@@philiplee658 Definitely! I stopped to help push someone who ran out of diesel last year and didn't get a thank you or anything, still made me feel good for helping :)
Was amused that the sound had gone quiet, the cars outside were stationary , (ok I realised ,after ,the indicator lights were going), and he had struck a very stationary pose before exiting his vehicle that I was convinced the video had froze.😂
A note for your last clip. The reason the new(ish) changes don't work as they should is because it's a half baked attempt of Dutch style rules. Where we've not actually implemented the infrastructure that makes those rules so much safer, such as; continuous pavements, tighter turning junctions, padestrian priority traffic lights, traffic claiming, and the ilk. We need infrastructure change along with the rules.
Our Dutch roadrules work fine. We already had them before ww2. And at that time we did not have the roadlayout we have now and you there still have......
@@gerhard6105 Without the light tems and adherence to them, 'Dutch' roundabouts are lethal! Over 60 cyclists deaths a year occur in Netherlands where a cycle lane interacts with a motor lane which is usually at a perpendicular angle. There are over 200 annual deaths in NL, double that of the UK despite Four times less motor traffic and all that segregation. Segregation does not work and has increased deaths in netherlands whilst UK cycling deaths have gone down with no segregation.
They absolutely work. The other day I was cycling and I was slowing down to give way to pedestrians who were about to cross a side road I was turning into and lo and behold, they just stepped straight out without looking! The number of pedestrians who do this is shocking. If it weren't for these new updates, I might not have given way and I might have hit them.
Segregation doesn't work, it's crap (is insanel expensive and takes more than half a century to even get some in, see Netherlands) it pushes people on bikes to the periphery such that they have more difficult journeys that are more circuitous and lengthier, you're exposed more at perpendicular angles which is the singular biggest killing zone in netherlands for those riding bikes. That's not opinion, that's the Dutch govs own stats, 60+ people riding bikes get killed when a bike lane crosses a motor lane, More than double the deaths of people on bikes compared to Uk despite us having 4 times more motor traffic and the Dutch having all that segregation. Also ccling modal share has been dropping (despite the manipulation of data to state otherwise). Car sales have increased significantl in NL and no-one wants to talk about these huge elephants and that segregation doesn't change shit, onl make matters more dangerous! As someone from a very flat city that as of 1989 had a 22% modal share of people riding to work and low car use/ownership, it's not segregated lanes that change outcomes (regards safety) or entice children and adults alike to cycle.
The last clip, people don’t know or don’t care about that specific part of the Highway Code. There was next to no information put out about it unless you avidly watch the news or read the code. The amount of times I’ve had someone almost rear-end me or angrily honk the horn while I’m allowing someone to cross in that situation is ridiculous.
Keep saying it. Safety rules and Laws that dictate what people ‘SHOULD’ do are always doomed to failure.[because they make no allowance for what people do because of natural human behaviour] Good safety rules allow for human nature and protect you from what people actually do when they are confused, ignorant, incompetent or just plain stupid. The simple act of saying “don’t do this”, or making something illegal doesn’t stop it from happening.
Hi Ashley, I wanted to point out a fault on your part in one of these clips. At 10:29, the delivery vehicle begins to emerge from your right, and you press your horn briefly to warn them of your presence. From watching other driving fail clips on TH-cam, I've learned that you are actually supposed to hold your horn down continuously until you arrive at your destination. 😉 Keep up the good work
But there's no rule, written or unwritten, regarding how long of a honk it should be. I've been known to give longer honks to drivers who are extra oblivious or distracted.
That junction at the end is a prime candidate to have a zebra crossing installed at the drop kerb just prior to the junction. While every driver should be looking out for everyone, that particular scenario with a two lane road *and* two junctions emerging close together is very high risk and I doubt many drivers would be thinking about pedestrians crossing but instead thinking more about getting to the junction before someone pulls out, or pulling out before someone else comes along the road This one needs additional traffic management to keep everyone safe in my opinion 👍
ive been in this exact situation with my pram and written to the council asking for a zebra crossing, or at least concave mirorrs installed, and i was met with 'theres no money for that' :|
Hi Ashley, the intro clip was most likley a mechanical failure called deisel runaway. This is where a deisel vehicle's engine has blown piston rings and the car revs up all by itsself because of it running on its own oil. Easy to mistake for just revving it up but it is uncontrollable.
9:05 I think is an example of why you shouldn't dither. Be decisive. You had plenty of time to move but you sat there and awaited the car approaching before moving, so naturally they thought you were continuing to sit there and committed to the overtake.
The very last clip at around 12:20, absolutely spot on. The authorities really need to have a massive publicity campaign to make folks aware of the "new" rules...which aren't so new now! From my own observations, very few drivers follow these new rules and it really hasn't made much difference at all. To the extent that when they do and allow me to cross, I actually give them a big "thumbs up", a nod and mime "Thank You" as if to say "You are a very rare breed of driver that actually understands the rules".
And that's the thing, if we don't all know the rules it leads to conflict and confusion. Some pedestrians assume priority and if the driver is on the phone or speeding, it can end in tragedy. At the end of the day, it is a 'should' not a 'must' which arguably make it even more confusing.
My experience in having lived in different places is that in some areas drivers are very compliant in giving way to predestians, while in other areas I have had too many near misses to count, this includes cars bushing past within 30cm behind me.
Wandering off topic but a pet hate of mine when crossing a zebra crossing is the cars that slow just enough for you to cross but they roll past not giving much room behind
@@frogsplorerYes I hate that too. It happens even more when crossing a side street that a driver is turning in to. They barely slow down sufficiently for me to cross and then proceeded to virtually "shave the pants" off my trousers. I wonder how these drivers cross the road themselves when they are pedestrians. Would they not mind if another driver did that to them?
About 5 other people and I were almost knocked down at a pedestrian crossing yesterday by a van driver who failed to notice he had a red light until the last possible moment and emergency stopped. He was so close his bonnet ended up half way into the crossing. A miracle he didn't hit anyone. He must have been distracted by a phone or paperwork. It was actually quite scary.
@@tubularcandy812 The van had a company logo. I had planned to call the company when I got home but I couldn't find the company online. Either I misremembered the name or they don't have a website.
I did that once, many years ago. There were a lot of reasons that my concentration was affected and none of them excuse it, but it is the reality of the roads.
Oh my, I hope no one was hurt! But when in a similar situation I suggest going in to 'self preservation' mode and checking that all vehicles coming towards the crossing look like they are slowing down. For your own well being don't assume because you have the green light it is safe & proper to proceed. As you have found too many road users aren't or don't want to pay attention to others!!
@@malcolm6951 Unfortunately, the reason many roads have these crossings in the first place is because they're at places where it's unreasonable to expect people crossing to observe and react in time. It's the same with Stop signs. People treat them like standard give way markings when the reason you're ordered to stop is that the kinds of checks that you do at a give way aren't sufficient to get a proper idea of the hazards. No matter how well you try to preserve yourself, you can't ever account for everything. That's why we have traffic controlled junctions and stop signs in the first place.
I’m currently in the process of reforming the way I drive and ride. I’ve still got a way to go but my stress levels have decreased significantly and myself and the road users around me are safer as a result. I found that relearning how to manage anger on the road is helping me in my day to day life a lot more than I would have imagined as well. Thanks a lot @AshleyNeal for your videos and exposing me to my own faults and helping me improve for the future.
Yeah. Watching these videos has helped my attitude. I’ve tried out different attitudes in the past and the one displayed in these videos is best. I’m now more analytical and zen. I also make better observations and anticipate better too
Managing anger on the road goes both ways. If people drove properly to begin with, we wouldn't have anger. We shouldn't have to be dealing with anger issues, but drivers driving improperly make that very difficult. I don't take kindly to selfish, aggressive, distracted or careless drivers, and I really don't see that ever changing. I just have a low tolerance for bad behavior.
@@BadDriversOfNapa I cannot relate to that sentiment enough bud really well put! (on and off the road as well) but for me I can’t sustain the level of stress “solving” other peoples driving with anger. the easiest thing to change is the way I create or react to situations. I’m allowing them to drive badly whilst I accommodate them and improve my own driving. I naturally have a high awareness of traffic and as a biker definitely have to concentrate as much as I can and I might as well use that for good by reading peoples mistakes and making it a “non event” as Ashley Neal would say. I would add I’m finding the transition difficult but I’m enjoying The results of being less stressed and obviously safer on the road
@@MAJ0RMEL0DY I like Ashley's motto of _'Make it a non event'_ . Very smart and wise advice, however, not everyone chooses to let things slide. And I see no issue with people who choose to call out other's mistakes. As a driving instructor, Ashley has a duty to err on the side of extreme caution when it comes to the potential of escalating people's mistakes into road rage by honking or shouting at drivers who made a mistake. He'd be incurring liability for encouraging people to do that, so he encourages people not to react at all to other people's mistakes and to just focus on their own driving. Nothing wrong with taking that route and it is the safest. However, by taking the passive approach and making something a 'non event', that may be true for the moment, but if the person didn't realize they made a mistake, they're certainly going to repeat the same mistake if they don't get honked at or told. What may be a non event now, may very well become an event later for someone else. So I choose to nip it in the bud and use my horn to communicate to other drivers their mistakes. Ashley would strongly disapprove, but he has to because of his being a driving instructor.
My days of pushing vehicles are past now (or at least being of any use in doing it), but I tip my hat to you for helping out. That junction in the last clip is a prime candidate for white lines to indicate the pedestrians crossing place. The RM van came close to breaking the law there. I've still seen pedestrians forced to stop in the road or even jump out of the way while a horn-blowing eejit barges past them. Time for some prosecutions on that, I believe.
The smoking/revving pickup at the start is probably a diesel engine runaway. Basically, if an alternative source of fuel occurs - e.g. oil leaking into the air-intake - then there's no easy way to stop a diesel engine in that situation. Either wait for the alternative source of fuel to run out, or else suffocate the engine by stuffing something into the air-intake are about the only options.
7:10 really excellent use of the horn. I was knocked off my bike in a similar situation except I was passing a coach and had no view at all of anything turning into the side road. If the coach driver had seen me in their mirror and beeped their horn it could have prevented that accident
You are talking as if your accident was the Coach drivers fault? They are paid to drive the Coach and carry the passengers. They are not legally responsible for safeguarding and babysitting you and other cyclists when you are riding past them. You are responsible for your own safety. Not Coach drivers sat in traffic.
That's why I still don't walk out at a junction now like I am seeing so many others doing. Very few people stopping for pedestrians still, I especially hate those where one person is waving you across but there's still traffic coming the other way and they're getting visibly agitated you're not stepping out into traffic.
Yeah, I find it's about simply being aware of what's going on all around rather than focusing too much on one thing you've spotted. Like I've had numerous times on my walk to work where I have to cross at a roundabout and the left side has two lanes. I'll get some guy on lane 2 with no-one behind him try to wave me across as there's stuff still streaming into lane 1. Literally, just go, you have the ability to enter the roundabout and are simply obstructing my view by staying where you are!
In the clip where Ashley gets out to help push a stranded minibus, I recall a situation some time ago now. I was walking to my local shop when I was asked by the driver of a small car if I could give him a push as his battery was flat and he'd stalled the car I was happy to do so, but noticed there were four very large passengers in the car I asked for them to get out of the car before I would push it and they actually refused, I said to the driver I cannot push the car with you four passengers in it, he shrugged his shoulders and I carried on my way. It's nice to be nice but there are limits!
Final clip: Greater Manchester wanted to put junction-based zebra road markings in place. This is in common with several European countries. People understand zebras. They haven’t kept abreast of even old HC advice, let alone the recent updates. However, junction zebras were dismissed because they don’t have amber beacons to me make a full zebra. Bonkers!
that is an issue that I, as a yank, see with the british doctrine of defining multiple different species of crossing. in the US, we have a "crosswalk" and then we have crosswalk signals. the crosswalk exists outside any signal apparatus, so it can be placed anywhere it is beneficial. (though by definition, an implied pedestrian crossing exists at every junction)
@@kenbrown2808it’s not really an issue, there are a few types of crossings and everyone knows what the script is with them. Zebra crossings are cheaper for the council and often used where the pelican (light controlled) crossing wouldn’t be suitable. American roads are generally big and straight from what I’ve seen. British roads vary but many are very tight with lots of bends. There is a zebra crossing near me that wouldn’t be suitable for traffic lights due to space and how the road bends around. You can see the crossing from far enough up the road from the bend however due to the angle, traffic lights wouldnt actually be visible until you are quite close and not all drivers would slow in anticipation. if that makes sense. Plus the speed limit is 20mph and traffic generally low so having to wait for lights would likely discourage people from using the crossing because it would probably be quicker and low risk just to cross. It’s more for elderly/disabled who might take longer to cross and safer for children who may not be as aware when crossing so it helps protects them because drivers are expecting it.
@wr2899 point being, in my state, if you're at a junction, it's a crossing. If motorists have trouble with the concept, the city, county, or state can paint it in. If it's still an issue, they can apply for permission to put in one or another type of signal, but it is still a crossing.
Another good video. I edit a local magazine and I am definitely going to be sharing the ethos of good driving that you promote with the readers, and recommend your channel. Particularly around good horn use which most people seem to see as a telling off, no matter how well intentioned it is.
We need to change the perception/action/intention of the horn being used as a telling off back to hey I'am here or hang on watch out kind of attitude imo.
The amount of horrible drivers out on the roads now! - I got beeped at for waiting for a wheelchair user to get to the other side of zebra crossing! - I got beeped at for leaving a junction clear at a red light! - I got beeped at for letting a bus out whilst we were all crawling at a snails pace during school run! Driving has become less and less enjoyable, and now it is just a stressful necessity of life!!! 😖
Get out and look around your car. When you cant see anything wrong stand there, scratch your head for a few seconds then look at the driver and ask what is the emergency with my vehicle? 🤣 Joking of course, it has taken a long time to learn to ignore them but watching this channel has helped me a lot. Don’t engage and make it a non event. One thing I like to say to myself is “It is a them issue”
@@smilerbob I love this advice!! I totally agree - it does take time getting the into the right mind set in order to rise above it, be the more mature driver, and make these scenarios a ‘non event’! This channel has helped me as well, to just take a big breath when dealing with absolute idiots, who we unfortunately have the displeasure of permanently having to share the roads with now!
Like you, in the last clip, I try to give pedestrians the chance to cross but it often makes me feel uncomfortable as I can't control other drivers. If the DVLA wants these to be crossing points make them zebra crossings.
6:52 I wonder what caused all of those problems? People treating the yellow box like it literally doesn't exist! Can they not see it??? Brilliant response Ash.
Helping that learner reminded me. The other day I was waiting for a learner to parallel park. I could have got past them, realistically, but didnt want to add a bus going past to them to the challenges. A passenger leaned forward and commented "If they cant park, they should be on the road" I clapped back by pointing out that they are LEARNING to get better. A lack of empathy bothers me.
That first clip is a classic case of a runaway diesel. There's either an issue with the piston rings or the turbo and the engine is burning engine oil instead of diesel. Switching the ignition off won't stop it. If it's a manual, stick it in a high gear with the brake fully on and dump the clutch, it's the only way you can realistically stop one if you're on the side of the road. If you have an automatic diesel, there's not much you can do other than sit there and wait for the engine to seize up.
if you can get to the air intake and block it, that will also shut it down, but yes, if the engine of ANYTHING is trying to run away, and you have a manual transmission, go to high gear and use the brakes to stop it; with the clutch engaged, so it stalls the motor. (by "anything" I mean if the engine runs away for other reasons, as well)
It was great to see you be nice Ashley and helped those people out with pushing that passenger van 2:30. It's nice to be nice 😃. I hear people always say it's not worth the risk to help people out, because you don't know what could happen, but in most cases I believe it's good to help. Also, about what you said about cycling twitter, I believe the horn use was a life saver. Oh, and speaking of twitter, love your Ford Focus as a new logo. I also believe the DVSA should be doing more to help people out at junctions. Maybe it's time for more zebra crossings at junctions too.
In the opening clip, I think that may have been a runaway diesel. Diesel engines don't have a throttle valve, so if they receive an uncontrolled fuel source (eg. an oil leak from a broken turbocharger), they will just run until that fuel source is removed, or you find a way to starve it of air. In most cases, when the fuel source is the engine oil, it'll run until the oil gets low enough to seize the bearings - and it'll make those huge clouds of smoke in the process.
1:05 Had a similar thing happen to me recently when I was out delivering for a supermarket in a fairly large van, meaning I had a bit of trouble getting past them. Only thing is, the two people coming the other way were in a marked police car, no lights or sirens on... not unsafe at all, just a little uncourteous!
The pickup at the start is what's called diesel run away. It's where the engine won't turn off and it's running on its own engine oil. It's the death of an engine.
At 10:00, I would have done exactly as you. Wait behind the line at the green light as there wasn't sufficient space to clear the crossing. This is why it also pays to keep your distance in slow moving traffic, so that you can easily make this sort of decision and not get yourself trapped. So many drivers just follow the tail of the vehicle in front and don't think about this sort of situation. As for the white BMW SUV jumping the red light and cheating it's way through the traffic, words fail me!
@ 7:20 According to the Highway Code rule 112: "The horn. Use only while your vehicle is moving and you need to warn other road users of your presence. Never sound your horn aggressively. You MUST NOT use your horn while stationary on the road when driving in a built-up area between the hours of 11.30 pm and 7.00 am except when another road user poses a danger." I think the Highway Code takes precedence over Twitter. In this instance Ashely was not moving but the van driver DID pose a danger - not to Ashley perhaps but it does not specify that the other road user must pose a danger to the one sounding the horn. I also tend to use my horn to gently warn cyclists of my presence because they seem to be oblivious of other road users.
7:17 Bit of a different situation where some of cycling twitter disagreed with you was when the beeping vehicle was using the horn to facilitate an overtake of cycles. Using that kind of logic at 6:05 with the folded up wing mirror you should you have beeped your horn at them -only to make him aware of your presence as you proceed past him, no?
4:39 Coincidentally, I saw the same this today. 😮 A kid of the quite same age, on the passenger seat, but worst: window was down and he has the head out the window, engoying the sunny yet chilly day. Imagine an emergency break, by any chance. 🤦
6:02 with the mirrors folded in reminds me of when I was cycling home, came to a junction with someone already waiting to turn out. I saw their mirrors were in, so I walked up next to them because their window was also open. I told them "Your mirrors are folded in". To which they responded with "No they aren't". About 30 metres down the road, I see them fold them out... What goes through someone's mind to refuse to see what is painfully obvious?
As a professional driver, HGV class 1... Your chanel is the only place I recall ever being told about this change in the rules... Neither from employer or anywhere else in the press. And going by the reaction I get when I try to give priority from other road users I guess I am the only one aware , even the pedestrians who just stand there not knowing wether to cross or not...
When I'm a pedestrian I still won't go unless I know the driver is giving way, because there's no way of knowing if the approaching car knows. If someone is indicating to turn I don't step out, same as before the new rules.
At around 11:00 re "Age gets to us all and it's going to happen to me and you". I often think about that Ash and it's one reason why my Mum and I like to keep busy attending all these events. I'm a fair bit older than you Ash, so it's "going to happen" to me somewhat earlier. I do hope I will be able to continue driving in an alert and safe fashion well into my senior years and I do try and lead a healthy lifestyle. In a way, I also consider myself "lucky" to have had cataracts at an early age and had the surgery to have them removed back in Oct 2014, two weeks apart for each eye, back in Vancouver. I have since enjoyed 6/6 vision in each eye without contact lenses or glasses despite being at -14 dioptres of myopia. Of course now, my "prescription lenses" are inside my eyes. I'm also lucky I have a Mum who is relatively healthy and can do all these trips with me. If not, I would not make these trips on my own and leave her at home alone. She is 25 years my senior btw. As you may recall, she did have a medical episode at the British Motor Show in Farnborough earlier this year and was taken by ambulance to the nearest A&E where we spent 8 hours for her to have various tests and be given the all clear. Likely to have been acid reflux and was in no way cardiac related. Fingers crossed that was a one off. She does get tired with all these trips though, especially bearing in mind that many folks in their 30s would find them tiring! We have many trips planned in the near future and beyond, so very much hope that age doesn't catch up with us too much! I do hope you will continue this channel for many years and indeed decades to come by the way. Hope I get to meet you again btw...and yes possibly do a Viewers Drives at some point.
Sending best wishes to your Mum! I'm so glad I finally learned to drive at 49 and was able to take my own Mum on many trips during her final years, which she loved!
@@davidhowe6905 That's very heartwarming to hear David. I hope you had many happy times and trips together.snd great memories. I'm very close to my mum so can relate to that. And congratulations on passing your test at the age of 49. I passed my test in 1978 and am still of course learning. You never stop learning. Interestingly my mum owns a classic 1978 Mini Clubman, owned from new. We haven't actually driven it for around 4 years now but plan to do so next spring, after first replacing all the fluids (including the petrol) and giving it a full service. I wish you many decades of happy motoring.
@@thomaselliot2257 She often says to me "I think sometimes you forget my age" when we are doing all these trips as well as "Wait till you get to my age".
At 2:53, from Van Horizontal to Car Vertical! Joking aside, good on you Ash to get out and help them push the van out the way. I'd likely do the same, making sure first to lock my car if I don't have a passenger (my Mum) inside and even then, I'd be taking the keys out of the ignition and with me. Don't want to be a victim of theft or car jacking.
1:05 Both cars arrived at the gap at essentially the same time, and the yellow car kept creeping carefully (never fully stopping). It looks like they just made sure that there's no collision while pulling over. 2:22 I would have assumed that they are one of those kinds of driver who just stop in the middle of the road to sort out their loading/unloading or inter-personal issues. It didn't occur to me at all that they legitimately might have a defect. 10:35 There may have been sun reflecting from your headlights. I don't think they would have gone at _that_ time on purpose.
1:36 we say terrible parking but what if there were other cars already parked there and that was the only way to park. Just saying not to judge too early😊
Last clip. Happens too often. Exactly the same scenario where my (correct) holding back has suggested to the pedestrian that the other side is clear for them to go, but the opposing traffic does not abide by the law and almost clobbers them. There needs to be more PR on this otherwise there will be deaths and injuries
It’s nice to be nice, but I would be interested to know what the defence is for the offence of driving on the footway at 2’24”. The road appears wide enough to park at the kerb (and is, in any case, already obstructed by the broken down vehicle). If the Focus has got the L-box on, you’re reinforcing bad parking by doing so; conversely, by parking at the kerb you would highlight that the parked van is parked unlawfully. Otherwise, I applaud the effort. (Of course, I’ve come across cars/taxis where that’s just how they park to let passengers on/off, and sod anybody who’s inconvenienced by it. Got to risk-assess any approach to make sure you can handle the potential escalation.)
@@ashley_neal you do know it’s an offence under s72 of the Highways Act 1835 “to lead or drive any… carriage of any description [upon any footpath or causeway by the side of any road made or set apart for the use or accommodation of foot passengers]”. The video clearly shows you driving on the footway.
I drive in The Highlands of Scotland. A common sight are mirrors folded in particularly on camper vans/motorhomes. As far as I'm concerned, you are making your vehicle unroadworthy, and the authorities should be clamping down on this. Like you said Ashley. They can't see you behind.
At around 10:36, the delivery van was also cutting the corner / bend there to make a right turn into the side street. They should have kept further over to the left and continued to moved forward on the main road which bends to the left before committing to their right turn. Had you been following the main road to round to the right, you would have had to give up priority to let the van make it's right turn, and all because it wasn't positioned properly.
I saw that but then remembered on a previous video there are / were parked cars on the approach to the junction. I still don’t think the driver needed to be that far over though 👍
But Ashley was quite happy to give up priority to the blue van at 5:07 forcing the Virgin van behind to brake firmly, which is inconsiderate to the van driver, I think.
I'd say 1:12 is against rule 243 of the HC. Another one at 1:50. Same at 2:20 (not the broken down taxi, the white van, probably also the one around the corner). More at 6:06 and 6:10. Probably at 6:40
The beep with the cyclist going passed the junction, no issues from me with that one. It wasn’t a blast, it was a toot. It was good to see caution shown by both (the driver didn’t just accelerate across the road) and good that the whole situation was a non event. Even the van driver fixing their mistake to allow the car to turn was good to see 👍
Given your knowledge, The way you articulate situations especially and the overwhelming amount of evidence you have from your dashcam and those sent in, I say you would be best placed to go after the DVSA over these rules that are just making roads more dangerous for drivers, Cyclists and the general public. Another great video, I am awaiting the SD card back from the local police as I was nearly involved in/Witness to an accident early hours of the morning at the end of September, I had a 6 passengers in my smax who had came over from Portugal and Switzerland for a Mauy Thai event. When I dropped them at the airport the next Day they said to me 'Thank you for everything you have done for us and for saving our lives last night Brother' I told them that I didn't think I had 'Saved their lives' but they were welcome, When I get the SD card back and if the footage is still there I will send it in for your opinion.
4:31 When I was on the private hires I had a fare once, a young couple with a couple year old toddler. They were all sat in the back, with the toddler on the lads lap. I looked in the nearside mirror whilst doing around 30mph, and the lad had the toddler from the wait up held out of the window. Needles to say I lost my temper with him, and canceled the fare, and dropped them off.
At the 10:35 mark, with the delivery van you were glaring to the right and then staring in the offside mirror for a good 3 seconds whilst travelling forwards. It took you a full 20 seconds to get over it and regain full concentration on the road. Maybe the delivery driver was glaring at another road user or dwelling on a past incident when he nearly pulled out on you.
How are you finding the Adaptive LED headlights on the focus? I have adaptive Xenon headlights on my current car and love them. Perfect for twitsy roads.
Absolutely agree especially with the last clip with the lady and the pram. So many people are not clear on the rules regarding giving way to pedestrians and i've seen many times where confusion / lack of awareness simply creates extra risk for everyone.
Ashley, I'm sure you do your fair bit of walking. The clip you have at 12:40 is exactly how I see 99% of turning cars with pedestrians waiting to cross occur. I lived in London last year around Chelsea. Some of the busy roads there have some really heavy foot traffic crossing roads with traffic turning in. I'll be totally honest and admit I would take my right of way (to my own danger) and cross the road with traffic soon to turn in, more often than not it results in the car honking their horns and swearing at me. I turned it into a bit of a game really, gives me the moral high ground to shout back!
If a horn is really loud and frightens people when it is used…why is it an MOT failure if the horn doesn’t work or doesn’t produce a loud enough tone? 🤔
I think they're specifically talking about cyclists on 'cycling twitter' who do not have the barrier of a car in between their ears and the horn. But the usage was correct so.
If your car breaks down in a dodgy place, you can usually move it a good few yards with the starter motor, assuming it's not a battery issue. Just put the car in gear, clutch up and start the car, then move and steer to a safer spot. Shouldn't do any damage the starter motor is doing all the work and you don't even have to get out of the car.
On larger vehicles it is best to ride the clutch while cranking as the additional weight can put stress on the starter bushes and begin to burn them out. Plus you can control the speed a bit better as well with less jumping about on all vehicles 👍
many vehicles have a clutch interlock to prevent doing that on accident. but that is a potential benefit of a manual transmission. doesn't work on an automatic shift, though. - and they ALL have an interlock.
Another interesting, eclectic examples of nice driving and pushing from one experienced professional , and calling out observed driving fails. All from his own dashcam.
It is always worth remembering that only you can see what you can see. Other people see what they see. You (or they) CANNOT see what they (or you) can see. That OFTEN explains why people do the things they do.... because they are deciding what to to (or not do) based on what they can see and NOT what you can see.
At 7:07, the mind boggles that some folk think you shouldn't have sounded the horn when you did to warn the cyclist as well as the oncoming turning car. You sounded the horn with the cyclist still some way behind you. Plus, it must be remembered that your car horn would be at the front of your car and facing forwards! Would folks rather that an accident occurred and the cyclist injured?
Absolutely, might save a life. I always notice pedestrians looking at the road when somebody beeps their horn. Unfortunately, people don't use it as it was designed.
Gotta disagree with 11:00, the person who deserves most criticism is the driver of the red car, of which should not be in possession of a licence. I don't think the black car was particularly risky. They had traffic behind and slamming on the brakes because of the red car could cause more issues. They slowed down to your speed.
Yep pedx at junction rules are ridiculous, i did not see any problem previously ie. Find a crossing or wait till its safe. Now you get one extreme to another peds either running into roads (no where near a junction ) or ones that just stand there doing nothing at junction when you stop and it is safe for them to cross. Would love to see the accident stats.
Genuine question: for the H2 rule, why is it that pedestrians have right of way to cross? If I’m in the vehicle either turning in/out of a T junction and my vision down the road is impaired, I’m not going to put a waiting pedestrian at risk. To me this rule puts pedestrians at MORE risk than good. 🤷♂️ thoughts?
there is better visibility and a drop curb at that give way sign you was stopped at also you cant trust indicators at a junction like that, it also gives the vehicle a safe place to stop so its back end aint out in the open to get spanked.
Whatever happened to public information films on all channels like they did with the Green Cross Code? Looking at pedestrian and parents not teaching it to their kids - that should be repeated too! Have you seen the Irish ones on speeding? They should be shown everywhere.
At around 5:57, funny that the radio announcer was talking about Bingo and spinning to win...at the same time that the SUV behind you seemingly wanted to play and spin at "merge in turn" bingo!
What I took from this video is to pay more attention to delivery drivers as the pressure they're under to deliver fast is ridiculous these days, I wouldn't have thought to put asda vans in that category, as I thought it just meant to look out for your deliveroos and justeat drivers, but I will add supermarket vans to that list as well now,
That last one, they need a raised pedestrian crossing there at the very least. It's all the cars not letting her cross (turning into the road) that are the big issue. Even here in the backwaters of Australia, we know to give way to a pedestrian crossing the street you are entering.
There is a particular exit from a smaller but extremely busy roundabout near me. 2 lanes exit and I would never give way to a pedestrian there unless it was at a time when no other road users were about or if they proceeded to cross. I’m always ready to stop but I never feel it’s safe too. I’m not concerned about drivers hitting me from behind I can’t manage that with my speed. The problem is the 2 lanes quickly merge to 1 and others treat it as a drag race. If I stop I feel that a pedestrian may then cross when the other lane isn’t. To be honest the rest of the junctions on the roundabout have pedestrian controlled lights so if I was walking I’d just go round the long way. It’s the sort of situation where doing the right thing raises the risk to the pedestrian massively
Interesting point about communicating - it's only communicating if the other person engages. If they don't, it's just talking into the void, and I've found this is true at work, with friends or SO's. There's no point in arguing "but I told them" if they aren't listening - if you don't get a response, assume that events will play out the same as if you didn't talk at all.
Recently I was driving home from work and after a short while went to look in my left mirror to realise I couldn't see in it because it was folded in. I therefore adjusted my driving to compensate until I could pull over and sort it. Turns out my car had been crashed into whilst parked, causing a dent in the door and the mirror to be pushed in. Needless to say, I was raging!
Last clip.....agree DVSA needs to extract a digit rather quickly. What about an on line Highway Code learning course? Need to take and complete it successfully, say, with 12 months otherwise your driving licence is suspended. I suspect that could well focus a few minds!!
At around 6:44 with folks on the main road cutting the corner when turning right into the minor road you want to turn right out of. This is one reason why I put a fair amount of emphasis on an early look left to observe if this is about to happen as I creep up to the Give Way line.
10:33 How tf do u press the horn so fast? There's times I try to press the horn multiple times but it just don't work lol Need to put too much effort into pressing it
Only reason cyclists on twitter would give out about you beeping the horn there would be if they were aiming to go head over heels over the bonnet of the crossing car and you cost them their content.
1:06 Yellow Nissan seems to do a good job here, allowing the cammer to proceed past their own parked cars before moving further forwards. But then gets insulted, laughed at, and their driving posted on the internet as an example of a driving failure.
5:12 when I was doing DAS motorcycle training, slowing to let a vehicle out of a side road and delaying traffic behind you would have been a fail. What's changed?
Standards of driving. Surely as a biker you always have your brakes covered and are checking for possible escape routes when you approach such scenarios? If no-one is 2cm from your rear plate, it is far easier and safer for you to do as Ashley did. The law may well say the lorry gives way but that does not mean to say he will. Indeed, I find many larger vehicle drivers use their might to force out. I am not always unsympathetic, as they rarely have the acceleration to make the move cleanly in busy times. I would also presume on the test you were expected to show you were, as above, aware of the potential dangers. So blasting past and claiming your right would not have been appreciated.
@@eddieingalls534 none of your boring stream of drivel answers my question. The DSA examiners here would have failed a student who slowed traffic on a major road to allow someone out. What's changed?
Two lanes which then become one, so merge in turn, and it wasn't the Kia's turn. Didn't you notice the road markings indicating the right lane to merge. I get the feeling that YOU would have barged past because you think you're in the right, and the emoji doesn't make it jokey or sarcastic!
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2:50 that was a beautiful gesture by helping those people push the vehicle..You are a true knight of the road ashley.
I have stopped myself and helped people push a car gives you a feel good factor helping others 😊
@@philiplee658 Definitely! I stopped to help push someone who ran out of diesel last year and didn't get a thank you or anything, still made me feel good for helping :)
I was going to say the exact same thing, so you get a 👍 instead.
It was a very kind move. But parking on the pavement at a junction is an unusual lapse for Ashley.
Even with that dodgy knee!
When Ashley goes full hulk and just starts pushing like its nothing but the car is now moving 💪 😂
"Don't make me angry, you wouldn't like me when I'm angry."
Yeah, but didn't you see the guy inside the vehicle who released the handbrake to make Ashley look so strong for the video!
Was amused that the sound had gone quiet, the cars outside were stationary , (ok I realised ,after ,the indicator lights were going), and he had struck a very stationary pose before exiting his vehicle that I was convinced the video had froze.😂
Could still pull on a shirt for the reds if they asked 😅
@@Sonya_Makepeace More like Mr McGee.
"...not everyone on the road is going to be the sharpest tool."
The unspoken line: "But some will be absolutely massive ones."
A note for your last clip. The reason the new(ish) changes don't work as they should is because it's a half baked attempt of Dutch style rules. Where we've not actually implemented the infrastructure that makes those rules so much safer, such as; continuous pavements, tighter turning junctions, padestrian priority traffic lights, traffic claiming, and the ilk. We need infrastructure change along with the rules.
100 %
Our Dutch roadrules work fine. We already had them before ww2. And at that time we did not have the roadlayout we have now and you there still have......
@@gerhard6105 Without the light tems and adherence to them, 'Dutch' roundabouts are lethal!
Over 60 cyclists deaths a year occur in Netherlands where a cycle lane interacts with a motor lane which is usually at a perpendicular angle. There are over 200 annual deaths in NL, double that of the UK despite Four times less motor traffic and all that segregation.
Segregation does not work and has increased deaths in netherlands whilst UK cycling deaths have gone down with no segregation.
They absolutely work. The other day I was cycling and I was slowing down to give way to pedestrians who were about to cross a side road I was turning into and lo and behold, they just stepped straight out without looking! The number of pedestrians who do this is shocking. If it weren't for these new updates, I might not have given way and I might have hit them.
Segregation doesn't work, it's crap (is insanel expensive and takes more than half a century to even get some in, see Netherlands) it pushes people on bikes to the periphery such that they have more difficult journeys that are more circuitous and lengthier, you're exposed more at perpendicular angles which is the singular biggest killing zone in netherlands for those riding bikes. That's not opinion, that's the Dutch govs own stats, 60+ people riding bikes get killed when a bike lane crosses a motor lane, More than double the deaths of people on bikes compared to Uk despite us having 4 times more motor traffic and the Dutch having all that segregation. Also ccling modal share has been dropping (despite the manipulation of data to state otherwise). Car sales have increased significantl in NL and no-one wants to talk about these huge elephants and that segregation doesn't change shit, onl make matters more dangerous!
As someone from a very flat city that as of 1989 had a 22% modal share of people riding to work and low car use/ownership, it's not segregated lanes that change outcomes (regards safety) or entice children and adults alike to cycle.
The last clip, people don’t know or don’t care about that specific part of the Highway Code. There was next to no information put out about it unless you avidly watch the news or read the code. The amount of times I’ve had someone almost rear-end me or angrily honk the horn while I’m allowing someone to cross in that situation is ridiculous.
Keep saying it. Safety rules and Laws that dictate what people ‘SHOULD’ do are always doomed to failure.[because they make no allowance for what people do because of natural human behaviour]
Good safety rules allow for human nature and protect you from what people actually do when they are confused, ignorant, incompetent or just plain stupid.
The simple act of saying “don’t do this”, or making something illegal doesn’t stop it from happening.
They need to start putting signs up on busy roads
Hi Ashley, I wanted to point out a fault on your part in one of these clips. At 10:29, the delivery vehicle begins to emerge from your right, and you press your horn briefly to warn them of your presence. From watching other driving fail clips on TH-cam, I've learned that you are actually supposed to hold your horn down continuously until you arrive at your destination. 😉 Keep up the good work
I’ll sort that going forward 👍
But there's no rule, written or unwritten, regarding how long of a honk it should be. I've been known to give longer honks to drivers who are extra oblivious or distracted.
That junction at the end is a prime candidate to have a zebra crossing installed at the drop kerb just prior to the junction. While every driver should be looking out for everyone, that particular scenario with a two lane road *and* two junctions emerging close together is very high risk and I doubt many drivers would be thinking about pedestrians crossing but instead thinking more about getting to the junction before someone pulls out, or pulling out before someone else comes along the road
This one needs additional traffic management to keep everyone safe in my opinion 👍
ive been in this exact situation with my pram and written to the council asking for a zebra crossing, or at least concave mirorrs installed, and i was met with 'theres no money for that' :|
Hi Ashley, the intro clip was most likley a mechanical failure called deisel runaway. This is where a deisel vehicle's engine has blown piston rings and the car revs up all by itsself because of it running on its own oil. Easy to mistake for just revving it up but it is uncontrollable.
Thanks: I learnt something from your comment 😊
Yup
Never thought such a thing happened very often on passenger cars. At least a small car can easily brake in neutral from high speed unlike a lorry.
9:05 I think is an example of why you shouldn't dither. Be decisive. You had plenty of time to move but you sat there and awaited the car approaching before moving, so naturally they thought you were continuing to sit there and committed to the overtake.
The very last clip at around 12:20, absolutely spot on. The authorities really need to have a massive publicity campaign to make folks aware of the "new" rules...which aren't so new now! From my own observations, very few drivers follow these new rules and it really hasn't made much difference at all. To the extent that when they do and allow me to cross, I actually give them a big "thumbs up", a nod and mime "Thank You" as if to say "You are a very rare breed of driver that actually understands the rules".
And that's the thing, if we don't all know the rules it leads to conflict and confusion. Some pedestrians assume priority and if the driver is on the phone or speeding, it can end in tragedy.
At the end of the day, it is a 'should' not a 'must' which arguably make it even more confusing.
My experience in having lived in different places is that in some areas drivers are very compliant in giving way to predestians, while in other areas I have had too many near misses to count, this includes cars bushing past within 30cm behind me.
Wandering off topic but a pet hate of mine when crossing a zebra crossing is the cars that slow just enough for you to cross but they roll past not giving much room behind
They probably are aware but choose to ignore
@@frogsplorerYes I hate that too. It happens even more when crossing a side street that a driver is turning in to. They barely slow down sufficiently for me to cross and then proceeded to virtually "shave the pants" off my trousers. I wonder how these drivers cross the road themselves when they are pedestrians. Would they not mind if another driver did that to them?
About 5 other people and I were almost knocked down at a pedestrian crossing yesterday by a van driver who failed to notice he had a red light until the last possible moment and emergency stopped. He was so close his bonnet ended up half way into the crossing. A miracle he didn't hit anyone. He must have been distracted by a phone or paperwork. It was actually quite scary.
Maybe you can report the driver to the police?
@@tubularcandy812 The van had a company logo. I had planned to call the company when I got home but I couldn't find the company online. Either I misremembered the name or they don't have a website.
I did that once, many years ago. There were a lot of reasons that my concentration was affected and none of them excuse it, but it is the reality of the roads.
Oh my, I hope no one was hurt! But when in a similar situation I suggest going in to 'self preservation' mode and checking that all vehicles coming towards the crossing look like they are slowing down. For your own well being don't assume because you have the green light it is safe & proper to proceed. As you have found too many road users aren't or don't want to pay attention to others!!
@@malcolm6951 Unfortunately, the reason many roads have these crossings in the first place is because they're at places where it's unreasonable to expect people crossing to observe and react in time.
It's the same with Stop signs. People treat them like standard give way markings when the reason you're ordered to stop is that the kinds of checks that you do at a give way aren't sufficient to get a proper idea of the hazards.
No matter how well you try to preserve yourself, you can't ever account for everything. That's why we have traffic controlled junctions and stop signs in the first place.
I’m currently in the process of reforming the way I drive and ride. I’ve still got a way to go but my stress levels have decreased significantly and myself and the road users around me are safer as a result. I found that relearning how to manage anger on the road is helping me in my day to day life a lot more than I would have imagined as well. Thanks a lot @AshleyNeal for your videos and exposing me to my own faults and helping me improve for the future.
Yeah. Watching these videos has helped my attitude. I’ve tried out different attitudes in the past and the one displayed in these videos is best. I’m now more analytical and zen. I also make better observations and anticipate better too
Ditto on that, I was Mr angry on the road. Calmed right down. Still call people tossers and twats but with the windows wound up 😂
Managing anger on the road goes both ways. If people drove properly to begin with, we wouldn't have anger. We shouldn't have to be dealing with anger issues, but drivers driving improperly make that very difficult. I don't take kindly to selfish, aggressive, distracted or careless drivers, and I really don't see that ever changing. I just have a low tolerance for bad behavior.
@@BadDriversOfNapa I cannot relate to that sentiment enough bud really well put! (on and off the road as well)
but for me I can’t sustain the level of stress “solving” other peoples driving with anger.
the easiest thing to change is the way I create or react to situations. I’m allowing them to drive badly whilst I accommodate them and improve my own driving. I naturally have a high awareness of traffic and as a biker definitely have to concentrate as much as I can and I might as well use that for good by reading peoples mistakes and making it a “non event” as Ashley Neal would say.
I would add I’m finding the transition difficult but I’m enjoying The results of being less stressed and obviously safer on the road
@@MAJ0RMEL0DY I like Ashley's motto of _'Make it a non event'_ . Very smart and wise advice, however, not everyone chooses to let things slide. And I see no issue with people who choose to call out other's mistakes. As a driving instructor, Ashley has a duty to err on the side of extreme caution when it comes to the potential of escalating people's mistakes into road rage by honking or shouting at drivers who made a mistake. He'd be incurring liability for encouraging people to do that, so he encourages people not to react at all to other people's mistakes and to just focus on their own driving. Nothing wrong with taking that route and it is the safest.
However, by taking the passive approach and making something a 'non event', that may be true for the moment, but if the person didn't realize they made a mistake, they're certainly going to repeat the same mistake if they don't get honked at or told. What may be a non event now, may very well become an event later for someone else. So I choose to nip it in the bud and use my horn to communicate to other drivers their mistakes. Ashley would strongly disapprove, but he has to because of his being a driving instructor.
My days of pushing vehicles are past now (or at least being of any use in doing it), but I tip my hat to you for helping out.
That junction in the last clip is a prime candidate for white lines to indicate the pedestrians crossing place. The RM van came close to breaking the law there. I've still seen pedestrians forced to stop in the road or even jump out of the way while a horn-blowing eejit barges past them. Time for some prosecutions on that, I believe.
Good use of the horn, and your observation Ashley. @07:14 the cyclist would have had more of a fright if he had hit the car !!
Yeah we should all have the mindset to look after each other on the road and that includes warning of and potential dangers.
The smoking/revving pickup at the start is probably a diesel engine runaway. Basically, if an alternative source of fuel occurs - e.g. oil leaking into the air-intake - then there's no easy way to stop a diesel engine in that situation. Either wait for the alternative source of fuel to run out, or else suffocate the engine by stuffing something into the air-intake are about the only options.
7:10 really excellent use of the horn. I was knocked off my bike in a similar situation except I was passing a coach and had no view at all of anything turning into the side road. If the coach driver had seen me in their mirror and beeped their horn it could have prevented that accident
You are talking as if your accident was the Coach drivers fault? They are paid to drive the Coach and carry the passengers. They are not legally responsible for safeguarding and babysitting you and other cyclists when you are riding past them. You are responsible for your own safety. Not Coach drivers sat in traffic.
That's why I still don't walk out at a junction now like I am seeing so many others doing. Very few people stopping for pedestrians still, I especially hate those where one person is waving you across but there's still traffic coming the other way and they're getting visibly agitated you're not stepping out into traffic.
Yeah, I find it's about simply being aware of what's going on all around rather than focusing too much on one thing you've spotted.
Like I've had numerous times on my walk to work where I have to cross at a roundabout and the left side has two lanes. I'll get some guy on lane 2 with no-one behind him try to wave me across as there's stuff still streaming into lane 1. Literally, just go, you have the ability to enter the roundabout and are simply obstructing my view by staying where you are!
In the clip where Ashley gets out to help push a stranded minibus, I recall a situation some time ago now. I was walking to my local shop when I was asked by the driver of a small car if I could give him a push as his battery was flat and he'd stalled the car I was happy to do so, but noticed there were four very large passengers in the car I asked for them to get out of the car before I would push it and they actually refused, I said to the driver I cannot push the car with you four passengers in it, he shrugged his shoulders and I carried on my way. It's nice to be nice but there are limits!
Final clip: Greater Manchester wanted to put junction-based zebra road markings in place. This is in common with several European countries. People understand zebras. They haven’t kept abreast of even old HC advice, let alone the recent updates.
However, junction zebras were dismissed because they don’t have amber beacons to me make a full zebra. Bonkers!
that is an issue that I, as a yank, see with the british doctrine of defining multiple different species of crossing. in the US, we have a "crosswalk" and then we have crosswalk signals. the crosswalk exists outside any signal apparatus, so it can be placed anywhere it is beneficial. (though by definition, an implied pedestrian crossing exists at every junction)
@@kenbrown2808it’s not really an issue, there are a few types of crossings and everyone knows what the script is with them. Zebra crossings are cheaper for the council and often used where the pelican (light controlled) crossing wouldn’t be suitable.
American roads are generally big and straight from what I’ve seen. British roads vary but many are very tight with lots of bends. There is a zebra crossing near me that wouldn’t be suitable for traffic lights due to space and how the road bends around. You can see the crossing from far enough up the road from the bend however due to the angle, traffic lights wouldnt actually be visible until you are quite close and not all drivers would slow in anticipation. if that makes sense.
Plus the speed limit is 20mph and traffic generally low so having to wait for lights would likely discourage people from using the crossing because it would probably be quicker and low risk just to cross. It’s more for elderly/disabled who might take longer to cross and safer for children who may not be as aware when crossing so it helps protects them because drivers are expecting it.
@wr2899 point being, in my state, if you're at a junction, it's a crossing. If motorists have trouble with the concept, the city, county, or state can paint it in. If it's still an issue, they can apply for permission to put in one or another type of signal, but it is still a crossing.
11:15 scary thing is, managing the risk by accelerating is sometimes seen by these riskmakers as escalation or chastising.
Another good video. I edit a local magazine and I am definitely going to be sharing the ethos of good driving that you promote with the readers, and recommend your channel. Particularly around good horn use which most people seem to see as a telling off, no matter how well intentioned it is.
We need to change the perception/action/intention of the horn being used as a telling off back to hey I'am here or hang on watch out kind of attitude imo.
The amount of horrible drivers out on the roads now!
- I got beeped at for waiting for a wheelchair user to get to the other side of zebra crossing!
- I got beeped at for leaving a junction clear at a red light!
- I got beeped at for letting a bus out whilst we were all crawling at a snails pace during school run!
Driving has become less and less enjoyable, and now it is just a stressful necessity of life!!! 😖
I'd honk back 😂
Get out and look around your car. When you cant see anything wrong stand there, scratch your head for a few seconds then look at the driver and ask what is the emergency with my vehicle? 🤣
Joking of course, it has taken a long time to learn to ignore them but watching this channel has helped me a lot. Don’t engage and make it a non event. One thing I like to say to myself is “It is a them issue”
@@smilerbob I love this advice!! I totally agree - it does take time getting the into the right mind set in order to rise above it, be the more mature driver, and make these scenarios a ‘non event’! This channel has helped me as well, to just take a big breath when dealing with absolute idiots, who we unfortunately have the displeasure of permanently having to share the roads with now!
@@letter1014Smile and wave, boys. Smile and wave.
@@Chomp-Rock 😂
Like you, in the last clip, I try to give pedestrians the chance to cross but it often makes me feel uncomfortable as I can't control other drivers. If the DVLA wants these to be crossing points make them zebra crossings.
6:52 I wonder what caused all of those problems? People treating the yellow box like it literally doesn't exist! Can they not see it??? Brilliant response Ash.
Helping that learner reminded me. The other day I was waiting for a learner to parallel park. I could have got past them, realistically, but didnt want to add a bus going past to them to the challenges. A passenger leaned forward and commented "If they cant park, they should be on the road"
I clapped back by pointing out that they are LEARNING to get better. A lack of empathy bothers me.
7:10 Ashley notices. 7:12 Ashley works out the danger. 7:13 Ashley saves an cyclist from being a statistic. Great Job.
I,d rather see natural selection at work.
That first clip is a classic case of a runaway diesel. There's either an issue with the piston rings or the turbo and the engine is burning engine oil instead of diesel. Switching the ignition off won't stop it. If it's a manual, stick it in a high gear with the brake fully on and dump the clutch, it's the only way you can realistically stop one if you're on the side of the road. If you have an automatic diesel, there's not much you can do other than sit there and wait for the engine to seize up.
Crazy! I didn’t know this was possible
Absolutely correct, and it looks like it seized as they were approaching, them two obviously had no idea what was happening, black smoke my arse lol.
if you can get to the air intake and block it, that will also shut it down, but yes, if the engine of ANYTHING is trying to run away, and you have a manual transmission, go to high gear and use the brakes to stop it; with the clutch engaged, so it stalls the motor. (by "anything" I mean if the engine runs away for other reasons, as well)
damn, just wrote a comment explaining this and saw this right after. Glad to see im not the only one who knows whats happening
It was great to see you be nice Ashley and helped those people out with pushing that passenger van 2:30. It's nice to be nice 😃. I hear people always say it's not worth the risk to help people out, because you don't know what could happen, but in most cases I believe it's good to help. Also, about what you said about cycling twitter, I believe the horn use was a life saver. Oh, and speaking of twitter, love your Ford Focus as a new logo. I also believe the DVSA should be doing more to help people out at junctions. Maybe it's time for more zebra crossings at junctions too.
In the opening clip, I think that may have been a runaway diesel. Diesel engines don't have a throttle valve, so if they receive an uncontrolled fuel source (eg. an oil leak from a broken turbocharger), they will just run until that fuel source is removed, or you find a way to starve it of air. In most cases, when the fuel source is the engine oil, it'll run until the oil gets low enough to seize the bearings - and it'll make those huge clouds of smoke in the process.
Anyone else adopted the "Ashley Look" at people doing something stupid? 🤣
Yeah I love the turning of the head to glare at people cutting the corner on that angled junction xD
😂😂😂😂
1:05 Had a similar thing happen to me recently when I was out delivering for a supermarket in a fairly large van, meaning I had a bit of trouble getting past them. Only thing is, the two people coming the other way were in a marked police car, no lights or sirens on... not unsafe at all, just a little uncourteous!
The pickup at the start is what's called diesel run away. It's where the engine won't turn off and it's running on its own engine oil. It's the death of an engine.
At 10:00, I would have done exactly as you. Wait behind the line at the green light as there wasn't sufficient space to clear the crossing. This is why it also pays to keep your distance in slow moving traffic, so that you can easily make this sort of decision and not get yourself trapped. So many drivers just follow the tail of the vehicle in front and don't think about this sort of situation. As for the white BMW SUV jumping the red light and cheating it's way through the traffic, words fail me!
Funny junction indeed
@ 7:20 According to the Highway Code rule 112:
"The horn. Use only while your vehicle is moving and you need to warn other road users of your presence. Never sound your horn aggressively. You MUST NOT use your horn
while stationary on the road
when driving in a built-up area between the hours of 11.30 pm and 7.00 am
except when another road user poses a danger."
I think the Highway Code takes precedence over Twitter.
In this instance Ashely was not moving but the van driver DID pose a danger - not to Ashley perhaps but it does not specify that the other road user must pose a danger to the one sounding the horn.
I also tend to use my horn to gently warn cyclists of my presence because they seem to be oblivious of other road users.
Nice to see that gentleman @5:20 remove his hat as a show of respect when he saw who was driving past.
7:17 Bit of a different situation where some of cycling twitter disagreed with you was when the beeping vehicle was using the horn to facilitate an overtake of cycles.
Using that kind of logic at 6:05 with the folded up wing mirror you should you have beeped your horn at them -only to make him aware of your presence as you proceed past him, no?
4:39 Coincidentally, I saw the same this today. 😮
A kid of the quite same age, on the passenger seat, but worst: window was down and he has the head out the window, engoying the sunny yet chilly day. Imagine an emergency break, by any chance. 🤦
I've seen a few times people driving whilst their children are literally climbing around the seats in the back. Some people just shouldn't be parents.
6:02 with the mirrors folded in reminds me of when I was cycling home, came to a junction with someone already waiting to turn out. I saw their mirrors were in, so I walked up next to them because their window was also open. I told them "Your mirrors are folded in". To which they responded with "No they aren't". About 30 metres down the road, I see them fold them out... What goes through someone's mind to refuse to see what is painfully obvious?
As a professional driver, HGV class 1... Your chanel is the only place I recall ever being told about this change in the rules... Neither from employer or anywhere else in the press.
And going by the reaction I get when I try to give priority from other road users I guess I am the only one aware , even the pedestrians who just stand there not knowing wether to cross or not...
When I'm a pedestrian I still won't go unless I know the driver is giving way, because there's no way of knowing if the approaching car knows. If someone is indicating to turn I don't step out, same as before the new rules.
At around 11:00 re "Age gets to us all and it's going to happen to me and you". I often think about that Ash and it's one reason why my Mum and I like to keep busy attending all these events. I'm a fair bit older than you Ash, so it's "going to happen" to me somewhat earlier. I do hope I will be able to continue driving in an alert and safe fashion well into my senior years and I do try and lead a healthy lifestyle. In a way, I also consider myself "lucky" to have had cataracts at an early age and had the surgery to have them removed back in Oct 2014, two weeks apart for each eye, back in Vancouver. I have since enjoyed 6/6 vision in each eye without contact lenses or glasses despite being at -14 dioptres of myopia. Of course now, my "prescription lenses" are inside my eyes.
I'm also lucky I have a Mum who is relatively healthy and can do all these trips with me. If not, I would not make these trips on my own and leave her at home alone. She is 25 years my senior btw. As you may recall, she did have a medical episode at the British Motor Show in Farnborough earlier this year and was taken by ambulance to the nearest A&E where we spent 8 hours for her to have various tests and be given the all clear. Likely to have been acid reflux and was in no way cardiac related. Fingers crossed that was a one off. She does get tired with all these trips though, especially bearing in mind that many folks in their 30s would find them tiring!
We have many trips planned in the near future and beyond, so very much hope that age doesn't catch up with us too much!
I do hope you will continue this channel for many years and indeed decades to come by the way. Hope I get to meet you again btw...and yes possibly do a Viewers Drives at some point.
You and your mum are many times active than myself , I have to admit.
Sending best wishes to your Mum! I'm so glad I finally learned to drive at 49 and was able to take my own Mum on many trips during her final years, which she loved!
@@davidhowe6905 That's very heartwarming to hear David. I hope you had many happy times and trips together.snd great memories. I'm very close to my mum so can relate to that. And congratulations on passing your test at the age of 49. I passed my test in 1978 and am still of course learning. You never stop learning.
Interestingly my mum owns a classic 1978 Mini Clubman, owned from new. We haven't actually driven it for around 4 years now but plan to do so next spring, after first replacing all the fluids (including the petrol) and giving it a full service.
I wish you many decades of happy motoring.
@@thomaselliot2257 She often says to me "I think sometimes you forget my age" when we are doing all these trips as well as "Wait till you get to my age".
At 2:53, from Van Horizontal to Car Vertical! Joking aside, good on you Ash to get out and help them push the van out the way. I'd likely do the same, making sure first to lock my car if I don't have a passenger (my Mum) inside and even then, I'd be taking the keys out of the ignition and with me. Don't want to be a victim of theft or car jacking.
1:05 Both cars arrived at the gap at essentially the same time, and the yellow car kept creeping carefully (never fully stopping). It looks like they just made sure that there's no collision while pulling over.
2:22 I would have assumed that they are one of those kinds of driver who just stop in the middle of the road to sort out their loading/unloading or inter-personal issues. It didn't occur to me at all that they legitimately might have a defect.
10:35 There may have been sun reflecting from your headlights. I don't think they would have gone at _that_ time on purpose.
1:36 we say terrible parking but what if there were other cars already parked there and that was the only way to park. Just saying not to judge too early😊
Last clip. Happens too often. Exactly the same scenario where my (correct) holding back has suggested to the pedestrian that the other side is clear for them to go, but the opposing traffic does not abide by the law and almost clobbers them. There needs to be more PR on this otherwise there will be deaths and injuries
It’s nice to be nice, but I would be interested to know what the defence is for the offence of driving on the footway at 2’24”. The road appears wide enough to park at the kerb (and is, in any case, already obstructed by the broken down vehicle).
If the Focus has got the L-box on, you’re reinforcing bad parking by doing so; conversely, by parking at the kerb you would highlight that the parked van is parked unlawfully.
Otherwise, I applaud the effort.
(Of course, I’ve come across cars/taxis where that’s just how they park to let passengers on/off, and sod anybody who’s inconvenienced by it. Got to risk-assess any approach to make sure you can handle the potential escalation.)
The offence 😂
@@ashley_neal you do know it’s an offence under s72 of the Highways Act 1835 “to lead or drive any… carriage of any description [upon any footpath or causeway by the side of any road made or set apart for the use or accommodation of foot passengers]”.
The video clearly shows you driving on the footway.
I drive in The Highlands of Scotland. A common sight are mirrors folded in particularly on camper vans/motorhomes. As far as I'm concerned, you are making your vehicle unroadworthy, and the authorities should be clamping down on this. Like you said Ashley. They can't see you behind.
At around 10:36, the delivery van was also cutting the corner / bend there to make a right turn into the side street. They should have kept further over to the left and continued to moved forward on the main road which bends to the left before committing to their right turn. Had you been following the main road to round to the right, you would have had to give up priority to let the van make it's right turn, and all because it wasn't positioned properly.
I saw that but then remembered on a previous video there are / were parked cars on the approach to the junction.
I still don’t think the driver needed to be that far over though 👍
But Ashley was quite happy to give up priority to the blue van at 5:07 forcing the Virgin van behind to brake firmly, which is inconsiderate to the van driver, I think.
passed my test many years ago, but, you learn more every day as you continue afterwards. Like watching these videos.
10:36 "No officer, I didn't see him in his fluorescent green car that is the only vehicle brighter than this one"
I was thinking the beep was to let the delivery driver know that Ash needed to get in front so he could open the front door for the delivery 😉
What happened to the "teaching xyz's pupil" up loades earlier. I was saving it for later.
I was just about to watch that too!
Pupil didn’t want it going public. Sorry
@@ashley_neal That must have been a lot of effort on your part. I thought it might have been meant for your paid for ADI channel ?
I'd say 1:12 is against rule 243 of the HC. Another one at 1:50. Same at 2:20 (not the broken down taxi, the white van, probably also the one around the corner). More at 6:06 and 6:10. Probably at 6:40
The beep with the cyclist going passed the junction, no issues from me with that one. It wasn’t a blast, it was a toot.
It was good to see caution shown by both (the driver didn’t just accelerate across the road) and good that the whole situation was a non event. Even the van driver fixing their mistake to allow the car to turn was good to see 👍
I think you should have some sticker made
1 Nice to be Nice
2 make it a none event
😊
3 - Priority is given, not taken
Given your knowledge, The way you articulate situations especially and the overwhelming amount of evidence you have from your dashcam and those sent in, I say you would be best placed to go after the DVSA over these rules that are just making roads more dangerous for drivers, Cyclists and the general public. Another great video, I am awaiting the SD card back from the local police as I was nearly involved in/Witness to an accident early hours of the morning at the end of September, I had a 6 passengers in my smax who had came over from Portugal and Switzerland for a Mauy Thai event. When I dropped them at the airport the next Day they said to me 'Thank you for everything you have done for us and for saving our lives last night Brother' I told them that I didn't think I had 'Saved their lives' but they were welcome, When I get the SD card back and if the footage is still there I will send it in for your opinion.
Never mind the driving Ashley, you are rocking that rose pink top. It’s gorgeous! 😊
4:31 When I was on the private hires I had a fare once, a young couple with a couple year old toddler. They were all sat in the back, with the toddler on the lads lap. I looked in the nearside mirror whilst doing around 30mph, and the lad had the toddler from the wait up held out of the window. Needles to say I lost my temper with him, and canceled the fare, and dropped them off.
At the 10:35 mark, with the delivery van you were glaring to the right and then staring in the offside mirror for a good 3 seconds whilst travelling forwards. It took you a full 20 seconds to get over it and regain full concentration on the road. Maybe the delivery driver was glaring at another road user or dwelling on a past incident when he nearly pulled out on you.
Thought I could hear the indicator(s) ticking as well …
@@wallygumboot7416technically a left turn
That A139PRO night footage looks great, lovely sunset 😍 Its nice to be nice is a very good statement
How are you finding the Adaptive LED headlights on the focus? I have adaptive Xenon headlights on my current car and love them. Perfect for twitsy roads.
Not only no seatbelt on the child at 4:56 but I guarantee the passenger air bag is still active as well
What's with the interior disco lights when you got out of your Focus to help push the taxi?
beeping the horn was the best thing to do you made everyone more alert fast think for the win
Absolutely agree especially with the last clip with the lady and the pram. So many people are not clear on the rules regarding giving way to pedestrians and i've seen many times where confusion / lack of awareness simply creates extra risk for everyone.
12:50 we should just start painting zebras at every junction exit/entry then people might get it
Expensive job
Ashley, I'm sure you do your fair bit of walking.
The clip you have at 12:40 is exactly how I see 99% of turning cars with pedestrians waiting to cross occur.
I lived in London last year around Chelsea. Some of the busy roads there have some really heavy foot traffic crossing roads with traffic turning in. I'll be totally honest and admit I would take my right of way (to my own danger) and cross the road with traffic soon to turn in, more often than not it results in the car honking their horns and swearing at me. I turned it into a bit of a game really, gives me the moral high ground to shout back!
Not really, it’s not your priority to take as it should be give before you step out.
If a horn is really loud and frightens people when it is used…why is it an MOT failure if the horn doesn’t work or doesn’t produce a loud enough tone? 🤔
I think they're specifically talking about cyclists on 'cycling twitter' who do not have the barrier of a car in between their ears and the horn. But the usage was correct so.
If your car breaks down in a dodgy place, you can usually move it a good few yards with the starter motor, assuming it's not a battery issue. Just put the car in gear, clutch up and start the car, then move and steer to a safer spot. Shouldn't do any damage the starter motor is doing all the work and you don't even have to get out of the car.
On larger vehicles it is best to ride the clutch while cranking as the additional weight can put stress on the starter bushes and begin to burn them out. Plus you can control the speed a bit better as well with less jumping about on all vehicles 👍
many vehicles have a clutch interlock to prevent doing that on accident. but that is a potential benefit of a manual transmission. doesn't work on an automatic shift, though. - and they ALL have an interlock.
Another interesting, eclectic examples of nice driving and pushing from one experienced professional , and calling out observed driving fails. All from his own dashcam.
It is always worth remembering that only you can see what you can see. Other people see what they see. You (or they) CANNOT see what they (or you) can see. That OFTEN explains why people do the things they do.... because they are deciding what to to (or not do) based on what they can see and NOT what you can see.
1:37 They just pressed the perpendicular parking button rather than the parallel.
@2:57 what's going on with your seats?
Merging appears to be as difficult a concept to grasp as String Theory for a large percentage of motorists.
What was the audio at 5:20 ??
At 7:07, the mind boggles that some folk think you shouldn't have sounded the horn when you did to warn the cyclist as well as the oncoming turning car. You sounded the horn with the cyclist still some way behind you. Plus, it must be remembered that your car horn would be at the front of your car and facing forwards! Would folks rather that an accident occurred and the cyclist injured?
Absolutely, might save a life. I always notice pedestrians looking at the road when somebody beeps their horn. Unfortunately, people don't use it as it was designed.
Gotta disagree with 11:00, the person who deserves most criticism is the driver of the red car, of which should not be in possession of a licence. I don't think the black car was particularly risky. They had traffic behind and slamming on the brakes because of the red car could cause more issues. They slowed down to your speed.
Yep pedx at junction rules are ridiculous, i did not see any problem previously ie. Find a crossing or wait till its safe. Now you get one extreme to another peds either running into roads (no where near a junction ) or ones that just stand there doing nothing at junction when you stop and it is safe for them to cross. Would love to see the accident stats.
Nice matching bonnet 'n grass verge combination. Strangely pleasing to the eye.
Genuine question: for the H2 rule, why is it that pedestrians have right of way to cross? If I’m in the vehicle either turning in/out of a T junction and my vision down the road is impaired, I’m not going to put a waiting pedestrian at risk. To me this rule puts pedestrians at MORE risk than good. 🤷♂️ thoughts?
8:50 I'm sorry but if you are practising and are that slow at it, gotta do it in a parking lot
there is better visibility and a drop curb at that give way sign you was stopped at also you cant trust indicators at a junction like that, it also gives the vehicle a safe place to stop so its back end aint out in the open to get spanked.
Whatever happened to public information films on all channels like they did with the Green Cross Code? Looking at pedestrian and parents not teaching it to their kids - that should be repeated too! Have you seen the Irish ones on speeding? They should be shown everywhere.
At around 5:57, funny that the radio announcer was talking about Bingo and spinning to win...at the same time that the SUV behind you seemingly wanted to play and spin at "merge in turn" bingo!
He wanted to gamble with his position.
What I took from this video is to pay more attention to delivery drivers as the pressure they're under to deliver fast is ridiculous these days, I wouldn't have thought to put asda vans in that category, as I thought it just meant to look out for your deliveroos and justeat drivers, but I will add supermarket vans to that list as well now,
That last one, they need a raised pedestrian crossing there at the very least. It's all the cars not letting her cross (turning into the road) that are the big issue. Even here in the backwaters of Australia, we know to give way to a pedestrian crossing the street you are entering.
There is a particular exit from a smaller but extremely busy roundabout near me. 2 lanes exit and I would never give way to a pedestrian there unless it was at a time when no other road users were about or if they proceeded to cross. I’m always ready to stop but I never feel it’s safe too. I’m not concerned about drivers hitting me from behind I can’t manage that with my speed. The problem is the 2 lanes quickly merge to 1 and others treat it as a drag race. If I stop I feel that a pedestrian may then cross when the other lane isn’t. To be honest the rest of the junctions on the roundabout have pedestrian controlled lights so if I was walking I’d just go round the long way. It’s the sort of situation where doing the right thing raises the risk to the pedestrian massively
Interesting point about communicating - it's only communicating if the other person engages. If they don't, it's just talking into the void, and I've found this is true at work, with friends or SO's. There's no point in arguing "but I told them" if they aren't listening - if you don't get a response, assume that events will play out the same as if you didn't talk at all.
Hi Ash, what car is this you’re teaching in?
Recently I was driving home from work and after a short while went to look in my left mirror to realise I couldn't see in it because it was folded in. I therefore adjusted my driving to compensate until I could pull over and sort it. Turns out my car had been crashed into whilst parked, causing a dent in the door and the mirror to be pushed in. Needless to say, I was raging!
Excellent video as ever Ashley - did you get a pack of bright coloured tops for your birthday?!
11:59 very nice of you, respect 😊
Thank you for the videos!
2:40 reminded me of Desperate Dan moving that van out of the way.
Last clip.....agree DVSA needs to extract a digit rather quickly. What about an on line Highway Code learning course? Need to take and complete it successfully, say, with 12 months otherwise your driving licence is suspended. I suspect that could well focus a few minds!!
12:43 I wonder if you helped the learner top right, behind you, with their test result.
At around 6:44 with folks on the main road cutting the corner when turning right into the minor road you want to turn right out of. This is one reason why I put a fair amount of emphasis on an early look left to observe if this is about to happen as I creep up to the Give Way line.
10:33 How tf do u press the horn so fast?
There's times I try to press the horn multiple times but it just don't work lol
Need to put too much effort into pressing it
Only reason cyclists on twitter would give out about you beeping the horn there would be if they were aiming to go head over heels over the bonnet of the crossing car and you cost them their content.
Most new cyclists are terrible people
impeccable logic.
1:06 Yellow Nissan seems to do a good job here, allowing the cammer to proceed past their own parked cars before moving further forwards.
But then gets insulted, laughed at, and their driving posted on the internet as an example of a driving failure.
5:12 when I was doing DAS motorcycle training, slowing to let a vehicle out of a side road and delaying traffic behind you would have been a fail. What's changed?
Standards of driving.
Surely as a biker you always have your brakes covered and are checking for possible escape routes when you approach such scenarios? If no-one is 2cm from your rear plate, it is far easier and safer for you to do as Ashley did.
The law may well say the lorry gives way but that does not mean to say he will. Indeed, I find many larger vehicle drivers use their might to force out. I am not always unsympathetic, as they rarely have the acceleration to make the move cleanly in busy times.
I would also presume on the test you were expected to show you were, as above, aware of the potential dangers. So blasting past and claiming your right would not have been appreciated.
@@eddieingalls534 none of your boring stream of drivel answers my question. The DSA examiners here would have failed a student who slowed traffic on a major road to allow someone out.
What's changed?
5:53 dude, she is in the overtaking lane! I thought you were a driving instructor!
/s
😁
Two lanes which then become one, so merge in turn, and it wasn't the Kia's turn. Didn't you notice the road markings indicating the right lane to merge. I get the feeling that YOU would have barged past because you think you're in the right, and the emoji doesn't make it jokey or sarcastic!
@@m-arky66 /s = sarcasm for everyone to understand
Have a nice day