I’ve definitely noticed recently a lot of people becoming very complacent about mini roundabouts. They get really thrown off when someone actually wants to go around one.
Unfortunately, you have to treat some mini roundabouts as turns at a normal junction. There’s a couple that I occasionally pass where very few people come out of one of the roads leading to the roundabout. Thus people don’t seem to even recognise the layout as anything other than a through road. I’ve even been beeped for slowing and checking.
The secret is to treat every other road user as a complete idiot and you wont go far wrong, people make mistakes so keep calm let them go and chill out.
@@ts757arse idiocy and laziness are the same problem. They can't be arsed to learn because they are complacent idiots, and they don't know what they don't know. I think you should be allowed to report lazy drivers and have dashcam footage reviewed. and throw the book at them for whatever can be done. I'm sick of sharing the road with them and have no respect for them. Laziness holds me up from getting home both by causing accidents and traffic and slow driving.
@@ts757arse and those drivers that get 10 seconds worth of gap in lane 1, but stay in lane 2 till they pass the next car because they Cba to move over. Should be shot imho
My guess as well that it was a phone. Even if the sun was contributing, following in the line of the cars in front shouldn't be hard. And if you can't see properly, slow down or even stop, don't drive despite not being able to see the traffic.
It’s amazing to think that in all of these clips, impatience plays a big part. Slow down and look what’s happening in front, to both sides & behind…… saves lives and damage to vehicles.
Agree. There's definitely a culture in the UK that once we're behind the wheel, the objective is to get to our destination as quickly as possible. Results in practices that put people at danger while shaving just a few seconds off the journey (if any).
Love how calm the woman at 2:21 is, that's "go ahead, hit me, I'll take some compo" energy 😂 Love the joke afterwards about the bloke with the toilet rolls, top drawer, Ashley!
The compensation wouldn't be worth the injuries from that. You don't get much, but it can easily take away a year or more of actually living your life, even at very low speeds. "I'll take some compo" is for drivers, not pedestrians or cyclists.
Whilst the caravanner isn't entirely blameless you have to take into account the chances that the area is new to him are quite high. Many years ago the protocol for roundabouts was much the same across the country. There seemed to be a standard. These days, local authorities each seem to have their own rules and to me they seem to love disrupting the natural flow and lines that I'd consider instinctively wrong .
Yes but if he had got into the right hand lane and wanted to take an early left exit, he could have continued all the way round the roundabout - it's big enough - and taken the opportunity to get into the correct lane instead of risking being the cause of an accident as well as appearing to be a complete arrogant pillock
British drivers only attempt to overtake on the left in the middle of junctions. Imagine this cammer’s behaviour if they had done this in a much safer location: on an open and straight stretch of road. Soooo taboo, right? I’ll never understand you lot.
@@cmartin_ok looking at the footage there's two lanes bearing left, with the outer lane closed and not really visible to the car , the caravan tower should have either backed off or gone back round the roundabout, If I'm ever in a situation like this I go back round or carry on till I can turn safely, it's just not worth the risk for the sake of a few minutes or second's
@@cmartin_ok I did say that I didn't think he was entirely blameless but as ken brown says he would have remained in the second lane has it not been closed off. If the cammer wasn't so impatient he'd have seen that and backed off. I think your statement about him being an arrogant prick is actually a reflection in yourself.
Agree with the standards of car drivers who can't keep in lane. As a HGV driver we need all the space available so even driving on the white line can cause us problems . If i had a £ for every car driver who cuts the lane from the outside to the inside when going straight on at a roundabout i wouldn't need to keep working.
Aye. There's a roundabout I take frequently when heading through Wishaw where so many drivers cut through the inside lane that if you don't do it yourself you're risking being hit.
Personally I'd say one of the main culprits of being unable to stay within the lines these days is the aging population. The government basically told old people that the buses will give them covid, and a lot of them have returned to driving with dire consequences. The other culprit I see is the amount of huge SUVs being driven by school run mums who don't know how to drive a hatchback let alone a massive Volvo tank.
So when do you propose to hand your licence in and give up driving? Look at the statistics and you will find that there is a real issue is with young people aged 18 to 25 who think they are good drivers. We only need to look at recent events where cars full of young people have been killed by idiotic driving for proof. Many people who have come to the UK drive on foreign licences and clearly haven't got a clue about the rules on our roads. We can all spend our time blaming other groups but that isn't a very edifying way to proceed. Anyone can drive like an idiot regardless of age, gender or creed.
I’ll never understand how people don’t see the situation in front of them happening yet decide to be foolish about it and instantly forget the driving etiquette and what they were taught during their driving lessons and theory test
@@Buildxbeyond never been an issue for 20 years most of drivers slow down or stop anyway at a roundabout even when they have priority I just roll up to the give way point and if they do stop I go if they go even if I have priority I will stop (the ones who don't do this are the ones who get them self's involved in an completely avoidable crash, like in all the UA-cam clips where the dashcam driver is trying to enforce there right of way when cars ahead are going straight on) but I do keep an eye behind as well (I don't jerk or creep forward as some people do that makes it look like your going when your not going to) If someone hits me from behind at a roundabout it's still 110% there fault anyway (they probably not paying attention) but I will try to mitigate it by moving forward if they don't stop
6:26 has to go down in the record books as the worst ever driving when trying to accommodate an emergency services vehicle. They could have done literally ANYTHING ELSE and it would have been better than what they ended up doing. The good news is they then did their level best to keep up with the ambulance by jumping the light, zigzagging the lanes and cutting off the mini so that they could get to the hospital to have their brain examined.
no, ashley had a clip in an earlier upload where the car driver was forcing his way through traffic that had moved to let the ambulance through. although I guess you could argue that one wasn't trying to help anyone but themselves.
@@kenbrown2808 People in USA sometimes try to "draft" ambulances so as to use the ambulance' priority maybe they need a rear facing dashcam in the ambulance
@@davidpowell3347 what do you mean, "sometimes"? addendum: it's not unheard of for an ambulance to radio a make, model, color, and license number to dispatch. - and yes, it is a specific crime to do that.
I always learn something from these clips, whether it's to take care in specific scenarios on the road, or relates to incidents that I've fallen guilty of in the past. Thanks for the content, Ashley.
As expected..... shaking my head in disbelief at many of these. With regard to sending in clips - no qualms whatsoever from my end; even if a Roasting occurs. Far better to learn from whatever is posted; particularly if it helps others to avoid the same error. Although not yet featured I can only assume that there's nothing suitably good - or bad - enough to warrant a feature lol 😁 Joking aside; stay safe everyone 👍
Thanks, Ashley for all your content. I do learn from it. However, I am struggling with mini roundabouts: there appears to be 3 schools of thought - 1) follow the highway code, 2) driving straight has priority, 3) if turning right try and put off the drivers going straight on by cutting across the painted part. I do subscribe to school 1 but question whether mini roundabouts are a good thing. Why did the councils wholeheartedly embrace the practice of sticking mini roundabouts everywhere? Is there ‘science’ that says they reduce accidents; increase traffic flow; why? One would think Councils would know their people! A lot of these mini roundabouts have been put in T-junctions where an obvious ‘main’ road has been interrupted and a side road given equal status - but it never works to equalise traffic flow, just gives a conflict point for the subscribers to 2) and 3) and gives the rest of us the heebie-jeebies. Do you know of any serious research on this topic?
So much going on in these clips, it's difficult to know where to begin. It's so important to learn to spot the person who's going to do something stupid a long time before the notion passes through their mind - though the make of vehicle can be an indicator. Clios have joined the Honda Jazz as the car of choice for that particular category of cluelessness. Mobile phones, Pot Noodles and delivery lists seem to be the weapon of choice for distracting van drivers, as well as that awful habit of interlocking hands on the top of the steering wheel. I totally agree with the comment @ 7:22 that people's ability to stay between lines is diminishing. It is for this reason that I am very reluctant to follow the advice that you approach left hand bends on the outside of your lane. Time and again I've met people coming the other way who have no concept of 'their side of the road', whether they be a 19-year-old in a 'customised' Polo (ie. seat lowered so he can't see over the dash) or Good Ol' Vern or Vicky in their Volvo.
Totally agree. For the IAM, cornering priorities are: 1 Safety 2. Visibility 3. Stability in that order! So by all means drive to improve visibility and stability (where it is safe, seek to be on the offside of your lane coming up to a left hand bend) but the safety aspect takes priority. Coming up to an acute blind left hand bend, it's safer to be a little bit slower and stay towards the centre or nearside of your lane. All too often, somebody from the other direction cuts the corner and ends up over the line!
@@PedroConejo1939 totally recommend that. Saves you money in the long run - better mpg, lower insurance costs and (of course) lower risk of an accident. And, surprisingly, I find it makes driving more fun: more of a challenge to always drive better!
Clip no.1 ________ The cammer seemed to have "sussed" the car and caravan intentions early enough, but had an "aw no you dont" attitude and tried to close the gap down but had no realistic chance He should have stayed backed off - all that hassle for what? Being one car in front?
I don't think anybody knew that the right-hand lane had been coned off until the last couple of seconds, which made it a little worse (at least that was my impression watching it)
Clip #26: The last clip in this video. Got to love the fake "I'm opening my car door to get out and deal with you"...and then immediately close the door again. I've seen that on other videos too. Or was the Mercedes driver simply checking if their model has the "soft door closure" feature? Purely coincidental that they just happened to be having words with the van driver at the same time, of course! 😆
If the bus driver at 9:00 had any passengers on board, I'd be surprised if there weren't any falls/injuries. As a bus driver myself, I hope I wouldn't do what he did. It looked like he panicked. Sometimes it might be safer to have the accident than to risk the potential consequences of swerving onto a footpath.
Yes, i agree Ray. @Ashley, one of your vids covers braking v's steering. Cannot see if small truck indicated, but i suspect that the driver gambled/expected that the bus would stop to serve the bus stop before the junction. Always a fear that some idiot will just turn abruptly into your path when using bus lane (though example above looks like a quiet/low risk junction)
I've had the same as clip 11 happen to me in the past. One vehicle didn't want to queue in the slip road so cut across from lane 1, ended up stopping in the live lane as I approached, it's difficult to judge someone's pace when they are dead in front, and in my case without brake lights on. I realized I was gaining very quickly but thankfully lane 2 was clear.
This seems to happen all the time from what I have seen. I think this is why you get those 40 mph signs up on the smart motorways when there is a queue on the slip road.
There really needs to be cameras set up at places where that happens regularly. A flurry of 'breach of motorway regulations' tickets would focus a few minds.
More and more I'm convinced that mini roundabouts are just outright dangerous. An explicit give-way is probably a safer way of managing those junctions or (god forbid) lights.
3:26 little cameo from blindboy, on the car stereo. 3:36 Thompson Ave in Wolverhampton, seen that happen a fair few times in recent years at that junction.
I have been a driver of 12 years. Recently in March my car was written off just a few miles outside of Glasgow by a speeding BMW hitting me from behind on the M74 after he lost control on some snow causing me to spin out 180 and crash into the central median. He wrote my car off, and there was nothing I could do to stop it. Seeing how people drive in these clips puts me off getting behind the wheel again because goodness knows when someone is going to do something utterly stupid just to try to save a few minutes.
Its crazy to me that the cammer in the first clip would send that in, i mean did he not watch it back and realise he'd be the one getting slated for it ?
A driving instructor I had, needed to get two of his doors replaced because his car was rammed into by a road work vehicle whilst he was in a car park. If I remember correctly he was slowly reversing out of the parking bay and the van sped around a mini roundabout and gunned straight for his car a bright white Ford Zetec MPV with extra sunshine yellow, AA driving school vinyl wrap on almost every panel. Somehow the guy didn't seem to notice him slightly off from the middle of the road. It was almost a write-off.
In the very first clip, the caravan may actually be considered to have priority by certain standards, since the only reason they needed to move left was due to a roadworks that caused a zipper merge situation. Since the cammer was reluctant to let the caravan in, they were effectively trying to pass right before a zipper merge, which is obviously not proper.
10:03 I agree with the comment that you should get a car in a bright colour. I have never understood why drab grey, funereal black and mud colour are so popular, and they certainly make you less conspicuous. I wonder if Ashley will practice what he preaches and get a yellow BMW next time? And since you ask, my car is orange.
Totally agree. I can back this up with a real world example. My mate had a banger MK3 escort. To stop the tin worm, he brush painted it, but the only colour he had was matt battleship grey. This was terrible choice as it was almost urban camouflage and we had people pulling out in front of us regularly.
I'm an ex-bike instructor and while I was training for my CBT1C qualification I was told you were not allowed to teach students about counter-steering. It was classed as an advanced technique and not to be covered on a CBT or DAS course. You can see the body language of the rider in the clip, he is using his upper body to get the bike to lean. A little pressure on his left handlebar would have got the correct line. This is still an issue 20 years after a stopped being an instructor. Last year I overheard a 125 rider rueing the fact she couldn't get the bike around faster corners, so I asked if she'd been taught counter-steering. Alas she had not. I spent ten minutes going over how it worked, why you should use it and how to safely practice it. I don't normally comment on these vids and choose to just lean from them, but I kinda know how that following instructor must have felt. It's sometimes enough to want to hang up your instructor bib.
clip 17 - following that overtake up by immediately looking to overtake at least 2 more vehicles straight after it :O I get that the dashcam might distort the view/speeds involved a little, but surely if you have a close call like that its better to start being extra cautious until you can get it out of your mind (there might be extra adrenaline coursing through you after something like that, so just slow down a little?)
3:50 Maybe the amount of rain and wet on the road made the mini roundabout (& its markings) less visible and obvious & general visibility *but all the more reason to drive carefully* . 10:20 That was a *very big* Peugeot e-bicycle!
There's a car park in St Helens where even the parking bay markings virtually disappear in the rain. As such everyone just drives in a line to where the exit is from wherever they are in the car park.
Clip #10 I think the driver of the clip contributed. If that light was green then he shouldn't have waited even if it seemed like a nice thing to do. It encourages the pedestrian or cyclist to walk out when the outside lane can have traffic moving.
The motorcycle instructor has the disadvantage of not being able to directly intervene but would have told the student to be easy on the power and I would think other than repeatedly repeating the advice with a rising level of urgency, there is little more could be done. However credit to the inexperienced rider they recovered well and that will be a good lesson about tyre adhesion degredation in wet weather.
In the first clip, I think the caravan obscured the cammers view of the closed lane on the roundabout exit as they entered and went round, he stayed in a staggered position to the caravan but then sped up for the exit and/or the caravanner was slowing to merge, however they were still going round which could have caused the caravanner not to see the cammer, therefore thinking it was clear to merge, I would almost say it was bad timing but it would have probably been fine if they had stayed in a staggered formation to each other
Clip 3: Although the viewer really did make it happen, but to be honest, the land rover driver baited him a bit by slowing down indicating that he was going to give way, but eventually didn't. Clip 11: I would not drive in the middle lane at all if I see an exit queue. I'd immediately switch to the right most lane; as far away as possible. Same for busy entry lanes. I'd always switch lanes if possible rather than to be in a position where there is a higher probability of something "unexpected" happening.
" I think the owner needs to run a little faster than that ! " 😂😃😂😃😂😃😂😃😂😃😂😃 must be one from the dogs home they tend to suddenly run off for an unsheduled holiday excursion.
23: godwful junction design. The Dutch (and since recently Cambridge) know how to do cycle lanes round roundabouts. The UK, in general, does not (I hope the new design manual the local transport note 20/1 will be applied retroactively to junctions like this). Well done to person on bike for spotting and being able to deal with it, and not being too furious with it. Still terrible driving from the person in the red car. "Must get past the bike" needs to stop. How upset would the driver have been if the bike rider had taken the general purpose lane to go ahead? It's behaviour like that the primary position, and not being obliged to use cycle lanes, exists to prevent.
Further to 23: (1) I was being a bit harsh here especially to the engineers at the coal face designing the thing, sorry, I tend to get a bit cross when I see things like that and my vision zero/systematic safety envy kicks in (though it looks like, at least in Warwickshire, that might be coming soon). The engineers of the roundabout in this clip were likely designing to now-outdated guidelines and terrible budgets. However it does seem evident with a lot of cycle infra installed in the UK while I've been walking this Earth is designed by people who don't cycle. (2) Correction the new manual is the LTN1/20 not 20/1, my bad.
I go round that one in Cambridge occasionally as a car driver - it is lethal unless you are fully aware that you need to look out for cyclists as the blind spots are huge as you approach - many drivers are looking at the point where they need to stop to give way to cars, NOT the cycle lane that's a few yards before that and if a cyclist comes round too quickly then it's a lose-lose situation - it's 20mph zone too but many drivers couldn't give two hoots about that. Until driver education improves around cyclists and respecting that they are road users this roundabout will be a one-off I imagine or someone will die and they will change it back :(
It doesn't seem ideal to have the slower and less visible road users approach the roundabout on the left but have priority (IIUC for the UK). I would have thought, for a single-lane roundabout at least, that having all traffic approach and enter the roundabout in single file would be safer (provided the cyclists can safely merge beforehand) - after all, all traffic should be slowing for the roundabout anyway.
@@thromboid yes in this case I think no lane at all is better than what it currently has. The lane would make me feel compelled on pain of assault or violence to ride in the most vulnerable position. I've pointed out a road in my area which has similar issues and the response from the council has been encouraging - it was built to old standards and they're reviewing that corridor already for improvement. If the cammer is reading this: you might want to engage with your local highway authority (or cycle advocacy group if you have one) to let them know this incident happened, and give them an idea of frequency if it happens regularly. If they don't know they can't do anything about it. Also look out for LCWIP and Active Travel Plan consultations happening in the area. If you're in Warwickshire, also consider taking part in the Warwickshire road safety partnership's consultation on its road safety strategy to 2030 (it's on my to-do list). It includes vision zero and systematic safety ("safe systems" is the way they're phrasing it) and if that's planned and implemented well it will really help with safety of VRUs and drivers alike. If you like what you see please voice your support because supporters of change tend to stay too quiet and get drowned out by the vocal opponents. If you're not in Warwickshire your local authority may have something similar in the pipeline too.
Oh if you talk to your council please be more constructive and civil than my original comment on this was, and don't quote anything I said that you don't personally agree with. I've already apologised for the tone of my original post. They're not ogres and they're not stupid, but they will probably welcome constructive criticism. They may just be unaware of the issue and may have been working under certain constraints and to old standards when the junction was put in.
Question on the mini roundabouts, i have one by where i live where each lane is busy so often it comes to a standstill with everyone trying to give way to the right and waiting for the other car to go first. I usually just begin to slowly move out when this happens to get it flowing again but is there actually any rule thats meant to be followed for that because people seem baffled by it?
I'd be interested in the answer to this. I've always assumed whomever was there first, if that's you then proceed with care. I usually let the person to my right go and let them worry about the person to my left. Sometimes I even hold my hand out to stop the person to my right setting off and go first lol, if I don't, we'd be there all day.
There’s no priority there. It’s a stalemate. Your best bet is to think fast and proceed with caution. Be prepared to stop if someone makes a move and absolutely don’t rely on priority to stop a collision. You could also check indicators, positioning etc to see if someone is giving you priority by not crossing your path and proceed from there.
7:58 I think it's possible that it was low visibility where the sun made it difficult/blinded the van driver and thus didn't catch the oncoming car. Especially if it was a car with colors easily disguised by the sunshine But that doesn't excuse the vandriver. Other factors could be distractions as a mobile phone or adjusting the radio etc. But I suspect by the time of day and hoe the sun is positioned its the sunshine blinding him/her.
that roundabout in clip 9 is notorious for time go there all the time and people seem to disregard it as one and fail to give way ,clip 17 is also a notorious place for that type of overtaking to happen (the a499 near trefor) as a lot of the locals don't have time for tourists and people who wish to go the speed limit
Clip 4, had similar at temporary lights with my 2nd youngest:- except we’d waited and as we committed on green the unmarked cop car several places back (hidden by queuing traffic behind us as lead car) put sirens back on. Anything bar going within highway code quickly would have blocked them and my charge coped well. Also, they silenced their sirens until we were able to let them past; they done well, my charge did quite well too considering severe anxiety
With the roundabout in Cheltenham from clip 14 there’s normally quite a lot of problems with it due to the roadworks and it just shows how much of a struggle people find large roundabouts to be
Adding to clip 23 (Cyclistist being nearly left-hooked by a car)... I cycle daily to get around - and more and more I see car drivers being slefish, aggressive and down right dangerous - all becuase they want to get where they want a few seconds sooner. The amount of times I have cars close overtake right before a set of red-lights to squeeze into the spot ahead of me for their car to fit in - meaning I have to brake suddently usually. There needs to be, I feel, more education out there for the road users to recognise other road users and how they use the road to keep themselves (i.e. cyclists) safe - such as taking primary position so that they are seen more - which usually means a dangerous overtake which I mentioned earlier 😰 Worst being a bus overtaking on a corner inches from my handle bars - and when I sent email to the bus company they were unable to download ANY footage from the many CCTV cameras which are on all West Midlands buses
09:07 Sometimes you actually look before you decide to do a save, even if it is fast. At one point I looked in the mirror, saw that it was not clear and then had to crash into the car changing lane in front of the bus. It was low speed. At another point it was clear so I could swerve. That was on the motorway as a taxi decided he did not want to go down into the tunnel so he dove over chevrons and stuff in front of my bus going 60 km/h. So maybe if there had been a pedestrian the bus would not have done that save?
Not surprised about Clip 14 tbh, as others have commented those roadworks in that part of Cheltenham have been going on for ages (that roundabout, the one the cammer has come from and the roundabout bridges on J11 of the M5) and it seems to have made a few people do daft things along it.
That French guy must have thought he was on his bike! What caused the Transit to stray over - I guess he was looking at something other than the road, radio, sat nav, phone, image too poor to see exactly but very scary!
Great compilation as always Ashley! Enjoyed a little bit of Sunday education. Btw - I have emailed a couple of clips over, one of them a collision. I am not sure if you received them, you must receive a ton, I imagine. Or maybe they are just rubbish haha. Anyway, have a great weekend.
When I could still drive, before developing epilepsy, I hated mini roundabouts. There was a double one in my neck of the woods and I'd take 'the long route to avoid it'.
I don't see the caravan driver as being particularly at blame at all. The exit was a two lane exit that had been reduced to one by roadworks. The caravanner spotted this and had his left indicator on for the entirety of that clip. It was the fool filming it who made a conscious decision to try and accelerate to block off the caravan and is so furiously hard of thinking that they sent this to Ashley in the genuine belief that they were the victim!
Clip 17 is an awful road. It's a very long straight-ish road that gets quite busy, and if I remember rightly is single carriageway for most of the way from Nefyn to Caernarfon which ultimately causes long snakes of traffic stuck behind a slower moving vehicle. It's really common to see dangerous overtakes there
Van, mobile phone definitely. On the subject I remember walking through Larnaca, Cyprus and seeing a guy driving a car down the street with a mobile phone jammed under his ear, cigarette in his mouth whilst looking down a camera with a telephoto lens propped on the instrument binnacle.
7:25 - keeping in lines on bends and turning into a road on the correct side of the road, again while out on the bike, waiting to go right at the junction, nearly got clipped by a car who thought they could cut the corner and drive over the give way lines in the lane I was in - I was positioned to stop people trying to sneak around me left where the road was technically too narrow
7:26 - this happens every single time I drive past the nearest corner to my house. Not one driver in the last two months ive driven it has managed to stay on their side of the road
#5 The car driver was obviously still suffering from the shock of a pedestrian using a crossing when the guy with the toilet rolls approached lol. Unusually positioned Belisha Beacon !
It looks like near the railway station in Accrington. There's a light controlled crossing further up the hill that's handy for days you don't have a death wish, thankfully. I really wish they'd just make this one a right turn at a dead end
I find with a lot of mini roundabouts there's a "main" route over and one or two lesser directions and if you're approaching from one of those then you shouldn't expect to be granted right of way. It's not technically correct (the best kind of correct), but it's the reality of the situation and driving to accommodate reality is better for your physical and mental health.
9:49 There's no way the red car should have been overtaking the cyclist there but the cyclist could have taken a position more to the right. It's an ambiguous angle , the straight on almost looks like a right.
Have you ever noticed when you beep at someone who is deliberately doing something wrong, like running a red light or driving on the pavement, they go absolutely mental?
I’ve definitely noticed recently a lot of people becoming very complacent about mini roundabouts. They get really thrown off when someone actually wants to go around one.
Yes I find that too since I make the effort to actually go around...and it catches people out!
And when drivers do this they invariably don't slow down as much on approach, meaning less time for observation and increased risk.
Unfortunately, you have to treat some mini roundabouts as turns at a normal junction. There’s a couple that I occasionally pass where very few people come out of one of the roads leading to the roundabout. Thus people don’t seem to even recognise the layout as anything other than a through road. I’ve even been beeped for slowing and checking.
I find it’s roundabouts in general people don’t look right
There isn't always the space to go all the way round. Some are there for traffic calming on residential streets in place of a t-junction.
The secret is to treat every other road user as a complete idiot and you wont go far wrong, people make mistakes so keep calm let them go and chill out.
The rule I got taught by my instructor was ‘drive like you’re invisible and everyone else is an idiot’.
Yup, everything is a hazard until it proves otherwise.
@@ts757arse idiocy and laziness are the same problem. They can't be arsed to learn because they are complacent idiots, and they don't know what they don't know. I think you should be allowed to report lazy drivers and have dashcam footage reviewed. and throw the book at them for whatever can be done. I'm sick of sharing the road with them and have no respect for them. Laziness holds me up from getting home both by causing accidents and traffic and slow driving.
@@ts757arse and those drivers that get 10 seconds worth of gap in lane 1, but stay in lane 2 till they pass the next car because they Cba to move over. Should be shot imho
@@ts757arse it should be publicly taught by means of media because so many people just act like it's no problem for anyone
Clip 18: 8:00 That oncoming van is absolutely terrifying. That’s a likely fatality. I bet he was on his phone.
Van drivers have a secret list of Things To Do Other Than Actually Driving.
A van’s done same to me a few years back. Not as bad, but similar
The drivers higher up than the cars in front wonder if it was the sun.
My guess as well that it was a phone. Even if the sun was contributing, following in the line of the cars in front shouldn't be hard. And if you can't see properly, slow down or even stop, don't drive despite not being able to see the traffic.
@@PedroConejo1939 balancing the burger and the coke, oops dropped a chip.....
It’s amazing to think that in all of these clips, impatience plays a big part. Slow down and look what’s happening in front, to both sides & behind…… saves lives and damage to vehicles.
Agree. There's definitely a culture in the UK that once we're behind the wheel, the objective is to get to our destination as quickly as possible. Results in practices that put people at danger while shaving just a few seconds off the journey (if any).
Love how calm the woman at 2:21 is, that's "go ahead, hit me, I'll take some compo" energy 😂 Love the joke afterwards about the bloke with the toilet rolls, top drawer, Ashley!
The compensation wouldn't be worth the injuries from that. You don't get much, but it can easily take away a year or more of actually living your life, even at very low speeds. "I'll take some compo" is for drivers, not pedestrians or cyclists.
It's Dash Cam Hull!!
I'm wondering if she's Superwoman in civilian disguise. She'd let the car bounce off her but then that'd give her away!
@@jackw7714
The Joke
Whilst the caravanner isn't entirely blameless you have to take into account the chances that the area is new to him are quite high. Many years ago the protocol for roundabouts was much the same across the country. There seemed to be a standard. These days, local authorities each seem to have their own rules and to me they seem to love disrupting the natural flow and lines that I'd consider instinctively wrong .
Yes but if he had got into the right hand lane and wanted to take an early left exit, he could have continued all the way round the roundabout - it's big enough - and taken the opportunity to get into the correct lane instead of risking being the cause of an accident as well as appearing to be a complete arrogant pillock
the caravanner also would have taken the other exit lane had it not been closed.
British drivers only attempt to overtake on the left in the middle of junctions. Imagine this cammer’s behaviour if they had done this in a much safer location: on an open and straight stretch of road. Soooo taboo, right? I’ll never understand you lot.
@@cmartin_ok looking at the footage there's two lanes bearing left, with the outer lane closed and not really visible to the car , the caravan tower should have either backed off or gone back round the roundabout,
If I'm ever in a situation like this I go back round or carry on till I can turn safely, it's just not worth the risk for the sake of a few minutes or second's
@@cmartin_ok I did say that I didn't think he was entirely blameless but as ken brown says he would have remained in the second lane has it not been closed off. If the cammer wasn't so impatient he'd have seen that and backed off. I think your statement about him being an arrogant prick is actually a reflection in yourself.
Agree with the standards of car drivers who can't keep in lane. As a HGV driver we need all the space available so even driving on the white line can cause us problems . If i had a £ for every car driver who cuts the lane from the outside to the inside when going straight on at a roundabout i wouldn't need to keep working.
Aye. There's a roundabout I take frequently when heading through Wishaw where so many drivers cut through the inside lane that if you don't do it yourself you're risking being hit.
Personally I'd say one of the main culprits of being unable to stay within the lines these days is the aging population. The government basically told old people that the buses will give them covid, and a lot of them have returned to driving with dire consequences. The other culprit I see is the amount of huge SUVs being driven by school run mums who don't know how to drive a hatchback let alone a massive Volvo tank.
I find mums with kids in the car are best avoided. The kids give the cars the magical ability to drive through every other vehicle. :)
So when do you propose to hand your licence in and give up driving? Look at the statistics and you will find that there is a real issue is with young people aged 18 to 25 who think they are good drivers. We only need to look at recent events where cars full of young people have been killed by idiotic driving for proof. Many people who have come to the UK drive on foreign licences and clearly haven't got a clue about the rules on our roads. We can all spend our time blaming other groups but that isn't a very edifying way to proceed. Anyone can drive like an idiot regardless of age, gender or creed.
I’ll never understand how people don’t see the situation in front of them happening yet decide to be foolish about it and instantly forget the driving etiquette and what they were taught during their driving lessons and theory test
Because they are poor drivers, with no awareness of what's going on around them.....
Mini roundabouts, just don't go unless the other car stops or looks like they are stopping (having right of way isn't worth a crash)
@@Buildxbeyond exactly - changing the priority out of caution/politeness often creates a separate crash risk
@@Buildxbeyond never been an issue for 20 years
most of drivers slow down or stop anyway at a roundabout even when they have priority I just roll up to the give way point and if they do stop I go if they go even if I have priority I will stop (the ones who don't do this are the ones who get them self's involved in an completely avoidable crash, like in all the UA-cam clips where the dashcam driver is trying to enforce there right of way when cars ahead are going straight on)
but I do keep an eye behind as well (I don't jerk or creep forward as some people do that makes it look like your going when your not going to)
If someone hits me from behind at a roundabout it's still 110% there fault anyway (they probably not paying attention) but I will try to mitigate it by moving forward if they don't stop
2:23 this is why i always make sure that traffic has stopped in BOTH directions (or that there are no cars approaching) before stepping off the curb
6:26 has to go down in the record books as the worst ever driving when trying to accommodate an emergency services vehicle. They could have done literally ANYTHING ELSE and it would have been better than what they ended up doing.
The good news is they then did their level best to keep up with the ambulance by jumping the light, zigzagging the lanes and cutting off the mini so that they could get to the hospital to have their brain examined.
Yeah more often than not I get the impression slowing or stopping can often make things worse.
@@marklittler784 This happens all the time in Reading traffic. If we're all moving, why stop?
no, ashley had a clip in an earlier upload where the car driver was forcing his way through traffic that had moved to let the ambulance through. although I guess you could argue that one wasn't trying to help anyone but themselves.
@@kenbrown2808 People in USA sometimes try to "draft" ambulances so as to use the ambulance' priority
maybe they need a rear facing dashcam in the ambulance
@@davidpowell3347 what do you mean, "sometimes"? addendum: it's not unheard of for an ambulance to radio a make, model, color, and license number to dispatch. - and yes, it is a specific crime to do that.
I always learn something from these clips, whether it's to take care in specific scenarios on the road, or relates to incidents that I've fallen guilty of in the past. Thanks for the content, Ashley.
As expected..... shaking my head in disbelief at many of these.
With regard to sending in clips - no qualms whatsoever from my end; even if a Roasting occurs.
Far better to learn from whatever is posted; particularly if it helps others to avoid the same error.
Although not yet featured I can only assume that there's nothing suitably good - or bad - enough to warrant a feature lol 😁
Joking aside; stay safe everyone 👍
Thanks, Ashley for all your content. I do learn from it.
However, I am struggling with mini roundabouts: there appears to be 3 schools of thought - 1) follow the highway code, 2) driving straight has priority, 3) if turning right try and put off the drivers going straight on by cutting across the painted part. I do subscribe to school 1 but question whether mini roundabouts are a good thing. Why did the councils wholeheartedly embrace the practice of sticking mini roundabouts everywhere? Is there ‘science’ that says they reduce accidents; increase traffic flow; why? One would think Councils would know their people! A lot of these mini roundabouts have been put in T-junctions where an obvious ‘main’ road has been interrupted and a side road given equal status - but it never works to equalise traffic flow, just gives a conflict point for the subscribers to 2) and 3) and gives the rest of us the heebie-jeebies. Do you know of any serious research on this topic?
So much going on in these clips, it's difficult to know where to begin. It's so important to learn to spot the person who's going to do something stupid a long time before the notion passes through their mind - though the make of vehicle can be an indicator. Clios have joined the Honda Jazz as the car of choice for that particular category of cluelessness.
Mobile phones, Pot Noodles and delivery lists seem to be the weapon of choice for distracting van drivers, as well as that awful habit of interlocking hands on the top of the steering wheel.
I totally agree with the comment @ 7:22 that people's ability to stay between lines is diminishing. It is for this reason that I am very reluctant to follow the advice that you approach left hand bends on the outside of your lane. Time and again I've met people coming the other way who have no concept of 'their side of the road', whether they be a 19-year-old in a 'customised' Polo (ie. seat lowered so he can't see over the dash) or Good Ol' Vern or Vicky in their Volvo.
Totally agree.
For the IAM, cornering priorities are:
1 Safety
2. Visibility
3. Stability
in that order!
So by all means drive to improve visibility and stability (where it is safe, seek to be on the offside of your lane coming up to a left hand bend) but the safety aspect takes priority. Coming up to an acute blind left hand bend, it's safer to be a little bit slower and stay towards the centre or nearside of your lane. All too often, somebody from the other direction cuts the corner and ends up over the line!
@@R04drunner1 Ta. I need to scrape the shekels together and get on an advanced driving course.
@@PedroConejo1939 totally recommend that. Saves you money in the long run - better mpg, lower insurance costs and (of course) lower risk of an accident. And, surprisingly, I find it makes driving more fun: more of a challenge to always drive better!
Nice, I'm also waiting for another one from UK dashcams later in the day!
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7:17 I am SOOOO gald you said that. As a delivery driver, I have noticed that too many have no lane disapline
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The cammer seemed to have "sussed" the car and caravan intentions early enough, but had an "aw no you dont" attitude and tried to close the gap down but had no realistic chance
He should have stayed backed off - all that hassle for what? Being one car in front?
I don't think anybody knew that the right-hand lane had been coned off until the last couple of seconds, which made it a little worse (at least that was my impression watching it)
Twat of the week for me.
Gah! Wrong channel
Clip #26: The last clip in this video. Got to love the fake "I'm opening my car door to get out and deal with you"...and then immediately close the door again. I've seen that on other videos too. Or was the Mercedes driver simply checking if their model has the "soft door closure" feature? Purely coincidental that they just happened to be having words with the van driver at the same time, of course! 😆
If the bus driver at 9:00 had any passengers on board, I'd be surprised if there weren't any falls/injuries. As a bus driver myself, I hope I wouldn't do what he did. It looked like he panicked. Sometimes it might be safer to have the accident than to risk the potential consequences of swerving onto a footpath.
Yes, i agree Ray. @Ashley, one of your vids covers braking v's steering.
Cannot see if small truck indicated, but i suspect that the driver gambled/expected that the bus would stop to serve the bus stop before the junction.
Always a fear that some idiot will just turn abruptly into your path when using bus lane (though example above looks like a quiet/low risk junction)
I've had the same as clip 11 happen to me in the past. One vehicle didn't want to queue in the slip road so cut across from lane 1, ended up stopping in the live lane as I approached, it's difficult to judge someone's pace when they are dead in front, and in my case without brake lights on. I realized I was gaining very quickly but thankfully lane 2 was clear.
This seems to happen all the time from what I have seen. I think this is why you get those 40 mph signs up on the smart motorways when there is a queue on the slip road.
@@skylarius3757 yeah that's true, one of the few positives of a smart motorway it seems.
There really needs to be cameras set up at places where that happens regularly. A flurry of 'breach of motorway regulations' tickets would focus a few minds.
I don't drive yet.but watching these is very good I have learned quite a lot already
More and more I'm convinced that mini roundabouts are just outright dangerous. An explicit give-way is probably a safer way of managing those junctions or (god forbid) lights.
Mini-Roundabouts are great when there's three or four equally-busy roads, but not so busy traffic lights are needed
"Give Way"s are rapidly turning into "Just Go"'s. Poeple don't care, and don't want to stop, period.
3:26 little cameo from blindboy, on the car stereo. 3:36 Thompson Ave in Wolverhampton, seen that happen a fair few times in recent years at that junction.
I have been a driver of 12 years. Recently in March my car was written off just a few miles outside of Glasgow by a speeding BMW hitting me from behind on the M74 after he lost control on some snow causing me to spin out 180 and crash into the central median. He wrote my car off, and there was nothing I could do to stop it. Seeing how people drive in these clips puts me off getting behind the wheel again because goodness knows when someone is going to do something utterly stupid just to try to save a few minutes.
“That man should give some toilet roll to that lady “ cracked me up 🤣🤣🤣
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Its crazy to me that the cammer in the first clip would send that in, i mean did he not watch it back and realise he'd be the one getting slated for it ?
A driving instructor I had, needed to get two of his doors replaced because his car was rammed into by a road work vehicle whilst he was in a car park. If I remember correctly he was slowly reversing out of the parking bay and the van sped around a mini roundabout and gunned straight for his car a bright white Ford Zetec MPV with extra sunshine yellow, AA driving school vinyl wrap on almost every panel. Somehow the guy didn't seem to notice him slightly off from the middle of the road. It was almost a write-off.
#4 The learner was playing "peek a boo ! " 😂😃😂😃😂😃😂😃😂😃😂😃
In the very first clip, the caravan may actually be considered to have priority by certain standards, since the only reason they needed to move left was due to a roadworks that caused a zipper merge situation. Since the cammer was reluctant to let the caravan in, they were effectively trying to pass right before a zipper merge, which is obviously not proper.
I made the exact same mistake as clip 4 (1:45) on my first test, which was an automatic failure. Definitely not my finest moment 😅
10:03 I agree with the comment that you should get a car in a bright colour. I have never understood why drab grey, funereal black and mud colour are so popular, and they certainly make you less conspicuous. I wonder if Ashley will practice what he preaches and get a yellow BMW next time? And since you ask, my car is orange.
supposedly its because its easier to match darker colours on metal body panels and plastic bumpers
I think you could be driving a bright green double decker bus at times and people would still pull out in front of you
@@haveabossday Having driven a green double decker bus many times in my past, I can confirm you are absolutely correct!
Totally agree. I can back this up with a real world example. My mate had a banger MK3 escort. To stop the tin worm, he brush painted it, but the only colour he had was matt battleship grey. This was terrible choice as it was almost urban camouflage and we had people pulling out in front of us regularly.
Agree re colour. My wife used to drive a silver Corsa. We called it the stealthmobile because of the number of cars that jumped out in front of her.
I'm an ex-bike instructor and while I was training for my CBT1C qualification I was told you were not allowed to teach students about counter-steering. It was classed as an advanced technique and not to be covered on a CBT or DAS course. You can see the body language of the rider in the clip, he is using his upper body to get the bike to lean. A little pressure on his left handlebar would have got the correct line. This is still an issue 20 years after a stopped being an instructor. Last year I overheard a 125 rider rueing the fact she couldn't get the bike around faster corners, so I asked if she'd been taught counter-steering. Alas she had not. I spent ten minutes going over how it worked, why you should use it and how to safely practice it. I don't normally comment on these vids and choose to just lean from them, but I kinda know how that following instructor must have felt. It's sometimes enough to want to hang up your instructor bib.
7:16 I see this every day on my commute into uni on a fairly rural road. It is way too common
Dude the 1st clip is where I live! That’s so cool
Hi Ashley, thanks to your videos and advice i managed to pass my full driving test a few days ago!! I cannot thank you enough.
Great job!
clip 17 - following that overtake up by immediately looking to overtake at least 2 more vehicles straight after it :O
I get that the dashcam might distort the view/speeds involved a little, but surely if you have a close call like that its better to start being extra cautious until you can get it out of your mind (there might be extra adrenaline coursing through you after something like that, so just slow down a little?)
3:50 Maybe the amount of rain and wet on the road made the mini roundabout (& its markings) less visible and obvious & general visibility *but all the more reason to drive carefully* . 10:20 That was a *very big* Peugeot e-bicycle!
There's a car park in St Helens where even the parking bay markings virtually disappear in the rain. As such everyone just drives in a line to where the exit is from wherever they are in the car park.
1:35 imagine sending that in, thinking you're in the right 🤦♂️
10:33 the van is not just on the pavement, but on the cycle lane as well
OMG, can feel the stress from here!
Clip #10 I think the driver of the clip contributed. If that light was green then he shouldn't have waited even if it seemed like a nice thing to do.
It encourages the pedestrian or cyclist to walk out when the outside lane can have traffic moving.
6:14 Its Cheltenham just in front of GCHQ. I used to live in those blocks of flats straight ahead lol
That mini roundabout you mentioned twice, Is simple. The car on the roundabout has priority, I'm suprised a driving instructor doesn't know that.
The motorcycle instructor has the disadvantage of not being able to directly intervene but would have told the student to be easy on the power and I would think other than repeatedly repeating the advice with a rising level of urgency, there is little more could be done. However credit to the inexperienced rider they recovered well and that will be a good lesson about tyre adhesion degredation in wet weather.
Also a good lesson to us all about expecting the unexpected.
In the first clip, I think the caravan obscured the cammers view of the closed lane on the roundabout exit as they entered and went round, he stayed in a staggered position to the caravan but then sped up for the exit and/or the caravanner was slowing to merge, however they were still going round which could have caused the caravanner not to see the cammer, therefore thinking it was clear to merge, I would almost say it was bad timing but it would have probably been fine if they had stayed in a staggered formation to each other
#1 Undertaking a caravan with a left indicator and on a roundabout as a consolation prize too.
3:37 no way that's near where I live didn't expect anyone from Wolverhampton that's mad
Clip 3: Although the viewer really did make it happen, but to be honest, the land rover driver baited him a bit by slowing down indicating that he was going to give way, but eventually didn't.
Clip 11: I would not drive in the middle lane at all if I see an exit queue. I'd immediately switch to the right most lane; as far away as possible. Same for busy entry lanes. I'd always switch lanes if possible rather than to be in a position where there is a higher probability of something "unexpected" happening.
clip 18 had to be a phone, van drivers are notorious for them
" I think the owner needs to run a little faster than that ! " 😂😃😂😃😂😃😂😃😂😃😂😃 must be one from the dogs home they tend to suddenly run off for an unsheduled holiday excursion.
23: godwful junction design. The Dutch (and since recently Cambridge) know how to do cycle lanes round roundabouts. The UK, in general, does not (I hope the new design manual the local transport note 20/1 will be applied retroactively to junctions like this).
Well done to person on bike for spotting and being able to deal with it, and not being too furious with it.
Still terrible driving from the person in the red car. "Must get past the bike" needs to stop. How upset would the driver have been if the bike rider had taken the general purpose lane to go ahead? It's behaviour like that the primary position, and not being obliged to use cycle lanes, exists to prevent.
Further to 23:
(1) I was being a bit harsh here especially to the engineers at the coal face designing the thing, sorry, I tend to get a bit cross when I see things like that and my vision zero/systematic safety envy kicks in (though it looks like, at least in Warwickshire, that might be coming soon).
The engineers of the roundabout in this clip were likely designing to now-outdated guidelines and terrible budgets.
However it does seem evident with a lot of cycle infra installed in the UK while I've been walking this Earth is designed by people who don't cycle.
(2) Correction the new manual is the LTN1/20 not 20/1, my bad.
I go round that one in Cambridge occasionally as a car driver - it is lethal unless you are fully aware that you need to look out for cyclists as the blind spots are huge as you approach - many drivers are looking at the point where they need to stop to give way to cars, NOT the cycle lane that's a few yards before that and if a cyclist comes round too quickly then it's a lose-lose situation - it's 20mph zone too but many drivers couldn't give two hoots about that. Until driver education improves around cyclists and respecting that they are road users this roundabout will be a one-off I imagine or someone will die and they will change it back :(
It doesn't seem ideal to have the slower and less visible road users approach the roundabout on the left but have priority (IIUC for the UK). I would have thought, for a single-lane roundabout at least, that having all traffic approach and enter the roundabout in single file would be safer (provided the cyclists can safely merge beforehand) - after all, all traffic should be slowing for the roundabout anyway.
@@thromboid yes in this case I think no lane at all is better than what it currently has. The lane would make me feel compelled on pain of assault or violence to ride in the most vulnerable position. I've pointed out a road in my area which has similar issues and the response from the council has been encouraging - it was built to old standards and they're reviewing that corridor already for improvement.
If the cammer is reading this: you might want to engage with your local highway authority (or cycle advocacy group if you have one) to let them know this incident happened, and give them an idea of frequency if it happens regularly. If they don't know they can't do anything about it. Also look out for LCWIP and Active Travel Plan consultations happening in the area.
If you're in Warwickshire, also consider taking part in the Warwickshire road safety partnership's consultation on its road safety strategy to 2030 (it's on my to-do list). It includes vision zero and systematic safety ("safe systems" is the way they're phrasing it) and if that's planned and implemented well it will really help with safety of VRUs and drivers alike. If you like what you see please voice your support because supporters of change tend to stay too quiet and get drowned out by the vocal opponents.
If you're not in Warwickshire your local authority may have something similar in the pipeline too.
Oh if you talk to your council please be more constructive and civil than my original comment on this was, and don't quote anything I said that you don't personally agree with. I've already apologised for the tone of my original post. They're not ogres and they're not stupid, but they will probably welcome constructive criticism. They may just be unaware of the issue and may have been working under certain constraints and to old standards when the junction was put in.
The driver of the white van that almost hit the cammer head may have been on the phone, texting, or reading some paperwork?
Question on the mini roundabouts, i have one by where i live where each lane is busy so often it comes to a standstill with everyone trying to give way to the right and waiting for the other car to go first. I usually just begin to slowly move out when this happens to get it flowing again but is there actually any rule thats meant to be followed for that because people seem baffled by it?
I'd be interested in the answer to this. I've always assumed whomever was there first, if that's you then proceed with care. I usually let the person to my right go and let them worry about the person to my left. Sometimes I even hold my hand out to stop the person to my right setting off and go first lol, if I don't, we'd be there all day.
The problem is real! Once everyone stops it's basically a free for all
There’s no priority there. It’s a stalemate. Your best bet is to think fast and proceed with caution. Be prepared to stop if someone makes a move and absolutely don’t rely on priority to stop a collision. You could also check indicators, positioning etc to see if someone is giving you priority by not crossing your path and proceed from there.
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I think it's possible that it was low visibility where the sun made it difficult/blinded the van driver and thus didn't catch the oncoming car.
Especially if it was a car with colors easily disguised by the sunshine
But that doesn't excuse the vandriver.
Other factors could be distractions as a mobile phone or adjusting the radio etc.
But I suspect by the time of day and hoe the sun is positioned its the sunshine blinding him/her.
that roundabout in clip 9 is notorious for time go there all the time and people seem to disregard it as one and fail to give way ,clip 17 is also a notorious place for that type of overtaking to happen (the a499 near trefor) as a lot of the locals don't have time for tourists and people who wish to go the speed limit
8:33 i feel for this guy i really do. Just sounds like he having a bad day and it just got worse.
Clip 4, had similar at temporary lights with my 2nd youngest:- except we’d waited and as we committed on green the unmarked cop car several places back (hidden by queuing traffic behind us as lead car) put sirens back on. Anything bar going within highway code quickly would have blocked them and my charge coped well. Also, they silenced their sirens until we were able to let them past; they done well, my charge did quite well too considering severe anxiety
6:05 was in my home town.
10:32 is just one of those french bicycles.
There is a mini roundabout not far from where I live, and most drivers don’t seem to know how they work
With the roundabout in Cheltenham from clip 14 there’s normally quite a lot of problems with it due to the roadworks and it just shows how much of a struggle people find large roundabouts to be
It actually wasn't too much of an issue I don't think.
Adding to clip 23 (Cyclistist being nearly left-hooked by a car)...
I cycle daily to get around - and more and more I see car drivers being slefish, aggressive and down right dangerous - all becuase they want to get where they want a few seconds sooner.
The amount of times I have cars close overtake right before a set of red-lights to squeeze into the spot ahead of me for their car to fit in - meaning I have to brake suddently usually.
There needs to be, I feel, more education out there for the road users to recognise other road users and how they use the road to keep themselves (i.e. cyclists) safe - such as taking primary position so that they are seen more - which usually means a dangerous overtake which I mentioned earlier
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Worst being a bus overtaking on a corner inches from my handle bars - and when I sent email to the bus company they were unable to download ANY footage from the many CCTV cameras which are on all West Midlands buses
09:07 Sometimes you actually look before you decide to do a save, even if it is fast.
At one point I looked in the mirror, saw that it was not clear and then had to crash into the car changing lane in front of the bus. It was low speed.
At another point it was clear so I could swerve. That was on the motorway as a taxi decided he did not want to go down into the tunnel so he dove over chevrons and stuff in front of my bus going 60 km/h.
So maybe if there had been a pedestrian the bus would not have done that save?
2:31 The absolute stupidity of Zebra crossings and pedestrians who don't even give a glance before stepping out onto them.
Oh shit wasn't expecting that. Clip #20 is right outside my house 😂
Not surprised about Clip 14 tbh, as others have commented those roadworks in that part of Cheltenham have been going on for ages (that roundabout, the one the cammer has come from and the roundabout bridges on J11 of the M5) and it seems to have made a few people do daft things along it.
UK dash cams just annoys me, these I can, and have learned from
Ashley Neal videos are the best..Top drawer instructor....🚙
Clip 1 is on a notoriously bad roundabout near where I live, but the driving is still inexcusable.
With the mini-roundabouts, it looks as if many of the road markings are very faded. Is that part of the problem?
These doses of Ash Neal are great for my 'drivers tourettes', my GP couldn't prescribe anything. 👍🇬🇧
5:02 would you suggest the safest option would’ve been to merge into the right lane Ashley ? I’m curious what you would do in that situation
That French guy must have thought he was on his bike! What caused the Transit to stray over - I guess he was looking at something other than the road, radio, sat nav, phone, image too poor to see exactly but very scary!
It’s a well known fact that yellow cars are invisible to some drivers 😉🤣
Illegal plate on the white BMW @ 10:50 “B D11NNN”
At 1.37 not only did he make that happen but the land rover wasn't even in the wrong for going...
Clip 17:- why you need to look both ways coming out of junctions. You Shouldn’t Need to but you Do
#4 Buses have been stopping at bus stops for a hundred years now, its nothing new lol
Great compilation as always Ashley! Enjoyed a little bit of Sunday education.
Btw - I have emailed a couple of clips over, one of them a collision. I am not sure if you received them, you must receive a ton, I imagine. Or maybe they are just rubbish haha. Anyway, have a great weekend.
When I could still drive, before developing epilepsy, I hated mini roundabouts. There was a double one in my neck of the woods and I'd take 'the long route to avoid it'.
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I don't see the caravan driver as being particularly at blame at all. The exit was a two lane exit that had been reduced to one by roadworks. The caravanner spotted this and had his left indicator on for the entirety of that clip. It was the fool filming it who made a conscious decision to try and accelerate to block off the caravan and is so furiously hard of thinking that they sent this to Ashley in the genuine belief that they were the victim!
Clip 18, I'd guess the van driver was focused on their phone, not the road.
8:00 is a phone moment...
Clip 17 is an awful road. It's a very long straight-ish road that gets quite busy, and if I remember rightly is single carriageway for most of the way from Nefyn to Caernarfon which ultimately causes long snakes of traffic stuck behind a slower moving vehicle. It's really common to see dangerous overtakes there
The first one is absolutely shocking
Van, mobile phone definitely. On the subject I remember walking through Larnaca, Cyprus and seeing a guy driving a car down the street with a mobile phone jammed under his ear, cigarette in his mouth whilst looking down a camera with a telephoto lens propped on the instrument binnacle.
pretty cool they have van lanes in france
7:25 - keeping in lines on bends and turning into a road on the correct side of the road, again while out on the bike, waiting to go right at the junction, nearly got clipped by a car who thought they could cut the corner and drive over the give way lines in the lane I was in - I was positioned to stop people trying to sneak around me left where the road was technically too narrow
7:26 - this happens every single time I drive past the nearest corner to my house. Not one driver in the last two months ive driven it has managed to stay on their side of the road
#5 The car driver was obviously still suffering from the shock of a pedestrian using a crossing when the guy with the toilet rolls approached lol. Unusually positioned Belisha Beacon !
It looks like near the railway station in Accrington. There's a light controlled crossing further up the hill that's handy for days you don't have a death wish, thankfully. I really wish they'd just make this one a right turn at a dead end
I find with a lot of mini roundabouts there's a "main" route over and one or two lesser directions and if you're approaching from one of those then you shouldn't expect to be granted right of way. It's not technically correct (the best kind of correct), but it's the reality of the situation and driving to accommodate reality is better for your physical and mental health.
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There's no way the red car should have been overtaking the cyclist there
but
the cyclist could have taken a position more to the right.
It's an ambiguous angle , the straight on almost looks like a right.
Have you ever noticed when you beep at someone who is deliberately doing something wrong, like running a red light or driving on the pavement, they go absolutely mental?
Clip 18, distracted (probably phone but not limited to that) driver or micro nap of over tired driver.
People need to realise - there's a huge difference between driving legally, and driving well.
I love hot-under-the-collar hero blocks. The super heroes no one wants.
RV09 UYJ. Did you get particulars?
I remember a teacher with a fluorescent green Skoda Fastback lol