Aggravation on Purpose? 

Let's also not over-react to this cyclist and give a little slack. This will allow him space to see he was wrong on this occasion. If we go all aggressive on him here, we are being just as bad as he was in over-reacting to this one location? He may well be a decent bloke who is safe in many other ways.

Drivers can't stop at the lines painted as they've be completely blind to traffic coming in either direction. Terrible road markings from the council there.

People are prepared to give their lives to prove they have right of way 😂

My driving instructor always told me to "creep and peep" when emerging with a restricted view. One of those little phrases that I always remember even 20 years later

As a person who cycles quite a lot, you gained a subscriber. Your rant is about being safe is very valid.

That has to be one of the most ridiculous & stupid bit of road planning I have seen. The give way lines are too far back for anyone approaching that junction to see left and right, so drivers are automatically in most cases just going to travel past the give way line so they can see both ways.

The submitter can easily avoid that incident 7 minutes into the video by not going for a bike ride on 19 October 2025.

10:32 Agree with all your points on this one, too far over to the right so the van driver was correct to beep him and the pedestrian was already on the pavement and has priority as a more vulnerable highway user. Extremely poor cycling followed by shameful behaviour with the pedestrian.

It's taken me a few years but I've also developed a stoical view to other road users. I let the aggressive go by with a resigned, "carry on" but the real reward has been the grateful looks from those who err and the acceptance from those who give me a warm smile when I apologise for being the one at fault. Thank you. Driving is a skill but so is courtesy.

The Cyclist just comes across like he wants an incident and is going out of his way to get someone to hit him. Stupid junction regardless.

Defensive driving really involves accounting for others’ mistakes. It’s not about enforcing rights of way!

2 Things: 1. You’re the softest thing on a road, just let them go 2. All it’ll take is a teenager in a shitbox for this guy to understand point 1

Well you have a new subscriber now. What sets you apart as far as I’m concerned is just how fair you are in calling out bad practice, wherever it may be, while acknowledging prior good practice. The fact you acknowledged a time where you were at fault (in a different video about turning left and hitting a cyclist alongside you, was the last selling point. Excellent work!

What about the maniac woman with the buggy? If she had been 4 feet to the right and going 30 mph faster she could have hit the poor cyclist

What kind of person looks at the clip at 10:10 and thinks "yes, this is a normal position to ride in before turning right"? Surely every sane person would ride approximately where the right wheel of a car would be, at about 70% of the lanewidth? Do you really think you'll win in a headon collision, honestly? And then you turn without any handsignal and almost ram, what looks to be, a 60-year-old man and then send it in, presumeably thinking you're in the right?

Great unbiased analysis Ashley. I spent 25 years as an HGV driver, fixing other drivers mistakes multiple times daily. My wife used to ask me how many lives I’ve saved today, most days it was in double figures. If a subscriber cancels subscription because he’s arrogant and entitled, that’s his problem, I can only see your subscribers going up mate, well done for standing by your morals. It’s such a rare thing these days 👍

"look how dangerous it is on the roads for a cyclist!" - Yeah, it's dangerous because you don't use your brain. One of the most useful things my parents told me as a kid: "You may be right, but it's you who will end up in a wheelchair. The car driver has a crush-collapsible zone, you don't"

7:00 It's alright, he's got 4 and a half years to learn from his mistake before he commits it.

I'm impressed that he's living in 2025 while the rest of us are stuck in 2021

"The really good road users fix the mistakes of the poor ones." You are a wise man, dear sir.

Came across your channel from the UK Dash Cameras channel. I like to watch these as a way to either try and predict whats going to go wrong or work out fault/what could've been done to avoid. I spent 10 years driving delivery vans and training drivers so like to think I at least had a good level of driving knowledge and ability so I like to try and keep some of that level up in my current driving. It's great to see someone like yourself going through the time and effort to spread awareness and knowledge of common every day faults.

Imagine how deluded you'd have to be to edit this together and send it to another person thinking that they'd agree with you

Thank you Neil. I have been driving for over 45 years and have lately become the type of driver who seems to need to point out other driver's mistakes. Since watching your videos I have changed my attitude for the better, as a result my journeys have become much less stressful. You are doing a superb job and I hope that your videos continue to spread the word.

You make a really good point about sharing responsibly to help each other on the roads. We can all make mistakes, hopefully just small ones that aren’t especially dangerous, but which can make another road user, especially cyclists feel they have been “wronged”. Too many cyclists seem to delight in abusing motorists for the tiniest mistake and love having an opportunity to hold them up. The new change in the Highway Code giving cyclists even more priority, is probably going make this even worse. I am a cyclist as well as a motorist, whenever I am cycling, I try to find opportunities to help drivers, by, for example finding somewhere to slow down and make room for them to overtake, or anticipate where they might have more trouble seeing me. As a consequence, it’s rare for me to have situations of conflict with drivers.

Love the videos - always a balanced view in my opinion. I think watching quite a few of your videos does from time to time make me reflect on my own driving. I think there's a lot of aggression, proving a point, one-upmanship etc. on the roads. The better road users definitely need to anticipate and rise above it all where possible.

What a terrible bit of infrastructure. People will be hit there.

You can always tell a deluded individual when they turn sounds on and off to favour their own views, could do with reading the Highway Code, that’s all of it not just points that they believe helps them when they deliberately cause arguments.

Your videos are excellent, please keep doing them. I consider myself a pretty safe driver, but I also make mistakes and poor decisions in the moment. Seeing detailed breakdowns of exactly what people are doing wrong is very helpful.

Some joggers and cyclists seem to have this mindset of "I must go maximum at all times, I cannot slow down or stop for anything" and that's what seems to be on display a lot here. Is it maybe a determination to show that it's possible (if you go flat out under certain circumstances) to go faster than in a car?

It's almost as if this cyclist has a persecution complex and thinks that everyone is out to get him. On the other hand, since we can only guess at the type of phrases used he's probably upset quite a lot of people, so maybe...

Are road planners able to see though trees and fences. This is a stupid design for a junction. what`s the point of a give way line in a place you cannot see from it just going to cause problems like this.

a fellow driving instructor, completely agree with Ashleys analysis

I love this video so much. You've done a great job of highlighting what I consider to be one of the biggest problems on the roads: An intense desire by many road users to WANT to be wronged and have something to complain about. I'm not singling out any one group with that statement. We see it all the time in videos like this, whether it be car drivers, lorry drivers, motorcyclists or regular cyclists. Some will go out of their way to create situations and conflict where it simply isn't needed, critical of everyone else buy unable to recognise their own flaws. I truly believe that while the main reason for having the Highway Code is to prevent accidents and injuries, its second most important purpose is to facilitate traffic *flow* so that people can complete their journey safely and in good time. Backing off almost imperceptibly when approaching a car pulling out of a junction can create the space they need to safely move off' without affecting your journey time or safety, but so many people will try to close the gap because its their "right of way." Its childish and selfish. As for the cyclist thinking vehicles must stop at the give way lines, what can I say. This is not the US. "Give way" means what it says on the tin. It is not a STOP sign. He made very good observations at the junction when he was on the motorbike, but then ignored what those observations told him. It was plainly obvious that, given the time he takes to move forward, he would not be able to safely pull out before the vehicles approaching from the right got there, yet decided to pull into the shared cycle lane and block it. Ashley also points out another trend that's far too common these days: Redacted audio. We're presented with so many clips that for some reason have audio for parts of them yet we never get to hear the whole thing. It just leaves us to conclude that the creator of the video has something to hide, an issue I've had with many road rage clips that cut in or out in such a way as to skew the situation in the cammer's favour. There are a few where I've thought it would be nice to see the preceeding 30 seconds to know what triggered things.

Oh dear he's got one of those big chips on his shoulder.

The only channel I’ve seen on RU-vid that speaks the truth. 👏🏻

Great content Ashley, I'm a fan of your work. I can see why you get so many views. Spot on

This guy better watch it. He might cross paths with Ronnie Pickering. I hope helmet cam is rolling that day

this is exactly why drivers hate cyclists. as a cyclist myself i see exactly what he did wrong and all road users should learn from this

I feel like that junction would do well for having mirrors fitted either side to increase visibility to both approaches.

Love your stuff Ashley..I’m a London cabbie and spent 4 years on a scooter learning the knowledge and it improved my road craft and awareness.I think a year on a motorcycle should be part of the driving test curriculum as it would teach new drivers to anticipate quickly what fellow road users are about to do

Spot on as always, not naming and shaming, we all do things wrong sometimes, and if we don't realise that we are doing something wrong we can't adjust for the better how we use our roads, sometimes we all need someone to tell us straight so we can improve for all of our benefit. Brilliant channel Ash, massive respect to you, all the best to all

The bike path is awfully designed. In the netherlands, the bike path would be raised, and the driver would have to go over a bump before emerging. Bad road design all round.

He seeks here, he seeks there, he seeks trouble everywhere

“I think I’ve probably lost a subscriber” lmao. I enjoyed this, there is always something to learn from these videos. Love your take on it.

Great video showing why I never use this style of cycle lane. There's no visibility for the drivers so they inevitably put their bonnet in your path.

I have to confess in the past I have been a bit of an arsehole with traffic that I have felt impeded my way or I have felt put me at risk. However I am beginning to learn that you can avoid an awful lot of stress if you just slow down, anticipate other road users errors and react to minimise risk. Your channel has been a great help in making me a calmer and safer driver and cyclist.

11:11 if we're being pedantic, the shared cycle lane doesn't start until the sign and tactile paving after the lights...so no one should be cycling on the footpath until you pass that!

As a cyclist I found this very helpful. I hope he can learn and continue to watch. This channel is so good for advancing safe driving/ cycling.

This guy's a right prat. I've been cycle commuting for 40 years with very few incidents. My average speed has never changed, 13.5mph which is actually quicker than the traffic. We ALL have to take responsibility for our actions.

Quite a few of these travellers seem to be treating these slightly unusual junctions as a place to assert yourself. Until the roads are seen as a shared space rather than a combat arena I fear it will always be so.

I'd be riding on the road along there to be honest. It's good to see the designers try and give peds/cyclists priority, but with visibility so poor it's asking for trouble/conflict. I don't think design like this confirms to recently updated standards. A good lesson for the chap that's uploaded all of this and good/fair analysis.

Some people have no life and too much time on their hands combined with an elevated sense of importance and moral superiority. The guy who sent the clip in is one of them.

Love your videos surprised you dont have more followers. I bet you are a very patient and good driving instructor

Honestly, a cyclist trying to muscle it out with van/truck. He's a drama queen and an idiot who will come a cropper if he continues like this. God knows what he gets up to on his motorcycle.

Only reason he is doing this is because he has a camera strapped to his head.

I live in Pennsylvania, U.S. A. I have no plans of driving in the UK, but for some reason I love your videos. Even if you lose a subscriber, you ARE right to point out what is wrong in his video. Keep up the HONEST evaluations you provide. Most of your subs rivers will appreciate it and keep watching.

I love how ashley tells it as it is

Entitlement is a big problem on the roads. I have been a regular culprit myself - I keep a lot of my dashcam clips because they educate me of my prior mistakes (and I don't upload them for the same reason).

7:07 makes me really uncomfortable. Weather is poor, bad visibility the last thing you wanna do is force a conflict and leave the car in no mans land with approaching traffic jeez!!

Another road user who could benefit so much from learning one fundamental lesson - when you see a hazard emerging ahead, slow down. The one where that car turned right across his path - sure, it was your right of way, but it was so obvious that he was going to do that, so just slow down and allow it to happen - or give yourself the time to see that he has observed you and carry along your way safely. Same with the one with the pedestrian. The pedestrian was obviously walking across that pavement where you were going to cycle, yet the cyclist speeds up straight into his path. Slow down and let the pedestrian go. And by God, when you're side by side with a huge van, slow down and let him go past! The rights and wrongs of the situation are not important compared to everybody getting home safely. As you say, good road users are able to make up for bad ones.

Loved this. Really good video and analysis.

God that junction is hell, it's basically a blind corner from all directions, you have to drive out to beable to see if it's okay to drive out.

That's why I ride on the road, these pavement lanes are a hazard to all. You have to come forward to see so it's always going to cause problems.

As a cyclist I thank you for your veiws on cyclits. My day to day commute to work is on bike. I have many situations where cars don't yeild to me as they should. My biggest gripe with cars is where they overtake only to immediatly turn left causing me to have to slow down. In this situation the car has not saved themselves anytime in overtaking otherwise I would not have needed to slow down for then, That beening said I see far more offences from other cycistss than I do from cars. Mainly running without lights or ignoring stop signals. Personally as a cyclist the only time I run a red light is when it becomes apparent the lights at a particular junction havn't detected me, this usually happens when there is is a filter lane for a right hand tourn and no cycle lane for that turn. traffic lights in this situation do not allways detect bikes. Your opinons on cyyclists seen very fair as far as im concerneed. I even have turn signals on my bike for when im cyling in the dark or where it would be impracible to hold out my hand. I really don't understnad why this is not a requirement for bikes. Bike turn signals are expensive at them moment but if they were a requirement it wouldn't take long for them to come down in price.

This is why i dont use shared surfaces. Hopping off and back on the road only increases risk.

Road Safety is to keep everyone safe, please always remember that. It's up to everyone, who is driving, riding, cycling and walking to keep our roads and sidewalks safe and secure. Please always look out and try to anticipated the mistakes of others, and act in manner to make it safer for everyone. @Ashley thanks for the Video, all of the Videos assisted me in becomming more attentive and a better driver. Keep on doing what you are doing as you doing it well :)

Good observations, and the cammer bullying the pedestrian is a prime example of nirvana fallacy

Well your honesty has just gained a new subscriber i thought you were bang on with everything you said I have been driving for 4 months now but I did cycle everywhere for 15 years so I know the deal on both sides of this story but yes I feel it was very fair and you made really good points.

Well done for looking at the whole picture , before explaining clearly visual limitations of the junction and the safest and best way to lawfully Proceed.

Hmmm. That give-way is a blindspot. Your bonnet has to be over that give-way line in order to see anyway, so how can you get arsy because a car pokes it’s nose out? If they wanted to make it safer, they should have made it a ‘stop’ sign and not a give-way. I think the cyclist put this together whilst in a bad mood. 🤷🏻‍♂️ Thx to the cammer for sharing 👍🏻🙂

Imagine how much of an impact that it would have on a motorist if you flattened a cyclist. It's a two way relationship, we have to protect cyclists but they also have to do there bit to protect yourself. Putting yourself into situations to assert yourself over other road users isn't always a good idea. ESPECIALLY if your on a bicycle. You never know who's behind the wheel. He could have been mushed by that Renault.

Very fair judgements. Great deconstruction. I wish more road users had your approach. Thanks

Absolutely spot on this video. I took my cbt and rode bikes for a few years before learning to drive. I learnt quickly that the safest way to ride a bike is to always be on the lookout for dangers and if you spot any, react to take yourself out of the equation. I see so many videos of cyclists and bike riders trying to shame poor driving by being aggressive and putting themselves in dangerous situations just to prove a point. It's just a recipe for disaster. We all make mistakes.

The cammer who sent these in is so arrogant. Yes, shared space, yes give way lines, but just because you have right of way over emerging traffic doesn’t mean that’s always going to happen. Always expect the unexpected, and frankly at a junction, emerging traffic should not even be unexpected. Physics beats the highway code every time - if you see someone apparently not following the code, don’t put yourself in danger just because you think they should be doing something different 🤪 As for the clip where he crosses the road and onto the cycle/pedestrian area near the crossing, well he put both of the pedestrians in danger and frankly should be charged for dangerous driving in my opinion.

As a cyclist who rides thousands of miles per year I know damn well how frustrating life can be around other road users. But we do SHARE the road and not own it. There are times to be legitimately annoyed, and times when you annoy others, knowing the difference is the key. The vast majority of road users will pass a cyclist with respect, those who don't, they don't care about anyone else and you can't help these people, you just need to be aware of them. Listen to your spidey senses. Be safe.

I love how bad and unsafe drivers always get mad at mediocre drivers while they both make the exact same mistakes.

My youngest is a professional cyclist and I am sure he would agree with Ashley!!! Poor road users are the problem - always. I do make mistakes and I do try hard not to but using a running commentary out loud does aid concentration and focus on the dangerous road users and help the avoidance of others mistakes. The fun I get out of this is the looks on people's faces when I have allowed space and time for them before they've realised what they are doing!

Cyclist: "he didn't give way to the imaginary bicycle" "if there was a cyclist there there would have been an issue" Car: starts to turn right into his path Cyclist: is hell-bent on trying to ride straight into the car

At 5:03 onwards there is no sign advising of the cycle lane, perhaps drivers are not understanding the give way markings are for the cycle lane and not the road running across them, hence they do not take enough care going through them. Is there a sign before hand? Has the cyclist approached the council about the junction?

Great video. No great loss to that aggressive cycling subscriber.

It's good to admit that you "stand corrected",every day is a school day! Thanks Ashley👍

My first thought on those early clips is that the cars have to pass the give way line at some point just to see if there's any bikes coming, let alone tell if they can turn onto the road itself

I cycled for 30 years and to think that you would get into argy bargy with a large vehicle is insane, I do everything possible to avoid them, why? Cos I want to live. If I was on that path and a car came out I'm straight away scanning behind the car to go round the back, there was tonnes of space behind the car, I'd be gone before the car noticed.

I cycle (plan to take my driving test soon), and this video strikes me as a really fair assessment. I like the point about allowing for other drivers being fallible, and helping things to run smoothly.

Be nice to everyone and chill, an accident can create a lifetime of change and pain and is not worth the few seconds you might gain or the supposed morale high ground you wanted to prove

1 dislike. Wonder who that might be?

It doesn't look like the positioning of the give way line in those early clips are that good anyway. Why not bring the give way line forward so that emerging traffic has a better view of the road they are joining? A separate cycle lane could be added beyond it. Maybe they could build curbs and make it look like a normal familiar road setup, so that everyone knows what they should be doing. Need I go on? The cyclist is a nit-picker, without a thought for going at an appropriate speed for the conditions ahead and to adjust accordingly. The mindset is about who is in the wrong according to a perception of the rules, rather than prioritising safety, and a stress-free journey.

Having enjoyed several of your videos since discovering you yesterday and referring to my lesson-taking son - this one earns a sub, to replace the cyclist. Total respect for your objectivity and principles. The cyclist is clearly angry at drivers generally, to the point of obsession and is out daily looking for trouble, which could end up badly for him and others. I hope your video doesn't make him angrier, but makes him take a painful look at himself and reclaim a bit of rationality before he creates an accident. As that crazy old turtle in Kung Fu Panda says - “One often meets his destiny on the road he takes to avoid it.” .

Very apt title to this video.Have just subscribed.We can all learn a lot here ,very very well put together video.

As a fellow cyclist I'd like to leave some comments on this. Firstly, the junction at the start is very poor design. IMO, it should be a give way for cyclists, with the give way line for cars at the roadside, given it's a blind emerge onto the path thanks to the wall and the hedge. The riders planning here is also poor, he's shown that this is a known problem and actively looks for it. The only car I saw with poor driving at that junction was the blue BMW, every other car gave him space to pass infront; or for the vehicles he filmed from the side, had nothing to give way to. For me, the clip where he stops to see what the white car does shows that he's actively looking for a problem here, the car is no where near him yet he still stops, and as Ash said the driver is clearly looking for anything coming. When he went onto his moped to show how he'd do it, it's interesting that he chose a different junction for his demonstration, perhaps because he knows the original one is a blind emerge and he couldn't make his point. His riding here was also poor, with poor planning and observation, and he blocked the cycle path himself. With the blue car turning right across the path he really should have pre-empted the drivers moves and slowed down and prepare to give way, even though he had priority, the driver likely couldn't see him easily. Onto the roundabout clip, his riding across it was rather poor. He didn't adopt a primary position in the lane on entry, and he then failed to go around the roundabout correctly and 'straight lined' it, with no shoulder checks and no signaling. The blue van was also driven poorly, but once it came alongside he should have freewheeled for a second and let the van ahead. His filtering was also poor, he should have waited behind both the blue van and the silver merc before passing. The clip passed the parked car is easy for me, he saw the door and instead of going round it he decided to make it an issue. There was nothing coming the other way, and even if there was he could have passed safely in his lane. I was also taught when riding to always ride at least a door's width from all parked cars anyway, which if he'd done here there wouldn't have been any issue. Where he turned right, I saw no indication there, and there was no need to be that far over. Especially given the roadworks, he should have been in the offside wheel track until he turned. He also shouldn't have entered the footpath as he did, both because of the pedestrians around and also because it was still a footpath. He should have used the crossing to join the shared use path, or have stayed on the road and joined safely at the next junction. I hope the rider sees this video and can use it to learn from their mistakes. No one is perfect, I know I'm not and I can't think of anyone that is, but admitting your mistakes and learning from them can be a big help. And especially as a vulnerable road user, you need to think for everyone around you, even if you have 'priority' to keep safe, instead of proving points. There's an old saying on two wheels; "assume everyone is an idiot"! If you follow that, you'll likely have a much more positive experience on the roads, and have less issues. Cheers for the great content as ever Ashley, stay safe. -Brandon

I’m a new subscriber and these videos are great. I recognise a lot of my own behaviour. I think a lot of us think we’re better drivers than we are.

Excellent education channel. I can see areas I need to improve. Thank you.

I know this road and this junction. It’s horrendous. It is even located on a major school run road so in the AM and PM you can add school children and parents to the mix. Simply awful. I actively avoid it whenever possible.

Comparing Google Streetview with the vid shows some changes. The junction used to be normal, with kerb edges, and a Give Way line at the edge of the main road. Locals who use it regularly will take a very long time to adjust to the Give Way line being moved back, to a position of poor visibility. The road authority have removed the kerb edges, giving pedestrians and cyclists priority, which will confuse drivers a little. Everyone needs to take care to protect each other. (There's an idea, it'll never fly.) I wonder if there are signs to tell drivers that priorities have changed. When the cammer gets onto his motorcycle, he does not appear to use the same road. In all his bicycle vids, the emerging traffic is in a single lane, narrowed out of a one-way street. (Tudor Road, Broadstone, Bournemouth) On his motorcycle, he is emerging from a normal two-way road, perhaps that's why visibility seems better than we expected. Edit: He's actually at Lower Golf Links Road, some distance along Dunyeats Road, where the Give Way line has been similarly moved back. Why show a different road?

To these people everything will always be objective and they'll always have something to moan about.

When i passed my driving test some 50 years ago i was told that i can now learn to drive , by gaining experience , i do think that so many since then think that they can develop bad habbits because they have the licence now . I do wonder if we should all under go a re test every so often to weed out those bad apples

After watching this video Mr Neal it is definitely going to help me when i start driving lessons. My comment in one of your other videos is its the other drivers that doesn't make me want to drive a car.

Ok so I'll add a few points: There is no solid line or stop sign so a rolling emerge is fine, but given the hedge and wall obstructing the view, that fact that there is a cycle lane, the drivers should be emerging a fair bit more carefully there. Two, doing that emerge on a motor cycle is not the same, as driving a car. You view is far better than a car driver would have is that situation. If you were in a car, you couldn't assess if it was safe to proceed if you stopped completely before the give way, you would have to creep out.

Great analysis of this clip, I’m a driver and have cycled for many years, many cyclists and drivers seem to be confrontational rather than trying to work together, as a cyclist your vulnerable, so use your eyes, ears and heads, I’ve seen far to many cyclists do stupid things like this one to try to make a point. I once hit a car on my cycle as it pulled out of a junction, I couldn’t stop because of the rain, they didn’t see me because of their car fogged up because of the heavy rain, no one was hurt, both of us spoke like adults, I learned to slow down on that section or road especially in the rain and they learned a lesson too as I saw the driver a few times on future commutes and we gave each other thumbs up as we went on our way. More people need to think, share the road and drive more carefully.

‘The really good road users fix the mistakes of the poor ones’ - Amen!