I've completed my driving exam not that long ago and your guides on how to turn, how to keep centered in my lane and how to brake smoothly really helped me. Thank you for what you do Richard, you are awesome! ☺
I had forgotten about advisory signs though I have been driving well over 40 years! That was very useful indeed. Detailed clear explanations as always, your videos are a great way to get refresher courses. Thank you for helping us get better at driving whatever our ages.
Hi Richard, I passed my driving test today on my first attempt! 🎉🚗 I didn't have any mock tests and only practiced with my partner and watched your amazing videos. A massive thank you for your incredibly helpful channel! 🌹
Basically, 1. Advisory speed limit is not the law. 2. You are marked based on your judgement of the speed acording to the conditions. 3. You can both fail and pass while driving over or under the advisory speed limit, depending on the situation.
Very clearly explained. Thank you. Near where I live, there was a loose chippings warning and advisory speed limit sign that was left behind for several years! It became overgrown with plants and eventually toppled by a storm. It's probably still lying there in the undergrowth. 😆
For the most part, my route home from work is along various roads with a speed limit of 50mph. There are a couple of places with advisory limits - one of 30mph around a sharpish bend and another several miles further on where it's recommended you do no more than 40. I would absolutely not want to take that advised 30mph bend at much more than 35; it's really not easy to see what might be there and there's a road joining at or just after it. Thank you for putting these videos up; they're very helpful to drivers of all levels of experience!
I did my driving test on an August weekday, around 3pm. At one point I drove past a sign which said "School. 20 when lights show" and the lights were flashing. My examiner asked me if I knew what it meant, I said it was so you slow down because there might be school children around, and he said "yeah exactly, but there's no children because it's the school holidays so just ignore it" so I did just that and passed.
I had an examiner essentially tell my learner to ignore advised 20s as they'd been put in for resurfaced roads (loose chippings) but the road was smooth again on the day of the test. In my experience, examiners will advise you a bit when it comes to temporary roadworks on a test route. The school warning signs in my area light up even on weekends.
Good to know that!! In germany, advisory speed limits don't really exist. If there's a sign which says: 30. Than its 30. I'm planning my first trip to the UK next year and we decided to rent a car. I really appreciate your videos!
I find the issue with the advisory limits, learners seeing them and going too slow is the fact there is no sign saying when the advisory limit ends. In my area, most schools have an advisory 20 like the sign you showed but there is no sign saying when that “ zone “ ends. On a Day where the school is not in for example, it means a learner can see the sign, drive at 20mph when the road is empty and they don’t know when to go back to a better road speed. OK, it shouldn’t happen but pupils sometimes panic on test. This means, they drive way too long at the inappropriate speed rather than clearing the school area and getting back to a better speed which can then generate a serious fault.
There's a roundabout north of Kirkcaldy with one of those left turn slip-lanes that has an advisory speed limit of 30mph. You'd probably put a car on its side going round that corner at 30 never mind an HGV so my advice is to take these with a large pinch of salt.
I feel like I got seriously lucky. On my test I went on a 50/60mph road I had never been on in lessons and was in an area I wasn't too familiar with. There were a series of hairpins and S-bends with an advisory 40mph limit, however there was no signs just faded road markings for the advisory limit. After those corners, I stayed at 40mph unsure if it was an advisory or actual speed limit. There was no speed limit posts after those corners, and luckily it was only maybe 600m until the end of the road where it went back to 30mph at the junction. I remember that moment feeling like an age and wasn't sure if I had failed already. Reason why I was lucky, was that it was a single carriageway, and the whole time there was a lady behind me and it was a Friday morning (probably on her way to work), if she took it upon herself to overtake me regardless if there was a safe opportunity for her, I knew I would have failed regardless if the examiner would have failed me for not going back to the speed limit. I even mentioned it after the test as I was shocked I passed and he was like "Are you trying to talk yourself out of a license?" lol. F1 job interview on a Monday along with the driving test which success of said job interview heavily relied upon on the Friday, was easily the most stressful week of my life lmao.
Richard, another thing you could do a video on, is insurance prices before and after an accident, including an accident that isn't your fault, as people seem to think that not being at fault will not increase their insurance prices, even though they hand the video footage to the insurance backing up their claim, and proving they done everything possible to avoid an accident. like had an inexperienced teenager last year write my car off after hitting the passenger wing while pulling out of a t-junction. this year tried renewing my insurance for a new car, and it was a massive price difference between my current insurance, and the company I was with, a massive £360 a year, or around £400 compared to my other car which was more powerful. and that is a 47 year old, 15 years no-claims, held a full UK licnece for 30 years, and only 1 accident in the passed 5 years being a year last August, which video footage was provided., and I was 100% not at fault for the collision. as my front end was not facing his car at all to reduce the impact speed to only his sideways hit into my car, no injuries reported even though was a heavy impact that shunted my car 2 feet onto the wrong side of the road.
You should check out bramcote island, an interesting roundabout near me. when coming from the a6007 to the a52(w), you have to cut across 2-3 lanes of traffic in one go right before your exit. Its got traffic lights but im never sure how to indicate because just before you exit theres an entrance to the roundabout that's supposed to give way, and a right indication to show changing lanes would confuse them and a left indication would confuse traffic behind. so i dont signal at all
I agree sometimes they aren't needed like got 1 section of road that had chippings more than a year ago, and the signs are still out warning drivers. but there are also times when you should follow them even though driving has been plain sailing all night without any signs of trouble. I came across a 30 mph speed advisory sign the one night, and just as I thought it was clear I entered an open section of motorway, and the wind was literally forcing the car to go for 3rd lane rather than just a light breeze, and I knew the section of motorway so wasn't like it should have been a 30 advisory limit especially as it was so smooth up to that point. so while advising not to stick to an advisory, it is good if the learner takes in the advisory and drives appropriate to what the advisory might be warning as well. as don't get noticeboards saying about the next game at the stadium is date and time, or don't drink and drive, or using mobiles is illegal, while yes they are important, they don't notify you of wind gusts very often.
On my way too and from work, there is a steep, winding tree lined road, that has a 40 recommended which is about right going down. It's not nice driving down to fast.
So if you guess the loose material on the road is clear, you can drive the full limit. Having been the victim of having windshield chips, I'm skeptical of many drivers being able to make that determination.
Sounds like an issue of following distance. Also, you don't have to guess when there are loose chippings. You'll literally hear them if they're still present.
@@user-mv5zt8qd9l by time you hear them, you are already in the hazard zone and you've pitted the windshield of the vehicle behind you. You can't control the other drivers, "I don't gotta follow the guidelines, I'm a'drivin' my tormal 15 over the speed limit."
@@inyobill You said you were the victim of windshield chips. If someone is able to get chips thrown on their windscreen, then they're too close behind the other person. You ultimately can't control whether the people behind wants to follow at an appropriate distance. Ultimately, it's their windshield they're risking if they're right up behind you.
@@user-mv5zt8qd9l What part of "velocity differentials", and how that might make maintaining distance difficult, is challenging you? I would be confident to put cash on the bet that I routinely follow at a wider space from other vehicles than you. Not a sure bet, but one I'd be comfortable with.
there is one thing I do not understand even as an experienced driver, could be just faulty roads but open roads with full visibility and not necesary priority roads but I encountered those also demand you to stop even if you see ahead and it is not any reckless driving or disturbance for other participants.
Hi Richard! I have always wodered: Do you feel restricted by the threat of losing your teaching license? Say when you’re on a nice B road with the MX5? Not just talking about speeding either, just generally, do you feel anxious about missing signs/unknowingly breaking the law?
Being an Approved Driving Instructor certainly makes me more worried about the possibility of getting points on my licence so I'm particularly careful and try my best not to make an error but I'm not perfect and mistakes will happen. As restrictions get increasingly tighter, the roads begin to feel more and more like a trap. If I've been used to doing 30mph on a section of road for 20 years and suddenly it gets a 20mph limit it can be a hard adjustment to make.
@@ConquerDriving Thank you for your reply :) Yeah must be a bit frustrating when you as driving instructor have good intuition about safe speeds, but still have to worry about speed limits. Especially because the legal consequences are higher for you as well. Hope you still enjoy driving tho!
A question for Richard or anyone knowledgeable in this area. On the A92 and A90, both dual carriageways, at night they shut both side down to one lane. Miles, and I mean miles before the road workers are, the cones filter you into one lane, with a mandatory 10mph speed limit. I say mandatory because, its two signs, with 10 in them and the red circle round them. Going 10mph for miles without and sign of a worker at all, I feel is dangerous and irresponsible. Would I be prosecuted for speeding if I do 40mph? Or could I be prosecuted if I do 10mph, and someone ploughs into the rear of me?
Saw you today in the Supermarket. 👍 What is your opinion of the 30 mph speed limit going down Clingoe Hill ? Have you noticed cars travelling in the right lane when they reach the roundabout & the sign clearly says no left turn & they do !
I think it's appropriate to have a lower limit through road works, 30mph seems lower than normal but it's not for long so I'm not bothered by it. Yes, many people have been turning left from the right lane for a very long time on that mini roundabout. Doing something on the road that goes against the rules and the system can create danger as others aren't expecting it, this happens often there.
I think what doesn't help with that junction is how much even experienced drivers hesitate to go. I was turning onto that road from the direction of Tesco with someone, and multiple vehicles began undertaking us because the driver in front was missing multiple clear opportunities to pull out. I think it's a combination of people both not planning ahead far enough (IE, people not bothering to see the signage to get in the correct lane) and people who do know better but choose not to as they can beat the hesitant drivers into emerging.
we have school zone near use max speed says 20 but there are speed humps i aint going over them on a motorbike let alone a car! at 30mph, infact the sign is near the speed humps!
6:24 I got 15 minors but passed first try. Didn't agree with 2 of them so would have appealed but either way, I passed and in the years since I have improved.
its unreal how many 40 mph warriors are out there these days. like 40 is the new unofficial speed limit for half the 60s around here. little do they appreciate that they would fail their tests driving like that
@@ihavenousername1805 Check up on your highway code, the national speed limit sign, the one with the black stripe, on a single carriageway road = 60 mph speed limit. It has been since I passed the test in 1982 at least. Plenty of those roads round where I live full of people driving at 40-45mph.
@@st200ol My comment was obviously hyperbole, and a reference to how a significant amount of NSL roads have been dropped down to 50/40/30/20 for the sake of ~ speeding fine revenue~ safety or the environment .....or whatever other bullsh*t excuse they can come up with!
As explained, you can tell if a road surface is loose by the sound of chippings being thrown up under your vehicle. You should be able to survey how your vehicle is handling the road surface as part of being a skilled driver.
Only two faults to fail? If the signs have been left out, as they usually are, then how do you know if they have been or not? If a cyclist is there and high speed flicks grit at them.....
What I've found from recording people's test routes is that roads with poor signage and areas where other drivers tend to get in the wrong lane / cut you off dangerously are avoided by examiners. They're there to test your driving, but they make sure it's fair.
Joined the "Passed but still watching" Club 🤗
Keep going 💪
That's fantastic news! Thank you for watching and congratulations on passing!
Honestly, I've learned a lot more by watching channels like this SINCE passing my test than I ever did from my instructor 😂
Same, I didn't even know about the flashing lights speed limit sign like that was an advisory one, now I know
Same just passed yesterday still buzzing
I've completed my driving exam not that long ago and your guides on how to turn, how to keep centered in my lane and how to brake smoothly really helped me. Thank you for what you do Richard, you are awesome! ☺
That's really great to hear! Thank you for watching!
I had forgotten about advisory signs though I have been driving well over 40 years! That was very useful indeed. Detailed clear explanations as always, your videos are a great way to get refresher courses. Thank you for helping us get better at driving whatever our ages.
Hi Richard, I passed my driving test today on my first attempt! 🎉🚗 I didn't have any mock tests and only practiced with my partner and watched your amazing videos. A massive thank you for your incredibly helpful channel! 🌹
Basically,
1. Advisory speed limit is not the law.
2. You are marked based on your judgement of the speed acording to the conditions.
3. You can both fail and pass while driving over or under the advisory speed limit, depending on the situation.
The videos you make helped me a lot in passing my theory test, 48Q/63HP, please keep making them for future generations to benefit from!
Just pass my test first time, thank you for all your videos it has help me a lots ❤
A really helpful video. I've been driving for over 30 years but never had this explained clearly! Thank you!
Love watching the channel whilst being a driver! Good to refresh my knowledge
Very clearly explained. Thank you.
Near where I live, there was a loose chippings warning and advisory speed limit sign that was left behind for several years! It became overgrown with plants and eventually toppled by a storm. It's probably still lying there in the undergrowth. 😆
For the most part, my route home from work is along various roads with a speed limit of 50mph. There are a couple of places with advisory limits - one of 30mph around a sharpish bend and another several miles further on where it's recommended you do no more than 40. I would absolutely not want to take that advised 30mph bend at much more than 35; it's really not easy to see what might be there and there's a road joining at or just after it.
Thank you for putting these videos up; they're very helpful to drivers of all levels of experience!
Thanks a lot. I just passed today 🙏 ❤
Congratulations on passing!
I did my driving test on an August weekday, around 3pm. At one point I drove past a sign which said "School. 20 when lights show" and the lights were flashing. My examiner asked me if I knew what it meant, I said it was so you slow down because there might be school children around, and he said "yeah exactly, but there's no children because it's the school holidays so just ignore it" so I did just that and passed.
I had an examiner essentially tell my learner to ignore advised 20s as they'd been put in for resurfaced roads (loose chippings) but the road was smooth again on the day of the test. In my experience, examiners will advise you a bit when it comes to temporary roadworks on a test route.
The school warning signs in my area light up even on weekends.
Superbly phased and well put across. Very clear and concise.
Good to know that!! In germany, advisory speed limits don't really exist. If there's a sign which says: 30. Than its 30. I'm planning my first trip to the UK next year and we decided to rent a car. I really appreciate your videos!
I'm currently taking my driving lessons I watch your videos too pick up more information and learn more
I find the issue with the advisory limits, learners seeing them and going too slow is the fact there is no sign saying when the advisory limit ends.
In my area, most schools have an advisory 20 like the sign you showed but there is no sign saying when that “ zone “ ends.
On a Day where the school is not in for example, it means a learner can see the sign, drive at 20mph when the road is empty and they don’t know when to go back to a better road speed. OK, it shouldn’t happen but pupils sometimes panic on test.
This means, they drive way too long at the inappropriate speed rather than clearing the school area and getting back to a better speed which can then generate a serious fault.
There's a roundabout north of Kirkcaldy with one of those left turn slip-lanes that has an advisory speed limit of 30mph. You'd probably put a car on its side going round that corner at 30 never mind an HGV so my advice is to take these with a large pinch of salt.
I feel like I got seriously lucky. On my test I went on a 50/60mph road I had never been on in lessons and was in an area I wasn't too familiar with. There were a series of hairpins and S-bends with an advisory 40mph limit, however there was no signs just faded road markings for the advisory limit. After those corners, I stayed at 40mph unsure if it was an advisory or actual speed limit. There was no speed limit posts after those corners, and luckily it was only maybe 600m until the end of the road where it went back to 30mph at the junction.
I remember that moment feeling like an age and wasn't sure if I had failed already. Reason why I was lucky, was that it was a single carriageway, and the whole time there was a lady behind me and it was a Friday morning (probably on her way to work), if she took it upon herself to overtake me regardless if there was a safe opportunity for her, I knew I would have failed regardless if the examiner would have failed me for not going back to the speed limit.
I even mentioned it after the test as I was shocked I passed and he was like "Are you trying to talk yourself out of a license?" lol. F1 job interview on a Monday along with the driving test which success of said job interview heavily relied upon on the Friday, was easily the most stressful week of my life lmao.
Richard, another thing you could do a video on, is insurance prices before and after an accident, including an accident that isn't your fault, as people seem to think that not being at fault will not increase their insurance prices, even though they hand the video footage to the insurance backing up their claim, and proving they done everything possible to avoid an accident. like had an inexperienced teenager last year write my car off after hitting the passenger wing while pulling out of a t-junction. this year tried renewing my insurance for a new car, and it was a massive price difference between my current insurance, and the company I was with, a massive £360 a year, or around £400 compared to my other car which was more powerful. and that is a 47 year old, 15 years no-claims, held a full UK licnece for 30 years, and only 1 accident in the passed 5 years being a year last August, which video footage was provided., and I was 100% not at fault for the collision. as my front end was not facing his car at all to reduce the impact speed to only his sideways hit into my car, no injuries reported even though was a heavy impact that shunted my car 2 feet onto the wrong side of the road.
Very informative video ❤
You should check out bramcote island, an interesting roundabout near me. when coming from the a6007 to the a52(w), you have to cut across 2-3 lanes of traffic in one go right before your exit. Its got traffic lights but im never sure how to indicate because just before you exit theres an entrance to the roundabout that's supposed to give way, and a right indication to show changing lanes would confuse them and a left indication would confuse traffic behind. so i dont signal at all
I agree sometimes they aren't needed like got 1 section of road that had chippings more than a year ago, and the signs are still out warning drivers. but there are also times when you should follow them even though driving has been plain sailing all night without any signs of trouble. I came across a 30 mph speed advisory sign the one night, and just as I thought it was clear I entered an open section of motorway, and the wind was literally forcing the car to go for 3rd lane rather than just a light breeze, and I knew the section of motorway so wasn't like it should have been a 30 advisory limit especially as it was so smooth up to that point. so while advising not to stick to an advisory, it is good if the learner takes in the advisory and drives appropriate to what the advisory might be warning as well. as don't get noticeboards saying about the next game at the stadium is date and time, or don't drink and drive, or using mobiles is illegal, while yes they are important, they don't notify you of wind gusts very often.
On my way too and from work, there is a steep, winding tree lined road, that has a 40 recommended which is about right going down. It's not nice driving down to fast.
So if you guess the loose material on the road is clear, you can drive the full limit. Having been the victim of having windshield chips, I'm skeptical of many drivers being able to make that determination.
Sounds like an issue of following distance. Also, you don't have to guess when there are loose chippings. You'll literally hear them if they're still present.
@@user-mv5zt8qd9l by time you hear them, you are already in the hazard zone and you've pitted the windshield of the vehicle behind you. You can't control the other drivers, "I don't gotta follow the guidelines, I'm a'drivin' my tormal 15 over the speed limit."
@@inyobill You said you were the victim of windshield chips. If someone is able to get chips thrown on their windscreen, then they're too close behind the other person. You ultimately can't control whether the people behind wants to follow at an appropriate distance. Ultimately, it's their windshield they're risking if they're right up behind you.
@@user-mv5zt8qd9l What part of "velocity differentials", and how that might make maintaining distance difficult, is challenging you? I would be confident to put cash on the bet that I routinely follow at a wider space from other vehicles than you. Not a sure bet, but one I'd be comfortable with.
cars don't like being loaded up, that's why, like you said, brake then steer the car
there is one thing I do not understand even as an experienced driver, could be just faulty roads but open roads with full visibility and not necesary priority roads but I encountered those also demand you to stop even if you see ahead and it is not any reckless driving or disturbance for other participants.
Hi Richard! I have always wodered: Do you feel restricted by the threat of losing your teaching license? Say when you’re on a nice B road with the MX5? Not just talking about speeding either, just generally, do you feel anxious about missing signs/unknowingly breaking the law?
Being an Approved Driving Instructor certainly makes me more worried about the possibility of getting points on my licence so I'm particularly careful and try my best not to make an error but I'm not perfect and mistakes will happen. As restrictions get increasingly tighter, the roads begin to feel more and more like a trap. If I've been used to doing 30mph on a section of road for 20 years and suddenly it gets a 20mph limit it can be a hard adjustment to make.
@@ConquerDriving Thank you for your reply :) Yeah must be a bit frustrating when you as driving instructor have good intuition about safe speeds, but still have to worry about speed limits. Especially because the legal consequences are higher for you as well. Hope you still enjoy driving tho!
1:31 this is sounding a lot like Matt from carwow now lol
A question for Richard or anyone knowledgeable in this area. On the A92 and A90, both dual carriageways, at night they shut both side down to one lane. Miles, and I mean miles before the road workers are, the cones filter you into one lane, with a mandatory 10mph speed limit. I say mandatory because, its two signs, with 10 in them and the red circle round them. Going 10mph for miles without and sign of a worker at all, I feel is dangerous and irresponsible. Would I be prosecuted for speeding if I do 40mph? Or could I be prosecuted if I do 10mph, and someone ploughs into the rear of me?
Saw you today in the Supermarket. 👍 What is your opinion of the 30 mph speed limit going down Clingoe Hill ? Have you noticed cars travelling in the right lane when they reach the roundabout & the sign clearly says no left turn & they do !
I think it's appropriate to have a lower limit through road works, 30mph seems lower than normal but it's not for long so I'm not bothered by it. Yes, many people have been turning left from the right lane for a very long time on that mini roundabout. Doing something on the road that goes against the rules and the system can create danger as others aren't expecting it, this happens often there.
I think what doesn't help with that junction is how much even experienced drivers hesitate to go. I was turning onto that road from the direction of Tesco with someone, and multiple vehicles began undertaking us because the driver in front was missing multiple clear opportunities to pull out. I think it's a combination of people both not planning ahead far enough (IE, people not bothering to see the signage to get in the correct lane) and people who do know better but choose not to as they can beat the hesitant drivers into emerging.
we have school zone near use max speed says 20 but there are speed humps i aint going over them on a motorbike let alone a car! at 30mph, infact the sign is near the speed humps!
My test is tomorrow morning, I'm feeling so nervous already.
Why don’t people drive the same way they did when they were taking their driving exam?
6:24 I got 15 minors but passed first try. Didn't agree with 2 of them so would have appealed but either way, I passed and in the years since I have improved.
Any comments on the white 20mph in a white circle painted on the road? I don't think they alone have any legal status.
its unreal how many 40 mph warriors are out there these days. like 40 is the new unofficial speed limit for half the 60s around here. little do they appreciate that they would fail their tests driving like that
Yes and 40mph in the 30mph limits too.
@@st200olAdmittedly i am guilty of this
What 60 zones? They're all 50 now🙄🙄🙄
@@ihavenousername1805 Check up on your highway code, the national speed limit sign, the one with the black stripe, on a single carriageway road = 60 mph speed limit. It has been since I passed the test in 1982 at least. Plenty of those roads round where I live full of people driving at 40-45mph.
@@st200ol
My comment was obviously hyperbole, and a reference to how a significant amount of NSL roads have been dropped down to 50/40/30/20 for the sake of ~ speeding fine revenue~ safety or the environment
.....or whatever other bullsh*t excuse they can come up with!
off topic question but my examiner said that it costs the council £4000 to put up a road sign, is this true?
How examiner would know that i have any knowledge of tarmacs age? Im just a tourist taking a test. This would be unfair to fail someone in my opinion.
Same with school holidays. How are you supposed to know when the schools are off if you don't have children?
As explained, you can tell if a road surface is loose by the sound of chippings being thrown up under your vehicle. You should be able to survey how your vehicle is handling the road surface as part of being a skilled driver.
in eastern europe every speed limit is advisory 🤣
Only two faults to fail? If the signs have been left out, as they usually are, then how do you know if they have been or not? If a cyclist is there and high speed flicks grit at them.....
What I've found from recording people's test routes is that roads with poor signage and areas where other drivers tend to get in the wrong lane / cut you off dangerously are avoided by examiners. They're there to test your driving, but they make sure it's fair.
I passed this morning with 5 minors. Thanks for your videos and the helpful tips
My Rimac happy takes that advised 30mph warning heading towards Ardleigh at 60mph. 👍
😂😂😂
The Goat
6:30 me who passes with 11 minors😂
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All speed limits should be advisory
Found the German
@@ronny12301 Not German, just someone who believes that all drivers should be taught/required to drive to the conditions rather than a blanket limit.
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