Big up to all the private hire drivers. Ashley would have no content otherwise.

@JohnM...

2 жыл бұрын

Taxi drivers are actually the worst human beings on the planet - just my experience. They creep though red lights, they don't signal, and they're just unpleasant people.

@stevecane1987

2 жыл бұрын

@@JohnM... up until your pissed up and need a lift home

@ianl1052

2 жыл бұрын

But, to be fair, as Ashley pointed out, we probably pick up on them so much because there are so many of them. Plus some of them really stand out.

@Matthew-bu7fg

2 жыл бұрын

@@JohnM... theyre probably not as bad as murderers

@Wolfboys589

2 жыл бұрын

@Matthew Not far off

8:25 That one genuinely rustled my jimmies. You always have one, but that was an entire band of colossal prats.

12:24 If someone suddenly slows for an unexpected reason in a live lane that’s on green, always worth slowing down yourself as much as you can safely do so. There’s every chance they’ve seen something you haven’t. Give yourself time to react.

@ibs5080

2 жыл бұрын

That's exactly my approach. Many drivers though carry on regardless, pleased with the feeling they are passing the vehicle in the adjacent lane and not realising the as yet unseen reason for the slow down / stop in the adjacent lane.

@PedroConejo1939

2 жыл бұрын

I've had that reinforced so many times in practice. Even if there's no obstruction, it suggests they're probably fixing to do some stupid.

@grahvis

2 жыл бұрын

So often in dashcam videos, you see a collision where a driver was behaving a little oddly and the vehicle behind either tries to overtake or drives right up to them.

@ibs5080

2 жыл бұрын

@@grahvis Yes, I've seen that so many times. You can easily see it coming.

@PedroConejo1939

2 жыл бұрын

@@grahvis Yep, some of the US dashcam footage will show the cammer (and others) carry on driving through an ongoing accident even when vehicles are still shooting off in all sorts of directions. Blows my mind that.

There is an elderly lady driver living near me who constantly drives with her dog on her lap. What she doesn’t realise if she has a collision and the airbag deploys from the steering wheel it will kill or seriously injure her little darling.

@jenkszy3684

2 жыл бұрын

Nice face full of mushy dog

@kevincross9206

2 жыл бұрын

Never mind the fact it’s illegal!

@Ian_Livesey

2 жыл бұрын

Yeh but so long as the dog will be OK 🤣🤣🤣

@Beatlefan67

2 жыл бұрын

One dog splatted into her guts I'd imagine.

@davidty2006

2 жыл бұрын

why have the dog on their lap when dogs can just sit in the passenger seat?

Nice behaviour from a taxi is impressive enough, but an Audi taxi? That's brightened my day right up.

@ianl1052

2 жыл бұрын

My thoughts precisely.

9:00 to be fair I thought Lilly done well there, she was patient, didn’t try to push in, just lost a bit of concentration when she realised she was in 2nd gear

@hicky62

2 жыл бұрын

It was the actions of the other drivers that was disgusting.

@ianl1052

2 жыл бұрын

@@hicky62 Totally agree. It never fails to amaze me how quickly some people forget that they were learners once.

@andrewlong6438

2 жыл бұрын

@@hicky62 no one was prepared to let her out. It’s quite scary being at a standstill with car whizzing by behind you.

@radishpea6615

2 жыл бұрын

perhaps if she had been allowed to change lane when she wanted to she would not have gotten stuck. She did ok but I question the instruction that put her there. I am sure I will get ripped to shreds for suggesting she should have been allowed to go to lane 2 when she wanted and people will explain why the instructions that forced her to come to a stand still in lane 1 were the right thing.

@cold_fruit

2 жыл бұрын

@@radishpea6615 Ashley stopped her from changing lanes because she was about a foot (maybe less) from a taxi's rear bumper when she started to steer, and the taxi was slowing for the lights which had now changed to red. I suspect that, like Lilly, you were focusing too much on what was going on behind her to be aware of the danger that was forming ahead. If Ashley had allowed her to change lanes there's a very high chance she would've gone straight into the back of that taxi.

the van driver at the end was a true legend, fair play to him for helping that injured bird, great ending to a video which shows that there are still some good people in the world!

6:15 I would have a pretty good guess with the way they aggressively drove off/changed lanes after the junction that Enterprise van could well have been the beeper...

@BigDavie2000

2 жыл бұрын

I concur, also if it was them beeping they were not beeping Ashley's learner but the van beside them.

@Demun1649

2 жыл бұрын

I deduced that as well. Isn't Enterprise a van rental company? So an amateur driver with a self-given importance in his own tiny mind.

@TPH250290

2 жыл бұрын

Also given that the Pirtek van also moved off slowly and was over the line and potentially couldn't see the green light, I'm not so sure if this was an 'impatient beep'.

@hogwash2nd

2 жыл бұрын

agreed.

@rrp6405

2 жыл бұрын

also hire vehicles are the fastest vehicles in the world

5:15 Classic Ash de-escalating and not triggering the situation by completely ignoring them, or wait he gave him the death stare lol

I always give cyclists as much room as possible but I have been beeped from behind when I do not overtake even if such an action would result in "carving up" the cyclist - so annoying!

@cyclecam6328

2 жыл бұрын

Top stuff. As well as doing the correct thing yourself, they may be cross but they aren't now doing the incorrect thing themselves had they bullied you past.

@DuskHorizon

2 жыл бұрын

It can get very interesting when you're on a country lane with 2 cyclists in front, one behind and an ambulance coming up as well. I found keeping moving very slowly to encourage the cyclist behind to stop and getting as close to kissing the hedge as I could left the ambulance space to proceed. I bet if you were to interview them all I was in their respective ways somehow. Can't win them all. But protecting the vulnerable road users is the right thing to do. Even if you have to stand up to bullies to do it.

@grahambonner508

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I (and I'm sure anyone riding a bicycle) appreciate your care.

@hogwash2nd

2 жыл бұрын

Same here, I just hold my ground and wait until it's safe. The worst thing is to allow yourself to be bullied by these people, that could be lethal.

@jakerockznoodles

2 жыл бұрын

I've had that. "Why aren't you overtaking this cyclist on a blind bend!?" - Because I value my life over getting somewhere slightly faster 😂

I have held a motorcycle licence since 1970 & car licence since 1971 as well LGV & Couch/Bus licences. Over the last 20 years of my working life I was a driving instructor as well as doing other forms of driver coaching and advanced driver examinations. Driving has been my life and still is. I must admit I constantly pick holes in peoples driving, I just can’t help it even though I know the perfect driver hasn’t been born yet. However driving standards over the years have declined significantly as we live in a me me me society, which shows up in every day life. Always drive to expect the unexpected and driver the best you can, with consideration for other road users.

@johnbower7452

2 жыл бұрын

I make you right; but if you watch Ashley's channel you'll find one guy 'Jon' who is as near to perfect as anyone gets. Wish I was that good.

@alanhindmarch7682

2 жыл бұрын

@@johnbower7452 I agree but he is one in a million

5:14. Damn! It's Ashley Neal. Better make myself look even worse! Clip 15. An ex paramedic told me he's been to a few "flattened dog on a lap" incidents.

@solentbum

2 жыл бұрын

I went to a fatal incident, where the dog jumped from the back seat onto the drivers lap. The driver lost control and ran over two small children standing by the side of the road. No excuse for such stupidity.

@5wheels178

Жыл бұрын

@@solentbum sounds like a freak incident really. If the dog was in the backseat...there's not many other ways you can transport a dog and they don't really do dog seat belts, maybe they should.

@solentbum

Жыл бұрын

@@5wheels178 They do of course make dog harnesses . Plus the Law in the Law in the UK is quite clear on the drivers responsibility to restrain pets, etc.

Failed my driving test yesterday because a child ran into the road so I performed an emergency brake and i was ment to check my mirrors before doing so. It's just barbaric I had no time to check my mirrors and who on gods green earth checks there mirrors before doing an emergency break.

@stephenhill8790

2 жыл бұрын

If he/she failed you on that they should not be an examiner, an emergency stop is not a normal breaking situation which would require some mirror work

@davidmarjason4222

2 жыл бұрын

Report it, if it’s a real life emergency stop then you should of pass that.

@Onlylove1342

2 жыл бұрын

@@davidmarjason4222 I did my test in Bolton UK and I've only just looked at the reviews every single one is negative I've booked my test elsewhere now so hopefully i will pass. The examiner wasn't very friendly and was very strict and seemed like he already had a bad day but I'm not going to report it because it seems to me that alot of people have done already and nothing has been done about it.

09:00 a true Gent. A taxi driver. A delta one at that!

@MeFreeBee

2 жыл бұрын

Driving an Audi too!

I learned to drive about 8 years ago now, passed first time. my driving instructor was similar to you (maybe slightly more aggressive in her instructions). at the time (of course, being young) I thought it was quite harsh and mean, but after driving for 8 years and watching your videos recently, I've realised that it's so important to give firm instructions to pupils. I love how you are with your pupils, always very encouraging and calming. nice one!

Would love to see some more mock tests Ashley 🙏

@crocop4life

2 жыл бұрын

I know right, ash has found this to be better content

8:45 that looks like a taxi that gave way to Lily . A true gentleman 🙂

@TheUkdan02

2 жыл бұрын

And an Audi to boot!

"I'm singing and I'm not gonna put people through that." God I love these videos Ashley.

I love watching these Ashley, you are an absolute star in my mind. I see these things every day here in Northern Ireland and just want people to take a second to think about what they do on the road. Keep up your good work.

Clip 8: the beep might not be for you. The van to your right is far enough ahead they may not be able to see the lights. I often beep in this case as they've overshot. It means that they know the lights have changed when they might not otherwise. It may be helping the situation, not beeping you. You can see the lights further up, but the person behind might not be able to see that.

@qaasimayub6040

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah I was thinking that to

@SGz_Eliminated

Жыл бұрын

I don't think that's not a legitimate reason to use your horn, firstly a beep doesn't mean go its for an alert/warning/danger. Second if a driver has overshot the lights and for some reason there aren't any on the other end they'll still likely know by the halting of the other lanes of traffic and if not after several seconds maybe you could alert them to move but the driver in the video honked after about 1 second. Lastly this clip specifically, there's three lanes of traffic leaving that light so even if the van can't see the lights he's going to see the other two lanes moving off. If the van was sat there not moving for a decent amount of time I could believe it was to notify them that they could go but this was about 1 second, it was definitely driven by impatience and not doing them a favour.

I’ve followed your channel for years now and I always love how you react to SO MANY bad drivers. I can’t drive myself though I did my preliminaries around 35 years ago in my brother’s van; this was a Ford box van mark 2 I believe and there just wasn’t enough space for me in the driver’s seat ! I had the seat all the way back on the base ratchet and being 6ft 3 at the time, with very long legs, I kept catching my knees on the dash’ under the steering wheel, meaning I couldn’t move my foot quick enough between pedals (steering columns were fixed back then), so I kept jumping the brakes. Two weeks after trying to teach me the basics of driving, my brother had to scrap his van as it had a broken chassis ! Whether I had anything to do with it I’ll never know. I did try to get behind the wheel of several cars just to see if I could fit but I always had problems ! Despite being very tall, I was also very hefty (still am but not as heavy these days), so I never learnt to drive, but I do know my Highway Code pretty well even with its updates and the amount of idiots I see as a pedestrian alarms me. Living in the suburbs of Manchester in the foothills of the Pennines, I see lots of ‘passing through’ traffic who have no idea of the road layouts and I’ve witnessed many accidents. One of my other brothers has become a driving instructor as a side line to his main job and is a conscientious guy. We all learned as children to respect one another and help if we could. Our dad joined the police force in 1951 and they taught him to drive, so we learnt from one of the best drivers of the time ! Keep up the good work Ashley !

9:42 But of course it’s an emergency, Ashley… He’s texting his mate for directions as to how to get past the learner car!

@copperfield3629

2 жыл бұрын

I reckon he was a fan and wanted a pic to show he'd been on the road behind his Hero ;)

@nancyramsay5101

Жыл бұрын

@@copperfield3629 haha, that's exactly what I thought!! So it's actually partly Ashley's fault for being so famous 😜 😆

Hey Ashley, Truck driver for Aus Post here in Sydney, Australia. The things I see pulling graveyard shifts will maybe even have your head spinning mate, none the less you have got great knowledge as an instructor and can read traffic well like myself. It is great seeing a really engaging driving instructor, not just one who wants to get in and make his quid and get out from the learner. I still buffer for L platers here in Australia when I can in the truck and know they appreciate it so they can focus on just driving a light vehicle instead of having people right up their asses... I still say you can tell a lot about a person by when they get behind the wheel. And as for you if you ever decide to leave the game of driving instructor... I say you would be a great High Way Patrolman. Cheers mate for the content.

So, 3 minutes in, what I find is that the years of driving I have it is difficult to change some of my habits. For you Ashley, you must be so disciplined to do this everyday, in every situation and ensure that you read the script on people to ensure that there are not accidents created by you. Just thinking about it make me exhausted. Thanks, keep up the good work.

I just want to give a big shout out to all taxi drivers! Without you guys, the roads would be a lot more safe, and a lot less exciting. Thank you for your horrible driving and for keeping the rest of us on our toes and definitely awake, as well as providing such amazing examples to driving instructors as to how not to drive.

@Direkin

2 жыл бұрын

And it seems that's the case everywhere in the world.

The number plate of the second van that jumped the light is FD12 OJA and the idiot usiing his mobile phone was LM66 ZYV if there are any interested police watching.

@gavjlewis

2 жыл бұрын

Sadly you would never get a prosecution on the van jumping the lights without proof of him doing so. The CPS would never bother. Easy argument is he passed the lights on green and the white van in front stalled. He is now in the junction and it is not safe to stay in the junction over a blind hill. So he cleared the junction as quickly and safely as possible. We all know he jumped the lights but it's never going to be a conviction.

@johnhall4917

2 жыл бұрын

FD12OJA doesn't even have tax or MOT. Thanks to lack of traffic police, every 5th car on the road is not legal in some way.

Driving standards in this country have gone down the toilet

@zzhughesd

2 жыл бұрын

They weren’t high ten years ago

@RichO1701e

2 жыл бұрын

It's called confirmation bias. When you watch a lot of this type of genre, driving fails, sticks in your mind more and you focus in on the instances that confirms your preexisting opinion. The overall data doesn't show that.

@kenbrown2808

2 жыл бұрын

and they are still a far cry more cooperative than driving standards in the states.

@raithrover1976

2 жыл бұрын

The distance that many drivers are from a set of traffic lights that have just changed from green to amber where they feel that it's acceptable to carry on in order to save having to stop and wait at the red light certainly seems to be increasing year on year. Give it a few more years and it won't matter as the lights will have changed back to green again by the time they get to the solid white line.

@jhareng

2 жыл бұрын

Give it a few more years the councils will be making the traffic lights permanently on red.

Only last weekend I was driving home from work about 9pm, I saw a hedgehog in a slip lane off a roundabout, in the middle of the road, I simply opened the door, slowed down and scooped him up in my hand carefully, and released him onto a nearby grass verge 😃

I don't use a mobile while driving so I don't know the thought process, but I'd be very interested to know why so many drivers still use them - and blatantly too. I regularly see van drivers (other brands of idiots are available) with hands on the top of the steering wheel and a mobile neatly cradled in them.

@Direkin

2 жыл бұрын

I've seen police driving with mobile in hand too.

@ianl1052

2 жыл бұрын

Most, if not all, modern cars allow you to connect your phone to the infotainment system via Bluetooth. There's even a button on the steering wheel to take and end the call with the phone in a cradle or even still in your pocket. Mine even sends texts to the infotainment screen. There's absolutely no need for it.

@kenbrown2808

2 жыл бұрын

@@ianl1052 the wife's current car will send a text notification to the infotainment screen and ask if you want the car to read it out for you, and if you tell it to do so,. it will tell you to stop the car, first. first time it did it, my immediate thought was "why did you offer if you weren't going to do it?"

@andrewlong6438

2 жыл бұрын

They are phone junkies. They feel they have to make/receive calls, send that text or put that post on Facebook.

@ianl1052

2 жыл бұрын

@@kenbrown2808 Your wife is being given the choice to stop and have the text read out or to ignore the text and continue driving. What's wrong with that?

You have the patience of a saint Ashley!!

I used to to work with Nottinghamshire council, assessing taxi drivers and helping them get through the DSA ( as was) taxi test. Believe you me most failed in the first 5 minutes, a few told me I’ll be fine, they didn’t want to pay me to sort them out, Low and behold all of them failed. The ones who did take the course mostly passed. Sadly DSA as known then got rid of the taxi test, another income stream gone!

Remember taxi drivers operate to the My Way Code, rather than the Highway Code

Clip 6 with the van red light jumper... The face I also pull when people get upset for their own mistake 😂😂😂

5:27 that smile on ashley's face said it all...good to be famous and the van driver gave his finger of approval lol.🤣🤣🤣

The van driver who stopped to pick up the injured bird was a Saint. I hope he found someone to care for it and nurse it back to health. I'm not certain about the legality of potentially holding up traffic to do so but I don't care either. You're aware of my route from some of the videos I send you (another one pending). One morning after gale force winds, I stopped (after putting on my hazards) and got out to clear a branch that had fallen into the road. It was a narrow country road barely wide enough for 2 cars to pass each other. The car behind me waited patiently and gave me a quick flash when I drove off. I like to think he meant "nice one, mate."

That first one reminded me of why a really dislike the newer smart puffin crossings. I normally use my body to comunícate intent, at chossing it’s right up to the front for I’m going to jump it when safe, normal for waiting for green man and then I take a large step back for emergency services to say I’m giving up my right of way and won’t cross even on a green man till you passed, the thing I hate is that last one means that on the smart ones the wait button gets canceled cos I’m not right under the sensor

As a cyclist going down a hill @ 30 MPH in a 40 MPH zone a motorist gave me a long beep at me when very close causing me to swerve to the pavement I sent a footage from my rear mounted camera to the police and they took action. The driver did not move outward from me just kept coming in a straight line.

@garyboyle695

2 жыл бұрын

Love to see his or her face when their insurance renewal comes in. They might think before trying that again.

5:26, best smile crack ever lol

11:30 difficult road to cross for pedestrians, could do with being 20mph. However, as they were established in the road before the vehicle came into view, they had priority and there was no need to run. I suspect they're not used to a competent driver coming around the corner.

@grahvis

2 жыл бұрын

Golden rule, never run when crossing the road.

@cold_fruit

2 жыл бұрын

Would you not just choose a more sensible place to cross than the middle of a blind corner? They may have been "in the right", but graveyards are full of people who were in the right so maybe it's wise to walk a bit further along the road and cross where you can clearly see up and down the road.

@elliotpollard9083

2 жыл бұрын

exactly this. I don't see what Ashley is criticising here, the road design?

@elliotpollard9083

2 жыл бұрын

​@@cold_fruit 100m before and after are also blind corners

This video deserves an Oscar. Absolute perfection. Straight out of the gate, a beautiful example of how a simple observation gives you a HUGE amount of information. Most drivers would have been up behind those two cars and run into the back of them when things got brake-checky. A simple observation of steering direction allowed you to anticipate that situation before the drivers even got angry - amazing. 2. Cheery salute from the disgruntled former subscriber in the van going over the bridge. 3. Lovely use of a central position to make the road safe for that lady crossing. 4. A taxi driver actually driving well!!! 5. A dog driving a car Beautiful. Only slight criticism I can say is a bit of a fast/close pass on that van in the last clip but otherwise doing the Lord’s work in this video. So many good clips here. This is what I sub for.

Looks like so many bad drivers out there but also good drivers and good drivers who make the odd mistake or bad decision from time to time , but what surprises me the most is how many are cought on the cameras of a learner vehicle. Come on people we all had to learn at some point so give them room and have some patience and treat them with respect you were 1 of them once remember.

Who'd be a driving instructor? Blimey - I'd be a nervous wreck in one day. Good for you Ashley - keep the great vids coming.

@elliotpollard9083

2 жыл бұрын

I'd like it if more drivers were a nervous wreck, might slow them down

@Beatlefan67

2 жыл бұрын

@@elliotpollard9083 Good point!

I am so baffled by that second clip. What the actual!?

Great video ash, u seem to catch them all down in Liverpool.

3:05 is my favourite clip. well done mate

These dash cams are excellent. May I ask what kind please?

My daughter has just had her first driving lesson.The first thing the driving instructor said to her was regard every other driver has a idiet and you will get on fine same thing I was told 50 year ago

l think I helped a situation today. Ashley I put that all down to you.😊 It was like clip 9

On clip eleven: total disregard for other road users. You see a car signal, let them out. There must of been plenty of time for other road users, to let your student out. This is why we have so much aggressive drivers on the road. No consideration….

@jnhhhhhhhh

2 жыл бұрын

That was a frustrating watch.

The general standard of driving I encounter daily is abysmal I mean really bad . Wether it's through incompetence or impatience or both , I'm just amazed there aren't more accidents no let's call them incidents .

The vale is a nightmare to drive through especially in a artic when i take the whole lane (where usually two cars go side by side)

5:34 "There's been a number of serious accidents at this junction...". That made me think, whatever has happened to "Danger ● Accident Blackspot" signs? I haven't seen one in years and I certainly regularly frequent places that deserve having one posted before them.

@solentbum

2 жыл бұрын

The signs don't work. Drivers are unable to process what they mean.

5:22 This kind of people never actually grew up. They're still stuck at 8 years old when they used to get mad when caught doing something stupid, and blaming it on other kids.

Using my bus pass more now fuel prices crazy, but gives chance to observe things. Saw a taxi driver in stationary traffic queuing for a crossing a few days ago, sounding his horn repeatedly at the car in front as he wanted to turn left at a junction in front of that car, if the car had moved forward it would have blocked a marked box junction and prevented vehicles turning in from the opposite direction or coming out from the left to turn right, yet it would have been quite intimidating for the driver to hold still and obey the law. This is far from uncommon behaviour with taxi drivers in my experience on the road.

@caitthenerd7470

2 жыл бұрын

Nobody seems to understand box junctions. There's a roundabout near the Cribbs Causeway shopping centre in Bristol, where one of the exits merges from 2 lanes into 1 due to roadworks. There's always a clog of traffic there, (because of course nobody can merge in turn) and it sometimes backs up onto the roundabout itself. I'm coming home from work one day, taking the roadworks exit. Due to the stopped traffic, I hold back from the box junction which keeps the entrance before my exit clear. So what happens? People from said entrance pile into the box, clogging it up. Traffic from that junction just keeps on pulling me out, leaving me stranded. I eventually just had to push my way in and sit in the box junction, or I would've been stuck there for ages. I didn't want to, but what choice did I have?

@jakerockznoodles

2 жыл бұрын

I walk to work because it's frankly quicker and easier than driving and trying to get a space, and at the large roundabout I love taking the time when I'm on red to observe the shocking state of driving in our city. It's no exaggeration to say that there will be at least one angry beep per day, often multiple, and it's funny seeing how people appear to struggle finding the correct lane when there's 3 lanes and more than 4 exits 🙈

I go around beeping people a lot, but only if I am in my Toyota! I occasionally catch one of the buttons, they are so sensetive all you need to do is brush them and i am sat there going red!

Ashley's face when he sees it all)) You need to print it and put it at the front windshield to prevent people from being silly.

When you said "fat fella on phone " made me chuckle 😂😂

Ashley impatient HGV drivers may be a good topic for a video, travelling on the M6 early this morning in a 60mph average speed camera area, the matrix was also showing an obstruction warning so I kept my speed to 55 and was keeping a lookout ahead in lane 1, then an approaching HGV started tailgating my car, flashing his lights and then using his horn after he eventually overtook all for an extra 5mph, why didn't just overtake right away there was plenty of space with little traffic!

Sorry but clip 8 is a common thing, light was green for a a few seconds and the driver hadn't moved, the beep was a simple beep to say " hey the lights green, maybe pay attention ". When lights get to amber is when you are meant to get prepared to move off, not when It gets to green to sit a few seconds then prepare to move off.

Dark coloured van has a driver that reminds me of Cyde the Orangutan, except Clyde was more intelligent.

@pipandbenji

2 жыл бұрын

"Wreck the car Clyde"

Well done to that last van driver great to see .

I don't often drive in town, but on the main through road, I spent 7 minutes of a 14 minute journey stopped at traffic lights. A thirty limit road and the lights are synced to turn red as you get to the next set. This must induce ether speeding or light jumping. Five sets of lights about 600 meters apart. Two of them have red light/ speed cameras on them. You cannot tell me this is not planned.

11:48 was that crow going the wrong way round the roundabout? LOL

I do use my phone while I’m walking (although not while driving of course) but I look up every few seconds and never use it while crossing the road, so if I’m texting and approach a road I just hold it by my side so I can look both ways when crossing.

Clip 11 : how many of those drivers who pulled out from behind to pass you when you were indicating right would have done so if you hadn't been a learner car? What if you were are police car, would they have done the same? 😁

@solentbum

2 жыл бұрын

Yes.

I wish I had my cam on when a taxi suddenly pulled out in front of me, then did a signed off u-turn at a set of lights.

I got totally distracted at 10:10 when I saw the Liver Building! I was looking for the birds rather than at the road. 🤭

That Audi A5 Taxi that was a surprise

you may keep my pets safe, yes ashley!

3:06 that was beautifully done.

When I was a learner driver, while approach an intersection (green lights) there were a couple cars turning left across my lane (right-hand traffic, so that's the once which turns across the oncoming lane) That's not a problem in and of itself as there was a sufficient gap in front of me for a car or two to turn, but even a third wanted to just turn, and, while I did not have to emergency brake, I had to pretty firmly step on the brakes to avoid a collision. I was surprised that people do such things when they see a learner driver approaching. (I hope they saw me approaching)

I once took my cat in the car and let him out of his box. He immediately decided to lie down on the floor under the pedals. He went straight back in his box.

9:58 looks like he was taking a photo of your car, note the 'flash' from his video mode turned off when being swapped to photograph..

@ashley_neal

2 жыл бұрын

He did try to close the space down on a merge about 90 seconds previously so this makes sense now. He was triggered at me using all the road space 👍

I'd be pretty annoyed if I ordered a taxi and an 06 Focus showed up🤣🤣

Here's my fail of the day. two lads riding side by side on a busyish road in the right lane (watson road, blackpool). I shouted at them as I drove past: "what are you doing on this side of the road, you idiots." when I returned down the road, they looked sheepish. Hopefully they'll take more care next time.

11:14....there is a Clip on one of the other Bad Drivers KZread Channel where Truck Driver had His Dog on his lap, Half Sticking out the Window and he had to make an Emergency Brake manoeuvre and you can see him struggle trying to keep his dog inside the vehicle and brake at the same time..it was chaos..luckily he stopped in time and saved his dog but you could see the carnage of stuff flying around and how he panicked. Not sure if he uploaded it or the company he was driving for...but its from a Camera view inside the Cab pointed at Driver.

Yep my dog is always in a crate and attached to a seatbelt

If I'm cycling and I get beeped - well, you can *WAIT*

@will4may175

2 жыл бұрын

I do the same for tailgaters also, if they wanna drive a couple feet off my back end then I casually ease off, they can go round properly or back off, just because they're impatient doesn't mean they can try and harass me, I don't think those that drive like that are just doing it to cyclists, I see them do it to everyone in any vehicle.

@David-sw2fn

2 жыл бұрын

@@will4may175 Had a guy right up the back of me on an NSL speed limit road last week. What people like him don’t seem to recognise is that I now have to slow down to compensate for the fact that I now need more time to react to events in front as he’s so close behind me. For the record I was doing 60 on open roads and sometimes down to 40 on the more winding roads. These people may have been driving those roads for thirty years, but must surely appreciate that the person in front might never have driven there before (I hadn’t) and wouldn’t know what to expect. Mind you, even if I had known the roads, I don’t think it would have been safe to go any faster.

@dndkillaztreble5317

2 жыл бұрын

@@David-sw2fn basically translated to i drove at half the speed limit of the road and when it was clear for.miles you would glimpse the actuall limit.of the road annoying a trail of 15 locals ?

@dndkillaztreble5317

2 жыл бұрын

@@David-sw2fn all being at the same time you was probably stabbing your breaks at every single twist and turn coming wide at every corner probably coming to a hault when a larger oncoming vehicle approaches because you don't no the width of your own vehicle? Sound legit ?

@David-sw2fn

2 жыл бұрын

@@dndkillaztreble5317 Okay, so why would you even go there? I’ve driven through Snake Pass, along the A82 winding through the mountains of Glencoe, and through some very tricky terrain in central Scotland and Wales. I’m not someone who doesn’t know how to make progress on a difficult road. I’m also not someone who is going to mindlessly tear around a country road at ridiculous speeds. So, again, why would you assume - not knowing any of the area I was passing through - that I was too slow for the conditions? 🤷🏻‍♂️ For the record we observed the vehicle behind me doing this to every other car he encountered and I was clearly keeping pace with other traffic. In any case that’s no excuse. I’ve been stuck behind what I considered an overly cautious driver on winding mountain roads. The only safe thing to do is to hang back.

2:30 just a friendly toot to make the cyclist aware of their presence and to encourage them to ride centrally in the lane. I suspect more likely they incorrectly thought the cyclist should have pulled into the bus stop to allow the 'faster' vehicle past (as some people have misunderstood the new Highway Code instructions for cyclists) and it was a telling off.

@JamesWilson01

2 жыл бұрын

If she's expecting him to pull into a bus stop I doubt she knows what the Highway Code is, let alone about the recent changes 🤣

@grahamwishart4832

2 жыл бұрын

Not so sure it was aimed at cyclist....

I've decided driving round a city is added to my list of why I'd never live in one. People are terrible drivers.

Looks like the dog was the one driving the car. This reminds me of when a parent had a young child on their lap while driving behind me

6:16 bet it was the Enterprise van; not paying attention whoever it was or they'd have realised nobody could exactly go anywhere with the junction still full of vehicles.

9:46 nice lot of detail there!

At 12:24 all l can see is driver going to pick a lawful protected species type of bird up but didnt take much safety precaution in due process. Firstly, man van wasn't centrally parked up in same lane just behind bird and no hazard lights preventing access of traffic coming down that lane at any time risk of crushing bird wasnt operational and on continuous until bird is open boxed, wrapped around towel and road lane made safe by traffic officers and RSPCA. If you see something that small on road in front, it best to block the lane, layby or main road if safe to do so with hazard lights on facing front of injured bird. Exit vehicle facing oncoming traffic, place cone sign, warning triangle with due care mostly at front driver side of van and take precaution facing oncoming traffic than facing away. Make sure road is clear, before moving cone and triangle back in van and dont turn you head to oncoming traffic behind you.

11:05 (dog hanging out of window) I can’t believe how often I see this.

You cracked me up at 5:29 😂

8:49 - A helpful Delta! :o

Ashley's look of bewilderment at 11:20 is priceless! I love it! :')

@plugus_maximus

9 ай бұрын

He does this too much. He needs to focus on the road and not death stare at bad road use out the side window. Its a bad habit and this rubber necking causes accidents

Yellow lights these days is speed up and get through before its red for to long. Original definition slow down and stop unless it is unsafe to do so.

Some people say it would be unfair to make the driving test more thorough and strict. My view is that it is not strict enough, and the result is countless aggressive, inept and inconsiderate drivers on the roads who endanger others and cause lots of damage.

@davidjones332

2 жыл бұрын

I'm not sure a stiffer test is the answer. All these idiots (assuming they actually have a licence) have presumably met the test standard, which in the UK is pretty rigorous compared to many places in the world. It's what happens next that's important: they've been taught what they should do, but they choose not to do it, and that's all to do with mind-set. They're either too lazy, too arrogant or take so llttle pride in maintaing standards, and that can only be overcome by much more initial training or constant refresher training. Professional PCV & HGV drivers have to do a mandatory 35 hours every five years to keep their Certificate of Professional Competence. Maybe it's time all drivers had to do one day a year refresher training with somebody like Ashley?

@goodyeoman4534

2 жыл бұрын

@@davidjones332 It's not rigorous at all. If you can handle the car and check your mirrors often, it's easy enough to pass.

@JKTowers1

Жыл бұрын

Compulsory regular retests too, regardless of age, and stricter penalties for driving without a licence.

That can driver may not have been cross with you. He may have been frustrated with the driver in front, judging by the tailgating, not that it excuses his tailgating or red light jumping.

In clip 8, surely it was prudent to not progress because it was not safe to do so because your vision to the right was impeded by the van? There might have been a red light jumper coming. And a question for you: can a pedestrian walking on the road be prosecuted for using a mobile phone? Surely they are just as much road users as drivers?

Clip 8, not sure who they were beeping or why, but was it so wrong? I would have given a beep in these circumstances at the vans, not aggrassive or impatient but just to draw there attention to the fact the lights changed!

Re: 3:12 I thought the Highway Code used to say that once a pedestrian had started to cross a road, they had priority to finish no matter if it was a junction or not. But now it seems to say that they only have priority at junctions and crossings.

@PalladinPoker

2 жыл бұрын

The new rule is that pedestrians WAITING to cross at junctions and roundabouts have priority. This is as well as the previous rule you mentioned. The reason its controversial is that stopping on a roundabout is pretty dangerous and commercial vehicles will make no progress if they have to yield to pedestrians waiting to cross a junction in a busy city center.

@Batters56

2 жыл бұрын

@@PalladinPoker but that’s not germane to the issue here. The issue here is coming across a pedestrian already in the carriageway and clearly wanting to continuing crossing to your side. I thought that was a definite time to stop, but Ashley’s commentary put it more down to driver discretion.

@PalladinPoker

2 жыл бұрын

@@Batters56 ah gotcha, I thought you were under the impression the new rule replaced the existing one. Yup as you say the pedestrian has right of way and less vulnerable road users should yield to them if appropriate and safe. This incident was a bit borderline as the pedestrian was crossing in a risky place and the driver had to park very carefully to block both lanes. I agree they took a good course of action though.

That taxi driver in clip 11 will get drummed out of the taxi guild if he carries on like that.

Clip 1 - that taxi angle in the lane. Person crossing the road…what are we supposed todo other than stop. That Alpha taxi incident. Situations like that are fairly common. Was driving down our road…doing about 20….nurse comes out of house up ahead, gets into her car…..I know what’s going to happen next…..she pulls away without looking. This is in front of me and from the other side the road & zero indication. Not one look. Didn’t have time to look. It was fine as I saw this was going to happen so was going slow & ready to stop. That 2 lane road & nobody lets you over….that’s like here, for everyone most of the time. Being beeped at the traffic lights for a not so slow start. Had that happen to me….the engine just took a second to restart (engine stop-start). At the hosp a few months back, watching the in road…one person got the wrong gear and was slow on that hosp road (this is a little road inside the hosp grounds, car park etc). The person behind that car beeped her!

The dog on the driver's lap clip offence is " driver not in proper control of a motor vehicle" which is an endorsable offence.

That second one beggars belief; plenty of time to move out and pass the cyclist, and didn't......We share the road with these people.

@ColinSmith2001

2 жыл бұрын

I don't know if it's the reality, but sometimes cycling it feels as though you are dealing with some people who never ever overtake anything else, and just don't really know what to do.

the forced passing reminds me of something that happened in the icelandic countryside where i was on a dirt road approaching a single car bridge, and a landcruiser coming up on the other side... he was speeding, and i could see he was speeding to get over the bridge before me, i didn't slow down too much but i could tell his intention, yeah... he sped as fast as he could, risking my life and possibly his to get over the bridge first, and the dirt road is not wide either so once we passed i had to make way almost off the road for his egocentric narcissist behaviour. scary.

Hi Ashley I have a QUESTION, not related to this video but it’s baffling me, I saw a clip that said it’s higher risk then drink driving to talk hands free on your phone, but in my mind surely it’s the same as talking to ur passenger or talking to a camera while making a video :) ? Please can u help me clear this up ! Thanks Paul