Car Vertical is everywhere these days. It must be said that they're extremely overpriced. You can get the same level of detail on a vehicle for £3.99 per check with other check companies, even with crash damaged images etc.
7:40 This really pisses me off. You've got a responsibility to look after your dog. Do not have them on an extendable lead next to the road: lock it or use another lead. Pay attention to what your dog is doing at all times: if you need to check your phone, adjust your coat or anything, do so at a safe spot, and not right next to a road. People who can't look after their dogs like this shouldn't have them.
All they have to do is lock the lead so it is short and controllable whilst walking next to roads, it's what I did with all my dogs and only requires commonsense.
One of the saddest things I have ever seen was a discussion between what looked like a bus inspector and a dog walker at a layby bus stop. The dog was still on the lead the owner was holding but it the poodle was laying down with a flat head and a big pool of blood.
That last clip looks like what you often see on other dash cam channels, where the driver turning has to prove they have priority. What the BMW driver failed to realise is that the cammer had exactly the same priory as they did. So who goes first? Quite often one person will stop to allow the other to go, but if people actually went around the roundabout there's no reason they couldn't proceed at the same time.
what a lot of drivers dont realise is its a Must go round the mini roundabout unless you drive a vehilce that can not physically do it. risking a fine for a couple of seconds saved but thats if the police would enforce it.
@@douglasreid699 Absolutely! If you look at the section of the Highway Code on mini-roundabouts, the only rule that is a _MUST_ instead of a _should_ (and is therefore a law) is the one about going around the central roundel rather than over it, unless physically unable to do so. But you still get people inventing esoteric and unjustifiable interpretations of the _should_ rules and treating them as over-riding the single _MUST._
Yep. The BMW driver has the mindset that, if they begin their turn first, they can TAKE priority. And, 99 times out of 100, it'll work because more diligent, courteous, drivers will defer. Eventually, though, they'll meet another driver who either has the same mentality OR somebody who simply isn't paying attention.
@@SiCrewe i think its just a lazy driver in the BMW that doesnt care. They probably cut all the mini roundabouts they come across. If i was driving the cam car i wouldnt have tried to enter until the bmw had gone round, it was still a tight gap to enter the roundabout safely even if the BMW went round the markings.
"I have done stupid things in my past" Respect to Ashley for admitting this because we all have. But what this really says is a truly competent driver needs to learn by their mistakes. We are all learning bit by bit but sadly some learn a lot slower than others
Straightlining roundabouts has been a pet-hate of mine for decades. I'm slowly getting my father to undo this nasty habit in his driving. It's up there with people cutting blind corners because they can't be bothered to slow down a couple of mph and steer a bit more to take the corner on THEIR side of the road.
@@rustydusty2992 exactly this. Straight lining isn't limited to roundabouts either. In advanced, I was taught to do it in multiple situations, providing it's safe to do so and your presence isn't effected (as in - no one would see it and grow concerned, pinpoint your driving etc). I do it a lot still but if done right, you'll never see it ☺️
@@rustydusty2992 Oh I know, it's like a lot of driving in that lots of things can be perfectly safe in some instances but downright stupid in others, but I only 'nudge' him when he does it when it really wasn't sensible to do it :)
I do wonder if we've reached the stage where some people either think everything is somebody else's fault or responsibility, or they just don't care about anybody else. Sadly, I don't think it's confined to driving.
It's a bit of both, people will act thoughtlessly without any consideration for anyone else, even feeling like they'll risk being in an accident as long as they feel like they can shift the blame onto others. And yeah, a lot of people are like that in life. They'll just do what they like and screw anyone else, and if you're taken aback by that, that's on you. Folk like that are just tiring to be around and I avoid it where I can.
One thing that is getting worse is signage. The roads are getting more congested and the signage is getting worse such that very often unless you have an intimate knowledge of the area you have a good chance of being in the wrong lane. I forget the number of times I have missed my exit off the motorway because of a string of high-sided trucks obscuring the direction signs, which also means that even if I knew that I had to exit there was often little chance of moving into lane #1 to do so. Having large signs on the verge is useless if it is obscured by high-sided vehicles. Over head gantries should be used as a matter of standard practice. Its often a waste of time having lane markings painted on the road when they are illegible because of traffic in front and that is before you consider that the signs have all been mostly worn away. Again, at busy junctions overhead gantry signs giving clear indication as to the direction for each lane is vital. Take away the confusion and indecision and many of the incidents here would be avoided.
@@selseyonetwenty4631 Its not just worn out road markings that disappear in dark, wet conditions but those that are perfectly visible at all other times. To rely on painted road markings may be cheap but they are not to be considered as adequate on their own.
8:10. How nice of the driver in the GTI to slam on the brakes so the car with the camera could close up and get the photographs of their numberplates to report to the police
ha ha! My footage. I sent it to Wiltshire police but I assume the driver was unidentifiable. No gestures fom me but I was watching that GTI in my offside mirror...
8:10 So people are now doing crazy brake-checks even without any horn use from the other driver?! Anyone triggered to do that by a headlight flash or supposed 'gesture' genuinely needs confining in a secure unit.
In the clip with the Toyota Yaris, I believe that the driver was fully aware of what was behind them, the way that they slowed to a stop rather than a sudden halt when the cammer used their horn shows that they were not surprised by the horn. I own that same model and it is equipped with a rear view camera. I have been beeped a few times while reversing because the car behind thought that I didn't know they where there.
I was the one with the camera in that clip. I sent it in with a few other clips a little while ago. I did assume it must have had some rear cameras and sensors as its a newer car. However I gave a little toot of the horn as from my position, their bumper came out of view from the cabin of my car so it did give me a little "Oh dear please no!" thoughts haha. Though I mainly beeped in part of that, and because of the situation. they may have only seen the lorry and wanted to get out of the way quickly. Hence the beep was just a way to remind them that I am there. I could have done it without a little beep, which could be fine most of the time, However it just takes one time for someone to not be paying attention to lead to a bump.
I've had a taxi driver honking angrily at me because I was slowly reversing into the space in front of him while the gap was still two metres. Mate, I'm checking all my mirrors and my reversing cam, the sensors are beeping and showing me the distance, and the car is smart enough to smack the brakes automatically if I ignore all of these warnings.
Ignorant, inconsiderate and impatient - three words that perfectly describe a lot of drivers on our roads. It's getting increasingly scary what people think they can do just because they are in a 2 ton metal box...
I live semi rurally, its considered rural but the urban creep is catching up to us and our roads are much busier for it at all times of day. Its entirely anecdotal ofcourse but as of late I've noticed a lot more drunk or just dangerous driving. Last night, out for takeaway, 20 mins drive each way into the nearest town and I've come across five people I can only assume were drunk. Drifting across lanes, randomly braking, speed constantly changing by as much as 15 mph on dry, straight, open road. Its always been a problem but the police really cracked down about 20 years ago and it had a great immediate effect. However, you never see them anymore. No plod, no cars, they often dont come out to 999 calls till the next day. And its showing, anti social behaviour and just downright dangerous driving are the most obvious to me, not to mention all the tool theft.
This is why a dashcam and a submission to your force's equivalent of Operation Snap is important. We shouldn't have to be doing that, but if the police can't (without going into the politics of why not), then we have to protect ourselves from these risky drivers.
Yeah. The van was fully out on the roundabout in plenty of time, then Phil hammers in to it without really slowing and cuts across the centre while aiming at the van. That one was on him
@@JSmith19858 Looks to me they just went straight. Anyway, I'm just saying that large vehicles are allowed to to go straight over. Rule 188. "Mini-roundabouts. Approach these in the same way as normal roundabouts. All vehicles MUST pass round the central markings except large vehicles which are physically incapable of doing so"
@@hippopotamus86 yes, but they had the room to negotiate it properly and avoid the van had they slowed down a little more. I don't care what the highway code says, I'm saying the crane driver could have done more because the van driver pulled out in plenty of time and had nearly fully negotiated the roundabout by the time the crane lunged in. Had they slowed a little more they wouldn't have needed to jump on the brakes and come to a stop
6:00. Someone did that to me quite recently at school 'pick-up' time as I and an older lady were walking on the pavement. I gave the roof of the car a big 'SLAP!' and woke up the oblivious driver.
I had a black cab do it do me in London once as the driver couldn’t be bothered to wait one car length to turn into a side road. I still had half hour of my lunch break to finish so I just stood in front of him. Little did he realise that while he was mounting the pavement avoiding other pedestrians the traffic had already started moving and it was actually quicker for him to wait on the road rather than endanger everyone along the pavement
I was recently in the right lane waiting to join a roundabout, when the driver in the lane on my left started to beep and angrily shout at me. When it was clear to go, the guy on my left drive straight across through my lane. My worry isn't only that people sometimes drive in a straight line over roundabouts, it's that they insist that is the correct thing to do and anyone in their way is wrong. It was almost like I was trying to zip merge into what he saw as his path and he probably thought I was trying to push in.
Its like people are all stuck in their own bubbles. No forward planning, awareness or knowledge of the basics. Definitely need a societal change before the roads get any safer.
They are stuck in their own bubbles. I watch cars racing towards vehicles after a lane change in front of them when the lane next to them is empty 5 days a week. Absolutely no forward planning what so ever.
On the dog lead one, obviously it's important to have control of your dog around roads. My community of dog trainer friends all hate those thin wirey extendable leads. Because they spool outwards you can't bring the dog closer unless it walks closer to you, they get tied up in other people and dogs really easily, and the mechanism could break and give your dog the full length of the lead next to a road or whilst you're trying to get by an aggy dog. I'd recommend all dog owners use a static 1.5 to 2m silicon lead that isn't retractable. You have more control, a stronger lead and a fixed length. Safer for everyone and your dog!
And to add to the woes of extending leads, cyclists often can't see them when the owner is on one side of a shared path and the dog is on the other. If a car hits it, the dog and owner get the shock; if a cyclist catches it, they can end up on the ground.
The jackknife at the beginning of the video, I have experienced. I was towing a trailer with a pallet load of tiles, doing 80kmph on the motorway. Next thing I know I'm facing the wrong way in the overtaking lane with traffic heading at me. The trailer has lost a wheel and is on it's side, and tiles all over the road. It all happened in the blink of an eye. Fortunately there were drivers coming to my assistance and the police were on the scene quickly. With my speed being deemed acceptable and the wheel having come off the hire trailer I was not found to be at fault, but being rush hour on Friday afternoon I'm sure I was unpopular with the other drivers.
they were probably a bit put out, but it was probably a bit offset by the novelty of seeing it. we had a bit worse one interrupt my holiday, many years back. it was the towing vehicle that lost a wheel, and ended with the whole mess wedged crossways into a bridge on the road out of town. fortunately, I was able to take a completely different route to where I was going.
I do love how so many drivers would rather get in to a collision with another vehicle when they have made a mistake rather than go around a roundabout. 🤦🏻♂️
As a non-driving pedestrian, I sometimes feel unsafe even walking on a pavement at the side of the road. Drivers seem to have the mentality that I shouldn't even be looking at the road like I want to step into it, but the moment they fancy mounting the pavement, them want me to be elsewhere. They park totally blocking it, then when you point out they're making you walk in the road, it's the threat of a physical attack for your troubles.
There's some really good videos showing how weight and distribution can turn a trailer into a weapon against the towing vehicle. I rarely tow, but am well aware of the need to get it right.
Im guessing that the trailer wasn't braked or was overweight with the car on it from that, because if it had working trailer brakes it shouldve slowed down nicely with the car
@@ethanleighton9060 Definately over-weight and not plated as well as the driver speeding to a red light, so likely distracted on top. Hope the driver was ok!
It was a 3.5tonne triaxle, Ifor Williams LM166 is my guess. They weigh around 1 tonne and the Disco will be around 2.1, so plenty below the 3.5 tonne limit of the trailer. The Shogun towing it however is only rated for 3t I believe. And yes, the brakes were obviously crap as with working brakes, this is nearly impossible as the trailer is pulling the car back. Edit: correction - the LWB shogun is rated for 3.5
@@larry365 Regardless of stated towing weight, the combined gross weight of trailer and load should be below that of the towing vehicle. The tail should never wag the dog. That is essential to prevent jack knifing.
@@davebadger100 that's a recommendation, not a rule. If your load is balanced and your brakes are maintained, you can tow 3.5 with no issues I frequently do this though I don't think I'd want to with a Shogun.
10:30 for those who haven't seen US material, we color code our lane markings. the markings between lanes in the same direction are white, and the markings between lanes in opposing directions are yellow. it doesn't stop people from driving on the wrong side of the road, but it makes it easy for a good driver to avoid that mistake.
The clip at 10:00 I'm guessing the driver's unfamiliar with the area and is using a GPS app like Waze, which probably shows they need to be in lane 2 on approach to the roundabout. Unfortunately, they don't seem to recognise this is a two way road and the lanes split far closer to the roundabout... It would help if these apps didn't just tell you what lane to be in until there actually are several lanes to pick from within the distance you can see.
The mini roundabout cutting really annoys me, especially while I'm cycling. How hard is it to just drive round? It literally makes everyone's day a bit quicker. Maybe an aspect of the selfish gene?
@@ditch3827 Yes, I think the issue is that lorries and large vehicles need to go over them, so that would prevent larger vehicles turning. It would solve the other issues though!
Road layouts are terrible these days, confusing and often worn out and full of cars so you can't see the markings anyway. Roundabouts are a mess with confused drivers all over the place. I asked my Police persuit instructor why and he said roughly "those who design them aren't very good at their jobs". Cheshire Oaks is a good example, what a shambles.
I remember a roundabout made up of six mini roundabouts just outside Hatton Cross near Heathrow. How foreign drivers, jet lagged and getting used to driving on the left and their hire car, managed is in itself a miracle.
More lessons to be learned - Let's be CAREFUL out there! At 05:00 there's no way I would have gone forward at that point. There is a long rear overhang on those recovery trucks, which will swing out into you as the truck driver turns left. Best to wait until the truck completes the turn and is safely out of the way. Same for buses.
Hi Ashley. Too many people think a green traffic light means "Go". I tell them it means "Go if it is safe to do so". The incident at 9:25 is an example. Unfortunately some people have lost their lives by going when it hasn't been safe.
6:49 YES! I drive a lot for work and I'm seeing more and more drivers carelessly "straight lining" roundabouts. I always make a point never to go alongside other drivers on a roundabout as they would just sideswipe into you.
After 6 years in Australia, it took me a while to recognise wall’s roundabout which was very close to where I used to live. I didn’t realise until I saw the signs. Crazy how things fade from memory just like that.
There's a quote which goes "Don't engage with idiots. They'll just drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience". That REALLY applies to motoring these days. It's just not worth trying to defend your position on the road in the face of a potential moron. They're either doing it deliberately, in which case they'll be willing to be even more aggressive, or they're totally oblivious, in which case they won't even realise they're doing something wrong. In either case, you might as well just let them get on with it and don't let it disrupt your journey.
7:00 agreed that straight lining roundabouts is getting more common. While I admittedly do so on occasion myself, I only do so when I am certain I wouldn't be impeding/endangering other drivers in doing so. There are at least 2 roundabouts near me that I regularly use that I'm very wary of drivers doing so, and one of them is not so much straight lining the actual roundabout but straight lining the approach to it, and the other being a very small roundabout where I am more often than not turning right.
I only do it when no one else is around but some people drive that way like it's the right thing to do all the time ( like people who just sit in the third lane o the motorway ). I try and stagger when I can and if not I'm ready on the horn and the brake pedal.
I think my new motto is going to be 'If you can, just let people get on with their mistake without making you part of their mistake'. In the clip at 4:05, I thought that the cam car did a great job of managing their position with the lorry.
@@hennersssWhy do I need a more catchy motto when I can remember that one and it's my motto, and not for anyone else? Do you have something constructive to contribute?
My guess is the Mini at 9:50 was following the sat nav telling them to be in the right hand lane for the roundabout, not realising that there wasn't a right hand lane yet!
4:30 The Yaris has a standard reversing camera. Good chance they were just that bit more confident as a result, but it’s still justified to beep to remind the driver of the cammer’s presence just in case.
The increased performance of modern vehicles and lack of attention, combined with over confidence and lack of experience results in these kind of incidents.
Love the first clip, the cammer doesn't think "Oh my god I hope everyone's alright" or "I wonder if they need help" their first thought is "I have that on dash cam"
4:30 inshes retail park in Inverness, the kerbs are all sharp 90 degree corners so if you are driving anything larger than a Citroen ami you need to make a VERY wide turn
Got to agree with steering laziness, it appears many drivers have not proper control when steering. I’ve been observing drivers turning into and out of junctions, it’s quite clear laziness is the heart of the problem, shocking some of it- most of it!
If there is one thing I do more than ever these days, it's being wary of _everyone_ on a roundabout or mini-roundabout. I already wouldn't have dreamt of trying to overtake someone on the left unless it's with a slow differential speed passing slow or stationary traffic that is queuing, or of getting alongside long vehicles on either side, but now I ensure I'm staggered as much as possible and keep an eye out for random exits and racers. While there's obviously people trying to improve their driving, there genuinely seems to be a marked increase in people who don't give a flying fig about anyone else so long as they can get one vehicle ahead, or are just oblivious to the need to demonstrate any knowledge of correct practice and laws.
I am the same and am additional wary of anyone on a dual lane turn, almost the same lack of lane discipline as on the roundabout but the other drivers are surprisingly less oblivious to the fact of doing it and more just don’t care they move into the other lane. As evidenced a few years ago when this occurred to vehicles in front of me and the one that couldn’t keep to their lane while driving a Vauxhall Corsa actually said these words, “Well how am I supposed to keep in my lane while turning? It is obvious I need to use both lanes to turn” I have seen 7.5tonne box lorries keep to the lane while turning at this junction but I dread to think what the driver is like on roundabouts
That first clip is proof that the DVSA needs to reintroduce trailer training and tests. The towing car was the same size as that on the trailer. Straight away, the trailer/load combination was greater than the towing car. Heavy braking by the driver was always going to cause trouble. About the only thing the driver did right was to secure the load to the trailer properly.
Hadn't thought about it but you are right it did stay attached to the trailer quite impressively considering the way it flipped, don't think it will be going anywhere other than a scrap yard now though.
Try driving a HGV when approaching any roundabout with two lanes. Guaranteed the car in lane two will cut lane 1 to enter the roundabout whilst I need all the road in lane 1. When I move out to straddle both lanes the abuse is deafening and I'm protecting them !
9:04 that is an absolutely horrendous windshield wiper design. not that it caused this driving fail, but I'd hate to drive a car where I had to peer through half a gantry to see, any time it was slightly misty.
9:18 Ashley is right to praise his viewer for driving cautiously enough to avoid an accident when someone else runs a red light. But the viewer could have done even better by letting the pratt clear the junction. Not for their sake, but to avoid the snarl-up that could be seen in the rear-view video, where cars were going left and right of the stranded miscreant, with some possibly being blocked.
Leaving the offending driver where he was with all the glaring of other drivers at him, is probably a more effective mode of education. "Yeah, sit there like a lemon and think about what you've done!"
Typical entitled BMW driver. This is a problem where the capabilities of the car end up inviting the driver to take bigger and bigger and bigger risks because they become overconfident that the car will get them out of any situation. I know, I've been there and sold a Jaguar XJ8 about ten years ago because I could see myself going down that path.
I've mentioned before the dog on a long lead that crossed the road in front of my bike. It was at the opposite curb before the owner stepped off her curb, with the lead stretched completely across the road.
And what makes me want to give up on the world is when you read the comments and people side with them. Especially dashcam clips on Facebook. People haven't got a clue
0:21 Legal Towing - Another opportunity missed - the majority of modern shoguns are only plated for 3,000Kg, a few older exception 3,300Kg. As far as I’m aware all Ifor Williams tri-axle trailers are plated for 3,500kg, meaning even unladen you can’t couple. The off road discovery would bring you to around 3,500kg and either a too heavy nose weight, or poorly maintained brakes, would prevent the trailer brakes from working properly and slowing it down.
Absolutely right with what’s on the rise. Recently I’ve seen poor lane discipline, blocking boxes at junctions, no indication (of course), cutting corners at a junction, and the worst bit the sense they just don’t realise they’ve done anything wrong.
The strangest thing I find on our roads especially given we are aiming for "The best driving standards" is that if you're of a certain age, you can drive a minibus over 3.5t MAM and or a vehicle combination MAM of 8.25t, without any additional training or evidence that you are safe to operate such a vehicle. That first clip is evidence of over confidence, poor planning and overall terrible understanding of how trailers work, especially when needing to slow down for traffic lights. Test should be required for all trailers over 750kg for ANY age. Test should be required for anyone of any age for minibuses or vans over 3.5t Baffles me that "if I'm a certain age, I don't need training, I already know it all".
5:35 Its worth mentioning - if you are broken down in the live lane of a fast road, this IS an emergency. Get out (no matter the weather), stand behind the barrier, or on the verge, and call 999 for help. Don’t be a sitting duck.
8:34 Priority at mini-roundabouts. The van pulled into the mini-roundabout 2 seconds ahead of, and almost cleared before, the crane lorry entered the junction. How much lead time/space should you give in these cases?
@@christopherjohnson3755 Can confirm, 32 frames between the van entering and the crane being at the roundabout. 30fps video so just slightly over 1 second.
I'm a regular cyclist and from my own experience I find I am getting fewer close passes these days than in the past. Perhaps more awareness thanks to people like yourself, perhaps better instructors, perhaps more cycling during lockdown made more aware. I do still get them occasionally, but they are rare nowadays.
Ashley, if you are still reading comments on old videos, I would value your opinion on a seeming (to me) contradiction in two clips in this video. At 10:45, you provide advice on approaching mini-roundabouts, saying "Make sure you can always stop" (totally agree with that!). But, at 8:40 we clearly see that the crane driver is some metres away (I would estimate at least 6 metres away) from a mini roundabout when a van enters the mini roundabout to the left of the screen. The crane driver is not readily able to stop and only just hauls up in time. One issue is that the crane driver wasn't able to readily stop (your advice at 10:45 but not here) but the key issue for me here is that, as far as I can see, the van driver had priority, not the crane. I have re-read the relevant section of the highway code on this but I actually thought it was a bit opaque on this point. As I read it, you have to give priority to vehicles approaching from the right that are on the roundabout but you don't have to give priority to vehicles approaching the roundabout from the right. If you did, just how far out should that priority be given ? It seems the crane driver saw there was nothing coming from the opposite direction (the 12 O'clock position) and expected to be able to drive straight over the mini-roundabout without particularly even easing off his speed, taking no account of traffic entering the roundabout from his left. This - to me - was not good driving (especially given its a crane!) - even if you think the highway code supports his position. I would have been more cautious than the van driver, I think, if I saw a crane bearing down on me, but it still seems to me that he was in the right.
Clips at 4:20 and 9:20 show the importance of not assuming you can drive without meeting someone at the same space at the same time, and the importance of always being observant even if you have priority. Just because you have priority doesn't mean other people aren't going to break the rules and put you in danger.
Great vid Asheley. Three thoughts, rather than detailed comments, this time: 1 - I wonder if close passes on cyclists vary by Police Area. Some enforce, others do nothing. In certain areas (eg Lincs) there are many hundreds of reports submitted, with essentially zero action taken. In other areas the numbers are many times higher. 2 - At the crane on the Mini Roundabout at 08:38 is it a touch ambiguous - or have I missed a detail in the HWC? As I see it the car actually entered the roundabout first (technically correct?), but any sensible driver would have spotted the crane and ceded priority. 3 - The puddle splash at 09:40 was a strange one. The cammer was going at a good slow speed for the conditions with no oncoming traffic and a good view. In those circs I would perhaps consider it preferable to have gone around the puddle to avoid the hazard, even if it involved encroaching on he WW lines slightly, as I have no idea what the puddle is hiding. Though that would be contra to HWC. There also seemed to be a long delay before the windscreen was flick-wiped. Have a good rest of BH.
Jesus Christ! That clip 5:55 was absolutely shocking! That pedestrian could've been injured, and that driver was disgraceful! When are we going to get drivers sentenced to a minimum of 5 years for these problems!
@5:48 Had a similar near me. I was waiting to the right of the lane to pass parked cars and wait for traffic coming the other way to clear and 2 cars pushed passed and forced their way through. They both pulled into housing estates less than 200m down the road. I passed one of them not 10 seconds after they pulled up. @7:42 Passing the same cars another day, I had a dog run out from between the cars. I stopped as I saw the owner with a lead over their shoulder as they were looking down at their phone. She then gave me right evils that I nearly ran over her dog. Good job I was paying more attention of her dog than she was.
I definitely see people creating problems in narrow residential streets like the one in this clip. I live round the corner from a street like that and the other day I was walking down it and saw a tailback. A car coming one way had stopped half onto the pavement opposite the parked cars forcing everyone coming the other way to delicately work through at 1mph. The offending driver was sitting in the car, she hadn't even parked, just causing chaos.
@10:13 could be the driver was!following satnav instructions like "at the roundabout use the right hand lane" and then noticed the Get Over arrows on the road !
10:00 - Done the same early into my driving. Sat nav says "Turn right at the roundabout" and just didn't think and went into the right lane to turn right, forgetting it was an oncoming lane. Nothing coming the other way, corrected myself a moment later. The sort of mistake you only make once.
Hi Ashley, a suggestion for a potential video idea (maybe for when you're down South). It would be great to see you ride on board with a London Black Cab driver and observe their driving (Tom the Taxi Driver would be an obvious choice given the size and quality of his TH-cam channel, but you could definitely make a video with another driver). London Black Cab drivers are probably the most knowledgable drivers on the roads when it comes to knowing how to get from A-B efficiently and smoothly, and reading traffic conditions to a pretty incredible level, due to The Knowledge. But I feel like an underappreciated part is how good their actual driving is - which from what I've seen from Tom's videos and inferring on their skill level, is probably also pretty amazing. A video with a well-regarded driving instructor and presenter like you, and a well-regarded London Black Cab driver would be a match made in heaven (if it was possible to arrange)
How do you all feel about someone failing a road test during moderate rain with lots of parked cars on busy streets, The reason for failing exam was average speed in 50kph zones was 44/45kph and was recommended to at least hit a target of 46/47kph while in 50 zones. This was me about 7 years ago, and now that I've remembered to finally book my appointment for my next test just to basically remove a passenger limit restriction and less stiff fines if you get one(still have not gotten one). But remembering such a silly reason for failing makes me nervous that something silly is gonna happen again.
@7:46 I'm sick of people being irresponsible with these long dog leads! They're great for letting the dog have a bit of a run and explore but still be secured to you. They're not hard to use you just have to be observant which a lot of people seem to lack the skill of these days
Lazyness is far too common and a bad habit, just like not indicating. We all can make mistakes from time to time. Especially when we are not at our best. I'd say that the trailer was over weight also. Which is another factor in it Jack knifing so easily. Luckily no one was at the lights in front.
I'm surprised that more comments are not dismssing the 6:37 clip of the van cutting across the main road as a non-event and that the cam car stopping for them was how it should work.
I'm going to argue that things are not getting worse, but the prevalence of dash and head cameras is meaning we are more aware. In 2014, I tried to cycle to work in Aberdeen - I only did it once. I had over 50 passes like the one you showed at 7:15 - and it got worse if I tried to command any space. At one point a car overtook, nearly clipping me with his wing mirror, then pushed over to the left to move me back into the gutter where I belonged. I regularly saw behaviour like this when driving. After an incident when a car, overtaking on double white lines caused me to have to drive off the road and into a farm entrance, I purchased my first dash camera. I wonder how many other people have similar stories to tell.
at 5:55 this is now happening all the time!! stopping to give way to oncoming vehicles and some idiot over takes, even driving my bus, i'll put my right indicator on and people still go around and then get stuck!!! it's getting worse out there!!
There is a mini roundabout near me with three exits total. Traffic usually flows between two of these and the third, which is where I almost always am coming from or going to is considerably less busy except at school kicking out time. I now have to always assume the traffic to my left will fail to give way so treat it more as proceed with extreme caution. Really poor standards at mini roundabouts.
Look at the IR flicker of the police ANPR cameras on the bridge at 06:35. Would anyone have noticed he's been watched by cameras creating a motion profile that then goes on a central database for two years and can be pulled any time (asumption: You could be wanted, so we have to secretely record where you are going although you aren't under suspicion). If people knew, they probably wouldn't put up with that!
I used to use one of those long retractable roaming leads, but my dog was reactive and not good at road discipline despite my efforts to retrain this senior rescue dog. I found it very hard to draw the dog back towards me when I needed to, as the rope is too thin to get a firm grip on, and so you had to lock the lead to pull it back: you could only do this one arm's length at a time, which is often not quickly enough for the situation. As a result of some near misses, I switched to a "control lead", which is still long enough to let the dog roam and investigate, but is coiled in the hand if you need the dog close to you. These are about 2M in length, and are a robust woven ribbon of material that is easy to handle. Using the control type of lead sometimes needs two hands, so most people find them inconvenient which is why retracting bands are so popular. I actually think that the extending roving type of lead should be banned as dangerous.
I always treat green light go if safe, amber / yellow stop if safe . not had an issue s far. always check right and left as going on a green and keep updated as i cross the junction. i do not put my life/health on the line for a computer / light. but some have way to much trust in the green being safe, one reason i say green go if safe the junction maybe blocked or you may have emergency blue light run and more reasons too. and the amount dash cam footage you learn fast you just tell if the going to stop of not, going a little fast towards red is a clue
10:02 this uas happened to me before. Unfortunately its not always easy to know if youre turning onto a 1 way. Usually there are signs, but not always if you are turning out of a leisure/business park (which was my particular case). Fortunately there were no other cars about.
With regard to the long lead pet clip think that we also need to have better awareness of weather affects on pedestrians I used to cross a zebra everyday to and from work if it was sunny every driver would give way in the rain about 1 in 3. Also if it is raining people often wear hoods reducing their vision but also concealing head movement so they may appear to change direction suddenly. The tailgating was exceptional low speed but still didn't see what was in front of them!
In fairness to the mini 'changing lanes' onto the opposite direction carriageway, I do think our road design is partially to blame here. We don't make a good enough differentiation between lane markings and the road centre marking. In most cases, I think our road design is much better than that used in the US, but I will concede their yellow centre lines do make it more obvious.
They need to start making mini roundabouts into low kerbs, gentle enough to drive over if you need to but enough of an inconvenience to make going around the path of least resistance. If behaviour won't change, infrastructure has to.
1:50 staggered formation would have prevented that awkwardness. but I will say, I've had times I've had to dynamite the brakes to get someone dislodged from alongside me so that I could change lanes.
Dangerous overtaking I’ve experienced a few times.. when you have a kid as well in the car … these overtakers never use their brain and think of others. I wish they never passed in the first place.
First clip, that appears to be a Toyota Landcruiser, towing an off-road prepped Land Rover Discovery mk2. The Toyota has a maximum towing capacity of 3,000kg, the Disco in stock trim is around 2,250kg, a 3 axle trailer is around 800kg unladen. In short, it's almost certain that the rig was beyond the towing limit for the vehicle. Beyond that, a 3 axle trailer should have independent braking on each axle, the way the car was thrown around under braking suggests either the trailer electrics weren't connected properly or the trailer brakes didn't work properly.
The combined weight of the trailer and load should always be less than the total weight of the prime mover regardless of stated towing weight. That is where these idiots go wrong. This is the golden rule that will help to avoid these incidents.
10:50 cutting it yes, but even so, they were established on the carriageway of the roundabout before the cammer car emerged onto it and you must give priority to the right to vehicles on the carriageway of the roundabout. Even if they had not cut over the roundel, it was a poor emerge from the cammer.
But to be fair, that driver was ahead on the roundabout, not to the right. There was time for both drivers to use the roundabout together, if the driver went around it rather than over it.
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if only we could see the reg of the defender that rolled off the trailer in the first clip to do a carvertical check on it...
Car Vertical is everywhere these days. It must be said that they're extremely overpriced. You can get the same level of detail on a vehicle for £3.99 per check with other check companies, even with crash damaged images etc.
7:40 This really pisses me off. You've got a responsibility to look after your dog. Do not have them on an extendable lead next to the road: lock it or use another lead. Pay attention to what your dog is doing at all times: if you need to check your phone, adjust your coat or anything, do so at a safe spot, and not right next to a road. People who can't look after their dogs like this shouldn't have them.
All they have to do is lock the lead so it is short and controllable whilst walking next to roads, it's what I did with all my dogs and only requires commonsense.
Don't be ridiculous, everyone knows dog walkers are NEVER in the wrong 😏
Someone i know hates extendable leads
One of the saddest things I have ever seen was a discussion between what looked like a bus inspector and a dog walker at a layby bus stop. The dog was still on the lead the owner was holding but it the poodle was laying down with a flat head and a big pool of blood.
They are no better on pavements in towns, too busy looking at their mobile phones.
That last clip looks like what you often see on other dash cam channels, where the driver turning has to prove they have priority. What the BMW driver failed to realise is that the cammer had exactly the same priory as they did. So who goes first? Quite often one person will stop to allow the other to go, but if people actually went around the roundabout there's no reason they couldn't proceed at the same time.
A think there is a clue in the name - roundabout.
what a lot of drivers dont realise is its a Must go round the mini roundabout unless you drive a vehilce that can not physically do it. risking a fine for a couple of seconds saved but thats if the police would enforce it.
@@douglasreid699 Absolutely! If you look at the section of the Highway Code on mini-roundabouts, the only rule that is a _MUST_ instead of a _should_ (and is therefore a law) is the one about going around the central roundel rather than over it, unless physically unable to do so. But you still get people inventing esoteric and unjustifiable interpretations of the _should_ rules and treating them as over-riding the single _MUST._
Yep.
The BMW driver has the mindset that, if they begin their turn first, they can TAKE priority.
And, 99 times out of 100, it'll work because more diligent, courteous, drivers will defer.
Eventually, though, they'll meet another driver who either has the same mentality OR somebody who simply isn't paying attention.
@@SiCrewe i think its just a lazy driver in the BMW that doesnt care. They probably cut all the mini roundabouts they come across.
If i was driving the cam car i wouldnt have tried to enter until the bmw had gone round, it was still a tight gap to enter the roundabout safely even if the BMW went round the markings.
"I have done stupid things in my past" Respect to Ashley for admitting this because we all have. But what this really says is a truly competent driver needs to learn by their mistakes. We are all learning bit by bit but sadly some learn a lot slower than others
Straightlining roundabouts has been a pet-hate of mine for decades. I'm slowly getting my father to undo this nasty habit in his driving. It's up there with people cutting blind corners because they can't be bothered to slow down a couple of mph and steer a bit more to take the corner on THEIR side of the road.
Bloody incompetent driving is what it is, very annoying honestly.
@cluckstube But as Ashley said perfectly fine it nothing is around so when your dad does it is anything around.
@@WavScorn259 But Ashley says perfectly fine if nothing is around. so not incompetent on these types of occassions as taught by advanced drivers.
@@rustydusty2992 exactly this. Straight lining isn't limited to roundabouts either. In advanced, I was taught to do it in multiple situations, providing it's safe to do so and your presence isn't effected (as in - no one would see it and grow concerned, pinpoint your driving etc). I do it a lot still but if done right, you'll never see it ☺️
@@rustydusty2992 Oh I know, it's like a lot of driving in that lots of things can be perfectly safe in some instances but downright stupid in others, but I only 'nudge' him when he does it when it really wasn't sensible to do it :)
I do wonder if we've reached the stage where some people either think everything is somebody else's fault or responsibility, or they just don't care about anybody else. Sadly, I don't think it's confined to driving.
People rather die in a crash than arrive 10 seconds later.
It's a bit of both, people will act thoughtlessly without any consideration for anyone else, even feeling like they'll risk being in an accident as long as they feel like they can shift the blame onto others.
And yeah, a lot of people are like that in life. They'll just do what they like and screw anyone else, and if you're taken aback by that, that's on you. Folk like that are just tiring to be around and I avoid it where I can.
One thing that is getting worse is signage. The roads are getting more congested and the signage is getting worse such that very often unless you have an intimate knowledge of the area you have a good chance of being in the wrong lane. I forget the number of times I have missed my exit off the motorway because of a string of high-sided trucks obscuring the direction signs, which also means that even if I knew that I had to exit there was often little chance of moving into lane #1 to do so. Having large signs on the verge is useless if it is obscured by high-sided vehicles. Over head gantries should be used as a matter of standard practice. Its often a waste of time having lane markings painted on the road when they are illegible because of traffic in front and that is before you consider that the signs have all been mostly worn away. Again, at busy junctions overhead gantry signs giving clear indication as to the direction for each lane is vital. Take away the confusion and indecision and many of the incidents here would be avoided.
I like the overhead gantry idea. A couple of miles before each exit would be handy
That and worn out road markings that disappear completely in dark wet conditions.
@@selseyonetwenty4631 Its not just worn out road markings that disappear in dark, wet conditions but those that are perfectly visible at all other times. To rely on painted road markings may be cheap but they are not to be considered as adequate on their own.
I suspect some councils have an unofficial policy of not replacing or renewing repeater signs, so that people will just assume it's a 30 by default.
Also lane markings and arrows are frequently so worn they might as well not be there. Ok when you know the area but if you don't you are guessing
8:10. How nice of the driver in the GTI to slam on the brakes so the car with the camera could close up and get the photographs of their numberplates to report to the police
Well spotted. Considerate motoring at its finest, I'd say, making the police's job nice and easy.
@@paultaylor7082 Yep, some village needs to keep a tighter rein on their idiot.
Lets hope that the insurance providers for VW Reg No. Bk 21 VLD and Toyota Reg No. GK 12 OEG are watching!
ha ha! My footage. I sent it to Wiltshire police but I assume the driver was unidentifiable. No gestures fom me but I was watching that GTI in my offside mirror...
8:10 So people are now doing crazy brake-checks even without any horn use from the other driver?! Anyone triggered to do that by a headlight flash or supposed 'gesture' genuinely needs confining in a secure unit.
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In the clip with the Toyota Yaris, I believe that the driver was fully aware of what was behind them, the way that they slowed to a stop rather than a sudden halt when the cammer used their horn shows that they were not surprised by the horn. I own that same model and it is equipped with a rear view camera. I have been beeped a few times while reversing because the car behind thought that I didn't know they where there.
I got that impression too.
entirely possible.
I was the one with the camera in that clip. I sent it in with a few other clips a little while ago.
I did assume it must have had some rear cameras and sensors as its a newer car. However I gave a little toot of the horn as from my position, their bumper came out of view from the cabin of my car so it did give me a little "Oh dear please no!" thoughts haha. Though I mainly beeped in part of that,
and because of the situation. they may have only seen the lorry and wanted to get out of the way quickly. Hence the beep was just a way to remind them that I am there.
I could have done it without a little beep, which could be fine most of the time, However it just takes one time for someone to not be paying attention to lead to a bump.
@@HighlandDamien yep, no fault on your part. Just because they have the electeinics doesn't mean they were paying attention.
I've had a taxi driver honking angrily at me because I was slowly reversing into the space in front of him while the gap was still two metres. Mate, I'm checking all my mirrors and my reversing cam, the sensors are beeping and showing me the distance, and the car is smart enough to smack the brakes automatically if I ignore all of these warnings.
Ignorant, inconsiderate and impatient - three words that perfectly describe a lot of drivers on our roads. It's getting increasingly scary what people think they can do just because they are in a 2 ton metal box...
What's more scary is that they also vote and breed.
I live semi rurally, its considered rural but the urban creep is catching up to us and our roads are much busier for it at all times of day. Its entirely anecdotal ofcourse but as of late I've noticed a lot more drunk or just dangerous driving. Last night, out for takeaway, 20 mins drive each way into the nearest town and I've come across five people I can only assume were drunk. Drifting across lanes, randomly braking, speed constantly changing by as much as 15 mph on dry, straight, open road. Its always been a problem but the police really cracked down about 20 years ago and it had a great immediate effect. However, you never see them anymore. No plod, no cars, they often dont come out to 999 calls till the next day. And its showing, anti social behaviour and just downright dangerous driving are the most obvious to me, not to mention all the tool theft.
This is why a dashcam and a submission to your force's equivalent of Operation Snap is important. We shouldn't have to be doing that, but if the police can't (without going into the politics of why not), then we have to protect ourselves from these risky drivers.
8:36 The crane operator had no intention of slowing down for a roundabout.
Yeah. The van was fully out on the roundabout in plenty of time, then Phil hammers in to it without really slowing and cuts across the centre while aiming at the van. That one was on him
@@JSmith19858 The "cuts across the centre" part doesn't apply to large vehicles. They're allowed to cut the middle.
@@hippopotamus86 he clearly had to turn to the left to exit the roundabout. He could have made more effort to aim behind the van
@@JSmith19858 Looks to me they just went straight. Anyway, I'm just saying that large vehicles are allowed to to go straight over. Rule 188. "Mini-roundabouts. Approach these in the same way as normal roundabouts. All vehicles MUST pass round the central markings except large vehicles which are physically incapable of doing so"
@@hippopotamus86 yes, but they had the room to negotiate it properly and avoid the van had they slowed down a little more. I don't care what the highway code says, I'm saying the crane driver could have done more because the van driver pulled out in plenty of time and had nearly fully negotiated the roundabout by the time the crane lunged in.
Had they slowed a little more they wouldn't have needed to jump on the brakes and come to a stop
6:00. Someone did that to me quite recently at school 'pick-up' time as I and an older lady were walking on the pavement. I gave the roof of the car a big 'SLAP!' and woke up the oblivious driver.
Just be careful in case the idiots in the car decide to get out and assault you
I had a black cab do it do me in London once as the driver couldn’t be bothered to wait one car length to turn into a side road. I still had half hour of my lunch break to finish so I just stood in front of him. Little did he realise that while he was mounting the pavement avoiding other pedestrians the traffic had already started moving and it was actually quicker for him to wait on the road rather than endanger everyone along the pavement
@@frogsplorer they generally don't.
If they do there might be a ruck! (This has never happened to me - they back down)
@@FFVoyager Yes, you just keep right on believing that. 😂
@@HO-bndk I don't have to 'believe' anything. It's a fact.
I was recently in the right lane waiting to join a roundabout, when the driver in the lane on my left started to beep and angrily shout at me. When it was clear to go, the guy on my left drive straight across through my lane. My worry isn't only that people sometimes drive in a straight line over roundabouts, it's that they insist that is the correct thing to do and anyone in their way is wrong. It was almost like I was trying to zip merge into what he saw as his path and he probably thought I was trying to push in.
Its like people are all stuck in their own bubbles. No forward planning, awareness or knowledge of the basics. Definitely need a societal change before the roads get any safer.
They are stuck in their own bubbles. I watch cars racing towards vehicles after a lane change in front of them when the lane next to them is empty 5 days a week. Absolutely no forward planning what so ever.
automatic drivers usually. manual drivers have to think about their next move if it involves a gear change for example
On the dog lead one, obviously it's important to have control of your dog around roads. My community of dog trainer friends all hate those thin wirey extendable leads. Because they spool outwards you can't bring the dog closer unless it walks closer to you, they get tied up in other people and dogs really easily, and the mechanism could break and give your dog the full length of the lead next to a road or whilst you're trying to get by an aggy dog.
I'd recommend all dog owners use a static 1.5 to 2m silicon lead that isn't retractable. You have more control, a stronger lead and a fixed length. Safer for everyone and your dog!
And to add to the woes of extending leads, cyclists often can't see them when the owner is on one side of a shared path and the dog is on the other. If a car hits it, the dog and owner get the shock; if a cyclist catches it, they can end up on the ground.
1:05 Instructor: "stay left here". pupil "OK". 1:07 instructor "No, left behind the car, not the left exit!"
The jackknife at the beginning of the video, I have experienced. I was towing a trailer with a pallet load of tiles, doing 80kmph on the motorway. Next thing I know I'm facing the wrong way in the overtaking lane with traffic heading at me. The trailer has lost a wheel and is on it's side, and tiles all over the road. It all happened in the blink of an eye. Fortunately there were drivers coming to my assistance and the police were on the scene quickly. With my speed being deemed acceptable and the wheel having come off the hire trailer I was not found to be at fault, but being rush hour on Friday afternoon I'm sure I was unpopular with the other drivers.
they were probably a bit put out, but it was probably a bit offset by the novelty of seeing it. we had a bit worse one interrupt my holiday, many years back. it was the towing vehicle that lost a wheel, and ended with the whole mess wedged crossways into a bridge on the road out of town. fortunately, I was able to take a completely different route to where I was going.
@@kenbrown2808 lucky that there was an alternate route.
@@iallso1 indeed. and of course, lucky for them there were no serious injuries.
I do love how so many drivers would rather get in to a collision with another vehicle when they have made a mistake rather than go around a roundabout. 🤦🏻♂️
As a non-driving pedestrian, I sometimes feel unsafe even walking on a pavement at the side of the road. Drivers seem to have the mentality that I shouldn't even be looking at the road like I want to step into it, but the moment they fancy mounting the pavement, them want me to be elsewhere. They park totally blocking it, then when you point out they're making you walk in the road, it's the threat of a physical attack for your troubles.
There's some really good videos showing how weight and distribution can turn a trailer into a weapon against the towing vehicle. I rarely tow, but am well aware of the need to get it right.
Im guessing that the trailer wasn't braked or was overweight with the car on it from that, because if it had working trailer brakes it shouldve slowed down nicely with the car
@@ethanleighton9060 Definately over-weight and not plated as well as the driver speeding to a red light, so likely distracted on top. Hope the driver was ok!
It was a 3.5tonne triaxle, Ifor Williams LM166 is my guess. They weigh around 1 tonne and the Disco will be around 2.1, so plenty below the 3.5 tonne limit of the trailer. The Shogun towing it however is only rated for 3t I believe. And yes, the brakes were obviously crap as with working brakes, this is nearly impossible as the trailer is pulling the car back.
Edit: correction - the LWB shogun is rated for 3.5
@@larry365 Regardless of stated towing weight, the combined gross weight of trailer and load should be below that of the towing vehicle. The tail should never wag the dog. That is essential to prevent jack knifing.
@@davebadger100 that's a recommendation, not a rule. If your load is balanced and your brakes are maintained, you can tow 3.5 with no issues I frequently do this though I don't think I'd want to with a Shogun.
10:30 for those who haven't seen US material, we color code our lane markings. the markings between lanes in the same direction are white, and the markings between lanes in opposing directions are yellow. it doesn't stop people from driving on the wrong side of the road, but it makes it easy for a good driver to avoid that mistake.
Yeah, I always thought that was a good idea.
Not just US. Much of South America and parts of Europe like Norway do as well.
The clip at 10:00 I'm guessing the driver's unfamiliar with the area and is using a GPS app like Waze, which probably shows they need to be in lane 2 on approach to the roundabout. Unfortunately, they don't seem to recognise this is a two way road and the lanes split far closer to the roundabout...
It would help if these apps didn't just tell you what lane to be in until there actually are several lanes to pick from within the distance you can see.
Their excuse might work if it's their first time ever on a road, but how often do you really get a two-lane, one-way road coming up to a roundabout??
You're not wrong. I see all of the featured things on a daily basis, and none of them surprise me anymore.
The mini roundabout cutting really annoys me, especially while I'm cycling. How hard is it to just drive round? It literally makes everyone's day a bit quicker.
Maybe an aspect of the selfish gene?
Steering wheel use must be a subscription feature, a £ a turn
@@neilclark2245 It's the new BMW heated seats feature! Pay to use what the car already has :)
They should raise the central island with a kerb - that would stop it while still allowing long vehicles to go over the top if necessary.
@@ditch3827 Yes, I think the issue is that lorries and large vehicles need to go over them, so that would prevent larger vehicles turning.
It would solve the other issues though!
@@BeautyByBike As I said lorries and long vehicles would not be prevented from turning as they would simply bump up over the kerb.
Road layouts are terrible these days, confusing and often worn out and full of cars so you can't see the markings anyway. Roundabouts are a mess with confused drivers all over the place. I asked my Police persuit instructor why and he said roughly "those who design them aren't very good at their jobs". Cheshire Oaks is a good example, what a shambles.
I remember a roundabout made up of six mini roundabouts just outside Hatton Cross near Heathrow. How foreign drivers, jet lagged and getting used to driving on the left and their hire car, managed is in itself a miracle.
More lessons to be learned - Let's be CAREFUL out there!
At 05:00 there's no way I would have gone forward at that point. There is a long rear overhang on those recovery trucks, which will swing out into you as the truck driver turns left. Best to wait until the truck completes the turn and is safely out of the way.
Same for buses.
The drivers commentary on the first clip cracks me up a treat 😂
Hi Ashley. Too many people think a green traffic light means "Go". I tell them it means "Go if it is safe to do so". The incident at 9:25 is an example. Unfortunately some people have lost their lives by going when it hasn't been safe.
6:49 YES! I drive a lot for work and I'm seeing more and more drivers carelessly "straight lining" roundabouts. I always make a point never to go alongside other drivers on a roundabout as they would just sideswipe into you.
I don't think its on the rise, i think its captured more as an increase of dashcams being fitted with the ability to submit to police.
After 6 years in Australia, it took me a while to recognise wall’s roundabout which was very close to where I used to live. I didn’t realise until I saw the signs. Crazy how things fade from memory just like that.
There's a quote which goes "Don't engage with idiots. They'll just drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience".
That REALLY applies to motoring these days.
It's just not worth trying to defend your position on the road in the face of a potential moron.
They're either doing it deliberately, in which case they'll be willing to be even more aggressive, or they're totally oblivious, in which case they won't even realise they're doing something wrong.
In either case, you might as well just let them get on with it and don't let it disrupt your journey.
7:00 agreed that straight lining roundabouts is getting more common. While I admittedly do so on occasion myself, I only do so when I am certain I wouldn't be impeding/endangering other drivers in doing so. There are at least 2 roundabouts near me that I regularly use that I'm very wary of drivers doing so, and one of them is not so much straight lining the actual roundabout but straight lining the approach to it, and the other being a very small roundabout where I am more often than not turning right.
I only do it when no one else is around but some people drive that way like it's the right thing to do all the time ( like people who just sit in the third lane o the motorway ). I try and stagger when I can and if not I'm ready on the horn and the brake pedal.
Wonderful to hear the sneak preview of the Bulgarian Eurovision entry in that car park.
I think my new motto is going to be 'If you can, just let people get on with their mistake without making you part of their mistake'.
In the clip at 4:05, I thought that the cam car did a great job of managing their position with the lorry.
Dreadful motto, you should work on making it more catchy.
@@hennersssWhy do I need a more catchy motto when I can remember that one and it's my motto, and not for anyone else? Do you have something constructive to contribute?
partly... but their mistakes need to be called out, especially if they're dangerous.
My guess is the Mini at 9:50 was following the sat nav telling them to be in the right hand lane for the roundabout, not realising that there wasn't a right hand lane yet!
4:30 The Yaris has a standard reversing camera. Good chance they were just that bit more confident as a result, but it’s still justified to beep to remind the driver of the cammer’s presence just in case.
The increased performance of modern vehicles and lack of attention, combined with over confidence and lack of experience results in these kind of incidents.
4:30 is Inches retail park, Inverness. As a driving insructor I come across this on a regular basis, the standard of driving up here is appauling.
the corners there are way too sharp so everyone needs to make a wider than normal turn, council needs to round them off a bit
Your spelling is appalling too! 😂
Love the first clip, the cammer doesn't think "Oh my god I hope everyone's alright" or "I wonder if they need help" their first thought is "I have that on dash cam"
4:30 inshes retail park in Inverness, the kerbs are all sharp 90 degree corners so if you are driving anything larger than a Citroen ami you need to make a VERY wide turn
Got to agree with steering laziness, it appears many drivers have not proper control when steering. I’ve been observing drivers turning into and out of junctions, it’s quite clear laziness is the heart of the problem, shocking some of it- most of it!
If there is one thing I do more than ever these days, it's being wary of _everyone_ on a roundabout or mini-roundabout. I already wouldn't have dreamt of trying to overtake someone on the left unless it's with a slow differential speed passing slow or stationary traffic that is queuing, or of getting alongside long vehicles on either side, but now I ensure I'm staggered as much as possible and keep an eye out for random exits and racers. While there's obviously people trying to improve their driving, there genuinely seems to be a marked increase in people who don't give a flying fig about anyone else so long as they can get one vehicle ahead, or are just oblivious to the need to demonstrate any knowledge of correct practice and laws.
I am the same and am additional wary of anyone on a dual lane turn, almost the same lack of lane discipline as on the roundabout but the other drivers are surprisingly less oblivious to the fact of doing it and more just don’t care they move into the other lane.
As evidenced a few years ago when this occurred to vehicles in front of me and the one that couldn’t keep to their lane while driving a Vauxhall Corsa actually said these words, “Well how am I supposed to keep in my lane while turning? It is obvious I need to use both lanes to turn”
I have seen 7.5tonne box lorries keep to the lane while turning at this junction but I dread to think what the driver is like on roundabouts
Whoever came up the inside of that learner driver needs lessons too
That first clip is proof that the DVSA needs to reintroduce trailer training and tests. The towing car was the same size as that on the trailer. Straight away, the trailer/load combination was greater than the towing car. Heavy braking by the driver was always going to cause trouble. About the only thing the driver did right was to secure the load to the trailer properly.
Hadn't thought about it but you are right it did stay attached to the trailer quite impressively considering the way it flipped, don't think it will be going anywhere other than a scrap yard now though.
Try driving a HGV when approaching any roundabout with two lanes. Guaranteed the car in lane two will cut lane 1 to enter the roundabout whilst I need all the road in lane 1. When I move out to straddle both lanes the abuse is deafening and I'm protecting them !
9:04 that is an absolutely horrendous windshield wiper design. not that it caused this driving fail, but I'd hate to drive a car where I had to peer through half a gantry to see, any time it was slightly misty.
9:18 Ashley is right to praise his viewer for driving cautiously enough to avoid an accident when someone else runs a red light. But the viewer could have done even better by letting the pratt clear the junction. Not for their sake, but to avoid the snarl-up that could be seen in the rear-view video, where cars were going left and right of the stranded miscreant, with some possibly being blocked.
Leaving the offending driver where he was with all the glaring of other drivers at him, is probably a more effective mode of education. "Yeah, sit there like a lemon and think about what you've done!"
@@Eric_Hunt194 It's this mentality that adds to the risk.
The "careless emerge," was absolutely terrifying. Unfortunately people do think they can drive like that and they don't really care who it affects.
Typical entitled BMW driver.
This is a problem where the capabilities of the car end up inviting the driver to take bigger and bigger and bigger risks because they become overconfident that the car will get them out of any situation.
I know, I've been there and sold a Jaguar XJ8 about ten years ago because I could see myself going down that path.
Drive on the curb at me like that at 6:01 and you'll have a dent to fix in your car.
I was thinking the same thing, a nice size 9 boot print on the left hand side.
Some steel-toe cap boots would do the trick
Provoking people who've shown themselves to be dangerous is not my practice.
7:32 yes, they are a problem, there's been times I've had to swerve or brake because dogs with long leads have lurched out at my moped.
Not to mention the dog that ran out into the road in front of me causing me to brake hard, fortunately I was doing less than 30
I've mentioned before the dog on a long lead that crossed the road in front of my bike. It was at the opposite curb before the owner stepped off her curb, with the lead stretched completely across the road.
You just know that the other driver from the last clip has sent in the dashcam footage to another channel to try to say someone didn't give way 😅
And what makes me want to give up on the world is when you read the comments and people side with them. Especially dashcam clips on Facebook. People haven't got a clue
0:21 Legal Towing - Another opportunity missed - the majority of modern shoguns are only plated for 3,000Kg, a few older exception 3,300Kg. As far as I’m aware all Ifor Williams tri-axle trailers are plated for 3,500kg, meaning even unladen you can’t couple. The off road discovery would bring you to around 3,500kg and either a too heavy nose weight, or poorly maintained brakes, would prevent the trailer brakes from working properly and slowing it down.
The cutting of mini's is really annoying, if you don't cut you find most issues vanish.
Absolutely right with what’s on the rise. Recently I’ve seen poor lane discipline, blocking boxes at junctions, no indication (of course), cutting corners at a junction, and the worst bit the sense they just don’t realise they’ve done anything wrong.
The strangest thing I find on our roads especially given we are aiming for "The best driving standards" is that if you're of a certain age, you can drive a minibus over 3.5t MAM and or a vehicle combination MAM of 8.25t, without any additional training or evidence that you are safe to operate such a vehicle.
That first clip is evidence of over confidence, poor planning and overall terrible understanding of how trailers work, especially when needing to slow down for traffic lights.
Test should be required for all trailers over 750kg for ANY age.
Test should be required for anyone of any age for minibuses or vans over 3.5t
Baffles me that "if I'm a certain age, I don't need training, I already know it all".
5:35 Its worth mentioning - if you are broken down in the live lane of a fast road, this IS an emergency. Get out (no matter the weather), stand behind the barrier, or on the verge, and call 999 for help. Don’t be a sitting duck.
8:34 Priority at mini-roundabouts. The van pulled into the mini-roundabout 2 seconds ahead of, and almost cleared before, the crane lorry entered the junction. How much lead time/space should you give in these cases?
1 second ahead. You need to start counting from zero.
@@christopherjohnson3755 Can confirm, 32 frames between the van entering and the crane being at the roundabout. 30fps video so just slightly over 1 second.
Almost isn't good enough. Give way to vehicles approaching from the right.
I'm a regular cyclist and from my own experience I find I am getting fewer close passes these days than in the past. Perhaps more awareness thanks to people like yourself, perhaps better instructors, perhaps more cycling during lockdown made more aware. I do still get them occasionally, but they are rare nowadays.
Ashley, if you are still reading comments on old videos, I would value your opinion on a seeming (to me) contradiction in two clips in this video. At 10:45, you provide advice on approaching mini-roundabouts, saying "Make sure you can always stop" (totally agree with that!). But, at 8:40 we clearly see that the crane driver is some metres away (I would estimate at least 6 metres away) from a mini roundabout when a van enters the mini roundabout to the left of the screen. The crane driver is not readily able to stop and only just hauls up in time. One issue is that the crane driver wasn't able to readily stop (your advice at 10:45 but not here) but the key issue for me here is that, as far as I can see, the van driver had priority, not the crane.
I have re-read the relevant section of the highway code on this but I actually thought it was a bit opaque on this point. As I read it, you have to give priority to vehicles approaching from the right that are on the roundabout but you don't have to give priority to vehicles approaching the roundabout from the right. If you did, just how far out should that priority be given ?
It seems the crane driver saw there was nothing coming from the opposite direction (the 12 O'clock position) and expected to be able to drive straight over the mini-roundabout without particularly even easing off his speed, taking no account of traffic entering the roundabout from his left. This - to me - was not good driving (especially given its a crane!) - even if you think the highway code supports his position.
I would have been more cautious than the van driver, I think, if I saw a crane bearing down on me, but it still seems to me that he was in the right.
Clips at 4:20 and 9:20 show the importance of not assuming you can drive without meeting someone at the same space at the same time, and the importance of always being observant even if you have priority. Just because you have priority doesn't mean other people aren't going to break the rules and put you in danger.
the Pauli Exclusion Principle is pretty inflexible. it's good to avoid violating it, even if you have priority.
@@kenbrown2808 I don’t know what this means, sorry
@SoupMagoosh the pauli exclusion principle is a law of physics: two things cannot occupy the same space at the same time.
The golf on the A303 just straightlined the roundabout and then the brake check was just ego!
Great vid Asheley.
Three thoughts, rather than detailed comments, this time:
1 - I wonder if close passes on cyclists vary by Police Area. Some enforce, others do nothing.
In certain areas (eg Lincs) there are many hundreds of reports submitted, with essentially zero action taken. In other areas the numbers are many times higher.
2 - At the crane on the Mini Roundabout at 08:38 is it a touch ambiguous - or have I missed a detail in the HWC? As I see it the car actually entered the roundabout first (technically correct?), but any sensible driver would have spotted the crane and ceded priority.
3 - The puddle splash at 09:40 was a strange one. The cammer was going at a good slow speed for the conditions with no oncoming traffic and a good view.
In those circs I would perhaps consider it preferable to have gone around the puddle to avoid the hazard, even if it involved encroaching on he WW lines slightly, as I have no idea what the puddle is hiding. Though that would be contra to HWC.
There also seemed to be a long delay before the windscreen was flick-wiped.
Have a good rest of BH.
Jesus Christ! That clip 5:55 was absolutely shocking! That pedestrian could've been injured, and that driver was disgraceful! When are we going to get drivers sentenced to a minimum of 5 years for these problems!
@5:48 Had a similar near me. I was waiting to the right of the lane to pass parked cars and wait for traffic coming the other way to clear and 2 cars pushed passed and forced their way through. They both pulled into housing estates less than 200m down the road. I passed one of them not 10 seconds after they pulled up.
@7:42 Passing the same cars another day, I had a dog run out from between the cars. I stopped as I saw the owner with a lead over their shoulder as they were looking down at their phone. She then gave me right evils that I nearly ran over her dog. Good job I was paying more attention of her dog than she was.
I definitely see people creating problems in narrow residential streets like the one in this clip. I live round the corner from a street like that and the other day I was walking down it and saw a tailback. A car coming one way had stopped half onto the pavement opposite the parked cars forcing everyone coming the other way to delicately work through at 1mph.
The offending driver was sitting in the car, she hadn't even parked, just causing chaos.
@10:13 could be the driver was!following satnav instructions like "at the roundabout use the right hand lane" and then noticed the Get Over arrows on the road !
I truly believe that driving standards are declining.
There's no driving standards in the UK.
7:23.. Take away called "Mings"... I'll give that one a miss thanks.
10:00 - Done the same early into my driving. Sat nav says "Turn right at the roundabout" and just didn't think and went into the right lane to turn right, forgetting it was an oncoming lane. Nothing coming the other way, corrected myself a moment later. The sort of mistake you only make once.
Hi Ashley, a suggestion for a potential video idea (maybe for when you're down South). It would be great to see you ride on board with a London Black Cab driver and observe their driving (Tom the Taxi Driver would be an obvious choice given the size and quality of his TH-cam channel, but you could definitely make a video with another driver).
London Black Cab drivers are probably the most knowledgable drivers on the roads when it comes to knowing how to get from A-B efficiently and smoothly, and reading traffic conditions to a pretty incredible level, due to The Knowledge. But I feel like an underappreciated part is how good their actual driving is - which from what I've seen from Tom's videos and inferring on their skill level, is probably also pretty amazing.
A video with a well-regarded driving instructor and presenter like you, and a well-regarded London Black Cab driver would be a match made in heaven (if it was possible to arrange)
How do you all feel about someone failing a road test during moderate rain with lots of parked cars on busy streets,
The reason for failing exam was average speed in 50kph zones was 44/45kph and was recommended to at least hit a target of 46/47kph while in 50 zones. This was me about 7 years ago, and now that I've remembered to finally book my appointment for my next test just to basically remove a passenger limit restriction and less stiff fines if you get one(still have not gotten one). But remembering such a silly reason for failing makes me nervous that something silly is gonna happen again.
@7:46 I'm sick of people being irresponsible with these long dog leads! They're great for letting the dog have a bit of a run and explore but still be secured to you. They're not hard to use you just have to be observant which a lot of people seem to lack the skill of these days
Lazyness is far too common and a bad habit, just like not indicating. We all can make mistakes from time to time. Especially when we are not at our best.
I'd say that the trailer was over weight also. Which is another factor in it Jack knifing so easily. Luckily no one was at the lights in front.
Trailers brakes (if it had any) don't seem to be working
9:59 I was like "Where is this Mini? Is it gonna overtake us?" but no, that massive car is the Mini.
I'm surprised that more comments are not dismssing the 6:37 clip of the van cutting across the main road as a non-event and that the cam car stopping for them was how it should work.
I'm going to argue that things are not getting worse, but the prevalence of dash and head cameras is meaning we are more aware. In 2014, I tried to cycle to work in Aberdeen - I only did it once. I had over 50 passes like the one you showed at 7:15 - and it got worse if I tried to command any space. At one point a car overtook, nearly clipping me with his wing mirror, then pushed over to the left to move me back into the gutter where I belonged. I regularly saw behaviour like this when driving.
After an incident when a car, overtaking on double white lines caused me to have to drive off the road and into a farm entrance, I purchased my first dash camera. I wonder how many other people have similar stories to tell.
at 5:55 this is now happening all the time!! stopping to give way to oncoming vehicles and some idiot over takes, even driving my bus, i'll put my right indicator on and people still go around and then get stuck!!! it's getting worse out there!!
2:24 White BMW wins the prize in that group. That driver does not give a F***.
There is a mini roundabout near me with three exits total. Traffic usually flows between two of these and the third, which is where I almost always am coming from or going to is considerably less busy except at school kicking out time. I now have to always assume the traffic to my left will fail to give way so treat it more as proceed with extreme caution. Really poor standards at mini roundabouts.
Look at the IR flicker of the police ANPR cameras on the bridge at 06:35.
Would anyone have noticed he's been watched by cameras creating a motion profile that then goes on a central database for two years and can be pulled any time (asumption: You could be wanted, so we have to secretely record where you are going although you aren't under suspicion).
If people knew, they probably wouldn't put up with that!
Possibly the brakes on the trailer were not working as they should. The damper on our trailers fail once a year
I used to use one of those long retractable roaming leads, but my dog was reactive and not good at road discipline despite my efforts to retrain this senior rescue dog. I found it very hard to draw the dog back towards me when I needed to, as the rope is too thin to get a firm grip on, and so you had to lock the lead to pull it back: you could only do this one arm's length at a time, which is often not quickly enough for the situation. As a result of some near misses, I switched to a "control lead", which is still long enough to let the dog roam and investigate, but is coiled in the hand if you need the dog close to you. These are about 2M in length, and are a robust woven ribbon of material that is easy to handle. Using the control type of lead sometimes needs two hands, so most people find them inconvenient which is why retracting bands are so popular. I actually think that the extending roving type of lead should be banned as dangerous.
I always treat green light go if safe, amber / yellow stop if safe . not had an issue s far. always check right and left as going on a green and keep updated as i cross the junction. i do not put my life/health on the line for a computer / light. but some have way to much trust in the green being safe, one reason i say green go if safe the junction maybe blocked or you may have emergency blue light run and more reasons too. and the amount dash cam footage you learn fast you just tell if the going to stop of not, going a little fast towards red is a clue
10:02 this uas happened to me before. Unfortunately its not always easy to know if youre turning onto a 1 way. Usually there are signs, but not always if you are turning out of a leisure/business park (which was my particular case). Fortunately there were no other cars about.
With regard to the long lead pet clip think that we also need to have better awareness of weather affects on pedestrians I used to cross a zebra everyday to and from work if it was sunny every driver would give way in the rain about 1 in 3. Also if it is raining people often wear hoods reducing their vision but also concealing head movement so they may appear to change direction suddenly. The tailgating was exceptional low speed but still didn't see what was in front of them!
I'm not sure why the car park Yaris was having an issue in reversing. There's a reversing camera showing on a 7 inch screen in the centre of the dash.
somebody else suggested they were just a bit on the brash side - as in they knew where they were going, but gave the appearance of not.
In fairness to the mini 'changing lanes' onto the opposite direction carriageway, I do think our road design is partially to blame here. We don't make a good enough differentiation between lane markings and the road centre marking. In most cases, I think our road design is much better than that used in the US, but I will concede their yellow centre lines do make it more obvious.
They need to start making mini roundabouts into low kerbs, gentle enough to drive over if you need to but enough of an inconvenience to make going around the path of least resistance. If behaviour won't change, infrastructure has to.
8:30 Is Phil a jibsworth?
Take your like and get out 😂
1:50 staggered formation would have prevented that awkwardness. but I will say, I've had times I've had to dynamite the brakes to get someone dislodged from alongside me so that I could change lanes.
Petition for the dvla and dvsa to start mandatory driving standards re- assesment test every 5 years.
Ashley. I totally agree with you. I have noticed a lot lately! Getting worse!
Sadly, I think tailgating has increased in the new 20mph areas. I'm not sure if it's ignorance of the change or unwillingness to follow the rules
The latter. If the rules don't make sense, nobody will follow them. 20 mph is just too slow unless it's near school with kids running around.
Dangerous overtaking I’ve experienced a few times.. when you have a kid as well in the car … these overtakers never use their brain and think of others. I wish they never passed in the first place.
Are things getting worse or do we just have more exposure than ever? With increasing dashcam usage and gopros and the various YT channels...
It's not like any of this happens rarely. I spend 8 hours a day on the road and I see it all every day.
First clip, that appears to be a Toyota Landcruiser, towing an off-road prepped Land Rover Discovery mk2. The Toyota has a maximum towing capacity of 3,000kg, the Disco in stock trim is around 2,250kg, a 3 axle trailer is around 800kg unladen. In short, it's almost certain that the rig was beyond the towing limit for the vehicle.
Beyond that, a 3 axle trailer should have independent braking on each axle, the way the car was thrown around under braking suggests either the trailer electrics weren't connected properly or the trailer brakes didn't work properly.
The combined weight of the trailer and load should always be less than the total weight of the prime mover regardless of stated towing weight.
That is where these idiots go wrong.
This is the golden rule that will help to avoid these incidents.
10:50 cutting it yes, but even so, they were established on the carriageway of the roundabout before the cammer car emerged onto it and you must give priority to the right to vehicles on the carriageway of the roundabout. Even if they had not cut over the roundel, it was a poor emerge from the cammer.
But to be fair, that driver was ahead on the roundabout, not to the right. There was time for both drivers to use the roundabout together, if the driver went around it rather than over it.
@@SamOwenI Spot on. Cammer did nothing wrong here.