Thank you so much for putting this together. The worst aspect of social media is that we are exposed to a heck of a lot of "what's wrong" with the world but don't see a lot of "what's right". People doing nice things is something I really needed this this morning!
@@peaceisnice there’s loads of these nice driving compilations, all well made too! it’s great to see people not getting upset over trivial matters, it’s my priority etc that are on fail compilations and some other dashcam channels
Excellent logic from the viewer in the icy, single-width road clip with the oncoming vehicle. Makes far more sense for the person downhill to go on the bit with little traction.
This was taught AS STANDARD behaviour with or without bad weather conditions. Yet another example of how UK driving standards have fallen since the 2-part test was brought in. 😡
The woman from the DVSA is the classic career Civil servant; swaps roles/departments without fully understanding what happens in each department. These people always find roles.....
The failure of awareness of the roundabout crossing schemes lies sole with the government for not providing funds for a proper information campaign, initially the Conservatives who implemented it and now Labour. Blaming civil servants for government failures is something that has become a thing is this country but it's not right. If she's doing a bad job the government can replace her.
Shocking driving at 3:26, slowing down for a green light! For context for those unsure what was going on, I saw the children of thier bikes and the youngest appeared to be enjoying the freedom of no adults and the speed of a slight downhill section. Those lights lead into a local park area so in my mind I was thinking he is just going to dart across. Once I could see he was going to stop I continued but watching ready to stop
Also a good idea to be wary of any dogs on long leads or not even on a lead. Once had a dog not on a lead suddenly run out in front of me. Luckily it was in an estate side road, so my speed was already very low, so I could stop quickly and dog didn't come to any harm, but not a nice position to be in watching someone's pet and loved one disappear under your car. Hopefully it was a lesson for the owners to keep the dog on a leash and under control when near roads.
Where I live, some drivers try to be too nice to others by giving up their priority at say a junction, without fully checking up what's going on behind them. There's junctions near me where people tend to stop to let one person out but cause utter chaos behind by holding up an entire queue through a set of lights with box markings! I default to the marked priorities unless I've really assessed the wider implications of giving up priority.
I was cycling and emerging from a junction, turning right. The main road had a dedicated right turn lane into the road I was emerging from. A driver, wanting to turn right into the junction, stopped in the lane and insisted on waving me on. I kept waiting as both directions had oncoming traffic. The direction I was turning was also multilane for a junction ahead, and I intended to use the left lane. He refused to go until I went, which, whilst polite, was the wrong thing to do. He had priority, and could easily have made it across the one lane of oncoming and into the turn. He was also blocking my view of the lane behind as he was stopped pretty much across my path. I also had a queue of cars behind me; all of which were held up because I couldn't safely proceed because he hadn't turned in. When he gestured for me to go, I felt pressured and emerged, having to cut across all four lanes (from the right, turning lane, two from the left), and had to accelerate hard (on a bike) to avoid cars from the left that probably couldn't see me because the polite driver was in the way. Sometimes it's better to be predictable than polite.
There's a junction near me where people will regularly flash people to let them out (a right turn) without thinking about there being oncoming traffic. I've seen several near misses because people feel obliged to go when they've been flashed and don't look right before pulling out.
For this reason I sometimes I don't let people out if I am approaching a red light, junction, or a roundabout, if they are going to be crossing oncoming traffic. Might seem contradictory to a nice driving video chat, but if I can see the oncoming lane has flowing traffic, the intent to be nice could inadvertently create risk like you describe. If the merging vehicle doesn't observe oncoming traffic and oncoming traffic isn't ready for the possibility of merging traffic, they don't see each other and then a crash happens, which there are examples on this channel.
I've been behind "do-gooders" who have just stopped in the road (despite it being completely clear in front) and let though 10+ cars making a right turn. I appreciate that they're in an awkward position trying to turn right across a busy road, but holding back a long line of cars so you can make yourself feel like you;ve done a good thing isn't actually doing a good thing. You've held up some people so some other people aren't held up. In the end, no net gain. And just to clarify, the people turning right were not stopping traffic that was continuing straight on.
Letting another driver out when there's a long queue of traffic behind is really helpful. What I object to is the opposite, and I see it far too often: there is ONE car coming and it gives up priority for me at a junction. By the time I'm sure it's stopping and I can move, it could have been past so the other car has delayed itself and I've not been helped.
A golden rule I learned many years ago, is simply this, if you're traveling downhill, give way (where possible) to traffic traveling uphill - particularly in bad weather. They need the momentum and traction to keep going on the slope. You have stored kinetic energy on the downhill side, which makes it easier for you to get going again, than it is for them, scrambling for traction, against the force of gravity that wants to pull them back down again.
I was taught the same thing - since the introduction of the 2-part test UK driving standards have plummeted. Courtesy seems to no longer be a part of driving lessons.
On the subject of emergency services it should be noted that sometimes it's better to keep moving as stopping causes bigger problems. My local hospital is on a hill and the amount of people who pull over creating a block meaning the ambulances need to go into oncoming traffic. KEEP GOING until it's safe to pull over
Absolutely, I always think about what will make the best flow for the emergency vehicle, and that can often mean carrying on at normal speed to free up space behind.
I do this (helps I have friendsin the emergency services) I will assess the situation not everyone notices the lights till last minute so if you pull over somepeople will overtake you instead, or stop themselves on the other side of the road, so I carry on driving normally assessing if the emergency vehicle is directly behind me then move over so they can get past (either slowing if space or stopping if needed)
Yep. Seen people just straight up stop on a road wide enough for even 2 articulated lorries to pass each other easily, but bendy and hilly (lots of no overtaking markings). Just NOT safe. It's a 50 zone. Unless there is no traffic (which there always is unless it's the middle of the night) keep going to the other end, where there is a layby. The emergency vehicle will find it's way and, if you do, will probably thank you for not being a dumbass and stopping, impeding them more than you already were. It's only like a mile or so of it, too, so a little over a minute to traverse at the speed limit.
this, i love in wales with a large hospital on one side of a mountain and a large town on the other, the amount of people who will blindly decide to stop on a single lane mountain road with near zero visibility around corners and a steep incline when they see the flashing blues behind is shocking!
I think a lot of people just stop as they’ve seen it on American TV shows, but they have much wider roads over there whereas tight roads here often means it’s more difficult for the Ambulance to get around cars.
Great seeing positive actions by drivers , Hazard perception and trafic awareness , As oppose to the many youtube channels that only show dodgy poor driving .
Nice to have made the ‘editors cut’ not once but twice in this episode, and first up too…… I share the clips with my pupils and they all get a kick when they see their driving lessons on the channel.
8:35. similar situation for me the other day, Winnats Pass is narrow, but kept mostly passable in snowy conditions by the local farmer, but you have to cede priority to traffic coming up by getting onto the ice when going down, its no issue for you, you have gravity, traffic coming up has not got a chance on the icy margins, stay safe.
Hi Ashley, I’m going to use the comments on this video as a bit of a rant and I hope I can get your thoughts. I’ve held my cat B for just under a year and I was exploring different career opportunities as I’m still young and knew I should explore before I can no longer afford to do that. I thought I’d try out bus driving so I applied to a TFL contractor and I started my training in November. Sitting behind the wheel of a 12 metre bus simply felt like sitting behind the wheel of a car for the first time, a completely different experience. I felt like my instructor just expected us (me and the other trainees) to know it all and didn’t really treat us as learners nor provide much support. He kept going on about how it’s the same as driving a car, you need to follow the shape of the road, you must ALWAYS be centre of your lane, etc. While I understood these sentiments, it seemed like I was supposed to magically be good at it. After around 30 hours I had to have a progress check because my standard of driving wasn’t good enough for the amount of hours I’d had. They weren’t satisfied and so gave me a few more hours before I had another progress check at which point they terminated my contract as I still wasn’t good enough. The senior instructor kept prompting me to do certain things, some of them I understood as I should have acted earlier (bare in mind I had not done anything dangerous at all throughout the drive). On one occasion I Needed to overtake a cyclist, but there was a cyclist coming down the centre of the lane in the other direction, and he ended up turning right, as soon as he was out the way I knew I’m going to overtake the cyclist in front of me and I did, but just as I was about to, the senior instructor told me to overtake the cyclist. I discussed this with my instructor, he said nothing about your position told the senior instructor that you were going to overtake the cyclist, you should have been closer to the centre of the road (next to the white lanes). Anywho I’m going to apply to another company to continue my training and I WILL get that cat D license!! Thanks for getting this far and reading.
Sounds like that instructor is an idiot. As a Class 2 lorry driver, we need more space. Just like buses. Yes, the gap you need is always likely to be less than it actually looks, but that's the same for any vehicle. Sounds like you did the right thing to me, so don't let that experience dampen your spirits (though it sounds like it hasn't, much). My lorry driving instructor would have slated your bus driving instructor for such an attitude. Larger vehicle? More observations, find your spaces and find your way, but safely. And slowly if needed. Keep at it, buddy, and you'll make it.
One set of rules, problem is some road users know them and try to apply them, some road users know them but can't be bothered, then the rest who haven't a clue of any rules, old or new, do their own thing anyway!!
Problem is pedestrians are not required to read/understand the Highway code, plus some don`t understand the difference between "Priority" and "Right of Way". There should have been an old school TV/Radio awareness campaign which would have benefitted BOTH motorist and pedestrians.
As a coach driver huge thanks to coach clip driver, drivers like you who appreciate the room we need have a positive impact all round. Plenty of drivers do not want to concede to a coach or truck, even though doing so would help as it allows us to move, thus removing an obstruction we may be causing or not causing us to slow the flow. Most of these clips demonstrate that all it takes is willing to stop or slow, which requires less actions than trying not to be " beaten " by the situation.
Honestly, I think you're being too harsh in your final assessment of the 3:35 clip. The lights were green when you say the driver spotted the emergency vehicle. So they were still moving forward. The moment the lights turned amber, they braked. Then after having a moment to think, they realised they could make it easier for the emergency vehicle, so then they moved back a bit. I'm absolutely certain barely anybody would have been able to do any better than this guy, to be honest. While you can anticipate other people's behaviour, I don't think it'd be possible to anticipate the lights turning red here, meaning he's absolutely doing the right thing by keeping moving, until he sees the lights turn amber. While I agree it's good to look at nice driving and seeing what could be done better, but in this case, you're just being a bit too harsh on what in my opinion is already the best they can do. And being too harsh here might be setting unrealistic standards for people. Of course I'd love to hear from you if you can explain how this driver was supposed to stop further back given the entire situation. I'm open to you changing my mind, but for now I'm convinced this driver's actions are the best they could have possibly done.
Exactly, and what would 'doing better' have achieved in this scenario? The emergency vehicle sailed on its way without impediment, nobody else was delayed, so this was absolutely fine. Well done to the cammer I'd say
Hi guys. This is my footage. The only thing I think Ashley might be getting at is had there been someone directly behind me, I would not have been able to reverse back further so had I stopped where Ashley suggested, the ambulance could have passed by quicker. Would have been a tighter squeeze with a car behind me and being further forwards.
I find some drivers are shocking when it comes to emergency vehicles. Was driving down Epsom downs, saw an ambulance so pulled over and stopped, car on the other side of the road did the same, a Range Rover from behind, tooted at me as it overtook then realized his mistake, but instead of pulling over or reversing, just carried on through making the ambulance wait... In a world where every second counts, those 10 seconds could make all the difference.
5:57 ‘sometimes’ when it snowing and icy people become more patient and share the road better, its a delight to experience when it happens. Everyone is driving around on egg shells because the conditions are so bad it causes all haste and impatience to disappear. It a bit like…. ‘we are all in this together, so let all work it out so that we don’t fall off the road’
Not my clip, but i can tell you that this is the norm in Norway. Of course there's the odd selfish and aggressive driver, but its nothing compared to what i see when i'm in the UK.
@@PedroConejo1939 It is. The ZP on the plate indicates that the car is registered in the far north: Troms and Finnmark. But there is a sign on the roundabout that says "Fredrikstad", which is in the south near the swedish border.
'Everyone is driving around on egg shells' - not in Essex I'm afraid. Drivers here are not used to snowy/icy conditions and just drive in the same hectic aggressive manner they are used to expecting their vehicles to perform the same miracles that normally prevent their drivers being killed..
Even if the lady threw the 🦔 into the bushes, it would have been a lot kinder than leaving it to get squashed by a car...i thought... before i realised it was Ashley's little joke.😄
I have moved the occasional hedgehog to a safer place, but it is painful. Those spikes are really spikey on bare hands, especially if the hedgehog is a larger heavier adult. Just grit your teeth until the good deed is done.
At 5:45, I couldn't work out which country that was*, but this is something I was trying to describe about how drivers responded to heavy snow in Germany with respect to traffic lights. It requires a co-operative mindset and a desire to help others, but I'm glad to see it's still going on. *Now identified as Norway.
Come on now Jon, if the DVSA were to sponsor the videos Ashley wouldn’t be able to put up any videos for at least 2 years after any rule changes and even then only half of the footage would be able to be used and not even the relevant parts that explain anything 😁
At 7:20 re "As long as the emergency services have a pocket of space you don't always need to stop". Good advice for the UK. Though in Canada and USA you must stop for emergency vehicles no matter what. This includes if the emergency vehicle is traveling in the opposite direction. The only exception is if the emergency vehicle is in the opposite direction and there's a central reservation separating the two roadways.
In Australia it's simply "give way". The exception, obviously, is if a police car is behind you, and they've slowed down with you rather than move over to pass.
At 8:33 re using a space on the right to assist an oncoming vehicle on a single track road. This can also be a good solution if the oncoming vehicle is much larger than yours and won't fit into the passing place. Make sure the other driver understands the manoeuvre though and obviously, this is where indicating right and creeping slowly helps. I bet the cam car in in CC2's!
Rule 155 Single track roads … Give way to road users coming uphill whenever you can. If necessary, reverse until you reach a passing place to let the other vehicle pass. It was good that the driver saw it was better to give way and let gravity help given the conditions, you’d have to be very selfish to do anything otherwise.
Same here, I had to wear multiple layers and was like the Michelin man on my bicycle. It was very icy in my town, but fortunately most road users were driving safely.
Congratulations to the lady that rescued the hedgehog, my Mrs did that once I recall her getting abuse of other drivers, some people are so selfish and don’t care about our wildlife
Great point on the final clip. People are happy to help each other out in normal circumstances (like holding open a door), but in the car that all seems to go out of the window and people become incredibly self-centred. I wonder why that is. Is it because you're isolated in a metal box, or maybe a feeling of being invulnerable (because of said metal box)?
The clip with the fire engine is in Aberdeen, where I stay, and the people in Aberdeen are an absolute nightmare for dealing with emergencies services. Routinely people block the yellow boxes opposite the fire stations, it’s nice to see the cammer is one of the few in the city who knows how to drive
At 1:36 it was indeed nice of the blue SUV driver to verbally tell you to go ahead and pull out. But would this be on par with " Don't flash your lights to tell someone to proceed" as well as "Don't wave others across"?
At this junction there was a clear view of the road from where I was and for the driver, what’s not seen on the video is me checking to make sure it’s clear before I proceeded. But you are correct though, just because someone flashes or lets you out it’s up to you to make sure it’s clear just in case there’s something they’ve missed.
@@MattCantor21I have had a driver angrily shout at me for not going after they let me proceed because it wasn’t clear. Just becuase they said go doesn’t mean I am going to go
@@smilerbob absolutely, they should either be more understanding about dynamic hazards or shouldn’t give you priority if it’s holding them up enough for them to get angry.
@@smilerbob I've had cyclists get angry at me because I held back after they told me to overtake. I have no idea what their hazard perception is like, and I'm driving the car, not them. I decide when it's safe to proceed.
Re 6:20, some people have the mindset that the 'alpha' would just take their right of way and to hell with anyone else. The true 'alpha' move is to take charge of the situation and make the decision to give others easy options in order to keep people safe, as per your viewer. Good job 👍
5:50 merging in turn on a roundabout. I think this could\should be a rule when traffic on the roundabout is down to jogging pace. Often the traffic being let in will be heading for a different exit so you're not actually losing your place in the queue.
Sweet lady moving the hedge of hogs out of the road 🤗 I failed my mock test just before my bike test because I mis understood the new crossing rule, good job it was on the mock test 🙏🏼
I learnt to drive being told to give way to uphill traffic because they might struggle to move off, but I was clearly told in California (in the Sierra Nevada) that I should give way to downhill traffic because it's hard for them to stop. Nothing sums up two different philosophies than that. I prefer the Euro viewpoint, btw. I thought the cammer did well there.
@@PedroConejo1939 The traffic going uphill generally gets the priority. This dates back to the days of the horse and cart because if a horse pulling a load up a hill stops moving - quite often they can’t get going again. And as you say this would also be true for a vehicle in slippery conditions.
@@robg521 Yep. As I was taught. I couldn't convince my American friends of this, but apparently, it's the law in the hills in California to give way to downhill traffic. I find that quite odd.
Ashley yes roundabouts need revisiting as according to the HC this is covered seperatly to the junction rules in the HC and requires for you to "give them time and space" as opposed to the junction rules of you should give way to peds when turning into or out of (mustif statred to cross, however a roundabout is a junction to me whatever way you look at it and so effectivly splits the road even for straight ahead so I still practice the junction rules were I can for roundabouts.
5:47 This is why I love driving in the Nordic countries (this clip is in Norway), because everyone is super nice and actually understand how to drive efficiently. And the scenery is also incredible almost everywhere, have to drive extra safe though
1:35 In Australia, if someone leaves a gap for you and you take it during your driving test, it results in an instant fail. Even though everyone does it in the real world, it's because the other driver still has right of way and if they decided to hit you, you would be the one at fault
I actually think I learn jst as much, if not more, from Nice Driving than from anything else. I was driving home from paragliding today, single track road, and saw another driver coming the other way. My first and only instinct was to make itt a non-event and reverse first. Honestly, I was always fine skills-wise, but Ash has really imrpoved my attitude the last few years and that's just as important.
The first clip at around 0:30 re leaving space for oncoming vehicles. I recall Ashley demonstrating that same principle at the first traffic light junction from his home. One just has to hope that a driver behind doesn't misunderstand the situation and overtake to fill up the gap and cause all kinds of issues.
It was my clip and from memory when we stopped (I’m an ADI and my pupil was driving) there wasn’t anything behind, while we waited a car pulled up behind. I’d like to think that other drivers would get the hint and work out why we’d stopped…… but as you say not everyone is switched on.
Last year, maybe the year before now, I held back from a parked lorry on the right so traffic could flow but that traffic was blocked by cars piling through in front and having to stop. The driver behind wasn’t happy and a beep of the horn and an attempted pass later realised I had stopped because we couldn’t actually go anywhere and chances are, traffic in front is waiting for traffic to clear the other side If only drivers looked at the bigger picture and not their own little tarmac world. In his defence it was a BMW driver so shouldn’t really have expected anything else 😁
Have a similar issue when exiting a car park near me. The side road that leads onto the main road has a narrow section of road just before the traffic lights at the junction with the main road. I'll usually stop before the road narrows if there is a red light and traffic in front me where the road widens again. Sometimes people behind me don't get the hint, but usually when I start rolling forward a bit they get the message and see that I'm keeping the gap clear. Lot of people don't bother leaving the gap clear and then people coming the other way are stuck for the lack of situational awareness from the people that sit at the red light in the narrow gap.
4:31 … happens all the time, some coming the other way stops and flashes you to come through when there is nowhere to get through behind them. People trying to be nice who can’t read the road or don’t look around them are a liability.
Ducks on a lake near a busy brum road would often be found escorting their ducklings across a the road to get to another lake. Motorists would wait patiently in the rush hour, and some would act as impromptu duckipop ladies and men. Aggression to other motorists: compassion to ducklings. Until they are big enough to be accompanied - by orange sauce.
A comment about the windshield at 7:43. This looks like bug splatter to me (I don't know how this happens in February, but that's beside the point). When you get bug splatter like this, using the wipers to clean it off usually makes it worse, and it's almost always better to just drive with the splatter untouched. The only way to really clean this stuff off is to get to a gas station and wipe it off with the brush and fluid, so he may not have made it to a gas station yet that day.
It might also be them having frozen washer fluid, so unable to clear their windscreen, or attempting to use the frozen fluid, which then ends up creating a bigger mess like we saw on the video. I had a similar situation today, but I still had enough visibility to get to my destination, where I had some water in a water bottle (cold water, not hot / boiling) to clean my windows. I was parking in an indoor enclosed car park, so no issues with the water freezing over or any spilling onto the car park freezing over and creating an ice issue.
Ahhh, Hedgehog Flavoured Crisps, they bring back memories... and still produce an "Ewwwww!" whenever I bring them up in conversation 🤣🤣 Nice video demonstrating some great driving practices, it's good to know that not everybody on the road nowadays is an idiot lol
With the woman dropping money, at first I thought the bloke who was helping was going to do a runner with the few notes he'd grabbed! (and yes, I remember hedgehog bread!)
Entirely agree about giving way to the large group of pedestrians at the exit to the roundabout in this case, but I wonder if the exit to a roundabout counts as a junction at which we “should” give way to pedestrians? The dashed give way line is on the entrance to a roundabout, suggesting it is a junction - but not on the exit which is effectively the through route. Chances of getting hit from behind on many roundabouts is high! I would still want to safeguard vulnerable users though!
1:11 Dissapointed , thought she was going to do a Peter Shilton. Whilst walking home a baby fell out of a high window, peter shilton made a fantastic dive, caught the baby, then bounced it twice and kicked it over the building.
Good morning all. It's a balmy -3.6C outside here in Canterbury but a nice warm 30C indoors. About to watch this before walking the 15mins to hospital to receive my 5th treatment of the week. The next 3 weeks will be 2 treatments a week. I'm doing well and looking very fit and healthy actually but this treatment schedule is tiring. Anyhow, on to the video.
It is a lovely -5C here at the moment and enough to temporarily freeze my handbrake (or parking brake, maybe emergency brake depending where in the world you are from) Good luck with the treatment and appointment today, take care out there and as someone once said, keep safe
@smilerbob Ah yes the good old frozen handbrake. Sometimes rocking the car back and forth a few inches via 1st and reverse gear can free it. Thank You again for your sentiments Bob and hope you wrap up warm. I'm at the hospital now awaiting my treatment. It's all very time consuming.
@@ibs5080 I tried that and even went for a 50 yards reverse in the car park to some bemused looks from others but to no avail. It gradually releases given enough time and think it is something inside the cable that slowly frees up after an hour Never had an issue until the brake shoes were changed last year and the cable adjusted. I can only think a small piece of debris has lodged inside the sheathing that gets frozen in the colder weather. My driving will adapt to the same it did last year, no parking brake use until the end of March 😁
I duno id have been carful.. but maybe a bit more assertive.. no reason to let so many cars incorrectly take priority after its clear they are all now aware of the issue.
Any traffic that comes around the bend whilst the traffic is overtaking the jogger may miss the jogger, it gives the overtaking traffic a nice wide space between the metal box and the pedestrian
@@GazzxyThink about the spaces used The pedestrian is on the other side of the road, the vehicles approaching would need to stop if priority is assumed by the cammer, the pedestrian has ultimate priority in the road and there is a 2m space requirement when passing. To be assertive would mean all vehicles then stopping and the cammer going slow to allow the pedestrian to continue Which is best for flow overall?
@@philipsmith9688No worries. It is my clip and it was my exact thought process when I saw the pedestrian and oncoming cars If it was me jogging (which my knees and ankles would not thank me for) I would stop and step back to allow all vehicles to flow. But that is me and I never expect others to do that so I will do all I can to keep everyone safe and keep the flow
Having had similar at 7:42, usually with a queue of cars both side, I would’ve been tempted to see if I could move the fallen woodwork and clear the carriageway It isn’t always possible especially if the roots are still deeply embedded in the ground for a fully fallen tree
6:44, the reason you walk/run facing the oncoming traffic is so you can "jump" out of the way if there is a possibility you will be hit. 7:11, if you stay in the little pocket of space, when do you overtake as that is what the cammer was doing. 8:36, looks like the cammer was going down a bit of a hill, easier for the cammer to get going
@@Batters56 The clip starts at 6:57, are you suggesting the cammer should not overtake any vehicle as they approach the roundabout? No mention is made in the video when an overtake should have been made but a reference is made to a pocket of space.
@@radishpea6615 On this particular roundabout with traffic lights the first two overtakes are fine, they aren’t likely to suddenly come across. But when you are near an exit, if you have a pocket of space next to you rather than a car, then if the cars around you decide to suddenly keep going round the roundabout they can’t sideswipe you. That’s the point of the pocket of space.
The guy on the icy road got there in the end, I would have pulled in automatically so the oncoming car didn’t have to slow, climbing traffic has right of way. Also if a bigger vehicle is coming up the hill I go into the passing place so they can continue straight on the road
The merge in turn on the snowy roundabout clip 5.54 I spent years as a taxi driver in Portsmouth and I believe every junction, roundabout, traffic lights should be merge in turn with no priority during busy times of day. Every vehicle should give way to every side road every roundabout and that includes traffic lights at rush hour. Traffic lights just flash amber. Because I’ve seen the congestion at traffic lights at rush hours but on the rare occasions traffic lights have failed and the traffic is left to flow on its own people give way in all directions at slow moving speed and there was no tail backs, just slow moving traffic in all directions. because nobody is waiting for lights to change they are just letting traffic flow and 99% of drivers give way when they should to allow traffic to flow. So if every junction at every road was merge in turn with no priority then everyone should be moving all at the same time and traffic would flow at rush hour with no tail backs, everyone moving at a slower pace but no one waiting, no one getting blocked, so traffic takes less time complete journeys. But with all systems it only works with everyone on board. I believe I read that a Scandinavian country removed road marking and the accident rate dropped because they took away priority and everyone then became more careful at every junction in all directions instead of just the people without priority ! Ashley Neal is always saying priority is given not taken and this is one way of making everybody give priority at every junction !
Agree as at the moment if you let someone in they all will go and you end up blocked so if you know it is one to one it will work. I see it often near me there is a bridge where lorries suddenly realise they are to high and block traffic on their side. It gets really bad but if you stop and let someone go around they all do it causing a blockage on your side. This is not exactly the same but gives an idea of where it needs to be both sides following a rule: one to one.
We don't need to remove road markings in Scandinavia - the snow does that for us every year. Consequently there are additional rules regarding right of way that you don't get in the UK. And to be blunt, people also drive better.
6:40 - Nice jogging would also be jog on the side of the road on the grass. If the driver hadn’t held back, the oncoming cars would have had to stop and so would have the stubborn jogger. The I’m facing traffic so they can see me (which they can even if I’m turning my back away from them) is wrong. It’s I’m facing oncoming traffic so I can move out the way if I see an issue…
Edited to Side of the road if it is better - it is semantics though there has to be some sort of separation between the road and the grass. Doesn’t matter I still don’t see why the jogger didn’t just hop on the grass on the side
8:11 driving onto snow/ice in a front wheel drive vehicle your less likely to have traction moving off than a four wheel drive, have the same mindset if you’ve got all season tyres or winter tyres
I’d much rather sit in traffic than filter through, I used to live in London and the amount of incidents I witnessed by cyclists and motorcyclists filtering out me off. I like to keep myself safe even if I’m a few minutes late from where I need to be, it only take a mistake to change that.
Regarding Loveday Ryder and the now not so recent changes to the highway code, i think the general idea is very good but the final design and communication of some of the changes was very poor. This said i do not know to what extent this was down to her management so i Will not criticise her personally.
In the last clip the driver does something else - with their car placement they create a more visible barrier for someone coming from either direction who might not know what's going on. This keeps the person who lost their money safe(r) while their attention is understandably focused elsewhere.
regarding the first clip, a recent US compilation featured a driver throwing a tantrum, because an indecisive white van man made him take 2 seconds longer to get to the red light. - just for contrast.
Staggered formation… it drives me nuts when I position for staggered formation on a bend and someone comes up from behind and sits there side by side with me. Had this week, 2 lanes coming off a roundabout and the road continues on bending to the left. I need to be in the right hand lane and hang back positioned in between cars in the left lane [and especially lorries] so nothing is beside me. Then in the middle of the bend some tw*t comes bombing up the inside with nowhere to go and sits there side by side inches away from me as we go around the bend. [they are swinging wide squeezing me further into my lane because they are too fast for the bend, and I am on the outside almost rubbing on the concrete central barrier trying to give them room] If anything happens both of us have nowhere to go to avoid an incident… it is infuriating.
Hey up Ash. Question for you, or 2 in fact. I know that we give priority to pedestrians at zebra crossings but what do you do when a car pulls up to cross? The second question is, do you want the clip?
At around 6:15 re the merge in turn that worked well. I'd be curious to know where that was, given the right hand traffic and I couldn't read the number plates on my phone screen.
I went on a little geoguessr expedition and I found that it's in Greåker. Look up Greåker Frikirke on Google maps for the exact location. BTW did you know you can zoom in on videos on your phone?
It's Norway. There is a sign on the roundabout that says "Fredrikstad", which is in the south near the swedish border. I would comment that this behaviour is normal here in Norway.
@15bit62 aI should have known, especially as I've driven across the border from Sverige to Norge after arriving in Goteborg. That was way back in the early 1980's. Tak!
9:33 well, I wouldn't complain if the only mistake a motorist made near me when I'm cycling, was to shower me with cash. Heck, I might even stop to pick some up too, I'd think of it as compensation! 😉
It's ok leaving room for lorries if the people behind understand what your doing. I only do it now if I'm in a position to stop people over taking me when the lorry is making its move. Other wise they just block the road.
Wouldn't really like to pick up a hedgehog, I saw one when I was a kid and it was absolutely covered in fleas, there was so many that you couldn't miss them.
04:55 I wouldn't have known this if I didn't watch your channel. Need an infomercial on TV, radio & social media.... Unless there has been one(?). If so, I missed it!!!
Thank you so much for putting this together. The worst aspect of social media is that we are exposed to a heck of a lot of "what's wrong" with the world but don't see a lot of "what's right". People doing nice things is something I really needed this this morning!
Also, when we're trying to improve ourselves, good examples are helpful.
@@peaceisnice there’s loads of these nice driving compilations, all well made too! it’s great to see people not getting upset over trivial matters, it’s my priority etc that are on fail compilations and some other dashcam channels
The Lady stopping traffic to go pick up the hedgehog was priceless, lovely seeing the caring side of humanity.
Sadly, the hedgehog was out during the day and needed to be assessed by a rescue, they should nearly never be out during the day 😞
A potentially prickly situation, with a good outcome.
Yep, Mazda drivers are the best 😁
Could have used it to pick up the money in the last clip.
@@vallamb9499for the majority of time, no. But hedgehogs can forage during the day so its not always a sign for cocnern
Excellent logic from the viewer in the icy, single-width road clip with the oncoming vehicle. Makes far more sense for the person downhill to go on the bit with little traction.
This was taught AS STANDARD behaviour with or without bad weather conditions. Yet another example of how UK driving standards have fallen since the 2-part test was brought in. 😡
Nice to be reminded that not everyone on the road is an idiot and see some great driving skills
Some of these may still be idiots but in that particular time decided to be nice 🤷
The woman from the DVSA is the classic career Civil servant; swaps roles/departments without fully understanding what happens in each department. These people always find roles.....
Yes they always find roles but they depart when it starts to get involved, three years then move on and leave a disaster.
With a name like Loveday Ryder, it's a shame nominative determinism isn't a thing!
The failure of awareness of the roundabout crossing schemes lies sole with the government for not providing funds for a proper information campaign, initially the Conservatives who implemented it and now Labour. Blaming civil servants for government failures is something that has become a thing is this country but it's not right. If she's doing a bad job the government can replace her.
@@zxbzxbzxb1 I think you should look up how the civil service works.
It kinda feels like the project she forgot about until 1 hour before it was due. no structure at all.
Shocking driving at 3:26, slowing down for a green light!
For context for those unsure what was going on, I saw the children of thier bikes and the youngest appeared to be enjoying the freedom of no adults and the speed of a slight downhill section. Those lights lead into a local park area so in my mind I was thinking he is just going to dart across. Once I could see he was going to stop I continued but watching ready to stop
Also a good idea to be wary of any dogs on long leads or not even on a lead. Once had a dog not on a lead suddenly run out in front of me. Luckily it was in an estate side road, so my speed was already very low, so I could stop quickly and dog didn't come to any harm, but not a nice position to be in watching someone's pet and loved one disappear under your car. Hopefully it was a lesson for the owners to keep the dog on a leash and under control when near roads.
Don't worry, I think we all got it! Would have done the same, eased off until I knew for sure where that kid was going
Where I live, some drivers try to be too nice to others by giving up their priority at say a junction, without fully checking up what's going on behind them. There's junctions near me where people tend to stop to let one person out but cause utter chaos behind by holding up an entire queue through a set of lights with box markings!
I default to the marked priorities unless I've really assessed the wider implications of giving up priority.
I was cycling and emerging from a junction, turning right. The main road had a dedicated right turn lane into the road I was emerging from.
A driver, wanting to turn right into the junction, stopped in the lane and insisted on waving me on.
I kept waiting as both directions had oncoming traffic. The direction I was turning was also multilane for a junction ahead, and I intended to use the left lane.
He refused to go until I went, which, whilst polite, was the wrong thing to do.
He had priority, and could easily have made it across the one lane of oncoming and into the turn. He was also blocking my view of the lane behind as he was stopped pretty much across my path. I also had a queue of cars behind me; all of which were held up because I couldn't safely proceed because he hadn't turned in.
When he gestured for me to go, I felt pressured and emerged, having to cut across all four lanes (from the right, turning lane, two from the left), and had to accelerate hard (on a bike) to avoid cars from the left that probably couldn't see me because the polite driver was in the way.
Sometimes it's better to be predictable than polite.
There's a junction near me where people will regularly flash people to let them out (a right turn) without thinking about there being oncoming traffic. I've seen several near misses because people feel obliged to go when they've been flashed and don't look right before pulling out.
For this reason I sometimes I don't let people out if I am approaching a red light, junction, or a roundabout, if they are going to be crossing oncoming traffic. Might seem contradictory to a nice driving video chat, but if I can see the oncoming lane has flowing traffic, the intent to be nice could inadvertently create risk like you describe. If the merging vehicle doesn't observe oncoming traffic and oncoming traffic isn't ready for the possibility of merging traffic, they don't see each other and then a crash happens, which there are examples on this channel.
I've been behind "do-gooders" who have just stopped in the road (despite it being completely clear in front) and let though 10+ cars making a right turn.
I appreciate that they're in an awkward position trying to turn right across a busy road, but holding back a long line of cars so you can make yourself feel like you;ve done a good thing isn't actually doing a good thing. You've held up some people so some other people aren't held up. In the end, no net gain.
And just to clarify, the people turning right were not stopping traffic that was continuing straight on.
Letting another driver out when there's a long queue of traffic behind is really helpful. What I object to is the opposite, and I see it far too often: there is ONE car coming and it gives up priority for me at a junction. By the time I'm sure it's stopping and I can move, it could have been past so the other car has delayed itself and I've not been helped.
A golden rule I learned many years ago, is simply this, if you're traveling downhill, give way (where possible) to traffic traveling uphill - particularly in bad weather. They need the momentum and traction to keep going on the slope. You have stored kinetic energy on the downhill side, which makes it easier for you to get going again, than it is for them, scrambling for traction, against the force of gravity that wants to pull them back down again.
I was taught the same thing - since the introduction of the 2-part test UK driving standards have plummeted.
Courtesy seems to no longer be a part of driving lessons.
On the subject of emergency services it should be noted that sometimes it's better to keep moving as stopping causes bigger problems. My local hospital is on a hill and the amount of people who pull over creating a block meaning the ambulances need to go into oncoming traffic. KEEP GOING until it's safe to pull over
Absolutely, I always think about what will make the best flow for the emergency vehicle, and that can often mean carrying on at normal speed to free up space behind.
I do this (helps I have friendsin the emergency services) I will assess the situation not everyone notices the lights till last minute so if you pull over somepeople will overtake you instead, or stop themselves on the other side of the road, so I carry on driving normally assessing if the emergency vehicle is directly behind me then move over so they can get past (either slowing if space or stopping if needed)
Yep. Seen people just straight up stop on a road wide enough for even 2 articulated lorries to pass each other easily, but bendy and hilly (lots of no overtaking markings). Just NOT safe. It's a 50 zone. Unless there is no traffic (which there always is unless it's the middle of the night) keep going to the other end, where there is a layby. The emergency vehicle will find it's way and, if you do, will probably thank you for not being a dumbass and stopping, impeding them more than you already were. It's only like a mile or so of it, too, so a little over a minute to traverse at the speed limit.
this, i love in wales with a large hospital on one side of a mountain and a large town on the other, the amount of people who will blindly decide to stop on a single lane mountain road with near zero visibility around corners and a steep incline when they see the flashing blues behind is shocking!
I think a lot of people just stop as they’ve seen it on American TV shows, but they have much wider roads over there whereas tight roads here often means it’s more difficult for the Ambulance to get around cars.
I can imagine your better half's reaction when she saw you googling 'Loveday Ryder' 😆
At 5:15 at first I thought "Loveday Ryder" was just a name given to a web page about cycling!
Same, except the website isn't about cycling!
@@nellyfett2681 chuckle.....
Great seeing positive actions by drivers , Hazard perception and trafic awareness , As oppose to the many youtube channels that only show dodgy poor driving .
Nice to have made the ‘editors cut’ not once but twice in this episode, and first up too…… I share the clips with my pupils and they all get a kick when they see their driving lessons on the channel.
8:35. similar situation for me the other day, Winnats Pass is narrow, but kept mostly passable in snowy conditions by the local farmer, but you have to cede priority to traffic coming up by getting onto the ice when going down, its no issue for you, you have gravity, traffic coming up has not got a chance on the icy margins, stay safe.
Bless the kind hearted lady that helped this poor soul in the middle of the road. always nice to see
Hi Ashley, I’m going to use the comments on this video as a bit of a rant and I hope I can get your thoughts. I’ve held my cat B for just under a year and I was exploring different career opportunities as I’m still young and knew I should explore before I can no longer afford to do that. I thought I’d try out bus driving so I applied to a TFL contractor and I started my training in November. Sitting behind the wheel of a 12 metre bus simply felt like sitting behind the wheel of a car for the first time, a completely different experience. I felt like my instructor just expected us (me and the other trainees) to know it all and didn’t really treat us as learners nor provide much support. He kept going on about how it’s the same as driving a car, you need to follow the shape of the road, you must ALWAYS be centre of your lane, etc. While I understood these sentiments, it seemed like I was supposed to magically be good at it. After around 30 hours I had to have a progress check because my standard of driving wasn’t good enough for the amount of hours I’d had. They weren’t satisfied and so gave me a few more hours before I had another progress check at which point they terminated my contract as I still wasn’t good enough. The senior instructor kept prompting me to do certain things, some of them I understood as I should have acted earlier (bare in mind I had not done anything dangerous at all throughout the drive). On one occasion I Needed to overtake a cyclist, but there was a cyclist coming down the centre of the lane in the other direction, and he ended up turning right, as soon as he was out the way I knew I’m going to overtake the cyclist in front of me and I did, but just as I was about to, the senior instructor told me to overtake the cyclist. I discussed this with my instructor, he said nothing about your position told the senior instructor that you were going to overtake the cyclist, you should have been closer to the centre of the road (next to the white lanes). Anywho I’m going to apply to another company to continue my training and I WILL get that cat D license!! Thanks for getting this far and reading.
Sounds like that instructor is an idiot. As a Class 2 lorry driver, we need more space. Just like buses. Yes, the gap you need is always likely to be less than it actually looks, but that's the same for any vehicle. Sounds like you did the right thing to me, so don't let that experience dampen your spirits (though it sounds like it hasn't, much). My lorry driving instructor would have slated your bus driving instructor for such an attitude. Larger vehicle? More observations, find your spaces and find your way, but safely. And slowly if needed. Keep at it, buddy, and you'll make it.
Loveday Ryder has completely failed with the change management of the new rules. We now have two sets of people working to two sets of rules
On one set of roads 😊.
One set of rules, problem is some road users know them and try to apply them, some road users know them but can't be bothered, then the rest who haven't a clue of any rules, old or new, do their own thing anyway!!
That's just word salad, it doesn't mean anything 🤔
Problem is pedestrians are not required to read/understand the Highway code, plus some don`t understand the difference between "Priority" and "Right of Way". There should have been an old school TV/Radio awareness campaign which would have benefitted BOTH motorist and pedestrians.
Loveday Ryder sounds like the ideal name for a Bond girl.
Can't have that as a bond girls name though not in this day and age. I'm pretty sure Christmas was the last pun name we had in a bond film
@@LoonyToon69 Strawberry Fields in Quantum of Solace.
@@LoonyToon69 She could always move to the "Adult entertainment industry", I don`t think they worry about being PC. 😂
As a coach driver huge thanks to coach clip driver, drivers like you who appreciate the room we need have a positive impact all round. Plenty of drivers do not want to concede to a coach or truck, even though doing so would help as it allows us to move, thus removing an obstruction we may be causing or not causing us to slow the flow. Most of these clips demonstrate that all it takes is willing to stop or slow, which requires less actions than trying not to be " beaten " by the situation.
5:20 not just nice driving but nice tunes with faithless - insomnia, absolute classic
Honestly, I think you're being too harsh in your final assessment of the 3:35 clip. The lights were green when you say the driver spotted the emergency vehicle. So they were still moving forward. The moment the lights turned amber, they braked. Then after having a moment to think, they realised they could make it easier for the emergency vehicle, so then they moved back a bit.
I'm absolutely certain barely anybody would have been able to do any better than this guy, to be honest. While you can anticipate other people's behaviour, I don't think it'd be possible to anticipate the lights turning red here, meaning he's absolutely doing the right thing by keeping moving, until he sees the lights turn amber.
While I agree it's good to look at nice driving and seeing what could be done better, but in this case, you're just being a bit too harsh on what in my opinion is already the best they can do. And being too harsh here might be setting unrealistic standards for people. Of course I'd love to hear from you if you can explain how this driver was supposed to stop further back given the entire situation. I'm open to you changing my mind, but for now I'm convinced this driver's actions are the best they could have possibly done.
Exactly, and what would 'doing better' have achieved in this scenario? The emergency vehicle sailed on its way without impediment, nobody else was delayed, so this was absolutely fine. Well done to the cammer I'd say
Hi guys. This is my footage. The only thing I think Ashley might be getting at is had there been someone directly behind me, I would not have been able to reverse back further so had I stopped where Ashley suggested, the ambulance could have passed by quicker. Would have been a tighter squeeze with a car behind me and being further forwards.
Thanks once again Ashley for the feature, great road users makes the journey so much better. Nice work to all your viewers! 😊
I find some drivers are shocking when it comes to emergency vehicles. Was driving down Epsom downs, saw an ambulance so pulled over and stopped, car on the other side of the road did the same, a Range Rover from behind, tooted at me as it overtook then realized his mistake, but instead of pulling over or reversing, just carried on through making the ambulance wait... In a world where every second counts, those 10 seconds could make all the difference.
The icy passing place is my winner this week - Genius 👏👏
Public information films were made by a specialist government department, until about 2010, when Cameron and the Tories closed them down.
5:57 ‘sometimes’ when it snowing and icy people become more patient and share the road better, its a delight to experience when it happens.
Everyone is driving around on egg shells because the conditions are so bad it causes all haste and impatience to disappear.
It a bit like…. ‘we are all in this together, so let all work it out so that we don’t fall off the road’
Not my clip, but i can tell you that this is the norm in Norway. Of course there's the odd selfish and aggressive driver, but its nothing compared to what i see when i'm in the UK.
@@15bit62 Hear, hear. Is the clip from Norway? I don't recognise the plates.
@@PedroConejo1939 It is. The ZP on the plate indicates that the car is registered in the far north: Troms and Finnmark. But there is a sign on the roundabout that says "Fredrikstad", which is in the south near the swedish border.
@@15bit62 Ta. I didn't know you have regional plates.
'Everyone is driving around on egg shells' - not in Essex I'm afraid. Drivers here are not used to snowy/icy conditions and just drive in the same hectic aggressive manner they are used to expecting their vehicles to perform the same miracles that normally prevent their drivers being killed..
Even if the lady threw the 🦔 into the bushes, it would have been a lot kinder than leaving it to get squashed by a car...i thought... before i realised it was Ashley's little joke.😄
Omg Ashley I was getting ready to rage when you said she threw it in the bushes 😂😂😂 don't do that to me 😂😂
I have moved the occasional hedgehog to a safer place, but it is painful. Those spikes are really spikey on bare hands, especially if the hedgehog is a larger heavier adult. Just grit your teeth until the good deed is done.
@@susanwestern6434 the lady in the video didn't seem to have a problems. She did a great job by all accounts.
At 5:45, I couldn't work out which country that was*, but this is something I was trying to describe about how drivers responded to heavy snow in Germany with respect to traffic lights. It requires a co-operative mindset and a desire to help others, but I'm glad to see it's still going on.
*Now identified as Norway.
Great examples of courtesy and thinking of others, good to teach and remind us all :)
The DVSA should sponsor these videos with an advertisement for rule changes. Some nice driving always welcome.👍
Come on now Jon, if the DVSA were to sponsor the videos Ashley wouldn’t be able to put up any videos for at least 2 years after any rule changes and even then only half of the footage would be able to be used and not even the relevant parts that explain anything 😁
At 7:20 re "As long as the emergency services have a pocket of space you don't always need to stop". Good advice for the UK. Though in Canada and USA you must stop for emergency vehicles no matter what. This includes if the emergency vehicle is traveling in the opposite direction. The only exception is if the emergency vehicle is in the opposite direction and there's a central reservation separating the two roadways.
In Australia it's simply "give way". The exception, obviously, is if a police car is behind you, and they've slowed down with you rather than move over to pass.
Can tell the countryside drivers from the towny drivers aa they cross view over the hedge instead of just looking at the road in front
At 8:33 re using a space on the right to assist an oncoming vehicle on a single track road. This can also be a good solution if the oncoming vehicle is much larger than yours and won't fit into the passing place. Make sure the other driver understands the manoeuvre though and obviously, this is where indicating right and creeping slowly helps.
I bet the cam car in in CC2's!
Rule 155
Single track roads …
Give way to road users coming uphill whenever you can. If necessary, reverse until you reach a passing place to let the other vehicle pass.
It was good that the driver saw it was better to give way and let gravity help given the conditions, you’d have to be very selfish to do anything otherwise.
I deliver food and last night was our busiest, people don't want to go out in cold icy conditions but they're happy to get someone else to do it lmao
Same here, I had to wear multiple layers and was like the Michelin man on my bicycle. It was very icy in my town, but fortunately most road users were driving safely.
Guilty as charged, but in my defence, being disabled, icy conditions are hazardous for me.
@@reachandler3655 that’s what we’re here for, stay safe! 😊
You provide the service, people will use it!
@@MattCantor21 I hope you've got lights, front AND back!!!
Congratulations to the lady that rescued the hedgehog, my Mrs did that once I recall her getting abuse of other drivers, some people are so selfish and don’t care about our wildlife
Great point on the final clip. People are happy to help each other out in normal circumstances (like holding open a door), but in the car that all seems to go out of the window and people become incredibly self-centred. I wonder why that is. Is it because you're isolated in a metal box, or maybe a feeling of being invulnerable (because of said metal box)?
The clip with the fire engine is in Aberdeen, where I stay, and the people in Aberdeen are an absolute nightmare for dealing with emergencies services. Routinely people block the yellow boxes opposite the fire stations, it’s nice to see the cammer is one of the few in the city who knows how to drive
At 1:36 it was indeed nice of the blue SUV driver to verbally tell you to go ahead and pull out. But would this be on par with " Don't flash your lights to tell someone to proceed" as well as "Don't wave others across"?
At this junction there was a clear view of the road from where I was and for the driver, what’s not seen on the video is me checking to make sure it’s clear before I proceeded.
But you are correct though, just because someone flashes or lets you out it’s up to you to make sure it’s clear just in case there’s something they’ve missed.
@@MattCantor21I have had a driver angrily shout at me for not going after they let me proceed because it wasn’t clear. Just becuase they said go doesn’t mean I am going to go
@@smilerbob absolutely, they should either be more understanding about dynamic hazards or shouldn’t give you priority if it’s holding them up enough for them to get angry.
@@smilerbob I've had cyclists get angry at me because I held back after they told me to overtake. I have no idea what their hazard perception is like, and I'm driving the car, not them. I decide when it's safe to proceed.
Re 6:20, some people have the mindset that the 'alpha' would just take their right of way and to hell with anyone else. The true 'alpha' move is to take charge of the situation and make the decision to give others easy options in order to keep people safe, as per your viewer. Good job 👍
5:50 merging in turn on a roundabout.
I think this could\should be a rule when traffic on the roundabout is down to jogging pace.
Often the traffic being let in will be heading for a different exit so you're not actually losing your place in the queue.
Sweet lady moving the hedge of hogs out of the road 🤗
I failed my mock test just before my bike test because I mis understood the new crossing rule, good job it was on the mock test 🙏🏼
8:34 the green grit box on the right is an indication that this is a passing point and not soft ground.
I learnt to drive being told to give way to uphill traffic because they might struggle to move off, but I was clearly told in California (in the Sierra Nevada) that I should give way to downhill traffic because it's hard for them to stop. Nothing sums up two different philosophies than that. I prefer the Euro viewpoint, btw. I thought the cammer did well there.
@@PedroConejo1939
The traffic going uphill generally gets the priority.
This dates back to the days of the horse and cart because if a horse pulling a load up a hill stops moving - quite often they can’t get going again.
And as you say this would also be true for a vehicle in slippery conditions.
@@robg521 Yep. As I was taught. I couldn't convince my American friends of this, but apparently, it's the law in the hills in California to give way to downhill traffic. I find that quite odd.
@@PedroConejo1939 Perhaps it's a throwback to the days when huge Detroit dustbins had feeble drum brakes prone to terminal fade?
@@davidjones332 Quite possibly. I'd put it down to inability, either of machine or operator.
When the news gets too much, watch this. 00:45 The British at their best. ❤❤❤
Ashley yes roundabouts need revisiting as according to the HC this is covered seperatly to the junction rules in the HC and requires for you to "give them time and space" as opposed to the junction rules of you should give way to peds when turning into or out of (mustif statred to cross, however a roundabout is a junction to me whatever way you look at it and so effectivly splits the road even for straight ahead so I still practice the junction rules were I can for roundabouts.
5:47 This is why I love driving in the Nordic countries (this clip is in Norway), because everyone is super nice and actually understand how to drive efficiently. And the scenery is also incredible almost everywhere, have to drive extra safe though
1:35 In Australia, if someone leaves a gap for you and you take it during your driving test, it results in an instant fail. Even though everyone does it in the real world, it's because the other driver still has right of way and if they decided to hit you, you would be the one at fault
01:09 what a lovely kind hearted lady, if only everyone was that nice, the world would be such a better place.
I actually think I learn jst as much, if not more, from Nice Driving than from anything else.
I was driving home from paragliding today, single track road, and saw another driver coming the other way. My first and only instinct was to make itt a non-event and reverse first. Honestly, I was always fine skills-wise, but Ash has really imrpoved my attitude the last few years and that's just as important.
Snowy merge clip was from Norway it seems, based on the numberplates.
The first clip at around 0:30 re leaving space for oncoming vehicles. I recall Ashley demonstrating that same principle at the first traffic light junction from his home. One just has to hope that a driver behind doesn't misunderstand the situation and overtake to fill up the gap and cause all kinds of issues.
It was my clip and from memory when we stopped (I’m an ADI and my pupil was driving) there wasn’t anything behind, while we waited a car pulled up behind. I’d like to think that other drivers would get the hint and work out why we’d stopped…… but as you say not everyone is switched on.
Last year, maybe the year before now, I held back from a parked lorry on the right so traffic could flow but that traffic was blocked by cars piling through in front and having to stop. The driver behind wasn’t happy and a beep of the horn and an attempted pass later realised I had stopped because we couldn’t actually go anywhere and chances are, traffic in front is waiting for traffic to clear the other side
If only drivers looked at the bigger picture and not their own little tarmac world. In his defence it was a BMW driver so shouldn’t really have expected anything else 😁
Have a similar issue when exiting a car park near me. The side road that leads onto the main road has a narrow section of road just before the traffic lights at the junction with the main road. I'll usually stop before the road narrows if there is a red light and traffic in front me where the road widens again. Sometimes people behind me don't get the hint, but usually when I start rolling forward a bit they get the message and see that I'm keeping the gap clear. Lot of people don't bother leaving the gap clear and then people coming the other way are stuck for the lack of situational awareness from the people that sit at the red light in the narrow gap.
What a pleasant surprise to watch these rare events !
When the doctor said you need to lose a few pounds he didn't mean it like that.
perhaps they should install pedestrian crossings at roundabouts if they want drivers to give way no confusion then
4:31 … happens all the time, some coming the other way stops and flashes you to come through when there is nowhere to get through behind them.
People trying to be nice who can’t read the road or don’t look around them are a liability.
Ducks on a lake near a busy brum road would often be found escorting their ducklings across a the road to get to another lake. Motorists would wait patiently in the rush hour, and some would act as impromptu duckipop ladies and men.
Aggression to other motorists: compassion to ducklings. Until they are big enough to be accompanied - by orange sauce.
Thank you. This one gave me a couple of ideas where I can improve.
A comment about the windshield at 7:43. This looks like bug splatter to me (I don't know how this happens in February, but that's beside the point). When you get bug splatter like this, using the wipers to clean it off usually makes it worse, and it's almost always better to just drive with the splatter untouched. The only way to really clean this stuff off is to get to a gas station and wipe it off with the brush and fluid, so he may not have made it to a gas station yet that day.
It might also be them having frozen washer fluid, so unable to clear their windscreen, or attempting to use the frozen fluid, which then ends up creating a bigger mess like we saw on the video. I had a similar situation today, but I still had enough visibility to get to my destination, where I had some water in a water bottle (cold water, not hot / boiling) to clean my windows. I was parking in an indoor enclosed car park, so no issues with the water freezing over or any spilling onto the car park freezing over and creating an ice issue.
Ahhh, Hedgehog Flavoured Crisps, they bring back memories...
and still produce an "Ewwwww!" whenever I bring them up in conversation 🤣🤣
Nice video demonstrating some great driving practices, it's good to know that not everybody on the road nowadays is an idiot lol
With the woman dropping money, at first I thought the bloke who was helping was going to do a runner with the few notes he'd grabbed!
(and yes, I remember hedgehog bread!)
Entirely agree about giving way to the large group of pedestrians at the exit to the roundabout in this case, but I wonder if the exit to a roundabout counts as a junction at which we “should” give way to pedestrians? The dashed give way line is on the entrance to a roundabout, suggesting it is a junction - but not on the exit which is effectively the through route. Chances of getting hit from behind on many roundabouts is high! I would still want to safeguard vulnerable users though!
1:11 Dissapointed , thought she was going to do a Peter Shilton.
Whilst walking home a baby fell out of a high window, peter shilton made a fantastic dive, caught the baby, then bounced it twice and kicked it over the building.
0:45 No wonder I missed my hedgehog sandwich this morning.
Good morning all. It's a balmy -3.6C outside here in Canterbury but a nice warm 30C indoors. About to watch this before walking the 15mins to hospital to receive my 5th treatment of the week. The next 3 weeks will be 2 treatments a week. I'm doing well and looking very fit and healthy actually but this treatment schedule is tiring. Anyhow, on to the video.
It is a lovely -5C here at the moment and enough to temporarily freeze my handbrake (or parking brake, maybe emergency brake depending where in the world you are from)
Good luck with the treatment and appointment today, take care out there and as someone once said, keep safe
@smilerbob Ah yes the good old frozen handbrake. Sometimes rocking the car back and forth a few inches via 1st and reverse gear can free it.
Thank You again for your sentiments Bob and hope you wrap up warm. I'm at the hospital now awaiting my treatment. It's all very time consuming.
@@ibs5080 I tried that and even went for a 50 yards reverse in the car park to some bemused looks from others but to no avail. It gradually releases given enough time and think it is something inside the cable that slowly frees up after an hour
Never had an issue until the brake shoes were changed last year and the cable adjusted. I can only think a small piece of debris has lodged inside the sheathing that gets frozen in the colder weather. My driving will adapt to the same it did last year, no parking brake use until the end of March 😁
6:53 done this in the past before on a country road, a humped bridge near a bend, sent in to ash
I duno id have been carful.. but maybe a bit more assertive.. no reason to let so many cars incorrectly take priority after its clear they are all now aware of the issue.
Any traffic that comes around the bend whilst the traffic is overtaking the jogger may miss the jogger, it gives the overtaking traffic a nice wide space between the metal box and the pedestrian
@@GazzxyThink about the spaces used
The pedestrian is on the other side of the road, the vehicles approaching would need to stop if priority is assumed by the cammer, the pedestrian has ultimate priority in the road and there is a 2m space requirement when passing. To be assertive would mean all vehicles then stopping and the cammer going slow to allow the pedestrian to continue
Which is best for flow overall?
@@smilerbob better worded than my answer thanks bob
@@philipsmith9688No worries. It is my clip and it was my exact thought process when I saw the pedestrian and oncoming cars
If it was me jogging (which my knees and ankles would not thank me for) I would stop and step back to allow all vehicles to flow. But that is me and I never expect others to do that so I will do all I can to keep everyone safe and keep the flow
2:14 Oohh that’s a nice one
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Having had similar at 7:42, usually with a queue of cars both side, I would’ve been tempted to see if I could move the fallen woodwork and clear the carriageway
It isn’t always possible especially if the roots are still deeply embedded in the ground for a fully fallen tree
we don't have hedgehogs in the states we have porcupines, which are much bigger and have much sharper quills.
I was driving into the sun today, windscreen looked ok until i had full sun on it, so perhaps not as bad as it looked.
6:44, the reason you walk/run facing the oncoming traffic is so you can "jump" out of the way if there is a possibility you will be hit. 7:11, if you stay in the little pocket of space, when do you overtake as that is what the cammer was doing. 8:36, looks like the cammer was going down a bit of a hill, easier for the cammer to get going
You overtake after the roundabout.
@@Batters56 The clip starts at 6:57, are you suggesting the cammer should not overtake any vehicle as they approach the roundabout? No mention is made in the video when an overtake should have been made but a reference is made to a pocket of space.
@@radishpea6615 On this particular roundabout with traffic lights the first two overtakes are fine, they aren’t likely to suddenly come across. But when you are near an exit, if you have a pocket of space next to you rather than a car, then if the cars around you decide to suddenly keep going round the roundabout they can’t sideswipe you. That’s the point of the pocket of space.
@@Batters56 You have explained it well, better then Ashley. FWIW, my questions were to draw an answer because it was not explained well.
Hedgehog saved
Large bus on worlds smallest road
Going on the snow down hill so the other driver doesn’t have to drive up hill on it.
Priceless
The guy on the icy road got there in the end, I would have pulled in automatically so the oncoming car didn’t have to slow, climbing traffic has right of way. Also if a bigger vehicle is coming up the hill I go into the passing place so they can continue straight on the road
The hedgehog clip at around 1:00. All very laudable but always put your own safety first as well as that of other traffic.
Everyone had stopped, so it was safe. Note that she waited until she was sure before crossing the road.
The merge in turn on the snowy roundabout clip 5.54 I spent years as a taxi driver in Portsmouth and I believe every junction, roundabout, traffic lights should be merge in turn with no priority during busy times of day. Every vehicle should give way to every side road every roundabout and that includes traffic lights at rush hour. Traffic lights just flash amber. Because I’ve seen the congestion at traffic lights at rush hours but on the rare occasions traffic lights have failed and the traffic is left to flow on its own people give way in all directions at slow moving speed and there was no tail backs, just slow moving traffic in all directions. because nobody is waiting for lights to change they are just letting traffic flow and 99% of drivers give way when they should to allow traffic to flow. So if every junction at every road was merge in turn with no priority then everyone should be moving all at the same time and traffic would flow at rush hour with no tail backs, everyone moving at a slower pace but no one waiting, no one getting blocked, so traffic takes less time complete journeys. But with all systems it only works with everyone on board. I believe I read that a Scandinavian country removed road marking and the accident rate dropped because they took away priority and everyone then became more careful at every junction in all directions instead of just the people without priority ! Ashley Neal is always saying priority is given not taken and this is one way of making everybody give priority at every junction !
Agree as at the moment if you let someone in they all will go and you end up blocked so if you know it is one to one it will work. I see it often near me there is a bridge where lorries suddenly realise they are to high and block traffic on their side. It gets really bad but if you stop and let someone go around they all do it causing a blockage on your side. This is not exactly the same but gives an idea of where it needs to be both sides following a rule: one to one.
We don't need to remove road markings in Scandinavia - the snow does that for us every year. Consequently there are additional rules regarding right of way that you don't get in the UK. And to be blunt, people also drive better.
6:40 - Nice jogging would also be jog on the side of the road on the grass. If the driver hadn’t held back, the oncoming cars would have had to stop and so would have the stubborn jogger. The I’m facing traffic so they can see me (which they can even if I’m turning my back away from them) is wrong. It’s I’m facing oncoming traffic so I can move out the way if I see an issue…
What kerb? 🤔
Edited to Side of the road if it is better - it is semantics though there has to be some sort of separation between the road and the grass. Doesn’t matter I still don’t see why the jogger didn’t just hop on the grass on the side
I frequently stop to get hedgehogs out of the road, but I have to be honest, I’ve thrown a few - their spines don’t half hurt!
8:11 driving onto snow/ice in a front wheel drive vehicle your less likely to have traction moving off than a four wheel drive, have the same mindset if you’ve got all season tyres or winter tyres
I've got a similar clip of the hedgehog one. I need to send it in. Similar thing happened but with a squirrel.
Funny scene at the end. He wanted to give that money to her, but she just considered the money gone already.
Surprised bike got in the queue instead of filtering past the cars.😊
How is he ever going to get thousands of triggered followers with sensible riding?
I’d much rather sit in traffic than filter through, I used to live in London and the amount of incidents I witnessed by cyclists and motorcyclists filtering out me off.
I like to keep myself safe even if I’m a few minutes late from where I need to be, it only take a mistake to change that.
Always have eyes on stalks when blue lights pass you. Often another one not far behind.
I remember hedgehog crisps. They must have been around in the mid 70s. Can’t remember exactly what they tasted like though.
Regarding Loveday Ryder and the now not so recent changes to the highway code, i think the general idea is very good but the final design and communication of some of the changes was very poor.
This said i do not know to what extent this was down to her management so i Will not criticise her personally.
In the last clip the driver does something else - with their car placement they create a more visible barrier for someone coming from either direction who might not know what's going on. This keeps the person who lost their money safe(r) while their attention is understandably focused elsewhere.
The money one at the end reminded me of that hungry hippos game lol
Really love this series!
regarding the first clip, a recent US compilation featured a driver throwing a tantrum, because an indecisive white van man made him take 2 seconds longer to get to the red light. - just for contrast.
Staggered formation… it drives me nuts when I position for staggered formation on a bend and someone comes up from behind and sits there side by side with me.
Had this week, 2 lanes coming off a roundabout and the road continues on bending to the left.
I need to be in the right hand lane and hang back positioned in between cars in the left lane [and especially lorries] so nothing is beside me.
Then in the middle of the bend some tw*t comes bombing up the inside with nowhere to go and sits there side by side inches away from me as we go around the bend.
[they are swinging wide squeezing me further into my lane because they are too fast for the bend,
and I am on the outside almost rubbing on the concrete central barrier trying to give them room]
If anything happens both of us have nowhere to go to avoid an incident…
it is infuriating.
Hey up Ash. Question for you, or 2 in fact. I know that we give priority to pedestrians at zebra crossings but what do you do when a car pulls up to cross? The second question is, do you want the clip?
🦔 flavour Crisps......
That takes me right back.
At around 6:15 re the merge in turn that worked well. I'd be curious to know where that was, given the right hand traffic and I couldn't read the number plates on my phone screen.
Looks like Norway to me
I went on a little geoguessr expedition and I found that it's in Greåker. Look up Greåker Frikirke on Google maps for the exact location.
BTW did you know you can zoom in on videos on your phone?
It's Norway. There is a sign on the roundabout that says "Fredrikstad", which is in the south near the swedish border. I would comment that this behaviour is normal here in Norway.
@15bit62 aI should have known, especially as I've driven across the border from Sverige to Norge after arriving in Goteborg. That was way back in the early 1980's. Tak!
@@ibs5080 looks like my comment got removed. It's at Greåker Frikirke. Also did you know you can zoom in on youtube mobile?
05:24 corridor of space, I like that.
9:33 well, I wouldn't complain if the only mistake a motorist made near me when I'm cycling, was to shower me with cash. Heck, I might even stop to pick some up too, I'd think of it as compensation! 😉
@@shm5547 victim comment again?
@@ashley_neal nope, I'm just saying some mistakes are not really a problem. The chances of my bike wheel slipping on an errant £5 note is rather low.
God, it's great to see people being nice and smart, instead of evil and stupid, for a change.
It's ok leaving room for lorries if the people behind understand what your doing. I only do it now if I'm in a position to stop people over taking me when the lorry is making its move. Other wise they just block the road.
Wouldn't really like to pick up a hedgehog, I saw one when I was a kid and it was absolutely covered in fleas, there was so many that you couldn't miss them.
Does anyone know where the music in the intro comes from?
that woman from the dvsa looks like a character from Wallice & Gromit and probably has the same brain power
Gwendolyn……?
wow, quicker than the bots today!
…..that’s exactly what a bot would say who’s pretending not to be a bot 🤔 lol
Strange not seeing cheeks as the profile pic of the first comment 😁
04:55 I wouldn't have known this if I didn't watch your channel. Need an infomercial on TV, radio & social media.... Unless there has been one(?). If so, I missed it!!!