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11 ай бұрын

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11 ай бұрын

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@biancademilo

11 ай бұрын

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11 ай бұрын

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@Stettafire

11 ай бұрын

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At 7:23 "Give us a call, we'll help ya". Brilliant Ash and so you! I guess that's a great line you get to use in a marked driving school car.

@phantasmaleye3879

11 ай бұрын

Hilarious!

@johnnymichael1804

11 ай бұрын

Iiiiiibaaaadeeebah.

These videos are such a change of pace from a typical dashcam compilation and it's quite refreshing. You have hit the sweet spot for entertainment and education. Keep 'em coming Ashley!

In that first video, sadly when you say ‘leave space for all vehicles when parking’ a lot of people think this means they should park up on the pavement, blocking pedestrians instead. Amazing how many people can’t park a few yards down the road and use their legs for the rest.

@ynot6473

11 ай бұрын

i'm a skin flint, i park a little further away to avoid car park charges!

@R0ssMM

11 ай бұрын

In the driver's defence, he had his hazards on ;-)

@TRASHoftheTITANS

11 ай бұрын

Too many people don't think when they park. They just fixate on: "there's a space, I go there", without giving any thought to, a) how wide the road is, b) what's on the other side, and c) what needs to get past them. I'm sure it's intentional selfishness for some drivers, but I imagine some are genuinely oblivious to the problems they cause because they just don't give it any thought!

@tin2001

11 ай бұрын

I visited the UK in 2019 and drove a pair of rather large motorhomes around the countryside. Keeping them out of everyone's way was always on our minds.... But of course had 2 cases of people being more important than everyone else. One Range Rover driver who refused to back up about a car length to a wider part of the road and instead insisted on folding his mirrors in and trying to squeeze past while we pushed into the hedgerow... And another instance where we're got stuck due to parked cars like in the video, and had to reverse back down the street and find another way out.

@engineeredlifeform

11 ай бұрын

At my previous street, it was on street parking, as it was Victorian terraces. One lad used to park his BMW right at the corner of the junction and larger vehicles couldn't get around the corner, and this prevented an ambulance from entering the road once. I explained this to him when I next saw him, but he kept parking there. So I got a permanent marker and drew a cock 'n balls on his driver's side door. That did the trick.

Don't enter a yellow box junction unless your exit road is clear. What happens if you can't see the exit road? Would be an interesting legal challenge if anyone was ever fined for stopping in that box.

@colinprice712

11 ай бұрын

Look up the DoT guidance on box junctions. I suspect that one could challenge a fine/penalty on the basis that the council didn't follow the appropriate guidance...

@ianmason.

11 ай бұрын

@@colinprice712 I'll actually look at the Traffic Signs Manual and see what it says, but I wonder if that idea is so _fundamental_ to the very idea of a yellow box junction that the guidance _doesn't_ say "Make sure that all the exit points of a box are visible from the threshold of the box". It's like those workplaces rules you trip across and you _know_ that a rule exists especially because somebody did do the obvious "Nobody would do that, surely?" thing that the rule prohibits. Usually somebody called Gary, Nigel or Kevin for some reason known only to the gods. OK, checked it. _ "8.2.3. When designing the marking, authorities should take in account that drivers must be able to comply with the requirements of seeing that their exit is clear before entering the box. This will obviously impose limits on the dimensions of the box depending on individual site conditions." _ Looks like the writer had worked with enough Garys that they knew that they had to explicitly say it.

@tin2001

11 ай бұрын

In the video instance, the obvious failure to stop at the red light is probably a far bigger concern than them not being able to see it was clear across the box.

7:15 “Give us a call, I’ll help ya.” I’m sorry but if I were your pupil, we’d be parked up the rest of the lesson cos I’d be laughing too much 😂😂😂😂

The bus been stuck behind two poorly parked vehicles happened to me a while ago, couldn't get through so a van behind me decided to drive on the pavement to get past near where kids was playing. I just wish i could get the CCTV off our buses to send to you Ashley for driving fails i see on a daily basis.

@user-ge6dy1ru6x

5 ай бұрын

Same with my truck! If I woudi have IT skills, I could record all . Mostly lost , sat nav, selfish , foolish drivers and also pedestrians/ cyclists. No surprise NhS cannot cope .we need edu action and discipline to reduce emissions and emergency services use.

11:00 I honestly think this situation could have been dealt with better. Not excusing the man walking on the wrong side of the barriers, but if he slipped or tripped on the curb, passing this close could have turned nasty.

@thomasdalton1508

11 ай бұрын

Agreed. He should have been given as much space as a cyclist would have been.

@adammcallister2260

11 ай бұрын

I suspect that was his intention before the taxi broke the merge in turn sequence. Perhaps slowing down a bit more when it was obvious that the taxi wasn’t going to give way might have been a safer action.

'At least he was signalling'. Trouble is, far too many drivers think their indicators are a combination of a force field and immediate priority over everyone else, regardless of reality.

@kenbrown2808

11 ай бұрын

and the other half are triggered to try to block the maneuver.

@tin2001

11 ай бұрын

​@@kenbrown2808 Or maybe, here's a thought, they either don't actually see the indicator (too many cars now have indicators you can't see at all when side on) or they assume the indicating driver isn't stupid enough to try and smash into other cars, and will follow the appropriate rules for whatever they're trying to do.

@kenbrown2808

11 ай бұрын

@@tin2001 you csn tell they know the other car is signaling, because they hit the gas as soon as the signal comes on.

I wish the instructors near me were more like you. There are just to many of them, that reaaly don't give two figs to the highway code. I though of myself to be a fairly decent driver, but have learnt so much watching your vids. Thank you.

@PedroConejo1939

11 ай бұрын

I don't generally notice the ones around here, which is probably a good thing, except in heavy rain or fog when theirs are the cars with no headlights on. The same was true when we lived in Pembrokeshire, where the idea of signalling right to go straight across at roundabouts had infected the locals from somewhere.

Positive reinforcement works a lot better than we think, I know it from my 30-year-old experience as a teacher. Loved the video, thanks for sharing. Regards from Spain.

First clip reminds me of a beginner driving lesson I gave recently. Got a kid to park up on the left after driving a little loop, and a white panel van pulled up on the right just ahead (which was on a bend to the right). I then had to endure the discomfort of watching other drivers struggle to navigate around our vehicles, and of course a good handful of them gave the school vehicle the dirty look!

@silasfatchett7380

11 ай бұрын

Outside my house, I noticed a car unable to pass due to my car and another which later had parked opposite. I spoke to the driver, telling him the situation and that I would move my car if he took back the dirty look.

The yellow box just needs cameras to finish it off.

1:20 Admittedly, he probably thought you beeped because you were angry he skipped all the traffic

@123MondayTuesday

11 ай бұрын

nah it was obvious the cyclist thought the beep was to make him safe and to not skip the traffic lights you muppet

@goodguykonrad3701

11 ай бұрын

@@BrianBadondebowl I get that, but rather than the cyclist just being triggered, I'd say it's misuse of the horn by the typical driver means it's going to be understandably misinterpreted. I'd also say it's better to do a quick double beep in that situation as it's less ambiguous

@ashley_neal

11 ай бұрын

If a young child was going to walk out into danger and I beeped, would they get offended?

@RichO1701e

11 ай бұрын

@yvonq.9346 Ash wasn't wrong, the cyclist mounted the curb, onto the pavement and went thru the PEDESTRIAN crossings instead of waiting behind the stop line at the red light. Riding on the pavement thru pedestrian crossings is not a "valid alternative". For your argument to make any sense, he should have dismounted and walked thru the pedestrian crossings.

@ashley_neal

11 ай бұрын

No I haven't

Fun fact, Gandalf used to be a driving instructor but had to give up as none of his students ever passed.

@carlsmethurst8566

11 ай бұрын

Nice one 😂

The bus problem at the beginning of this video, it used to happen many times near my home and the delivery driver refused to move even when asked, 4 weeks later the bus company cancelled the route and it's a shame because many pensioners used this service.

@5688gamble

11 ай бұрын

This is how areas become car dependent, cars squeezing out buses by consuming all the space, leading buses to be unpopular because they get stuck behind traffic and to abandon dense housing scheme routes becuase drivers park badl, forcing ore people into cars and leaving those who cannot drive in a horrible position!

1:02 This is a perfect example of how sounding the horn is an ambiguous signal, just like flashing of the lights.

@TimpBizkit

11 ай бұрын

That's why you need an R2D2 sound effect like on Mark Rober's car.

@tflp1950

9 ай бұрын

Yeah, I would've interpreted that as a bitter driver who was annoyed that I was filtering through.

@cccenturion4480

8 ай бұрын

@@tflp1950 That's certainly one way of looking at it. Another may be seen as a way to warn other road users of the potential hazard of a vulnerable road user with poor situational awareness.

I think that's my previous instructor in the clip at 10:51! Great instructor, only had to change because I moved away. These videos are so helpful to me as someone who recently got their licence. Thanks Ashley!

6:46 You told the girl, "Hold back, clutch down" as she was turning into the side road where the van was partially blocking the road further up. Then you immediately gave her a bollocking for braking and holding back, telling her, "It wasn't right - we're stuck out in the junction! Move forward!". You told her to hold back while she was still out in the junction and then when she does hold back as you instructed, you contradict yourself and tell her to move forward! Poor girl, she does what you tell her to do and then gets a telling off for it. Sometimes you don't give clear instructions. What you should have said when she was still out in the junction, instead of, "Hold back, clutch down", was, "Enter the side road and stop short of the van, clutch down". Do you see the difference? Instead of telling her to hold back in the middle of the junction and then giving her a telling-off for doing what you told her, you would have got her to safely enter the side road and got her out of the junction.

First (intro) video is a perfect example of the car car car mentality we have on the roads today and forget about large vehicles which include Ambulances are Fire Appliances.

@WerdnaLiten

11 ай бұрын

I'm afraid you're correct; people think they can do what they want, and park where they want - and damn the consequences. Nothing will change.....

@paulcollyer801

11 ай бұрын

For the red trucks the do have S44 FRSA to make use of if absolutely necessary.

@ianmason.

11 ай бұрын

@@paulcollyer801 The way you've phrased that I can guarantee that 90% of the people reading will not be able to discern what you're trying to say.

@Monkeh616

11 ай бұрын

​@@ianmason. He's referring to section 44 of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004, which, to summarise, empowers authorised members of such services to take any action they deem necessary in order to perform their jobs in an emergency. This includes moving vehicles.

@ianmason.

11 ай бұрын

@@Monkeh616 I figured that out with a little help from Google, but it needed a rephrase to make it a bit more reader friendly. It's an old editor's habit to point out poor phrasing, which I try to restrain unless the phrasing in question is particularly poor as IMNSHO this was.

The very first clip with Ashley and the oncoming bus. I don't think I've ever seen Ashley driving so cheerfully...and he's had a good few laughs in the past. That's "Driving with a Positive Personality".😊

@thomaselliot2257

11 ай бұрын

I was thinking the same thing. He was like that in a couple of more clips. 😁

@ibs5080

11 ай бұрын

@@thomaselliot2257 Yes, Ash has a certain way with his laugh. I remember one time he was teaching a pupil and a lady coming the other way stopped behind the car in front of her, not realising it was parked!

@thomaselliot2257

11 ай бұрын

@@ibs5080 or the time he saw the queue of cars the first time a McDonald's was open after the lockdown 😁

@ibs5080

11 ай бұрын

@@thomaselliot2257 Was that when he did an actual video about queuing etiquette at a McDonald's drive thru...or was it a drive by such an establishment?

@thomaselliot2257

11 ай бұрын

@@ibs5080 it was driving by on a dual carriageway

I was on a bus in a similar situation- was not laughing, I missed an important appointment because t took 10 inutes of bus driver blaring the horn to get a hold of one of the entitled motorists blocking his path! Buses need battering rams and to be legally allowed to ram any cars blocking it's way in this manner! The owners should then be liable for any damage to the bus or any other public or private property damaged in the process!

First clip reminds me of what happens often outside my local primary school. People double park just so they can get 1yd nearer the school gates whilst the buses who also have to use the same road as part of their route get stuck. I’ve seen some very irate bus drivers shouting before now.

@tin2001

11 ай бұрын

I've been picking one of the kids up with a bicycle-hauled trailer... Usually I go straight up their driveway, but some days there are like 3 cars parked on the street blocking it, tightly packed in since there's no lines marked there (after all, it's a driveway not parking). End result is I have to go all the way to the end of the block and walk back along the footpath with the heavy bike+trailer combination.

11:00 Ashley, why did you pass that pedestrian so closely? That was dangerous. You didn't leave 2 metres of space (or even half a metre) as the Highway Code instructs.

The last "hit and run" I did was a 4x4 Chelsey tractor parked exactly like the first pair in the first clip. One of those spatial awareness things, but my 'senses' didn't think I was going to clear the gap, but it did think my left mirror would pass under the 4x4's. I even said, "Breath in everyone". I was only going walking pace with an oncoming queue of traffic weaving around parked cars it was going to be slow. Unfortunately, within about 2 inches of the mirror, my senses then said, "Ooops." and "Clunk". They clipped. Top of mind, underside of theirs. I checked my mirror and it hadn't even moved out of alignment. Checked the 4x4 mirror was still there and still "out", it was, so I drove on. Given that my car is red and theirs was black, I didn't leave any red paint on them as I took a nice thumb sized smudge of black plastic which came off with panel wipe. Stopping within 100 yards was going to bring a sleeply little town that happens to find itself on the most busy tourist, road trip routes in summer to a complete stand-still in both directions in stead of just one as it was. I carried on.

Driving a bin wagon for a living I encounter that first clip soooo often it's really annoying.

I hope that wasn't litter at 5:00 !

@123MondayTuesday

11 ай бұрын

Ha great spot!

@MoonWolf_yt

11 ай бұрын

I'm wondering about it myself.

@thomaselliot2257

11 ай бұрын

I thought Ashley was better than that. The fact he sent the clip in at that point suggests he doesn't even realise that what he did was not right. I hope he reads this and realise it needs to change . Sorry Ashley .

@stephandolby

11 ай бұрын

I'm thinking it's a fragment of nail he's getting rid of.

@finding13emo

11 ай бұрын

yeh that surprised me

You had me at “private hire” 😂

A sense of humour at the right time reinforces whatever point you are making. I don't know the psychology behind this but it is something that I discovered 40+ years ago. It would explain why some subjects/topics taught in School were either remembered or forgotten in later life. Delivery was the key factor. This applies to Driving Instruction and most other environments as well. Hope that makes sense.

I don't get why the bus driver has a problem, the van clearly has its hazard lights on, which makes everything OK.

I think that since no-one is allowed to enter that yellow box if they can't see their exit is clear (except for turning right), many, if not all of the drivers approaching it cannot legally enter the box at any time. Regarding your unsecured slabs on the LR, back in the 70s, I saw what happens when paving slabs come off the back of a wagon. It's not pretty.

9:35 I work really early mornings which means sometimes driving at 2am or 3am to get to work. We seem to have a little community of drivers at this time who are all super considerate like this. It's so nice

First clip is a good example of how pavement parking can make things worse. If the blue car had parked fully on the road then there's a good chance the delivery driver would have parked elsewhere and the bus could have got through.

@paulcollyer801

11 ай бұрын

Indeed, but the presumption is that the blue car was 1st. Would still apply the other way round.

@TestGearJunkie.

11 ай бұрын

There was plenty of room for the bus, I've got buses though a lot smaller gaps than that.

@paulcollyer801

11 ай бұрын

@@TestGearJunkie., Hard to actually tell with a dashcam. I’m an artic driver & in two minds.

Maybe the driver of the GT Car Parts van sold the other driver a new door mirror 😀

with the silver van backing in, I could see that he was going to move forward, before he even moved the front wheels.

Well done for not having a meltdown @9:29 when you were FLASHED 😱😱

10:00 the van's speed limit is 60mph on a dual carriageway of course.

@RichO1701e

11 ай бұрын

depends if they've had a panel replaced with a window, it's loophole. OR they're just oblivious and don't know their speed limit

Great video, thanks Ashley.

My mother is a private hire driver and once when she was driving me to her home for a weekly visit (I never learnt to drive due to anxiety issues) she had a go at a pedestrian for not using a zebra crossing correctly, the pedestrian veered off the crossing on our side to got to the right of the right barrier. I told her that there is no law that says they can not do that and her response I think says it all when it comes to private hire drivers: "I am a taxi driver, I know better!". It's a false sense of superiority due to their job.

Hello all from a rainy Canterbury. Held off going to RHS Hyde Hall Flower Show in Essex today in the hope of a drier Sunday. We shall see. And now to Ashley's video.

@thomaselliot2257

11 ай бұрын

Whenever there's a rainy day, you can always spend the time with Ash-ley

@ibs5080

11 ай бұрын

@@thomaselliot2257 That almost rhymes! How goes it Thomas?

@thomaselliot2257

11 ай бұрын

@@ibs5080 OUCH 😄

I towed a vehicle last week for the safety of the public. Not because the vehicle that I removed was in a dangerous position, it was well onto the verge. The vehicle, a Ford FPR V8 Falcon, was being systematically stripped by thieves. They were parking on the 100kmph stretch of road, like this unlit, turning out their lights so as to not draw attentiontothemselves, and carrying out their act. They had no concept of the danger that parking on the dark road could have for them or other road users.

11:06 I think you should have slowed right down: you had no space if that pedestrian lurched out. What do you think?

@richardhammer187

11 ай бұрын

Yup, I think there was a bit of ego going on there for sure, he could easily have preempted the pass and backed off the gas a bit.

I wish more people would watch your channel, I've found it has helped me have a different mind set. I find drivers are so inpatient and aggressive. Keep up the good work, we all must make a change to make things better

05:39 - Why use the horn here Ashley? They could easily see you emerging. Was it a reprimand which you normally advise against?

@Madsstuff

11 ай бұрын

Logic states that the red car went late and should really have given way when they saw Ashley. But the pressure of the yellow box probably urged them to rush getting out of the way. I would say, on that logic that horn was a fair use of alerting that driver of a potentially dangerous issue impending. In the quick thinking needed it's clear the red car was in the wrong and the horn, while "hasty" was also warranted to bring attention to a quickly closing gap. I don't think at all that was a reprimand. People do funny things when surprised or under pressure. Give the man a break.

@shm5547

11 ай бұрын

I would also add going on green when the road is not clear

@TheGiff7

11 ай бұрын

@@MadsstuffThe two vehicles ahead of the red car cleared the junction while the lights for Ashley turned green. Suggests they jumped the lights at the other end as well.

@richardhammer187

11 ай бұрын

Yeah, to me that was a telling off, something he always tells people NOT to do.

At least that yellow box is properly painted which is more than I can say for some the ones in the town where I live.

The van at 10 mins is very fast, isn't the speedl imit 60mph for a van on a dual carriageway (non-motorway)?

@RichO1701e

11 ай бұрын

depends if they've had a panel replaced with a window, it's loophole. OR they're just oblivious and don't know their speed limit

Ashley at 11:08 I thought you would have held back & let the taxi go because of the man on the kerb?

@richardhammer187

11 ай бұрын

Yup, I think there was a bit of ego going on there for sure, he could easily have preempted the pass and backed off the gas a bit.

Hmm. Private hire merge in turn could have been handled better by you there I think Ash. You knew he was going to go ahead as you were looking at him before the light went green. Remember, make it a non event. You accelerated harder than you normally would to try prove a point. It’s just a space and not worth a fender bender. Good video though

Love these driving etiquettes 👏🙏🙇

Very good videos you should try fixing the damaged cars we fix in Ower area in Scottish borders , So simple to look ahead and around , I was told years a go by my instructor, 5 second, look around in your mirrors with your 👀 as it takes that time for anything to happen and in open roads extend time to look ahead and around for anything to happen.

I suppose the driving test examiner can represent the ultimate Gandalf Corner: 'You shall not pass!' ;)

Nice new shades Ashley!

Could be at end of clip Rover saw L plates and took the precaution in case you failed to get away, as often occurs. However he did not rush to pass you as often happens..

8:00 reminds me off the meme where the passenger is quaking in the seat going "brake brake!" and then it cuts to the pedestrian being about 100 yards away.

@kenbrown2808

11 ай бұрын

I find that occasionally dynamiting the brakes when the passenger yells to brake helps to keep that habit a little more under control. don't do it with someone behind, of course.

@RichO1701e

11 ай бұрын

Did you just reference and episode of Keeping Up Appearances?

The taxi coming out of the crossing that's a new one 🤣

There seems to be 3 things that need sorting out in your area I think Ashley. Number 1: potholes need repairing. The roads did look seriously damaged on some roads. Number 2: 4:53 that dangerous junction that you said cyclists and people get killed at needs to be looked at and maybe changed. Number 3: I think there needs to be some looks at your own Gandolf Corner, for some more safety.

I found the best way to drive is assume other drivers are always going to do the stupidest thing possible. They usually do.

"Give us a call, we'll help you". Brilliant remark to a poor driver 🤣

That wasn't a triggered cyclist, that was a cyclist who's only ever experienced a horn used as a form of bullying. I've cycled for many years, but have only ever seen a horn used once in a way that wasn't hostile.

@corroded

11 ай бұрын

So like the very definition of triggered then?

I passed my driving test in 1983 & my motorbike test in 1998. I was a professional driver for 30 years but now I only do about 100 miles a week. I don't claim to be the best driver in the world and I make mistakes like everyone else but I'm experienced and here's my take on things. Just about everyone has a 'rush' mindset these days. No one seems willing to back off, slow down, give way or concede position on the road. It's the 'rush mentality' combined with ego. If there's a tight squeeze between parked cars many drivers would rather have a collision than stop or even slow down. Even when the obstacle is on their side of the road and you reach the obstruction first they'll force their way through without lifting off and for what? How much time has it saved them? It's just a competitive ego thing going on and I'm sure drivers who do it don't even realise why they're doing it.

5:01, what did you throw out the window!?

@ashley_neal

11 ай бұрын

A ladybird

2:20 remember to put your hazards on!

I'm a bit confused about why you gave the cyclist a tap of the horn after he'd already passed you

@paulcollyer801

11 ай бұрын

Because Ashley thought he was going straight out into crossing traffic. A beep before would not be necessary as the cyclist could be stopping.

@waldolemmer

11 ай бұрын

@@paulcollyer801 Oh, thanks. I initially dismissed that possibility because the cyclist looked aware of the cross traffic, but I guess pressing the horn was a preventative reflex

@paulcollyer801

11 ай бұрын

@@waldolemmer, better to prevent than be a witness in an incident that closes the road for many hours. Been stuck at scene several times. Most awkward for the truckers; less room to turn, and limited hours in the working day.

Some of the world famous Liverpool humour there with that hire car/taxi on the pedestrian crossing. Classy comment from your learner.

11:00 no 2m passing distance for the pedestrian in the road here, distracted by the taxi using the junction as an overtaking opportunity?

@richardhammer187

11 ай бұрын

Yup, I think there was a bit of ego going on there for sure, he could easily have preempted the pass and backed off the gas a bit.

at 6:48, you always need to expect the unexpected and never proceed until you’re absolutely certain as to what they’re going to do… The van driver made a right mess of his reverse but the learner did really well by not going around him and held back👍

I've never seen a Land Rover flatbed recovery truck before, only the tow crane vers.

Ashley. Regarding the yellow box on the bridge. How does the phasing of the lights work? Is there a delay between one side turning red and the other green to allow the bridge to clear? The box may exist to prevent traffic from crossing the bridge after the lights change. There’s a bridge where I used to live which is wide enough for traffic but due to being a swing bridge cannot have vehicles sitting on it. This has a yellow box on it to prevent traffic backing up from the lights further down the road.

@ashley_neal

11 ай бұрын

All the lights work independently with a set time in between. Sometimes things get slightly blocked and people can't clear, but they still go anyway.

@TheGiff7

11 ай бұрын

@@ashley_neal Cheers for that. It’s a behaviour that frustrates me. Motorists jumping lights and blocking the junction as a result.

I thought Norfolk had some bad pot holes but seeing some of those on your videos around your area they are like craters 🤣

That Land Rover and paving slabs wow 😮😮🤯

At around 9:57, I have to admit I've never given a Thank You or thumbs up via my side window to an overtaking motorist on a motorway or dual carriageway. I've seen you do that in several other clips too and I'm going to try that when the situation is appropriate. I try to learn even the smallest details from Ashley's videos.

@waldolemmer

11 ай бұрын

In South Africa people flash their hazard lights once. That way the other person is guaranteed to notice you thanking them, so you don't have to thank them twice

@paulcollyer801

11 ай бұрын

I’ll use hazards flash AND a raised hand thanks as they pass.

@RichO1701e

11 ай бұрын

Personally, I go with a quick flash of the hazards instead of a hand in the middle of the rear window, depending on the level of help from the other driver, I give a 👍🏻as they pass too.

@waldolemmer

11 ай бұрын

@@zbf5h89ftb You don't have to look at the switch while you're pressing it. You only have to glance at it beforehand. In some cars, it's close enough that you don't even need to do that It only takes a second, so taking one hand off the wheel isn't a big deal. Remember that people who drive manual do that dozens of times per trip

@waldolemmer

11 ай бұрын

@@zbf5h89ftb Highway Code 2 says you have to drive with both hands on the wheel whenever possible To quote Julia Daniels: > If you are looking to thank other drivers for any reason, do so in a safe - and legal - manner, such as getting your passenger to wave on your behalf.

At around 2:07 in a situation where I'm waiting in a straight ahead lane and I'm "overlapping" the start of either a right or left turn filter lane (as per the van in this case), I will stagger my car away from the side of the filter turn lane whilst still remaining in my lane. Plus I may consider to break the practice of "tyres and tarmac" and instead, budge up a little closer to the vehicle in front whilst we are stationary and waiting. All in order to avoid exactly the sort of thing in this clip.

@RichO1701e

11 ай бұрын

Agreed, being aware of your surroundings and the needs of others. But very poor from the Golf, couldn't squeeze thru without the contact but the silver Fiesta managed just fine.

My friend who is a driving instructor had dropped off his last customer and was on his way home when he was stopped by a police officer who asked to see his license and details, he then said " I'm future if you are not instructing you must cover up the "L" plates, even if you are on your way to the next lesson.

@ashley_neal

11 ай бұрын

That's wrong

@thomasdalton1508

11 ай бұрын

The Highway Code says "Plates should be removed or covered when not being driven by a learner (except on driving school vehicles)." Since it says "should" that means it isn't backed up by law (I've also checked the relevant regs and I can see the requirement to display them but not any restriction on displaying them when not required). It appears this officer was both unaware of the exemption for driving school vehicles (which seems difficult to believe, since no driving school vehicle ever has the L's covered - perhaps this vehicle didn't look like a driving school vehicle?) and unaware that it is only guidance anyway.

that bus driver lacked courage

"Give us a call, I'll help you" love it :)

9:27 I find people tend to try and close space at this point and try and force you to brake and go behind them, a lot of people see an opportunity for a passive aggressive manoeuvre and can’t help themselves

Just getting around to watching this video, family celebrations yesterday. With the first clip, did either of those drivers leave room for mobility scooters, wheelchairs or pushchairs to pass on the pavement? 🤔 I would rephrase the last sentence of the first clip to say “Remember when parking to leave space for everyone”

A VPN does nothing unless your sole interest is in watching content from sites that are not available in your country: At some point your data to/from the VPN providers servers for any not HTTPS access emerges on the internet un-encrypyted, it just happens to do it in a different place (perhaps mixed with other traffic) and unless someone has wire-tapped your connection at source (very illegal) getting access to your data is NOT as easy as VPN providers try to make out.

"give us a call". Funny that 🤣

10:00 that vans well above the speed limit. Is that’s Knowsley Expressway where the M57 ends ?

@ashley_neal

11 ай бұрын

It is 👍

Tbh, with the cyclist, I think they should stick to the road and wait. There might be no pedestrians in that example but I’ve seen people ride through crowds just to skip a red light.

@richardparke4105

11 ай бұрын

So what’s the benefit? They weren’t putting anyone at risk. Legality of it aside, where’s the issue?

@ashley_neal

11 ай бұрын

@richardparke4105 that argument makes an absolute mockery of most things CyclingMikey does then. You can’t be choosy over what rules you follow

@naferemix

11 ай бұрын

@@richardparke4105 legality aside, what’s the issue with anything illegal? 😅

@paulcollyer801

11 ай бұрын

@@naferemixthe issue is that it’s illegal because not everyone considers the variable factors and consequences, thus it needs to be illegal. That’s why only suitably trained Police can go outside the highway code.

@naferemix

11 ай бұрын

@@paulcollyer801 I was mocking richard’s logic. Ignoring legalities, anything illegal is fine to do according to his point.

Re the last clip and reference to Gandalf Corner. I rather like it when there's a reference to another video channel from the current one. I find a certain "comfortable familiarity" with it all.

The rearview camera not being mirrored is so confusing

I think you missed the van at 14:09 go through the zebra crossing whilst the pedestrians you stopped for were still crossing. Isn't that still a big no no in the Highway Code?

Delta taxi's are terrible! I come across them few times this week driving bad.

I know most people aren't interested in buses, but what if that was a fire engine?

@TestGearJunkie.

11 ай бұрын

They'd have just barged through 🤣

7:21 how much weight is in the VW Transporter? Definitely over it's payload!

9:28 this is directly comparable to the recent slip road video. Ashley was given the space by the van driver who did not have any legal reason in the world to give way. This is how it should be done, and what the lorry should have done in the slip road video.

the last clip really winds me up as it is illegal to show the wrong indicator, so most people don't use indicators when turning of extremely last second. so if you are basically que jumping down the wrong side of the road, how aware are you something else isn't going to do the same infront of you? especially when several hundred feet from the junction in some instances, and sometimes not even visable to oncoming traffic like a junction just after the crest of a hill, or a blind bend. or wose little kids trying to cross the road between stationary traffic. you cannot see an adult behind a vehicle in most cases when the road is so cluttered with parked vehicles. that is why you would never find me overtaking stationary traffic to basically que jump for my junction until totally safe to do so like 10 feet from a junction. when you can clearly see traffic from all angles, if a blind junction I will wait for that extra 10 feet.

In answer to the question of if the Land Rover would pass an MOT: probubly not but as its a F suffix reg its likely registered as tax and MOT exempt. Though given the fact the chassis has clearly been substantially modified (proper 6x4 or 6x6 landys dont have a rear axle that looks like its off a caravan, I wonder if its braked?) and the front end and suspension is off a much later model it should probubly be on a Q plate having been SVA/IVA tested and would then be unlikely to be tax/MOT exempt unless it was modified 40 years ago.

@jameshoward2738

11 ай бұрын

F is 1989, not old enough to be tax or MOT exempt. My B reg (1985) has another couple of years of tax & MOT yet.

@gs188

11 ай бұрын

@@jameshoward2738 Thats F prefix. F suffix would be 1967/68 so its meant to be a series 2A, not a One Ten.

@Monkeh616

11 ай бұрын

Yeah, that thing's been naughtily grandfathered onto that plate. It's registered as an 'unknown' and I promise not a part on it dates back to 1967 to go with that plate. Farmers special, and I bet there's some interesting welding to be seen..

@steve5772

11 ай бұрын

That's what the ropes for. 😂

The irony is that if everyone drove like this traffic would flow better, but the impatient brigade don't see that.

@JakobusVdL

11 ай бұрын

so true, in the city centre of Christchurch (New Zealand) they have made the main one way streets 30kph (down from 50). It took the first drive on them to see that all the lights are synchronised so if you drive at 30 kph, you never have to stop. But, people still zip up to 50+, chop lanes etc etc, just to get stopped at the next lights.

Was that a flatbed defender 😳 I think I've just seen my dream vehicle 😆👍

Does anyone know if the junction at 1.30 is shared use ? Many of those newer ones are where I live are, and some of 'em look just like this example.

@RichO1701e

11 ай бұрын

Ash has said it is in the comments, but he should have dismounted to from the road onto the pavement

@sleepycatsqueeze

11 ай бұрын

@@RichO1701e Can't find the Ash comment saying this is shared use, but I did find one where he said he didn't say any such thing so I still don't know if it is or isn't. . FYI one doesn't have to dismount on shared use "pavements". 'Cause " shared use". Anyhow mixing cyclepaths/pavements do seem to be the road planners way to guarantee conflict. Paint a bike and a line on a pavement and tick the cycle infrastructure provision box. Motorists triggered if the cyclist isn't using it, and pedestrians triggered if they are.

the one at your gandalf corner was telling himself he's helping flow by using all the road.

There are occasions where I do indeed try and pass a learner driver when appropriate because I am aware many (learners) feel pressures by the car behind. The intention is to help.

@thomasdalton1508

11 ай бұрын

"When appropriate" are the key words there. Turning left from the right-only lane isn't appropriate.

Why, If I pay for KZread do I do watch Ashley talk through an advert for yet another VPN provider

7:19 "give us a call ill help ya" XD XD XD

Out of curiosity, why are there no wheelie-bins plonked outside the terraced houses located directly on the pavement with no front gardens in Liverpool? Here in Ipswich, every terraced house there would have 2 or 3 wheelie-bins permanently on the pavement LOL.

@GodmanchesterGoblin

11 ай бұрын

But how do you drive down the pavement with wheelie bins in the way? I assume the pavement drivers that Ashley sometimes shows us in Liverpool have already taken care of them.

@neilsa9292

11 ай бұрын

They're probably in the backstreet, they do that where possible here in Bolton.

08:58 - I think you were expecting that vehicle to suddenly appear around the corner. Or did you see the reflection of their headlights in the parked vehicle on the bend? 😂

3:25 Are those glasses a prop for the sponsor segment? I can't say they're flattering

@ashley_neal

11 ай бұрын

Nice profile pic 👍 The irony