I think you are pretty harsh on yourself with the silver award Wales clip. You looked both ways 4 times including leaning forwards and backwards to gain any visibility through hedges etc and have realised what you can and can't see. You decided that it was best to go while your right hand side was completely clear which gave you an escape route if needed, and it was. You maintained your checks on the left approach and reacted appropriately causing no problem for the other driver. You did all you could do. The other driver has approached a blind bend in damp road conditions without reducing their speed. You mentioned that the sign may have been hidden. Well, consider these 3 possibilities Either 1. they saw the sign and made no adjustments, 2. the driver knows the road layout ahead and chose not to slow down for the junction or 3, he doesn't know the road layout and still didn't adjust his speed to safely stop within half of the distance he can see on a blind bend. I know you follow Ashley Neal and that is something he always preaches. As far as I'm concerned you did pretty well. Send it to Ashley for his expert analysis.
It's unfortunately a key character trait of mine to be harsh on myself 😅 If I wasn't, arrogance and over-confidence would take over instead 😛 I appreciate the further analysis and kind words!
Always nice to see you take credit for your own mistakes. Beats mindlessly going at other drivers all year, like some channels do. Here's to a great 2024 my mate. All my love and thoughts. ❤
We all make mistakes on the road, but I wouldn’t consider 4:34 a mistake, the zafira tried to bully his way out and failed when it was your right of way I wouldn’t of stopped either
To be fair, the one where you pulled out on the Audi I feel you dealt with quite well. Obviously, it could have been worse if a car was coming the other way also, but given the circumstances you did what was best to fix the situation. Although I think one of your biggest f ups on this channel was in one of your earlier videos where you tried to take the exit way too late and ended up with full ABS steering to avoid the central kerb.
One of my biggest pet peeves when people force their way out of junctions when it's not clear, makes me want to always do what you did and make them wait.
Humble of you to post, most wouldnt and none were too bad. However, i think it just adds to what Ash Neal always alludes to, that if you can help out, do so, and if someone makes an error, try and make it a non event. We all ultimately make mistakes on the road no matter who we are, so no point going mental because we will do a similar error weeks later.
Great video as always mate and I agree with the comments on the silver award not been your fault I thought you dealt with it well and as for Albion Street car park that is just the worst to get out of especially when turning right 🤣 I as a bus driver hate it 🤣🤣
You should ask Ashley Neal what he’d do at that Welsh junction - that’s a really tricky one and I reckon folk would appreciate his opinion (although your analysis was very good!) - greta video, keep up the good work :-)
So you are only human after all! 👍😂 Only this many 'uck ups in a whole year, mind you the year's not ended yet! You must be getting better. Do I make these errors? Of course not I am an excellent driver! 😉 Well obviously not, but you'd be amazed at how many viewers get excited when I say it. Merry Christmas to you and yours Charles. ❤
Well at least you admit your mistakes! Your blind bend junction in Wales, I think the Local Council should be making it much clearer what's just round the bend.
I think you are pretty harsh on yourself with the silver award Wales clip. You looked both ways 4 times including leaning forwards and backwards to gain any visibility through hedges etc and have realised what you can and can't see. You decided that it was best to go while your right hand side was completely clear which gave you an escape route if needed, and it was. You maintained your checks on the left approach and reacted appropriately causing no problem for the other driver. You did all you could do. The other driver has approached a blind bend in damp road conditions without reducing their speed. You mentioned that the sign may have been hidden. Well, consider these 3 possibilities Either 1. they saw the sign and made no adjustments, 2. the driver knows the road layout ahead and chose not to slow down for the junction or 3, he doesn't know the road layout and still didn't adjust his speed to safely stop within half of the distance he can see on a blind bend. I know you follow Ashley Neal and that is something he always preaches.
As far as I'm concerned you did pretty well. Send it to Ashley for his expert analysis.
It's unfortunately a key character trait of mine to be harsh on myself 😅 If I wasn't, arrogance and over-confidence would take over instead 😛 I appreciate the further analysis and kind words!
They should've put a mirror or something there, I have seen mirrors on tricky bends. I am not a driver myself
^^ this. You drove to the best of your abilities, shitty intersection is to blame here.
This just goes to show that even the most careful and aware drivers on occasion make mistakes.
Glad to hear I'm perceived that way 😂 I'm planning on doing something next year to improve my driving even more, new series perhaps 👀
Always nice to see you take credit for your own mistakes. Beats mindlessly going at other drivers all year, like some channels do. Here's to a great 2024 my mate. All my love and thoughts. ❤
2:38 I took the exact same line as you on the magic roundabout...twice last Thursday. Only difference is I did it in a bus 😂
We all make mistakes on the road, but I wouldn’t consider
4:34 a mistake, the zafira tried to bully his way out and failed when it was your right of way
I wouldn’t of stopped either
Nice to see a best of 2023 video mate
2 more to come
@@DashCamHull Excellent
To be fair, the one where you pulled out on the Audi I feel you dealt with quite well. Obviously, it could have been worse if a car was coming the other way also, but given the circumstances you did what was best to fix the situation.
Although I think one of your biggest f ups on this channel was in one of your earlier videos where you tried to take the exit way too late and ended up with full ABS steering to avoid the central kerb.
Great Video Wow that junction in Wales is just awful 😨 you dealt with that well, they should really do something about that junction
One of my biggest pet peeves when people force their way out of junctions when it's not clear, makes me want to always do what you did and make them wait.
Thanks so much for sharing your own faults and analysing them. This way we can all learn from it!!
The new Leads Rd lights are absolutely shocking, catches most ppl out
Great video man! I’ve also made my fair share of fuck ups, we all go wrong sometimes and mind have been really bad most of the time lol!
Last year it felt like I was having a competition with myself to get the biggest screw up 🤣
@@DashCamHull I might as well have done this year to see what my worst overtake is 🤣
We’ve all made these mistakes or similar mistakes but that is fun and then learning.
Indeed! They all serve as a humbling moment of learning 😁
Humble of you to post, most wouldnt and none were too bad. However, i think it just adds to what Ash Neal always alludes to, that if you can help out, do so, and if someone makes an error, try and make it a non event. We all ultimately make mistakes on the road no matter who we are, so no point going mental because we will do a similar error weeks later.
Great video as always mate and I agree with the comments on the silver award not been your fault I thought you dealt with it well and as for Albion Street car park that is just the worst to get out of especially when turning right 🤣 I as a bus driver hate it 🤣🤣
You should ask Ashley Neal what he’d do at that Welsh junction - that’s a really tricky one and I reckon folk would appreciate his opinion (although your analysis was very good!) - greta video, keep up the good work :-)
I never make mistakes while driving 😂😂😂😂 honest…
Never fail to go wrong somewhere mate🤣
At least I didn't spin a beemer ;)
@@DashCamHull oooo that sounded like a low blow🤣🤣 watch out for them vergers they love undertrays🤣
So you are only human after all! 👍😂 Only this many 'uck ups in a whole year, mind you the year's not ended yet! You must be getting better. Do I make these errors? Of course not I am an excellent driver! 😉 Well obviously not, but you'd be amazed at how many viewers get excited when I say it. Merry Christmas to you and yours Charles. ❤
Perfection is impossible. Even the legendary Ashley Neal would concede that point 😊
Well at least you admit your mistakes! Your blind bend junction in Wales, I think the Local Council should be making it much clearer what's just round the bend.
That's a nice hoody. Family.
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