Ashley’s Driving Fail | Blame Others For Your Mistake 

An ambulance w/o lights and siren should not be running red lights.

A sample question in a Liverpudlian Cab Driver's exam: The traffic lights ahead of you are red. Do you: A) Ignore them and just keep going? B) Just keep going and ignore them? C) Ignore them? D) Just keep going?

Some of these clips really highlight the benefit of a rear facing camera

I think letting the lorry out was a bit over courteous and even if the driver knew what you were doing it's the kind of unexpected event that can cause confusion to other road users. You had a clear road in front and traffic behind you, how does it help the flow of traffic for you to stop them all unexpectedly? Edit: Just to add to this as well, I was very nearly rear ended because a driver in front of me decided to stop and let out a load of vans from a council depot. Not really the fault of the driver that stopped, but the event wouldn't have happened if he hadn't stopped

The only surprise with that Range Rover was that it went the right way down that one way street!

We "normal" drivers are gobsmacked when someone jumps a red, or uses the left lane to go right etc. But the drivers that do this stuff don't give it a moment's conscious thought, so long as it doesn't end in a collision and they don't get caught. To them it's just a part of everyday driving, and they've forgotten about it the second it's behind them - assuming they even gave it any thought in the first place.

I have a simple rule when I get tailgated: If you don't want your safe braking distance, I'll include it in mine; if you get even closer, I'll simply increase my distance to the vehicle in front. Some of the worst offenders are wagon and van drivers because they can see over a mere car but there's reasons that people have to brake that are not always visible directly in front of them. I've always tried to give HGV drivers respect and room but as with every other form of transport, there aren't half some tits among them.

Think the lorry one was probably them misinterpreting what you were doing _and_ focusing on that. So, thought you were going to park, and decided to go round you without taking proper notice of the other lorry. Perhaps stopping beside the open space instead of short of it would've helped? Shouldn't have passed you there anyway though I reckon.

Stopping on the road when you have right of way to let someone out is, in my view, bad practice. If you have right of way then use it, everyone knows rules so trying to unilaterally swap them on the fly is confusing and can be dangerous. Example, the lorry in the clip, you were stopped on the road with a left hand indicate on, as far as the lorry behind knows you could be stopping for a while. If you'd have used your right of way, you would have turned left, the lorry behind carried on and the lorry emerging would have waited their turn, exactly as everyone expected-you were the only one in that situation that knew you were giving up your right of way.

Clip 4, with the truck overtake, could he have thought you were stopping? You turned left, into the road the other truck emerged from, were you already signalling? If the left signal was on, and you stopped, the following truck can assume that's where you intend to stay, regardless of the space ahead. With a clear road ahead, he was not willing to wait while you parked, especially if you were displaying the L plates or any learner car livery. He might have been getting short of driving time. Could of course, have just been impatience. Disappointing that he apparently hadn't noticed his fellow truck driver waiting to emerge.

No, that articulated lorry that overtook was just being impatient

The irony of driving through a red whilst displaying a baby on board sign..

Ye, tailgating lorries always freak me out too, especially if you think that a lot of them tend to watch movies or clip their toe nails while driving.

As the great Bob Ross used to say "we don't make mistakes, just happy little accidents"

"How do you do that much damage, in a car park?" Right foot goes vroooooooom 😆

Clip 1. If that's recent then that Audi is currently untaxed. Which to me shows the current headspace of people. Want a semi flashy car but can't afford to keep it. The same as people who drive for weeks on the smaller spare tyre.

Why? Easy. It's far easier for most people to comprehend that someone else is wrong rather than themselves being wrong. Kinda where we get a lot of conflicts from, I'd say.

That first clip reminds me of something similar a few weeks back where I stopped just short of a "keep clear" box for a junction. The car behind wanted to turn down that junction and got very angry that I wouldn't move forward to block the junction. It probably didn't help that I also let two cars out before I moved.......

You asked. So ... 😉😊 I do think at times you are over courteous to vehicles waiting to exit from a side road behind a Give Way line. The junction is laid out that way for a reason. You are on the main route. There's no problem creating a space in queuing traffic to let a vehicle out BUT where you are flowing reasonably freely, slowing/stopping to let vehicles out can confuse following vehicles, and possibly put yourself in danger.

I've been watching your videos for a couple of months now and I have to say a lot of what you say, do and see has definitely made me reevaluate my own driving. You get into bad habits, I would never say I'm perfect but I'll definitely say I've improved my driving and I've become a lot more patient. 🚘👍

Clip4 there isn’t the full story - if the lorry had been waiting for a while why not help it out. Otherwise, as you often imply, being too kind can lead to confusion, just let the rules sort things out . Nice video 😊

I like the ones that look where they're going, instead of looking where everyone else is going.😃😂😃😂😃😂😃😂😃

The honest truth is that most drivers don’t drive carefully in those shopping centre car parks. Common sense and decency seem to be rare commodities.

The trouble with the first clip you have stopped quite rightly at a green light but that in itself always brings its own danger to the situation, the brain dead pedestrian who thinks you have stopped at a red light , they tend not to look at the lights themselves as the woman did and just walk, normally followed by everyone else at the crossing like sheep, same sort of thing happens at filter lights too.

Love the videos Ashley! You've inspired me and I'm always trying to improve myself. I'm definitely going to be training to become a driving instructor next year when I can at 21

With the lorry driver I think it was just a typical display of arrogance one can expect. I think the mentality is, my vehicle is heavier so don't argue.

If I ever make a mistake I’ll be the second to admit it

Watching this with my Mum..... Plenty to discuss. Here goes: Clip 01 - Impatient Audi driver. Enough said on that. Clip 02 - Excessive speed? Clip 03 - Was that a Delta? 🤣 Clip 04 - Definitely a fail by the following HGV there. A very poor overtake in my opinion. Clip 05 - Very little to say here, apart from "cretin". You forgot to lean on the horn like most other dashcammers lol 🤣🤣🤣. Clip 06 - Correct... a disgrace for sure. She might as well have had 📱 in her hand 🤬🤬🤬. Clip 07 - I was unable to clearly see from this footage; however, your reaction would indicate to me that the PH went on Red 🤔. Clip 08 - To coin a phrase...... "Gee Whiz!" (or similar). Clip 09 - No excuse. If there was a medical emergency then there are "blues and twos" that can be deployed for this. Clip 10 - That was despicable..... I'm almost speechless here. Clip 11 - A contender for that coveted "Darwin Award". Clip 12 - Dodgy parking at this junction and yet another driver that seems to be colour blind. *Accidentally hit "send" before I had finished typing hence edited. Stay safe everyone 👍

1 view 7 minutes 18 likes 6 comments Ashley's driving lessons on here are absolutely brilliant.

A bmw crashed into me the beginning of last year 2k in damage to my Audi luckily I accelerated and avoided a impact in the middle of the doors insurance fixed my car I wasn't happy with the Job they did so they painted the car again

It never ever ceases to amaze me the number of illegal "off-road" motorbikes and quads that are on the roads with no care to anything around them or the damage they cause. You can generally tell by the lack of number plates, the stupid things they do like pulling wheelies, carrying three people and so on. If I remember correctly, the average cost of a fatal road traffic collision is about a £1,000,000 after the investigation, hospital treatment and inquest, let alone the human cost. I shook my head at the idiot who pulled out on the little toy quad and nearly went over in front of you.

You really need to also leave a reasonable space before and after the crossing to open up the view more for anyone crossing and any vehicles passing for better safety.

Clips 4 and 10 are driving as if they're in Euro Truck Simulator and late for a delivery!

i despise junction overtakers with a pathological passion :)

In clip 5 why are you letting the bus out? Surely this is your priority and clip 4 is very similar, I know it polite but is confusing for other road users around you. By no means does that excuse their bad driving and poor reading of the situation but both could have been avoided completely if you would have used your priority. I get letting people out from side roads when in slow or stationary traffic but stopping or slowing to a near stop on clear road is poor driving in my opinion.

Overtaking at a junction is just asking for trouble. I don't know about the legality of it as per British law, but it's not a wise thing to do anyway.

Ashley why did you even stop if you were turning left anyway, he’s a professional driver he doesn’t need Samaritans to assist him to come out of a junction, what he needs is you not to confuse anybody and go about your business and let him. Go about his, why potentially bring a main road to a standstill to allow someone out of a side road when he had a much better view of the situation than you did ( he can see over the top of most vehicles you cannot, just get round the corner and let him sort it out) car drivers do this all the time they think they’re helping when inevitability they cause more confusion than they help, the right thing to do is you sort yourself out and he’ll sort himself out ( he’s a professional )

Do you report these phone users behind the wheel? Think you should send the footage into the police so they can be fined. Totally unacceptable to use your phone whilst driving.

3:30 in my country you cannot overtake close to junctions... so I would hope it's the same in ENG.

Blinking audi drivers again. What is wrong with them? Most bad drivers have no road tax or MOT so why draw attention to yourself as most of use good drivers have dash cams or actions cam on our bikes

In all fairness to the Audi parked on the crossing, I would have been a bit annoyed because it looked like there was enough room for you and him to clear (maybe the cam perspective is lying to me again) but you left quite a large gap. Even though it would have been my fault to park on the crossing, moving forward a little would have been nice. I wouldn't have made a big deal though. Actually, I wouldn't have been in that position anyway thinking about it 😁 But maybe he was annoyed not because of his mistake but how you "hung him out to dry" when you could of helped him perhaps?

Being able to see Tyres and Tarmac or Rubber and Road is what I mostly adhere to if you are sat behind someone. Reasons include if car in front breaks down you have an escape route and if anyone does hit you hard from behind you are less likely to hit the car in front.

Putting on make-up while driving is called multi-tasking. Men can't do it, but women can.

I'm curious. During you use of the Volvo, did you notice other drivers reacting differently to you, than they do when you're in your BMW? On traffic lights. I'm always hearing excuses for why someone would "go through a red" (or amber for that matter) or, "anticipating the green" and usually goes a bit like this "Oh, yes, I know those lights, and I know there's a few seconds when all the lights are at red, so it's quite safe". Or, "There's always a short period where no one's going anywhere, and from that, I know when the lights are about to go green for me, so I know I can get away a bit sooner" - Absolutely, NO, NO, NO! The "All at red" period is there for safety, and gives the slowest vehicle time to clear the junction (take that to mean a bicycle, or horse, or tractor etc), and it pains me to say it, but the worst offender are usually cyclist, but delivery drivers and private hire taxis are almost as bad. There at 0:50 is a first class example of what I see on almost every trip, and it's not just pedestrian crossings, but road openings, entrances to business units, and even emergency services' entrances. It's uncalled for, unnecessary and gains them nothing in the end, except a potential fine for obstructing an emergency vehicle. At 1:51 Well, that's anybody's guess. I'd guess someone was paying attention, be that the car you saw, or the vehicle in front, which may have reversed to let someone out of that avenue. It's apparent that the other vehicle was bigger and heavier (that's the kind of damage inflicted by an HGV). Failing that, that little car was travelling way too fast for a car park? At 2:29 Absolutely, take nothing for granted, always look both ways, and assume other drivers have absolutely no idea of the rules! At 3:10 The lorry behind misread a lot! He may have thought you were parking, or he may have thought you were 'hanging back' to give the emerging lorry room to pass, and thought "sod this, I have 9 more drops today" and assumed that the emerging lorry would see him, and anticipate what he was going to do, but, it's bang out of order to overtake on the approach to a road junction. His mind might also have already been up to the roadworks, long before his lorry! At 3:55 The Range Rover driver probably thought "Aargh, old fart's Volvo, I have to get away first or I'll be stuck behind it for miles!" - I kid you not, as a Volvo driver, I get that kind behaviour all the time. It goes with the territory of Volvo ownership. I didn't see that as much when I drove Fords! But then, the Range Rover leans heavily under acceleration, continues to accelerate away, and then runs a red light. I think they may have had other issues as well? At 5:00 It's just inexcusable, and she probably planned all along to do her make up in "That quiet bit where the traffic's always queueing for ages" - It saves ten minutes, don't you know! But it's illegal, every bit as much as using your phone while driving. A few years back, I had a similarly distracted youngster hanging off my rear bumper, at 60mph! on the A63, Selby Bypass, who wouldn't back off at any price. So I planned my own surprise for that driver - I took a high speed left into the lay-by (in one end, and out of the other) and regained the road behind them. Their sudden swerve and frantic braking led me to conclude that whatever they were doing, they were using the rear end of my car as a reference, a guide if you like, to hang onto and follow in their peripheral vision. As soon as I disappeared from view, they were bolloxed, with no reference to guide them, and braked out of sheer panic. At 6:13 Nope, he took the "All at red" dwell period to be safe, and jumped his red signal. At 6:50 Looks like a standard issue courier "I've only got 1 minute and 45 seconds per drop" driver and expects you to know that - Overworked, underpaid, and pushed by penny pinching companies to taking risks on the road. At 7:35 No excuse for that. If blues and twos aren't turned on, emergency vehicles are required to abide by the rules like everyone else, and the penalties for failure to comply are just the same. If there is a medical emergency onboard, say a heart attack patient, ambulances don't necessarily travel at speed, but can still pass traffic lights at red, BUT, they MUST turn on their blues and twos in good time before doing so. At 8:00 Is that somewhere near Edge Hill? It looks familiar! Well that was bang out of order, but do that six times over, and you've saved a minute! - I've often wished I'd been a TO! At 10:15 A "clown on a quad" - We get them over here in rural Yorkshire, all the time. Only certain quads are road legal, some are not! Place that one where you will, but he's not going to last long behaving like that! At 10:45 With you all the way, watched it twice, and spooled back and forth God knows how many times. Quite enjoyed this video - It's just a pity the protagonists made it possible. Think about that for a moment! At 11:00 Traffic lights don't seem to mean much these days, and it's becoming contagious!

3:16 just a very impatient driver. Luckily the truck driver (At the junction) knew what he wanted to do. Conclusion, was a pretty bad overtake. As you should really never overtake when a junction is coming up for vehicles crossing your lane. You'll always have impatient people / drivers and that's what causes misjudgement & unneeded frustration. All i do to combat these situations, is if someone is letting me out from a junction i make sure everyone behind him knows / is patient enough to also wait. If i feel the gap is dangerous or i'd like to wait myself, i'd shake my head. I don't know if this is right or wrong, but it's what keeps me safe & that's all i care about at the end of the day.

I thought that the mirror on the sun visor was there specifically for doing your lippy...

I am currently letting my girlfriend drive and we're working on prediction of traffic. It is obvious to us how many people drive without a plan and therefor make sudden and unpredictable moves. She on the other hand is very consciously thinking several steps ahead now. She said it makes every situation a lot less chaotic for her and she is in full control of most situations.

She's probably shopping around for a cheaper quote after the last accident!

There's a lot of collisions near Liverpool I say Ashley. I've even saw more across the UK getting worse

Unfortunately the the guy on the quad has probably already got kids and passed on his amazing genes.

Blaming other people for your own mistakes is just the done thing it seems. I’m always getting shouted or gestures at by people demanding I drive faster than the speed limit because they want to speed, or cutting me off at a roundabout and giving me the finger lol. On the m3 on Friday an 18 wheeler drove behind me so close I couldn’t even see his windshield, beeped and swore at me, then overtook me when all the lanes were set at 50mph because there were people walking on the motorway and I was doing 50.

3:01 I can see how your position and speed could suggest that you were going to park in that empty space, but I would still say the lorry driver failed to read the situation. Sitting that high over you, he ought to have seen the red sign and cones, and should have realised it was risky overtaking you. The space between your car and the sign was hardly large enough for the lorry to fit. Because there is little space to manoevre about, the driver had to fully commit to the overtake and had to slow down the opposing traffic.

Question on the ambulance, if it’s carrying a patient to hospital or transferring a patient then it should have its blue lights flashing - if not then it should obey all traffic lights.

It never ceases to amaze me how many so called, "professional drivers" drive like idiots. Then, when they do appear in court they inevitably turn on the waterworks because, "they need their licence to feed the family". There's a pretty simple solution if you need to keep your licence.

My only accident was with a 86 yo women who went through a red on a light controlled merge, long after I had set off from my green. She only appeared beside me, running out of road when he got forward of my blindspot. A fraction of a second of "WTF?" and I braked to allow her to merge in front. Now the lesson here is that when bad situations like this develop, DO NOT forget they can suddenly get worse. So even at about 10mph. The lady did not merge in front of me, but put her left indicator on, looked over her shoulder and drove across both lanes of traffic for a side road. The Audi on my left, missed her by inches, I was less lucky and clipped her rear passenger door. She completely lost control, drove up the pavement, careered through pedestrians as they jumped out of the way and only managed to find the brake pedal again when she was facing a brick wall and a cash machine. Then I made my second mistake. Assuming at the time it was very obvious what happened, and not asking the 3 pedrestrians who approached me, including one of the ones that had to jump out of the way, saying "She ran that red, not your fault, that's discraceful.", for their phone number for the insurance. I had no dash cam and the local council lied about who was the data collector for the CCTV, so I wrote to PSNI for subject access, who sent my cheque back telling me it was the council. I wrote the council this time and they responded that the retention on the cameras had already passed and the footage was deleted. So I ended up taking a 50/50. My insurance went from ~£350 to £800 and barely fell for 5 years. It's now, thankfully only £304.

The patient transport "ambulance" has no excuse. Highly unlikely that there would be anyone suffering a medical emergency aboard, and if it had been involved in a collision there could be up to a dozen, possibly vulnerable, people having to wait to be transferred to another minibus.

I will comment at 6:45, that the law for stopping at yellow lights in North America is "if you can stop safely, you are required to stop". That being said, I cannot clearly see how hard the van behind you had to brake in this scenario because the zoomed in view distorts the video so much. However, if the van did have to slam on their brakes to avoid rear-ending you, you technically were required to run the lights. Especially with the lack of pedestrians around, I would have gone through.

I have a personal philosophy which stands me in good stead in business, which is that I own everything that happens to, as well as from, me. Situations aren't always my fault, superficially speaking, but down the rabbit hole of cause and effect, there's nearly always something I could have done, given enough foresight - which, to be fair, is sometimes l'esprit de l'escalier - to have saved the situation. Mind you, it does boil my kettle when I stop to let someone pass on narrow stretches of road or pavement only to be overtaken by some thoughtless, impatient blockhead.

The first clip… that is something that is so common on uk roads and it really annoys me. People blocking pedestrian crossings or side roads or roundabouts when they are in stationary traffic. Why is it so difficult for people to leave a gap so others can get out? It usually costs you literally no time as well…

Why do people often blame others for their mistakes? Because they are (seemingly) blind!!! For example. The other day, My Nanna and I were driving down the aisle of a car park with a lady in front of us who turned to cross the road in front of us where there was no crossing and she said "THANKS FOR GIVING WAY!!!"

People think the 10-5mph limit in carparks is just about pedestrians. The reality is that it is a high traffic area, with many people reversing in and out of spaces, a lot of turning etc. People driving over the pavement, you may save 10-30 seconds or, you risk hitting a person or car, plus everyone who witnessed what you did, thinks you're a massive prick. The time benefit doesn't warrant being a prick.

6:17 you can actually see he went through when he had an amber light if you zoom in on his traffic light. So not green but not red either. But obviously should have just waited after he missed his chance to go on green.

Yesterday I was almost rammed off the road by a muppet policing the queueing of traffic at a merge in turn (roadworks) at the 600yds sign!! Everyone who came off my roundabout to join the dial carriageway instantly jumped to the queue on the right lane. Me and another car went right to the end and merged perfectly. Its bad enough when people’s driving is bad and the blame others but even worse when their understanding of the rules is bad and they blame people for not following their version of it!!

You shouldn't have stopped for the lorry. These kinds of maneuvers can confuse other drivers. In lighter traffic, it wouldn't be a problem. However, the lorry driver behind you shouldn't have pass you there.

Your driving school car was clearly obscuring the view so that poor lorry driver couldn't see past you to see the side turning. You've got to feel sorry for drivers with poor visibility from their cabs when dealing with such massive obstructions as your car.

Your videos are a useful watch even if, like me, you have been driving for 40 years. Please keep posting them!

Only stupid people blame others for their mistakes, those same stupid people need to rely on others to clear up after them. You can't compete with stupid, you can only mitigate and accommodate.

Dunno if it's the same where you live, however in the housing estates round here most drivers, in particular taxi drivers seem to have different take on the highway code. Basically at a junction where you are required to give way you just continue driving over the junction without slowing down and perform an emergency stop if required.

Controversial point on the lady doing her makeup, I mean rules are rules but she was stuck in traffic.. as long as she's aware of what's going on and drops the task as soon as traffic starts flowing again, I don't really see the problem. I understand the principle of it of course. People distracting themselves and not paying enough attention which is of course dangerous but in stopped traffic moving once every minute, who cares? It's not exactly rocket science to do a task and remain couscous of traffic around you in a traffic jam lol

On the ambulance going through the red light: they definitely shouldn't have, *especially* if they had a vulnerable patient on board. After all, it would hardly do the patient any good if the ambulance ends up in collision. And if it's a time critical situation, why weren't the lights on at least, if not also the siren?

Clip 4 it looks like you stoped far away from the junction (wide lens camera?) but lorry behind had no intention to let anyone out anyway, impatient driver.

Mobility scooter does not go on road, Mobility scooter goes on pavement Mobility scooter on road is dangerous and Mobility scooter went on two wheels

I think it has stolen number plates. Because that is a 2014 3-Series but the Reg Checker says that it is a 2014 5-Series

Totally agree, we seem to have a blame culture in the uk nowadays, others should take their own responsibility for their own actions.

Love watching these, it's not all about pointing a finger, but having a good laugh and learning what to look out for.

Love you videos Ashley. Do you think you could have done more to make the event in Clip#5 a non event as suggested in previous videos. You seemed to speed up quite close to the the rear of the car which seemed to hinder your ability to adjust to the change in road layout causing your road position to be poor after the junction? Seems to me that your driving style after the car merged seemed to portray that you letting him know he was driving poorly in a manner you normally would discourage.

Yup - I treat a green light as a give-way sign.

Hi man, good work. Teaching new drivers HOW to drive. There is a disease growing in the driving world. It’s called I don’t give an F***!!!! Forget you, I’m doing my thing. I’m by far the best driver in the world, but I understand my limitations, I try to be courteous as often as I can. But some drivers, especially in Inverness just do not care for anything else but themselves!!!! Oh and Inverness drivers…… your supposed to give way to ANYONE coming from the right!!!!!

We need cars with rear directional horn and front directional, so you could directly beep at the Audi in the first video

Clip 4 is interesting, obviously the "professional " is not as "professional "as he thinks! When I was teaching on LGV's, ( I prefer HGV) 16 hours training for class C? 20 hours on a C+E? In 1982 we had to do 2 weeks practical and classroom training to upgrade from a class 2, to a class 1. These vocational drivers should have to do an advanced driving test before doing the heavies. If they had to give a "commentary ", I wonder what that tanker driver would have been talking about!

in clip 4 the ford transit connect parked off the road just before the lorry pulls out RA65KBN MOT expired 9th January 2021

Chronologically and in a free but probably chaotic style (overseas reactions): #1 .. Yup .. happens to me in East Europe a lot. I am pushed onto crosswalks and bike crossings because some are soo important, rules do not apply to them. And when pedestrians walk over their hoods, leave dents, scratches and muddy footprints, I chuckle. #4 .. Mine is bigger than yours? Over here the use of mobile phones is allowed while behind the wheel ONLY when traffic conditions and circumstances make you stationary (eg. at a red light, at a train crossing, theoretically when a crowd of people pass over a crossing and so forth) ... In reality; everyone keeps going like ox piss over the road, eyes off the road, or just having phones visibly at their ears .. smh #8 .. Guess it is kinda/sorta rule now? Get going, I am ready to be the danger with a trunk loaded with stuff for someone else. People are ready to win 10 seconds where and when they can. For every junction they 'manage', if they can get 10 seconds off.... spare time millionaires, baby! (Let us be honest; if 10 seconds matter constantly, you are always late, you need some time management bull*, not corners to cut) And just a small observation; I estimate not much of a difference in the amount of cars on the roads, yet in the UK, following distance tought and expected is very big/far/forgiving. Over here I get that non-existent following distance from a lorry pulling a barrel of milk at 90 kph. Don't ask me how I did not get a heart attack until now.. What I can do if I can is make sure it is clear, pop a signal to the side of the road, let it blink a couple, take it off, and if the driver takes the hint, he will barge right past me .. I can take my foot off the gas, and thank the for not letting me die. Some have no respect for lawn maintenance .. some for others on the road...

When the truck driver overtook you, I notice that they seem to be of the opinion that seconds add up. Last week I'd just come off the M6 (N) at J17, where it joins the A556, which in turn gets you on to the M56 (E) towards Manchester. Due to roadworks, it starts at a 30 mph limit but then opens up to 60 mph. About 100 meters before 60 mph sign, the truck directly behind me decides to overtake. Does he honestly think his truck has faster acceleration than my car? When we reached the sign has cab was level with me. I geared down from fourth to second to get maximum power (I don't want to be in a truck's nearside blindspot) and accelerate to the new limit, leaving him for dust, so he slots back in behind me. All because he didn't want to wait 10 seconds to begin accelerating.

At 6:45 the van driver was justifiably miffed at you stopping...everybody knows an amber light means 'put your food down' and get across that junction ASAP 🤦‍♂️

At approx 3.00 - 3.30 - the Abbey Tankers truck doing the dodgy overtake.......They have or use a yard along that road. I've been cut up twice along there by their trucks....thats twice in the last 2 visits to Liverpool. I try not to,be judgemental & paint all of their drivers with the the same brush, but it does seem they may have a "screw you I'll do wg=hat I like" attitude

I think in the first clip Mr Neal could of moved forward more..yes it would of been a bit of a tight squeeze, just seems Mr Neal hates this part of town by the way he talks about it in the beginning also he didn’t like the Audi comparison to the BMW? Also I think it’s a bit unfair to put the guy on RU-vid for something so small.. That’s what I think, it’s my opinion and I’m entitled to it

My old car was written off in a car park with far more damage than that. It was parked correctly well within the bay. Lorry driver went in wrong entrance and then when trying to exit reversed into it and punted it into a retaining wall. Smashed at both ends into a crumpled mess. Glad the new owner wasn’t in it at the time.

Clip#5. Similar to Clip#4 in that he unnecessarily stops to let the bus come across instead of maintaining a constant predictable speed. Then he blames the Range Rover for accepting the same courtesy that he'd extended to the bus? I'd do the same as the Rover thinking "Look mate. If you're not going to go, I will." He really must stop doing this; stopping to let someone in when he's got a clear path ahead and the waiting vehicle would've been quite content to let him pass first.

#7 I know the junction well. The turning lanes are the first ones to show green to allow them to turn and then the straight away lights change to green a short while later and the turning lanes change to red. Taxi couldn't be arsed waiting for the next cycle so just went when there was a space in between those ahead of him changing to red and the cammer lanes changing to green.

Under the Highway Code, the lorry that overtook you had right of way over the other lorry waiting at the giveaway line and the the right of way to overtake the obstruction you caused to the free movement of traffic (an offence in itself, if your wheels actually stopped turning) by stopping. A retired paramedic friend of mine attended an RTA where a car, on a main road, stopped to let another car out of a side road, similar to this video situation. A motorcyclist, on a Honda C90, wrongly guessed that the car was turning into the side road, without signalling, and overtook it. The motorcycle ploughed into the driver's door of the side road car (which had wrongly assumed that all right of way traffic had been stopped), badly injuring the rider. Ambulance & Police attended. My friend heard the driver of the car that had stopped to let out the side road car, telling the copper that the motorcyclist prosecuted for dangerous riding, to which the copper replied, "Did you stop your car dead, thus blocking preventing the movement of following traffic in order to let that car out of the side road??", to which the motorist replied, "Yes!!". The copper then booked him for the offence of obstructing the free movement of traffic on a public road and the side road car driver for failing to obey a give way sign / line thus driving into the path of a vehicle that had right of way. The motorcyclist was within the law in overtaking the obstructive car and was the only one innocent one involved and the only one seriously injured. Over the years I've quizzed a few traffic cops abut this accident scenario and the law regarding letting people out of side roads. One stated that when drivers act courteously, the Highway Code is throw out the window, because it usually causes confusion and accidents, in his experience. A few pointed out that you may slow down to let somebody out, but it is illegal to actually stop you wheels from turning (coming to a dead stop) because your vehicle has become an illegal obstruction on the highway. As for pulling out over a give way or stop line from a side road, all traffic, even vehicles overtaking the obstructing or slowing vehicle, that has let you out of the side road, still have legal right of way over your vehicle. I'm extremely cautious when pulling out in this scenario and treat it like pulling out with a compromised view of traffic scenario.

I almost always watch until the end of the videos because 1. I'm always learning and 2. I love seeing a part of the world I might not be able to visit. I really appreciate the older architecture! ❤️

For number four, I probably wouldn’t have indicated as it did suggest you were going to park. Would have indicated after you pulled forward again.

"Blame others for your mistake" I see this every single day. In fact I saw it driving home less than an hour ago... I was driving down a narrow road with parked cars. One guy decides to open his car door and step out of his car as I was driving past him. What was he thinking? There was no car behind me, he only had to wait 2 seconds for it to be safe to step out of his car. Yet he looked at me like it was my fault he almost got run over and his car door ripped off. Why am I surrounded by idiots? You're twice the man for openly admitting your own faults.

In the clip where you stopped to let the lorry out (#4) the exiting lorry's indicator was quite dim. (It was very visible head-on.) So maybe the lorry needs a new indicator bulb? It's also very low down so may have been obscured by the car that turned left at 3:16. So maybe the lorry driver behind you didn't see it. In the case of the ambulance running the red light, the road was wet, so stopping distances are extended and the driver would have had to make their decision to stop or proceed much earlier than normal. Note that an ambulance can weigh up to 5 tonnes.

Why do people always blame others for their Mistakes? Because they don’t believe that they have done anything wrong. Scary, I know.

You were indicating left to park in the space I assume. Because if you were really trying to help the emerging truck, you would've used either your hazards or brake lights or indicator right to stop anyone overtaking you! Actually, to get away from a strange driver that's become a hazard to you, I would indeed try to take a shortcut.

3:23 Sometimes, the best way to give someone space is to just go on your merry way. The tanker lorry figured that stopping in that situation will only waste fuel as it will have to switch lanes regardless (see obstacle behind turning lorry), hence, it decided to accelerate and clear the junction. The turning lorry is also the last one in this intersection and has to give way regardless (it's turning right, eh?)

Pity the crossing lights didn’t change, would have been fun watching people walking over the Audi bonnet...

My comment about the lorry clip is that it sounds like you had your indicator on (not incorrectly!!) presumably signalling left. If you left it until after the lorry emerged the one behind probably would have waited?!!

I agree with your commentary, but short of mimeing a prayer symbol, its difficult to tell someone "I have accidentally blocked a walkway, could you please pull forward to I can minimise my negative impact on these pedestrians and I will do better in future."