As a cab company manager, I must say I am surprised at the response Delta gave you. If one of our drivers had done what he did, they would no longer be working for our company. Our drivers are instructed to be ambassadors for us, they are our flag carriers, and we take every complaint very seriously. It takes a lot of work to get a good reputation, but it only takes someone like that to destroy all the hard work of the other drivers.

@Pyewack3t

3 жыл бұрын

You don't know Delta.....

@momentumstocks3493

2 жыл бұрын

Most taxi drivers i have used are a disgrace. Loud, rude and aggressive.

@RikTRFC

2 жыл бұрын

This type of behaviour is part of the Delta training.

@johnhodkinson2063

2 жыл бұрын

@@RikTRFC It comes with the drugs they're on

@RikAindow

11 ай бұрын

You make an excellent point. Your drivers may be self employed but they're still carrying your name. If I was a hot head taxi driver it wouldn't be "Rik's taxi" reputation going down the pan, it would be the name of the company plastered on the side of my car..

Yes report to the police, the minute he changed his mind to come after you. That was an aggressive move, especially when his first at that point words were to try and start a fight.

@HRRRRRDRRRRR

3 жыл бұрын

This, he chose to abandon what he was doing so he could chase you and try and start a fight. Report that gobshite.

@Historyfan476AD

3 жыл бұрын

@@HRRRRRDRRRRR I agree that man was looking for trouble, the only thing that stopped it was the physical size and confidence of Ashley, his next victim might not be so lucky i wager he is one of them who has a go at woman drivers on their own.

@Kromaatikse

3 жыл бұрын

Indeed, I think this is the key point. At that point it stopped being an "ordinary" argument between drivers, and indicated intent on his part to cause Ash physical harm. That's above and beyond the larger point that taxi drivers, just like driving instructors, are *professional drivers* and should behave as such on the road. They cover more miles in more hours and encounter more hazards than the vast majority of road users, so they have a particular responsibility to handle those situations properly. And Delta's attitude is completely wrong. The driver may technically be self-employed, but he's driving a car with the company name on the side, and therefore carries the company's reputation on his back. Not to mention little things like "responsibility" which have sadly fallen by the wayside.

@ResevoirGod

3 жыл бұрын

HistoryFan476ad On the other hand his next “victim” could be a nutjob who would take great delight in dishing out their own punishment.

@camonacomputer

3 жыл бұрын

I agree, report him. The less road users like that the better. The trouble is you do not know what manic is in another car they could have a knife or anything. Likewise the next person he does that to may be a manic with a knife. My point is keep yourself safe out there everyone!

I think the fact that he went out of his way to follow you, and then threatened you, is enough for a police report. Considering this is his reaction to the most minor inconvenience, the behavior is unnaceptable, regardless whether or not his employer decides to take accontability for their drivers.

Police should impersonate a driving school vehicle, they would see a lot of bad drivers and hopefully teach them a lesson.

@A-Name-101

3 жыл бұрын

Good idea. However I doubt any prosecutions would stick due to entrapment. However verbal warnings, yes.

@eliz_scubavn

3 жыл бұрын

macsrbetterthanpcs entrapment only applies where someone is convinced into doing something they wouldn’t ordinarily do. I’d highly doubt that you could argue this in instances like that.

@Alishaan2002

3 жыл бұрын

The vehicle, in this case being a driving school vehicle, could possibly be classed as an 'unmarked' vehicle so there shouldn't be a problem with this as the police force already have unmarked cars in their fleet.

@cogidubnus1953

3 жыл бұрын

And why not...after all he's badly impersonating a "professional driver"...and no issue of entrapment should arise...he's a natural born arsehole.

@briancampbell3310

3 жыл бұрын

Ali Gaming That’s a great idea.

‘Don’t start giving me sh*t’ Proceeds go follow you

@ludemuo

3 жыл бұрын

You should get a life. Who are you to be policing the road?... Just mind f..k business thwarted

@GaffaTV

3 жыл бұрын

@@ludemuo wow, someone got tickled up the wrong way, holy damn.

@lucasbarton1773

3 жыл бұрын

ludemuo what? I barley said anything

@chrisjlocke

3 жыл бұрын

@@lucasbarton1773 ; Its OK - if you read ludemuo's other posts, he's a bit of a troll to get reactions. Just ignore.

@aceeeed

3 жыл бұрын

@@lucasbarton1773 Rye are you like this? :laugh:

“You’re meant to be a driving instructor” YOU’RE meant to be a “Professional” driver yourself, grow up man. Great Video Ashley, passed my test a few weeks ago first time after only driving for 7 months and your video’s really helped, so thank you.

@Historyfan476AD

3 жыл бұрын

Taxis drivers the amount of them i have seen who can't drive is shocking, i actually think it is an insult to call them professional at all. I do fear about the training standards for them. if their is any standards.

@eliz_scubavn

3 жыл бұрын

HistoryFan476ad agreed. Taxi drivers are the worst in my town. There’s a rail crossing with barriers and lights on it going through my town centre. One taxi driver I witnessed actually sped up to probably 70mph as the barriers were coming down and the lights/sirens blaring, all to save waiting for maybe 2min at the crossing for the train.

@mjj5276

3 жыл бұрын

Well don't follow what he did here as he was in the wrong.😂

@dman3448

3 жыл бұрын

@@eliz_scubavn o

@Historyfan476AD

3 жыл бұрын

@@stuart4143 can't blame you.

One thing I can't understand is why even roll down the window and talk to them. Doesn't that detract from your focus on the road? And potentially hold up traffic behind you?

@Stettafire

3 жыл бұрын

I don't think its a distraction from the road so much. But I do think it's asking for trouble. I'm not going to give a twat like that time of day.

@allenrm100

3 жыл бұрын

Spot on

@PhilosophyofElivagar

3 жыл бұрын

1) Because you're curious what they're going to say (i.e. their excuse or if they are going to apologise) 2) Because you want to defend you actions and (presumably) explain why you were in the right. Nobody is saying it's the proper or most efficient thing to do, but if you don't like it then get a self-driving car; we all feel the need to stand up for ourselves because we're not automatons.

@johnmitchell2269

2 жыл бұрын

I don't think Mr Neal would have been impressed if one of his students had slowed down level with the other car and wound the window down looking for confrontation.

@momentumstocks3493

2 жыл бұрын

@@PhilosophyofElivagar But come on..it only leads to one end. You think he's going to say "Sorry dear chap....I made a mistake. " Most scourers are scumbags anyway. I would have laughed at his accent. Terry from Brookside?

"I'm not letting you in, you should've been over anyway." I really can't work out what he's on about.

@Dr3Mc3Ninja

3 жыл бұрын

I had to watch it about 3 times because I did not understand what happened.

@mjj5276

3 жыл бұрын

He doesn't have to let anyone in.

@verdeboyo

3 жыл бұрын

that's the mental state of a typical moron

@James-ee7ss

3 жыл бұрын

Its the fact that he accelerated purposely to block him moving over, not the fact that he doesn't have to

@dgphi

3 жыл бұрын

That's called rationalization in psychology. He needed to make up something to justify his actions. It didn't need to make sense.

As a HGV driver,the closing the gap to not let you out for us is an extremely common incident,if i were to react in any way shape or form to every incident i would be a complete stress ball and would probably have had a heart attack years ago,after many years working behind the wheel ive learnt greatest response to any road rage is blowing them a kiss(very funny to watch the resulting self implosion from this).

@bridges24

3 жыл бұрын

On more than one occasion I have got out to check if my indicators are working in my HGV. While I understand indicating doesn't give you right of way, folk absolutely hate letting you change lanes!

@scottlaaa

3 жыл бұрын

I love blowing kisses at drivers their reactions are priceless 😂

@tro552

3 жыл бұрын

Ditto I’m a bus driver (the most hated vehicle) it’s a everyday occurrence

@scottlaaa

3 жыл бұрын

@@tro552 same here I’m a bus driver usually get two flashes of an indicator then morons will pull across from lane two, three foot from your front bumper!

@tro552

3 жыл бұрын

@@scottlaaa just an every day thing for large vehicle drivers

1. Indicator was on for long enough for the taxi to appreciate you wanted to change lane and can assist this by easing back. This is not an obligation but would help traffic flow, and is a recommended driving skill. However, instead he closes gap and gets too close to the bin wagon in front just to keep you out. Tailgating could be considered dangerous driving as an offence. He later moans that you should be in that lane anyway, but you're not psychic when it comes to knowing of parked cars so far ahead that they are not detectable. 2. From this point you should not hoot, but pull back and look for another opportunity to merge into the right hand lane. 3. Taxi driver slows down to engage, which is against recommendations. You slow down to engage. Not recommended either. This isn't going to make any well reasoned conversation structure possible during driving, and further adds to distractions, which can potentially lead to another incident. 4. Taxi driver then pulls out of initial right turn position to join road to follow you. A potentially dangerous, or at minimum, disruptive maneuver against the highway code just to catch up and act aggressive, then shouts out of the window to offer a fight. It's now escalating to harassment. 5. Should you report it? I think so, but the ultimate call on that will have to be yours. If you say no, I would still respect that. Despite my criticisms, you've done so much good for driver awareness. But this just seems to be a bit of an off day, and nearly all of us, including me, have been there. I think if I got stressed at every time someone closed a gap I wanted to fit into though, it wouldn't be too great for my blood pressure. So I just pull back. Regards

@camonacomputer

3 жыл бұрын

This is a good write up. Ashley does say he made a mistake engaging with this guy but there no such thing as a perfet driver and everyone makes mistakes. However the taxi wasn't making mistakes he made bad (dangerous) choices and didn't gain anything. I'd hate to get stressed like this guy from everyone's direction change on the road. Just imagine the amount of fights he is offering!

@Ep1cure

3 жыл бұрын

@@camonacomputer Yeah, crazy right!? The thing about engaging is that you really don't know who you are engaging with, regardless of vehicle type. If you let it go, it's fine, because eventually they may bite off more than they can chew. I only hope such an event will be scary enough to change their habits, and not the condition of their health.

@TheNinjaMarmot

3 жыл бұрын

I agree.

@r3h4n786

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed 👍

@marklittler784

3 жыл бұрын

Should of reinforced with a hand signal too to change lane, and the taxi driver shouldn't have proceeded to overtake on the approach to the traffic light pedestrian crossing.

I was pleased to see that you recognised the mistake of engaging with the taxi, I think that's one of the big learnings here for all of us that are trying to be less aggressive drivers. I've watched this a few times and in my mind that initial "Thanks" and the sarcastic thumbs up was what really turned this from a simple 'I'm not letting you in to teach you a lesson" to a bigger issue. The toots on the horn felt like a telling-off as well, he clearly knew you where there and didn't need alerting to your presence. I see you as ambassador for how to act in situations like this both in terms of mechanical reactions, but also emotional ones and as you said, this wasn't your finest hour. Also, I felt like all the time the two of you were windows down arguing you couldn't have been paying the necessary attention to what was going on in the environment around you. I wonder if you can be objective enough to ask yourself what your commentary would have been if a viewer had sent this clip in. In one universe I think you might have told them it wasn't that big of a deal and that they should have anticipated this happening and reacted to fix the taxi's bad behaviour. Through my eyes, it was pretty clear well before you arrived at the parked car (even before you crossed the line at the traffic light) that he wasn't going to let you in and you had plenty of time to just slow and drop in behind him, thereby avoiding what followed instead of keeping your foot in and reacting with the horn. To be clear, I get really triggered by things like this and think the taxis behaviour was really selfish and inflammatory. But I'm working hard to just let it go and get away from these types of drivers as quickly as possible, otherwise I get wound up and become a liability in terms of my driving and mental state.

@ashley_neal

3 жыл бұрын

Lovely comment Paul! Can't disagree with one word but this proves we are not all perfect including me. As I've said in other videos, I still have to work at not telling people off even if it's only through a sarcastic thumbs up. Thanks :)

@notadev1590

2 жыл бұрын

@@ashley_neal I'm only a recent addition to this channel and this is probably the most positive moment I've seen here. It takes a humble character to accept critiques, especially when it is the same critiques you often give to others. As you said, none of us are perfect. I'd much rather see someone share and acknowledge their imperfections than someone pretend and act like they don't exist. I was thinking of sticking around because you seemed like a good bloke but now I definitely know you are. Keep up the good work making roads safer. Cheers from Australia.

@mattlawton4715

2 жыл бұрын

@@ashley_neal he carn't go around threatening people and chasing like he did especially when he in the wrong and supposed to be professional what would happen if he had passengers a child in the car maybe would he behave like that. I Think the police would have a word slap on wrist etc he think about what hes done.

If I was you then I would have just ignored it and not put down my window because putting down your window invites his argument

@vladimirputin4822

2 жыл бұрын

Also invites an apology, but you know better.

@VisualBliss.

2 жыл бұрын

@@ts757arse HAHAH

@Alizyran

2 жыл бұрын

Also distracts them from driving and makes the situation more dangerous for everyone involved

I once had an altercation with another driver, who pulled up in front of me and decided to jump out of the car and run over for a fight. I did report this, but in the end no charges came about because, rightly, I had wound him up in the manner that you mentioned by gesticulating after he made a dangerous overtake. So, in the end, the officer did go and have a discussion about his actions, but that was the end of it., I figured that was the correct action, and would consider that to be the case here as well. The matter wasn’t ignored, but equally it was a lesson for all parties. Hope that helps?

@jackw7714

3 жыл бұрын

Might make some sense, but that's not how the law works. It's common assault to make somebody (reasonably) fear for their safety. There is no defence of being wound up

@tosspot1305

Жыл бұрын

@@jackw7714That's true however provocation is always considered. The perceived fear for one's safety is greatly diminished when one is also gesturing and behaving aggressively

Not condoning the taxi driver's aggressive behaviour in any way, but if you pause the video at 0:51 - this was when you started indicating and he was almost level with you at this point. Bearing in mind that there should be a second or two delay between when you start to indicate and when you make your manouvre, I think it was reasonable to let the taxi past and then tuck in behind him. I may be wrong, but if I wanted to get into the gap between the bin lorry and the taxi, I would have started indicating while level with the bin lorry thus giving the taxi driver sufficient time to see my signal and give me space. Don't think it is worth troubling the police over this incident. No one was hurt and there was no damage to either vehicle. The police have more important work to do.

@duncandrummond726

3 жыл бұрын

The Taxi was moving up at the 50s mark but was still a car length behind and, at the Taxi drivers own evidence, he put he foot down to deliberately block an easy merge. this would suggest that even if the indicator was applied earlier, the Taxi would have just moved to block the merge earlier.

@ThePhoenix109

3 жыл бұрын

@@duncandrummond726 bullshit he speed up because then he would have passed him sooner.

@fd1150

3 жыл бұрын

@@duncandrummond726 Absolutely agree. In a previous video where roads merge you said let them go if they are that close.... Taxi driver was bang out of order with his actions after that though, no question. Maybe look at some of your previous videos of provocation and how easy it is to trigger some people. Sort of mixed messages in this one.

@problemchild1976

3 жыл бұрын

Indication or not, the taxi could see the car turning left creating a potential obstruction then the parked cars ahead. He saw this then chose to block the learner car and make it difficult (at his own admission)! Why? Saying “you should have got over sooner” is horse crap as the learner car is using as much of the road as possible, indicated early then the taxi makes it difficult. What’s the point :(

@andyscullion

3 жыл бұрын

@ANDREW BRYCE sorry mate but your wrong. There was PLENTY of time for the private hire to let the learner car in. He didn't even have to break, just foot off the gas. But what does he do?? Foot ON the gas because my god we don't want to be behind the learner do we? This guy needed reporting...well done Ashley!! Btw the private hire driver is meant to be setting examples too!!

Self employed but clearly has the taxi logos on the side of the car. Regardless of his employment status he's representing the company all the time while he has those logos on.

@Stettafire

3 жыл бұрын

Most employers have you sign a contract to the effect of "you shall not engage in behaviour that puts the company in disrepute" it's a fairly standard line in nearly all employment contracts.

@Pyewack3t

3 жыл бұрын

Delta don't care. I hope Uber puts them out of business.

Report him, worst case they do nothing, best case scenario they get in touch and he learns from this. Quality video yet again, keep it up :)

@krazyjApAn

3 жыл бұрын

You got the first part correct but the second part you’re wrong. Best case scenario, the police still do fuck all about it.

@stephencope7178

Жыл бұрын

Unless they're too busy. . .as usual!! 🤔

I actually think you should forward to the police, so they can have a serious word with him for being so aggressive on the road. I totally am on your side because you are very polite to other road users.

@zaink7037

3 жыл бұрын

Agree there. Ashley does have some guts though. I wouldn't of raised my hand like him after that but that taxi driver deserves the report especially with his behaviour .

I always have time for learner drivers , I think to myself… that was me once , and it’s nice to get an appreciative nod from the instructor

@nelftm

2 жыл бұрын

I've been driving for nearly 20 years and I STILL have that attitude. You never know that by driving like a dick around a learner could (if they're on a test) be the difference between them passing and failing - and have unforeseen consequences on their future. If they fail, let it be down to them - and not your interaction with them.

Honestly I'm surprised by this video. I've been watching a lot of your videos recently and the one thing that impresses me the most is your ability to teach people not to get triggered by the bad behaviour of other drivers. You often show by good example that there isn't any point getting into heated situations, as it doesn't get you or the other person to their destination any quicker. Unfortunately we see here that you also get triggered, probably because of the perceived treatment of your instructor car, which judging by your other videos is a bone of contention for you (understandably). Here though, I think you should have probably just held back and let the taxi go on it's way, thus immediately defusing the situation. It's a good lesson though to show that even the best drivers can get themselves into confrontational situations, and that we're not all perfect.

@ashley_neal

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely agree! That's one of the reasons I've kept the video even though it's not one of my best moments 👍🏼

@alvina69

11 ай бұрын

Bang on the money 👍

As someone who has been confronted by an aggressive driver, I would report it, I didn't report my incident and I've regretted it ever since A bit of Background About 18 months ago I had driven from Sheffield to Wolverhampton, a journey of about 2 hours and 15 mins non stop using the toll road, I stopped to refuel my car near Wolverhampton city centre and as I pulled into the petrol station I noticed a yellow van pull in behind me, the guy looked angry but I thought nothing of it and refueled my car, when I was getting back into my car after paying the guy beeped his horn about 2 seconds after I shut the car door. I had to set up my sat nav to get me to my destination as I wasn't to familiar with the area I was in, he beeped his horn again after another few seconds, after which he got out of then van, I rolled down my window to tell him I would be a minute and he could get around me if needed. Before I could a word he screamed "Move your f*cking car mate me girlfriends in hospital or I'll smash your face in!" he had a look of hatred in his eyes and was really intimidating, feeling threatened I pulled out of the petrol station and down a side road, I was shaking, I had to stop for 10 minutes because of that moron, he drove off wherever he was going. It ruined my evening and I didn't report it, the feeling that he could have done this to other people has worried me. I'd report it to the Police just so at the very least he gets a warning, doubt that would do much but worth a shot.

@karlchen9745

3 жыл бұрын

His girlfriends in hospital probably because of him. Sounds like another wife beater to me my guy.

Would’ve liked to have seen the full clip tbh

The fact that it took that little to get him that riled up, and that he then went after you to pretty much ask for a fight... That's the kind of aggression I wouldn't want to have behind the wheel.

I think he was gaining on you before you started indicating and he wouldn't have even known the left lane was blocked at that point. You shouldn't have beeped at him. He was also wrong for what he did after that point.

@lewispullan6725

3 жыл бұрын

Nah I would've said that but the guy literally said himself that he sped up to not let him in

@helenHTID

3 жыл бұрын

he accelerated purposely to block him moving over! damn right i would beep at him

@TheLawrencestewart25

3 жыл бұрын

The horn is not meant to be used just because you're angry at someone

@PhilosophyofElivagar

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheLawrencestewart25 He was letting the guy know he was there and not to drive into him, it clearly wasn't because he was angry considering he wasn't holding the horn down or even shouting

@jakecutter285

2 жыл бұрын

@ Lewis Pullan the other guy can speed up in his own lane if he wants to, not very courteous I agree but it’s not breaking the Highway Code either.

Might be worth reading the Highway Code: Rule 112 The horn. Use only while your vehicle is moving and you need to warn other road users of your presence. Never sound your horn aggressively

@paulhebblethwaite7168

3 жыл бұрын

If it was Ashley who sounded the horn then the second sentence would apply however, was he making the point to the taxi driver as to his presence on the road? The Highway Code says you 'should not' use it .......................Not you 'must not' use it.

IMO you made a mountain out of a molehill. He doesn't have to let you in, and it cost you a couple of seconds. Ask yourself "would you have told a learner to push out into lane 2? And if the taxi driver hadn't let your leaner in, would you have told the learner to sound the horn?"

@geko7844

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed - of course the taxi driver shouldn’t have followed him in any circumstances, but handled poorly on all sides

@adamcarter7696

3 жыл бұрын

should of seen the guy speed up think what a c*nt and then just apply the brakes to go in behind him. It's not worth the aggro for a matter of seconds.

Firstly full marks to Ashley for admitting that , with the wonderful benefit of hindsight , that he should have avoided the situation developing in the first place . The point that has not been made that these two drivers both earn their living driving around the streets of Liverpool. Each of them will have driven down this road many times and both would have known way way before the parked cars became visible that there was a 95% chance that cars would have been parked there . And that each other knew that . Ashley I think expected a fellow “ professional “ driver to have allowed him in and would certainly not have been expecting to be deliberately blocked from the right hand lane . But few drive to Ashley’s standard and where he is wrong is expecting others to. Hope they do by all means , but expect them not to. Report the matter to the Police ? Yes , but I wouldn’t expect any strong action by them. Am glad that the incident didn’t involve the dustbin lorry ...... David Foster.

For a second there, I thought someone had reported you!

I've watched a previous video where you mention turning "events into non-events" and driving to a standard where you can absorb the poor driving of others without incident. In this case, to me at least, you turned a non-event into an event. What positive outcome could you reasonably expect berating a taxi driver in that way? You cannot reason with the unreasonable, of which he indicated by his stubbornness in refusing your passage. I would also be mindful of representing your business in such a way, as I in ignorance of your videos would be wary of using your services after witnessing this exchange. Just my opinion.

2.4 stars on Google says it all really, and that's where your viewers can easily let them know this isn't acceptable from a an employee. I don't think his driving was particularly bad, he'd of been out your blind spot and well past you if the bin lorry had maintained it's speed. That's why I was shocked that he says he actually did it deliberately! What a tw*t.

He automatically throws the blame on you for being a driving instructor - he's a taxi driver so should he not be driving with a level of consideration as a "professional" driver too? If you weren't in a driving school vehicle, would he have responded quite so aggressively? If it wasn't you driving but a student that wasn't quite so confident, would his actions have had the potential to cause an accident? Probably! Either way, for whatever reason he seems to have a huge bee in his bonnet and his driving is atrocious. Seems much more interested in trying to fight than concentrating on driving safely. Next time it could be someone much more vulnerable and cause massive problems. Definitely worth a report. Good on you for reaching out to the licensing authority too! Shame the company he's employed under don't share your enthusiasm for common sense and courteous road use. Well done dude

You've said in lots of other videos that the dash cameras make cars appears much further away than they are. So by the time you indicated he was possibly at the point where he either needed to slow down substantially or speed up to get past. It looks like he choose to speed up to move past (which maybe wasn't the most curtious decision), and then unforunately the lorry in front put on it's breaks and so the car had to slow at about the point that you pressed the horn. Obviosuly the way he reacted afterwards was appauling, but possibly you where a bit trigger happy with the horn on this occasion - but as you say everyone makes mistakes!

@XaviRonaldo0

3 жыл бұрын

I actually think Ashley was totally in the wrong in the initial incident

@ABogdanovs

3 жыл бұрын

Completely agree with your assessment of the situation!

This happened because you honked and gave the sarcastic thumbs up. Yeah he sped up to stop your lane change, but you had lots of room and space to slot in behind. I'd wager if you hadn't honked at him nothing else would have happened. You are right to report him for his actions in chasing you to "have it", but I think you need to look at yourself. You reacted to a situation that is pretty common and should have set the example and let it go. Also the little shouting match while driving slowly was very unprofessional. You were both probably distracted and definitely slowed up the traffic behind.

Bloody taxi drivers 😡 Tbh you should also have just slowed and pulled in behind him instead of reacting but I think you acknowledged that. His reactions definitely deserved his manner to be reported.

I think that engaging with the taxi driver is a mistake. The taxi following, and bring obstructive in the first place is really bad.

Definitely report him to the police, his behaviour was disgusting. he tells you that "you should have known to be over" well you could not see the parked cars because of the car infront, if anything he was probably able to see them parked cars before you could. people like this wind me up. and they shouldn't be getting away with it. so for that reason, i would report him

Ultimately, the best thing to do when there's a problem whilst you're driving, is to stay calm and ignore all the names and insults, from wherever they come from. However, being human, that is not usually how it works. Everybody, no matter who they are, or how ever clever and learned they are, will make mistakes and if, whilst driving I make a mistake, I will admit that I am wrong and, in order to avoid a problem that I just know is going to happen, I will 'hold up my hands,' NOT fingers! For me personally, though, when someone gets 'lippy' and swears at me and calls me all sorts of names and threatens me, then things change and I am like a bonfire night rocket leaving a milk bottle and I let the person know that I WILL not put up with it. I do not swear at them, or use foul language, (Like everyone else does) but I will NOT be threatened, nor assaulted and I WILL do whatever I have to do to protect myself if they come near me. It's called "being human, and self protection." Now, as far as contacting the police is concerned, Ashley, I would say "don't bother." It's an even bet that the cops may well turn everything around and blame you because, being a driving instructor, "you should know better." That's not my words, it's just what the cops might see as appropriate.

Definitely report to the police. He completely changed what he was doing to chase after you and threaten violence

While I think it's something that might be a reportable offence, and would consider making a police report, my advice is not to bother. With something as minor as this they won't take any action. I had a much worse incident a year or so ago, where a driver caused a collision with me, and tried to fight me several times. I had the whole incident on dashcam, and an independent witness from the car in front. No action was taken. As far as I can tell, they didn't even investigate. They certainly didn't ask to see the camera footage. Hopefully the local authority will suspend his licence for a while, but I wouldn't get my hopes up.

I am a pensioner, 5ft 6in and disabled and I get this sort of thing all the time, I need sticks to walk due to muscle damage in my legs, but when I tried to discuss with a driver why he had cut me up, he pushed me over and kicked my legs causing torn hamstrings. The police spoke to him and let him drive off.

I'm not a driver but once he changed his mind and decided to come after you and threaten you that becomes road rage. He assaulted you, being that it was only a verbal assault. It's still a crime. While you managed to defuse this situation, it makes me wonder if he has done this to somebody else before. So yes he should be reported to the police.

Report him to the police. You're probably not the first and I doubt you'll be the last person to have a run in with this guy

Let's have a look at this from the CAB drivers point of view or an eye in the sky ....He is in his correct lane and travelling nicely along behind a bin lorry in lane 2 .....A learner driver Car (Ashley I presume you have the L Plate box on the roof of the car or some L plates somewhere ) is in lane one behind a White SUV indicating to turn left at a junction ,The bin lorry brakes because the driver of the white SUV thinks they are driving an artic to turn left and takes a wide swing ...Ashley is indicating to get into lane 2 because of parked cars after a junction .I my self would have let you in it called progression not aggression ......My Question is did the CAB driver have to let you in (Did he speed up or were you slowing down because of the parked cars.) Yes the Cab Driver was 100% wrong to follow you . But I think you were wrong to engage with him not once but twice ......As for reporting him that is up to you ....But I see it as another day behind the wheel and getting home safely ....

@RichO1701e

3 жыл бұрын

The key point you've missed is that the cab driver said, "I'm not letting you". The obvious implication is that he did indeed speed up to block the L plate car. That's his motive behind his driving actions. I would also trust Ashley's judgement as to wether the cab driver increased his speed. The cabbie is one of those insecure, selfish, road bullies that doesn't understand the concept of courteous driving.

@TacticalKeyboardOperator

3 жыл бұрын

ever heard a driving instructer say be considerate too other people on the road .... you would if had a licence they dont teach people to act like twats and both lanes are straight on there its parked cars

@lukasmax6984

3 жыл бұрын

It doesn't matter. He has the right to accelerate in his own lane. He would have accelerated anyway if it wasn't for the truck in front. The person changing lanes always has to give way.

@TacticalKeyboardOperator

3 жыл бұрын

@@lukasmax6984 it dose matter the moment its done intentionaly, sadly this is like the most common bad driving habbit in the uk, i have seen people close the gap to the car infront of them to less than a foot while doing 30+ just because they have seen me indicate and i have had people road rage at me in stationary traffic for letting just 1 person in as it begins to move, so say your in the position of that taxi driver and ashley is a police car it indicates are you gona do the same thing?

@lukasmax6984

3 жыл бұрын

@bobyboy191 If it was a police vehicle instead if the black SUV, would you cut him off? I know exactly what you mean, inconsiderate clowns start accelerating on purpose literally the moment you turn on the blinker. Sometimes it seems there's no point even signaling. But in the end you are responsible for looking out for others when you're making a lane change and not "you should never worry about having road space to merge" is as this driving instructor ignorantly claimed is blatantly false.

Regarding the police: I'd take the same view as a Driving Examiner; if you are still mulling it over by then end of the test then it probably isn't worth marking as a fault. If it was worth reporting then your inner-self would have told you to do it straight away.

Having worked for a council transport division and closely with the licensing dept. You've done enough. He's now got a marker against him, and he will have been warned. Like you said, if there are other instances before or in the future, they would consider terminating his licence.

I think you should report it to the police but only so that it is logged incase he does something in future to another driver. If he causes an accident it would help someone else if he has an history of angry driving to defend themselves.

That response from Delta was appalling. I hope they wouldn't say the same if one of their drivers hit somebody!

Initial situation was caused by the white car pulling to the right to turn left thus causing the bin lorry to brake so the gap closed anyway. More a case of him slowing down to make it hard for you to fit behind him than speeding up to stop you getting in front from what I see but camera distortion may mean I judge it wrongly. Sometimes I slow down to make a gap in front, sometimes I speed up to make a gap behind when in the position of that private hire vehicle.

I've found driving and riding with cameras to be a great help. It's key to forget that they're there- you don't want to be looking for trouble. Then, if something does happen, you can restrain your human anger by knowing that you don't have to admonish them there and then, you can go to cops or publish for all to see

I have a similar road on my way to work every day so I always have to get into right Lane like this. Now I know that there’s always cars parked on the left so should I forward think and just get into the right hand lane as it’s dual carriageway both sides... but then surely if everyone did that, we wouldn’t be using all road space. The amount of people who never let me in is astonishing. When I do get in the right hand line, I absolutely ensure to leave space and slow down for people who are stuck. Winds me up so much. As then the island behind gets clogged up if we are all stuck. Sometimes I can’t be bothered and take a much longer, quieter route to work because I just can’t be bothered to deal with it.

@SGuy889

3 жыл бұрын

There shoundt be cars parked on left hand side

@suzannebradbury

3 жыл бұрын

Google pixel. There’s shops and businesses and “seemingly” no parking restrictions. It’s a busy A road into a city centre. I agree but there’s always many parked cars every single time

@SGuy889

3 жыл бұрын

@@suzannebradbury no parking restrictions. Do people need to be forced by law to act accordingly and with common sense and decency?? I think they do tbh . Most people are idiot's

Beeping and waving your hands is an escalation. No one wins in road rage.

My favorite technique is to simply pretend I never even noticed them trying to be awkward. Just keep a bored looking, straight, pan face. Don't even look at them.

Any time someone says “do you wanna ‘ave it” is threatening physical violence and especially as a professional who’s job it is to be a good / respectful driver, deserves to be reported and banged to rights! I know others have said you’re the instructor and should have reacted differently. That’s easy to say from behind a keyboard and what I particularly like about this video is that it shows we’re ALL human and can have an emotional response. No one can blame you for that. I once had a similar incident with a lorry who closed the gap on me. Then tried to scare me by getting way close and braking, then repeated 3 times until he finally slammed into me to teach me a lesson. Then at the side of the road he wanted to beat me up. These violent people who make it a physical event, imho need to have serious consequences like a temporary ban to drive it home for them. Well done for reporting him and keep up the GREAT videos! 👍

It's not only taxi drivers that can be aggressive with their driving as I had exactly the same situation myself today with a woman that was only going to the shops. Always amazes me the lengths that people will go to in order to get one car ahead. I think in this instance the taxi driver definitely crossed the line when he followed you to carry on the argument, unfortunately some people will never admit to being in the wrong, unless they get taught a lesson and then it might just make them think twice in the future.

Well that is a good advert for Delta..... bet if you were driving your spicy Bimmer he may well have behaved differently plus when he saw the size and look of you his testicles retracted! Great content once again Sir Ashley of Neal.

@Zaid394

3 жыл бұрын

Top comment! lol

@cupofcustard

3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely creasing!

The best solution is to report his company to the Council and report this to the police for his disgusting behaviour, maybe you could press charge for his attitude towards you, also his driving is silly

My daughter complained about a cab driver to the local licensing authority. He had previous and it ended up in court where he had his license taken from him. Always worth getting reporting to get the dxxkheads off the road!

I would definitely report it to the police. They are a professional driver at during there working day verbally abusing and threatening someone. The police probably won’t do anything but still report it on the chance the do go and give them some advice. As you say if that had been a different person they abused them they could have been very shaken and reacted quite differently.

@Historyfan476AD

3 жыл бұрын

report him to the Police if he acts like this to you, i fear what he would do to new drivers, learners and dear god women on their own, he is a bully who needs a kicking.

If the taxi driver always feels the need to go first... just think about his poor wife :-)

Ashley, I'm quite surprised at you in that video TBH. I've seen lots of your videos and you always seem really calm with these idiots that think the road was made for them. This guy drew you in and it could have ended up much worse than it did, the guy is clearly a nutter, you never know what angry drivers have in their car for 'protection'. You can clearly stand up for yourself if the time comes but this was not the time for it. He admitted he sped up intentionally to cut you off but you knew that already. Not having a pop at you at all mate, I've been driving for work for over 30 years and I gain a lot of good thinking from your videos. I'm a considerate driver at work, a safe driver in my own car and a safe motorcyclist, looking out for all possible dangers and minimising any risk that comes with sharing the road, I strive to be better every time I go on the road. Your videos have inspired me to be even more calm and courteous. This video would have been a lot different if you just ignored him and let him pass. I was once told to never argue with an idiot as they will only drag you down to their level and beat you with experience. This seems to have happened on the video, he dragged you down mate. I'm pretty sure you wouldn't advise anyone to follow your example? Sure, he was wrong but was it worth it?

here in london, they all come under TFL if you tell them you're reporting to tfl they are terrified it's happened many times when they park dangerously or speed or skip red lights because tfl won't accept anything like this

See i was always taught that you should never change lane if it is going to affect the traffic in that lane. For example, by pulling in behind the dust cart you would of had to decrease speed to opening out a safe distance between yourself and the cart. This would of then meant the private hire vehicle would also have had to slow down, therefore it would only have been ok to change lane if he had slowed before you moved across (ie him showing you that he has read the situation and is ready to create a larger gap for you to slot into with safe distances between all vehicles). Watching it back he doesn't slow down and the gap is tight, therefore this means that it would have been nice to be able to slot in but as the gap was small and he hadn't changed speed you would have to decrease speed and wait for the next gap to get around the parked car. When he speeds up to close the gap further, he is in the wrong, but i don't personally think the gap was suitable in the first place. What got me when watching the second time after listening to your thoughts, you say you shouldn't rise to it, make hand gestures etc. But that is exactly what you have done, and then proceeded to accelerate fairly hard to catch / draw along side his vehicle which is where the real incident starts. If you had chosen to ignore it and let it go as you advise, this incident wouldn't of gone any further, so in a way you have antagonised the situation. However his reaction to this is the worst part of the whole clip. Police worthy? Yeah I would say so, however i think they would view it that you have antagonised the situation unnecessarily and are partly to blame.

It's great that you analysed the situation and saw the error of your ways. Takes a proper man to admit their errors, and see how better you could deal with a situation.

Top tip, need a taxi? don't phone Delta... a relative used to work for them and as a cabby of 20+ years he said it's a shithole to work for, the manner of this driver verifies exactly what type of company you're getting a poor service from....

There are too many drivers all over the country that behave in this manor. They will continue to get away with their wee man syndrome unless more of the public stand up to them - they need to be held accountable. Also, I wanted to give kudos to one of your other videos where you held back for the cyclist when you had to impede onto his side of the road. I am a mad petrolhead but also a cyclist and had a very similar experience with a motorist recently in the dark where they decided that 0.5m of space was enough for me to safely pass while we're both travelling in opposite direction! Thank you for showing people how to drive properly.

When cycling I find it harder than when driving to stay cool. I think that's because of the added risk but also the thought"did they do that because I'm a cyclist" and you want to stick up for your tribe. The victim complex is a deeply unhealthy one though. An open palm from a cyclist is a very visible thing and I find if I do it for a close pass the next person does a perfect overtake, so it does have a place

When you keep taking and taking it, it bottles up inside. Do you think that’s why you didn’t handle the situation correctly?

(in regards to the first clip) to use one of your own phrases " could the cammer have done anything different ?" Yes , they could have backed off and pulled in behind the other vehicle and not wound down the window and started shouting at them.

It's really frustrating how many companies mis-use data protection to not tell you what's going on.

in my opinion, you're already doing one of the best things you can do by uploading and sharing the footage. By creating an awareness of these individuals and their driving.

I think you were wrong here and you shouldn't acted as you did at all. I think it was all very poor from your side. I am surprised you posted this video as you didn't manage the situation as an experienced driver and definitely not as an instructor.

@lukasmax6984

3 жыл бұрын

I agree. My driving experience is only a few years but I would have never done what he did. I always turn on the signal, check the mirror and only change lanes when other vehicles are polite enough to let me in. It's obvious that the other driver was pissed off. A driving instructor trying to cut off a vehicle in another lane - that's ridiculous road behaviour.

I'm a learner in our private car and people on the road are obnoxious. There's nothing wrong with my driving but people bully me and intimidating me all the time, stopping inches away on a hill start etc, overtaking in the most dangerous narrow roads and sticking up fingers, beeping at me even before the light turns green when I'm fully aware and starting to move off. I'm getting a dash cam and a sticker warning that the dash cam is recording. maybe that will help in some way to keep bullies away

I have no experience as a professional driver or a driving instructor, but I don't think that ignoring them is a good idea. Some people just get more angry if they're ignored and, even tho your in a car you can probably lock from the inside, you could still end up with someone sticking their fist through your window or mirrors. Speak to them calmly and politely and they should work out for themselves that they suddenly have no reason to be so aggressive as the person they're talking to is behaving perfectly reasonably. Hell they might even apologise and turn into their regular selves again. Unless they're a complete psycho.

Was a dickhead move by him but nothing illegal, he wasn’t required to let you in as far as the video shows.. but I do understand if this is a common occurrence it can get very frustrating. his abusive response was totally unwarranted and in itself is cause to be reported, however it could be argued that you enabled the abuse through opening your window. Would love to hear people’s thoughts on this if you have a difference of opinion

@Historyfan476AD

3 жыл бұрын

As soon as the guy started mouthing off and then later followed Ashley he is clearly in the wrong and looking for trouble.

@conor2683

3 жыл бұрын

HistoryFan476ad do you suggest the report should be for his driving or the abuse

@SylvanApe

3 жыл бұрын

" it could be argued that you enabled the abuse through opening your window" And if you don't lock your front door burglars are allowed to enter at will? " but nothing illegal," It was, he deliberately endangered another road user with no justification. Shutting down a gap like that is against the basic standards and rules of driving with due care.

@conor2683

3 жыл бұрын

Philip Yates burglars aren’t allowed by law, but you enable them to through leaving the door open.. that’s why u lock your doors at night to prevent the situation even occurring. It’s a bad analogy but I understand your point. As for the taxi driver endangering the learner car, he doesn’t at all, in fact it would be the learner car endangering the taxi driver if he was to cross into the taxi drivers lane without having enough space. And as seen by Ashley’s experience in this clip he doesn’t force the lane change, slows down and waits for a suitable time to change lane. It was inconsiderate by the taxi driver but by no means against the Highway Code. I think Ashley is upset due to the frequency of these incidences over the actual actions taken in this singular situation

@adamspencer95

3 жыл бұрын

@@SylvanApe I'd like you to point me to that in law please as it's also in law that your driving shouldn't cause anyone else to have to change speed or direction.

I think you should report him to the police, at least they will have him on file then for his driving and attitude behaviour, you never know he may already be known to the police.

Delta Taxis at its finest. I would make a police report. That section of road always has cars parked there, he would clearly know that, therefore allow traffic to move out. Hes clearly done it intentionally, and admits hes done it on purpose. Absolute disgrace

Brilliant to see that even experienced drivers like yourself still learn from experience, and pass this on to others to show them what some people are like... Another top video

Fair play to you here Ashley 👏 An amusing story for you. My boss at work is very stocky and 6ft 2" tall. He's had hand to hand combat training and is an experienced cage fighter so not the sort of bloke you'd want to fight. He was driving to a relatives house a couple of months ago with his kids in the car when some yobo overtakes him and several other cars, almost wiping out a car going the other way. Lo and behold, he ends up behind him at some roadworks. My boss was fuming and admitted giving the wanker gesture to him as the yobo looked in the mirror. Wrong thing to do but made the mistake in anger. Out gets the yobo to show him who's the hard man in town. Out gets my boss to which hard man yobo shit himself. Strong words were had and the yobo said he was just in a rush to get to his mum's house 😂😂😂

@SylvanApe

3 жыл бұрын

Bet he rushed to his mommy's house for a clean pair of knickers.

Looking at it from an outsider I’d say you aggravated the situation calling him out on it. You know this yourself and gave the best advice at the end. Don’t react, not even eye contact. Just fall in behind and continue your journey. He won’t change driving habits because he thinks it’s right. If you never exchanged words would you still report him for not letting you in? I doubt it. I understand the frustration. Happens all the time in London. I don’t react and can tell you I get home safe and less stressed out. Stay safe 👍

In 1979 my dad taught me to drive in the right hand lane on that type of road just to avoid problems with parked cars blocking lanes. Shouldn't be necessary but there are too many inconsiderate drivers around that don't feel the need to cooperate with other motorists. Sometimes I've moved into the right lane early and slowed down because i can see the car in front hasn't anticipated that they will need to move over in time.

Once again, a balanced video. You take into account that you contributed to the escalation, and few are honest enough to recognise their own shortcomings, respect to you for that. Regarding reporting to the licensing body, yup, absolutely the right thing. Reporting to the Police:- If you do so now, it can only be for “intelligence” purposes, namely for them to be aware of the driver’s actions should they have a similar case pending, or are reported in the near future. For any action to be taken, Police would need the report and access to Non publicly seen footage quickly so that, for example, a NoIP could be sent & received within 14 days of the incident. I tend to be overly polite and “thankful” with people like this, it riles them more because they have no excuse to be angry... *lights blue touch paper, retreats to safe distance*.

I would report this incident to the police for the simple reason he changed his direction to hunt you down.

Just my opinion. Because you set yourself such high standards of driving you expect "other" motorists to have equally high standards. They don't. (generally) All motorists will make an occasional mistake, yes, even you (by reacting in the way you did) I am in no way condoning the Delta car driver's behavior (Sp ?) however you could have reacted more calmly. Kind regards, *Mr. Angry on the roads*

Yes, straight to the police and make sure they take it as far as they can. The roads are getting worse and worse because idiots like this dont get pulled up for it. Make an example of him!! I would also share the video around your local Facebook groups to shame him where he lives. Good luck :)

Good that you reported him to the licensing authorities , this will at least go on his record , and it may turn out he has had other complaints . I hope you also told the authority about the disappointing response from the cab company : they should have a proper complaints procedure , after all such incidents can tarnish their reputation , and they do have a duty of care , both to their passengers who should not expect to be driven by a potentially dangerous hothead ; they also have a duty of care to the general public : a driver in his frame of mind is a danger to other road users ad in his 'red mist' might hit another vehicle , pedestrian or cyclist during another road rage session . I would also be concerned that , not only might he pick on another learner , but it could equally be a little old lady , or young female driver who is his next victim . I have , on a few occasions , THOUGHT about reporting other drivers to the police , but I have only done it twice : first was over 30 years ago , I came up behind this Porsche weaving all over the road at about 20 mph - it seemed fairly obvious the driver was very drunk - I got past him at a wide part of the road , and in the next village there was a police car sitting outside the chip shop - reported it and they were off like a shot . The other time was much more recently , one morning on the M74 I watched from a distance as I was closing on this flatbed truck , towing a trailer , which drifted onto the hard shoulder , then , moments later drifted out into lane two . forcing a car alongside him out into lane 3 , where he was almost rear ended by a speeder coming up fast behind - it really was a very near miss . I waited until he was back in lane one and moved out to lane 3 myself to get smartly past him . A mile of so further on there was a traffic car stopped on the hard shoulder , so I pulled in and told them what I'd seen , just as the truck drove by us and I was able to point it out - again they were off like a shot , and by the time I'd rejoined I saw them a short distance down with him pulled over . In each of these cases it was just fortuitous that there was a police car in the right place at the right time . I think that , at least reporting this person to the police will put this matter on record ; it may be that this driver has other complaints against him , each of which in isolation are not enough to merit action being taken , but if a pattern of bad behaviour can be established , then the police can make representations that this driver is not a fit and proper person to hold a taxi licence . Pity you don't know who his insurer is - I'm sure they'd love to see the video too . Does the traffic commissioner regulate taxis too , or is that just a council matter ? I know they regulate LGV licensing , both drivers and operators . Like you , I have probably reacted badly to other drivers at one time or another , we all have our bad days , and mostly now i do tend to just ignore other peoples' bad driving - we all make mistakes , and sometimes we all do have bad days when we are not at our best . Having said that , if one is driving professionally , one represents the company or organisation who own the vehicle and a higher standard ought to be expected .

I think the license authority is the best place to stop, seems to me he was wrong and aggressive but were and laws broken? Probably the Police have enough to do

@Historyfan476AD

3 жыл бұрын

What fining people for masks, no dealing with a guy like this is what they should do, next time this guy might target someone less brave or big as Ashley.

Yes I think you should go as far as you can with it . He was out of order !!

Definitely worth reporting. Not only did he bully the driving school vehicle but he wanted to fight you. Therefore he was ready to cause you harm. That is not acceptable. Would he have done this with police? I doubt it. So no good reason for him to do this to you. So he needs to be taught a lesson that this behaviour is disgusting and very wrong. This would also send a wider message to other taxi drivers that bullying like this will get them nowhere and they'll end up being out of a job. I've been learning to drive and the amount of taxis that think they actually own the road is despicable. They need to learn, as does this driver. Make an example of him.

Unfortunately, as I know personally there are a lot of people around Liverpool who do not like letting BMWs pull out.

I’m not sure it’s worth reporting to the police as he didn’t do anything illegal other than threatening you. Although it is bad for him to do that, I don’t think the police would do anything about it.

@realgrimreaper

3 жыл бұрын

sorry Owen Page but threatening some one in a public place is threatening behaviour and is illigal

@GaffaTV

3 жыл бұрын

@@realgrimreaper erm that's literally what they said? :P

@realgrimreaper

3 жыл бұрын

@@GaffaTV yea my bad read it wrong, doe

@defensivedriving6597

3 жыл бұрын

He followed him and its not normal to follow a random stranger that you never met in your life. He is a danger and maybe he might put someone in the hospital because he cannot control his anger

Last week I was merging in turn from the right, on the run up to the merge the left lane was at a standstill while the right was clear. I took the right, got to the end, let the first car on the left go tried to get in behind but suddenly the Range Rover behind him came roaring up and forced me back out, he missed me by inches. He rolled down his window, leaned out and looked at me. Normally in this situation I might have said something, but this guy was huge and looked like an old school gangster, so self preservation kicked in and I didn't react in any way at all! What I done by cutting out the left lane was probably seen as "cheeky" but if a lane is empty why not use it? But ultimately (and this is something I've come to realise with age) it's better just to let them get on with it, let them in and go on your way.

Personally I would report it to the police, yes. The first altercation was one thing, but when he purposefully decided to come after you and make threats, that moved things into a different league altogether. I think sometimes people are reluctant to report things because they think nothing will get done, but the more information the police have about a driver's behaviour, the more likely they are to take action. If this guy is going around behaving like that to other drivers, he needs to be stopped. I also think the attitude of the taxi firm is completely unacceptable - you should have threatened to go to the press with it. Self employed or not, that driver is a representative of the company while he's operating. If they're happy for idiots to be driving around with their company logo on the side, then they obviously don't care about standards at all. I've had a similar response from taxi firms here, and again if enough people complained they would soon have to take notice, or risk losing business.

How can such drivers learn of their wrong-doings if we just ignore them? Who else can police them on the roads? Ashley once told someone off for using their phone behind wheel. I once cut up a car, they overtook me and cut me up to show how dangerous it feels of being cut up. Please share your opinion about such vengeful road pacemakers -- are they good or are they a risk? And will the knob-heads ever learn and how?

Nah, don't bother with the police. If it didn't go beyond a bit of shouting and no one was in danger from any aggressive driving and no one got injured, they probably won't be that interested.

@Speedkam

3 жыл бұрын

Threats have been made.

@TheSadButMadLad

3 жыл бұрын

@@Speedkam My bad. I forgot that the police are more interested in hurty words than real violence and assault.

@Speedkam

3 жыл бұрын

Sad But Mad Lad you just contradicted yourself. You can’t seem to write 2 sentences without proving you are just another hypocrite

One day the taxi driver will do it to someone not so forgiving. And we'll see how that turns out

Should have offered him a driving lesson. A nice gesture always goes a long way.

What intrigues and baffles me is why he (and some other people, probably) would think that Ashley "should know to be over". Where have they got the idea that learner drivers must stay in the left hand lane and/or keep out of the way of other motorists? Edited to add: Well, not just learner drivers but instructors in driving school vehicles!

Neither of you were professional, you drew up along side and started mouthing off, he was not professional by threatening. I see no problem reporting professional drivers, how else are you going to get their behaviour improved but Ashley I guess like the taxi, is driving a liveried vehicle, and so should act that bit better. Ashley, perhaps you should upload videos naming Delta and showing their drivers poor driving, may be name and shame will get them to deal. As for the police, not serious enough from what I saw, he stayed in his vehicle.

@vladimirputin4822

2 жыл бұрын

"As for the police, not serious enough from what I saw, he stayed in his vehicle." He stayed in his vehicle because the guy he was threatening didn't roll over on the floor and show his belly, why should he? Next time when he threatens and carries it out to a smaller person, then the police should be told?

@radishpea6615

2 жыл бұрын

@@vladimirputin4822 what on earth does this mean "He stayed in his vehicle because the guy he was threatening didn't roll over on the floor and show his belly, why should he?"

@vladimirputin4822

2 жыл бұрын

@@radishpea6615 Okay I'll explain. When a dog shows submission it will show it's belly. The poster didn't, as in not rolling over, not lying down, not backing down from an obvious threat to use violence. Why should he?

00:50 Was that an L plate on the bin lorry?! lol

I would report it to the Police. First, as a learner driver with little confidence, something like this would probably put me off for life!! Secondly, when bullies aren't held to account, they'll just go on bullying. Who knows who might be next? A little old granny tootling along, a young mum with a car full of kids.. and what might happen if they're not brilliant drivers? There could've been a crash! This bloke is clearly not afraid to take stupid risks on the road. If someone is that way minded, they'll always be a risk to others unless they're held to account. Thanks for the videos too - really helping my very slow learning journey!!

We've tried to report an aggressive taxi driver to the police before (Durham Constabulary), and their response was it's nothing to do with us, get in touch with the council as they give out the licenses