Thing is, it doesn't matter if you're in the legal right or not, it's a case of keeping yourself safe from idiots who break the law with their poor driving.
Ha! Ninja’d I was about to post the exact same. You’d think as soon as the jet wash lifted a flake they would stop it huh! Maybe it was a kids helping Dad kinda thing 😂
Funny how the uploader complains people don’t say thank you on the roads, but he asks for an explanation of white car bumper, he gets one, but yet no thank you. Very Hypocritical, mind you he is a Londoner.
Yes that model comes with black plastic bumpers back and front. They have to be very specially rubbed down and primed with “plastic” primer before converting it to colour matched bumpers…
5:40 A very similar incident occurred in 2015 when someone stepped out from behind a bus directly into the path of an on-coming car and in that instance she was unfortunately hit. That case went all the way up to the Supreme Court which ruled that the driver was at fault for not anticipating that a pedestrian might step out from behind the bus to cross the road. So well done to you for anticipating it.
It's part of the theory test, one of the questions is When there's a bus at a stop, what should you do? Slow down and anticipate a pedestrian stepping out
The fact that pedestrians feel they can wander wherever they feel on a road to cross, "as it is their right" makes me roll my eyes and question their common sense! Such a great channel 👏🏻 Addicted since I've found you over a year ago, and your merch is superb 👍🏻 (sticker looks great on the car 😃)
7:29 on street parking rarely benefits trade anyway. If i think of all the places I shop, if I go by car, I rarely expect to park right next to the shop I wish to visit. In Kent I know of almost of no town centre where I can park near any shops I want to visit, even if the centre is not pedestrianised. That's been the case for decades. Shops suffer due to high rents and internet, on street parking has almost nothing to do with it. And emergency vehicles usually cope fine with cycle lanes, even with batons, as they do with any kind of narrow lane common in the UK. Before the lanes were constructed the emergency services had to be legally consulted and any issues taken into account, otherwise the lanes wouldn’t have been built or they would have been adapted.
The limited local parking is taken up by the workers, happens near me. Workers take most/all parking so customers nowhere to park LOL. Council then put parking meters in and suddenly lots of parking.
Oh and lack of indication is a real bug bear of mine. on a 4 mile, 10 minute journey to/from work I see 30-40 violations a day... Favourite by a mile is right lane, 3rd or later exit from a roundabout, no right signal.... high percentage 'professional' drivers....
7:00 To answer your question, it is because bus stop bypasses are safer for on-road cyclists, as they negate the need of having to manoeuvre around a bus when the bus stops at a bus stop, and so potentially come into conflict with faster-moving motor vehicles.
so safe that they go through red traffic lights, and tell you they don’t have to obey them , just inconvenience every one else and not even pay towards it
There is a very low rate of collision at these kind of bus stops according to easily googable data. Possibly leads to safer interactions between pedestrians and cyclists as they are usually fairly visible through often transparent bus shelters, as opposed to the danger of passing a bus and dealing with pedestrians who may shoot out from in front of a bus suddenly.
@@thelondondashcam Pedestrian and cyclists pose very little danger as they are both light as slow moving. Buses and cars are that kill people on our roads. Making a bus cross into a cycle lane is very dangerous. Either the bus will collide with the cyclist or the cyclist has to move out into the path of other vehicles to avoid the bus.
@@laurencebushby713Cyclist use far less road space and cause far less wear and tear than cars and yet pay the same amount of council tax as motorists which is what funds all our non-trunk roads. If you wanted things to be fair then motorists should have to pay a premium on their council tax. Also cyclist reduce congestion as they take up less road space than cars. Every cyclist you see is one less car blocking your way.
@@r390gt1lmnonetheless slightly undermining your point. These might be underusued, but in Central London they are very popular, probably due to the inceasingly excellent network. If these lanes are stand alone, then it will take a while to get people to use them due to the lack of a surronding network.
@@edj4833 today on the way home from London I sat stuck in traffic on a street with bike lane as wide as the 2 car lanes combined. I saw 1 cyclist in 15 minutes
4:10 Don't worry about her fella, I said to her, London Dash Cam is around here if you go out and do something daft you may get spotted, didn't think she would take me literally 😂😂
With regard speed limits like Clapham, it is ALWAYS 30mph if street lights are present unless otherwise stated regardless of lanes, houses, empty spaces etc
The red route parking bays on the A24 were done away with by Khan in the LTN mania of the mid-2020 post-lockdown era. He also introduced the stupid turning bans for the side roads off the A24 in Tooting. Despite him being supposedly a local boy and the former MP for the area, local businesses did not like it as it drastically reduced their passing trade. I remember travelling through there at that time (this was when a lot of the side roads were also blocked off, again because of LTN mania) and it was gridlock. I never thought of how the poles and obstructive bus stops made it difficult for emergency vehicles to get through; they are just thinking of making it easier to cycle and nothing else.
Checking your phone in the cradle is no longer legal. You can have it on as a satnav, but it is illegal to even touch the screen once you've started driving.
That was a really comical photo of what happens when pot-holes are not taken care of on a regular basis!! Was it a real photo or was it doctored? If the latter, it was really cleverly done!
Obviously photoshopped.... I've seen that one on facebook too - it is funny! 😂 And isn't it ridiculous though, that all the familiar roads that we drive on, we actually know when a pothole is coming up, so I totally get where you're coming from LDC!! It's the exact same up here in Scotland - oh yeh, also love the sound effects - boiing!! 😂👍
The pot holes in the road where I live are horrific and people tend to stand in the middle of the road in my area too why don’t these people consider their own safety ❤ great videos
Insane that pedestrians are allowed to cross wherever and whenever they want. Bloody dangerous. Here, pedestrians are to use crosswalks or street corners, otherwise it is called jaywalking and they are subject to tickets from the police. That lady standing in the middle of the street waiting to cross the street is a lunatic - just one kid showing off while on his phone coming up behind her and she's done for. May be legal there, but bloody stupid.
9:51 if there are no speed limit signs, but there is street lighting, then it's 30mph. You can also tell it's not 20mph, as there are 20mph signs on the left for Bowood Road.
Have to disagree: there are loads of 20 mph signs at the start of roads around the Boroughs of Lewisham and Southwark where the whole boroughs are 20 mph - even the South Circular now which used to be 30 mph. That massive roundabout on the west corner of Clapham Common is part of the South Circular - I agree with Bad UK Driving - you just can’t tell anymore. (I’m not arguing for a 20 mph limit throughout Khanage’s kingdom!)
@@NobbingNobby rule 124: “A speed limit of 30 mph (48 km/h), or 20mph (32km/h) in Wales, generally applies to all roads with street lights (excluding motorways) unless signs show otherwise.” If it's not signed, then it's 30mph. If there are signs, but incorrectly positioned, then the limit is unenforceable.
@@sillenrobe Ha ha ha. 🤣 “No repeaters”. Life is too short to argue the toss with plod (in conjunction with the lycra loons of tfl) on a revenue raising spree.
Driving put my hand up to say thank you. Passenger put my hand to say thank you. Crossing a road put my hand up to say thank you . Politeness costs nothing.
Re is the speed limit 20 or 30 around Clapham. If you have lamp posts and no speed limit repeaters then the speed limit is 30mph. If it's 20 it needs to be obvious. But then again council road planners seem to just wing it....so who knows ?
The pedestrian coming out of the bus It's part of the theory test, one of the questions is When there's a bus at a stop, what should you do? Slow down and anticipate a pedestrian stepping out
I often wonder if these roads are planned by people that actually drive. Near where I live we have two bus stops that are right beside road central bollards, so when a bus stops, so does everybody!
That's the point. On some routes planners will have good reason to want to de-prioritise motor traffic in favour of others. Having bus stops next to central bollards prioritises pedestrians crossing after/before using public transport by slowing traffic down. It's not necessarily bad design just because drivers don't like it, especially if the whole point is to de-prioritise driving.
On the whole "manners" thing, I tend to take the "YOU'RE WELCOME, arsehole" route. May not achieve anything, but makes me feel better, I even offer a "Thank you" to people who stop at a give way when I have priority, though I'm happy to have a row with them and force them to reverse when they don't.
2:32 My car is 9 years older and still has ALL of it's original pain (no peeling), must be a proper s$£t car brand for the paint to start peeling off in less than 10 years.
I once made the mistake of buying a French car (Peugeot 106) which was easily the worst car I have ever owned. Within three years there was a large area of craquelure on the roof.
As a cyclist as well, the worst potholes or the worst 'repairs' are by the curb so I have to move out. It is often just when a car is passing close and then I get a spine-jarring experience that almost throws me off.
Sadiq Khan is spending far too much of tax payers dosh on ULEZ cameras to be able to afford road repairs. From what I've seen 99% of cyclists run red lights.
I completely concur with your sentiments regarding selfish people. The majority of society is selfish and thinks of no one else. It has got so bad that im emigrating to Germany, where people still have manners and there certainly arent potholes.
I looked very closely at the Lady with the phone but couldn't conclusively say she was using a phone due to seat colours and background. Your real time view is better than the camera. I am being critical of the image as if I was her defence. Her hand position matches her shoulder position and head rest her phone. I don't believe this picture would be good enough to prosecute. I still think she is reading her favourite TicToc though🤣
Did you notice that Reigate High Street is 20 miles an hour now. At the end of the High Street where you can go straight on or to the right, if you go straight on it changes to 30 miles an hour, if you go round to the right towards the level crossing there's no signs telling you it's still 20 or it changes to 30 now if you're coming from the Bucklands it's 40 miles an hour then down to 30 as it approaches the High Street and of course you only can go to the left towards the Railway. So it's like both of those lanes going the same direction once 30 miles an hour and 1's 20 miles an hour. I need to put another sign up telling you that after the High Street it goes back to 30 miles an hour. Hope you can make sense of that. 😊
In Cambridge the floating bus stops work quite well especially in rush hour as it stops busses bullying cyclist into the same gap. The pedestrian seems to obey the cycle lane as though it's a road and will look both ways. But the reason it works well is the space on the road. Even when the bus is stopped cars either side can get by. But without proper space and forward planning it doesn't work
The logic about the bike lanes and bus stops is simple. The bike lanes were forced on the councils by idiots and then the bus stops were just a secondary thought. The idea being to force people out of there cars, yep even those that can't cycle and can't get to where they want due to rubbish buses. They don't care about the shops either.
People shouldn't use their phones until they're caught, we all have a responsibility to do the correct thing. Driving like an idiot until told otherwise is not an excuse
7:31 Quote from Bloomberg : "All research studies reach a similar conclusion: replacing on-street parking with a bike lane has little to no impact on local business, and in some cases might even increase business. While cyclists tend to spend less per shopping trip than drivers, they also tend to make more trips, pumping more total money into the local economy over time. "
3:47 untrue, video reporting is working incredibly well, as per cycling mikey. Plenty of people get points and other consequences because of it, not always, but quite a lot these days.
Is ‘cycling mikey’ that weirdo who jumps out at people from hiding behind bushes? When I was a child my mother told me to stay away from such strange people.
@@NobbingNobby right... Because actually doing something about dangerous drivers is odd, but this guy shaming people online for 'not having manners' is totally normal. Get a grip, will you?
The issue with modern road planning is that everyone has seen how well the system works in the Netherlands. A small country, equally as over populated as the UK. The problem is that the road design works in the Netherlands because it is culturally acceptable. The UK doesn't have the same road culture, so these road planners are implementing schemes which the majority of our road users simply reject or don't understand.
Road planning nowadays seems to be about disrupting traffic flow hence the bus stops and cycle lanes, any excuse to make the roads narrower so instead of passing you have to stop. Their way of thinking is that if traffic isn't moving then there aren't going to be any accidents and it's going to look great on paper so they can give themselves a pat on the back.
When you ask "how blatant can you get" a chap drove past me the other day, with his phone being held in two hands; his wrists were resting on the steering wheel at the 12 o clock position.
I used to get wound up by people not saying thank you. Now I just say to myself that they must have a lot a personal problems going on right now. However, the ones that go passed and give a smug look as if to say “Made you wait!”…they proper do my head in. But what goes around, cones around and they will get knocked down a peg or six I will always say thank you to anyone that helps put on the roads
In defence of the Audi lady, she was probably anticipating the cyclist to just blindly pull out as the rules don't apply to them. I think she was right to stop 😅
Number 297 - island (floating) bus stops - perhaps to get pedestrians to think (stay awake), and watch out for themselves. Other than that (like you) no clue)
I’ve seen people driving with the phone as a satnav stuck to the windshield right in front of them…….how why can they see the road in front of them…..duh….
At 06:12 you refer to the bike lane, of course that is down to that micro insignificant little runt Khan, you know the same one who has RUINED London for all. As for the speed limits, any road that does not display a speed limit but has lamp posts is 30 mph, all other roads with lamp posts will have a speed limit displayed. Speed humps were the brainchild of one or more of the leading Shock Absorber companies, who else other than an arsehole would want to ruin everyone's car. Love your vids, keep em coming.
BTW…if you cross a solid white line at the edge of a cycle lane to let the Blues and Twos through…You might think you are doing the proper responsible thing, but don’t be surprised if later on you get a prosecution, based on the police cam or fixed post council cam, as you break the law. Only a uniformed official can authorise doing things like crossing solids or mounting kerbs, even to let emergency services through. They don’t make common sense exceptions.
I was fined for going into a bus lane in Leeds. an ambulance was coming with flashing lights and siren, my first reaction was to get out of the way it was a stupid move, i appealed and was told i should keep going until the ambulance can get past. if someone died because i slowed them down i think i would rather pay a fine.
Unfortunately that is the case with emergency vehicles, you are still not allowed to enter bus lanes or pass reds etc. to help them get to their destinations. So long as you only do these things when safe, surely it should be allowed to help save lives. Emergency vehicles get held up way too much in this country. In other countries like Germany, drivers in highway traffic jams are taught to split apart and open up a lane in the middle of the queues for emergency vehicles to use and people respect them. Videos I've seen show no one using these spaces to get ahead. What happened to the decency and patience this country used to be so fond of. Now everyone is out for themselves with no regard for anyone else. @richardeggert392, good on you for trying to help the emergency vehicle at a cost to yourself. I commend your selflessness and am sorry that the law does not recognise your sacrifice for the greater good.
Personally I think LDC has the problem of bad manners by expecting a certain response from other drivers. I used to react like him and I would get all wound up and complain internally and get really stressed - as you can hear LDC is also stressed. I then decided to try not reacting or getting worried if people did not acknowledge my courtesy, and I found my driving was 100 % stress free and so much easier.
The bike lane / emergency vehicle scenario is just as bad in Greenwich/Charlton/Woolwich. DO NOT attempt to pull over a solid white line in to either a bus lane or a cycle lane as you may get a ticket for it and a fine of £120. Sad-dick Khan't did all that while we were locked down. Its a system failure for emergency vehicles but just stop and let them find their own way.
If it is clear in front but blocked where you are do not stop, carry on. If you stop you will hinder the emergency vehicle coming through. Only slow down, stop or move over if it is safe and legal. The drivers are trained to navigate through traffic and if drivers keep moving and create appropriate spaces that is best for everyone. The number of times I see drivers panic at the sight of blue lights and think they have to give way immediately is worrying. Last year I saw someone just sit there in a queue of traffic for 20 seconds while their lane was clear in front 🤷🏻♂️
Pedestrian no common sense should cross at island so can be in a safe area halfway over but they choose to wander diagonal taking longer causing more chance of being hit
6:35 narrower roads slow speeds. Inconvenient for emergency vehicles, but safer for everyone else. Also passing trade from vehicles is a myth. The majority of customers has always been from foot traffic.
I don't believe so I don't believe it's safer for pedestrians they have to cross a bike lane can you imagine a bus pulling in there people getting on and off the bus with bikes going down the bike lane that's dangerous.
3:22 some drivers are terrible at roundabouts just stopping to giveaway to cyclists on their left, it’s not very helpful to cyclists at all, the best thing to do is just follow the highway code and keep the flow of traffic flowing smoothly so everything is predictable unlike randomly stopping like this causes an element of unpredictability
Manners are an old fashioned concept Tony that many people have forgotten in favour of "I'm only considering myself and the rest of you peasants don't matter". Many people across the UK still teach their children manners so all is not lost and I like to think poor manners are the exception and not the norm. When leaving church on Sunday I held the gate open for the lady I was walking back with and she was quite shocked, a woman in her 30's, but the previous week I held the gate for a woman in her 60's and she thanked me and we walked home. This is the generational difference, you and I are of a similar age and were taught manners pre "woke", after the "woke" age all this went quickly downhill.
You need those bus stops put beyond the cycle lane. If you didn't do that there'd be a danger of a cyclist actually using the lane and getting stuck behind a bus for a few seconds.
On the bus stops and cycle lanes, I'm not going to say it's logical, but the reason is a misguided view that making driving difficult will force people not to drive. Personally (I live in Wales, where the war on motorists is comparable if not worse than London), the harder they try to make it, the more I will rise to the challenge. Since they introduced the blanket 20Mph, I find I'm less inclined to walk than I use to be, and I drive a car that, whilst it is ULEZ compliant, I have no idea how?!?
Gotta check them signs a 40 here went to a 30 a few years ago now (yes people still speed some at 50+). but the issue is the sign itself. there are 2-3 of them going both ways, big red square with white writing saying " new 30 mph speed limit enforced" some bullshit like that why not just have the standard 30mph sign??
8:46 as a cyclist I would like to see all bike lanes scrapped, just place lane markings on the main roads were cyclists should take and shared with motorists not pedestrians, drivers can simply overtake cyclists as if they were another car giving them plenty of space, if people’s attitudes on roads changed they would be no problem, perhaps no go zone for Audi drivers.
Manners are very important to life. Ignorance is the order of the day. Agree with the commentator about the person standing in the road. Nurse, I need me meds. I am losing the plot
I may be wrong but that road had lampposts but no repeater signs so should be a 30mph stretch. As for cyclists there aren't many left near us as narrow roads and few cameras on them😂
I find your complaints about the Poles out of order Tony, a lot of them went back to Poland when Brexit happened and the one's that stayed are all doing great work as plumbers🤣🤣🤣🤣
Audi with indicators that worked must have paid for the optional extras😂😂😂
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They are probably a subscription option now, like cruise control & other driver aids.
Thing is, it doesn't matter if you're in the legal right or not, it's a case of keeping yourself safe from idiots who break the law with their poor driving.
that car has had the bumper repainted and the bumper wasn't prepared properly. then it's been pressure washed too close.
Ha! Ninja’d I was about to post the exact same. You’d think as soon as the jet wash lifted a flake they would stop it huh! Maybe it was a kids helping Dad kinda thing 😂
Funny how the uploader complains people don’t say thank you on the roads, but he asks for an explanation of white car bumper, he gets one, but yet no thank you. Very Hypocritical, mind you he is a Londoner.
yes thanks son for stripping the paint off me car lol.
Yes that model comes with black plastic bumpers back and front. They have to be very specially rubbed down and primed with “plastic” primer before converting it to colour matched bumpers…
It might of been prepared but definitely no
lacquer coatings & jetwash... bye bye paint!
5:40 A very similar incident occurred in 2015 when someone stepped out from behind a bus directly into the path of an on-coming car and in that instance she was unfortunately hit. That case went all the way up to the Supreme Court which ruled that the driver was at fault for not anticipating that a pedestrian might step out from behind the bus to cross the road. So well done to you for anticipating it.
It's part of the theory test, one of the questions is When there's a bus at a stop, what should you do? Slow down and anticipate a pedestrian stepping out
3:22 just as the Audi stops for the cyclist the radio goes "its weird", classic.
The fact that pedestrians feel they can wander wherever they feel on a road to cross, "as it is their right" makes me roll my eyes and question their common sense!
Such a great channel 👏🏻
Addicted since I've found you over a year ago, and your merch is superb 👍🏻 (sticker looks great on the car 😃)
Exactly some push that right to the limit, you cannot say but I had the right laying on a mortuary slab.
“Bangers…car wise that is!” 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
You have to shout "THANK YOU" as loud as you can if you get nothing
i just shout wanker
7:29 on street parking rarely benefits trade anyway. If i think of all the places I shop, if I go by car, I rarely expect to park right next to the shop I wish to visit. In Kent I know of almost of no town centre where I can park near any shops I want to visit, even if the centre is not pedestrianised. That's been the case for decades. Shops suffer due to high rents and internet, on street parking has almost nothing to do with it.
And emergency vehicles usually cope fine with cycle lanes, even with batons, as they do with any kind of narrow lane common in the UK. Before the lanes were constructed the emergency services had to be legally consulted and any issues taken into account, otherwise the lanes wouldn’t have been built or they would have been adapted.
The limited local parking is taken up by the workers, happens near me. Workers take most/all parking so customers nowhere to park LOL. Council then put parking meters in and suddenly lots of parking.
Oh and lack of indication is a real bug bear of mine. on a 4 mile, 10 minute journey to/from work I see 30-40 violations a day... Favourite by a mile is right lane, 3rd or later exit from a roundabout, no right signal.... high percentage 'professional' drivers....
It doesn’t cost to have good manners 🤗Thanks London Dash Cam 🚕👍
The Pedestrian at the Give Way line!! Just when you think you've seen it all.
@@KingfisherWatchinglol😂
Poles in the way.......
That sounds like a quote by Uncle Dolphy, circa 1939 😮
7:00 To answer your question, it is because bus stop bypasses are safer for on-road cyclists, as they negate the need of having to manoeuvre around a bus when the bus stops at a bus stop, and so potentially come into conflict with faster-moving motor vehicles.
But it's got to be more dangerous for a pedestrian they have to cross a bike lane which has got to be more dangerous than not crossing it.
so safe that they go through red traffic lights, and tell you they don’t have to obey them , just inconvenience every one else and not even pay towards it
There is a very low rate of collision at these kind of bus stops according to easily googable data. Possibly leads to safer interactions between pedestrians and cyclists as they are usually fairly visible through often transparent bus shelters, as opposed to the danger of passing a bus and dealing with pedestrians who may shoot out from in front of a bus suddenly.
@@thelondondashcam Pedestrian and cyclists pose very little danger as they are both light as slow moving. Buses and cars are that kill people on our roads. Making a bus cross into a cycle lane is very dangerous. Either the bus will collide with the cyclist or the cyclist has to move out into the path of other vehicles to avoid the bus.
@@laurencebushby713Cyclist use far less road space and cause far less wear and tear than cars and yet pay the same amount of council tax as motorists which is what funds all our non-trunk roads. If you wanted things to be fair then motorists should have to pay a premium on their council tax.
Also cyclist reduce congestion as they take up less road space than cars. Every cyclist you see is one less car blocking your way.
No swearing in this one.😂
You, the man, love your channel since I joined
6:05 Dont worry about that, nobody ever uses the bike lanes, so crossing them is very safe
You can literally see a bike using it in the time stamp that you posted. Two seconds later there are two!
@@edj4833 the only two, then empty bike lanes for like 10 minutes straight
@@r390gt1lmnonetheless slightly undermining your point.
These might be underusued, but in Central London they are very popular, probably due to the inceasingly excellent network. If these lanes are stand alone, then it will take a while to get people to use them due to the lack of a surronding network.
@@edj4833 today on the way home from London I sat stuck in traffic on a street with bike lane as wide as the 2 car lanes combined. I saw 1 cyclist in 15 minutes
@@edj4833 Bike lanes appear to be empty because bike traffic on them is free flowing, unlike the part of the road used by motor vehicles.
4:10 Don't worry about her fella, I said to her, London Dash Cam is around here if you go out and do something daft you may get spotted, didn't think she would take me literally 😂😂
With regard speed limits like Clapham, it is ALWAYS 30mph if street lights are present unless otherwise stated regardless of lanes, houses, empty spaces etc
The red route parking bays on the A24 were done away with by Khan in the LTN mania of the mid-2020 post-lockdown era. He also introduced the stupid turning bans for the side roads off the A24 in Tooting. Despite him being supposedly a local boy and the former MP for the area, local businesses did not like it as it drastically reduced their passing trade. I remember travelling through there at that time (this was when a lot of the side roads were also blocked off, again because of LTN mania) and it was gridlock. I never thought of how the poles and obstructive bus stops made it difficult for emergency vehicles to get through; they are just thinking of making it easier to cycle and nothing else.
Next you'll be getting carted off to hospital on a bike
The poles are there because drivers cannot be trusted to keep out of the cycle lane.
Excellent analysis. You are definitely my inner voice.
I assume Sadiq thought that cyclists were more important down that road than emergency ambulances or police !
Councils got millions from the government / tfl to create these stupid cycle lanes during covid.
1:10 That there, I would have reported to the council weeks ago.
Checking your phone in the cradle is no longer legal. You can have it on as a satnav, but it is illegal to even touch the screen once you've started driving.
Good manners brightens everyone's day.
You too have an issue with potholes, our roads here are riddled with them
That was a really comical photo of what happens when pot-holes are not taken care of on a regular basis!! Was it a real photo or was it doctored? If the latter, it was really cleverly done!
Obviously photoshopped.... I've seen that one on facebook too - it is funny! 😂
And isn't it ridiculous though, that all the familiar roads that we drive on, we actually know when a pothole is coming up, so I totally get where you're coming from LDC!! It's the exact same up here in Scotland - oh yeh, also love the sound effects - boiing!! 😂👍
To be fair, I would have also used caution on that roundabout. You can never trust a cyclist to stop when required!
The pot holes in the road where I live are horrific and people tend to stand in the middle of the road in my area too why don’t these people consider their own safety ❤ great videos
Insane that pedestrians are allowed to cross wherever and whenever they want. Bloody dangerous. Here, pedestrians are to use crosswalks or street corners, otherwise it is called jaywalking and they are subject to tickets from the police. That lady standing in the middle of the street waiting to cross the street is a lunatic - just one kid showing off while on his phone coming up behind her and she's done for. May be legal there, but bloody stupid.
2:30 Daewoo bumper has been resprayed, not prepped correctly with plastic primer for paint adhesion.
9:51 if there are no speed limit signs, but there is street lighting, then it's 30mph. You can also tell it's not 20mph, as there are 20mph signs on the left for Bowood Road.
Have to disagree: there are loads of 20 mph signs at the start of roads around the Boroughs of Lewisham and Southwark where the whole boroughs are 20 mph - even the South Circular now which used to be 30 mph. That massive roundabout on the west corner of Clapham Common is part of the South Circular - I agree with Bad UK Driving - you just can’t tell anymore. (I’m not arguing for a 20 mph limit throughout Khanage’s kingdom!)
@@NobbingNobby rule 124: “A speed limit of 30 mph (48 km/h), or 20mph (32km/h) in Wales, generally applies to all roads with street lights (excluding motorways) unless signs show otherwise.”
If it's not signed, then it's 30mph. If there are signs, but incorrectly positioned, then the limit is unenforceable.
@user-pw5ls9ti2j if its 30 there are no repeaters. It was 30
@@shm5547 Jeez you can’t even comprehend what you’re typing, “A speed limit……GENERALLY applies…..”.
@@sillenrobe Ha ha ha. 🤣 “No repeaters”. Life is too short to argue the toss with plod (in conjunction with the lycra loons of tfl) on a revenue raising spree.
Driving put my hand up to say thank you. Passenger put my hand to say thank you. Crossing a road put my hand up to say thank you . Politeness costs nothing.
Why are the speed limit signs so small and so high up
Re is the speed limit 20 or 30 around Clapham. If you have lamp posts and no speed limit repeaters then the speed limit is 30mph. If it's 20 it needs to be obvious. But then again council road planners seem to just wing it....so who knows ?
The pedestrian coming out of the bus It's part of the theory test, one of the questions is When there's a bus at a stop, what should you do? Slow down and anticipate a pedestrian stepping out
I often wonder if these roads are planned by people that actually drive.
Near where I live we have two bus stops that are right beside road central bollards, so when a bus stops, so does everybody!
That's the point. On some routes planners will have good reason to want to de-prioritise motor traffic in favour of others. Having bus stops next to central bollards prioritises pedestrians crossing after/before using public transport by slowing traffic down. It's not necessarily bad design just because drivers don't like it, especially if the whole point is to de-prioritise driving.
On the whole "manners" thing, I tend to take the "YOU'RE WELCOME, arsehole" route. May not achieve anything, but makes me feel better, I even offer a "Thank you" to people who stop at a give way when I have priority, though I'm happy to have a row with them and force them to reverse when they don't.
2:32 My car is 9 years older and still has ALL of it's original pain (no peeling), must be a proper s$£t car brand for the paint to start peeling off in less than 10 years.
My car is 20 year old and still perfect original paint
I once made the mistake of buying a French car (Peugeot 106) which was easily the worst car I have ever owned. Within three years there was a large area of craquelure on the roof.
As a cyclist as well, the worst potholes or the worst 'repairs' are by the curb so I have to move out. It is often just when a car is passing close and then I get a spine-jarring experience that almost throws me off.
Bumper paint….cheap repair? Possibly high pressure jet wash?
Yep, cheap repair.
Sadiq Khan is spending far too much of tax payers dosh on ULEZ cameras to be able to afford road repairs. From what I've seen 99% of cyclists run red lights.
I completely concur with your sentiments regarding selfish people. The majority of society is selfish and thinks of no one else. It has got so bad that im emigrating to Germany, where people still have manners and there certainly arent potholes.
I looked very closely at the Lady with the phone but couldn't conclusively say she was using a phone due to seat colours and background. Your real time view is better than the camera. I am being critical of the image as if I was her defence. Her hand position matches her shoulder position and head rest her phone. I don't believe this picture would be good enough to prosecute. I still think she is reading her favourite TicToc though🤣
And my first thought with the Fart - ermm, sorry, Fiat, was that he was parking, too. I don't blame you for that.
Did you notice that Reigate High Street is 20 miles an hour now. At the end of the High Street where you can go straight on or to the right, if you go straight on it changes to 30 miles an hour, if you go round to the right towards the level crossing there's no signs telling you it's still 20 or it changes to 30 now if you're coming from the Bucklands it's 40 miles an hour then down to 30 as it approaches the High Street and of course you only can go to the left towards the Railway. So it's like both of those lanes going the same direction once 30 miles an hour and 1's 20 miles an hour. I need to put another sign up telling you that after the High Street it goes back to 30 miles an hour. Hope you can make sense of that. 😊
Paint chips off because it was resprayed by someone who has no idea what hes doing, no prep, no sanding, just spray on the paint
Was about to ask how the feck you get a patchy bumper like that
Love the sound effects
5:22 funny.. also actual online bullying. That's illegal y'know.
In Cambridge the floating bus stops work quite well especially in rush hour as it stops busses bullying cyclist into the same gap. The pedestrian seems to obey the cycle lane as though it's a road and will look both ways. But the reason it works well is the space on the road. Even when the bus is stopped cars either side can get by. But without proper space and forward planning it doesn't work
The logic about the bike lanes and bus stops is simple. The bike lanes were forced on the councils by idiots and then the bus stops were just a secondary thought. The idea being to force people out of there cars, yep even those that can't cycle and can't get to where they want due to rubbish buses. They don't care about the shops either.
People shouldn't use their phones until they're caught, we all have a responsibility to do the correct thing. Driving like an idiot until told otherwise is not an excuse
7:31 Quote from Bloomberg : "All research studies reach a similar conclusion: replacing on-street parking with a bike lane has little to no impact on local business, and in some cases might even increase business. While cyclists tend to spend less per shopping trip than drivers, they also tend to make more trips, pumping more total money into the local economy over time. "
source?
@@noahburns6042 Bloomberg UK "The Complete Business Case for Converting Street Parking Into Bike Lanes"
😂😂😂 “The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”
@@NobbingNobby It that really the best you can come up with?
3:47 untrue, video reporting is working incredibly well, as per cycling mikey. Plenty of people get points and other consequences because of it, not always, but quite a lot these days.
You only see the ones that get points and fines how many didn't ?
Even Mikey has a guess at the result as he is only informed if they get a NIP not the final result.
Is ‘cycling mikey’ that weirdo who jumps out at people from hiding behind bushes? When I was a child my mother told me to stay away from such strange people.
@@NobbingNobby right... Because actually doing something about dangerous drivers is odd, but this guy shaming people online for 'not having manners' is totally normal. Get a grip, will you?
@@NobbingNobby He magically appears next to phone users, from their POV as they are too busy on the phone.
The issue with modern road planning is that everyone has seen how well the system works in the Netherlands. A small country, equally as over populated as the UK. The problem is that the road design works in the Netherlands because it is culturally acceptable. The UK doesn't have the same road culture, so these road planners are implementing schemes which the majority of our road users simply reject or don't understand.
Road planning nowadays seems to be about disrupting traffic flow hence the bus stops and cycle lanes, any excuse to make the roads narrower so instead of passing you have to stop. Their way of thinking is that if traffic isn't moving then there aren't going to be any accidents and it's going to look great on paper so they can give themselves a pat on the back.
When you ask "how blatant can you get" a chap drove past me the other day, with his phone being held in two hands; his wrists were resting on the steering wheel at the 12 o clock position.
Think it's funny how we modernise the roads but fuck the buildings 😂
I used to get wound up by people not saying thank you. Now I just say to myself that they must have a lot a personal problems going on right now. However, the ones that go passed and give a smug look as if to say “Made you wait!”…they proper do my head in. But what goes around, cones around and they will get knocked down a peg or six
I will always say thank you to anyone that helps put on the roads
Good manners = safer driving resulting in less incidents 🖖
Unfortunately I don't think that jaywalking is actually illegal in this country.
2:18 Dacias are cheap for a reason. I've seen 2 year old ones with bubbling arches and sills.
That Dacia has been hit from behind
No speed limit signs....its 30
Agreed. Also looking at the side streets they have 20 on the ground which indicate a change of speed.
2:12 is hilarious! 👏😂
In defence of the Audi lady, she was probably anticipating the cyclist to just blindly pull out as the rules don't apply to them. I think she was right to stop 😅
Number 297 - island (floating) bus stops - perhaps to get pedestrians to think (stay awake), and watch out for themselves. Other than that (like you) no clue)
I’ve seen people driving with the phone as a satnav stuck to the windshield right in front of them…….how why can they see the road in front of them…..duh….
At 06:12 you refer to the bike lane, of course that is down to that micro insignificant little runt Khan, you know the same one who has RUINED London for all. As for the speed limits, any road that does not display a speed limit but has lamp posts is 30 mph, all other roads with lamp posts will have a speed limit displayed. Speed humps were the brainchild of one or more of the leading Shock Absorber companies, who else other than an arsehole would want to ruin everyone's car. Love your vids, keep em coming.
BTW…if you cross a solid white line at the edge of a cycle lane to let the Blues and Twos through…You might think you are doing the proper responsible thing, but don’t be surprised if later on you get a prosecution, based on the police cam or fixed post council cam, as you break the law. Only a uniformed official can authorise doing things like crossing solids or mounting kerbs, even to let emergency services through. They don’t make common sense exceptions.
I was fined for going into a bus lane in Leeds. an ambulance was coming with flashing lights and siren, my first reaction was to get out of the way it was a stupid move, i appealed and was told i should keep going until the ambulance can get past. if someone died because i slowed them down i think i would rather pay a fine.
Yep that's true.
Unfortunately that is the case with emergency vehicles, you are still not allowed to enter bus lanes or pass reds etc. to help them get to their destinations. So long as you only do these things when safe, surely it should be allowed to help save lives. Emergency vehicles get held up way too much in this country. In other countries like Germany, drivers in highway traffic jams are taught to split apart and open up a lane in the middle of the queues for emergency vehicles to use and people respect them. Videos I've seen show no one using these spaces to get ahead. What happened to the decency and patience this country used to be so fond of. Now everyone is out for themselves with no regard for anyone else. @richardeggert392, good on you for trying to help the emergency vehicle at a cost to yourself. I commend your selflessness and am sorry that the law does not recognise your sacrifice for the greater good.
I'd agree 97%of cyclists go through reds, I wait but sometimes feel silly waiting. Love the pot holes with people in them😂
Manners cost you nothing.
Personally I think LDC has the problem of bad manners by expecting a certain response from other drivers. I used to react like him and I would get all wound up and complain internally and get really stressed - as you can hear LDC is also stressed. I then decided to try not reacting or getting worried if people did not acknowledge my courtesy, and I found my driving was 100 % stress free and so much easier.
She could us the island, that would be the correct way.
The bike lane / emergency vehicle scenario is just as bad in Greenwich/Charlton/Woolwich. DO NOT attempt to pull over a solid white line in to either a bus lane or a cycle lane as you may get a ticket for it and a fine of £120. Sad-dick Khan't did all that while we were locked down. Its a system failure for emergency vehicles but just stop and let them find their own way.
If it is clear in front but blocked where you are do not stop, carry on.
If you stop you will hinder the emergency vehicle coming through. Only slow down, stop or move over if it is safe and legal. The drivers are trained to navigate through traffic and if drivers keep moving and create appropriate spaces that is best for everyone.
The number of times I see drivers panic at the sight of blue lights and think they have to give way immediately is worrying. Last year I saw someone just sit there in a queue of traffic for 20 seconds while their lane was clear in front 🤷🏻♂️
We don't have enough road space for this stuff so it has to go
Pedestrian no common sense should cross at island so can be in a safe area halfway over but they choose to wander diagonal taking longer causing more chance of being hit
Thank you
She topped off her blinker fluid (3:10)!
6:35 narrower roads slow speeds. Inconvenient for emergency vehicles, but safer for everyone else.
Also passing trade from vehicles is a myth. The majority of customers has always been from foot traffic.
I don't believe so I don't believe it's safer for pedestrians they have to cross a bike lane can you imagine a bus pulling in there people getting on and off the bus with bikes going down the bike lane that's dangerous.
3:22 some drivers are terrible at roundabouts just stopping to giveaway to cyclists on their left, it’s not very helpful to cyclists at all, the best thing to do is just follow the highway code and keep the flow of traffic flowing smoothly so everything is predictable unlike randomly stopping like this causes an element of unpredictability
Police out doing some sightseeing 😂. O there useless
I used to get annoyed when I gave way & got no thanks, but now I give way a lot less & only if I feel to & dont expect anything in return 😏
Speed limit; Are there Street lamps ? Consult your Highway Code
Manners are an old fashioned concept Tony that many people have forgotten in favour of "I'm only considering myself and the rest of you peasants don't matter". Many people across the UK still teach their children manners so all is not lost and I like to think poor manners are the exception and not the norm. When leaving church on Sunday I held the gate open for the lady I was walking back with and she was quite shocked, a woman in her 30's, but the previous week I held the gate for a woman in her 60's and she thanked me and we walked home. This is the generational difference, you and I are of a similar age and were taught manners pre "woke", after the "woke" age all this went quickly downhill.
The Banger Meister !!
You need those bus stops put beyond the cycle lane. If you didn't do that there'd be a danger of a cyclist actually using the lane and getting stuck behind a bus for a few seconds.
Yes, but not forgetting putting pedestrians in danger who have to cross them to get on and off the bus.
@@thelondondashcamdo you walk and cycle sometimes?
Walk yes but my bike hasn't come out of the shed for years.
On the bus stops and cycle lanes, I'm not going to say it's logical, but the reason is a misguided view that making driving difficult will force people not to drive. Personally (I live in Wales, where the war on motorists is comparable if not worse than London), the harder they try to make it, the more I will rise to the challenge. Since they introduced the blanket 20Mph, I find I'm less inclined to walk than I use to be, and I drive a car that, whilst it is ULEZ compliant, I have no idea how?!?
Bus stop / bike lanes probably designed that way to reduce the chance of a bus pulling out on a cyclist.
Or maybe cyclists should stop going around the bus when it's pulling out
or pulling in. i have seen the result ones. Regards from The Netherlands.
Typical of the cops not doing anything cos don't want the paper work but quite happily nick a motorist doing over the limit by 1 or 2 mile P/HOUR 🤬
Gotta check them signs a 40 here went to a 30 a few years ago now (yes people still speed some at 50+). but the issue is the sign itself. there are 2-3 of them going both ways, big red square with white writing saying " new 30 mph speed limit enforced" some bullshit like that
why not just have the standard 30mph sign??
You need to address many of your comments to the mayor of London!
8:46 as a cyclist I would like to see all bike lanes scrapped, just place lane markings on the main roads were cyclists should take and shared with motorists not pedestrians, drivers can simply overtake cyclists as if they were another car giving them plenty of space, if people’s attitudes on roads changed they would be no problem, perhaps no go zone for Audi drivers.
Logic? Take small parts of several good solutions and mix them up into one. Does it still stay a good solution? NOT MY JOB!
Manners are very important to life. Ignorance is the order of the day. Agree with the commentator about the person standing in the road. Nurse, I need me meds. I am losing the plot
I may be wrong but that road had lampposts but no repeater signs so should be a 30mph stretch. As for cyclists there aren't many left near us as narrow roads and few cameras on them😂
It's obvious isn't it? TPTB hate anyone on four wheels.
I find your complaints about the Poles out of order Tony, a lot of them went back to Poland when Brexit happened and the one's that stayed are all doing great work as plumbers🤣🤣🤣🤣
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stop motorist parking in the bike lanes then them ballards wouldant have to be there .pluss stick to the speed limit and give 1.5 meter space
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