Driving in the UK - M1 Motorway (Part 1) 

Very good driving. Love how you move to the left lane once you have done with the overtaking, and how you use your signals everytime you switch lanes.

I find this relaxing to watch.

Love the services on the M1.

I can't be the only person who likes to watch videos of driving on highways while listening to James Bond music

That old white Uno early on was doing well, really goin for it. He was out of sight!👋..💨

thanks for uploading this! I'm learning about driving on motorways. this video is a good demonstration of the hazards and driving techniques that drovers use out there

Oh man, I wish our freeways in Australia worked this well - people actually keeping left when not overtaking!

16:06 that one service station that is busy- Besides the other one that’s halfway down the road.

So relaxing watching this when I wanna take my mind off things. Thankyou for the video! 😊

I like your videos drive around the M1 to the south

I love motorway trip and keep looking at the location distance at the motorway if I am on the vehicle.

Really nice trip!

At 8:18 I have anticipated the truck is gaining on the tanker in front, and would have pulled out. You waited until the truck gave a signal.

M1 is a busy Motorway 24/7

I was just watching videos of Dutch, French and Italian motorways. I think I'll go back.

Driving blind @8.40, Ignoring the indicator of the lorry. You assumed it would not enter the outer lane. Large goods vehicles can use ANY lane in an emergency. Apart from that, it was a confident drive. You were travelling between 75MPM to 80 MPH.

Rrrr this was the best day 😢of

I have been also on that road a long time ago

Bro i have been on this hundred of times

9:50 look at the middle lane hoggers!

I take it the M1 is kinda like a good many of our Northeastern tollways here in the USA... gas/food stops ever so often along the roadway.

That's 16 minutes of my life I will never get back

aiii, i miss it really

8:32, classic case of someone not 'reading the road' in front of them, misjudgement, or middle simply lane hogging.

+freeway Frank's. the average speed people go is about 80-90 mph and the speed limit is 70mph

Just about to go out onto The M2 just outside London to Kent.....A2/M2...

White Uno was super Fast

Compared to driving in New York State, there is a much clearer difference between the varying speeds of vehicles on the M1. Traffic on American highways in the northeast is more uniform in speed than what I am witnessing here, presumably because of robust enforcement of traffic laws. Trucks generally drive slower than autos and motorcycles tend to be the most frequent violators of posted speed limits. But you don't often see the kind of speeding outliers that I am seeing here. Reading some of the comments reflecting on speed travel in this video averaging 75+MPH (and up to 100) means the only diving experience comparable in this state is probably the toll New York State Thruway, which traverses east to west across the entire state and has a much more limited number of exits and on-ramps, which means the drive can be monotonous. The posted maximum speed limit is 65MPH and only about 20-30% of vehicles obey it on this roadway in the western half of the state, and slower traffic mostly keeps to the right lane. But the majority drive at 65-73MPH. The remaining 10% generally travel at 74-80MPH (or higher), and have a significant risk of being ticketed if caught by regular speed enforcement vehicles driven by the New York State Police, especially at night. Most drivers in this part of New York will avoid exceeding a posted speed limit by more than 10MPH because the chances of being pulled over and ticketed (fines generally average $100+ for mild offenses and substantially more as your clocked speed increases) are much higher at speeds above that. Another difference, perhaps speed related, is that road signage was much more difficult to read on the M1, and was "busy" and complicated. In America, it is more likely to see standalone framework holding much larger and clearer signs guiding drivers, and pavement marked lane information is discouraged, especially in harsher climates where our roads deteriorate much faster.

If this road was in Germany, there'd be probably no speed limit...

the nostalgia

I continued to watching this video only for the Fiat Uno

Nice video stay safe

And that's what junction 24 looked like before it was upgraded to a smart motorway

The thing that shocks me is how much this resembles driving I-75 through most of rural South Georgia here in the U.S. Only the vehicles are driving on the wrong side of course. Also, I-75 in Georgia was rebuilt a couple decades ago so it's actually got more modern looking barriers, median and lighting than what's here. The signage is larger and easier to read here also. Also Nottingham and Leicester are pretty good sized towns by Georgia standards so an Interstate traveling between them would be larger. Probably 4 lanes either direction for 8 lanes all together. Sort of like I-475 traveling around Macon or I-75 through Atlanta's southernmost suburbs.

only came here to see if I can see my house.. I live litteraly smack bang at the side of the M1

Motorway = British English Highway = American English I love highways :)

there should be a map showing us where you are on the m1. not happy

I'm from the US and I came here to see what it is like to drive on the left side of the road. It looks pretty much the same overall but opposite with passing on the right and people merging in from the left. In towns and cities I think it would take some getting used to driving on the left. One question I have is since you're driving on the left does that mean you can turn left on red when the traffic is clear? Because in the US you are allowed to turn right on red if the traffic is clear.

I'm trying to see if my car is on this video as I use this motorway

Nice video

Watch out for sneaky policemen in unmarked cars. Better still, stick to the speed limit.

Sweet!

When was that M25 junction

Looks just like the states.

Sweet

I went To M1

Are you going to waitrose in the last part of the video

Saying service station closed

6:20 no plates!

16:00 service closed in 2018

What is the average speed of drivers on a Motorway like that ? And what is the speed limit ?

@flip inheck there is not 2 M1's there is just a section of the A1 that is motorway

Awww

Albertosaurus, DriveCamUK - about truck at 08.02 onwards. You probably both noticed (as viewer, and as driver at the time) you can judge what the truck from Stoke on Trent is likely to do: around 08.10 the visual gap in 2D between this truck and the tanker (i.e. the amount of scenery you can see between) is decreasing in "2D width", which is how you have perceived the van is going noticeably faster than tanker. It's intuitive, but not everyone seems to learn this useful tip - or are asleep at the wheel. J23 is where join M1 from my base and I have many hours of video of this stretch for research on driver behaviour, usually early morning rush hour, both random footage and "interesting" events.

Leicestershire right?

Are you going leicestershire to what place

very start and horn beeping.

would have been better if u put speed in one corner

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Why are the signs so big?

Heaps of passing traffic.

What car do u have

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DriveCam UK, I don't think there is another M1.

Is there a law saying you must change lanes every 100 meters?

Where’s part 2?? 😆

I will be speeding on M1 to London God willing tomorrow. I usually do 90 miles/hour.

What is the speed limit?

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And then there's a car behind me after a5 loop 5 lanes M1 decides to rabidly overtake after realising I am staying where I belong - lane 1. What a twat. Could call him a rat too. Flicked his family on after that disrespect of me. Rude stranger.

i am bust the people with their comments about the road

Stop saying he is hogging middle lane, He is just trying to catch a great view for you guys.

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Ah, ok.

You should have played some music

does anybody die in this video ?

These british roads look exactly like hong kongs Only the cars r different

i got my theory test on 1st of june please pray for me

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What's the speed limit there?

why am i watching this????

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When I tried to run car I ran few,My daddy was with me but few time later I stroke to a stone that was too dangerous accident'd been a police man'd also seen me and..I'll never try that again in my life.😧😧😧😧😧

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Bruh my house is off the M1 ;-;