@@johnnyenglish33 I can agree there with being a cyclist, I lot of drivers thing the right of way is a myth when it come to peeps on 2 wheels... hence why I've recently bought a loud AF horn for my bicycle
I spent 3 months this year driving throughout the UK, I would say at least 50% of the drivers should not be driving, I felt safer driving around Vietnam and India and that says a lot
I think in the US, driving is more of a right or seen as such. Here , other forms of non motorised transport get priority… as in pedestrians crossing the road that a motorist has turned onto.
The only time my grandad (wonderful little old man in his 70s) cracks out the colourful language is when he's driving. I don't think he's ever brought out the hand gestures though 😅
"Wanker" literally means someone who masturbates; "to wank" means to masturbate. But "wanker" is used as a general term of abuse, it's probably stronger than "tosser" or "bellend".
We drive on the left Steve, so if that's a normal road with 2-way traffic, then you have to turn right from the left hand lane. If it was a wider road, there might be a central area to pull into before turning. So if he was signalling right, he would slow down in the left lane and then turn when nothing was coming the other way. Which is an absolutely stupid time for a bike to pass.
5:45 If your turning right on a two way road like this you indicate right, move to the crown ( centre) of the road and traffic behind you pass on your left hand side, the inside, if they can. Otherwise they should wait.
@@Tom-771 You actually should not move to the crown unless there is a defined filter lane to move into. If there is no defined filter lane, anyone passing on your left is actually undertaking and breaking driving rules. I got cauught out by that one once. Someone ahead moved to the centre, headed to by on the left expecting them to turn right, and they changed their mind and moved back left. My fault officially for undertaking.
Sorry pjlightning, here's the relevant entry in the Highway code. 179 Well before you turn right you should use your mirrors to make sure you know the position and movement of traffic behind you give a right-turn signal take up a position just left of the middle of the road or in the space marked for traffic turning right leave room for other vehicles to pass on the left, if possible.
"Tosser" and "Wanker" - other words for a male masturbator. 😂 "Tosser" is more English, in Scotland you're more likely to hear "Baw Bag" (meaning scrotum) but you'll hear "Wanker" everywhere! 😂 The majority of UK swear words refer to private parts of the body.
5:41 that's a two-direction road, one lane in either direction, so there is no "right lane" to turn right from. The person on the bike was overtaking in the oncoming traffic lane.
I think part of the difference is the density of traffic on the roads here in the UK. I get the impression that roads in the USA are wider and everything is spread out a lot more. That being said, I recall driving from Los Angeles Airport to Palm Springs on the I-10 during rush-hour on a Friday afternoon and it was an absolute nightmare - it was more akin to a racetrack and since people could overtake on either side, we had to keep out wits about us. To compound the problem, they drive on the wrong side of the road in the USA.
Despite being an absolutely massive country with only five times the population of the UK, traffic in the US doesn't seem any less intense than in the UK!
My driving instructor and my dad both said the same thing as I started learning to drive back in 2002. "Treat everyone else on the road as idiots" and that's worked for me lol. As for turning right, it's the same thing in America, you don't go into the left lane, oncoming traffic, to turn left do you? Same here to turn right.
I'm currently taking my learner son out, and people are so impatient. I tell him the same. We have had idiots over take us on blind bends, pull out etc etc all because they want to get somewhere 2 seconds quicker. Thankfully, he's a laid-back kid and takes it all in his stride, but I can only imagine it would scare the shit out of a nervous learner. Mind you his language is becoming as colourful as some of these on the video 😂😂
That's got nothing to do with it. Go read your American history. Gun owners in the US are everyday generous, law-abiding men & women carrying out their constitutional right to bear arms.
Yeah it's definitely safer to swear at people that probably are not in a position to shoot you. Yes most gun owners are law abiding citizens but there's always a risk especially in situations like this because if they drive like this you have to question their judgement.
To “wank” is to “jerk off”.. so a wanker is used the same as you may call someone a jerk off. The same goes for the word “tosser “ “Nob” or “knob” can be said alone or with the word “head”. Nob/knob (however people wanna spell it) is a dick! So it’s the same as calling someone a dickhead.
Years ago I was with my friends in Tennessee and I called someone or something a "bell end". My friend asked me what a bell end was, so I gestured downwards and explained "the end is shaped like a bell, right?", she fell about
When a driver shouts at you to "pull over"..its because he wishes to have a "quiet" word with you....also its a shame they didn't show you some of the universal "hand gestures" we use to show our displeasure 😂😂😂xxx😅😂
Friend of mine drove a pair of horses in a carriage - she was an international competitor. She drove down the main road with lots of oncoming traffic on the other side and a sportscar with hood down pulled up behind her and started beeping. There was nowhere for her to pull in (which she would have done), so they continued, her trotting as fast as the horses would go, him beeping, beeping, beeping. Finally he was able to overtake, which he did with his hand on the horn (OK not THAT one!). Big mistake. She just flicked her whip and caught him on the top of his bald head. He nearly crashed into one of the oncoming cars. Wonder what he said! What she said I can imagine - she was Irish!
@@stephensmith4480A lot of people (maybe most people) use Google Maps on their smartphones for navigation these days rather than a dedicated satnav device, and Google Maps does alert you to 'safety cameras' as it calls them.
Speed cameras are pretty well marked, so people usually just watch out for them and don't speed past them. You don't see as many police patrol cars on the road as you do in the US.
@@reactingtomyroots I've only ever had one speeding ticket. That was back in 2001, when I didn't know what a speed camera looked like! I remember seeing a flash in my rearview mirror, then noticed this box on a pole... A week later I got a speeding ticket in the mail. Since then I've tried not to speed too much, and have managed to avoid getting booked.
I also read the other day that more than half of the speed cameras in the UK are out of action, though motorists will not know which ones are and which ones aren't. Steve, we also have "traffic calming" speed bumps ("sleeping policemen") on some roads to slow down traffic. Other similar roads have markings painted on them which look like speed bumps from the driver's seat but are actually a completely flat road (what they call, in art and architecture, a "trompe d'oeil"). Only those familiar with that particular road would be aware of the deception.
1:23 s******g Peugeot! He was referring to the French car manufacturer Peugeot, which we pronounce that way (with emphasis on the Peu rather than the geot) for some reason. The ordinary, non-GTI models (like that 307 SW, and the 206 at 14:50 ) have a bit of a reputation for being driven by people that don't drive very well. Top Gear did a film on it. Peugeot left the US market in the early 90s when they stopped selling the 405 and 505 in the States. An interesting thing about Peugeot is that even after then, they named some models sold in the UK and Europe market with American body style names, like the 306 Sedan saloon car, and the 307 SW and 407 SW (Station Wagon) estate cars! 5:18 as others have said, that's a 2-way, 1-lane-per-way road. it's a double-track single carriageway (rather than those single track roads you get in rural areas). the other side of the road is for the other direction of traffic or (when safe) overtaking. the white line markings here serve the purpose of dividing the "ways", rather than the lanes-per-way as they would on a dual carriageway or motorway (as in that case, the central reservation would divide the "ways" / sides of the road for traffic direction only, as the multiple lanes-per-way would allow overtaking within each "way"). and yes, you would stay on the left / driving side of the road and signal right to turn right there (once it's clear of oncoming traffic).
When my Dad was teaching me to drive he literally said that every other person who is driving on the same road has the equivalent of a loaded weapon (their vehicle), he taught me that reaction times are crucial
I am British & have retired to live in Bangkok with my Thai family. I no longer drive! In the UK I took a course of advanced riding & passed my advanced motorcycle test; I also passed my advanced car test & became an Observer / Guidance driver, helping others to pass their advanced car test. Advanced motoring is mostly about safety. Risk taking has no part in advanced motoring. You do NOT overtake at a junction. Blowing the horn has one use - to inform other road users that you are there, not to show displeasure. Observation is paramount, if another road user is likely to cause conflict form an early plan to avoid collision. Shouting & swearing will do no good & 50 tons of articulated truck directly behind will crush you like a paper cup when you hit the brakes & it brakes hard, jack knifing & taking out a queue of people waiting for a bus & several other cars. An epitaph that says “I may be dead but it wasn’t my fault,” does you no good at all. 🙏
6:21 we have overhead gantry signs on our motorways (equivalent of interstate) with often one large board giving messages about hazards, warning conditions ahead, or if there aren't any the average time to a junction so people know how well the road is flowing. The small boards above each lane indicate the speed limit if there is a hazard ahead (so they'll tell traffic to slow down), or if a lane is closed due to an accident etc. Of course there will be emergency/assistance services there too, but the overhead warning signs give more advanced notice so people should take more care and slow down/move over in advance of the problem ahead. On some motorways, called "smart motorways" they even use the "hard shoulder" (emergency lane) as a driving lane in heavy traffic periods so the warning boards tell you which lanes are open for you to drive in. There's even one motorway near Birmingham (IIRC) which has no central divider and which can have more or fewer numbers of lanes allocated to traffic in each direction depending on whether traffic is flowing into or out of the city at different times of day, so the warning boards would tell motorists which lanes are open in each direction at that time.
11:19 - Here's something you may find hilarious, I know I did. I watched another American UA-camr reacting to the 'British Drivers Swearing' video and here's the comment that tickled me. She had commented, "The reason why we English' have so many swear words is because we don't carry guns."
Tis a pity there's no actual video showing the matching hand gestures which go with the words used !! (I've only seen the Americans "flip the bird" so I've no idea if they know or use any other types of "hand signals" especially when driving ?!)
At about 11.50 the cyclist in red who was cut off by the van, ahead of the car with the dashcam, wasn't in the wrong, it was the van that drew out in front of him, cutting him off - clearly just didn't see him. At 14.50, you asked what he was doing- the car was on the roundabout facing the wrong way - goodness knows how they got into that position.
@@reactingtomyrootsIn the UK, traffic already on the roundabout (to your right) as you approach it has priority and you must give way (yield) to it. The cyclist therefore had priority over the van. He could have had "I was right" inscribed on his gravestone if things had gone differently.
At about 11:50 you mention about the guy bicycle and say why would he not be more careful The bike is not doing anything wrong The van failed to yield to him and pulled out of the side street in front of him
😂😂❤🇬🇧 Loving this array of the British accents swearing 🤬 😂 hilarious! I was only listening to it but heard Scots, Irish, Lancastrian, Yorkshire, Birmingham (Brummie), Manc, Home Counties, Estuary, London and Cockney well represented there! 😂😂 I was playing a game called "Stick the landing" when some of the drivers were so revved up and effing, I tried to guess the final word - plum was a good one😂😂 Brilliant vid, Steve
I've been driving for over 42 year's and it never never ceases to amaze me how many driver's in the UK do not know how to use a roundabout, had a woman in a MPV with 3 kids on board a few weeks ago shoot out straight in front of me, funny thing is she looked at me and still made that crazy manoeuvre endangering those kids lives
Those flashing lights at about 6:40 are part of a variable speed system used in the UK on motorways. When the traffic is congested they reduce the speed limit and tell you what the new limit it. They also have speed cameras fitted to generate income if you exceed the limit.
6:20 You ask what those lights up there are. That is a variable speed limit display - if you haven't heard of those, it's basically some motorways are actively monitored and the speed limit can be manually changed depending on road conditions. Those signs are red circles with the adjusted speed limit written in the centre, and this is how the change of speed limit is communicated live to the traffic on the road. The flashing/flickering is just because of the camera, they don't actually flash. The yellow/orange lights above is a customisable text sign which is most likely informing drivers why the speed limit has changed. It could say lane closed ahead or debris in the road or high congestion, things like that. Or sometimes they're just used to communicate durations such as 10 minutes until junction 4.
At 5:27 in with the car turning and the bike overtaking you ask if the car should be in the right lane for turning right That road is not a 2 lane one way road. The right lane is for oncoming traffic. In the USA you use yellow lines to denote 2 way traffic and if the lines are white it means lanes are the same direction. We dont do thatvin the UK. We dont use yellow lines in the centre of the road
There were at least a couple of "driver realised way too late that they wanted to be in the far-right-hand lane to make a right turn at a light controlled junction, and stopped in a not-turning lane" situations towards the end there. Solid double white lines down the middle of the road means "neither direction is allowed to overtake here" (save for some exceptions for very slow-moving tractors). If it's solid one side and dashed the other, the traffic on the dashed side is allowed to cross it to overtake. You might be interested in looking at the "hazard perception" part of the theory driving test (see youtube vid ids SdQRkmdhwJs and Y4CU4k4u3Vc). This was introduced in 2002 and requires you to watch some video clips and click the mouse when a hazard is likely to develop. This was introduced to directly test for the development of that "spidey sense" - the feeling that someone is about to do something (often stupid) needing you to react. You have to pass the theory test (all done on computers now, generally at the testing centre) before you can book your practical driving test with an examiner.
We have a rule in London for traffic lights. Green is go, orange is go, and red is go for three cars after the red(stop ) sign! We also hate white van drivers. They are nob heads. I used to travel from Peterborough which is in Cambridgeshire to Wisbech (Norfolk) where most of the drivers are travelling from Norwich, so to stop being wiped out, (dying), I would drive behind HGVs (heavy goods vehicles). It was bloody scary,as people would risk driving off the road and ending up in a ditch ( a man made river) to get to wherever they were going a few seconds earlier! Why? Because the NHS will save us! A few years ago my friend who worked for the AA.(automotive Association) was on the M25 when he was hit by a car going the wrong way on a duel carriage way. He spent 5 months in a coma with a traumatic brain injury. It took him 5 years to recover. He eventually went to court and the man who hit him said “why do you care, the NHS saved you!’ He moved back to Peterborough and spent his time working in a garage doing M.O.T.s
Across the entire UK there are 7000 Speed Cameras. There are different kinds with the 2 main ones being the speed trap cameras and the Average speed check. Speed Trap cameras will take a picture of your vehicle and Reg if you go past too fast and they usually paint white lines on the Road as proof of your speed when issuing a ticket and to make sure the camera is accurate. Average Speed check cameras rely on a network of cameras across a stretch of road constantly checking your vehicle. If you are speeding then the cameras will recognise that you crossed the span between the cameras too quickly and thus you will get a ticket. Average speed check cameras are more effective at controlling speeding as you can't just slow down past the camera and then speed up again. A freedom of information request revealed however that many of our cameras do not work. Side note: Another type of speed camera is the UK police mobile speed camera Van which they can set up in random places to try and catch speeding.
My sister has really bad road rage, I can confirm I see why. Some of the people on these roads really shouldn't even be allowed to go shopping on their own.
Actually cant explain how much stress this gave me 🤣. I detest idiot drivers and people being idiots around cars. I nearly died as a child in an accident. Recently been 2 unalives locally, one a small child one 15. One burnt alive and one crushed under a tractor. People need to either care or not be able to drive at all!!! These 2 children are no longer here due to stupid actions and careless decisions on the road! Drivers like this should no longer drive. They don't care who's children or family they unalive!
8:20 The Mini could have had a completely legit reason to emergency brake there, I'm not saying they did, but they could have. That was on the drive of the car with the dashcam for following so closely and not giving themselves time to react.
Yes at 5.37 you can absolutely turn right, it's always how we turn right into a road on the right , as we have to stay on the left , as you that's the side we drive on.
Your question at 5:36. As you know, we stick to the left lane, always, except on a one way route, with duel lanes, like a duel carriage way or a motor way, with 3 lanes of one way, each side of a barrier. That road is clearly for 2 way traffic, so he can't be in the right lane, to turn right, but the bike rider decided to over take, on the cars right, as he was turning right and most likely, indicating right (right blinker), thus the biker but himself in extreme danger of an accident or death.
05:24 - If a driver is going to turn right, they must first use their indicator (blinker) to let other road users know they intend to turn right. They slow to a halt, put on the brake and wait until it's clear to turn. However, the driver only expects oncoming traffic to be occupying the other lane, not traffic coming from the rear attempting to overtake. If this particluar driver wasn't paying attention, he'd have attempted to turn into the road on the right and would probably have been struck by the speeding motorcycle, which could have caused the death of both driver and motorcyclist. (The odds of driver dying is increased because British drivers sit in the right-hand side of the vehicle). I recall a similar thing happening in my home town. A motorcyclist was in the correct lane but was speeding. A car drove out of a side road (from the left) and into the path of the oncoming motorcyclist. The impact was so great that it caused the car to roll over. Both the motorcyclist (a friend of a friend) and the driver both died at the scene. Now It is fair to say that any loss of life in a road traffic accident is a very sad affair. However, what made this particular event an even greater tragedy was that the driver was a recently retired schoolteacher who was on her way to her own retirement party, having taught for thirty-plus years. Now... Imagine all the friends, relatives, ex-pupils, and well-wishers waiting patiently at the venue, only to receive the saddest news.
I am surprised the best 2 cyclist vs road rager videos were not included. Ronnie "fuckin'" Pickering is a legend, but "A clown takes a pratfall" is my personal favourite. Plenty of bravado and swearing involved. Totally hilarious.
Most of the places in uk have mobile speed vans, that have camera's in the back of them when they are set up. So they park up at different roadsides, usually the same places, and only stay there an hour or 2 at a time then move. So people know usally where the cameras are gonna be, otherwise, there arent many stationary speed cameras on back roads, only motorways and busy roads
What you will notice is a lot of the fffs are by a South East accent. We lived in the South East for decades. We're now in Scotland, and the tension levels on the roads the further south we go is horrendous. Greater London has a population bigger than Scotland and Wales combined, all fighting for space in this one congested small space. It's madness, and road rage is an everyday occurrence for some.
THE ROAD QUESTION IS NO ITS ONE LANE IF YOU PULLED OVER TO THAT OTHER LANE YOU BE FACING THE WRONG WAY AND YOU BE DEAD AND YOU PISS OFF THE ON COMING TRAFFIC
I'm a commuter cyclist here in Dublin, Ireland. I follow a New York cyclist by the name of Zero Enigma. I thought I knew all the swear words, 🤣! I have added quite a few to my repatoire shall we say. The one with the cyclist in the red jacket and the white van, the cyclist was in the right there. She had the right of way, the van pulled out fast thinking he could get past her. Though I do agree, from my own cycle commutes I have seen cyclists cycling round with death wish - like that cyclist all in black, no helmet & no lights on his bike. We call those type of cyclists Ninja Black Cyclists (NBC), no reference to skin colour at all, it's all down to wearing black clothes & no lights. Some wear helmets majority don't.
8:02 - The UK has more 'live' cameras per capita than any other country on earth. This includes CCTV, speed cameras, dashboard cams and mobile phones. However, there are some people who, for some reason, don't consider cameras.. For example, a speeding driver or rider of a very expensive vehicle, drives fast and thinks only of the fine they may incur (and easily pay) but not the potential deaths their speeding could cause.
At 8:47 maybe the guy would have had chance to learn x ray vision and look through the opaque van if the motorbike hadn't have launched off at full speed.
FYI Steve, the word 'wanker' and also the word 'tosser' are both insults used to describe someone who masturbates a lot, I believe in the States you would use the term 'Jerk 'off'......Hope this explains 😀👍
Although I've now given up my driving licence upon reaching 70+, I rode motorcycles for 50 years. One of the first and most important survival skills you have to learn is to try and anticipate the kind of driving on display in this video. No matter how well you think you drive, there will always be some idiot out there who is out to get you 😄
Double white lines in the middle of the road mean you are not allowed to overtake either side of the road, if one side is solid and the other is broken you cannot overtake on the side that is solid but you can if your side has a broken white line.
8:25 - You'll notice the road is wet from the rain, causing driving conditions to be more perilous than when roads are bone dry. And yet, reckless drivers don't take this into consideration when in a hurry. It would be interesting to see RTA (road traffic accident) statistics to discover whether there are more fatalities due to the combination of excessive speed and damp weather conditions. i.e. rain, snow, etc, as opposed to RTAs in dry conditions.
Have been driving on British roads for over 40 years, and I reckon a good 10% of drivers are absolute bell ends 😱
More like 40 percent
@@johnnyenglish33 I can agree there with being a cyclist, I lot of drivers thing the right of way is a myth when it come to peeps on 2 wheels... hence why I've recently bought a loud AF horn for my bicycle
It gets worse all the time. No one seems to have any patience any more.
I spent 3 months this year driving throughout the UK, I would say at least 50% of the drivers should not be driving, I felt safer driving around Vietnam and India and that says a lot
Only 10%
the 'two lane' wasn't a two lane.. he overtook in the oncoming lane when the car was turning right
i’m from the uk and i’m sat here crying at how everyone says pretty much the same thing 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Me too😂😂😂Don't we do it well???🤣🤣🤣
@@vivsalittlebitcrafty4854 it's an instinctual reaction ! 🤣🤣🤣
Aye this would be far more creative if filmed in Glasgow. 😆
@@thepickledpixie9052 now that, I CAN believe!!🤣
No, that looks like a normal two way road at 5.40. The motorcycle overtook in the oncoming lane as the guy was turning right.
11:40 the bicycle you called out wasn't at fault. The small van who pulled out on him at the roundabout was.
yep, it was the bicycle's right of way.
Yep, came to post the same!
Yes agree and pedestrians too have right of way when turning into a side street.
Yeah, he says the cyclist needs to be more careful, but the cyclist isn’t the one driving a tonne weight death machine
I think in the US, driving is more of a right or seen as such. Here , other forms of non motorised transport get priority… as in pedestrians crossing the road that a motorist has turned onto.
"Shitting Peugeot!" is a classic.
hahaha. The insults are definitely creative
Even little old ladies like me (70) can be creative with our language, I know all the words and have been know to use them along with hand gestures
I aspire to be you when I'm a bit older ❤❤
haha, yeah can't say I blame you in most cases!
You go girl ❤👍
The only time my grandad (wonderful little old man in his 70s) cracks out the colourful language is when he's driving. I don't think he's ever brought out the hand gestures though 😅
"Wanker" literally means someone who masturbates; "to wank" means to masturbate. But "wanker" is used as a general term of abuse, it's probably stronger than "tosser" or "bellend".
A jerk offer he will understand I’m guessing
We drive on the left Steve, so if that's a normal road with 2-way traffic, then you have to turn right from the left hand lane. If it was a wider road, there might be a central area to pull into before turning. So if he was signalling right, he would slow down in the left lane and then turn when nothing was coming the other way. Which is an absolutely stupid time for a bike to pass.
Unless the driver wasn't indicating to turn right. Even so, biker still an idiot.
@@glennaustin37 Absolutely.
5:45 If your turning right on a two way road like this you indicate right, move to the crown ( centre) of the road and traffic behind you pass on your left hand side, the inside, if they can. Otherwise they should wait.
@@Tom-771 You actually should not move to the crown unless there is a defined filter lane to move into. If there is no defined filter lane, anyone passing on your left is actually undertaking and breaking driving rules. I got cauught out by that one once. Someone ahead moved to the centre, headed to by on the left expecting them to turn right, and they changed their mind and moved back left. My fault officially for undertaking.
Sorry pjlightning, here's the relevant entry in the Highway code.
179
Well before you turn right you should
use your mirrors to make sure you know the position and movement of traffic behind you
give a right-turn signal
take up a position just left of the middle of the road or in the space marked for traffic turning right
leave room for other vehicles to pass on the left, if possible.
Steve the cyclist wasn't in the wrong- the van cut across him illegally 🏴
Thanks for clarifying, I figured that was the case
I came here especially to say the same thing. That poor cyclist was completely cut up and the driver was in the wrong.
Totally agrees can we call that Driver a Twaat?😂😂
"Tosser" and "Wanker" - other words for a male masturbator. 😂 "Tosser" is more English, in Scotland you're more likely to hear "Baw Bag" (meaning scrotum) but you'll hear "Wanker" everywhere! 😂 The majority of UK swear words refer to private parts of the body.
Good to know 😂
YOU CAN TELL THE IRISH DRIVERS SWEARING, LESS AGRESSION MORE RESIGNATION LOL
I don't know what it's like in the US but school run time around 3pm in the UK is an absolute nightmare for crazy driving & parking.
Yeah usually gets pretty busy around here at that time as well. Must be universal haha
5:41 that's a two-direction road, one lane in either direction, so there is no "right lane" to turn right from. The person on the bike was overtaking in the oncoming traffic lane.
I think part of the difference is the density of traffic on the roads here in the UK. I get the impression that roads in the USA are wider and everything is spread out a lot more. That being said, I recall driving from Los Angeles Airport to Palm Springs on the I-10 during rush-hour on a Friday afternoon and it was an absolute nightmare - it was more akin to a racetrack and since people could overtake on either side, we had to keep out wits about us. To compound the problem, they drive on the wrong side of the road in the USA.
Do'nt make excuses for twats, mr "Smith". That's all.
haha yeah, but to us it's the RIGHT side :)
Despite being an absolutely massive country with only five times the population of the UK, traffic in the US doesn't seem any less intense than in the UK!
Rule of thumb, once you know where all the speed cameras are, the speed limit becomes arbitrary.
Wait 'til you meet Ronnie Pickering! 🤣🤣
Who?
RONNIE PICKERING!
"OMG, you total noob.. You can get a bus through there!!" LOL
My driving instructor and my dad both said the same thing as I started learning to drive back in 2002. "Treat everyone else on the road as idiots" and that's worked for me lol. As for turning right, it's the same thing in America, you don't go into the left lane, oncoming traffic, to turn left do you? Same here to turn right.
my saying is similar - treat everyone else on the road as idiots that will do the worst possible thing at the worst possible moment
I've heard "Drive as if you're the only one on the road, who knows how to". I don't drive, though :D
I'm currently taking my learner son out, and people are so impatient. I tell him the same. We have had idiots over take us on blind bends, pull out etc etc all because they want to get somewhere 2 seconds quicker. Thankfully, he's a laid-back kid and takes it all in his stride, but I can only imagine it would scare the shit out of a nervous learner. Mind you his language is becoming as colourful as some of these on the video 😂😂
Yeah that's a good piece of advice haha
@@beckyallsopp5695 Oh, you've got to get your son to watch Dara Ó Briain's Learning How To Drive In The UK.
This is every day , i turmed my audio off so not to be heard screaming at someone 😂
Morning Steve, we don’t have guns in the U.K. that is why we swear a lot to get over our frustrations
That's got nothing to do with it. Go read your American history. Gun owners in the US are everyday generous, law-abiding men & women carrying out their constitutional right to bear arms.
The day I feel the need to be armed, in my own country, is the day I move to another country.
@@SheShootsTrad It was called a joke, take a chill pill 💊.
@Maddie_Madds Right, which is why we swear instead. Lol you dummy 😆
Yeah it's definitely safer to swear at people that probably are not in a position to shoot you. Yes most gun owners are law abiding citizens but there's always a risk especially in situations like this because if they drive like this you have to question their judgement.
You definitely need to Google what wanker means! 😂😂😂
Or look for a video 😂
@@101steel4 oooh that could get messy!! 🤣
To “wank” is to “jerk off”.. so a wanker is used the same as you may call someone a jerk off. The same goes for the word “tosser “
“Nob” or “knob” can be said alone or with the word “head”. Nob/knob (however people wanna spell it) is a dick! So it’s the same as calling someone a dickhead.
Years ago I was with my friends in Tennessee and I called someone or something a "bell end". My friend asked me what a bell end was, so I gestured downwards and explained "the end is shaped like a bell, right?", she fell about
@@zebraforceone hahaha yeah I can imagine! We have some great insults here 🤣🤣
haha, thanks for the explanation!
@@reactingtomyroots not a problem at all 😊
Now do "twat" lol
As a few others have said, at 11:38 the cyclist did nothing wrong, it was the dick head in the van not paying attention.
When a driver shouts at you to "pull over"..its because he wishes to have a "quiet" word with you....also its a shame they didn't show you some of the universal "hand gestures" we use to show our displeasure 😂😂😂xxx😅😂
Friend of mine drove a pair of horses in a carriage - she was an international competitor. She drove down the main road with lots of oncoming traffic on the other side and a sportscar with hood down pulled up behind her and started beeping. There was nowhere for her to pull in (which she would have done), so they continued, her trotting as fast as the horses would go, him beeping, beeping, beeping. Finally he was able to overtake, which he did with his hand on the horn (OK not THAT one!). Big mistake. She just flicked her whip and caught him on the top of his bald head. He nearly crashed into one of the oncoming cars. Wonder what he said! What she said I can imagine - she was Irish!
That is fucking beautiful.
I love how you react as if you’re actually driving 😂
If we have SatNav in the car, they usually detect where the speed cameras are so you are warned in advance.
That`s only if you have a SatNav with that feature included in the software. A basic one does not have that facility.
@@stephensmith4480 99% of people use Google Maps or Waze in 2023 and they both alert you when you're approaching a speed camera. 😂
Theyre also quite obvious where they are as theyre are normaly white lines on the road. locals will know where the fixed ones are anyway.
@@stephensmith4480A lot of people (maybe most people) use Google Maps on their smartphones for navigation these days rather than a dedicated satnav device, and Google Maps does alert you to 'safety cameras' as it calls them.
We are world champions at swearing and insulting people.
In the medal positions perhaps but remember the Kiwis and Aussies.
Yeah but we were swearing in English long before them. @@kevanwillis4571
far from it actually kiddo.
The Aussies and Kiwis had good teachers in us Brits!
It does seem that way
There is alot of 60 & 70 mph roads
Speed cameras are pretty well marked, so people usually just watch out for them and don't speed past them. You don't see as many police patrol cars on the road as you do in the US.
Ah, okay
@@reactingtomyroots I've only ever had one speeding ticket. That was back in 2001, when I didn't know what a speed camera looked like! I remember seeing a flash in my rearview mirror, then noticed this box on a pole... A week later I got a speeding ticket in the mail. Since then I've tried not to speed too much, and have managed to avoid getting booked.
Plus Waze tells you where cameras are, and where other users have spotted police cars.....
I also read the other day that more than half of the speed cameras in the UK are out of action, though motorists will not know which ones are and which ones aren't.
Steve, we also have "traffic calming" speed bumps ("sleeping policemen") on some roads to slow down traffic. Other similar roads have markings painted on them which look like speed bumps from the driver's seat but are actually a completely flat road (what they call, in art and architecture, a "trompe d'oeil"). Only those familiar with that particular road would be aware of the deception.
1:23 s******g Peugeot! He was referring to the French car manufacturer Peugeot, which we pronounce that way (with emphasis on the Peu rather than the geot) for some reason. The ordinary, non-GTI models (like that 307 SW, and the 206 at 14:50 ) have a bit of a reputation for being driven by people that don't drive very well. Top Gear did a film on it.
Peugeot left the US market in the early 90s when they stopped selling the 405 and 505 in the States. An interesting thing about Peugeot is that even after then, they named some models sold in the UK and Europe market with American body style names, like the 306 Sedan saloon car, and the 307 SW and 407 SW (Station Wagon) estate cars!
5:18 as others have said, that's a 2-way, 1-lane-per-way road. it's a double-track single carriageway (rather than those single track roads you get in rural areas). the other side of the road is for the other direction of traffic or (when safe) overtaking.
the white line markings here serve the purpose of dividing the "ways", rather than the lanes-per-way as they would on a dual carriageway or motorway (as in that case, the central reservation would divide the "ways" / sides of the road for traffic direction only, as the multiple lanes-per-way would allow overtaking within each "way").
and yes, you would stay on the left / driving side of the road and signal right to turn right there (once it's clear of oncoming traffic).
Nob head is my go too... I may film my driving soon.
When my Dad was teaching me to drive he literally said that every other person who is driving on the same road has the equivalent of a loaded weapon (their vehicle), he taught me that reaction times are crucial
I am British & have retired to live in Bangkok with my Thai family. I no longer drive! In the UK I took a course of advanced riding & passed my advanced motorcycle test; I also passed my advanced car test & became an Observer / Guidance driver, helping others to pass their advanced car test. Advanced motoring is mostly about safety. Risk taking has no part in advanced motoring. You do NOT overtake at a junction. Blowing the horn has one use - to inform other road users that you are there, not to show displeasure. Observation is paramount, if another road user is likely to cause conflict form an early plan to avoid collision. Shouting & swearing will do no good & 50 tons of articulated truck directly behind will crush you like a paper cup when you hit the brakes & it brakes hard, jack knifing & taking out a queue of people waiting for a bus & several other cars. An epitaph that says “I may be dead but it wasn’t my fault,” does you no good at all. 🙏
6:21 we have overhead gantry signs on our motorways (equivalent of interstate) with often one large board giving messages about hazards, warning conditions ahead, or if there aren't any the average time to a junction so people know how well the road is flowing. The small boards above each lane indicate the speed limit if there is a hazard ahead (so they'll tell traffic to slow down), or if a lane is closed due to an accident etc. Of course there will be emergency/assistance services there too, but the overhead warning signs give more advanced notice so people should take more care and slow down/move over in advance of the problem ahead.
On some motorways, called "smart motorways" they even use the "hard shoulder" (emergency lane) as a driving lane in heavy traffic periods so the warning boards tell you which lanes are open for you to drive in. There's even one motorway near Birmingham (IIRC) which has no central divider and which can have more or fewer numbers of lanes allocated to traffic in each direction depending on whether traffic is flowing into or out of the city at different times of day, so the warning boards would tell motorists which lanes are open in each direction at that time.
11:19 - Here's something you may find hilarious, I know I did. I watched another American UA-camr reacting to the 'British Drivers Swearing' video and here's the comment that tickled me. She had commented, "The reason why we English' have so many swear words is because we don't carry guns."
Wanker means "nice friendly person" :)
😂😂😂😂
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Yes, a good friend of Mrs Palm and her five daughters.
Mrs. Palm? Her name is Pamela Hand.@@PLuMUK54
Tis a pity there's no actual video showing the matching hand gestures which go with the words used !! (I've only seen the Americans "flip the bird" so I've no idea if they know or use any other types of "hand signals" especially when driving ?!)
At about 11.50 the cyclist in red who was cut off by the van, ahead of the car with the dashcam, wasn't in the wrong, it was the van that drew out in front of him, cutting him off - clearly just didn't see him.
At 14.50, you asked what he was doing- the car was on the roundabout facing the wrong way - goodness knows how they got into that position.
E30 BMW 3 Series, they're not very expensive anymore (for a rough one) and the handling could be generously described as evil...
hahah, yeah...that seems like a feat
@@reactingtomyrootsIn the UK, traffic already on the roundabout (to your right) as you approach it has priority and you must give way (yield) to it.
The cyclist therefore had priority over the van. He could have had "I was right" inscribed on his gravestone if things had gone differently.
Loved this 😂
My favourite swear words (particularly on the road) are “twat” and “bell end” 😂
Loved your reactions on this one, Steve!
At about 11:50 you mention about the guy bicycle and say why would he not be more careful
The bike is not doing anything wrong
The van failed to yield to him and pulled out of the side street in front of him
😂😂❤🇬🇧 Loving this array of the British accents swearing 🤬 😂 hilarious! I was only listening to it but heard Scots, Irish, Lancastrian, Yorkshire, Birmingham (Brummie), Manc, Home Counties, Estuary, London and Cockney well represented there! 😂😂 I was playing a game called "Stick the landing" when some of the drivers were so revved up and effing, I tried to guess the final word - plum was a good one😂😂 Brilliant vid, Steve
This is so funny. I have to remember not to swear if kids are with me!
But how will they ever learn.........
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12:38...see, you're already beginning to show your British heritage!!🤣🤣🤣😝
I've been driving for over 42 year's and it never never ceases to amaze me how many driver's in the UK do not know how to use a roundabout, had a woman in a MPV with 3 kids on board a few weeks ago shoot out straight in front of me, funny thing is she looked at me and still made that crazy manoeuvre endangering those kids lives
As Coach Lasso says. "A w@nker is someone who is happy with their own company." :)
Steve; I've been watching your reaction and even though the video hasn't finished, I can see that your almost in the car with some of the drivers.
Those flashing lights at about 6:40 are part of a variable speed system used in the UK on motorways. When the traffic is congested they reduce the speed limit and tell you what the new limit it. They also have speed cameras fitted to generate income if you exceed the limit.
As Gru would say "Apparently you got your driver's licence from a cereal box!" 😡😂
6:20 You ask what those lights up there are. That is a variable speed limit display - if you haven't heard of those, it's basically some motorways are actively monitored and the speed limit can be manually changed depending on road conditions. Those signs are red circles with the adjusted speed limit written in the centre, and this is how the change of speed limit is communicated live to the traffic on the road. The flashing/flickering is just because of the camera, they don't actually flash.
The yellow/orange lights above is a customisable text sign which is most likely informing drivers why the speed limit has changed. It could say lane closed ahead or debris in the road or high congestion, things like that. Or sometimes they're just used to communicate durations such as 10 minutes until junction 4.
Oooh, okay! Thanks for clarifying :)
Spees cameras aren't literally everywhere, and when they are present they are painted bright yellow and preceeded with signage.
At 5:27 in with the car turning and the bike overtaking you ask if the car should be in the right lane for turning right
That road is not a 2 lane one way road. The right lane is for oncoming traffic.
In the USA you use yellow lines to denote 2 way traffic and if the lines are white it means lanes are the same direction.
We dont do thatvin the UK. We dont use yellow lines in the centre of the road
There were at least a couple of "driver realised way too late that they wanted to be in the far-right-hand lane to make a right turn at a light controlled junction, and stopped in a not-turning lane" situations towards the end there.
Solid double white lines down the middle of the road means "neither direction is allowed to overtake here" (save for some exceptions for very slow-moving tractors). If it's solid one side and dashed the other, the traffic on the dashed side is allowed to cross it to overtake.
You might be interested in looking at the "hazard perception" part of the theory driving test (see youtube vid ids SdQRkmdhwJs and Y4CU4k4u3Vc). This was introduced in 2002 and requires you to watch some video clips and click the mouse when a hazard is likely to develop. This was introduced to directly test for the development of that "spidey sense" - the feeling that someone is about to do something (often stupid) needing you to react. You have to pass the theory test (all done on computers now, generally at the testing centre) before you can book your practical driving test with an examiner.
We have a rule in London for traffic lights. Green is go, orange is go, and red is go for three cars after the red(stop ) sign! We also hate white van drivers. They are nob heads. I used to travel from Peterborough which is in Cambridgeshire to Wisbech (Norfolk) where most of the drivers are travelling from Norwich, so to stop being wiped out, (dying), I would drive behind HGVs (heavy goods vehicles). It was bloody scary,as people would risk driving off the road and ending up in a ditch ( a man made river) to get to wherever they were going a few seconds earlier! Why? Because the NHS will save us!
A few years ago my friend who worked for the AA.(automotive Association) was on the M25 when he was hit by a car going the wrong way on a duel carriage way. He spent 5 months in a coma with a traumatic brain injury. It took him 5 years to recover. He eventually went to court and the man who hit him said “why do you care, the NHS saved you!’
He moved back to Peterborough and spent his time working in a garage doing M.O.T.s
Across the entire UK there are 7000 Speed Cameras. There are different kinds with the 2 main ones being the speed trap cameras and the Average speed check. Speed Trap cameras will take a picture of your vehicle and Reg if you go past too fast and they usually paint white lines on the Road as proof of your speed when issuing a ticket and to make sure the camera is accurate. Average Speed check cameras rely on a network of cameras across a stretch of road constantly checking your vehicle. If you are speeding then the cameras will recognise that you crossed the span between the cameras too quickly and thus you will get a ticket. Average speed check cameras are more effective at controlling speeding as you can't just slow down past the camera and then speed up again. A freedom of information request revealed however that many of our cameras do not work. Side note: Another type of speed camera is the UK police mobile speed camera Van which they can set up in random places to try and catch speeding.
My sister has really bad road rage, I can confirm I see why.
Some of the people on these roads really shouldn't even be allowed to go shopping on their own.
I think i saw every clip on my drive to work this morning.
9.30 A w*nker is a gentleman that pleasures himself with his hand
Love the word tosser lol 😂
You need eyes everywhere on the roads. 😂😂😂❤❤❤❤
Actually cant explain how much stress this gave me 🤣. I detest idiot drivers and people being idiots around cars. I nearly died as a child in an accident. Recently been 2 unalives locally, one a small child one 15. One burnt alive and one crushed under a tractor. People need to either care or not be able to drive at all!!! These 2 children are no longer here due to stupid actions and careless decisions on the road! Drivers like this should no longer drive. They don't care who's children or family they unalive!
We drive on the left and a big YES speed cameras are everywhere
😂😂🤣🤣 alot of lady and man part names being thrown around and many a mention of self love.......classic
2:08 my route to work everyday, and yes, there are lots of near misses at that island!
8:20 The Mini could have had a completely legit reason to emergency brake there, I'm not saying they did, but they could have. That was on the drive of the car with the dashcam for following so closely and not giving themselves time to react.
Steve you need to listen to my mother driving LOL
When that guy shouted "Shitting Peugeot!" You looked confused. Peugeot (Pronounced like Persio) is a French brand of car.
British speed cameras are well signposted and housed in big bright yellow boxes so everyone knows when to go the limit and when to speed basically 😂
Yes at 5.37 you can absolutely turn right, it's always how we turn right into a road on the right , as we have to stay on the left , as you that's the side we drive on.
when the blue car pulled out from the left I swear you pulled your cheste in. to avoid the collison. lol.
Anything can be an insult if you're angry enough
At around 5:30 thats not 2 lanes the same way, so the bike that overtook was exactly where the car was correctly turning into
5:30 the road is both directions , the motorbike overtakes when the car driver was going to commit to turning right .
I live in an upmarket town. We shout "I say! That was somewhat inappropriate!"
Your question at 5:36. As you know, we stick to the left lane, always, except on a one way route, with duel lanes, like a duel carriage way or a motor way, with 3 lanes of one way, each side of a barrier. That road is clearly for 2 way traffic, so he can't be in the right lane, to turn right, but the bike rider decided to over take, on the cars right, as he was turning right and most likely, indicating right (right blinker), thus the biker but himself in extreme danger of an accident or death.
With the speeding issue we all know where the camera’s are so you know when you can speed and when you cannot 😂
05:24 - If a driver is going to turn right, they must first use their indicator (blinker) to let other road users know they intend to turn right. They slow to a halt, put on the brake and wait until it's clear to turn. However, the driver only expects oncoming traffic to be occupying the other lane, not traffic coming from the rear attempting to overtake.
If this particluar driver wasn't paying attention, he'd have attempted to turn into the road on the right and would probably have been struck by the speeding motorcycle, which could have caused the death of both driver and motorcyclist. (The odds of driver dying is increased because British drivers sit in the right-hand side of the vehicle).
I recall a similar thing happening in my home town. A motorcyclist was in the correct lane but was speeding. A car drove out of a side road (from the left) and into the path of the oncoming motorcyclist. The impact was so great that it caused the car to roll over. Both the motorcyclist (a friend of a friend) and the driver both died at the scene.
Now It is fair to say that any loss of life in a road traffic accident is a very sad affair. However, what made this particular event an even greater tragedy was that the driver was a recently retired schoolteacher who was on her way to her own retirement party, having taught for thirty-plus years. Now... Imagine all the friends, relatives, ex-pupils, and well-wishers waiting patiently at the venue, only to receive the saddest news.
I am surprised the best 2 cyclist vs road rager videos were not included. Ronnie "fuckin'" Pickering is a legend, but "A clown takes a pratfall" is my personal favourite. Plenty of bravado and swearing involved. Totally hilarious.
Who?
A lot of the ‘drifting’ isn’t the driver changing lanes without indicating or looking.
It’s that they’re looking at their phones.
Most of the places in uk have mobile speed vans, that have camera's in the back of them when they are set up. So they park up at different roadsides, usually the same places, and only stay there an hour or 2 at a time then move. So people know usally where the cameras are gonna be, otherwise, there arent many stationary speed cameras on back roads, only motorways and busy roads
What you will notice is a lot of the fffs are by a South East accent. We lived in the South East for decades. We're now in Scotland, and the tension levels on the roads the further south we go is horrendous. Greater London has a population bigger than Scotland and Wales combined, all fighting for space in this one congested small space. It's madness, and road rage is an everyday occurrence for some.
Yes, overpopulated cities tend to have that effect. Hence why I don't live in one! haha
My besties relatives come up from Oxford area to Wales, in droves, and they always marvel at the better temperament on the roads.
M husband has a posh accent ,to hear him cussing out idiots pulling out on him is constant source o amusement to me .😂
THE ROAD QUESTION IS NO ITS ONE LANE IF YOU PULLED OVER TO THAT OTHER LANE YOU BE FACING THE WRONG WAY AND YOU BE DEAD AND YOU PISS OFF THE ON COMING TRAFFIC
And this brings us back too the MOT test. That’s why they can stop in time. ❤❤❤
I'm a commuter cyclist here in Dublin, Ireland. I follow a New York cyclist by the name of Zero Enigma. I thought I knew all the swear words, 🤣! I have added quite a few to my repatoire shall we say. The one with the cyclist in the red jacket and the white van, the cyclist was in the right there. She had the right of way, the van pulled out fast thinking he could get past her. Though I do agree, from my own cycle commutes I have seen cyclists cycling round with death wish - like that cyclist all in black, no helmet & no lights on his bike. We call those type of cyclists Ninja Black Cyclists (NBC), no reference to skin colour at all, it's all down to wearing black clothes & no lights. Some wear helmets majority don't.
When people say there are speed cameras everywhere it's a bit like when they say it rains all the time... a load of bollocks
8:02 - The UK has more 'live' cameras per capita than any other country on earth. This includes CCTV, speed cameras, dashboard cams and mobile phones. However, there are some people who, for some reason, don't consider cameras.. For example, a speeding driver or rider of a very expensive vehicle, drives fast and thinks only of the fine they may incur (and easily pay) but not the potential deaths their speeding could cause.
The pulling out in front of someone is usually because they are in their blind spot and they can't see them.
Bank Holiday weekend 😂😂😂😂
At 8:47 maybe the guy would have had chance to learn x ray vision and look through the opaque van if the motorbike hadn't have launched off at full speed.
FYI Steve, the word 'wanker' and also the word 'tosser' are both insults used to describe someone who masturbates a lot, I believe in the States you would use the term 'Jerk 'off'......Hope this explains 😀👍
Has anyone in the UK noticed that less and less drivers seem not to know the one rule at a round about or island. GIVE WAY TO THE RIGHT.
This was a great video, would love to see more like this!!
5:29 two-way road, single lanes each way.
At 5.52, the driver says “Jesus wept”.
That was some of the tamest cussing ive ever heard 😅
I have to agree. We're far more creative in Scotland.
Although I've now given up my driving licence upon reaching 70+, I rode motorcycles for 50 years. One of the first and most important survival skills you have to learn is to try and anticipate the kind of driving on display in this video. No matter how well you think you drive, there will always be some idiot out there who is out to get you 😄
I did wince when that poor guy got knocked off his bike. Relieved when he let out a slight chuckle.
Very true!
Double white lines in the middle of the road mean you are not allowed to overtake either side of the road, if one side is solid and the other is broken you cannot overtake on the side that is solid but you can if your side has a broken white line.
8:25 - You'll notice the road is wet from the rain, causing driving conditions to be more perilous than when roads are bone dry. And yet, reckless drivers don't take this into consideration when in a hurry. It would be interesting to see RTA (road traffic accident) statistics to discover whether there are more fatalities due to the combination of excessive speed and damp weather conditions. i.e. rain, snow, etc, as opposed to RTAs in dry conditions.
In the video clip at 5:07 oncoming traffic would be on the right since it's not a one way road. Therefore you turn from the left hand lane.