Bad UK Driving Vol 351
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 ต.ค. 2024
- Just the usual bunch of rule Breakers in this video.
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About time that 'cycling mikey' did something about the behaviour of most cyclists!!
As a resident of Bromley, I feel the same as you about the neighbouring county when I drive in Croydon, Coulsdon and around that one-way in Sutton.
Lane 3 is the new lane 2 when it's a 4 lane motorway.
"Breaking distance", I'm a class 1 driver. If I had a penny for every time some muppet jumps into my breaking distance space I'd be richer than Kier Stalin.
What muppets and BMW drivers don't understand is breaking distance for hgvs is vital to stop shot loads which are the result of sudden sharp heavy breaking.
One of my top ten 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬 is motorway/dual carriageway exits. Muppets have this NEED to get in front of hgvs no matter how tight space is just to exit motorways all the while there's no one behind us.🤬🤬🤬🤬
I get so fed up with lane hoggers, I either under or overtake. (Whatever is safest considering an overtake from lane 1 to lane 3 and back to lane 1 is 5 separate manoeuvres)
People need to learn the rules of the road!
I stay little behind them and honk if flashing my lights doesn't help, but our motorways are usually just 2 lanes.
@@AndrewWhite-fu7bn Usually it's just someone who forgot to look into the mirror and is planning on overtaking someone soon. Flashing has worked every time for me. I'm not going to break the law and undertake.
@@oskar6747overtaking on the inside is NOT illegal, just not advised.
@@oskar6747honking can see you done for improper use of the horn.
@@alanclarke4646 here in Finland it's illegal unless the lanes go to different places.
It’s raining numpties 🤪Thanks The London Dash Cam 🚕😊👍
Nowadays DO NOT expect anyone to say thank you, ive learned that from time.
Defensive driving at all times now
things are never the same without your justified rants love it 🤣🤣
My mantra, not just with driving, but life in general, is to cut people slack as, at the end of the day, we've all got our shit to deal with and need to get through the day. However, self entitled piss takers and obliviots can go to hell😂
Tony I feel your pain about Oxford. Where I live (Exeter, Devon) in my neighbourhood we had a very similar thing for about 3 years, until it got ditched a couple of months ago. Basically all residential roads surrounding my road were blocked by barriers and bus gates, which by the way had cameras guarding them. Myself and everyone in my neighbourhood had to do a completely unnecessary detour to get from Exeter’s main roads to our houses, it was disgusting.
Just for info though, on this occasion, our driver with the barrister as a passenger could have used the bus gate as the sign includes taxis as ‘authorised vehicles.
Not quite sure why you'd getting so pissy about the 3 abreast cyclists. It's not like there'd have been room for anyone to overtake them if they'd been two abreast.
Weird, I had someone (a van IIRC) do that exact thing @3:02 to me a few days ago - but at least I got a baleful glare for having the temerity to be 'getting in his way' by approaching the roundabout!
Remember folks - priority is GIVEN, not TAKEN
4:44 No evidence the cyclists went through a red light. That looks like a long section of roadworks where it is conceivable they went through on green but couldn’t clear by the time the lights changed your side
Highly unlikely
@@thelondondashcamBut yet highly plausible
@@smilerbobIt would make sense also why he was looking at the lights on the other side, maybe thinking they had jumped the red. Does that count as ironic? I'm not quite sure..
It's what's known as clutching at straws how often do you see traffic lights being out by that much or not working at all very very rarely how often do you see cyclists go through red lights very often.
@@thelondondashcam On a longer stretch of roadworks quite often as the lights are incorrectly timed for cars. But you already know this with the mileage you do
5:47 Non-trunk roads are paid for out of Council Tax and Business Rates. Trunk Roads are paid for out if general taxation, so pedestrians cyclists, horse riders and motorists all pay the same and yet it is the motorists that cause the most wear, tear and damage to our roads. Every pedestrian or cyclist on our roads is one less motor vehicle wearing them out so a little less on our tax.
As normal you are wrong and missing the point not everyone pays council tax !!
Let me give you some examples of what a car driver has to pay to be legally on the road, Insurance, MOT, Tax, Congestion, ULEZ, not to mention fuel which is heavily taxed and having a driving license. Compare that to what a cycle needs, a bike.
And the motorist pays all of that and the roads are shocking and cycle lanes are being put up everywhere who's paying for that ?
@@thelondondashcam What is your evidence that pedestrians and cyclists pay less council tax than motorists? Or did you just make that up?
The only reason that cycle lanes are being put up is to protect cyclists from inconsiderate motorists. They are paid out of council tax that cyclists and motorists pay equally.
@@thelondondashcam The infrastructure is paid for by central funds. We have just had a £1.8m cycling infrastructure upgrade followed by two seperate £800,000 road and drainage repairs, five £200,000 traffic light upgrade and a further £750,000 for roads and drainage repairs with another £600,000 infrastructure upgrade. All of this made possible by all taxes paid for by everyone. Including little Johnny that cycles everyday to his local shop to purchase a Mars bar
By the way, I don’t pay congestion or ULEZ 👍
Who said anything about pedestrians and cyclists pay less council tax than motorist ? I don't think I said that who's making it up 🫣
@@thelondondashcam You said in the video that pedestrian and cyclist pay fuck all to be on the road. As roads are funded out of Council Tax that your statement effectively states that pedestrians and cyclists pay fuck all council tax. Where is your evidence for that? Or are you just spreading misinformation?
170 mile round trip today and so surprised only 1 idiot, he had his left indicator on !! on a straight road for 5 miles !! then he turned right without an indicator, and it was an audi, so people are wrong they do have indicators, they just dont know how to use them !!
6:24 those cyclists riding abreast were doing so totally correctly. Who on earth would consider overtaking into a pinch point with a traffic island just before a mini-roundabout?! The car behind them didn't need to overtake anyway - it turned left!
To understand why Lycras are so hated you need to understand that 99% of drivers are working for a living and Lycras are seen as an obstruction to that.
This particular part of the clip, with the false information previous about how pedestrians and cyclists pay nothing for the roads, just shows how biased and anti cyclist he is
@@philtucker1224 utter nonsense. 99% of motorists are certainly not driving for a living. even so, there are cyclists who ride for a living, such as deliveroo, couriers, professional athletes etc.
@@philtucker1224 If they all went by car instead then the roads would be far more obstructed and congested. Bicycles take up far less road space than cars
@@ditch3827 like when they have a queue of 20 cars behind them on a single carriageway 😂🤣😂🤣
Your comment about paying f all to be on the road irked me somewhat - we all pay the upkeep and we can all use them.
Just certain modes of transport may have more fees involved.
Yeah it's a very ignorant thing to say. Vehicles pay for their emissions and the damage they do to roads. Peds and cyclists don't do any damage, so why would they pay extra
We don't all pay for the roads, if you pay council tax then you do but obviously not every cyclist pays council tax, car users are taxed in so many different ways from fuel to road tax and I know that doesn't go to the roads but it's what we have to pay to be on the road if you know what I mean.
@@thelondondashcam Well yes, but for good reason, cars are dangerous, damage roads over time etc. The average adult cyclist will pay council tax though, obviously im not counting teenagers or bums, as those same bums could drive without tax/insurance etc also. It's just an annoying narrative to hear all the time as a cyclist, and it makes contributes to the us vs them mentality
Apostro- fees. You should be fined every time you misuse one.
Why just council tax? What about VAT when purchasing anything from the shop?
You really do need to clue yourself up on how central funds work and are distributed to all services, including roads and infrastructure
I like the video title caption. Very fitting.🙂
I go to the college the near area were you took the barrister, it feels strange seeing a familiar place on a TH-cam video but also exciting
That's why I watch this channel, I know a large number of the locations featured.
at 17:54 "So here we are on the M40 when we come across a lane hogger." Yes! It's LDC lane hogging!! You had lane 1 clear for ages yet you chose to stick in lane 2 and it would have meant the left overtake of the lorry (fine in my books) even safer.
Cranna you bell
regarding the bogus M40 messages, a few months ago there was a variable speed limit gantry on M1 near Sheffield (junction 35 and 35A) that was showing a compulsory 50 limit, 24 hours a day, for at least a week - but only on three of the four lanes, and for no obvious reason
it became obvious something was wrong because at the time I was working shifts, and it was very odd seeing that when going home at 10 pm, when the road was nearly empty; normally the signs are either blank or showing National Speed Limit
11:20 Had literally the exact same situation at the services last weekend! Unbelievable!
I drive up and down the M3 every day, there was an "End" sign up for around 3-4 weeks. The 60mph signs were also on for days on end the other day in the other direction.
A few years ago when I commuted on the M23 (before the smart motorway) and the 50mph signs were in for over a week without being switched off.
Highways England are bloody useless.
The actual way around that part of Oxford is the turn right where you turned right from Thames Street, then right again, to come around the other side of the courthouse, then stop at the end or turn right ending up at the same place but from the other direction. The mini one way system is set up that way to speed up buses going to all the bus stops in St. Aldates. Most cars are continuing on to the shopping centre, a car park or the train station. It could be signposted better than it is.
The only trouble with that is I will be on the wrong side of the road to drop off at the courthouse.
@@thelondondashcamAren't you a taxi? Sign shows taxi at bottom.
Private hire driver not a taxi
@@thelondondashcam Several bus lanes and bus gates in Oxford allow buses, taxis and bicycles to go through. Perhaps that one should also allow taxis so people can drop off at the court or police station opposite.
"Warning baby on baord" - I'm entitled and drive like a twat.
The problem is the baby is often the one behind the steering wheel 😂
The original intent of those "baby on board signs" has been completely lost over the years. The idea was that when you put the baby into the car you put the sign up, when you took the baby out you took the sign down. They were supposed to alert emergency services to the presence of a baby so it would be actively searched for. It started after a tragedy in Canada where the (unconscious) adults were rescued and the baby who has hidden in the wreckage was not.
The overhead gantry signs lie probably 95% of the time 😢
The older dot matrix signs and those warning signs that you see in the central reservation are often quite inaccurate. The modern overhead gantry signs are more accurate and are linked to the system of cameras so the controllers can actually see what is happening on the road and react accordingly.
FFS
Im watching these too often, today i heard myself thinking about braking distances and people wandering over their lane lines, not to mention the nut job coming up behind me way too fast, leaning on his horn, because some other driver had, admittedly not signalling, pulled over into same lane. Myself, i was looking for the escape route! And all i was doing was driving to the chocolate factory 😅 Not safe out here!
7:00 Rule H2 "Pedestrians may use any part of the road". Stop complaining about people doing nothing wrong. Pedestrians do not have to move out of the way to let motor vehicles past. It is the responsibility of the motorist to slow down and only pass the pedestrian when it is safe to do so - ie with a 2m gap which you failed to give them.
Do please learn and follow the highway code.
Please take your own advice and read the Highway Code: "Highway Code Rules for Pedestrians Rule 1 Pavements and footways (including any path along the side of a road) should be used if provided."
@@craftsmanwoodturner Motorists and cyclists are required to follow the highway code or they commit an offence and can be prosecuted. There is no such requirement for pedestrians. There is no requirement for pedestrians to read, know or follow the highway code or even know of its existence. For pedestrians is is merely advice that can be followed or ignored as a matter of personal choice. It has the same status and the "eat 5 a day" advice. If is good advice but still only advice.
@@ditch3827 just give up, you spout the same crap every time we see a stupid person who doesn't think "where is the safest place for me to run". Yes, they can run in the road, but if they weren't, a dangerous motorist could not put them in danger, could they?
Also, on a road like this with parked cars and other obstructions, do you really expect us to drive behind them at 4 mph and not go past when we can, even if it is less than 2 metres, because that defeats the purpose of us having a car in the first place. It isn't realistic, is it? You must never have driven a car in your life the way your views are formed. I walk, drive and ride bikes so I can see from every perspective. Whoever designed the highway code must never have driven in their life, like with most government policies as they never seem fit for purpose these days.
Please forget the highway code for 2 seconds and just think about the safe and considerate thing to do. All road users need to be considerate of each other which to me says a certain give and take, i.e., if motorists have to act as to not put pedestrians in danger (which I agree with, I don't want to run anyone over), then pedestrians should be considerate to motorists and move out of the way and let us enjoy the advantages that we pay to have (paying doesn't give us greater right to use the road than pedestrians, but please let us enjoy the advantages of getting places quicker). Yes, there is no law regarding that, but we are British and are supposedly very courteous to those around us, are we not?
Read these from lawyers who advise how pedestrians and motorists should act towards each other. It isn't just me with this view, people in the legal profession share the view too.
www.alderstonesolicitors.co.uk/serious-injury/do-pedestrians-always-have-right-of-way-on-roads/
www.enablelaw.com/news-and-insights/pedestrians-and-the-new-highway-code-changes/
Even the government agrees with this point and also admits that pedestrians can cause danger to other road users. This includes the statement "people walking should take care not to obstruct or endanger [other road users]".
www.gov.uk/government/news/the-highway-code-8-changes-you-need-to-know-from-29-january-2022
You're so fond of rule H2, how about you read rule H1 as well. Rule H1 - It is important that ALL road users are aware of The Highway Code, are considerate to other road users and understand their responsibility for the safety of others. None of this detracts from the responsibility of ALL road users, including pedestrians, cyclists and horse riders, to have regard for their own and other road users’ safety. (I have omitted some of the rule for clarity, but even with the full rule, my point still stands)
@@AndrewWhite-fu7bn thanks mate, at least someone out there still has survival instincts
5:42 now I'm sorry, but you are totally wrong there. Pedestrians and cyclists do pay to use the road. Most local road maintenance funding comes out of your council tax. So, depending on how big your house is, that cyclist or pedestrian might actually be paying more towards the upkeep of the roads than you are!
I wonder how much VED is being paid on the EV being driven? 🤔
Can answer your question about the jogers on the road, if you look at the path the suns on it the road is in the shade of the trees, so rather than get a sun tan and get hot for a while they would rather be unsafe on the road,
Start your own firm and call it " Critical cabs " , at least your customers will know what to expect! Lol
12:00 Isn't it strange that "numpties" always get away with it.......
To be honest acknowledging people at every single meet situation in London is tiring, distracting and can confuse people.
Flashing your hazards to say sorry after a crazy manoeuvre or be being let into a traffic filled road is more reasonable
Hi @londondashcam I usually really enjoy tour videos, I live in the same area as you so it is interesting to watch, I did want to point out a couple of things that did not sit right with this vid though! At 6 mins in concerning the 3 abreast cyclists, they are doing exactly the right thing here, blocking the car from overtaking as they are approaching a roundabout with a traffic island just before it! If they were at the side of the road, 9 times out of 10, the car would overtake and squeeze them into the island or overtake on the roundabout! If i was in that same place cycling by myself I would move into the middle of the lane to protect myself too.
And regarding your comments about cyclists paying nothing to be on the roads...you know cyclists and pedestrians subsidise those who drive right? We all pay the same for the upkeep of our roads but somebof us do way less damage!
You're absolutely right. It is called taking a primary position and it is actually advised in the highway code. I don't know how so many people get this wrong and just think they are doing it to annoy people. It is for SAFETY.
Everyone keeps bleating about how peds/cyclist subsidise motorists - give me a break. Peds/cyclists are also provided pavements, crossings and dedicated lanes, for example. So that point is moot.
Cyclists would '9 times out of 10' get more respect if they followed the highway code instead of cherry-picking what benefits them.
@@doghous3
That'll never happen... they far to ignorant
I’m going to have to submit a few of clips of my cycling. A couple of drivers almost wiping me out, and a couple of me WAITING at lights!
I do follow a few cyclist channels and I see them waiting at red lights and at least six or seven cyclist just go straight past them very annoying for them as well as us car drivers.
@@thelondondashcam I despise suicyclists as I call them. Straight through without any regard for anyone’s safety. I understand your anger I really do. Although we’re not all lemmings 😏
100% get that obviously I see the same with other professional drivers that I also put on the channel.
@@the_MonkeeI REALLY hate that people have this misconception about lemmings. They ABSOLUTELY DO NOT throw themselves off cliffs. In the Walt Disney "documentary", the camera crew deliberately CHASED the lemmings off that cliff to make them appear more interesting.
And, btw, they were Norwegian lemmings specifically imported into Canada for this very purpose.
@@alanclarke4646 my apologies I never intended to offend.
4:20 the oncoming cyclists might not have obviously come through on a red light; quite often the lights change before you get through the road works.
Quite right and something that went over his head with this one. Even a reply to my comment saying it was unlikely
Interesting to see the drivers going on green when it wasn’t clear or safe
@@smilerbob But they were being held up. ;-)
@@michaelgurd7477 I know right?! Imagine how much revenue he lost in that 3 secs having to slow down for someone that might not have even done anything wrong! The injustice!!
And the other 6 behind him I suppose they went through Green Lights as well did they, and I guess the bike in front of me also went for a green light. I really don't know why so many people make excuses for these people.
@@thelondondashcam I don't think there were any lights in the direction the oncoming cyclists came from. The road was closed from that point forward. The lights seemed only to control oncoming traffic coming from the direction you turned.
Tony. In regards to the Mini cutting across the road in front of you, they are made by BMW so are allowed to do stupid things!!
Great content keep it up
13:00 Flashing amber lights (top-bottom) on a gantry merely denote an advisory speed limit - it's not mandatory so you can't be nicked for exceeding it. Flashing red (I think) lights (left-right) DO denote a mandatory speed limit.
The flashing yellow beacons mean "advisory" if shown with a speed, but "mandatory" if shown with a diagonal arrow (move to the indicated lane), or a bent arrow pointing ahead and left (leave motorway at next exit). Closed lanes should use a cross and red beacons. Mandatory speed limits are shown with matrix signs that emulate the standard "red circle" speed limit signs.
Tony id never buy an electric car, I do to much milage 100,000 on a 2 year old fiat 500, get nearly 80 to the gallon, got the golf e thing for a shop run, and the rs5 for fun days, life of a photographer mate
It said Taxi's on the blue sign too, meaning you could have gone straight-ahead to the court, as you're a taxi.....
Hope this helps you, and others, that have been fed false information about how the roads are paid for
All tax payers pay for roads, not just motorists. Those who pay income tax and those who pay council tax are the ones who pay for roads, and that’s not just motorists. And anybody who buys anything in Britain also helps to pay for roads because VAT also contributes to the national coffers. Businesses which pay business rates also contribute into the national coffers. And that’s where the money for roads comes from: the consolidated fund, the treasury’s pot of cash that pays for everything. No taxation in the UK is ring-fenced i.e raised by one set of users, and spent on that set of users
Maybe I didn't explain it very well but I think too many people are missing the point here, I as a motorist have to pay to be on the road legally, Insurance, MOT, Tax, Congestion Charge, Toll roads, not to mention a driving license. Cyclist and Pedestrians don't have to pay any of that to be on the road.
@@thelondondashcam You have just explained it very well in this comment and I must admit the comment is rather disappointing. I’ll try and go through it as much as I can.
Liability insurance is a legal requirement to pay for health and property damage in the event of a collision. Cyclists will have home insurance that covers this and some will have specific cycle insurance. Most motor insurance also comes with uninsured protection to cover for those that are not insured which believe it nor not is also drivers. Sometimes in error not realising they don’t have drive other vehicles on their policy but uninsured nonetheless
An MOT is only required on vehicles over 3 years old or younger than a certain age (can’t remember the year off the top of my head but 1978 rings a bell). This is to make sure the vehicle is in a safe condition to be on the road and hopefully catch any defects before they become an issue. That stranded vehicle in this compilation looks like control arm failure which would be picked up on an MOT as starting to fail
By tax I assume you are referring to VED. This is an annual payment for using the road mostpy based upon emissions. If you don’t want to pay a high amount, get a vehicle that doesn’t pollute as much.
Nobody is forcing you to drive in a congestion charge area or use a toll road. That is your choice. Having spent many years driving in London the biggest cause of congestion was motorised traffic, not cyclists or pedestrians
As for having to pay to obtain a licence, are you really having a grumble about that? The roads are bad enough as it is without contemplating removing the need to have a licence
I would have hoped someone with your number of followers would be promoting sharing the roads not trying to further promote the “us vs them” agenda with this false narrative
Well I've got to say you've just proved my point and I feel I have to correct you in a few matters here.
I have home insurance but it doesn't cover me in my car I have to have a separate insurance for that unlike cyclist, so what does that mean yes it means I pay and they don't.
You talk about my insurance having uninsurance cover if they hit me my insurance will pay, but there's an excess to my insurance and I also lose my no claims bonus because of an uninsured cyclist.
MOTs wrong again I have to have my MOT done every six months from new because I am a private higher driver, a test that a cyclist does not have to have doesn't have to pay for so again it's something I pay for and they don't just so I can be on the road legally.
It really is disappointing that you actually brought up home insurance as their insurance that really was disappointing.
@@thelondondashcam One reason for seperate insurance is due to the claims being much different. Most cycle claims are between a few hundren into low thousands whereas car insurance claims are usually from the low thousands up to hundreds of thousands as car do more damage that a cycle. Do some research into how insurance works. I recommend shopping around for you lr insurance if you pay excess on uninsured claims, I have no excess in any claim deemed not my fault as that is recovered from the central MIB fund. Another reason is little Susie, a 4 year old out with her parents, happily cycling along. Do you expect her to be paying full insurance? Let us get to the real issue here, you have been reading about mandatory registration, licensing and insurance for cyclists haven’t you? It doesn’t work. Every country that has introduced any such scheme has abandoned the scheme as it costs more to run the scheme than is raised
As for MOT’s, that is your career choice and honestly it is good that private hire vehicles are inspected every 6 months. After all, you have the lives of others in your hands.
I am sure the fares you charge cover these additional costs you have as you would’ve known about them before taking that career. Who knew different careers come with different costs
Why is it disappointing I brought up home insurance? You claim, along with others, that cyclists need insurance when most already do. But like vehicles, there are some that are uninsured
These are the costs of driving. It is a privledge not a right
Actually many of the cycle lanes, traffic "improvement" schemes, LTNs and the like are paid for out of funds from civil enforcement of traffic contraventions. There is a legal requirement that the various authorities that collect those fines put any surplus from civil enforcement into ring fenced funds that may only be used for such things. One of the reasons that we see such a rush on those sort of schemes is that some local authorities have amassed an embarrassing amount of money in those funds.
At 5:00 there's the Jeremy Vine Cycling Club out for the day!! 🤪
LOL
As always, thx Tony.
I used to live in Oxford near that bit and I’m pretty certain you’re not meant to turn left where you did after doubling back on yourself (although there are no signs saying you can’t now). Normally you follow it round where you did the U turn and it brings you out on St Aldates where you ended up. Stupid design I agree. Oxford hates cars though
I love these melts in the comments that have had their fewings hurt by some facts and light humour. These are the unemployed non-taxpayers that have the time to sit at home trolling comments on TH-cam getting offended. Regular hard-working people don’t have time to be offended.
Thank you for sharing this entertaining video Tony. Some alarming stuff, all round!!! 🤯🙄
8:30, Fritz didn't tighten the nuts properly.
Those yellow speed signs are not legally enforceable it has to have the white numbers in a red circle to be enforceable. If you need extra content you should pop over to SE18 where you will blow a gasket. Remember to bring your copy of the African highway code
I have a theory about all the weird traffic schemes, cycle lanes and so on that you refer to. We do need somebody to do traffic planning, so councils hire one or more people to do this. All is fine for the first year or two, as they fix all the issues in their area. Now, though, they have a dilemma: do they admit that there's nothing left for them to do, and lose their jobs - or do they keep inventing crazier and crazier schemes to justify their continued employment? I think you can guess which they will do, and that completely explains the many bonkers road layouts we encounter daily.
I think there's a lot of jobs where they eventually start ""innovating"" so they can keep their jobs, that's probably how the term "enshittification" comes up so much these days, just this example is a smaller scale, still money driven but only cause mans doesn't want to lose their job lmao.
At 8:23 - (Corston police) Inspector Barnaby’s stomping grounds on Midsomer Murders! This Yank is a big fan of that show! 🇬🇧🇺🇾
Its a mobile speed trap that needs cars doing 60 to lock the drivers.
Those speed signs aren’t legally binding just advisory as no red circle
@8:39 I am not sure exactly what component/s failed but it will certainly require slight adjustment to the Tracking.
Oxford...... known to be very anti-car for 15+ years. There was a Top Gear episode with Clarkson having a major rant about this. SatNav wasn't of much use to him that day.
Don't get me started with the lane hogs. They boil my piss.
❤ the rants; as always.
16.04 - Tony, why not do a u-turn here instead of bumping up the cost of the fare ? LOL
😂🤣 unfortunately it's a fixed fair.
@@thelondondashcam a "fair" is a sort of circus LOL
@@AndrewWhite-fu7bn Sorry Andy, just seen your comment ! 😁
one for you to check out horses have got and always have had right of way on all roads
Highways are pedestrian and equine rights of way and have been since long since motor vehicles were invented. Some roads come under the Special Roads Act Act 1949 and those rights are removed. Special roads are usually motorways, slip roads, bridges and tunnels.
Right of way means a right to make ones way which is different to priority. In general, any road user that is in front of you (ie got to that part of the road prior to you) or is on the other side of a give way sign of line, has priority.
11:15 I don't know if Audi make vans but maybe his second vehicle is an audi.
Great videos ❤
I wouldn't mind betting the merc driver was distracted and hit that kerb on the left as we saw the screen. I wonder what could have distracted them??
On a (not) entirely unrelated note I've just bought a 10 year old Mitsubishi ASX and it has a hands free kit built in to the steering wheel that works using Bluetooth. I wonder if a Merc has a hands free kit??
Don't get why drivers haven't installed a phone holder in their cars.
They're fairly cheap and make life easier even for an old fart like me.
Certainly much safer driving one or no handed.
16:10, here in 🇳🇱 taxis are allowed to use the bus and tram ways.
4:45-5:00 yodel territory!
And the Tesla had bike racks on the roof
Was it a trainee Audi driver in that learners car…..
In London, You wouldn't believe how differently I'm treated by other road users when I'm in my Van rather than my car .
@@swoodhall you haven’t explained as better - or worse?
@@philtucker1224 oh yea, apologies.. when I'm in my van, I'm treated like total vermin.. with people pulling out in front of me every couple of mins, then I'm being cut up on roundabouts.. Then not being acknowledged for giving way to on coming cars.. people desperately trying to overtake me taking risks. But when I'm in my car (VW Golf), unbelievably different no one seems to do anything untoward to me.
@@swoodhall yeh sorry to hear that Swood, as an ex van driver myself ( now retired) I automatically give van drivers priority as these guys are all working hard and often paid hourly so constant obstruction costs them ( and their families) money! Stay safe buddy! 👍
@@philtucker1224 I have been driving in and around London since 2009, so I have learnt to spot the total dummy drivers and have to pre-empt their dreadful mistakes on the road, which has saved me from a few accidents.
I don't think there is anything wrong with the way you passed that truck on it's left side near the end of the video, that's what I would have done, and in that situation it is not illegal as you just continued the speed you were doing - he's the problem for hogging the lane when it is not overtaking
Absolutely correct.
I may have been tempted to use lane 1, it seemed like a reasonable distance to the next car in lane 1 and it reduces the risk.
Learners are not allowed onto the motorway roads and so they do not know what to do when they've passed their test.
I'm from the north east. What's a four lane motorway. Nut jobs everywhere. Didn't you know that the off slip starts in the outside lane ? Must be in the latest highway code update.
I thought taxis could use bus lanes. As long as they had a fare.
7:03, wrong, if they are running against traffic the impact is higher than if on the same side, the maths is : a car doing 30mph hits a runner doing 5mph towards them, impact speed 35mph, if the runner is going the same direction the impact speed is 25mph, enough to make the difference between hurt and dead.
I suggest you read the highway code I thought I explained it, you can see the cars coming towards you and maybe be able to get out of the way of them if they haven't seen you, if you're running in the same direction as traffic you can't see them so you have no chance of getting out of the way. As I say please read the highway code.
@@thelondondashcam I've read it but it doesn't alter the physics.
First video, you talk about the truck tooting it's horn. I couldn't hear the toot
cyclists riding two abreast? So is the motorist at 3:11
Is Bromley where the Crapapple drivers come from?
Foot is not on the crossing, so has no need to stop
You need to get an updated copy of the Highway Code because that rule changed over 2 years ago.
Didnt need to do dodgey u turn
11:38 - nobody is going to electric mate. Not going to happen. As a smart man, how can you not see this??
Surely those lights flashing at 12.00 are not speed limit signs as they are not within a circle ⭕, feel free to correct me if I'm wrong
You are correct. Without a red circle, the speed limits on this signs are advisory only and the actual limit is the national speed limit (or other posted limit on traditional signs). Maintaining the standard limit for the road under yellow speed limit signs is perfectly legal.
They are advisory, possibly due to an obstruction ahead. Ignoring them and then being in an RTC leaves one open to a charge of driving without due care and attention.
@@stevethewomble maybe, but you can't be done for a speeding offence as long as you don't break the normal limit. That was my point.
I’m of the opinion that you weren’t undertaking the truck … but, overtaking the rather odd-looking Land Rover! The truck can go fuck itself. Just sayin’.🤔😉✌️
I'd wager lots of these idiots DONT have driving licences.
I drive around Oxford fairly often. If you went to the Cowley Rd. during anything but a 2hr window each day you will go postal in a matter of minutes. Oxford is run by the stupid people to ever take a seat in any council in history. What you had to do was easy compared to the closure program around the Cowley Rd. it's a fucking scandal. I'll send you a video perhaps, if I can pluck up the courage to g there at the wrong time. You will not believe what will be on the video, you'll think at first I'm lying or the camera is. London is a joy compared to Cowley Rd. It is possible to be trapped, literally trapped.
Lets not talk about the park and ride for Oxford in Eynsham that has been built (at a cost of £51M) but not opened, and is not scheduled to be opened.
@@ianmason. I go past that almost every week. Geoff buys Cars did a piece on it too.
Oxford Council, a World Leading bunch of fucking idiots.
Can a person go for their test if a family member is the teacher n not a driving instructor?
Yes, anyone who has been driving for 3 years in the class of vehicle and is over 21 can teach someone holding a provisional license to drive, so long as the learner is insured and the car displays L-plates. The learner can also go for the test in a family member's car (there are some exceptions to the type of vehicle you can use e.g. a Smart Car is not allowed to be used for test). The only thing you can't do without an instructor is motorway driving. To do this as a learner, you need a qualified ADI and dual controls.
@@dhcgvvchnchb1161 on the website when booking your test there’s a question asking your driving instructors/company name so how do people answer that if it’s a family member who has taught them?
@@michellesimpson4364 I would not know as I did learn with an instructor but there must be a way around that or you can just type in the family member's name into that box. Again, I wouldn't know that one, I'm only guessing.
@@dhcgvvchnchb1161 I learnt with an instructor also , I’m just curious.
Is that field mandatory? If it is then enter the name of thr family member.
No different to having an independent ADI teaching you who doesn’t have a company name
Tony do you get nervous driving in unfamiliar areas?
No but my concentration levels on road signs go up.
That's when you look at a map ahead of time and use your SatNav. GPS/SatNav doesn't always get it right or the most direct way to your destination, but it will usually get you there. All else fails, go into a shop or petrol station and ask for help. No reason to be nervous...do keep your doors locked. I've driven across the USA several times alone and definitely venturing into unfamiliar areas can be more challenging, but it is fun if you look at it as an adventure.
@@thelondondashcam I’m nervous in unfamiliar areas but i guess it’s cos I’ve only been driving 1 yr
So they changed the rules since I read it. two abreast.. Not that bothers me much, I ride a motorcycle and have a very attitude when it comes them.. if there is a Fireblade sized gap, then I use it.. Running a -2 tooth sprocket on the front cog, so less top end, and more acceleration by the time most get time to react, I am already well gone (0-60 in 2.5 seconds) Somehow I got a clean licence... started riding in '79 and I am 60... I don't care if hanyone thinks I am "special" as I was born on 29th of feb... so that was special eh? only had 15 birthdays and was drinking in pubs when I as 4 (well I was 14 legal with a meal)
P.S. Mums family are from Bromley!
P.S. If you need a box of frogs, I breed them.
sorry to say cyclists DO pay to be on the road - roads are paid for by general taxation, the VED is based on emissions and so you are taxed on that, it isn't 'road tax' and hasn't been 'road tax' for an awful long time.
I have just done a new video explaining what I meant
@@thelondondashcam I do think they should have to pay a lycra tax though. They all think they are doing Tour de France in all that gear,.. it's a bit like me popping down to the local snooker hall to play snooker in a tux!!
Everyone pays for the road in the council tax your car tax is so you use your car yes another tax just for driving so don't say cyclist don't pay for roads
It's also not relevant anyway, wah wah I pay more!! Doesn't matter, you're in a big metal murder machine, you don't get priority in that otherwise we'd have a whole lot more accidents.
I cycled 100 miles today, and stuck to every rule, including red lights. So shut it, cyclists aren’t all the same.
Oh, and you pay no tax (VED) to use your EV. So shut it again.
Someone's tired 🤔
So what do you want a fanfare or a round of applause because you stopped at a few red lights like you're supposed to,
now be honest when you stopped at them red lights how many cyclist went past you ?
Because I follow a few cyclist channels on TH-cam and I see the guys stop at reds but other cyclist just ride round them.
I still have to do all the normal things with taxing my car I just don't have to pay because it's electric I have to pay everything else though, and mark my words the electric freebie on tax won't last forever.
@@thelondondashcam Everything else? So lets go through those for cyclists, shall we?
Fuel - not needed. Congestion charges - don't cause congestion. MOT - not a one tonne machine capable of causing fatalities because of mechanical failure. License - not required (by law). VED - no emissions. Toll roads - generally only on large roads not used by cyclists.
You pay for all that stuff, or not in the case of VED, because you drive a car, not because you use the road.
If you want to see cyclists paying more to use the road, what would you have them pay for?
How much should pedestrians pay to use the road? Besides the maintenance of the roads, because both already pay for that.
Just replying to the last bit, How do they already pay for that ?
@@thelondondashcam Geez, how many times must it be said? TAXES, TONY. EVERYONE PAYS FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF THE ROADWAYS VIA TAXES.
"But not everyone pays taxes!!" I hear you cry. Who are you talking about when you say this? Children? Even they're paying VAT on their dib dabs and curly wurlys.
Some of that money (TAXES) that EVERYONE PAYS goes into MAINTAINING THE ROADS.
I hope you are learning from what everyone is trying to teach you. It is a system that is designed so that everyone who benefits, contributes to the upkeep, that way no one can feel like they have more right to be on the road that anyone else, ironically.
I really don't know why you are struggling with this, now for the last time what I said was.
They pay F@@k all to be ON the road. Not to be confused with.
They pay f@@k all FOR the road. Now can you spot the difference between (NO) and (FOR)
15:50 it says it's for taxi too?
Don’t swear…he is a professional driver not a taxi driver 😁
Private Hire Vehicle are not Taxi's
@@thelondondashcam fair enough!
I slept badly and got up in a "mumble and grumble" mood at 3 AM! I turned on my PC and there you were. mumbling and grumbling! I understand how you felt!
Welcome to Oxford!!! Where signposts are fun and yes we have many numpties too! Travelling into Oxford is something most people try to avoid, but try working in Oxford 🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️ And that Oxford has the A40 going from Gloucester to London 🙄the driving amazes me every time 🤷♀️
From a xpat living in Sydney...here you have to get used to undertaking it it very common 😅😅
What I don't get is that most cyclists, I assume drive a car, so should be aware of things around them like red lights but they still ride like idiots.
At 1:25 I think you are being a bit harsh on the learner in the Mini as they were blocked by the red light jumper and would otherwise have been out of your way
A lot of other road users, in particular cyclists, pedestrians and those suicidal scooter riders (legal and illegal electric things), lack what I would call "personal responsibility". They behave like they own the road and then they make YOU responsible for their safety even though the Highway Code says that you have to take responsibility for YOUR OWN safety while using a public highway. We don't teach our kids to be reliant on someone else to keep them alive when they're on the roads so why do people as adults believe they aren't responsible for themselves or their safety when they use the roads??
Unfortunately, a lot of people don’t take responsibility for their safety. But that makes it even more important that the person driving the death machine is careful.
Complaining in a YT comment isn’t going to do anything, especially when you’re facing a manslaughter charge because you hit an idiot on an e-scooter.
The London Dash Cam: I have to say that at 5:44 when you were in mid flow of having your meltdown rant about cyclists 🤣🤣🤣 paying Sweet F A would be incorrect!! I am a cyclist BUT I also drive (as many as other cyclists do) PAYING insurance, MOT and Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) for my vehicle 😊😊 and I also PAY BIRMINGHAM outrageous Council Tax!! Road repairs come out of local taxation so you might need to make some adjustment to your comment 😂😂😂just like BIRMINGHAM City Council do to our Council Tax!
NOT all cyclists are RLJs th-cam.com/video/CtT8vLQYEw4/w-d-xo.htmlsi=mfTj2AnWbxh6St3r 😉😉 Love your car wax at 0:36 🤣🤣🤣🤣
What's an RLJ?
@@nicholasbell9017 I did write "RLJs" which stands for RED Light Jumpers!! I thought it would be an easy one to work out due to The London Dash Cam's love of cyclists at the lights. The Magnificent Seven of them 😂😂 Hope this answers your question? 👍
@powernab8457 But what your paying for is to drive your car on the roads, you're still not paying anything to use the road as a cyclist, two different things two different vehicles.
@@thelondondashcam Yeah maybe two different things two different vehicles! However, you forgot the most important points of the TWO that I made in that whether I ride or drive , as a person I STILL have to PAY BIRMINGHAM outrageous Council Tax!! AND Road repairs come out of local taxation so you still need to make some adjustment to your comment 😂😂😂 Therefore by paying Council Tax I am STILL paying to use the roads whether in a car or on a bike. The roads are not just for you🤣🤣🤣 and one finial point. How much wear and tear does a motor vehicle cause compared to a cycle on the road?
At 17:06 did anyone notice that the 2 cars parked in a "Loading Bay Only" were an Audi and a Merc. This stuff writes itself doesn't it🤣🤣🤣🤣 cos I doubt they were loading or unloading as no doors or boots were open and nobody was taking anything in or out of either car😜😜
You mean I’m not allowed to sound my horn at a learner driver when they cut from lane 1, in front of me in lane 2 straight to lane 3 without any observation or indicating. I don’t think so 😛🤣 I’ll email you a link 😃
5:49. Many cyclist are arseholes, but drop the ignorant tax canard. They pay VAT on their bikes, equipment and services - probably more than £400 on buying that cycle alone - which more than covers any damage they cause to roads and marginal costs of cycle schemes. Furthermore, most will also have a car that would cause more damage than their bike for that journey.
@Dalesmanable but they still pay nothing to ride on the road.
@@thelondondashcam so what? Do you think a road tax for cycles is in the least bit practical? Even greedy politicians think it’s stupid, not least because if they were taxed as cars they’d get zero VED as they are zero admissions. What damage do cyclists do to roads? The fact is, like motorists, they pay far more in tax than the cost of catering to their use. By all means, like me hate most cyclists for their entitled and disrespectful behaviour but you are wrong to call them tax dodgers - reserve that for EV drivers.
Who called them tax Dodgers ? Not me
All I said was they pay nothing to ride on the roads which is true.
@@thelondondashcamSemantics, semantics. While we’re at it, pedestrians more than pay their way through council tax, where non-drivers subsidise drivers by the sharing of road costs. At the end of the day, we all pay for roads and have a right to use them within the limits set by law and formal guidance.
You're not getting this at all are you
09:24 that wasn’t even 2 a breast it was 3
which is permitted
@@ditch3827 surely it’s a bit unfair when it prevents cars to pass by safely.
@@michellesimpson4364 No more than a tractor or car driver driving slower than you wish. Even riding 3 abreast they are still within their lane and taking up less road space than 3 cars. Other people besides yourself are allowed to use the road - just show a bit or patience and consideration.
Do you really think that was a safe time to be thinking about passing a cyclist, let alone three? There was a traffic island coming up just before a roundabout
On an open road it is often safer for cyclists to ride side by side so vehicles can pass them quicker by using the opposite lane, which is recommended anyway by the wording “give as much room as you would a car”
@@smilerbob it wasn’t safe and it was unfair to the car behind not being able to pass safety.
M40, they only update the signs weekly, as a cost saving measure.
As for Oxford, the council have hated cars for more than 20 years; and make it more and more difficult for motorists every year; although they havent reached the fuckwittery levels of Bath 2023.
(Dont ever take a job for central Bath, last 2 miles = 2 hours in and 2 hours out).
6:55 just waiting for ditch to come on and start reciting the same crap every time you rightfully moan at someone for being in the road when it isn't needed.😂
And if you read this ditch, yes they can legally do what they are doing, but please forget the law for 2 seconds and just think about basic safety for those 2 seconds. If the pedestrian is not in the road in the first place, a dangerous motorist cannot put them in danger, can they?
If a motorist is not on the road then they cannot cause deaths, which is how your argument goes!! Ever heard of a pedestrian causing the death of a motorist?
@@johncranna9427 that wasn't my point
I'm back 😂❤
Well done you, your comments like "I'm first again" were missed by those of us who pay attention to such things. If you're going to be away again could you check in with people first so we're not waiting around for a week. Thanks🤣🤣😋😋