Driving Fail #64 | I've Got It On Camera | Send it to Ashley! 

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That lorry driver deserves a permanent driving ban!

"I've got the footage. Do you want it?" "Nah! Send it to Ashley Neal." That made me laugh out loud! 🤣

That bicycle and motorcycle roundabout clip is made even better by the roundabout having a "THINK BIKE" sign on it

Clip 1 is the PERFECT example of why you should always be able to slow down, not swerve, to avoid any incident. Even with the slow speeds involved, if the driver swerved to the right instinctively to avoid the car, they could have injured the pedestrians quite badly. If you are a driver who swerves to avoid incidents when braking is a better possibility, have a look at your driving and change the way you drive immediately

What a fantastic advert for Bath International Transport. I bet they're chuffed to bits!

As a hgv driver I tend to look for the positives in other colleagues driving . But on this occasion I have nothing

11:00 had a chap do that to me, directly behind a police officer, one time. on my return trip, the officer STILL had him by the side of the road giving him a rethink.

I hope that Bath International Transport driver was reported both to the company themselves and to the police. He needs a permanent lorry driving ban as he is a complete disgrace and shouldn't be in charge of something that big.

The sheer amount of times I shook my head... Plenty to make you feel better about your own driving in this one! 🤣

That pedestrian crossing one. That happened way too frequently at a crossing near my local train station. I pushed the council to install speed bumps eitherside of it to slow people down. Sad that it comes to that but i think it's made that crossing safer

9:25 1. Pressure someone into making a decision when they may not have full awareness of the risks. 2. Sit and watch as it produces an expensive and embarrassing car crash. 3. Disappear and leave others to deal with the consequences. I call this "doing a David Cameron" for reasons I probably can't elaborate upon without falling foul of the comment policy.

4:42 - I drive for a living and it's quite common to see HGV drivers in 50mph limits, sitting on their limiter at 56mph, tailgating and trying to bully other vehicles out of the way.

6:25 The cyclist was clearly indicating that they were turning right and the driver just totally ignored them to overtake - this has happened to me on the bike before, and it's a horrible experience. So many drivers treat people on bikes with no care whatsover...it's so different to the attitude across the Channel and the North Sea.

Re: merge in turn, I drove up the A1 a couple of weeks ago, encountering the single lane contraflow at Barnsdale Bar. Despite signs instructing drivers to "Use Both Lanes When Queueing" and "Merge in Turn", it was largely a single lane of traffic by 800yds before the restriction.

At around 8:29, I've had that happen several times from the perspective of me being the cam car and an emergency vehicle coming up behind. I move over and yes the vehicle directly behind overtakes me, sometimes even honking their horn. But they soon realize why I pulled over! Just goes to show how bad some drivers are at using their mirrors, as this is a common occurrence.

Well done, Ashley. Those people ignoring signs or ignoring safety should send to take extended driving test or get banned from driving.

That lorry driver takes the biscuit, probably witnessed a multitude of accidents and no doubt he’s failed to stop at the scene

You need mind reading in car parks. True, very true. "Parent and Child spaces" - I've used one once. I didn't have any toddlers with me, but did have my mother on board. We didn't have her "blue badge" but we both have arthritic knees.

At around 1:20, this is one reason why I often detest these multi lane roundabouts. They are fine in theory but in practice,so much can go wrong. YT is full of dash cam incidents at multi lane roundabouts.

Not once when the horn was sounded in these clips did the 'offending' vehicle disappear. If you have time to sound your horn, you have time to take evasive action.

"the idiot in the BMW" -surely not!

That lorry driver in the viewers clip 4:22 seems too common for me. How they bullied their way into that VW Passat is always happening to me. Whenever I see a slower speed limit approach, a lorry driver always goes over the speed limit and tries to bully in front when there's a queue! But when the national speed limit returns, guess what, you just go past them! They should be fully banned from driving and given a jail sentence for these type of behaviours!

@10:28 actually it depends where the mini and your viewer came from. It's junction 7 of the A14 near Kettering. If they were both coming from the A14 (westbound - W) then your viewer is in the wrong as the left two lanes are marked for taking the second major exit (ignoring the private farm access before the A14 W exit) to the A43. But if both come from any other direction both of those two lanes are marked for the A14 W. If both came from different directions then I'd still suggest it's your viewer. The white lines don't show that you should move over one lane, though they obviously don't always! Context is important!

9:30.. perfect example of someone trying to be nice that actually causes the accident, By stoping to let the van out he is actually is creating a blind stop so the van then makes a dangerous unsighted emerge.

2:13 the nice cold winter morning one - I think the car might have been parked by the hedge and started to move off just before the drivers could see each other's cars, and then they moved gradually to the correct side of the road as the camera car approached.

Clip 1: Ford driver assumes right of way because he’s looking for parking spot. He’s obviously picked that lane intentionally to swing wide into a bay, lack of indication is no excuse though. Clip2: I have noticed that some people hug the inside of the roundabout until last minute of their junction. It’s like they’re scared of getting ‘in the way’. Clip 3: Young people enjoying Tomfoolery in the car park. Clip 4: The driver obviously has lacked attention. Clip 5: White car hasn’t even given the motorcyclist a second thought, shocking. Clip 6: White vehicle has to be an overseas driver. Clip 7: Lorry driver needs banning from the roads, unfortunately some people have a natural bullying mentality. Clip 8: 100% agree with you, they’ve got zero driving skills or medical episode. Clip 9: The war against cycles unfortunately carries on. Clip 10: Not paying attention to what lies ahead is a dangerous game for narrow country roads! Clip 11: Ahhhh the nervous driver who passed her test and never got as far as Tesco and back. I think she’s stopping when she hears the beeps too, I don’t think anyone has explained to her how the sensors work. Clip 12: This clip gave me a smug laugh at the driver who jumped the light. He had to wait anyway hahaha. Clip13: Driver of the van doesn’t use his mirrors then. Clip 14: Two things crossed the drivers mind; beat the lights and beat the cyclist so he doesn’t have to get held up by either. Clip 15: I see this all the time on quiet roads, painted mini roundabouts are worse, drivers just plough through them. Clip 16: The white car is obviously enjoying his drive too much. Clip 17: Some people’s courtesy often gets in the way of road sense! It’s not crossed their mind that they’re creating a massive blind spot. The van driver shouldn’t have gone ahead, he’s created his own issue. If you can’t see what’s coming up, don’t go ahead! Clip 18: Drivers only look for other drivers at the best of times. Clip 19: The latter, some people assume that Road Traffic laws don’t apply in car parks. Rather than take it as a safety measure, they think “I’m not going to get done for it” and do whatever. Clip 20: Outside lane drivers join the slip road to get onto the middle/outside lane. Mini should have held back if they were in the wrong lane. Clip 21: Ahhh Merge In Turn! Merge in turn messes with the British love of queues which is why alot of people struggle with it. They see a line of traffic as a queue which is why they don’t want anyone else coming in in-front of them. Clip 22: Both cars were not paying attention to the crossing, in fact the second one saw the guy and thought I’m not stopping. Disgusting behaviour and sheer ignorance. Clip 23: Either the vehicle slide in the rain towards the road markers indicating poor tyre condition, or they just weren’t looking until the last minute. Either way, it’s a worrying clip that people like this are on the roads.

First one is a classic looking for a space fixation. These carparks are a nightmare with people milling about, crossings, my right of way syndrome and above all idiots who drive way to fast. Slow and courteous wins the day in them.

Many of these clips show that all we can control is our own cars and many were driving with the ability to avoid the dodgy careless drivers. Examples on at least two occasions where on coming cars were partly on the wrong side of the road. And the hazard perception drivers were going at a speed where they avoided anything serious happening.

10:28 "even though it's the mini in the wrong" there are always commenters in American dashcam channels who will berate anyone who suggests avoiding a crash when someone else is in the wrong.

Multi lane roundabouts seem to be a challenge for many drivers, who automatically decide which lane they need to be in based on some half remembered rule from their driving instructor rather than what is written on the road.

that was the biggest instant driving thru red light karma ive ever seen.

At around 1:38 although I very occasionally cut across car parking rows in an empty car park, I am very wary of doing this. I also generally avoid taking short cuts at an angle. If you ever see an airport taxiing area for aircraft, they have specifically marked roadways that all airport service vehicles have to abide by. Otherwise there would be all kinds of random driving manoeuvres, all taking random lines and shortcuts and thus increasing risk. Similar principle to consider with regular car parks.

The second clip at 0:51 I think was more positioning rather than speed that caused that one. I am all for reducing speeds on roundabouts, especially the larger spiral ones, as having a 40mph limit is asking for trouble (I refer everyone to your 20mph riding video from yesterday) It is clear (well, from watching on the sofa) the markings show the cammer should be getting into the middle lane for the exits coming up. The other driver is a twonk womble for undertaking in the wrong lane on a roundabout regardless of any speed / positioning from the cammer

6: 48: this is a clear exmple of my point about observations in car parks. pedestrians who walk behind a car that is actively reversing make jeremy vine look like a courteous cyclist.

11:54 this was brilliant driving from the cammer

7:00 I assumed that they just couldn't judge the length of their vehicle and thought it was much tighter than it was but I think you've got it spot on with them stopping as soon as their reverse sensor starts beeping (and not knowing what that means)

With the lorry at 5:00 we can't see what's behind the cammer, it's entirely possible that with traffic that heavy slowing down to back off wasn't the most viable option. Don't want to accidentally brake check someone

That third clip with instructor and learner going into a car park is my home town, Abergavenny. It used to be all open at the top there but young boy, maybe girl, racers used to make a racket at night so they put up a barrier with a gate at one end to lock. The exit is at bottom on traffic lights and only an entrance. And you can see that when quiet, you still get the show offs. Interesting decision by instructor to halt the car. I suppose he didn't know if that BMW was going out (where you shouldn't do) or carrying around the car park.

I don’t know what it is about car parks and supermarkets, but it feels like whenever people enter them, or get a trolley, they proceed to go completely blind and ignore the fact that other people exist.

The one at 10.23... I go to Glebe Farm once a week, and in the hour im there i hear probably 10-15 'events' amd thats out of peak on a Thursday. If you are leaving the East bound A14 lanes 1&2 are for A43. If you are coming round from Kettering or W/B A14 it is marked that lanes 1&2 are for A14 East.

4:23 Agreed, that lorry driver is an absolute disgrace and what they did at the end was shocking. I don’t agree with the cammer “…not doing a bad job” as the following distance was too close for the conditions and in another video this would be an example of two egos fighting for road space they don’t own - looks like a deliberate space close on the second attempt by the lorry driver Would it have been as bad as it was with a simple throttle back and making it a non event?

As a cyclist there's been a few times where it's clear a car has emerged because the driver is looking down the road or around the roundabout for other cars, and not seen the cyclist right in front of them. I've also had drivers wind down their windows and shout stuff, and absolutely honestly I've no idea what they were saying. Traffic noise pretty much drowns out the words.

It's the 'I don't care' mentality that makes people drive through no entry signs or down any street the wrong way, just to get to a particular place quicker than having to do it the right way and possibly being behind others or losing that last perfect parking space.

I had a very similar situation to 8:21 a few weeks ago. The lack of situational awareness some people have is really worrying

6:55, if you can always reverse park because if safer to reverse in … than it is to reverse out.

Regarding the car driving through the no entry signs, our local Asda has one on their car park, the number of people that ignore it is ridiculous

7:34 parking sensors can be a huge help if used in conjunction with proper observation. Fairly recently I was driving my dad's ford s-max and ended up having to get out of a super tight space, to the point that it was a case of the sensor sound having to go to continuous beep and even then still taking a number of adjustments to get out of the space! I honestly have my doubts as to whether i could have safely got out of the space without the sensors, or it would have certainly taken a lot longer at the very least!

Could you bring back the old reminder to like the video? I found the negative number quite funny

The one where you said the sun wasn't in their eyes may have been incorrect. Look at the long shadows cast by the car when it get in line with the sun and also the sun visor was right down in the oncoming car. It looks like they are in shadow but maybe a bit of sun was peeking through.

The learner driver in the Caerphilly car park started to drive diagonally across the bays towards the Beemer, he thought “where’s there a blame, there’s a claim”

As I stepped out of my local supermarket, onto the pedestrian crossing this weekend, a vehicle passed in front of me going the wrong way through a one-way stretch. I must try to remember that signs and road markings are only suggestive and don't apply in car parks.

10:03, I’ve seen people do this, deliberately brake at the last minute [to make a statement that the other person was wrong] then can’t stop in time and have an accident that could have been avoided. In the USA they have a legal term ‘the last chance doctrine’ meaning that if you have a clear chance and time to avoid an accident and don’t, you can be held to blame even if you had the legal right of way. I presume that it the same in England but worded differently

That lorry driver is the kind of lorry driver i come across on a daily basis. And should indeed loose his license. And go back to school to learn how to drive safely without stress. As you have said in videos how to relax on the road: just put it behind a lorry, cruise control on the same speed, keep a nice open gap in between you and the lorry infront of you, and roll along. It really saves a lot of stress if you do that. BUT!!!! Even if you have a nice gap in front of you, the lorry in front of you might not have a gap to the one in front of him. And etc etc etc. I have seen a train of lorries, 15 in a row and almost no gap in between any of em. Then i stick behind a lorry with a nice gap. And guess what the professional lorry drivers do to me in my car on cruise control keeping the exact same distance ??? Indeed, they ride on my bumper even though they can see the train of lorries in front of me as well. And, they overtake me sometimes. And if the gap is large enough, the park it in between me and the lorry in front of me. TO just stick their nose up the bum of the one in front of them. I used to get angry because of it, but now i laugh and grow a gap again. People have no brains anymore, and this has become clear not just on the roads but in certain regions on this planet as well. Mr Neal, you are the safe driver. In the case of this lorry, you want to be in front. To keep him under control. Otherwise you might see him a few miles down the road having caused a major deadly accident. Me as a lorry driver? When i am in my car i would keep this guy under control. No space for him to get infront. And if he wants to merge behind me with this kind of behavior, he may. But i will grow the gap in front of me.

I can relate to the car park reversing footage, having only passed back in June, going from the car I learned in to something much smaller has made me ability to judge distance behind go out the window (if you'll pardon the pun).

The Fiesta coming out of the space was bizarre. She had so much space going backwards and could have done it in two. But when it came to leave she was extremely close to the viewer's car.

Yes we can see in the first one he doesn't know how indicaters work too

He gets overtaken and tooted at, love that accent haha

I had a classic last week in a transit cage van. busy industrial estate, lots of parked cars i had right of way but due to parked cars my side further up i stopped to let a HGV through in order to enable flow better for everyone, plus he was already moving forwards past the parked vehicles on his side, Secondly had i went further i would be stuck at parked cars due to size of the hgv. As Ashley says its best to keep flow, i get 2 idiots in cars who cant see around my vehicle overtake and charge stright at the lorry forcing him to stop and them onto pavement to avoid a collision. then they cant get through as the HGV is blocking them in. I just shook my head in disbelief as did the driver of said HGV at their stupidity.

The lorry driver was trying to move into lane two to avoid a slow moving vehicle in lane one ... I think a showmans. The other vehicles blocked him. I suspect they'd have been over the 50mph reduction passed Elkesley

Thanks Ashley. I think me and the motorcyclist both pooped our pants actually.

At 1:16, I have no idea what Ash is trying to say by saying "I do think my viewer's speed and their positioning had a lot to do with that incident". It looks like a) our viewer did an excellent job making that a non-event b) our viewer might have needed a right turn immediately after exiting this roundabout, so it's not reasonable to say our viewer should have been in the left lane just because a near miss occurred this one time. To give Ash the benefit of the doubt, maybe our cammer should have checked the left wing mirror and started reducing speed sooner? Anyways, I feel 10:28 was a more appropriate example of sub-optimal speed and position from our cammer, as they could have reduced their speed as soon as the Mini came into view.

11:49 Bottom of Butt Lane, West Leeds. That roundabout is just a stream of divs, there's something about the way it's set up too visibility wise, can't really put my finger on it. It's also an interface between a residential area and the ring-road with very little in the way of buffer, and a real clash of driving styles I think depending on whether you're stopping there or passing through. None of that explains the driving though, it's like they thought the thick markings were the road somehow.

7:43 That'll be the new self-driving functionality. 😊

To be fair to the woman outside M&S, that particular retail park is a normal sized retail park but the M&S was once a Currys, once there was spaces in the week and now there isn’t

9:30 my general rule is to never wait or wave some out at junction or turning, unless I have full control over stopping the flow of traffic behind me. That why this is a really bad idea when you have more than one lane like this clip.

I didn't know BMW made artics. edit: I notice he paid the monthly subscription for indicators, though.

4:20 in, I'm always letting the Lorry in, and tbh, I'm a little surprised at your view of the incident. Lorries need to get where they're going, getting in their way helps no one. I love your videos 👍

I love it when a Scotsman gets angry 6:35 Something about the accent + rage + a bit of swearing sometimes

Good Luck everybody else, I turn now!

Ashley I suggest you turn your audio up on some of these clips. The cyclists brakes on the roundabout clip at 9:40 are clearly heard being pressed into the rim of the wheel the moment that the car starts slowing down and it becomes apparent they are not going to clear the gap. Also judging by the sound and performance of the brakes I would imagine they are the old style calibers on the rim instead of any kind of discs. It takes longer to stop two wheels than four

2:27 Portsdown Hill! Shout out to Micks Burgers!

Roundabouts can be difficult to manage, i had someone the other day indicate to take the exit before me and so i entered the roundabout only for them to cancel the indicator and continue the roundabout.

And why did the driver at 9:58 suddenly just STOP dead in the roundabout too Ashely???

9:46 I have the same cycling camera and it is deceptive in how it depicts the speed at which you're cycling. It's a 20mph road, judging from the pace differential between him and the black Passat ahead, I would guess he hit that roundabout at 12-15mph. From the shadow of his back wheel at 10:05, his bike has rim brakes, not disc brakes - stopping distance is greatly increased. Assuming standard pads, nothing fancy like SwissStops, it's not an unreasonable distance to stop in.

The bike one (10:00) could be part readiness and part bike - Drop bar bike presumably rigid fork, looks like he has a bit of lean on coming round the roundabout hard braking in that situation will wipe you. To quote sheldon brown "The steeper you lean, the less you can brake". Need to right yourself and straighten up before you can brake hard.

At 09:20, the hedge or bush is overhanging the road, so the white car, although speeding round that bend, moves over to avoid the foliage.

7:00, I reckon they were listening to the reverse parking sensors and as soon as they got a single beep, were moving forward.

10:24 That roundabout is always a nightmare. Had a lorry come from lane 3 trying to take the exit the viewer is taking in the clip. Not to mention the amount of times I’ve been cut up in the bus at the merge in turn shortly after

The clip at 9:13 - slippery conditions omn bend. It looks like the oncoming car swerves to avoid a large branch that's fallen into the road.

5:09 I was driving this stretch of road today and so many people drive way too close in the 50 section. So often you see people’s hazards on due to sudden heavy breaking in flowing traffic

9:28 this is why you do not let people out of side roads. And why you do not let others make the decision for you!

10:00 When I got my first road bike with drop handlebars and rode it in traffic for the first few times I did something a bit similar to that when I slowed down quite slowly, I found it took me a while to get used to the brake levers on drop handlebars and the totally different force, motion and location they need compared to normal bars. I'm used to it now but was something to consider

I'd be reporting that trucj driver to the CPC holder and teh transport commissioner for a meeting with no biscuits

9:40; if you have dash footage.. ALWAYS pull over and offer it. Regardless of how "obvious" it looks to you about one person being the fault.

6:42 - I know this car park well, and while the driver does appear to be pretty uncomfortable doing the reverse this car park is a bit of a nightmare. I've seen plenty of near misses here due to the narrowness of the lanes, the tightness of the spaces and due to how busy it is.

In Scotland recent and traversing a corner, met an incoming car overtaking a vehicle on the wrong side of the road..the worst we've had... 75% at least, of problems on the road are preventable

10:29 awfully designed junction as it depends which way you are coming from. traffic coming from the A14 can continue all the way round, therefore both drivers are correct (assuming mini came from A14)

The clip with the woman reversing is exactly why it's best to still just trust your own eyes to look out the back window, that's if you're correct in assuming she's probably going by the beeping. I barely look at my reversing camera in these situations heading to other cars (I literally just use it at a glance to check lines when I've reversed and straightened into a bay) and just look back, the systems are only to assist, guidelines but not the complete picture.

5:53 - I've never seen footage more where'd call the police. Someone being a dick is always going to be a dick. But this person doesn't realise, has to be age or medical incident.

11:05 - I was in the position of the open reach van once. I stopped and let the cam car In front of me. Best flow? Maybe not. But sure was funny.

Quite the collection this time!😮

I disagree about car parks being low risk. You may be less likely to be seriously injured but the chances of a minor collision are high. People are likely to be backing out of places with poor visibility, looking around for free spaces instead of looking where they are going & pedestrians are likely to be crossing you path, sometimes with trolleys. Attentiveness can also be low at low speeds.

2:07 "idiot in the BMW" those words go together

As a cyclist - it's your job to not suicide in front of a driver... it's up to you to try and ensure that you don't put yourself in harms way. As a driver - it's your job to ensure that the cyclist, should they fall off or sudden change of mind like many drivers do - don't get squished. So - if I was a cyclist, undertaking vans and cars - that's fine... unless you KNOW you're about to make a right turn, in which case just let the faster traffic past first. Why put yourself in the position where you know you're going to annoy someone, because if they did it to you, you'd be annoyed.

As HGV driver I would say to car drivers: dont hang around on our sides, left or right, as hazards in front ( which you may not see or be aware of) may force that truck to move and change lane in an emergency. Trucks are heavy and less flexible in their movement , but I gain the impression that the driving public is becoming even less flexible with their " auto obesity" ( unnecessary big vehicles, and reduced vision from big A B,C pillars) , also increasing weight and reduced manoeuvrability of private cars. That lorry is really poorly and dangerously driven,- more like a sat nav Private hire! 😅

9:18 looks like they were avoiding the tree branch sticking out.

6:31 If I sent some clips in I don't know if I'd be more worried about Ashley critiquing my driving or my camera choice! 😉

1:12, there is a big difference between someone just driving slow and dithering causing an obstruction. But yes I think the car behind got frustrated and just drove around them.

04:16 I won’t mention his name but there’s a driving instructor on RU-vid who makes RU-vid videos (not you Ashley mate, don’t worry!), he made a video about what the different white lines in the centre of the road mean, he pointed to a picture of hatch markings that were surrounded by solid white lines, he said you can’t wait in the box to turn right but you can turn right through the box when you have a gap in the oncoming traffic, I pointed out Highway Code rule 130 to him, I said to him you can’t enter that area at all unless it’s an emergency, he then types a long essay with so and so law apparently saying that you can do it, he’s teaching his learners to do something illegal, I’m not sure why he’s getting so confused about it, it just goes to show you, you can’t trust everything that people say.