerate driving... with plenty of thank you’s to those that deserve it. But! Horse riders are a real bunch of stupid c##ts. Riding a horse on a fast busy road is just moronic and selfish. Yes I’m fully aware that it’s legal to ride horses on a road.. but it’s also legal to stick your head in a wasps nest. Use a a bit common sense when choosing what legal things you do. The clip @3:00 is the definition of stupidity with a complete lack of common sense. I was on a national speed limited road (60mph) not too many weeks ago... it’s a perfect road, smooth tarmac, lovely sweeping corners with the occasional sharper corner here and there but not crazy sharp.... we all know these roads. Whilst going around one of these sharper corners at a perfectly plausible speed... suddenly 2 horse riders riding next to each other quickly appear in front of me, with oncoming traffic also being an issue. Having to anchor up is a fucking understatement! Now I’m sure I’ll get a bunch of people saying you should have been going slower.. or always except the unexpected. Please understand the stupidity of the riders before trying to blame a car driver for driving perfectly normally on a ROAD. I’ve been driving this road for 11 years now sometimes multiple trips up and down the road in a day... and I’ve never encountered anything like this or on other such roads in fact. After the anchoring up had been done and the horses regained a calm state I passed the thick as pig shit riders and continued on down the road. I them proceeded to stop In a sensible pull in place and waited for said horse riders to have a little chat about the whole situation. I said whilst quite enraged still due to the fucking stupidity of some people.. what in the ever loving fuck are you doing riding two a breast on a corner whilst on a fast busy stretch of road? One response I got was it’s a public road and I’m allowed to ride on it. The other response was you shouldn’t of been going so fast. ( for the stretch of road in question.. it was not fast not even close to fast). Now there was a lot I could of said to defend myself but with 2 responses that fuck witted I chose to just say... best of luck with meeting a fully loaded artic on those bents next time... because he won’t be able to stop and will teach you a lesson about not riding a horse is such a stupid location. Please don’t reproduce have a nice day.
I hate that we the drivers are always the point of blame with situations like these! It’s always us that get told to expect the unexpected. I say what about the riders etc.. surely doesn’t this same saying apply to what they choose to do. If I’ve got to expect that there is a pathetic horse rider around every damn corner and slow down to a crawl... surely they should be thought to think, what happens if there might be an unexpected unfamiliar to the area road user that doesn’t know that moronic horse riders enjoy dicing with death on the corner, therefore I should consider staying off of this road.
5.03, it' might be ok at times letting people take the piss by not conforming to merging politeness, but if good natured drivers keep letting piss takers get away with it the piss takers will never learn anything and will just keep doing it.
It's a bit like letting somebody push in front of you in a shopping queue, how many times do you let it go before you say something, while they keep thinking your politeness is weakness.
You need a few more skip lorries on the road, I have found they seem to get the message across pretty quick to the non conforming mergers.
I wouldn't have stopped so readily to the Skoda reversing off the drive and I probably wouldn't have given way to the oncoming cyclist on that narrow residential road. Really shows that, having held my licence for over three years, I still have a massive amount to learn about driving properly.
On driving along a 60mph rural lane I was approaching a village, I removed my foot from the accelerator and allowed my speed to reduce to 30mph, I then heard the car behind screeching brakes, looking in the mirror I could see the hand gestations and see the mouth movement.
Stopping at a green light for an emergency vehicle is something I should have done one time. It made it so much more difficult for me than just waiting a few extra seconds.
At 7.40 plus we are in a car on a dual carriageway and there is a 50 mph limit and as we know drivers usually drive on or close to any limit so I presume that both drivers, his car and the car in front are doing about that 50 mph. limit. However if we look closely at the road surface it seems to be wet, there are some puddles lining the gutter that would indicate that previously it had been raining. So under those circumstances what would the following on or safe stopping distance be on a dry road at 50 mph. The H.C. recommends it to be 175 ft in the dry but to double that on a wet road to 350f. That said, what distance is the driver giving to that car in front, only some 90 ft at the most. I know that he is considered to be a safe drive but in this case he should not have been that close to the car in front.
Interesting the pulling up on the right is now part of the UK test. Pulling up on the right on a two way road is illegal in Australia. Parking against the flow of traffic is also illegal. I had to learn that pretty quickly when I moved here 10 years ago from the UK.
I also agree with what you mentioned previously about parking on the right side of the road instead of the left. When it's time to pull out again it is a nightmare, your view is poor and in some cases you are poking out slowly hoping and praying that nobody oncoming bumps into your car! Made this mistake when visiting an uncle some years ago. I'd rather take a longer route or turn into a side road then come back and then park on the right side of the road. Less stress all round.
8:14. A491 heading towards junction 4, m5.
How about some merchandise, with the slogan “Be like John and drive safely”. i’m hooked on your videos, keep it up 👍
That car pulling out of the service station reminds me of something that happened to me recently going up to Suffolk. I believe when you are on a slip road going onto a motorway you are supposed to get your speed up. Is it the same exiting a service station slip road to join a motorway, because the slip roads are so short. I was coming to the end of the slip road and there was a lot of traffic. luckily a car signalled and went to the middle lane but it was tight. or on short slip roads from service stations to the motorway do you just wait for a break in the traffic then just go for it?
About stopping for an oncoming cyclist whilst we as drivers have now to bend over backwards to keep them safe whilst overtaking and with the giving of a yard and a half or same in metres. On the other hand just how many cyclists return that safety message when they are cycling relatively fast whilst passing either parked cars or moving ones in the same direction. They give nothing at all. Good safe world isn't it.
Some years back I was driving down a country road and in front of me was a horse. Wasn't quite sure how to approach the situation but i got a quick lesson on what not to do as a range rover came roaring the other way. Horse reared and the ride somehow managed to keep her steed under control. I took the lesson, slowed right down, pulled as far to the side as I could and crept passed when she completely in control of the horse and back under way.
Glad the prick in the range rover got it wrong first so I didn't have to.
At 8.50 apparently the driver of the car approaching is asking whether he contributed to a potential collision as the other car drove out of the petrol station. I would say that if he had put his indicator on to indicate to others that he was pulling out and into the outside lane then its possible that he may have contributed to that other car pulling out of the station.
I say this because if he did indicate and at that point at 8.50 the driver of the car exiting from the petrol station and looking to his right would have seen a car approaching, that would have been the car in front but they could possibly also have only seen indicators flashing from the video car and which was now actually partly hidden behind but it may have appeared to be the same car one and flashing to move over to allow him to exit safely. Look at it at that time and presume that you are the driver of that car exiting the station and presume that the indicators were on. then its possible.
If instead of tailgating, of being only some 90 to 100 ft behind the car in front then [ the road speed limit now being 60 mph ] if he had been about 350ft behind it then this would not have happened at all. The driver exiting the petrol station would have clearly seen a red car approaching at speed with no indicators on and he would have slowed to afford him precedence. before actually pulling out.
The clip with the motorcyclist and the horses places the motorcycle rider in a dangerous situation, the sun is in his eyes and that of other drivers. I ride a motorcycle and there's no way I would have come to a complete halt like that, asking for a following vehicle to tail end you with the compromised forward visibility. He had lots of time to overtake without coming to a halt, safely and at a low speed.
I should start sending in my clips. I do stuff like this all the time and I only get honked at by people in suvs on their way to the coffee shop. How dare me be a cautious and safe driver instead of just barreling through.
I don't have a problem with cyclists being on the road.. I have a problem with cyclists being on the road during evening/ night and bad weather in dark clothes , with no lights, or both at the same time.
stopping/parking on the right-hand side of the road should be banned cause unless you have a passenger with you and there’s no cars in front, you can’t see any cars coming from the front and they probably won’t see you properly either
8:15 " He spots early the car that's going to merge out from the petrol station" Yet he nor you Ashley mentioned the poor standard of his driving on a wet road at in some cases UNDER 1 second from the car in front. Would you accept that from one of your students?
Excellent content..... this must rate in the Top 3 (at worst) of the best I've seen in one upload. Absolutely right for you to make a point of crediting Jon C; in particular the petrol station clip where he questioned himself.
You mentioned in a recent email that 5% of the road users create 95% of the problems - probably not far from the truth. The level of road use here puts the cammers in the top 5% that help solve or reduce the risk 95% of the time, or thereabouts.
Much can and should be learned in todays content. Top marks there!!
The key phrase used "Thinking about how your actions can affect others, and thinking for those that don't" is one that really stuck in my mind.
Brilliant. Stay safe everyone 👍.
Cheers Graham, your comments are always appreciated.👍
Nice video. Some lessons for all of us. Sadly though, there will always be those on the roads whose attitude is me, me, me.
Merge in turn question?? Is it wrong/illegal when you see a lorry in the outside lane level off with another lorry when road roadworks cause the road to go to one lane? And he leaves a massive gap infront of him ?? Just to stop people merging Further down the road
I thought that reversing out into a main road was either not advisable, or illegal. To have twelve feet of an estate car backing into a main road, before the driver can see if the road is clear, cannot be a good idea. I have always backed in!! 🤔