DRS according to Formula 1 stands for Drag Reduction System, the lorry driver was clearly just employing efficient drag reduction by using slipstreams...
5:40 One of the few things that makes me genuinely angry. My Grandma once saw someone do that in a queue of traffic and she got out, picked it up and shoved it back in their window! I will never forget the look on the persons face when this 4 foot 10 women started scolding him. One day I want to be like her!
@@Mikes666 Yes? Granted I don't know why I wrote it like that, but she was indeed four feet and ten inches tall, she was a tiny women. Probably why I'm so short lol.
The mini roundabout one was actually me, its in Hastings, I sent it way back when Ash did his feature on dual lanes at mini roundabouts, I had a car to my left so couldn't swing out, I admit I should not have beeped and from watching Ashs content I have learned better road skills.
I didn’t think it was inappropriate though. The horn was at the moment that the car emerged beyond a give way, so it was as much a warning as it was a rebuke; and the balance of wrongdoing was against the other driver who emerged in front of a vehicle already on the roundabout. I’m all in favour of mutual respect, but you did slow and didn’t seem to accelerate into the problem.
@@stegosaurus993 The UK's roads in general need a major overhaul! I've visited the US on a few occasions and no matter where you go, City or back street, It's so easy to drive around whatever the size of your car - The only downside is driving on the right lol But get used to it after a while.
I'll be honest, if I'd seen that, I'd have been very tempted to have picked it up and thrown it back in his car. If the window was closed, it'd go under his wipers.
9:31 There is no helping people who apply the brakes when they get scared by traffic coming up from behind, except with a bus subscription. You should intuitively floor it, or try to get out of their way, not stop in the middle of the road with your indicator on, begging traffic on the main road to stop and let you in. They are always going to brake when they get scared, even if it increases the danger.
I'm not surprised to see this location (Queen Eleanor interchange, Northampton) on here, I live nearby and see similar stuff all the time. It's not unusual for someone to drift across the diagonal lines from the left to the right doing forty, so even if the path ahead seems clear to accelerate right up to 60 you have to have your wits about you and be ready to react. Worst thing is, if they just stayed on the left for a few more metres they could move across safely. There's plenty of road available, I don't understand why it's worth the risk. There is an industrial estate and another busy junction up ahead which means the traffic on the carriageway is often slowing down on the approach, so even when someone has correctly matched their speed on the slip road to start with they might be caught out by that. A lot of observation and anticipation is necessary to merge in correctly, more than on a normal junction.
The road sign at 09:07 shows clearly that the left lane continues as a full lane, so no merging required. If they'd have just used the left lane it would've been easier. The van on the main road accelerating could've also done more to help the situation; a) not closing down the space, b) pull out to the right-hand lane, and give them more space.
I see lots of drivers accelerate up to 50 then stay stubbornly at that speed as if going faster is more dangerous. It is usually easier to get to 60 then scrub off a little speed where necessary than it is to add it.
I think the overwhelming majority of people on the road are terribly impatient now. I have a 16 mile commute through urban motor way, I always take a deep breath before I start and don't take my stresses with me, sit back and aim for a smooth, safe journey. The amount of crazy I observe seems to increase every day
It’s been some years since I started driving at 60mph on motorways. Join, pick a HGV and maintain a safe distance behind it. My commute is far less stressful and only adds minutes to my journey.
Last clip:- several factors involved here:- a sense of entitlement, a complete lack of situational awareness, too invested in whatever was going on on their phone. Thank heaven neither driver approaching were of the same ilk
As a newly passed driver, I have to say that motorway driving is very interesting indeed.. lots of tailgating being done by lorries and vans when speed restrictions drop below 50
Clip #10 reminds me of another clip I saw based in Russia where a guy in a taxi throws something out of the window, then the taxi driver gets out, grabs the passenger, and throws him out of the taxi.
if i saw that, i would get out and throw it right back at them. If it was a drink, i would empty the remaining contents onto the seat. Also shout at them: put it in a bin you f ing lazy b stard.
The clip around 8:05 - I think that is the A38M in Birmingham, or it's the same layout. People regularly ignore the contraflow lane closure and it's really dangerous. Especially when the authorities change the lane numbers to help traffic flow.
Yes it's A38M on the way out of Birmingham towards the M6, red cross as it's heavy traffic going into the city meaning vehicles are able to use the red lane, so middle lane becomes no driving to create a safety space, which doesn't apply to BMWs
@@Gobtik yes, I have used it before and know how it works. But thankfully I don't need to use it often and I try to take alternative routes where possible even if it's a little slower. It's more likely to be safer
Hello, Ashley, many thanks for your videos. Two of my sons are learning to drive, and drive my car for practice. Your videos have been an enormous help to me as I coach them in their driving skills. I am also developing better habits for myself. Again, many thanks to you.
Here at DRS Logistic, We follow the DRS code to the letter D - Drive way to close to the other drivers R - Race your fellow truckers S - Stop only when you crash
A lot of this type of completely blocking a road up unnecessarily incident is caused by a three lane road and a lane two hogger not realising certain vehicles are not allowed in lane three.
@@keith6400 exactly this! I've seen a Scottish SNT flash one of them with his LED full beam lights on the motorway. After it, they move. I was in fit's of laughter 🤣👍
I love your videos, Ashley. I watch them frequently and it helps me drive more calmly in general. I've been driving since I was 18 and I'm 32 now, and yet I can admit that since I've been watching your videos, I've corrected many mistakes and lazy driving techniques that I've adopted over the years. I'm not ashamed to say all this, I'm proud because I'm now a better driver due to it. Every experienced driver can still learn more and do better by taking the examples of the way learners are taught.
Love your videos by the way. I've been driving 10 years now, and it's nice to still be able to brush up on knowledge, or even correct some mistakes I may have been making through bad habits picked up over the years. It's helped me become more aware of my own driving again. Plus it's a bonus seeing roads I travel frequently on lol. I'm always looking to see if I can see my car at times (hopefully not for the wrong reasons 😂)
Regarding the joint motorways, I’ve seen this many times people sitting at the end trying to join 70mph traffic, I think motorway lessons should be mandatory after passing your test to teach you the do’s and do not’s of driving on them. Even if it a minimum of 5 or 10 hours it’s got to help.
The amount of people I get stuck behind trundling down a slip road and then trying to merge onto the motorway at 35mph is ridiculous. Thank god I have a 3.0 diesel, I usually hang back enough so I can get up to 70 quickly and then join..
@@TheCircuitWizard that's good driving: holding back to give yourself space, then using your car's performance to accelerate into a gap at the right speed. I learned that one myself from watching a traffic cop. He was in lane 2 behind a slow moving car on a motorway with a line of fast moving traffic in lane 3. He held back, then when he saw a small gap in lane 3 approaching his position he used the space he had created in lane 2 to accelerate and then merged neatly into the gap in lane 3. Proper skills right there!
Why make motorway lessons mandatory after the test? Might as well make them mandatory before and if possible include them in the test. Can't remember how many I had to do, but when I learned to drive in Germany over 30 years ago some motorway hours (as well as night hours) were mandatory.
When you showed the motorcycles overtaking, it reminds me of a situation which happened fairly recently when I was coming home from work. I was driving on a Dual Carriageway and someone was overtaking me and out of nowhere a motorcyclist filters in the middle of both lanes (baring in mind I was doing 70 at the time and there was no backup of traffic, everything was moving quite swiftly). He's very lucky I saw him and didn't need to move lanes as that could have turned out much worse.
Firstly Ashley can I say that I love watching your channel and content and how relevant it is to todays driving styles. i want to remark on the application of make up while driving. I know I'm a bloke but its just more time management. I do worry when i see this behaviour in my rearview mirror and you can see in your clip that her braking is erratic as she wants to get back to the task in hand. I had to let one lady pass me in traffic in Kingston one way system as she was eating toast, applying make up and smoking all at the same time! driving the car was forth on the list of things to do.
I feel like putting on make up while driving is that perfect coming together of distraction (eg. phones) and crap driving excused by poor time management (eg. speeding). As such, I do think it should be punished equally harshly.
Distractions while driving 1, phone 2 makeup 3 crying baby/toddler 4 radio 5 removing dried mucus/ nose hair 6 other competent road users. Anymore I'm sure the list could be endless 🇮🇪😁
I got out on a dual-carriageway once to find someone glued to my tail, after awhile I noticed they were messing about with their makeup but the vehicle was precisely adjusting to my speed changes - I can only assume they were using some form of adaptive cruise control and other assist features though usually those systems leave more distance than that. Near the end of the dual-carriageway there is a quick change from NSL to 30 which they obviously weren't anticipating me to drop quickly down to 30 (most drivers do 40-50MPH still for another 100 yards past the speed change until it drops down to 1 lane).
@@derekmulready1523 we once had our car written off by someone fiddling with the CD player on a dual carriageway in busy, wet conditions. He was travelling far too close behind us and his head kept on vanishing from view below the dashboard. When someone pulled in front of us and we had to slow down, he didn't notice, then panicked, undertook us and lost control, ramming the side of our car and causing both cars to spin off onto the verge. It was really scary but no one was hurt, luckily (although this guy's passenger later tried to claim through the insurance that we had caused her a whiplash injury!!). It was his dad's car too, and I'll never forget the look on his face when Dad showed up...!
May year’s ago while responding to a 999 call , I came up behind a car where the young lady driver was more interested in the state of her hair than the fact that I was trying to get her to move over so that I could pass her safely. Totally obvious to my blue lights and siren due to the interior mirror being angled so that she could get her hair right.
You should've grabbed her brush/comb, snapped it in half and thrown it back at her and also shouted at her: You don't need to do your f**king hair while you're driving.
Yep, it’s bad enough watching out for drivers who suddenly lurch in front of you, having realised that they’re in the wrong lane for the motorway they want. The last thing you need to worry about is drivers coming at you from the closed lane 🙇🏻♂️. Although, that does, unfortunately, happen too from time to time.
The litter thing. Makes my blood boil. Got into many arguments with strangers over littering. Question though. Apple cores and banana skins. I myself throw these into hedgerows and fields. But is this a problem. Biodegradable of course. But still unsure if I should be doing that.
@@alastairward2774 I’ve heard this. But yet to see any real proof of it. Obviously millions are dumped into landfills across Europe every day. So it’s not like binning it makes them disappear. And seeds are not in the skins. It’s just like leaf matter in terms of environmental impact.
Stuff like fruit peel I discard, it will rot back into the soil from whence it came. Ever wondered why there are so many apple and pear trees growing alongside roads....Makes me want to try and make some wine from collected fruit from several of those trees and name it windfall.
Astley, this is valuable information for all drivers and especially novice drivers. I have been driving more than 20 years and I get extra insight on reading the road from your videos. Thank you very much.
It always seems to be those with faster or higher spec cars that drive like they are better than everyone else and I've never understood why. A fast or nice car doesn't mean you have to drive like a muppet. My car is a 17 plate Astra, nothing fancy, 0-60 is about 6s on it, it's nippy but I don't sit up peoples boots or drive dangerously. I just enjoy the occasional burst of power when it's safe to do so. Like coming into a national speed limit from a 30, it's nice to hear the exhaust and feel pushed back in your seat but it doesn't have to be done dangerously. Bikes are some of the worst for speeding and driving dangerously and it's because they're nimble and quick most of the time. People need to learn that just because you can do something doesn't mean you shoul
0:58 - there is a relatively new offence of ‘Not Being in Proper Control of a Motor Vehicle’ reserved for eating/drinking or otherwise being distracted whilst driving that may or may not fall under careless driving 👍
Littering is the scourge of our society, I loathe it, absolutely no need. Clip 16, I don't think the motorcyclists bad driving caused the passing car to nearly crash. I think this is a separate incident, as the first car passed without issue?
It could be that the first car braked heavily to avoid, then the second car had to brake and avoid *him,* perhaps because following too closely or without enough attention. So an accident caused by a combination of two bad drivers.
Wow. I mean this was the most ridiculous driving fails compilation yet. I'm staggered at some of the things I saw. Firstly, the three motorcyclists are trying to steal the title of 'worst road users' from the German Car owners. Those overtakes with the weaving were lethal. Always annoys me how most motorcycles I come across can't stick to the speed limit anyway but that bobbing and weaving just is not on. Number #7 in particular was outrageous, diving into that gap against a caravan? 1 second later and they could've been squished and then a poor driver would have that on their conscience. "Late to their own funeral" - not half! Perfect description for it. Clip #3 - could it have been an instructor late for a lesson? I could see whoever was driving moving their head quite a lot but I didn't see a passenger there. Although ive only seen the clip once so i couldve just missed them if there was one. Clip #10 made me nostalgic for the first lockdown again when people weren't driving around and where the nature was being largely left clean because people couldn't litter. It shouldn't infuriate me more than the other clips but it actually did. Then in the last clip I think the Toyota has its sights set on emerging after the van but, in concentrating so much on the van, loses where the black car behind it has gone and is then too spooked to emerge. All in all, makes for a pretty horrific emerge.
Clip 16, I'm not sure, the Biker looks to be back on his own side of the road before the cam car even sees the Skoda. Though it is possibly that the Skoda braked sharply and caught the other driver not paying attention. Where does fault lie there though? 50/50?
the way those motorcycles are overtaking, especially in clip8, my first reaction was, Keep back... you do not want to drive into the back of the accident this guy is about to cause! (I understand that zoom was used, but my head was still screaming "too close!") in clip 16, I am guessing your viewer stops to check on the driver in the crashed car.... if any damage was done, I hope the video helped him get a "vehicle at fault left the crash site" type claim, because, it's the motorcyclist who caused this crash....
To be honest I doubt the insurance will see it that way. Whilst the overtake was dangerous it didn't explicitly cause the crash. The fact the first car didn't crash or react by swerving means the motorcyclist must have returned to his own lane by the point the drivery reacts. From an insurance standpoint the video will be seen as evidence the driver overreacted and crashed to to overcontrol. Of course that doesn't change the fact the overtake was dangerous per se.
They may have been too close to the first car coming round the corner who may have braked out of instinct and then carried on. Second car will have slammed on and lost control.
These clips just summarise my opinion of Mankind in general - undergoing a state of devolution! That's it - I've nowt to add apart from "stay safe everyone" 👍
I've often thought how pertinent your advice is about using your feet rather than your hands to get out of trouble. Often this means braking and adjusting speed, but that last emerge was a classic case of needing to accelerate your way through, instead, they brake and almost cause a pile up.
The makeup is a classic that I see almost every morning, but the worst one I've seen so far was a guy trying to juggle his mug of tea and his dinner plate with toast on it whilst also trying to steer. He was behind me and we in roadworks on the A14 that narrowed to a single lane which had a 40 limit (they did a major junction improvement), and the road is almost dead straight, but he was having a terrible time trying to keep his car going in the right direction. He was determined to finish his breakfast though and I watched him struggle to multitask until I left the dual carriageway. Why don't people get up a few minutes earlier so they can do these things before they leave the house? I'm sure some people must jump straight out of their bedroom windows into their cars in the morning.
When I accompanied my son as a Learner I put a secondary mirror up, as have several of my friends. It isn't uncommon around our way. I cannot imagine that is a driving instructor in any way shape of form.
7:19 clip 16 I have had something very similar happen to me where a motorbike overtook a car coming the opposite way right when I was passing that car and forced us 3 wide. Luckily there was some tarmac runoff on my side of the road I could hit the brakes and drive onto. That and both me and the other driver slowing down gave the motorbike just enough of a gap to get between us without smashing into the drivers side front of my car at over 60mph. One of the scariest things I have ever had happen while driving
@@chrissambrook84 That is why i did what I did, the runoff was safe to drive onto. If i didn't do that i would have hit the motorbike head on and would have likely gone through the windscreen
@@sgkingly8392 yeah agree, I mean more with regards to this clip. I wouldn't risk hitting a wall or an innocent person to avoid a motorcyclist like this. They're getting hit head on so at least the blame is on them. I've seen people swerve to avoid people pulling out before and then crashing into someone else. They then get the blame as the person that pulled out drives off into the distance. My philosophy now is to try to stop but never swerve to avoid.
The BMW in the lane with a red cross actually raises a serious point. And that is that people will ignore a warning if experience tells them that's it's almost certainly a false warning. I've driven on the M25 countless times where the warning info is just plain wrong, or posted so far in advance as to be ridiculous. To be more objective, I've recently been counting the number of times that a "road ahead closed" sign actually meant what it said; out of 33 such signs I've passed in the last few weeks only 2 were actually correct. This is a two way street - if the authorities want drivers to take more notice of their signage then they in turn need to stop crying wolf.
It's not crying wolf. That road is designed to have a one lane "Central reservation" that's movable to cope with rush hour traffic. So the red X nearest your side of the road is red X both ways for safety reasons, so you don't have incoming traffic just a motorway lane width away. So: what happens when you get a moron in that central reserved lane meeting a similar moron coming the other way?
I can’t decide if the car with the L plate is an instructor. It’s got a additional interior mirror but would an instructor have an Abarth ? Could be a private car and they have stuck the additional mirror in as they have a test coming up. Whoever it is, they should have realised their mistake and turned right at the lights.
I very much doubt it's a driving school car - no roof box or decals indicating that. If it *is* a new driver (with a way over-powered car for his experience) approaching his test, then the left seat only needs to have a qualified driver with a specified amount of experience, but whoever it is seems to be teaching some very bad driving habits. I do not believe it is a qualified instructor.
@@Kromaatikse may be an instructor as lots of my colleagues only run on L plates. You don’t have to have a roof box and decals - those are mainly for advertising.
@@bluwusky5167 I know an ADI who has a Golf GTI so, like you said, it is possible the only thing I thought was cost of insurance on something like that.
7:29 I think the car that crashed was way too close to the one in front of him/her. When that car braked (because of the idiot motorcyclist) s/he slammed on the brake too hard in reaction.
I've tried counting the gaps between passing cars on national speed limit roads before and about 1 in 5 times, a car or 2 (even 3) will be bunched together with less than a second's gap between them. Tailgating is really commonplace unfortunately
@@alexwright7535 having used active cruse control on my car for a few years i have found my normal breaking distance has increased i don't get nasty surprises any more
Looks like there was plenty of distance between them to me. Looks more like they panicked and swerved to the left hitting the dirt and then overcorrected. Shitty driving from both of them really.
I agree with you DeShawn, and completely disagree with elobirtev. That second car was far too close to the car in front and that was the cause of him losing control and colliding with wall.
0:50 It infuriates me is how I feel. If their attention is focused on putting make-up on then it's not focused on driving and that's when people lose their lives. The same as using a mobile but what infuriates me more is the lax attitude that a lot of the public have towards it.
Maybe I'm really wrong here but I think too much is made of things like this. It's no more distracting than having a conversation with your passenger, which everyone does.
@@5wheels178 _Maybe I'm really wrong here but I think too much is made of things like this. It's no more distracting than having a conversation with your passenger, which everyone does._ Are you serious? You think looking away from the road to put make-up on is the same as talking to a passenger? Yeah, come back and tell me too much is made of it when some dumb bitch runs your kid over because she was looking in the mirror to put make-up on instead of looking at the road. I guess you really couldn't make it up!
regarding the instructor, we have a riddle here in the states: Q: what do you call the guy who graduates last in his class from medical school? A: doctor.
Not sure about the Toyota in the final clip, they have a vehicle on their inside travelling at the same speed, a vehicle tight behind them travelling faster, and a fast van coming up in the lane that’s going to be where they are about to emerge. The car behind discourages back off and let the van go option, They lack the floor it option as it’s a small car, and the car behind them takes the space directly behind the van. They run out of road, and freeze. The camera car is giving them a bit of space but they’re not looking left.
That car crashing in the opposite direction after the bike overtake looks more like a classic ‘looking at the phone instead of the road’ error to me, the bike was well past and on the correct side of the road by the time they entered the ‘4x4 driver’s field of view’ - which is about 20 feet in front of the car.
Asking as an outsider what are the rules for using the vehicle's horn in the UK? Where I live, I was taught to use the horn only as a warning of an imminent collision or other direct danger, and not to be used to communicate disapproval.
I get what you say about the attempted emerge from lane 2 of the slip, but I think that many people do not allow enough space on slip roads in their rush to get onto the main motorway and get too close the car in front, often it's the same people who cut straight across into lane 3 without any consideration for traffic already on the motorway in lanes 2 & 3. With more space on the slip you have more options and less risk when things don’t go as expected at the merge area. Personally, if traffic is heavy I prefer to emerge from lane 1 of the slip, you normally have more time and space or as in this case enter directly into lane 1.
I saw an excellent one the other day and immediately said to myself, Ash will love this one. Then realised I took my memory card out the dashcam a few days before to look for another clip I was going to send in 🤣🤣🤦
5:02 why are there heavy trucks in both lanes? Here in North America they drive in the slow lane (right lane) and the only time they get into the left lane is to pass a slower vehicle. They get brake checked if they don't.
The clip at 1:20 is interesting, use to cover that area at an old job and have never seen anyone do a maneuver like that before, that bit used to back up along the full town as there was temp lights while they were building a permanent set, they used to get stuck on red a lot
I used to live in Penicuik for a while and honestly the experience of trying to get out of town during morning rush hour is what convinced me to buy a bicycle.
@@JamesHewat it used to be hell during morning rush, we had vans heading into the area around 8-9am and it was alway a nightmare with the schools etc as well
Clip 21 - 08:55: This is extremely common here in Ireland. I see it at least once per trip here. The other common thing to see is people driving the full length of the onramp and acceleration lane at 40-50 km/h and then attempting to join straight into traffic doing 100-120 km/h. On occasion I have seen them move straight from the onramp to lane 3 at this speed with no regard to anyone travelling on the main carriageway. Makes motorway driving here especially spicy! 😂
Mark, I think things in Ireland have improved, we moved to Dublin in 1955 and the chap my father was replacing drove him from Dodder road to the office in Lincoln Place at the back of Trinity college, my dad was terrified, the whole journey he never used his mirror or signaled once, just charged through like no one else existed, not suprisingly he was being constantly beeped, he told my dad; you'll have to watch out for eejits from the country and those who got behind the wheel before the driving test came in!
DC10 at minimum (possibly DC30) depending on the situation for putting make up on whilst driving/ being in charge of a motor vehicle. I admire your patience and cool-headed attitude, that and some common courtesy is what is missing from our roads (and our lives in general) nowadays.
2:30 I pray it is not a driving instructor. But regardless, even if it is a family member... they are still passing on these "skills"! This clip helps me understand why driving standards seem to be deteriorating drastically. 4:30 Why must motorcyclists employ unwilling bystanders in their suicide attempts? 9:00 Limited driving ability often goes hand-in-hand with poor confidence (but sometimes also with over-confidence).. I've met a couple of people like this over the years. They panic about driving on busy roads and they hate being anywhere unfamiliar. They become hesitant and will panic easily. It makes them unpredictable and dangerous. I generally offer to drive if I have to go anywhere with these people.
I like the one with the cyclist on Skeldergate Bridge in York. To be exempt from the usual traffic regulations in Germany, you have to be driving at least a 5 series and in black. A white 1 series definitely doesn't qualify. A 7 series brings complete immunity.
The motorbike overtaking on the double bend passes a warning sign saying 'think bike - 6 motorcycle accidents in 2 years'. Also it looks like the oncoming car that crashed is also mid overtake. Lesson: don't overtake on a blind double bend. There probably should be double white lines here to enforce it.
i used to live by where that last clip is filmed. it’s super close to a couple secondary schools and the amount of young people doing stupid stuff like that across that same road… is staggering
7:28 yup he forced the first car to brake and the guy behind over braked (probably a little too close) and while on a bend upset the car, the problem with a lot of motorcyclists who ride like this don't learn a lesson and end up dead instead (coffin chasers), so they never pass on any advice, it's usually a family member that tries in vain to tell the public.
Was going to say something similar. Accident seems to be caused by a combination of the biker's dangerous overtake and the 2nd driver being too close to the car ahead and panicking.
The guy in the Fiat is or at least was a proper instructor. My better half passed with him a few years ago, although I've heard he's not as good as when he started from others. Source: That's good old Penicuik, my hame toun!
The clip isn't dated but there was temporary lights further along the road until fairly recently, so I imagine he was trying to avoid that. But as Ashley said his anticipation and distance from the van in front is poor and he couldn't see what was going on...
I suspect clip 16 with the bike going by the lorry, not the best overtake but the leading car hardly had to slow down much, he was back on our side of the road before we saw the other car( though he may have been braking before we could see him)The one that cocked up was travelling too fast too close and had to stamp on the brakes, skidded a bit on loose gravel and will blame everybody else
At 03:21 I used to drive a Jaguar S-Type myself. Big, powerful car that was superbly comfortable and cossetting. All too easy to be lulled into a false sense of security.... all the more reason to be extra vigilant. I'm guessing the driver was reaching over for a Werthers mint and drifted over... You can see his panic and over correction... then the Dynamic Stability Control (DSC) stepped in and stabilised things. Saved the day. Score +1 for the Jaaag, 0 for the Jag driver.
Probably not the case here, unless someone tailgating them backed right off after the swerve - but last couple of times I've seen people swerve like that it is because they are overly focussed on the driver behind who is tailgating them.
With Clip #3 - my Mum had an extra interior mirror when we went out when I was learning (I did lessons with a 'proper' instructor and practiced with her), so she had a better view of the road behind us. Although we did get rid of it after it decided to fall off as I went round a corner and landed in my footwell!
For me the greatest pedestrian problem is those watching their phones not the road then walking onto the carriageway oblivious to the dangers. A lot of drivers insist on completing a manoeuvre even when they have made a mistake. If I am in the wrong lane to make a turn or go ahead I always ‘follow the mistake’ then find a safe place to stop and sort myself out. This comes from the days before sat-navs when you had to stop and consult the atlas! Today sat -navs are so good they can tell you what lane you’re in AND what lane to be in before you get there!
No shortage of plonkers on the UK roads then. Sadly these are all incidents I've seen here in NZ too (probably done a few of them too). I used to love driving, but now think the sooner we're all in autonomous vehicles the better. Stay safe everyone!
The junction crossing on Melrose Road near kirkdale Station, is a nightmare on match day. Lost count how many times I've had to wait for a 2nd green light due to grown adults taking a chance and legging it across the road with oncoming traffic. I can somewhat forgive the high school kids for taking chances at school let out time at the pedestrian crossing. But always baffles me when it's fully grown adults.
Is clip 15 from York on Skeldergate Bridge? I have cycled on there a lot and i’ve seen people so much stupider things than that. A few weeks ago I saw someone driving over the central reservation of the dual carriageway that starts a bit later on.
#14 Notice the cars wipers are in operation. Staying dry and getting out of the rain is top priority for pedestrians, two broken legs, a broken arm, fractured pelvis A&E and three weeks on the ward is neither here nor there as long as you don't land in a puddle. 😃😂😃😂😃😂😃😂😃😂😃😂
9:45 I think I know what's going through that guy's head. "Don't care, don't care, he's stopping, don't care, don't care." It's really frightening that there are active road users who act like this, this gets you and other road users killed! Pay attention! Put all distractions away!
Clip 2. I would never put my makeup on in the dark. 🤡 Clip 1. There was a reason i gave the Mini room to get past and the car in front should have done the same. Maybe there is a reason they don't advertise the fact they may be a driving instructor. Some more interesting behaviour cheers Ashley. 👍 Edit: You like to paint your toe nails Ashley now put makeup on on a private road while driving around cones at 10mph. 😄
Observation, observation, observation! - The shadow on the pavement cast by the vehicle in front of the van, held by the traffic lights! Awesome example!
4:09 seeing someone drive like that, you'd probably want to make sure there was plenty of space in front so you can get past more rapidly, especially as you'll be in the blind spot of the lunatic in question, and I doubt they would be focusing on their mirrors at the best of times.
