Just a collection of videos highlighting the type of things a UK EMS responder does including some kit, clinical skills and the occasional blue light run :)
What's the point? Raise awareness, share some learning and reflect on the job.
Thanks all and hope you enjoy the videos.
Stay Safe.
C.
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How do you deal with the speed bumps without them damaging the car?
Some great lessons in there! I especially liked the "don't feel forced to do something" combined with "don't make others need to force you to do something" when discussing when to move a lane to the left. I'm not a driving instructor, but as a German I have over 30 years of experience driving on the "Autobahn", so I have some comments: 1. When changing over two lanes, approach each lane change separately. I'm sure you observed the traffic in both lanes, but to make it more clear to the viewers, I suggest changing just one lane, then explicitly look again, then change again. If there is more traffic (and there usually is when I need to change twice), I always do this as a signal to others: "I have looked twice, you can do it as well" and "I'm probably not a danger to you, because I looked twice, so you can concentrate on the possibly reckless other driver who does speedy lane hopping and thinks only about himself". 2. "Undertaking" on the lane leading to another motorway is legal, even in Germany where undertaking on motorways is strictly forbidden in most cases, but often it is a good idea to avoid it near the actual split point: People are relying on their satnav, and these sometimes announce the lane change too late or not in a clear way, so people do a last moment "bad drivers never miss their exit" maneuvre without enough time to check for other traffic. If the slip road is longer and you need to undertake to keep the traffic flowing, maybe treat it like a box overtake (from your earlier video): Roughly match speed, so they have more chance to see you and not be surprised by the undertake. Additionally this makes sure there is enough room in front of you, especially if you're passing a longer vehicle (lorry/bus) to complete the pass and not sit next to them for an extended period of time.
Good thing for my kit. Just passed by a nasty single car accident. Dude going 90 miles in a 55 speed limit.
As HGV driver i see most near misses caused by poor observations, poor differential speed ( slow overtake, no courage to pass traffic on drop lane to left when allowed ) , poor slip road acceleration / deceleration and merging, poor positioning pooe choice of speed . Ans sat nav drivers who have no idea where in the big wide empire they are with their little head and big " auto- obesity"- disproportionate sized vehicle for intended use.. 😅
Why can UK not include motorway driving ( not dual carriage way ) in their curriculum? It is mandatory in germany, incl first aid and night driving, and would help pressure off poor English NHS. SUVS have a lot of blind spots, poor eletronic monitoring cameras even less human eyes monitoring what is happening around them. Also, that silly L plate motorbike fraternity is already breaking Highway rules before they have a full licence. Not much LEARNING happening there. 😅
Too many bikers listen to music while they ride, very dangerous for all road users
When joining a motorway, a speed around 55 on the slip is often ideal. The heavies that tend to occupy lane one are limited to 56 max, sometimes as low as 52. Standards are so bad, I often refer to lane one as my VIP lane, it tends to be practically empty, and often faster moving. Not at all unusual to be able to do 70 in one, an empty two, then three & 4 trundling along at 60. People who sit in outer lanes are effectively making the motorway narrower, preventing use of inner lanes to make progress. Not so keen on using "braking distance" to describe "follow distance". The follow distance is based on reaction time, and similar for all, where the braking distance varies tremendously by vehicle, hence we get "Only a fool....."
As a biker myself , guy on bike was dreaming, no mirrors , he could have slowed and moved over at least .
Thanks chris
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It's amazing how absolutely excellent a lot of these drivers are and how well they anticipate the emergency vehicle but there's always a few that seem to have little awareness of approaching vehicles with lights and sirens. Those sirens are ear-piercing; you hear them, you should be looking for the lights.
I'm astonished at the number of times I am driving on a dual carriageway or motorway and i move to lane 2 to box-overtake an HGV, giving plenty of room and time for the car in front of me, but in lane 1, to move out and maintain their progress, but their observation and anticipation is SO poor that they get right up behind the HGV and slam the anchors on instead. Driving standards are really slipping and i don't know why. Any suggestions?
HI Chris, I really enjoyed the video, thank you. One thing I always keep an eye on is the closing gaps of traffic following other road users as this is generally a good indication of when a driver is likely to move offside into the next lane. Mostly I always indicate when moving back into lane one, however I have been advised this is not necessary as it is the 'default' driving position. I always try my best to look for a reason 'not' to indicate.
Great video. The trouble is the already decent drivers who have a thirst to improve their driving are the people that watch this type of content. Mr white van middle lane hogger and the Prius driver are the ones that need this stuff but they’re too busy eating crayons at home.
Great video! I've read a lot of the comments, but not all of them. In this and your 'Box overtaking' video you are always checking your nearside mirror before moving back after overtaking and that is so important in order to avoid cutting up the vehicle that you have just overtaken. I think that you should stress this as much as all the other aspects, because so many overtaking drivers end up cutting across the nose of the vehicle that they have just passed, instead of checking their mirror to ensure that they are sufficiently clear before moving back to the left.
Thank you Chris. I had always hoped, that after nearly 50years I was doing the right things and seems I probably am. I drove a lot on Germany and they have excellent lane discipline. One thing that maybe should be emphasised is not pulling back from the overtaking lane directly alongside a lorry, possibly into their blind spot, and also sitting at speed alongside a lorry either - am I too cautious?
Chris I see enough of your videos to know that there are plenty of road users trundling along with no idea that you're behind them trying to get to an emergency. This is no different, apart from the rider being more vulnerable. I don't think you could have done more, but I'm neither a biker nor an emergency responder.
You're brave going out with your husband in the passenger seat lol
Looked fine and under control to me.
Alana and I love your content Chris but this is on another level of funny! 🤣 Looking forward to volume 2 whenever that shall be. 😁 - Scott
Biker here, you overtook safely and couldn't do more to get their attention. I think this biker may well be doing more feequent mirror checks now!
Never Clever. Think that will be new phrase going on from now. Interestingly a long time ago I had driving lessons and took my test in Scarborough. A long time had to pass before I got to do any motorway driving. Living in Glasgow as I did for 17 years, you learn to live in a motorway city and use all the points you have raised. Thanks again.
is that nigel mansell ?
Very good info yeah, thx Chris! 👍🏻 I don't know why I still hate it when someone is so close behind. My mind is like "what if I need to brake hard, you're gonna turn us into a 3ft tin square when you hit us" and I do feel pressured by them.
A really helpful technique and safety improver.
If motoway is 70mph in 1 lane is okay rhen why is 23 in a 20 zone in 1 lane "dangerous" enough to give yiu a fine
That's not fair. You guys can speed because you are trained to. Why can't the public be trained also. And if we pass then we get no speeding tickets. Because 20mph is a joke..
What was the van driver’s excuse?
Cheers for this Chris! I'm currently a 'swooper' but been looking to improve and this was a great explanation of how to do things better. I don't think overtaking was covered in my driving lessons at all, which feels strange thinking back to it!
This was super useful, thanks Chris! I remember being a mix of annoyed and anxious that my test didn't include any motorway work and that I'd have to figure it out on the move after passing. Still think it's silly, many years on - I figured it out but it wasn't fun! While a lot of it came naturally (like keeping to the left-most lane), there were bits of the video like the change in lane markings when a lane is splitting off the motorway that would have been so useful to know.t on the move after passing. Still think it's silly, many years on - I figured it out but it wasn't fun! While a lot of it came naturally (like keeping to the left-most lane), there were bits of the video like the change in lane markings when a lane is splitting off the motorway that would have been so useful to know.
I was gonna say if he's riding a Harley then he's doing it on purpose 🤷♂
This is what I was taught when learning to drive, pull out leaving enough room, increase your speed, overtake then pull back in and adjust your speed, have been doing this since passed my test in 1988. For the first time 3 weeks ago I received a speeding ticket for doing 79 on the A14 in Suffolk, I overtook a large vehicle, I was sent 2 photos the first me doing 79 overtaking the lorry the second when I pulled back in doing 71. Thankfully I can do the speed awareness course but it's frustrating when I have always watched my speed, it now makes you nervous when you overtake because you end up with the vehicle behind you trying to push you to go faster then they give you the finger because you took your time. I think there is a clear difference between speeding to overtake safely and another to just speed for the sake of it I was watching your speed and I did clock it at 78 when you were overtaking the Audi, it's 1mph difference between mine and yours.
Motorway lessons should be mandatory. They keep changing laws but keep omitting this. Also people who should watch videos like this are least likely to do so.
Great video, useful for anyone recently qualified and long-in-the-tooth drivers too. Would love to see a video of yourself and Ashleigh Neil on a blue-light run, now that would be a good one, may well suggest it on his channel.
That rear facing camera is somewhat disconcerting, when you're being overtaken, it looks like you're being undertaken. Is there a reason for that particular setting?
Sadly this has become an all too common sight on our roads now. It seems they really don't believe anything will come of it, so they can drive how they want. But nowadays people are sending footage to the Police, so they can expect a surprise letter one day.
It really shows how we need a section of the driving instruction and test as to how to respond to emergency vehicles. Several of these people were trying to do the right thing by stopping to let you overtake, not realising they were making your job harder and slowing you down because they're on a bend in the road. I have learnt the importance of keep moving on corners until the emergency vehicle driver has a good visibility of the road ahead, by watching your videos. That van driver at 5:50 was showing appalling road sense and observation IMO.
I couldn't make out if their mirrors were visible, but one trick I learned from the Belgian motorway cops during an old EMT training is lateral movement so you appear in and out of their mirror.
I often wonder how many drivers heave a sigh of relief when you continue past them and they see that you're not the police.
The stupidity of “drivers” never ceases to amaze me on these videos……
Better for that driver to meet a copper sooner than a paramedic later.
The people that should watch this are the least likely too.
Thank you for the great content. I think most of your viewers already care about driving and will find this useful. And, logically, those who don't care about driving will not.
This is common sense, sadly lacking from most (all) drivers...
Had a cyclist going the wrong way onto the A303 Andover exit a few years back, we almost hit him. Like this guy he got lucky that we had our high beams on
I think the general standard of driving has go down, some drivers aren't as clued up or (possibly) don't care about the other drivers around them and as long as they get to where they need to get to then that's all that matters. I see this daily on my commute to work where National Speed Limits (yes I know it's a limit not a target!!) and drivers will sit doing 40mph when the road is clear ahead, visibility is good and progress can be made and they simply sit there in their little world and yet when I drive past them at 60mph I get daggers and flashed for my irresponsible behaviour. Amen shall get off my High Horse!!! 😂😂
Brilliant. As I said before, I enjoy these. What about motorway driving and planning ahead so that you are (as best as possible) always staggered compared to the other traffic?