Everytime something happens that frustrates me on the road, I hear a calm voice in my head saying: just make it a non event. It is good advice😁

@tipple58

8 ай бұрын

Yeah, me too! Funny that.

@MeTube3

8 ай бұрын

Yes but there are still so many people who think it’s their job to teach lessons on the roads. Sooner they realise they are part of the problem the better.

@Direkin

8 ай бұрын

Same here. Plus also where I am, in Hong Kong, there's an online reporting form where you just send in your dash cam video, and let the police handle it. No need to get into any drama. They want to play stupid games, they can win stupid prizes.

@andrewlong6438

8 ай бұрын

Plus the idiot who drove badly will gain very little and you will probably catch them at the next set of lights or the next junction.

@TestGearJunkie.

8 ай бұрын

Same here.

That bus stop at a roundabout (10:12) really isn't a driving fail for me - it's a road design fail. It is reasonable for road users to expect consistency in road and junction design, and these types of improvised road layouts will inevitably cause confusion. There isn't even a sign to say there's a bus stop, just paint on the road. So a light dusting of snow and all information is gone. Very poor in my view.

@gordon861

8 ай бұрын

There is a sign, it's just damn small, it's on the lamp column next to the traffic lights. You do see the signs quite often outside of town, but normally they are in lay-bys and don't have words on the road. These are normally locations that might get a couple of buses drive past a day, connect quite distant towns together and often have a single stop in each village along the way. I am guessing that this location was chosen when a new by-pass for the local village was built so they moved it to outside the village so that the bus could take the by-pass. But it's not good and probably not compliant with the regulations.

@15bit62

8 ай бұрын

@@gordon861 Yeah, i can see that sign (just). But that's not for road users, it's for the bus passengers. There isn't even a bus shelter, which would be nice for people waiting. I'd also suggest that passengers waiting for the bus will cause confusion for drivers who might think they are waiting to cross the road. And since they have priority in the new regs you're going to have a lot of confusion here.

@ToeJam161

8 ай бұрын

The person that come up with this ridiculous layout does not drive. They get the bus.

@steamhammer2k

8 ай бұрын

Bus Stop road planning is just madness here. I don't agree with Ashley on this interpretation The left lane IS a lane the broken lines on the lead up and to the entry of the bus stop marked area tells me this and there is no sign saying busses only. As a rule i don't drive around marked bus spaces like this unless there is a bus in it. The dash cam driver is in the wrong lane for a left turn. What on earth was the road planner thinking.

@jakerockznoodles

8 ай бұрын

​​​@@steamhammer2k I would tend to agree. Bus Stops can exist inside usable lanes, so if the intent of the road planner is that cars should not it, they need to make that clearer both with signage and by having road markings on both lanes.

That clip of everyone using the hard shoulder to get to the roundabout sooner reminds me on a time my car overheated in traffic on the M4 around 3/4 mile to Heston Services. Many drivers would use the hard shoulder to go through the services and out the other side to save a few minutes. Unfortunately for them on this particular morning I had some rather hot steam coming out of the expansion tank. I was berated by one driver for “blocking” the hard shoulder while they were trying to use it to move ahead of the traffic 🤦‍♂️ The mentality of some drivers is quite mind boggling at times

@pirateinninjaclothing

8 ай бұрын

Every time I see a red X above a hard shoulder, I have to stop myself from ranting about the need to remind people to not drive in it.

The bus stop at the roundabout is in Chippenham, Wiltshire and regularly used by examiners on driving tests. As the hashed area is broken, and the bus stop is close to the white line for the traffic lights, they expect learners to cross into the area. Unless of course, there is a bus stopped there and the lights are green. You can then use the right lane to turn left at the roundabout, but to be fair, in all the times I’ve used this roundabout, and taken my learners onto it, we’ve never seen a bus there. Bizarre place to have a bus stop 🤷🏻‍♂️. Just confuses people. This whole roundabout is a nightmare though and has had several accidents on it over the years.

@nobodydoesithalfasgoodasyou

8 ай бұрын

I too am confused by this and can't find a definitive answer in the Highway Code. The most relevant section I can find is Rule 243 DO NOT stop or park: at or near a bus or tram stop or taxi rank except when forced to do so by stationary traffic. Obviously a car driver waiting at that bus stop will not have been stopped by stationary but by moving traffic and/or a red light. So no valid exception. To be clear, I am not saying one could be fined for using the bus stop, as it is not correctly marked as a bus stop clearway with yellow markings and no-stopping sign. But that's quite a separate matter from whether driving test examiners should be requiring candidates to disregard the advice of the Highway Code. _Pace_ Ashley it doesn't seem to be a straightforward situation at all. Is the writing "BUS STOP" on the road there for the benefit/instruction of car drivers, bus drivers or people hoping to catch the bus? Because if for car drivers then there is a slight logical flaw in the writing only carrying any weight when it already has a bus on top of it.

Not often I disagree with you, but the police car at 0:38 is clearly on the cammer's side of the road, AND they're overtaking in a turn, with a car dangerously approaching in the other lane. It's a clear driving fail for me!

@FrancoisDebellie

8 ай бұрын

If that was a private car instead of a police one Ashley would criticise the driver.

@bearwynn

8 ай бұрын

also a bunch of EMS people I watch on youtube would NEVER do a peek on a corner like this because of this exact reason. it is god awful driving.

@tin2001

8 ай бұрын

​@@bearwynn Yep. Chris Martin would have told himself off if he even went half as far out over the line... Not just for crossing the line, but for being so close to the other car (pressuring them into possibly making a mistake) and for going too fast and catching up to them at the corner in the first place. Of course in his videos, he's actually on an emergency response... That police car appeared not to be.

@Thunder-54321

8 ай бұрын

Yes, just taking a peek or not, they were over the line and forced the cammer to take evasive action

@FrancoisDebellie

8 ай бұрын

Not forgetting the driving too close to the vehicle in front. That's another fail.

Some absolute shockers in this episode. The last one was either on the phone or driving whilst tired.

@QiuEnnan

8 ай бұрын

酒駕？毒駕？睡駕？傻駕？

@pastandcurrent

Ай бұрын

100% phone... its getting more frequent people straying onto the wrong side, its pretty scary

The bus stop at 10:19 can be used by any vehicle. Cammer was in wrong lane to turn left. Van was in correct lane for straight.

@davecoop9579

8 ай бұрын

I agree, it's not a dedicated bus lane. Cammer in the wrong.

I actively avoid driving through my home town at night - it usually resembles Dodge City! Always thankful for the bypass!

If you see yourself in to a road rage incident, imagine this man is narrating it and you'll do your best.

I always feel a little nervous tension in my stomach when starting to watch Ashley's driving fail videos, apprehension of what I'm about to see, LOL

@margaretnicol3423

8 ай бұрын

Are you nervous that you might be in the video? 😀

@ibs5080

8 ай бұрын

@@margaretnicol3423 I'm nervous I might be in the comments. Oh wait...I think I may be the author of my own destiny with that one, though I'm not entirely sure. How goes it Margaret?

@SteveMcIlhennie

8 ай бұрын

I feel a little nervous when Ashley of all people, gets it wrong. Especially at 00:39 and 10:15. I thought it is me who is getting very forgetful. 🤣

@Bobzsz

8 ай бұрын

​@@SteveMcIlhennieprobably didn't indicate.

@7:00 wow that's absolutely crazy coming from the police.. they should always set the best example for everyone else and that was not a good example! 😅

@TheVicar

8 ай бұрын

I did wonder what the van the cops nearly crashed into was thinking would happen when they started tailgating the cops and flashing at them Probably not the best choice to take despite the cop being a ****

@QiuEnnan

8 ай бұрын

In Hong Kong police drivers often overtook me over solid white lines when I was cycling! No exemptions there for overtaking certain road users travelling under 10 mph.

@smilerbob

8 ай бұрын

I was waiting for a plot twist to this one and find the marked police van was actually an old one that had been sold with the livery still present and the plain van was actually an unmarked police vehicle Turns out to just be some _interesting_ driving from the police

@rebrandftw

8 ай бұрын

@@smilerbob God damn mate I hope that plot twist was reality.. 😅😂

Since when can you not drive in a bus stop? If there's no bus, you can use that left lane all day long.

Ashley, thanks for showing one of my clips. ( The terrible overtaking move over the double white lines)

@ashley_neal

8 ай бұрын

Thanks for sending in!

At around 9:14, that's a major peeve of mine. Being in the process of manouvering into a parking space and impatient drivers wanting to overtake whilst I'm reversing. I then have to delay my manouvre as they come past due to the inherent "front end swing" when reversing.

@davetkd666

8 ай бұрын

You're the one manovering, you should stop and let them go.

@ibs5080

8 ай бұрын

@@davetkd666 Though it would be helpful if they waited and in doing so, I'd be out of everyone's way that much sooner. In other words, I'd be no longer there for others to have to drive around. Just as the example in this video.

@davetkd666

8 ай бұрын

​@@ibs5080depends how competent the reverse. But they have priority. If seen some horrendous near misses by people who thought their parking manoeuvre had priority over everything else.

@ibs5080

8 ай бұрын

@@davetkd666 I totally agree with all that you wrote, including priorities in these scenarios. As you eluded to it depends on the situation. But as in that clip, there are many instances where it would make sense to just let the person reversing complete their manoeuvre unhindered and be out of everyone's way rather than make them wait, whereby they are now an obstacle that multiple vehicles have to squeeze past.

@jakerockznoodles

8 ай бұрын

​@@davetkd666Try that in our street and nobody's going anywhere. They either have to wait for you to finish the manoeuvre, or you have to loop round several streets back to where you started to not hold them up. After a couple of times of doing that, too right some drivers will make the buggers wait 😅

8:35 When wearing certain types of hood you can turn head left/right but the hood stays in same place restricting your view. Parents should be aware of this.

5:43 I personally am getting fed up of bus drivers with MGIF syndrome. I don't understand why bus drivers seem to constantly go for the risky/impatient overtake when nine times out of ten they end up back behind me shortly afterwards anyway. On my cycle commute on Friday I had a bus overtake me and then immediately pull over into his next stop, so it gained him zero ground and forced me to have to put myself in danger as I then have to pull out and go round him. It ends up being this weird and stressful game of leapfrog and all for no reason. They pull the "have to stick to the schedule mate" excuse, but does ten whole seconds of being behind another vehicle really make that big of a difference to the drivers schedule? I think its just a road dominance mentality where they think that because they are driving something big that makes them the most important vehicle on the road.

@TestGearJunkie.

8 ай бұрын

That's a factor, but not the only one. Bus drivers have a timetable to keep to, and the pressure from management to avoid late running runs deep. Not an excuse for poor driving by any means, but something to bear in mind.

@fetchstixRHD

8 ай бұрын

​@@TestGearJunkie.: That's a fair point - incidentally, on the note of employers, there's one directly relevant to the clip which is particularly bad for time pressure and safety...

from clip 1: tire to tire contact is extremely effective in flipping cars. it's because the rotating tires convert nearly all the force to lift.

@paulsengupta971

8 ай бұрын

In the past couple of months I've seen two cars on their roof on motorways here in the UK.

@kenbrown2808

8 ай бұрын

@@paulsengupta971 most of the ones I see on the shiny side are from hitting berms or ditches, but we occasionally get a tire to tire, here.

10:16 A bus stop right on a roundabout..? Never seen *_that_* before 😲

10:15, what a silly layout to enter that roundabout. Surely if it isn’t a Bus Lane any vehicle can use that lane? Planning with crayons there.

@Batters56

8 ай бұрын

Yup, would be very interesting to see what insurance said if there was a collision with a car from the “right” lane going first exit hitting a car going straight from the bus stop lane.

1:19 - Jumping a red light when a filter arrow starts... I don't think the driver of the car in the left lane was necessarily reacting the right-turn filter arrow, like Ashley says. I think they probably just saw cars on the right entering the junction, which triggered what my instructor calls the "crazy follow my leader instinct"!

@bramblevine

8 ай бұрын

I'd agree, crazy and probably distracted. The driver was slowing down because the lights were changing from amber to red so they shouldn't be expecting to get a green so soon.

@andrewclifton429

8 ай бұрын

@@bramblevine That's right - but the urge to mindlessly copy what others do isn't rational! That's why it helps to have it pointed out to us, so we learn to consciously supress it.

As the rider at 2:30 just happy to show the benefits of defensive riding/driving. As Ash said, there was no anticipating that, but putting myself nearly in the gutter on the right probably saved me a crash.

@theaikidoka

8 ай бұрын

You came through the area at the right kind of speed - that gives you way more reaction time. Good riding that man.

@davidocall

8 ай бұрын

@@theaikidoka Hasn't stopped the armchair riders acting like I was doing 50 😂

@theaikidoka

8 ай бұрын

@@davidocall To be fair, if you only ride an armchair, 20mph probably looks much faster...

@tin2001

8 ай бұрын

As a bicycle rider, I steer clear of pedestrians on the road too... More unpredictable than sheep.

10:15 Is that a bus only stop?. My opinion is there were no continuous white lines to stop the van from entering it.

@AhamedImran

8 ай бұрын

At first I was thinking it was wrong of the white van but then noticed it isn't since there are dashed lines to enter th bus stop. Wonder if you can get fined for something tricky as this or even if it is not against the law.

@shetshespe

8 ай бұрын

Being a PDI on a trainee licence in the area of the clip at 10:10 the local driving examiners want road users to use the bus stop as if it were a lane.

@wiganer9912

8 ай бұрын

Makes perfect sense to me to be honest.@@shetshespe

@paulmeads713

8 ай бұрын

@@shetshespeI took my ADI part 2 in Chippenham and used that lane to turn left, as I knew the examiners expect drivers to use that lane. I was not marked down for it and passed.

That clip with the "follow the leader" hard shoulder use is at Chain Bar (the M62/M606 interchange). Any accident on that stretch of the M62 and the ambulances will need that exit to access the A&E at Dewsbury Hospital.

0:23 I bet they would have loved a car vertical too!

At around 2:18, that's a good illustration of the importance of being on high alert if ANY road user is lingering or "loitering" near a pedestrian crossing. Sometimes it turns out to be a "false alarm" but you will only know after the fact.

@ds_e5202

8 ай бұрын

An interesting point to note is that the beacons are covered over. Would this indicate that they don’t work or the crossing is closed? The driver has taken this for granted and not stopped/slowed for the pedestrian.

@ibs5080

8 ай бұрын

@@ds_e5202 I'd still be cautious in case pedestrians don't see it the same way, rightly or wrongly. Whilst also being cautious about not getting rear ended by stopping unexpectedly. A bit of a balancing act I suspect.

@pawtrolling

8 ай бұрын

Seems like the scooter riders didnt stop and check before crossing. So while we should be wary of pedestrians, pedestrians really nees to help themselves a bit too. At least it looks like a minor incident, maybe some bruises and grazes and easily fixed damage.

@ds_e5202

8 ай бұрын

I do agree, but I'm just pointing it out as a possible contributing factor.@@ibs5080

@maffysdad

8 ай бұрын

Yeah, noticed that too, but I'd put the blame on the council or work persons / site manager for not closing off the crossing, you can see the barriers on the left hand side by a fence, so maybe the covers were forgotten about? Either way, it's still the pedestrians responsibility to ensure the traffic has slowed/stopping/stopped in my opinion.

There is a particular location in the center of Dublin city that is notorious for drug addicts just stepping out in front of traffic while crossing the road and expecting cars to just deal with it. As a pedestrian, I've witnessed this twice whereby cars had to swerve to avoid a collision. My driving instructor also mentioned it when I was driving along that road. It is a major thoroughfare too so it is always busy.

@saundersdachicken6197

8 ай бұрын

Is that junction at the Ha'penny Bridge?

Re the walking fail at 8:38 - it's not just about rushing or not looking, it's also about the reduced vision and hearing from wearing a waterproof with the hood up, especially when (as in this guy's case) the hood is a loose one that doesn't tighten around your head and so doesn't turn with your head, meaning you have to turn your entire body to the side to look for oncoming cars (as you see him later do properly when he's looking for traffic on his left). It takes a lot more effort just to turn and look for oncoming traffic in that situation, plus you've lost most of your peripheral vision so you're unlikely to just fortuitously notice something that you missed when you looked or something that comes from an unexpected direction. I don't like wearing waterproofs with the hood up unless there's truly torrential rain because of this; I would rather just accept getting wet and having to dry my hair.

Whilst many of the driving fails seem to result from a lack of concentration and consideration for others, at least some instances can be put down to the poor design of road junctions and especially parking on main roads. Better signage would help too, rather than just white paint on road surfaces. Road markings are often obscured by vehicles, difficult to see in wet conditions and certainly in snow.

@15bit62

8 ай бұрын

I agree. Though not about signage - there are already too many signs. Just consistent road design is all that is needed. Do that and you don't need lots of signs.

@jakerockznoodles

8 ай бұрын

I'd agree if I thought most people even read signs. Sadly many folk are too focused on the bumper of the car in front to look at literally anything else.

@tommul6078

8 ай бұрын

Having just driven around the new city of Chelmsford. Where Essex has put lane markers on roundabouts, just as you get to a roundabout, with no signage, I just avoided an accident as the driver in front of me and myself released we needed to be in a different lane, the same one, fortunately following Ashley's advice on staggering my car there was no issue. If councils are going to mark roundabouts we as drivers need enough notification.

@adamspencer95

8 ай бұрын

100% agree, complicated road systems are at least partially to blame for quite a large proportion of "innocent" mistakes (i.e. clearly no malice)

4:07 Romsey MacDonalds is such an annoying car park, not surprised by that reverse!

I know where the bus stop junction is at 10:11 and interestingly my brother failed his driving test for doing what the camera car did, he was told that the left bus stop lane should have been used.

@FrancoisDebellie

8 ай бұрын

Ashley would fail too.

@richcolour

8 ай бұрын

There are diagonal white stripes leading up to that section. The Van driver would have entered that lane by driving over them. Rule 130 says: "...If the area is bordered by a broken white line, you should not enter the area unless it is necessary and you can see that it is safe to do so." It wasn't necessary for van driver to enter the lane at that place, it's a fail. Also, terrible road planning.

@FrancoisDebellie

8 ай бұрын

@@richcolour You "Should Not" rather than Must Not. The area was clear and safe to do so. Ashley was wrong in what he said.

@richcolour8632

8 ай бұрын

​@@FrancoisDebellie"should not" means just that. The van driver should not have entered that area. That would be a fail on a Driving Test.

a thought on the lane that is not a lane but a bus stop, the lines protecting the bus stop are dashed (10.17), according to HC rule 130 If the area is bordered by a broken white line, you should not enter the area unless it is necessary and you can see that it is safe to do so. Also to be pedantic the bus stop marking should be yellow. to be safe the road markings need improving.

@gordon861

8 ай бұрын

I was thinking that too, the markings imply that it is a location where a bus may be stopped rather than is a bus stop only, especially the size of the bus stop sign. I have never seen the words bus stop appearing in white either, but it's not something I deal with and looking it up in the new regs is a pain.

At 1:53, with the white van on the left merging over to the right. A good example of why it's important to move your head around your A pillar as well as being aware of other vehicles blind spots.

@peterturner8766

8 ай бұрын

I am not sure it was left hand drive, though. I think you can see the instrument panel in the window. It is not a UK number plate but Irish rear plates are white.

@jefflerner7526

8 ай бұрын

Hi ibs, is this a record? I think you have 24 comments to this video from Ashley.

@ibs5080

8 ай бұрын

@@jefflerner7526 Hello Jeff. How goes it? I can't recall ever counting the number of comments I've made, so who knows if this is indeed a record. Of course, generally the longer the video, the more comments I make...and Ashley has made longer ones than this. When you say I've commented 24 times for this video, would that be just "top level / original thread" comments or also including back and forth dialog and replies such as this one? Either way, I sense you are surprised! Generally for Ashley's longer videos, I tend to pause and comment as I go along, making sure I watch an entire clip first so that I don't miss anything. For his shorter videos, I tend to watch the entire video first and then comment. I do try to focus on quality rather than quantity but I guess my interest and passion in driving can take over. Anyhow, hope all is well with you. I gather from your "parking on the wrong side in the UK" comment elsewhere that you are in AUS. I wasn't aware of that till now. P.S. I see this has turned into a long comment. That's not like me now, is it? 😀

5:00 People will use the hard shoulder but won't use both lanes when there's a filter up ahead 😑

@ibs5080

8 ай бұрын

I also commented in a similar fashion. Ironic isn't it?

@russellalexander5800

8 ай бұрын

Good observation.... but i doubt it's the same people!

@ibs5080

8 ай бұрын

@@russellalexander5800 There is that aspect of it, yes. We will never know unless we actually observe the same drivers guilty in both scenarios!

@10:15 that road layout is all kinds of wrong IMO. You've got a bus stop, basically through a set of traffic lights, obstructing a pedestrian crossing area *also* the wrong side of the traffic lights. Move the whole lot a little further back, make it a proper pelican crossing, and either site the bus stop before the road splits with enough room to allow passing/overtaking the bus, or (more annoyingly, but still effective) as the road splits forcing following traffic to wait.

2:23 the car was way too close to have stopped, it even looks like it had crossed the threshold before the scooter moved off, the scooter hitting the back quarter panel shows the timing. Wonder if the rider let off the brake as it looks like a powered scooter and rode onto the crossing by accident

@MrTaffynoel

8 ай бұрын

That, or it was a scam

@maffysdad

8 ай бұрын

Or that the crossing orange lights were covered and it wasn't in operation, there are barriers to the left against a fence, so someone has either not closed it or forgotten to remove the covers.

Remember Ashley to take out the summer air and put in new fresh winter air for the tyres.

At around 0:18 it does surprise me how regular family cars can roll over so easily. YT is full of footage of this kind of thing. Even greater risk of rollover with the growing trend in SUV's. I believe the US NHTSA organization now has a rollover risk rating for vehicles they test. Not sure if EURO NCAP does but I'll check.

@rogerkearns8094

8 ай бұрын

Not sure what had happened there, in the clip. Did the driver in front brake-check, do you think?

@broshmosh

8 ай бұрын

@@rogerkearns8094 Pretty sure the motorist in front was applying brakes to meet the upcoming 30 limit, and the motorist of the white car was not paying enough attention to brake safely. Their following distance was quite short as well, at least from the rough time between front brake lights coming on, and the ensuing flip.

@rogerkearns8094

8 ай бұрын

@@broshmosh Yes, plausible. Cheers :)

@gordon861

8 ай бұрын

When I saw that clip I expected the one I sent to Ashley a couple of months ago to follow it. Short clip of a mini overturning on a verge on my channel, only a little plug, I don't upload much.

@jackchapman6095

6 ай бұрын

​@@rogerkearns8094 I was the driver of the white car in this clip. The ka in front thought the car at the junction was pulling out and slammed on their brakes. I do take responsibility for not being far enough back, but the actions of the car in front were very unexpected (especially as they pretty much came to a stop)

8:37 I would say the car was too fast round the corner here, the pedestrian already had a foot in the road when they come into sight and looks a little unsteady so walking while looking to the side might not be possible, I think they looked, reorientation forwards and stepped out

@christaylor1575

8 ай бұрын

As a PP has pointed out it isn't a recognised crossing point, is on a blind bend and the pedestrian had a snorkel parka type hood. Was the car going a wee bit fast? Maybe but the pedestrian brought much more to the situation than the car driver, who sorted out what the careless pedestrian didn't.

That clip at 4:40, I was driving up to Wales last year via the M5, and it was super congested near Taunton. I was just joining the motorway in the outermost lane, and about 5 minutes later, whilst moving at 5mph, a semi sped past me probably at around 40-50mph in the hard shoulder. When you consider how wide they are, that could have done much harm at someone not paying attention on the road ahead

once again a great video!

8.34. This is an unusual pedestrian cross point. There are barriers to stop people stepping out into the middle of the junction and at the point where the guy does step out there isn’t a drop Kerb. [so it isn’t fit for purpose for a wheel chair etc] Also when the guy steps out he is unsighted for any traffic approaching from around the bend. Makes you wonder if it isn’t supposed to be a crossing point at all 🤔

At 10:20 .. How can the positioning of that bus stop right on the entry to the roundabout ever have been safe ?? What were the Highways planners thinking??… or is it just me ? 😂

@GodmanchesterGoblin

8 ай бұрын

It's not just you. 😊

@jcskyknight2222

8 ай бұрын

It’s really not an issue. I believe the reasoning is that just to the left there is a pedestrian access to Morrisons, and if you go straight (slightly right) you head out on to the dual carriageway out to the villages. So it’s a compromise between supermarket access and efficient bus routes.

@blake-gl4wn

8 ай бұрын

Prob not many other options I guess. (And not enough budget to do anything better.). That’s life.

8:35 - Rush across the road? The pedestrian had already stepped out by the time the car had come around the corner.

@blake-gl4wn

8 ай бұрын

Yeh, I wouldn’t call it a “walking fail”. Perhaps a road design fail. Or just: “car driving appropriately to allow pedestrian to cross”.

@Chomp-Rock

8 ай бұрын

He wasn't saying that pedestrian was rushing, just that's it's more likely to happen in bad weather because people are likely to be rushing.

6:10 If I were turning the earliest possible exit, I'd queue up on the lane closest to it.

The clip at the MacDonalds is definitely taking a colossal risk… On a side note, it never ceases to amaze me seeing the size of cars queued up at a MacDonalds drive thru…queuing up to get a Big Mac that tastes like cardboard???….nah, I’ll give it a miss thanks…

@TestGearJunkie.

8 ай бұрын

Food at McDonalds..? An oxymoron, surely..?

2:15 I really hate those kinds of crossings, as they can be really unpredictable. I prefer to err on the side of caution, so I have often stopped "for no reason" because I didn't know what people next to it were going to do. Which is a pretty good reason, in my opinion, even if those honking their horns behind me don't agree. As for checking my tires, I finished changing from summer to winter tyres 10 minutes before watching this video. This includes checking for damage and thread depth ✅️ 😉

@tin2001

8 ай бұрын

You think that's bad.... We used to have one in my town (not in the UK) with some picnic tables on the island area next to the crossing... It was bloody awful to try and drive through, and just as bad to cross as a pedestrian. No one ever knew if the pedestrians were crossing or just walking to a table. I have no idea what the F they were thinking. Thankfully that stuff's all long gone. The crossing it was at is gone. The tables are gone... And they even removed the bench seating from near the one crossing that was kept in the main street.

Worse than poor overtaking at 7:53 he overtook on solid white lines.Dangerous or Reckless driving?

@mickman0073

8 ай бұрын

Found this in a search "Drivers are being reminded that dangerous overtaking is illegal and could lead to a large fine as well as penalty points. If you are caught illegally overtaking, you will receive a £100 on the spot fine and three penalty points on your license. But if the police deem your offence serious, you will face a much larger fine, possibly nine penalty points and, if it went to court, even a driving ban. What does the highway code say? The highway code tells motorists that overtaking should NEVER be attempted in the following circumstances: If overtaking means entering a lane reserved for other road users, such as buses or trams In zones marked ‘no overtaking’ If the road has a single white line down the middle, or a double white line with a solid line closest to you If the car in front has stopped at a pedestrian crossing Without checking it is safe to do so Rebecca Ashton of IAM Roadsmart has offered some further advice, saying “Double white lines are there to separate the traffic, but you should always be aware of the possibility of someone not obeying them and putting you at risk - remember they are not walls, just paint. You can cross them if you need to pass a cyclist, horse or road maintenance vehicle travelling at 10 mph or less - however you need to ensure you give them enough room and only carry out the manoeuvre if you are able to do this safely and not cause another road user to take avoiding action.”

Spot the Ashley Neal drunken lookalike lunging at the bike.

The last clip, just catching the last seconds of "mr blue sky" on the radio

@TestGearJunkie.

8 ай бұрын

Baby Groot's favourite song 😄

@ashley_neal

8 ай бұрын

And one of mine!

@TestGearJunkie.

8 ай бұрын

@@ashley_neal And mine..! That clip is the best part of the whole film..!

Re the Merc signalling right then signalling and turning right, there's someone in my area that's teaching drivers to signal left as they approach a roundabout, and then put the right indicator on once they're on the it, regardless of which exit they're taking. It's like they're literally just signalling which way they're turning the steering wheel... No, I can't work it out, but some drivers do this consistently and it's infuriatingly misleading.

The motorway exit clip at 4:39 is fairly standard for that junction. Junction 25 off the westbound M62 ‘SMART’ motorway, without exception every time I use that exit this happens. I personally think the reason people think they can use it is because they’ve probably just come down the hard shoulder on the smart road and just carry on on the off ramp regardless of the road markings. I’m not excusing their actions just conveying my experience of that junction and my hatred for smart motorways.

@gavjlewis

8 ай бұрын

This happens on the M6 in Birmingham too. The overhead road signs say use the hard shoulder due to congestion and then many people think that they can continue using it on the slip road because there isn't a sign or notification saying stop using it. Then as in this clip when it suddenly changes to hashed marking their brain kicks into gear and they realise they shouldn't be in that lane! 😂

@adamspencer95

8 ай бұрын

yet another poorly thought out element of "smart" motorways

@smilerbob

8 ай бұрын

@gavjlewis I thought the overhead sogns said “Use Hard Shoulder” and then 1 or 2 signs before the exit it says “Hard Shoulder for J… Only” I haven’t used the M6 in a while but that has always been my experience. The M42 for the A45 was always a fun one, drivers would use the hard shoulder or the short lane 1 post hard shoulder ending and the move straight into lane 2 of the slip road despite there being a second slip road off the motorway for the exit. The number of near misses witnessed there is staggering

The clip at 5:44 is in Chiwick west London. Its a dodgey bit of road at the best of times and I would rarly overtake even when on a motorbike, let alone in a bus!

The police were 100% committed to that overtake, then your viewer prevented them. Only think this because they then continued to overtake afterwards, watch the rear camera footage, they pushed through a gap with the oncoming car behind your viewer.

Weird to see someone driving past my house in this vid. Great commentary as always Ashley 👍

Some shocking driving, very shocking driving Ashley

@9:30 The clocks have just gone back. It will be dark by 5:00pm for most of us now. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE do no not ride a bike without lights (and preferably without wearing reflective clothing) in the dark in the way the cyclist in the clip does. You might not think it is a matter of life and death but 45 years ago it was for my friend Trevor. He, like you, was just a bag of skin and bones. If you haven't got lights, get off and push. It is better to be late than to be "the late..."

@fetchstixRHD

8 ай бұрын

-At least to me, the bike appears to have its lights on (though made a bit harder to notice by the company censored out). Also seems to be a cargo bike which generally has them built in too.- Agreed with the general point, and further, with pedestrians choosing dark clothing at night - you would be surprised how difficult it can be to be spotted until you sit in some vehicles, and that's without considering conditions like rain... (Edit: just realised you meant the one at the start of the clip, never mind. Maybe that's a point on how difficult it is to notice them?)

I'm genuinely unsure about the bus stop one. If I approached that junction I would assume it is ok to be there because a bus isn't there. Never come across a bus stop in that scenario before.

Tyres most important part of your car . Its whats keeps you on the road . If tyres are shit you aint staying on the road no matter how good your car is

The song in that last clip fit perfectly at the end of the video!

0:38 Seen many police acting stupidly on the roads near me. Twice have done dangerous overtakes, once causing me to swerve left. And the other day there was a broken down car on a single carriageway. It was to the side so didn't even have to cross the line to overtake. But on the way back, a police car was there and he took it upon himself to park at an awkward angle causing everyone behind to have to wait until the other side was clear. I think any police officer that drives should have to take multiple additional tests as many of them are not suitable Edit: 6:55 Again 😂

10:05 a few years ago I did witness one fall off, and it’s a miracle that the windscreen of the car didn’t break (I was in the front passenger seat of the car it hit, it was starting to disintegrate before it hit though)

@R0ssMM

8 ай бұрын

I had a few of them fall on me once when driving my mum's old Micra. Thankfully they didn't do any damage, but some also fell in front of the car so they stopped me immediately. The idiots were driving too fast round the inside of a 30mph 90° bend with unsecured bales on a flatbed, and I was unlucky enough to be passing them on the outside.

The police car was absolutely a driving fail. They had progressed onto the wrong side of the road with oncoming traffic in the opposite direction, causing the cammer to have to take evasive action. Whether they were doing so to start the overtake or just "take a peek" is irrelevant. Ashley, you shouldn't be so fearful of speaking up against this. Otherwise, you can't call yourself impartial if you pick and choose who to criticise.

That evo wagon was very cool!

The police 'overtake' at 00:42 is a driving fail. You can't look to overtake on a left hand bend at that point, they are taught to take the nearside to look past the left side of the car then move out to the centre line or over it after the bend is complete

7:30 Ash: is this poor riding or is this well timed? Scooter boy: eeeeEEEESSSsssyyy

No Ashley, you are incorrect the left lane is a lane that's open to all traffic.

@Knights-Templar

8 ай бұрын

Correct 👍

No dash cam footage but a drunk guy in a suit, probably been at a wedding just stepped out in front of me in the dark on Saturday evening, luckily I was doing 30mph in a 30 zone unlike a lot of the other cars around me. 😁

At around 0:43 re the police car that might "just have been having a look" by straddling the centre line. "Having a look" to get an earlier view of the car they are about to collide with. I remember Ashley's video on positioning for optimal view on bends and recommending what he termed "Pinch an inch" for left hand bends, rather than all out "offsiding" or similar.

@ElectricPics

8 ай бұрын

You can nip out to have a look on straight roads or long curves, not on a bend.

@highdownmartin

8 ай бұрын

@@ElectricPics his apex or vanishing point would have been the distance he could see to be clear. And at those speeds there’s no way you could be out and past in that distance. He should have waited till the bend opened out

@ElectricPics

8 ай бұрын

​@@highdownmartinPretty much what I said.

@Perseus7567

8 ай бұрын

I'm not saying they didn't make a mistake, they did, but there could be a number of innocent reasons they were having a look, that relates to their duties. They could've been following someone, and wanted to look to see where they were now / if they were still there. They could be trying to catch up to someone to pull them over for something reasonably urgent, and needed to check if they could go for an overtake any time soon. They could've been trying to look at the mirrors and/or something on the side of the car ahead. Again, not saying it wasn't a bad time to look, but it wasn't at all any inconvenience for anyone else. The cammer barely had to react. It was such a non-event I'm surprised the cammer even sent it in AND Ashley showed it. The Police van was definitely an issue, but again I don't think it was intentional, they were probably just hyper-focused on one thing (maybe their radio, a car they're following, anything), and didn't check their mirrors properly. A bad thing they should definitely work on to improve, but hyper-focus happens all the time to people.

@ElectricPics

8 ай бұрын

@@Perseus7567 There's absolutely no justification for making any even potentially dangerous manoeuvre. The Police van was a different story entirely and was Careless Driving.

That clip at 2:15 demonstrates why I firmly believe that non-motorists need to be held accountable for their own stupidity. If you pile into the *side* of a car at a crossing, that's on you for being stupid whether the car driver was legally obliged to read your mind and yield or not. Note that I am not excusing stupidity on the part of motorists, either. They clearly need to be accountable for their own stupid stuff. (Edit to add that in my part of the world, motorists are required to magically know that a pedestrian that is not even visible because they're crouched behind parked cars specifically hiding is going to suddenly cross the road as long as they do it at a crosswalk.)

4:25 - Big risk, because no way could he observe properly for incoming from his sides!

"CarVertical" LOL perfect timing

4:30 I think it was typical Mitsubishi Evo driver behavior. Here in the US, all Mitsubishi Evos and Subaru WRXs (another similar car) are always driven by young kids doing tricks and fooling about in their cars

Ten yearly retests for all lincence holders will clear the roads of thousands of poor drivers. I might even slow or even stop insurance premiums going up so much each year.

That last clip, it’s amazing how many people cause an issue like that and probably don’t even bother looking in their mirror to see if the person they forced off the road is okay. Bet if it had been a crash, they’d have just driven on.

Perfect timing ending with ELO's Mr Blue Sky "Please turn over..."

Last one on his phone for sure. See it all the time and can often see them looking down when you get closer

I reckon that reverse was a person who had seen someone they owe money to

That last clip - that's the first and last time that 4x4 will be going offroad

First time I've seen my home town (Chippenham - at 10:40 (roundabout) on the channel. We were taught (possibly incorrectly) to USE the left lane unless a bus is there and most people do, although the cammer should have seen the lack of indicator and dropped in behind

Can confirm as someone who unloads straw from lorries for an elderly neighbour with horses, it's heavy and cumbersom to move.

Thank you

8:24 These and other situations really make me dislike hoods on the roads, especially those wide ones. Yeah it kinda keeps your hair dry, but it can greatly impair peripheral vision, and your hearing too, with the drops falling on it. Waterproof cap, hat or beanie are a worthwhile purchase if you want to keep dry/warm, without impairing your senses too much. E: On the bike I'd steer clear from any hood as you really can't compensate peripheral vision and hearing 100%. If wearing a helmet, get a a waterproof "scully" (hat desigened to go under a helmet), cycling cap, neck warmer (buff), balaclava and/or a helmet cover to eliminate the hood.

@fetchstixRHD

8 ай бұрын

There's a railway training video which basically demonstrated that point, somewhere. Mind you, the "furry" hooded coats are just the worst, why do they even exist...

@RenAigu

8 ай бұрын

@@fetchstixRHD Oh yeah and not fit for purpose at all, in the rain that is, the fur will drip water in your face well after the rain stopped. It probably shelters you better in snowy conditions though. Just be aware that you're impaired in traffic when you have to wear such at thing, but so many pedestrians aren't in the best conditions.

To be fair to the driver in the car/scooter incident, it looks like the pair on the scooter started to move only when the driver was entering the crossing, hence the impact at the B-pillar/rear wing area. I'd take it to be equally an example of why pedestrians must look for traffic before leaving the pavement. What has happened to self-preservation!

@Leidolfr

8 ай бұрын

Now I agree, pedestrian was a numpty, but also, I was taught when approaching a crossing and pedestrians are also approaching the crossing, to slow down and even stop if there's a chance of them wanting to cross. Driver should really have slowed to a halt with people that close to a crossing Highway code echos this: "be aware of pedestrians approaching from the side of the crossing."

@user-mv5zt8qd9l

8 ай бұрын

​@@Leidolfr True. This is what we teach as well - look for the warning signs of crossing but still slow right down in case none are given. It's absurd how many drivers plow through clear, open crossings when I try to cross despite me making it abundantly clear with several looks up and down the road while approaching.

The Evo Wagon driver needs to be more careful on reversing, that car's like rocking horse poo 😬

The vid at 5mins. When I see shit like that happen I put myself half on so cars can’t get by. In my car it’s a 50/50 as some people will squeeze past. But when I drive my wagon for work it’s a solid “no, you ain’t passing” and can be seen from a fair distance. Just like with how people will follow someone jumping ahead, sometimes I’ll look back and notice other people copying me once I do it. Never be afraid to stop people being bad drivers. Cos most people will support you.

Hi Ashley, how do I send a video to you? Thanks

Slip road on M62 taking the hard shoulder as always been like that for decades and the reason why. As you near the traffic lights the third lane appears for going to Clecky

Hi Ashley, I have a question about the clip at 10:10 regarding the bus stop. There are many bus stops that we drive straight through every day, provided there isn't a bus in it. The van drives through the stop, which I don't think it's wrong, since it doesn't say "BUS ONLY". Am I wrong? I know there are lives right before indicating an area that you can't enter but I can't tell if the van did cross those lines or not.

@ashley_neal

8 ай бұрын

The van must've crossed those markings. The markings also mean cross them if it's safe and necessary, but it wasn't necessary. The markings are terrible and are unnecessary confusion. I agree that we drive through bus stop, but if the vehicles are queueing in lane 2 nobody should go in there.

@m4rk4nderson

8 ай бұрын

@@ashley_neal Thank you 👍

@billyporter1389

8 ай бұрын

@@ashley_neal When approaching a typical bus stop in lane 1 surely you don't expect all vehicles in that lane o move into lane 2 and back again when it's past the bus stop. Bus Stops should be treated like any other inside lane.

@davecoop9579

8 ай бұрын

​@@ashley_nealthis is confusing advice. Surely if there's no bus then we use the left lane as normal?

I am a strong advocate of having traffic signals having all the lights with the arrows in the direction they are trying to control unfortunately, it seems that UK highways authorities are stuck with solid red and amber lights and have only a green arrow where required. In Europe all the lights controlling the direction will have arrows i.e. the red and the amber as well as the green. this means that the lighting control is much clearer and less ambiguous. I often have to have a double take when I arrive at a set of lights that control a direction to make sure that I observe only the one that controls my route and no other.

Those straw bales can be almost 1 tonne

Sometimes you have to wonder if a little hand-wave that says "thank you for not putting me in hospital" just doesn't seem like enough. (7:45)

@blake-gl4wn

8 ай бұрын

Yeh, but it is kinda of expected that drivers should be paying attention and expecting the unexpected.

I would like to slightly challenge the bus stop clip on the roundabout towards the end of the video. There was a very short section of broken line after the hatch marking and as it was a bus 'stop' rather than a bus lane I would say it should be used as a left turn lane when clear although this is confused slightly by the solid white line that outlines the perimeter of the bus stop. In general it looks like this approach should be redesigned and signposted better for everyone's safety. I would love you to do a video looking at some new road systems similar to this cropping up around the UK that just seem to be ill-conceived. I know of quite a few in and around the north east where I live.

Sorry Ash but the left lane is a lane open to all traffic. There is no continuous white line to stop other traffic from using it..

That first one! Ouch.

You saying about tyres, I caught sight of my neighbours tyres and goodness they looked incredibly worn. The tyre looked smooth 😳

@smilerbob

8 ай бұрын

Reminds me of a time when I went to get a part for my car (it was only available direct from the car dealership as it wasn’t available elsewhere) and someone brought in there 2 year old Mini for “steering issues”. It was a cold, danmp morning and I overheard them say “they turned a corner along a country lane and the vehicle just continued straight so want someone to check the steering” The technician went out and came back 30 seconds later and said that new tyres were needed. The customer wasn’t happy claiming they were trying to rip her off with extras tht aren’t needed and will go elsewhere for a second opinion. The conversation was still going on, I had collected my engine breather hose and left but thought I would glance at the tyres of the Mini…I have seen more tread on slick tyres than what were in these. What was more concerning is either the car wasn’t being serviced, or the driver / owner was refusing to have work done that was highlighted other than the fluid / filter change of the service.

In regards to the idiot that lunged out at the motorbike, you have to wonder what goes through people like that's heads. Well, until you realise probably not much besides tumbleweeds and wind.

0:44 Nope, they were going for the overtake, Ash: The rear view gives the answer! 😁

@PedroConejo1939

8 ай бұрын

The difficulty for emergency vehicles is that the gormless tendency just slam on the anchors as soon as they see/hear the blues and sirens, which is usually about 30 seconds after the ESV arrives behind them. I see this kind of thing all the time, with eejits stopping directly opposite others who've already pulled over, sailing past rows of stopped cars, riding on ambulance coattails, stopping on bends, brows of hills, stopping in the path of the ESV, just whatever is the most ridiculous thing to do in any circumstances. So many drivers are oblivious to emergency service vehicles.

@letter1014

8 ай бұрын

Very poor driving indeed especially from somebody who is meant to be a role model.

@cargy930

8 ай бұрын

@@PedroConejo1939 100%. I wouldn't want to be a blue light driver in modern traffic. The Hyundai (? I think) driver didn't seem to be making any particular effort to assist the Police car here.

The clip with the small HGV and the Merc, the lorry is in the wrong lane. I know this roundabout well and the Merc looks like it's come off the A944 and is heading towards Countesswells/Cults. Probably should have cancelled their right signal but this is the only lane they could have been in to turn into the road they were intending on. The lorry looks as though it has come from Fairley Road and should be in the same lane as the Merc if it's looking to turn right on to the A944. Also note the lorry isn't signalling so my guess is they weren't familiar with the area. Those lights are also only on at peak times so this may have confused them further.

Mr Blue Sky at the end 👌

At 4:43, the roadsign shows a roundabout with no less than 7 exits! Can't recall ever seeing that before. Even if I didn't know the area, I'd immediately be on high alert, as 7 exits would tell me there's going to be a high potential for lots to go wrong in terms of lane selections

@smilerbob

8 ай бұрын

Maybe that is why they were using the hard shoulder? It was an emergency as they didn’t know what lane they needed Hope you are keeping well and avoiding most of the wet weather at the moment

@caratownsend1166

8 ай бұрын

The roundabout looks like Cleckheaton junction off the M62 west. It has traffic like this often as the 606 can't handle the volume of traffic onto it at rush hour. I've personally been stuck there for 3 hours in the past. I don't think it's clever to use the hard shoulder, but I know many locals do use it to take the first exit instead of waiting 40 minutes for the left lane (mapped to the 5th!! exit) to clear to the roundabout. I think the entire exit needs redesigning, and I think there has been work recently (which in the short term has made it worse, but will hopefully help long term)