Just Jon #4 | A Well Behaved Audi SUV! 

Jon goes around the road sweeper, brake checks him to force a stop, gets out and beats the driver to a pulp. End of dream sequence.

Imagine Jon and Ashley driving on the same stretch of motorway, they'll end up anticipating each others' moves 5 years ahead of time!

I think we all wish there were more drivers like Jon out there, he is exemplary of course. But can we just take a moment to appreciate Ashley. How he finds time to run both a successful driving school AND the Jon fan club is beyond me. 😁

@01:28 Did you notice the pedestrian didn't even look round to see if anything was coming... back in my day we used to check it was clear first, but not in 2022!

The Audi SUV driver must have been on his phone and didn't see the cars in front moving 😂

5:15 to me, the return beep was a "sorry mate. Thanks for letting me know". There didn't seem to be any agro in that clip at all from either driver

Love how they have a 'Lara Croft Way' in Derby, a great tribute to Core, Tomb Raider's developers.

1:30 ignoring the new highway rules for a sec, I don't understand how someone can cross a road without looking both ways, or not even looking at all. I just don't get it.

that pedestrian must have been psychic or very trusting - didn't even glance to see if it was safe to cross

I know this isn't Geo finder, but the arch bridge is at Willington, south Derbyshire running under the main Derby to Birmingham railway line. Traffic generally behaves itself here because of the mini roundabout just off. People have learned that it doesn't pay to block things up. They've had enough time - the brisge was built c.1838!

This was one of those rare occasions Jon fires off some expletives and decides to cut short the video 🤣 No, I think Jon is utterly professional and hangs back.

1:28 We've had these rules for ages in Germany, but please even if you have priority look both ways before crossing. I won't be pretty if it comes to a collision between you and a vehicle. Checking both ways before crossing not only helps keeps you save, but it also signals the drivers that you intend to cross.

7:55 very impressive Jon. I learnt something from him there, i will definitely do this if I’m in this situation going forward.

If only we had more drivers like Jon. I like the fact you can tell Jon's attention is never distracted by his sat nav. I had an incident the other day where a driver at the last second decided he wanted the same slip road as me, luckily I held back anyway but at the lights he beeped and when I put my window down he shouted "sorry about that mate I was following my sat nav"

I'm a learner driver from Belgium, I learn so much from Jon's driving I hope one day I can be like Jon.

I think it was option C: began driving parallel to the sweeper, and allow his orange missus to hurl 'macdonalds' branded items from the window at the sweeper, shouting + swearing, maybe spitting, whilst her 5 kids (2 his) wander all over the rear seats

A trick that I try to keep in mind while driving is, where your shadow points, assume road users in that direction can't see you.

Impressed as always with Jon demonstrating the standard we should all try to maintain. I've had a few 'nice' moments, but with a cheap dashcam, none have been captured adequately. One thought though, was Jon driving his van in the last clip? Cam said 57mph, road is single carriageway, presumably National Speed Limit. Isn't his a 'Transit' sized van, so therefore that's a 50 limit? Oops!

I do like the prediction of another vehicle needing to overtake. It is what I call "doing someone's driving for them". Surprising how many are oblivious to it's need and oblivious even when it's done for them.

Whenever I want to reverse into my drive I do exactly what that van driver did and every time the guy behind overtakes and I wait.

I learn/realise something new every time I watch a “Just Jon” episode. The hint about making sure you can clear an arch bridge seems obvious to me now but it had never consciously occurred to me before! Great vid as ever Ash and great driving as ever Jon!

Jon is the kind of guy who never leaves the toilet seat up.

Nice to have Jon in Derby at least there was one good driver there that day!. Great learning points in this video for all of us. I will try harder! Promise.

Acting on a light flash without the necessary observations was how I failed my 1st driving test. A van flashed me to go and I went. I learnt this particular lesson the hard way. I passed my 2nd test.

God love Jon! The epitome of patience, maturity and common sense! I take a lot of your comments on board and always look at ways of improving my driving. Learning doesn’t stop once you pass! There is always room for improvement! One of my pet hates though m is when people don’t check left first when turning left out of a junction!!

How many dedicated episodes does this person have??? I have seen them in your nice driving episodes and saw "Just Jon #2" and figured "yeah, make sense. They have sent in a lot." But this is starting to get insane! Don't get me wrong, please keep making them and Jon, please do keep submitting them, the clips truly is a inspirational and helps me think of ways I could try and apply a better driving standard for myself. Coming from Norway tho, have to translate left-driving to right-driving and take own road rules and such into account, but a lot is "translatable" into how I could drive. And especially as I now have a license myself and have started my real training, driving alone that is, these type of videos; Just Jon, Nice Driving, as well as the other series showing bad driving habits perhaps, it really do help So, to Jon: Thank you so much for being a big inspiration to drive safe and respectably. To Ashley: Thank you as well for being a big inspiration in that regard, as well as with Jon and others that submit their good (and wrong), it really do give a insight on things one can do to try and help where applicable, as well as when it is best "not to help" per say. Now, enough rambling, time to enjoy Just Jon #4!

as usual a nice collection, with good comms from yourself. So many good points to take forward, but for me the best one, which I use, avoid areas when it's busy if you are unahppy

excellent illustrations as ever...I am particularly grateful for the advice re headlight flashing as have seen a good few close calls re this.

Great vid. Very informative on how things are done properly. Most of the things demonstrated come from years of experience. Great driving .

Jon is a shining example of how we should all try and drive.

Great video Ash! Love your content, always informative and enjoyable. Subbed! 👍

The double beep on the island on the A456 is needed quite a bit on that island - whichever way you approach it there's usually someone who uses whichever lane they feel like (I use the island regularly and you have to be ready for the inevitable cutting up that occurs)

Some great clips there, well done Jon & Ashley

Always refreshing to see some jon clips, they never fail to impress 👍

Jon is a legend, love these videos. Nice to see his courtesy gets acknowledged too... well, sometimes!

"In 100 m turn right" - Jon turns left, "at the roundabout take the second exit" - Jon takes the first exit. Jon's sat nav (or sometimes two sat navs!!) has me in stitches every time.

Second Clip is at Barnes Village at SW13. I can confirm sometimes police are standing there and checking the speed and yes many people drive around 30 there but the actual speed limit is 20 there as you mentioned Ashley.

@0:40 That road approaching Barnes London is 20mph limit, but some drivers speed along there. I have used it many times, most recently on a bicycle. The traffic officers are not everywhere, but can be anywhere! Jon gets around, because he was also in Bromley. Probably covered a lot of places.

7:13 - A - Jon took a deep calming breath and moved one with his life.

Clip 7. Yep, excellent…. Speed up when it’s is safe so that you clear a pinch point to reach a passing area. Keep traffic flowing. 👍👍😁

The biggest change I've noticed myself making on the road after I've started watching these videos is the switching lanes to help other people before they even realize they need it. I'm on the road very early and very late most of the time, and large vehicles really enjoy overtaking out of nowhere. If I spot a lorry driver getting a little close to the one in front of them, I just immediately put a lane between us to give them the space to do whatever. If it ends up not being necessary, I've lost nothing, but if it does end up being necessary I'm glad I don't have to do anything unpredictable myself.

I move towards the middle of the road even over the centre line if possible and apply indicator then hazard warning lights before stopping to reverse into a driveway.

I admire John and Ashley's driving but knowing I will never drive like them, or aspire to. I know I'll never be at that standard but generally I'm happy with my driving and generally feel it is safe enough, and there is an "enough". I get the sense that driving for Ashley and John is a passion and pleasure, for me it's just a process that makes life highly convenient and opens up areas afar, too far to walk, inconvenience to bus, train too expensive...car it is. I do kind of enjoy it still, but after ten years the pleasure is really dulled for me.

Legend has it Jon once managed to reduce risk two intersections ahead.😅

0:42 I've never seen them myself but I know they do occasionally do it. Doesn't stop 99% of the drivers I've come across doing in excess of 40-50 through our 20 zone.

Jon does a superb job of leaving enough room to deal with situations.

That taxi...I'd have done the same. Held back as it seemed to have no idea where it was going. As for the roadsweeper, B for sure... :p

Your little maxims are great Ash, “read a story, tell a story” is particularly good. Write a book man!

Clip 1, yes, it,s so common, especially on these kind of roads, (quiet, slow, 9 times in 10 it's clear)

"Great job by the Audi driver" I needed to syringe my ears as I couldn't believe what I just heard!

Enjoy Ashley's video's but disagree with the sweeping statement " people who flash have bad awareness" . As a HGV driver we often use the flash of lights in order to confirm who is the safest to move / continue due to the size of the vehicle and the layout of the road ahead. That's because we have read the situation in advance.

Nice one Jon and thank Ashley!

I wonder how many people have come here because UK Dash Cameras isn't posting tonight and thought, 'Hang on, this is _good_ driving. That's not what I'm here for!'

It’s 7.14am on 30th may 22 and ur on bbc breakfast news haha, congratulations my friend

i will say that went it come to times of high pedistrian traffic, it's not always possible to avoid them. I currently have to drive 40 miles to my depot and due to the late alerts of working ( a manager failing to to send the schudele issue, not my own poor time management), i can't predict when i'll be on the road in certain areas. add that to temperary trafficlights and my morning commute can take anything from 50 mintues to and hour and a half.

That junction at 9:28 is a horror. It's the Woodgrange Road (A114) junction with the Romford Road (A118) in Forest Gate, London and the queues of traffic that have passed the lights with no prospect of clearing the junction isn't a "sometimes" occurrence, it's like that for most of the day on most days. It's one of those places where you get a shock when someone tries to do the right thing because they stand out so starkly from the mob who just pile into the junction with no observation or planning whatsoever. If Jon hadn't crept through the cycle box I can pretty much guarantee that some impatient genius would have pulled around him via the right turn only lane to Jon's right. I've lost count of the number of times I've had to sit at that junction listening to two or three horns behind me because all they can see is that the light is green and I'm refusing to move until I can see that I might have some tiny hope of clearing the junction rather than just making things worse when I do move.

As a driver living in France, I am amazed at the number of boxes that appear on the roads in your videos, especially at roundabouts. I'm pretty sure much of the bad positioning is due to driver confusion, having to check boxes, lanes, lights, signs, pedestrians, cyclists and other drivers. Driving in France is much less stressful.

I love seeing John’s clips.

When I did my CBT they taught me to look and anticipate several cars ahead Jon seems to do just that. I would like to think that the little beep was an acknowledgement

When I was still living at my mums it was quite common to see police doing speed checks on the road outside (20mph road) Could see outside my bedroom window people queueing up to get tickets

I've seen police radar checks in 20 mph area. During lockdown in the next one eyed village when there was no traffic on the road, on a ten mile bike ride I saw two cars.

Jon's a legend. Be like Jon.

Great video, thanks both and well done Jon. Excellent all round. Have you got a new dashcam in one of the clips, it seems sharper? And it doesn't have the familiar BU70 in the bottom right corner. ATB

Driving at 20 often seems so slow, but seeing the speeds of Jon at times showing 20 or so it looks so much faster

4:30 this is exactly what I try to teach any of the trainee drivers I get at work. Too many hop on the hazard lights and then expect the drivers behind to understand what is going on. And then they get stressed out because the drivers behind then push past whilst the trainee is maneuvering.

The Aldi joke made me laugh. By the way I really enjoyed your new style of video when you went down to London, also looking forward to seeing how to get on with the bike.

As soon as clip #3 started I recognised that double mini-roundabout.

Clip 3 - "Great driving by the Audi SUV. Has that ever been said before?" Yes, by me, a few months ago at the pedestrian crossing by The Royal Telegraph in Derby, strangely enough featured in Clip 11. The lights for the crossing were out & the only 2 vehicles that stopped to let pedestrians cross were a Range Rover & an Audi SUV. Yes, really! Clips 18 & 19 - No matter how good Jon's driving was, he shouldn't have been driving any vehicle with a crack in the windscreen like that!

Love the fact that literally the video before, we had a discussion on looking left when turning left at a junction. The first clip of this one, he touches on that. Ashley always knows........

Clip 14 is just an extension of 13, with the observation and anticipating where other road users may need to move to and leaving the space free.

Clip 12 - watch out for the full 📽 on Sunday night as we all know it has to be option B 😁 lol...... Don't worry Jon (and Ash) - just messing with you here. You can get your own back later; just not on the road 😝😝😝. Great content as per 👊👍.

Holy, never thought I’d see my home town in one of these videos. That’s pretty sick haha.

Saw you on the news! Can’t even begin to imagine what I would have been like if I’d had to wait six months for my test.

I live on a 20mph road, which is off another busier 20mph road with a school on it. I've lived here four and a half years and seen the police checking speeds twice in that time.

Oh I thought I recognised where #3 was, and thought “Nah, can’t be! Me recognising a bit of Jon’s route?” But it is. Jon definitely gets about.

What is the best dash cam to buy & how do I install it?

I'd have assumed on that first clip that the black car had priority due to the parked car being on my side of the road 🤔

in the clip where the van man ahead of Jon backed into the driveway; I would have signaled left, then pulled to the left curb for Jon to pass, and then done my maneuver with a clear road. just a different way of thinking about it. since I do occasionally have to back into my driveway, I prefer not to make people wait for me more than I have to.

Good God the last one having to virtually come to a halt from 60mph for that Range Rover.

HI Ashley..in regards to 20mph limit enforcement I've seen it being enforced in the town where I live by police with radar guns ...and it's not particularly a very big town either

I think I've said it on this channel before, but I wish car horns were designed to make it easier to give a short beep. My main cars require quite a pressure to activate the switch, so a longer aggressive honk always results. I also wish there were a standard location for a horn switch - it is usually required in an emergency, but if you use different cars it can be easy to forget how to honk. How many people check how to use the horn when they pick up a rental car?

On a separate note beware that road sweepers are left hand drive. So their view may be limited on their right hand side.

I was a private hire driver in Derby in the 70s/80s - and everything Ash said is true. In fact, our portacabin was on the same road (Traffic Street) that Jon's clip started on. The council also seem to change the lane markings about every three weeks round town.

4:12 That situation is easy when the driver behind can see your hand, so you can gesture where you are going. When driving a lorry, especially in one junction here, just after a small roundabout, the possible car behind is always so close that they can't see my hand. And then, it's just a game of "Will they understand my hazard, brakelight and reverse light flashing means that I would like to back there".

7:20 Ohhh I do this all the time, it's so satisfying for some reason

For the 20 speeding education in Merseyside, I've actually seen a few operations practiced by Police around Sefton park.

9:04 The only thing I would have done better here would be when the lights changed I would have waited a tiny bit longer before setting off to make it extra clear and leave a tad bit more space for the lorry. I feel like getting on the throttle at the same time contradicts the message he was sending by leaving the space in the first place, it made the lorry slightly more apprehensive than needed I think. I know that's a mad tiny detail lol but I think it makes a difference to how smooth a situation can be.

7:11 C. Once a year Joh lets it all out! This was that time, all I will say is that the driver of road sweeper needed a couple of stiff drinks and couldn't sleep that night!

excellent driving

Great Driving I wish the Department of Transport uses this footage as a prime example of professional and safe driving.

6:04 probably a crash for cash case here - swerving round, going for the nearside where a lot of drivers do forget to check that left mirror for anything before moving. They probably prey on that!

Great driving by Jon as usual, however get that windscreen repaired!

5:00 The aroundabout on the A456 is a little bit of a nightmare sometimes. Well handed Jon!

Oh yes ! It’s just John I’ll enjoy this 🤣

Nice one - Thank you.

Ashley I’d like to know how you feel about this opinion on the new Highway Code rules. I was chatting with my father (a qualified driving instructor) and he brought the situation of a roundabout near us which is on a 40mph road, but the first exit, which from this direction is very soon after the entry to the roundabout, turns to a 30 road. There is a pedestrian crossing point almost immediately at the exit (like a wide mouth one kind of thing as it is so soon after the roundabout). He said this is an example where he wouldn’t give way as he would think it is more danger to him being hit from behind. Because if there’s another car behind him also turning first left, he said that they should be looking all directions but a lot of drivers are just looking right and then shooting off when there’s a spot while turning their head to look forward. With my father sat there giving way to a pedestrian crossing so soon after the entry to the roundabout there would be a crash. I have only been passed 6 months (before the rule) but I have been practising the new rule a lot and discussing it with my father. And there’s times when it makes sense, but I think he has given a good example here and I can’t help but agree with him. I do think it causes more danger in this scenario and could happen at many other 1st exit left turn roundabouts. Wondered what you think? (I can let you know the roundabout in question if you like)

Fact of the day: Jimi Hendrix wrote the lyrics to Purple Haze in a club (now closed) about ten metres from what is now the Iceland with the wavy roof. (The Upper Cut Club, 1-39 Woodgrange Lane, Forest Gate)

I saw you on BBC breakfast today . I waited a year for my test

Nice one on clip 18. I know I've made a mistake at that junction shortly after I'd passed my test

Ashley loves john , john and Ashley run of together!!😂😂❤❤