The red guy at the crossing... I too was fixated on him, just watching the video.

@toxictony4230

Жыл бұрын

Ditto. Have encountered a few phone zombies, mostly in car parks, but out on the street as well. You really have to keep your wits about you these days. From the pedestrian point of view, when using any crossings it always a good idea to make sure the traffic has stopped before stepping, or cycling out.

@mjudec

Жыл бұрын

The guy staring at his phone makes a slight move and even before that I'd clocked him and expected him to be the danger. People would be wise not to hang about crossing they're not going to use. Anyway on to the cyclist. Driver should've slowed (if even for red hoodie phone zombie) which would've made this less of an issue, but how close behind the car going the other way does he come out? I don't know that I'd go into a crossing when the boot of a car is still clearing. Guaranteed that oncoming traffic hasn't seen you.

@Orion3T

Ай бұрын

Loitering near a crossing with no immediate intent to cross is ignorant, annoying and increases risk.

That last one is definitely an idiot moment, and I've done it before when I was much younger. One car seems to be dawdling, so you pass it, then you think "If I keep my foot down I can get the lot of them". Before you know it you are passing side-turnings where anything might have emerged, and then you meet someone coming the other way. If you scare yourself badly enough you never try it again!

@burgersnchips

Жыл бұрын

I've done the same, overtaking a string of cars following a horse box on a windy road. Probably close to 10 years ago now. Misjudged it and had to swerve violently back over to narrowly miss an oncoming car. If I recall correctly I drove like an elderly gentleman the rest of the way through fear.

7:03 I think there were several gaps in traffic there that were plenty big enough for the cammer to move over. I think they just didn't want to because they were being a road warrior.

@Mort221

Жыл бұрын

That was my thought exactly the moment I saw it. After they passed the white SUV, plenty big enough gap to tuck in, let the green car go and then move back out but the cammer has the same mentality of way too many people. "I'm doing the speed limit and there's a car in the left lane going a little slower a mile up the road. Therefore I am overtaking."

@paulcollyer801

Жыл бұрын

I cant disagree that they had opportunities to pull in earlier. I have had similar & worse drivers come up behind. If I cant leave a second in front & behind, I’m not pulling in. I’ve had a few go for an undertake after I’m indicating!

@ibs5080

Жыл бұрын

My thoughts too. Personally I would have moved back to the left lane in between any one of those long gaps (preferably the first one) to let the green VW past and then if safe moved back out to complete the rest of my overtakes. I like my driving to be drama free.

@eurosonly

Жыл бұрын

I paid my taxes for this road to be built and I'm gonna use it all damn it.

@PedroConejo1939

Жыл бұрын

@@paulcollyer801 I've had people try to pass me on the left because I don't want to pull in immediately in front of an HGV. I often come back to the German standard: you are required to pull over in no more than 20 seconds if you're not in the process of overtaking another vehicle. That gives careful drivers plenty of time to leave a safe gap but also mean you can't just stay out there indefinitely. There's no point in having an angry driver behind you any longer than is entirely necessary, in fact it can be downright dangerous. Imagine how often on their journey they get triggered by people 'holding them up'. By the time they get directly behind me, they can be a ticking timebomb.

I remember an old quote (or at least the gist), can't remember who it was attributed to though: An average person learns from experience, a wise person from everyone and everything, and an idiot already knows the answers.

@davesinclair4749

Жыл бұрын

Very true

@lionhead123

Жыл бұрын

i knew that

@lwo7736

Жыл бұрын

​@@lionhead123haha good one

I always enjoy learning how to be a better driver. Lots of respect for those that sent these clips in. Thankyou Ashley for the work you do to help keep our roads safer!

Thanks for sharing my clip at @6:18, I'm pretty disappointed with myself. I was in lane 2 as I was catching everyone in lane 1. At the start of the video, there is an Audi running the same speed as me along side in lane 1. I could of backed off and fell behind him but I seen that we were catching slower traffic ahead so he slowed and I pulled passed him. When I did spot the green car's indicator, I did move over but it was actually tricky to see. I actually thought it was just the bumps in the road causing his headlamps to slightly blink at me. After I moved to lane 1, the green car moved along side me. He was shouting something, I was waving my hand forward for him to go ahead and I was shouting 'go on'. I lost concentration on the cars in front and ended up tailgating. I should of just ignored him and focused on the cars in front and slowed down. The trucker was distracted by the commotion with the green car sat behind him along side hence he moved over to the hard shoulder a little bit. To be honest, when I pulled into lane 1, I was hoping to the green car would just go past and be gone. I'd move back over and continue my journey. The Audi (from @6:44) I overtook earlier moved behind the green car after we passed him at the start of the clip. While green car was along side me, the Audi now in lane 2 behind it flashed his lights at the green car telling him to go on as he was now holding cars up. Thankfully the green car shot off. I think the clip was cut but I overtook the truck, slowed down and I think I stayed in lane 1 for a few minutes to cool off. I didn't expect to see the green car later when I moved back over to lane 2 thinking he was gone. When the bottle hit my car, I immediately moved over to check for damage on my car as well as follow him to ask wtf. Poor choice I know. I was frustrated about something else that day and I just cracked when this guy boxed me in. Thanks for the comments and feedback, I can only learn from it and move on.

@Stettafire

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing it with us, that was very brave of you

At around 6:04, yes just as Ash pointed out, I reckon the cammer locked on to the bloke leaning forward in red thinking they might cross and when it was apparent they weren't, decided it was ok to proceed without fully checking right to left movements. Another lesson to be learned from this is when you are pedestrian (which I'm pretty sure includes most of us!) don't hang around a pedestrian crossing if you don't actually intend to cross...and focus on your surroundings, not on your phone! Another thing with this clip: I suspect there will be a few comments saying the cyclist should not have been cycling across the crossing and instead dismount. That may be true but as a motorist, you still have to pay attention to and react to this sort of thing. You can't just carry on and mow them down!

@andrewnorris5415

Жыл бұрын

Yeah exactly. We re so used to driving in "auto" mode and taking prompts our subconscious has learnt. We must always try to ID and scan all possible areas where people/cars could come from and learn all possible signs - like the light of the car emerging from behind the parked truck. The pedestrians crossing also possibly made a similar mistake - they were prompted by the landrover who stopped for them for thought it was safe to cross - and so did not bother to check the other side. Of course a switched on driver can compensate for their mistake and save people getting injured. Accidents are often a combo of mistakes and lack of alertness/picking up cues, even if only one party is officially at fault.

@wibbley1

Жыл бұрын

Tufty taught me to stop at a crossing and wait for the traffic to stop. It seems now pedestrians and even worse, cyclists, just walk straight out onto a crossing without even checking the vehicle has seen them and is far enough back to stop safely. Cyclists move far faster than pedestrians, increasing the risk of them getting squished. It should also be noted this was not an official crossing, the road markings were very worn and there were no orange flashing beacons. The warning sign was at the crossing, not further back to give the motorist advance warning.

@kenbrown2808

Жыл бұрын

true that the cyclist didn't exactly cover themselves in glory, either. but yes, I said in my own comment that when in a car park you have to remind yourself to pay attention everybody, because ti is so easy to get careless.

@DavidJones-lz4io

Жыл бұрын

Cyclist wrong, but I would rather stop without injury/death on my hands, as would we all.👍

@ditch3827

Жыл бұрын

@@wibbley1 Still a crossing though and still not a good idea to hit pedestrians and cyclists while they are crossing.

The green car with the person throwing the bottle,highlights where we are at as a society and it won't be getting better anytime soon !

@David_D.

Жыл бұрын

German car - check Private plate - check Front number plate moved to dashboard - check Trying to bully their way past other vehicles - check The stereotypical cockmobile driver. 🙄🙄

@klausbinn777

Жыл бұрын

@@David_D. Well, yes, but did they have one of those Nürburgring stickers on the back?

@David_D.

Жыл бұрын

@@klausbinn777 Good question! 🤔🤔

@manchegocheese997

Жыл бұрын

It doesn't.

@AJPemberton

Жыл бұрын

On the bright side, at least we are going off to rape and pillage the neighbouring village like we used to. Society has got a LOT better over the last few centuries.

In the second clip, as much as the driver should definitely have anticipated the pedestrians about to cross the road it still amazes me how stupid people behave at these crossing and just walk out in front of traffic. There’s no way I would let my child run across the road like that without being sure it’s safe to cross.

@pocky1scot1

Жыл бұрын

Totally agree, it looked more like they were dithering amongst themselves but continuing along that side of the pavement. Not one looked back to check traffic which would have been the real tell tale sign and also just common sense by the pedestrians.

@mrstanhope1516

Жыл бұрын

Was thinking the same, didn't look on what seems to be a busy road. Parents need to do better.

@123MondayTuesday

Жыл бұрын

A true drive can predict all

@sumorabbit

Жыл бұрын

@@123MondayTuesday Absolutely, but a little self-preservation by pedestrians would go.a long way sometimes!

@alyx6427

Жыл бұрын

yeah, it’s a bit like the “i have priority” mindset (except of course they should be given priority even more)

Cracking compilation which proves that you can learn from other people's mistakes. Those who submitted their clips clearly have learned something. Stay safe out there.

@GodmanchesterGoblin

Жыл бұрын

Seconded. This is a really good basis for a series. We can all learn something here.

@grahamnutt8958

Жыл бұрын

@@GodmanchesterGoblin Respect 👊👍 and thx 4 reply.

In the first clip, in addition to all the clues Ashley mentioned, any time that traffic in one lane is stopped for some "strange and unforseable" reason I am immediately on high alert. I do have to wonder why the HGV on the main road even stopped to let the car out, especially stopping so close to the exit that they should have realized they'd be severely blocking the view for the car turning right onto the main road. And it's not even as though traffic was heavy on the main road to warrant such a courtesy stop. Incidentally, the second car (a silver van) that emerged from the brightly lit forecourt and turned left didn't appear to have any lights on. This is a fairly common occurance to watch out for.

@laceandwhisky

Жыл бұрын

Car was probably part in the road hence why HGV gave way

@marklittler784

Жыл бұрын

Yeah if a vehicle alongside suddenly starts braking seriously consider braking with it especially when it's one severely restricting your view, could be a kid or dog

@cohenworrior898

Жыл бұрын

Would have been interesting to see if the lorry needed to let them pass because he had to turn left, or if he was just gallantly helping them into an accident.

@kenbrown2808

Жыл бұрын

@@marklittler784 in that same vein, the expression "where balls bounce, little kids follow" saved a kid some harm from my car some years back.

@goblin5422

Жыл бұрын

Spot On

Very good video. I enjoyed the fact that the green car was so desperate to get past quickly but then after an altercation stayed beside the car and didn't make any further progress. I've had this happen to me before. I didn't do a good enough check in my mirrors on the motorway and as a result I pulled out infront of someone doing about 90. They were very angry and started brake checking me, pointing me to go into the services, forcing me off the road, forcing me to go ~40mph on a motorway. But by being angry that they couldn't progress as fast as they'd like, they progressed even slower. I do hold my hands up for not checking my mirrors properly though. I was a new driver (a couple months of driving) and I wasn't able to judge speed particularly well, so with a car approaching faster than I've seen before I thought the gap that was available was enough. Would've been a good watch if I had a dash cam

@PedroConejo1939

Жыл бұрын

Yep, the old, 'You mustn't delay me by a second because I'm in such a rush, but if you do, I've got all day to be a knob about it.'

@lukasmax6984

Жыл бұрын

If we're talking about motorway speeds, the gap is never enough. If you see a car coming just stay in your lane.

I wonder whether we will ever get two different viewers submit clips for the same incident - one from the point of view of "Viewer Mistakes" and another for the same incident under "Nice Driving"! Remember that my Mistake could be your Nice Driving! 🙂

@raymondbenjamins5884

Жыл бұрын

"Remember that my Mistake could be your Nice Driving!" Well said. It would certainly be interesting to see the mistake and how others manage the risk after said mistake. After all, everyone makes mistakes from time to time, so it'd be nice to see how a mistake could happen and then how you can reduce the risk if you see someone making that mistake.

@ibs5080

Жыл бұрын

@@raymondbenjamins5884 Hmm...should I trademark that phrase? In a similar light, how about "Remember that your car is my traffic"?

6:13 is a common one. I have had a few near misses that way. Almost as a mantra now when I spot a hazard (like the guy in the red top), I say, "KEEP SCANNING", don't fixate.

As an equestrian, thankyou so much for including that horse clip and perfectly analysed. One additional tip, ensure you make eye contact with the rear-most horse rider. They will most likely be an experienced rider on a sensible horse and be communicating with the rest of the horses. Indeed you see the girl on the pony trotting forward, she, or the adult, have spotted the gateway and thus is trotting to get into the gateway to let the driver past. Horses riders are by and large very considerate, if you give us a few moments we will do all we can to delay your journey for as short a time as possible. Due to the nature of our riding which are very switched on when riding on roads, give us time, we WILL do everything we can to delay your journey for as short a time as possible. Overall the driver did not do badly, his speed was appropriate and he was careful, but he definitely could have done better. Horses who feel threatened can and do spin and strike out with their rear hooves, this is the reason for the 2m rule, because it happens so quickly there is little warning and the last thing a driver should want is two nice hoof dents in the side of his car. Note the vast majority of horse riders WILL have 3rd party insurance, membership of the British Horse Society, British Riding Clubs, and others includes such insurance and is very cheap, do if this did happen it will usually be able to be dealt with through insurers as for any RTC. Although obviously if the car driver was closer than 2m then liability should fall to the car driver.

@laceandwhisky

Жыл бұрын

Ditto on that, I ride a Clydesdale heavy just under a ton she demands much of the road, thankfully I only have to either cross the road or do 50 meters to get from one beidel path to another. 😁

@goldilocks913

Жыл бұрын

@@laceandwhisky forget the hoof prints, they’d be pulling the car out of a ditch if your lovely horse let fly 😂

@margaretnicol3423

Жыл бұрын

@@laceandwhisky I love Clydesdales! I used to ride one on a farm when I was a kid. It was a bit like sitting on a flying carpet as there was no way I could get my legs round her. 🤣

@McMahonshaun

Жыл бұрын

@@laceandwhisky it’s another reason to have a bridleway network. So riders cyclists only have to cross roads and not have to use them for any real distance. Some areas are so well off for bridleways. I am both lucky and not, I have them but have to ride 70% on roads to access them. An off-road network linking towns and rural business(pubs mainly) would only be boosts for the economy.

@Rawwhhh

Жыл бұрын

I had a scary one with a horse yesterday. They were in a lay-by, 4x4 and horse box presumably loading or unloading, I had pulled out of a junction in my van with a trailer (noisy when empty but I trickled out of the junction), barely doing 5mph the horse almost went for a trot so I stopped until the horse and owner were happy and waved me on. Awkward place to load a horse though because the lay-by is on a blind bend on a 60mph road which meant I had to offside blindly weighing nearly 7 ton with nothing but the horse handlers observations which would have been catastrophic for anyone hitting me but maybe the horse was injured, either way I think we all did our best.

Judging by Ashley's top he got very excited for this new series.

Some of these clips go to show that hazards don't always come one at a time. There's a tendency to look ahead and say "ah, there's the hazard I need to be wary of" without thinking what other hazards might be around.

Thanks Ashley and all the folk who sent in clips.

The clips with the zebra crossing fails...I think this sums up the attitude a lot of people seem to have to them. I treat driving through a zebra crossing as though I am driving through a give way line and I need to be absolutely certain there is nothing coming ( a pedestrian ) before I go through. So when I see one I know straight away I may have to stop and am prepared for it, checking and rechecking both sides. If my view of the right hand pavement is blocked, I know I may have to slow to 2mph to see it, most drivers just sail through and if you watch their eyes they don't even look to the right in this situation. I've heard people say a few times, in "driving annoyances" type discussions, that they are annoyed by pedestrians who don't thank them for stopping. Which is as ridiculous as expecting a driver coming from the right on a mini roundabout to thank you for stopping. A lot of people seem to think the onus is on the pedestrian to wait until they can see people are stopped. While this is definitely the safest thing for a pedestrian to do, if you hit one crossing, legally it's 100% your fault and imo it should be treated the same as if you've hit someone on a pelican crossing by driving through on red

I remember hearing a great saying, 'an intelligent person learns from their mistakes but a wise person learns from the mistakes of others'

In the green car clip I think the Euro car parts HGV got distracted by what was happening. Nearly driving down the hard shoulder.

@seraphina985

Жыл бұрын

Yeah I was wondering what the hell they were playing at, and they were not nearly on the shoulder, watch the left hand side wheels of the trailer they are clearly past the line. I can only hope they were distracted by events because if not they would need to have been on the piss not to notice that which I would hope was not the case at the wheel of any vehicle let alone a HGV.

#2 Certainly time the council repainted the road stripes on that Zebra crossing.

@ibs5080

Жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same too and started to remember Ashley's recent video driving a Tesla in Florida and commenting that the road markings there "knock the socks off the ones in the UK".

At 9:40 the silver car coming to a near walking pace on a dual carriageway was poor . They could have slowed on the shoulder after the car and reversed back .

Second clip. First clue is flashing yellow lamps. Every zebra crossing on public road in UK has that. You can see them a mile away. Anybody near those lights has right of way to cross however they wish. Gradually slow down and give way.

"…but the van that overtakes right at the pinch point." Me: "Eh? What van? Oh my god!"

@R04drunner1

Жыл бұрын

Exactly! Same reaction here! 😀

The last clip is the one that demonstrates how quickly things can get away from you. Not quite seeing the whole road ahead before making your initial move (decision). Then the big mistake was following through with the manoeuvre when you saw how many vehicles you had to pass in the space available, and finally the bike moving at speed and you knowing there wasn't enough room. This is going into the mindset of I have committed to this therefore I will see it through, whereas realising it wasn't possible when you saw that there were three cars would have been the point to back off. Don't get me wrong, I have done similar things, and we can all judge with hindsight from the comfort of our armchairs, just treat it as a really good learning experience and well done for fronting up and sharing!

The second clip is one of the reason why I’m not fond of my wife’s driving because she would often break out of a sudden and one time she didn’t properly anticipate an idiot trying to cross two lanes at once. The car’s safety system did the work for her and luckily the car behind maintain a safe gap and no collision happened. She’s learned first-hand on why I kept telling her to anticipate every vehicle on the road. If you’re driving safe, it doesn’t others are and vice versa.

on the jittery footage clip: I've seen it said in some comment sections, that if you plan to use your footage as evidence, read off the number plate aloud to the camera. that way if the video quality is poor, you still have the number plate.

@joejoejoejoejoejoe4391

Жыл бұрын

Was it taken from a motorcycle? it would explain the wind noise.

@kenbrown2808

Жыл бұрын

@@joejoejoejoejoejoe4391 I don't think so. I thing it was just a poor quality camera with no real sound isolation from the road noise of the car it was in.

@joejoejoejoejoejoe4391

Жыл бұрын

@@kenbrown2808 Having watched again I agree, there's no lean on the corners.

@mattwardman

Жыл бұрын

Cyclecammers do that. I need to find out which cameras (GoPros for one I think) have a highlight button that pics a tick in the file so you can find it. If you get a chance, check out cyclemikey explaining his system - very, very efficient, and has to be given that he doesn't publish much until after conviction due to Met advice that it a may prejudice a prosecution. So he has some crazy amount of storage - scores of terabytes.

What a great start, people passing on their mistakes. Thanks Ashley for this. Im guessing we can all learn from this, which is only going to help improve our actions for the better. Brilliant

That overtake over the hatched markings and then on the wrong side of the road was absolutely ridiculous. I can’t believe people drive like this

That overtake on crosshatching would be perfectly acceptable… with blue lights and sirens on. The Morrisons is my local store and people constant come flying out of the store and over the crossing without waiting for cars to stop for them.

@williamstrachan

Жыл бұрын

Even then it would be bloody iffy with those junctions

Excellent vid and hats off to the senders. Always great to lean from others' mistakes

Very much enjoyed that Ash, looking forward to the next episode!

I can see this being a good series, watching people's mistakes who own up to them. We all can learn from them and it helps me stay calmer as a driver.

I like Ashleys analysis. Never stop learning.

Thanks for putting this up Ashley. Last one was myself. I’ve been driving and riding for over 10 years i miscalculated my escape routes, speed, distance everything out of frustration. I considered myself a good driver, with zero accidents, clean record but that over overconfidence could have caused a very high speed collision.

@Jonc25

Жыл бұрын

Admitting to yourself you could have done a better job is the biggest hurdle.

@Rhyd

Жыл бұрын

@@Jonc25 i could do better a lot of the time, but this one is the first time I realised how dangerous a mistake I could make. As soon as I saw the thumbnail I knew exactly it was me, even though it’s been months since I shared it. Never going to forget this one.

@richardclarke9966

Жыл бұрын

Fair play for the own-up. Everyday's a schoolday, recognising and improving makes you better than most.

Those people at the crossing didn't stop to look, they just walked out.

@alanwilton6806

Жыл бұрын

Even when you look out for oncoming traffic you aren’t always safe on a crossing. Some drivers will not slow down when they see a pedestrian on a crossing and will just go straight over. It happened to me near the O2 in North Greenwich in the summer, in broad daylight. The driver was coming from my left and had plenty of time to slow down but decided to accelerate instead. I had already taken several steps onto the crossing when the car first came into view, and I just stopped dead and stayed put until the idiot sped past inches in front of me. One more step and I might not have been here to comment.

Can we stop and give a callout to the child on the pony, in the horse riding pass at around 4 minutes? Excellent awareness, moved her pony off the road and into the gateway so the motorist could safely pass after he'd already gone past her adult companion without being signalled to do so. All three individuals (the accompanying cyclist plus the adult and child riders) are also wearing hi vis which is commendable. Your viewer was fortunate - both equines were calm as he went past, but as you say in your voiceover, he has no way of knowing that's the case. The riders did much better than he did on this occasion, in my opinion...

I absolutely loved watching this. These kind of videos would be very beneficial to new drivers like me. I'm looking forward to ep.2 😊

@meredith2803

Жыл бұрын

Yeah I just got my license on Tuesday, I like watching things like this too (as long as nobody is seriously hurt) as they’re great learning opportunities.

Excelente content Ashley, also my preferred type of content with the analysis.

2:34 A crazy little coincidence, I may have actually seen that clip happen in person. I was meeting a friend in front of the building they drove by at around 3pm on that date (their birthday) before taking them to the Royal Armouries. Alas, I can't see myself anywhere and being over a year ago I really don't remember if I did see it or if I was still on my way or even if we had left. Still, pleasant surprise to see my home turf.

@9.52. The Silver Peugeot slowed to almost stationary before moving towards the hard shoulder presumably focused on the friend they were there to help. The following driver was aware they were stopping but expected them to use the shoulder to finish slowing as they should have done.

Great series idea. This actually makes me want to get a dash cam more than those who try to put others on blast since I'm much more forgiving of others mistakes than my own.

Ooooh, new seires, this is gonna be a great one, I know it

Remember there's vehicles out there with cloned plates and it's their faces you need to get as well as the plate.

This a fantastic look at peoples own ups to mistakes. I have been driving for almost 50 years staring on bicycle and then motorbikes. I passed my bike test and went on to pass my car test. I do think that my previous 2 wheel experiences helped me to see and understand road conditions. Wet, leaves, mud blind bends etc. Nowadays I am retired and tend to drive short journey outside of peak times. Since following your videos (and some of your cars) I am "re-learning" and learning more about driving today and my own driving attitude. I also watch some other driving channels that concentrate on crashes or near misses which I think compliments your driving education by showing just how bad collisions can be. I consider myself a better and safer driver after following your videos. I will say that I have never been involved in a road collision but maybe I have just been lucky. 🤔😊

This compilation highlights what is, IMO, one of the biggest problems on the road: Peoples' tendenecy to want to "teach a lesson" or "get payback" for something - even if that "something" may have been unintentional! Unfortunately it appears to be hard-wired into so many, otherwise rational, human beings, that I don't ever see it going away. The best we can do is be aware of it in ourselves and others, and to use our ability to consciously override our instincts whenever we recognise it taking place.

Good video, thanks! I passed my test 5 years ago and mainly drive locally. Observation, anticipation and communication are all skills that can and should increase with age and time. Videos like this will help. Cheers mate

Very useful refresher/highlighter lessons. Thank you 😊

At around 5:12, yes I actually felt the cammer was a little harsh on themselves and as Ash pointed out, actually did a pretty good job of overtaking the cyclist with a nice wide pass. Yes they had to slow down afterwards for the HGV approaching the bridge and that in turn might have caused the cyclist to slow down. Mind you I felt that was partly mitigated by the SUV behind that also overtook the cyclist. Another point with this is that the cammer took a reasonable and safe opportunity to overtake the cyclist when there may not have been another opportunity for some time after clearing the bridge depending on oncoming traffic. So a balance between holding back or making progress.

Great series idea, looking forward to learning more ways to improve my driving

This is an excellent idea, im a newish driver, so i do make mistakes from time to time, will happily send you things if/when they happen.

The child on their pony did a great job.

Good, very good analysis. Thanks Ashley. Well done, mooooore plzzz...

The learning curve continues. Excellent content and making ME more aware watching others mistakes....which we ALL make sometimes.

Great idea Ashley ! At the end of the day, I’m sure this is representative of most drivers who are after one and only thing that is to be the best as possible on the roads and that cans only be done b learning from their mistakes - why not indeed include mistakes from other people. Maybe not the most entertaining , but a good, if not the best concept on this channel.

I enjoy these clips and especially most drivers their recognising mistakes. We are all human and we all make mistakes but what is important is that we learn from them

This a great way to promote humility. We should all be capable of owning our mistakes and encouraging others to do the same. The embarrassment hopefully leads to us making fewer and fewer.

When you replay a video you always see something extra than you did at that moment in time driving. You can never have perfect observation all the time, even with the best drivers. You are human after all.

@ibs5080

Жыл бұрын

That's very true. I occasionally download and watch some of my own dashcam footage to my laptop and watch, purely from a learning perspective. And I find myself noticing things about my driving that I wasn't aware I was doing at the time. Such as cancelling a left signal before having fully exited a roundabout. Or sometimes my road positioning wasn't ideal. I also find myself noticing signs and clues that I hadn't noticed at the time. All very clear evidence that there's always room for improvement.

i enjoy all of these videos im always trying to be better ,thanks ash and everyone who sent videos in

Good subject ... keep 'em going.

You're right - the video clips are terrific learning tools. I enjoy the calm commentary and deconstruction of the various road situations. I'm sure it's reassuring for most sensible drivers - in most cases - that their own thinking and behaviour matches up with the expert's critical eye. Regarding the group at the zebra crossing: the adults didn't seem to check behind them before stepping into the road. If the child had been hurt the parents would have to shoulder some blame, even though the driver should have read the various clues.

One thing I learnt through IAM and ERDT is nobody is a perfect driver and mistakes are made - it’s knowing you made the mistake makes you that safe driver to not do it again.

21 secs in & I whole heartedly support this. Good on the viewers to allow others to learn from your own mostakes. As I naver mske mustskea, I wonr bw srndunf on ant clops 😂😂

We will all make mistakes. What is important is our attitude and whether we choose to learn from them.

Nice content addition. Similar to driving fails series, but here we get more attention to detail, since many times the line between correct and incorrect handling of a situation is blurry.

That was a great opener to this new series Ashley and from reading other's comments, I see that's pretty much the consensus today. This is a great learning tool. Really looking forward to more of these and yes I realise it depends on us all sending clips in. Of course, I'm also looking forward to continued viewing of all your other video series too such as Learning Point, Nice Driving, Ashley's Analysis as well as Driving Fails of the Month etc.

At 8:25 there was no pinch point . It wasn't 2 lanes reducing to 1 . It was one lane exiting the RAB , the van driver was making his own lane .

Glad to see one of our trucks starring in a clip.

Purchased a A229 Duo using your affiliate link Ashley, very impressed with it.

Great series. We can all learn.

Very good idea this style of video, and hopefully it will encourage people to reflect more on their driving (even if they aren't brave enough to send incriminating clips in!)

this is an interesting series, looking forward to seeing more 🙂

Learning from your mistakes is good, learning from other people's mistakes is better

@andrewnorris5415

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Very true, better to prevent in the first place. But we all still do have weak points or the odd moment where we lapse. And it's important we recognise these, hit record, and analyse them after. It's too easy (human nature) to forget this. Qudos to these self aware drivers who sent clips in and improved their weak points.

@R04drunner1

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Perfectly summed up.

Fascinating video. Must have been challenging for the learner in the clip of the overtake with green van next to him or her.

Nice video, and some great points raised and yes we’re all capable of making a mistake so I’ll try and send clips in. As they say…… ‘Everyday’s a school day, sometimes it’s a gold star and sometimes it’s detention’.

@ianmason.

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Can I please have the one that's _"Bunking off PE to smoke and talk about motorbikes behind the bike shed"_ ?

@Bin-The-L-Plates

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@@ianmason. Those pupils are as rare as hen’s teeth nowadays. It’s all social media and TikTok gossip now, the 6th formers don’t need to bunk off as they only do a few hours a week. Things ain’t what they used to be…..

I purchased a new three view dash cam for my dads cam and we already have something I have been considering whether to report or not but I will only included front and back view if I send them in as interior view is only for security purposes if anything inside the car was to happen. Look forward to sending in my own footage myself and my dad capture and happy to have feedback on what we could of done differently.

I'll like to think my suggestion to make this series like a year ago is the reason you're doing it lol. It's certainly a good one from a driver education standpoint. Learn from other people's mistakes to prevent you from making the same mistakes in the future.

Kudos to all the drivers in this video.

A great set of clips and yet again, beating the regular Sunday teatime 10 minutes of unrepentant foolishness channel - which I still watch just for the fun of it, btw. The blue van at 8:28 + would have been reported to the police before ever being uploaded if that were me. Perhaps it was, but there is no excuse for that kind of driving.

3:11 for me, I would have done it in 2 stages because the cars were far enough apart to facilitate that.

I’m always making mistakes which involve me fleeing the scene

0:46 Mr. Neil's comment is spot on. 1:32 People don't see anything beyond the end of the hood (Bonnet !). 2:24 No comment. 2:53 The intent is to overtake..............whatever it takes ! 3:35 Honestly, I don't fault this cammer. His speed was very reasonably cautious. 4:08 This cammer is a selfish dangerous driver ! 4:30 Again, I wouldn't fault this cammer. 5:32 When in and around shopping center, the rule is simple; people have priority, always ! 6:15 Simple rule; "Always" yield to faster traffic. This is often the case. You frustrate the other driver and rage ensues. Now you're a victim. Deal with it. 8:22 At the start this cammer seems to be reasonably cautious when entering the roundabout and yields to the white vehicle. The cammer can clearly see the white vehicle signaling for a left merge but then for some reason approaches the white vehicle to within ±25 feet. I believe the cammer purposely closed the distance to block the blue van and paid the price. 9:40 This is common practice. Don't slow down, hit the 'horn', brake hard and dramatically swerve. 10:12 The blue car was well aware of the idiot. Great video.

It is human nature for us to learn by making errors and mistakes. If you can also learn from someone else’s then that is a sign of genuine intelligence.

We've all been idiots at some time. It's good to learn from mistakes and even better if you can do so without anyone getting hurt.

That last clip is a familiar one to me! I know that road very well and it's a very easy road to drive on and overtake on, but like in the clip cars can come round VERY fast, I've had a couple close calls there, but I've since learned not to overtake there and wait for the next straight view (which is about 10 seconds further up the road) IF I need to overtake.

Never stop learning, accept and own your mistake, keep calm, let the idiots past.

The clip on the dual carriageway with the impatient green car - I think the green car had a dodgy headlight. Some types of headlights can appear orange over bumps in the road. What's so comical with the green car's reaction is that although they appeared to be in a hurry, they had time to hang around to berate your viewer!

They should show these videos to learners. It takes time to get a grip of everything, especially in your 1st year.

Well done to all those who submitted clips. It takes a lot to be humble like this. I'm sure I have one or two I could dig out if I can find them! Videos like this might be the best learning tool because we get to hear the thoughts of those who are making mistakes. Usually we assume everyone is just an awful driver but now we realise that we are all human and make mistakes.

The second clip is an interesting one to me. People at crossings just step out and expect everyone to stop for them. Alright, you do have right of way on a crossing, but you're still crossing a road. Make sure it's clear first. That way, any drivers who aren't paying attention aren't putting you at risk. Priority is given, not taken. If you insist on taking it, expect the situation to end badly.

I think it is really easy. Everything that happens to you in your life is your own fault. Blaming others is a pointless step backwards. Looking at self improvement is the step forwards. Loose the ego, find a calmer journey :)

in "locked on near miss" it looks like it occurred in a car park. I've long since concluded that car parks have the absolute highest potential for collisions, because it is so easy for people to think collisions don't happen at slow speeds; and become inattentive.

4:12 I call it "The effect of sheep flock". People blindly follows a leader, even if shouldn't. Very common on similar situations.

2:53 the hatched markings are supposed to protect people turning right, so it is dangerous to come up behind them on the markings as they may move across suddenly.

bit off topic but the sky looks so pretty in the intro where you're driving in your car

Great video

The family group at the pedestrian crossing didn't stop and check before crossing and the cyclist at the other crossing moved to cross when he was directly behind the grey car, he didn't check it was clear to cross and rode across instead of pushing his bike. I do agree with your comments about the drivers. Seems other road users need to read the Highway code.

10:00 I feel like it's worth saying that the Peugeot is also doing something really dangerous. Obviously they should be slowing to pass the cars in the hard shoulder, but they come close to a stop far sooner than they need to. Would have been much safer to slow, move into the hard shoulder, and then come to a stop, instead of almost being stopped in lane 1

I think you're being generous to the driver in lane 2 blocking the green car. They looked to have past the first car by 6:19 but didn't reach the next car until around 6:41. If you've got someone tailgating then best to move over and let them past. I think the front camera would have shown just how far away they were and may be this is why they didn't include it. The lack of gps speed as well sometimes means they were speeding too or they were doing the speed limit and have a no one should be overtaking them attitude. After that initial gap I agree there was no other opportunities to get in to lane one but by that point the damage was done and situation escalated.