I would just like to say a big THANK YOU to Tim @Shmee150. Tim is honestly one of the nicest guys we have met and it was so much fun doing this collaboration.
dgn i would like to thank u alot too because i watched your videos and i passed my tests, and my little brother watches you and he passed his theroy test first try so THANK YOU!!!
@@maalikserebryakov It's because they start to feel safe in a metal cage. Put them on a motorcycle and they'll be checking their blind spots again every 10 seconds.
This series with Shmee has been up there with my all time favourites. Not easy getting an experienced driver to come on the show and be told what to do. The idea of Pin’s calm, collected demeanour meeting Shmee’s talkative, outgoing, genial personality was always going to be an interesting matchup. So many side eyes and extra words from Shmee with little to no reaction from Pin. I loved it all haha
I am driver for many years now, but since watching the channel for the past 2 years I believe I improved my observations a lot. I was as Shmee pretty much ignoring the blind spot checks.
I’ve also been driving for nearly 20 years. I was made fun of by my friends when I passed my test for how I drove. Watching these videos all these years later I’m actually proud of how I drive and am pleased that I drive safely and that there’s actually nothing wrong with my driving!
That test was fun, indeed. I was smiling all the way through. Unfortunately, I was right: he did fail. But come on, his driving is amazing. Well done, Tim. Let me see a driving test in an even wilder car someday. 🔥
Great collaboration. Wasn't aware of Shmee but will certainly follow him now. Funny how on all the driving instructor channels, not a single licence holder has passed 😂
A lot of people wouldn't pass their test again. Thats why the licence system is broken, you can fail 10 times but as long as you pass once, youre free to roam the roads
Passed my test yesterday with 6 minors just had 9 lessons before my test tho from some other instructor, just came here to say Thank you , your videos really helped me 😊
That big roundabout and the dual carriageway with the nasty junction is part of my commute to uni, my test began on the other side of that road where Tim was coming into the roundabout. So surreal to see Shmee driving where I do!
You should do a collab with Clearview Driving, to test each other’s driving as a driving instructor doing a mock driving test with another driving instructor, 🇬🇧🤣👍🏼
Just keeping a 20mph speed in a supercar, is a feat in itself. But, people gain so many bad habits over the years driving and @shmee150 has driven more than most.
Great video, this realy highlights just how as "experienced" drivers we can become a touch complacent with regards so some of our driving standards, I know I did and it was highlighted to me around 7yrs ago when I took my cat C licence, after passing my driving test back in '93 my drop in mirror usage became quite apparent.
I’m surprised you didn’t pick him up for pulling the gear into neutral, before the car had stopped, on the emergency stop. There is an element of loss if control doing that.
When he moved off in the beginning he had checked his right outer mirror more-or-less continuously. If something would be in his right blind spot when he moved off, it would have to be beamed there by Scotty.
That’s kinda the point… over time confident drivers start to rely on mirrors more and perhaps become less diligent with blind spots. Is it possible that a pedestrian could have walked across diagonally across the road into the blind spot? They do that all the time. A cyclist hidden by a car coming past? You can’t say 100 percent unless you’ve actually looked, even with good mirror checking. Tim mentions this at about 30 mins… his awareness of vehicles around him led to missing/neglecting the blind spots when needed on a driving test. The fire engine is a distraction that contributes to missing checks like this… if you see the fire engine and 3 cars in the mirror, then a fire engine and 3 cars come past, it’s easy to assume that it’s now clear. In a way, it’s an ironic by product of being an aware and confident driver.
I much prefer width restrictors to speed bumps. Slow people down much more effectively and doesn't damage people's cars. Also discourages people from buying massive SUVs which are a huge waste of space for most people I think!
lets face it, nobody checks over their shoulder, as soon as you've been driving a couple of months, that observation goes out the window! Last time i did it was on my HGV test!
pretty sure it is illegal to take the car out of gear for an emergency stop, not to mention abs uses the engine speed to spin the wheels back up after the wheels skidding to a halt. abs doesn't make you stop faster Tim, it makes sure you have enough control of steering by releasing brakes at the point the wheels lockup, and constant on and off with brake pressure faster than a human can trigger the brakes and release the brakes. the thing that stops the car quicker is the driver, tyre pressures, tire contact with the road, the weight of the vehicle including any load like people inside the vehicle, and reaction time.
Here as a follower of Shmee, not seen this channel before. Also, not watched it all yet. I think it is interesting that in most of the serious observation faults I have seen so far, I am confident that Shmee has effective awareness of the fact that it is safe to manoeuver from continuing observation and from peripheral vision. I feel that the requirement for the observations to be more obvious may be appropriate for learners but for an extremely experienced driver not to make them obvious does not indicate any lack of awareness.
Don’t know if it’s my phone or the audio in this video but it’s jarring to listen to. Shmee sounds like he’s on the right channel (sound) and your on the left one?
Could u do more collars with yiannimize. Mat wotson Matt Armstrong coz to be honest I speak for us all that this was so cool and absolutely loved it so more collabs plz
Ngl I feel like if a driving instructor tests someone like this that CLEARLY knows how to drive but makes silly little observation mistakes that isnt even dangerous I feel like they should just let them pass but give them feedback and tell them what they should do moving forward..as an instructor you should tell a good driver that made a silly mistake to a bad/very new driver that checks everything
I knew he'd fail but didn't think he'd fail so early :') like I've said previously, I'm one for retesting drivers after a certain amount of years or at least having mandatory refresher courses
The fact that a driver with as much experience as Shmee can fail shows how inaccurate the test really is, I'm sure he's a better driver than 99.9% of drivers who pass
@@noah321I don't think this test how good of a driver a person is. Instead it tests how safe and how good of a driver he is for others. Shmee is good at discipline and maintaining speed even in his supercars. Where other youtubers fail to do so
@@GGMattt The “basic safety” you’re implying is meant to prevent accidents from happening to new drivers, who may not have the awareness an experienced driver would. Not once did he put himself or anyone else in a dangerous situation.
I was really hoping for a footcam...when Pin gets experienced drivers to do this it's good to see how they're feet are moving with the clutch, gas and brake. You could learn a thing or two from them.
@@ezeuzuka3344 agreed but it could misleading aswell for example, becouse hes experienced he might aswell do blip thrust method for switching gears and starting which is extremely difficult for learners but sure we would all love to see it
Observations are going to catch us out lol, and don't want to fail because of that! Sometimes you are actually checking the Mirrors (in my case) etc but when It's not really obvious to the person sitting to your left in the front Passenger seat, they think your not doing it, I am not used to turning my head completely to the left upper centre and right all the time, but guess I have got to find a way to show my neck turning whilst driving, otherwise I will get someone who thinks I am not checking them.
I passed my test first time, after 12 lessons. Guess in was a lot easier back in 1975😂 ( to date, I’ve had one parking ticket, never had points, nor been involved in an accident. And I’ve never been without a car in that time. My point is, having watched you with shmee, I’m sure you’d have failed me long before the end of the test. 😂
Width barriers aren’t all that bad in London, but the worst ones are when there are two: one for cars and one for buses. The annoying thing is that the bus ones aren’t very clearly labelled, and have cameras, so if you go through it you get a fine for driving in a bus lane. Massive, massive pain! Love the vids btw. I passed in March 2022, but still watch your vids to keep improving 👍🏻
I've done width barriers in my lessons and in my practical test in Mitcham London I approach them in 1st gear go through them at. crawling speed there is no bonus points if you go through them fast slow and steady
