@@LegendJ0e4all his videos out just away for him to make cash. Because why would a driving instructor know about vpns? They send him a email with a script to read then when you click on his link cash in his bank. He doesn't care about what he is selling as long as he is getting money.
@@LegendJ0e4carvertical has a two star review on trustpilot it's shocking. Would never use. If the company is good why would everyone on UA-cam do ad's for them.
Apologies for my absence these days folks as I'm dealing with my very dear mother passing away on July 3rd. Mum's passing away is still with the medical examiner and been referred to the coroner. I'm in total disbelief that any of this is happening. Yesterday I went to a car show in Deal / Walmer not far from Canterbury. But it wasn't about the cars. It was all about doing something in mum's honour and I know it's what she would have wanted me to do. As I walked around, I would talk to her out loud and tell her how I wished she was there with me. I'm talking to her many times a day every day and have reassured her this will always be the case. Anyhow, I'll get to watching these videos when I can and I will always remain part of Ashley's community because it's a great one. Forgive me for writing all this folks but I find it helps. Please stay safe everyone
Sorry to hear the sad news and our thoughts are with you. She will always be with you wherever you go and she would have appreciated going to the car show yesterday as well as all the other places you go in the future Take care and know that us as a community here will always be around to listen (or read) all of your comments when they appear. Take time for you and look after yourself
Genuinely, I have tears in my eyes , Ibrahim, as you described how you went to the car show in memory of your mum. I know, it is always surreal when it comes to losing our parents, especially for you when your mum has been with you , and you with her, for such a long time. You have my sympathy, and my condolences.
Ibs - You have my 📱 & email should you need to chat, cry, rant or whatever. My kettle is always hot if you feel up for a visit, ok. Sorry for your loss, mate 😢
I was driving in France near Paris a year or so ago and we went in a 2 metre height restriction tunnel... Bearing in mind I was driving a van about 1.96 metres tall, it was scary - I spent the entire time ducking down to the point where I was basically slouching in the seat...! It was a weird instinct, I guess 😂
I reckon they thought the lorry was going around an obstacle on the left, didn’t even think about the height issue. They were so close up behind that they couldn’t see their lane was clear
2:33 I see this a lot, an oversized 4x4 SUV that's been hampered by the fitting of large diameter alloys with low profile tyres. Often piloted by a driver with no spacial awareness, trying their best to tiptoe around potholes and avoid scuffing said alloys on the kerb.
Beamer at 2:30 - Moron has no idea how big his vehicle is. I really think we should require different classes of license for the larger vehicles. Some of them are getting massive and I see their drivers crossing over lines and using more space than needed all the time. They struggle to park them too. Some people just don't have the spacial awareness needed to safely manoeuvre these vehicles.
it could be new to the driver, they are still getting used to its dimensions, when i went from a small van to a swb van, it took me time to adjust my brain to the width. but more likely, the position of the driver when look closely, i think they are playing with the centre console controls or their phone and not paying attention to whats around them and drifts over the line.
It looked more like they thought Ashley was turning left and they went to beat the lights as they changed with cutting the corner. Could also be phone / infotainment distraction
It is quite insane that, despite taking my Category B driving test in a Renault Clio, I'm completely legally allowed to get behind the wheel of a 3.5t van and drive, no extra training required. Fortunately I have had extra training, because I drive 3.5t vans for a living and my company required it, but it's not the law. I can also tow a trailer, no questions asked. It gets worse, however, when you realise people who passed their test before 1997 can just drive a 7.5t vehicle without any specific training. Sheer insanity.
13:18 A classic "Someone is letting me out so I don't need to do any observations because they must have done them for me." combined with a bit of classic target fixation too. They emerge and pull left but keep looking at Ashley, stationary, on their right instead of looking left where they're going. I get the pressure to get a move on so you don't unnecessarily hold up someone who has been decent enough to let you out, but if they are patient enough to stop for you, they're also patient enough to wait for you to make proper observations.
I hate it when someone lets you out from one direction but it never enters their head that it might not be clear from the other way. You see them get frustrated because you haven't gone when they wanted you to.
Ashley wasn’t letting them out. He was waiting for the car coming towards him. Unfortunately, the car emerging misread the situation, hence the need for the horn.
@@jeremypnet Yes, that was obvious.. What matters is that they didn't look left (watch the head movements and sudden brake) until they were well into the manoeuvre and had the other car been closer that could have ended in tears. They even had to reverse a couple of feet to feel safe.
yea you'd be surprised. it's the dunning-kruger effect: anyone buying an expensive immediately after getting their license is probably overestimating their skills
6:55 - Why do I think this is happening more and more? (turning right from left lane at roundabout) A - Because more and more roundabouts not only allow it, but encourage it... Several near me in Peterborough have large signs before the roundabout saying "For A47 Wisbech use BOTH lanes" (or similar) A- and, because when learning to drive larger vehicles we are taught "Always be in the left most allowed lane at a roundabout when turning right" (this advise trickles down and confuses people who confuse this with "be in the left hand lane" rather than "left most allowed lane")
14:00 - I used to drive a double decker bus under a bridge like that ... Sometimes I still find myself instinctively going to the middle of the road when I go under it in my car!
I dunno, the more I watch these videos and listen to the chat during lessons, the more I want to go back and do driving lessons again, but with Ashley teaching 😅
13:57 That kind of reading everything what is going on is so good. I had a situation where a truck turned left into a small road and stopped with the trailer still in the junction, so I knew he would reverse into the supermarket behind him. Maybe obvious to most people, but there will still be people trying to get past that trailer.
On the clip at 06:44, re the driver in the left lane turning right. There is a roundabout near me where this happens all the time. It's actually got 5 exits (6 including the approach) and it can be a bit confusing. The roundabout in question is on the A167 road heading in a northerly direction from the south (from Northallerton) towards Darlington. It is the roundabout where you turn right onto the A66 ring road. It's the roundabout with the big Evans Halshaw car dealership. The problem is, the A167 continues into Darlington town centre, and it's the 3rd exit on the roundabout, but it's at a bit of an awkward 1pm position on the roundabout. The only sign approaching the roundabout says "A66M and A67 Left Lane" and "A167 and A66 Right Lane". For people not familiar with the area, that sign is pointless and unhelpful. It should say "Town Centre" or something more helpful. Anyway, because I use the roundabout almost everyday in this direction, I correctly use the right lane on approach to continue onto the 3rd exit and continue for the town centre. I would estimate that roughly 30% of the time I use this roundabout in this format, somebody in the left lane decides to incorrectly take the same, 3rd exit as me at the same time as I'm trying to take it. More often than not, this person proceeds to honk at me, tailgate me, flash me and give me the finger. Despite me being in the correct lane as instructed by the sign. But the frequency with which this happens got me thinking, there must be something inherently confusing about the roundabout for so many people to be getting it wrong. And not just getting it wrong, but almost taking me out in the process and aggressively and assertively gesticulating at me that it's my fault. I can only assume it's to do with the 1pm exit position, and maybe they've been taught in the past to use the left lane for a 1pm exit, and they've missed the sign and guessed the left lane is correct? Anyway, worth exploring it on Street View and hearing your opinion. It's only a matter of time until there's a serious incident (road rage or a crash) due to the insane proportion of people incorrectly using the left lane despite the signage. Other roundabouts in my area it's just the normal random bunch of people - even me I guess, who occasionally makes a mistake. But this one is chronic.
Just looking at streetview at that roundabout, and it has "A167" in the right lane, so that's reasonably clear. However, if that's the only place it's written and covered by another vehicle it might be easy to miss. I noticed the sign further back is half obscured by foliage, so that doesn't help. Also the lane markings on the roundabout are very faint, and can't see any labels in the lanes to help. So while being in the right lane for the A167 appears to be correct, I could understand why some drivers might not know which lane should be used. I think the road signs, rather than just lane markings on the road, should indicate which lanes should be used. When there's queuing traffic it's often difficult to see lane arrows and labels; so having signs would help with this.
@@davem9204 I agree, the markings on the road are useless when there's queueing traffic. My issue isn't that people get it wrong. It's that people get it wrong, but then aggressively give out to the person who hasn't got it wrong. People make mistakes, but it's the ones that are so ultra confident that their mistake was actually the right course of action, who confuse me. If it's hard to determine the lane, that's fine - but I'd be coy if I was uncertain. These people are behaving as though they are certain, and that I have committed the gravest of crimes for having dared to use the correct lane. Saw it again this morning. I was in the right lane, and a 4x4 in the left lane went for the 3rd exit. This one didn't get aggressive though, which is a nice change.
So sorry for your loss Ashley-and yes where i live there are loads more people using the left lane at roundabouts to go right-its just impatience. Take care and best wishes to all of your family
At 13:20 what are your thoughts on pulling forwards to "block" them into the junction, so that they can't make the mistake of pulling out without observations - trying to work out what allows for better flow whilst still minimising risk?
Yep, while I think I wouldn't have been in an accident in any example my memory can bring up, Ash's "Have they seen me?" question will prevent the accident either way. If I've had nobody behind me I've slowed down a fair bit for them, so I'll come into their view, if they still can't see me I'll stop - a couple of weeks ago I had to tap my horn and off they went, a little thankful thumbs up from them. It helps that oncoming cars thankfully more than often than not are already keeping the area clear (I too always keep junctions clear when there's stationary traffic ahead of me, especially knowing there's lights ahead).
@@BeautyByBike Fortunately, many of those people will be unpleasantly surprised when a future crash they're involved in ends up being ruled (at best) 50/50 Driving is just as much about accommodating others as it is obeying the basic rules.
The Driving standard in the UK has gone down so much, my guess is more cars on the road bring up travel times and impatience people do stupid things to save 10 seconds at the expense of everyone else.
it's ever since the "I'm alright Jack' 1980's until we have arrived at a point where some people don't read the road, they expect everyone else to get out of their way and they drive to what they can see and not what could be. For instance there's a blind corner near me on a 60mph limit road about 4 miles from Goodwood. A couple of years ago during Festival of Speed, with heavy traffic, signs everywhere warning of queues and the blind corner ahead a guy in a Golf came flying round the corner to find the rear of the queue for FOS, he swerved out around the rear car only to find a lorry coming the other way and a row of big trees on the right. The ambulance left a bit later, slowly with no blue lights!☠ These are the drivers we remember not the ones who quietly and carefully carry out their roadwork thoughtfully. My Pa always said; 'driving isn't a right, it's a responsibility' which is why the courts retain the right to remove your licence for poor road craft.
no the driving standard has been the same for decades, its just with more drivers getting dash cams, we are seeing the bad driving more often. the UK still has a high standard of driving compared to the world as most drivers that drive ok to good are not noticed because they dont drive badly.
The UK is one of the safest places in the world to be driving and its getting safer. You are mistaking seeing more of these idiots on the road via Dashcam videos for there being more idiots on the road. The two are not necessarily connected as more and more people have dashcams means that more and more of these incidents are recorded.
@@douglasreid699 I don't know, back in the 70's there seemed to be police everywhere and a copper would not have missed a chance to get that guy at 18.20, there weren't the number of holes in hedges and fences I see around here, mostly from nighttime escapades fuelled by Red Bull and MacDonalds. Mind you the cars we had on offer were pretty slow unless you had a few quid but even then standard cars today can outperform a Triumph Stag or TR7 we used to think were performance cars. I had a Ford Cortine 1.6 estate that could do 90 downhill, 80 on the flat as long as the crossply tyres didn't refuse to marry with the road surface.......
End of an era... ☹ It was really iconic, especially with the 2 roundabouts clip. 🥹 Could I kindly ask you Ash to add a few more seconds of black screen at the end? It's a 1st world problem for sure lmao, but I watch all your videos on the TV app, and if it hits the end of the video it immediately goes onto the next one, and you can't simply go back on the app, you have to basically find it from scratch. I'm only asking cos sometimes I forget to like a video at the start. Then usually I'll get to the end of the video and check if I've liked it or not, but to do so I pause it a couple seconds before it cuts off. Then I'll like the video and see what to watch next etc. It's only a very minor thing, but I suppose it may get you a couple more likes from others too? Plus I like to pause at the very end and read a few comments afterwards to see other peoples views/interpretations ❤ (your other vids where you say goodbye are fine cos you know the ending is coming right up)
I visited Liverpool for the first time a couple of weeks ago, I recognised two or three roads in this video from my short stay. Absolutely loved the city. Regards the turning right on roundabouts from the left lane, it does seem to be an issue country wide. In a similar vein, there’s a particular roundabout in my town where everyone goes straight on from the right as the continuation is slightly past the “12 o’clock” but the preceding signage shows it to be at the “12 o’clock”. The road markings clearly show the right lane is for the right turn only. I’m teaching my son at the moment and have only been there when it’s quiet up to now so get him in the left lane and I find myself turning my head like an owl to be sure no one is conflicting with us! I do this as he will fail his test if he negotiates that direction from the right lane though it’s arguably safer from the right. It’s worsened by the amount of people who signal right when intending to go “straight on”.
In my opinion the difference between a fail and poor driving is intent, a fail is when someone unknowingly makes a mistake, poor driving is someone who runs a red light on purpose or drives a bicycle on the wrong side of the road. We as drivers who learn from this channel turn fails into non events, we fall back and let those who make mistakes correct themselves, wait in spaces or else do what we can to help keep traffic flowing without adding to the situation. When it comes to poor drivers all we can do is hope that these people don’t cause harm to us and those around us and that eventually their actions will be caught by the correct people and dealt with in a way that they will learn. Or they find a channel like Ashley’s and learn from it before they hurt themselves or someone else.
The multi lane roundabouts in this country are dependant on local designs. We have one near me that is a mess in its design plus worn out markings and people who know it going full pelt around. Apart from the confused a lot of drivers suddenly realise they are in the wrong lane and try and save time by taking chances. Better to turn off and come back on. There must be someone out there with a brain and common sense to come up with a design that would be universal. For those who say it is obvious try one like my area and and tell me it is obvious. There are a lot of people I know who avoid it and openly tell me.
I passed my test 1991 only had 3 lesson's because i couldn't afford anymore and already paid the test centre with a 3 month window. Love watching the odd Ashley and Imran(?) vids when they pop up on me feed. Great stuff👍. I don't drive no more got an electric mtb with trailer for shopping and a race car simulator. 😊
I think driving standards are getting worse, and I don't think this has anything to do with the standard of instructors or the driving test. I like many people knew the rules of the road before I started driving. I grew up cycling on British roads and sat as a passenger when my parents were driving. I learnt a lot about how to drive and how the British roads system worked and how drivers reacted around each other before I had a single driving lesson, i was part of growing up a few years ago. We now have many people in this country who didn't have that experience, and I think that is a large part of why these days it is harder to trust that the driver of the other vehicle knows what they are doing, as they don't necessarily have much experience of British roads, or British mannerisms when driving.
5:53 I would petition the council to put some bollards up there. 3 vehicles in the space of a minute going up the pavement to skip the traffic... Shocking driving
Congrats to Adam for passing his test! Remember seeing him, I assume, quite early on in his driving lessons in your videos a while ago and he's come on miles from then. Good stuff to him and to you Ash!
The 14:00 Audi clip - I had to go back and check. Many such bridged sections of road have markings showing the safe corridor for tall vehicles, but not this one. Pure fixation, then, and following so close I wondered for a moment if the lorry was towing it.
6:52 To answer your question, from my perspective it is a bit down to poor signage on those complex roundabouts. Drivers who don't know specific area will commonly pick the wrong lane on the approach not knowing what lane gets you where and then they try to change it in panic to save time on re-approach. While I can agree that poor driving standards of those who use the wrong lane to turn is causing dangerous situations to occur, it wouldn't have happened if the driver knew which lane they should take before getting on that junction. Since it's only the road markings that tell you where you should go, and there is quite a few cars obstructing those the driver doesn't really get the information he needs at the right time.
02:06 as Highway Code rule 163, only overtake on the left if the vehicle in front is signalling to turn right, and there is room to do so, stay in your lane if traffic is moving slowly in queues, if the queue on your right is moving more slowly than you are, you may pass on the left, that car had plenty of room to overtake the vehicle signalling to turn right on the left hand side, it seems like they were target fixating on the road and not looking at available road space.
Re: Going right in the left lane on roundabouts. This was commonplace when I lived in Belgium a few years ago, to the point where if I tried taking roundabouts in a similar fashion to how I do here in the UK it would cause confusion amongst the locals. I wonder if it's an issue that's been imported by drivers coming to the UK having originally learnt to drive elsewhere?
So in Belgium they drive all the way around the outside lane of the roundabout if going all (or most) of the way around? Seems pretty obvious why that would be a bad idea.
@@PedroConejo1939 A British driver driving in a country that drives on the right would expect to take the left lane when turning left (3rd exit). If I intend to take the first exit(s), I'll be in the outside lane of the roundabout. If I want to go straight ahead, could be either lane. If I want to go past the straight ahead route I'd be on the inside lane of the roundabout. I assume you do the same? There are some problem people who intentionally drive all the way around the roundabout in the outside lane (right lane for you, or left for me). Sounds like it might be the preffered method in Belgium to drive all the way around in the outside lane? Seems crazy to me, when would the inside lane ever be used if everyone drives around the outside? I think in some places traffic already on the roundabout has to give way to traffic entering the roundabout too.
@@jameshoward2738 You could always research the local customs and expectations if you intend to drive in a different country. To insist on driving the way you always have in your own country, no matter how logical you believe it to be, can cause confusion and lead to collisions or run ins with the local law.
The clip at the very end... Years ago I was stopped at some lights on a dual carriageway. I could see the car in the outside lane coming up to the lights in my mirror, and the driver was busy applying eye liner/mascara. Unfortunately, she was SO busy that she'd not seen the red light. She spotted it at the last second and had to stamp on her brakes as she got beside me. A rather painful lesson as not only did she stab herself in the eye with the makeup stick/pencil, but also had the sight (out of her other eye) of me absolutely wetting myself laughing at her. Sorry - I just couldn't help it!
I've got a book of collected anecdotes from the beat by a retired copper. One day he was attending a _very_ minor traffic collision. Scratched paint, a small dent, nothing really, certainly nothing you'd expect injuries from. One driver was _covered_ in blood. Turns out the bloodied victim was knuckle deep picking his nose at the time of impact.
The second clip where you let the car out had a learning point for the drivers queueing. Why pull up right to the car in front blocking a junction or the view of a junction. I see it all the time Ash where people will keep the junction clear but then pull forward as soon as there is remotely enough space so they are not exactly blocking the junction but don't help people trying to come out. The truck queueing wasn't getting any further by sitting in the view of people attempting to turn right, especially with bigger cars, vans or trucks
13:29 If you had stopped to block the car from joining from the left, although it seems rude it would have prevented the misunderstanding which occurred.
@@ashley_neal You should position further forward nearer the silver car only blocking the emerging car with the rear half of your car. This would allow an oncoming right turner to complete. Note that there was not an oncoming right turner here. Please mention your trailer in the response.
@@ashley_nealI would have thought the same if I was driving the fiesta. But I would have also pulled round the parked cars really carefully as there was clearly a reason you stopped. A rare case of misunderstanding in an Ashley clip.
This is the problem that people decide to go from the side road without being let out first. People just stare at the car rather than looking at all the information given to them from what the other road user (me) is telling them.
I do see a lot of people approaching roundabouts in the lefthand lane who turn right. Particularly annoying when there are signs and road markings present. I suspect it's because they are afraid to move into the right hand lane.
I was walking along a footpath in Shrewsbury last week when a car came alongside in slow-moving traffic. There was a parking ticket smack in the middle of the driver's field of view. They then proceeded to wind down the window and try to remove it ... all whilst still driving along 🤦♂
I spent around four years going up and down the A1 to get to work for one job, fifty miles each way, every day I would see people brushing their hair or putting makeup on, often in the outside lane, if they had a passenger in the car the amount of head turning while talking was unreal at 70mph.
4:45 I've tried doing that before, going in the same direction I'd go in front of them and put on the same signal. Don't think I ever got someone that understood and turned it off lmao
@13:19 I had to rewatch that clip because the expression on Ashley's face was classic. The look of disdain is where actions speak louder than words. A timely warning use of the horn was justified. Audi....... yes; Operator - not the car - but they really have got a reputation these days. Putting on makeup is worse than using a phone imho. Sarcastic sound bites noted. I ❤ a good Sunday Roast.
Many of the spiral roundabouts have conflicting road markings and road signs, some where I live make no sense, I’ve reported the problems and had one problem fixed, but not the rest. One has had the the road markings changed but not the road sign, this causes major problems. I get the feeling there’s too many lanes, they seem to cram in a extra lane into a non existent space, some lanes just disappear and the road markings with it and you’re left confused. Or the markings have worn out and not been painted. If you’re going to have spiral roundabouts, big ones, then keep the lanes clean and white. I like the American way, lanes are in yellow, this makes perfect sense particularly in winter and rain, plus low light! Oh and don’t rely on the say nav!
@@rhisands2063 Agreed. I I use the iPhone Google maps I think it’s called, it does some bizarre stuff where roundabouts are concerned, some of the lanes it recommends is frankly bordering on dangerous, I keep it updated but each update can make the situation worse. The other one is the car one which is ten years old never updated but very reliable in a simple way.
1:25 - Ashley, I never wave motorists on like that. While it wasn't a higher risk area - I have witnessed 3 accidents where someone was waved on. If traffic isn't moving and someone wants to enter / cross traffic from a side street - I'll occasionally stop - but make it a point not to wave. Waving seems to override the other motorists assessment of traffic. They feel compelled to GO.
@@soarstarproblem with that is they end up dithering whike wondering what you are doing, thus putting you at risk and blocking traffic while they are wondering. HC allows a flash of lights to alert another driver to your presence. I have no issue flashing my lights to let another car know I am sitting there provided: 1. I am aware of the risk that the other driver may misinterpret my headlamp flash as a signal that I am giving way, so I have made sure if they do so that it is perfectly safe for all. 2. The flash will not be misinterpreted by another road user who then moves forward at the same time! Saves dithering and is good for flow.
6:54 1. Lack of practice since COVID and more WFH I imagine is an aspect. 2. But also, road markings are not clear, look at the road marking at 6:54 itself, they both indicate straight... Why doesn't the RH lane indicate straight and right...? Lane marking like this are confusing as heck to me.
Went on my very first solo drive today and honestly it was both nerve racking and relaxing at the same time I'm a proud owner of a 1.4L skoda fabia estate and I have noticed that I'm a bugger at speeding a bit. I'm not doing it on purpose still figuring out the throttle response Pros with my drive Rectified my speed Dealt with a tailgater but making a full lap around the roundabout Did one of my best bay parking Dealt with a cyclist very nicely waited for a safer opportunity to pass them and gave them all the space they needed Cons with my drive Sped a little bit And reversed in to my house Stalled the car I genuinely would like hear people's thoughts and opinions For those who are wondering why I went for an estate for my first car A 1.25L fiesta would have cost me £1,500 a year For the same money +/- £50 the skoda was more controllable bang for my buck
12:24 Looks like a triple mower in front, off to cut the grass. Dangerous job for all the metal cans and glass bottles that line grass verges. Don't throw litter onto grass verges of (fast) roads. Someone has to litter pick it - another dangerous job.....
That notorious junction in Walton where everyone drives on the pavement and cuts through that side lane on the left could easily be fixed by just getting rid of the red light on that left turn and making the light pedestrian controlled instead. It's a give way line at the end of it anyway and sometimes you're sat there waiting for absolutely nobody for minutes on end. I definitely understand why people cut it since it's technically legal but it now makes the area more dangerous since the side road isn't designed for it.
in my area in the states there are a few junctions with advanced traffic light controls, that give the right turn a green light when other traffic is doing a maneuver that it won't interfere with. I.E. if the left turn signal for the road they will be turning into is green.
Mr. Neal has the same driving philosophy as I do. If in doubt, yield. Give the other driver space to manœuvre, even if you are not yet sure what that manœuvre is... and generally do what needs to be done to keep traffic moving smoothly. In other words "road calm"... the opposite of road rage.
13:20 - oh dear. I can completely understand why that driver thought you were letting them out. I suppose Ashley couldn't have nudged up a bit closer to the parked vehicle as there was danger of blocking the junction for the vehicle approaching if they were going to turn into it?
I agree Ashley, more and more road users are turning right from the left lane on a roundabout. Had someone about 6 months ago do exactly this when I was in lane 2 on a three lane roundabout. Luckily as I drive for a living I was alert to this and moved across to lane three avoiding a collision but I absolutely lost my head with the driver and guess who saw the whole thing, the old bill. Who had to clam me down and sat me down in the back of there car for me to relax and get my head back in the right place. Still to this day I see other drivers doing this, I think it’s either a lack of observations or incompetence or both.
I have many times ducked under low tunnels or bridges, even when I know I will fit. Once I actually had a height restriction barrier scraping the roof of the bus, but that was because it was placed to low. Another time I scraped because it was hanging down. Best is of course when you drive a 2,9 m sprinter into a 3.,0 m tunnel with "Overhead" flashing above. Along one of our routes we have a passage under a railway shaped like the one in this clip, and it has warning lights for oncoming traffic when there is a high vehicle coming because they have to drive in the middle to not scrape the roof.
11:43 a while back we were sat in the van in a layby on the A59 near Longton and a driver of a small white car decided to use one of those gaps to turn right into the lane adjacent to the other carriageway (essentially the opposite of what the van driver did). Unsuspecting driver in a large autobahn cruiser has to do some niffy brake work to slow down and swerve to miss them. HIGHLY DANGEROUS to cross a carriageway like that.... and we thought we were going to witness a fatal accident. The swervy driver got out to have words with the other driver putting themselves in even more risk along with several HGV and car drivers that had to under take a stationary car in a live lane on a 50mph road.
My least favourite thing is being on a roundabout in the correct lane trying to follow it out and someone glues themselves to your inside and expects to live there going around who knows how far. All you can do is keep a solid eye on them and try get them infront of you (or behind as a last resort). 🤷♂️
that lorry clip; surprised you didn't get dragged out of the car by the merc. behind for that, thinking of the lorry driver and not getting to where you are going 10 seconds quicker!
I've had countless people doing 40 in a 60 road then they wonder why they get tailgaited drivers get annoyed then try to do risky overtake. Do the right speed then everybody is safe.
Regarding the "right from left" issue I wonder if it's because that's being introduced into roundabouts officially more and more. It's changed here recently, to get onto M6 Southbound from the A590 (out of Furness and Lakes area) you can now take the left lane if you wish even though the exit is at 3 o'clock. I've done it and it works but it feels very wrong. And I wonder if the increase in these is giving people the wrong idea at other roundabouts.
Do driving instructors administer driving tests in the UK? In Australia, only dedicated staff working for the relevant state based government departments can administer driving tests, or, in remote areas, police can perform the tests, but no person can both instruct and also test.
I had an interesting situation today: on a country lane with a triangle junction that’s just a bit too small. I had two cars behind me and I was turning off into where there was a car waiting to come out to the right, but I realised it was a bit tight for me to squeeze all the way past. I pulled in and stopped, a couple of seconds later the car was able to pull out and in a friendly way shouted to me “shoulda waited mate”. Now this would have let him out, and got me on my way quicker, but I would have inconvenienced the two cars behind me. So I think I made the right choice for “best flow”?
17:13 - that's the most Audi Audi of all time. I feel like you have to write in a letter to that Audi driver in order to be accepted into the Audi fraternity
The sounding of the horn at 13:30 was arguably illegal, wasn't it? Regulation 99 of the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986 says you can't "sound, or cause or permit to be sounded, any horn, gong, bell or siren fitted to or carried on a vehicle which is [...] stationary on a road, at any time, other than at times of danger due to another moving vehicle on or near the road". I guess your defence would be that the vehicle coming round the corner gave rise to "times of danger"? I'm not so sure, though. It's more that it would have given rise to an awkward situation where somebody would have needed to back up.
Haven't you just answered your own question and disproved your hypothesis: *_other than at times of danger due to another moving vehicle on or near the road_*
@@ianmason. Not at all, I am questioning whether a 'time of danger' existed in that clip? Where's the danger? There was no risk of a collision. There was a situation developing that was going to be annoying and inconvenient to resolve, but that's not the same as danger. 'Danger' is a strong word. Reflecting the fact you really don't want people sounding their horn willy nilly in built up areas.
@@philwoodward5069 Fine, substitute 'hazard' for 'danger' if you prefer. I'm pretty sure that the drafters of the regs didn't intend to mean that things needed to reach a level of mortal peril before an action that is acceptable when a vehicle is in motion but not when it is stationary again becomes acceptable. You're over-egging the pudding.
@@ianmason. It's not for me to substitute one word for another in the Regs - only Parliament can do that. Anyway, it's not even a hazard. All that's going to happen there is somebody's going to have to back up. I wouldn't dream of sounding my horn on a residential street in that situation whether I was stationary or moving and regardless of what time of day it was. This is a case of a driving instructor reaching for an opportunity to demonstrate when you *should* use the horn, even though there was absolutely no need. (There almost never is).
@@philwoodward5069 Like I said, you're trying to make a mountain out of a molehill. No actually, A mountain out of a slight unevenness in a film of paint. The enforcement authorities, fortunately, have a much more realistic interpretation of the regulations than you do. Frankly, you're being ridiculous.
The thing with letting people in like in 1:22 is that I never do it when there's nobody behind me. Why have a stop-start if everything after me is clear? If there's a queue behind me however, holding everyone up isn't great either. So in that case, I'd just slow down to give him a chance but not stop if he won't take it. Tricky one and videos don't give a good idea about space... The thing with height restrictions is that they are often only on feet & inches and then I'm not sure anymore. Signage is a bit inconsistent- if it's there.
I do want to ask because i'm not from the UK, but those L and P stickers, are they magnets you can simply put on and take off? because over here in belgium, we have L stickers as well, but they are generally actual stickers you put on the rear window and you cannot take them off and then put them on again so there are just loads of parents driving around with those L-stickers while their children are learning to drive
You can get magnetic ones or stick-on ones. Obviously with the magnetic ones you need a decent flat steel body area to attach it on, and lots of modern cars don't really have that.
9:37 it looks like the driver is trying to cross the road to get back to the artic cab. If it had been me at this point, I would have pulled up to the driver and asked if they needed a banksman to help turning around, and if not, then held back to give them space to cross, since that would get the lorry moving again.
I've done the same myself, but don't be surprised if the driver doesn't want an unknown member of the public with unknown experience acting as their banksman. In Ash's case he was on a lesson, and thus I wouldn't expect him to stop and spend someone's hard earned lesson fee on a lesson in social responsibility.
@@ianmason.True, although in my case, I'd tell them that I'm an HGV driver myself so I know what I'm doing 🙂 Ash could have suggested that his pupil waited for the driver to cross, though - that wouldn't have taken much time.
the first clip, isn't the keep clear suppose to be for the main road so you in the side road can go out? The guy at the back didn't use the horn so I don't think he's at fault (mostly)
It's diagram 1026 in the Traffic Signs Regulations and it is merely advisory, so any give way markings take precedence. The idea when it's placed across an entrance like that is to ease the path of traffic turning right either into or out of the premises while there is queuing traffic. Even if you're emerging and turning left you should keep it clear until the traffic starts moving again as if you use up the space you could get in the way of a long vehicle turning right off the main road into the entrance, or become the victim of a corner cutting clown doing the same.
A couple of years ago I hired a car and the built in sat nav was very slow with directions especially at roundabouts. Maybe thats one reason why people are in the left lane when needing to go right cus they rely on the sat nav too much. (im old school and used to use the big AA road map and now use google maps so i can plan my journey)
Haha, that Audi following the lorry. Can't tell if they were assuming there was an obstruction in the road and followed the lorry, or just plain old target fixation 😄
A lot of people literally just copy the vehicle in front. I almost got rear-ended today while giving a driving lesson because I had to intervene and stop an unsafe roundabout emerge while the driver behind was just following my learner's actions and was oblivious to people on the junction already.
@@user-mv5zt8qd9l I see this so often. A car in front moves to the right of the lane to turn right and the car behind just copies them with the move to right even though they don't want to turn right.
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"how observant are you!"
"it's my job" 😂💪
Apologies for my absence these days folks as I'm dealing with my very dear mother passing away on July 3rd. Mum's passing away is still with the medical examiner and been referred to the coroner. I'm in total disbelief that any of this is happening.
Yesterday I went to a car show in Deal / Walmer not far from Canterbury. But it wasn't about the cars. It was all about doing something in mum's honour and I know it's what she would have wanted me to do. As I walked around, I would talk to her out loud and tell her how I wished she was there with me. I'm talking to her many times a day every day and have reassured her this will always be the case.
Anyhow, I'll get to watching these videos when I can and I will always remain part of Ashley's community because it's a great one.
Forgive me for writing all this folks but I find it helps.
Please stay safe everyone
Sorry to hear the sad news and our thoughts are with you. She will always be with you wherever you go and she would have appreciated going to the car show yesterday as well as all the other places you go in the future
Take care and know that us as a community here will always be around to listen (or read) all of your comments when they appear. Take time for you and look after yourself
So sorry to hear that Ibrahim. I never know what to say, one word is too many, a thousand not enough. Stay strong.
May your mother rest in peace and all the best to yourself.
Genuinely, I have tears in my eyes , Ibrahim, as you described how you went to the car show in memory of your mum. I know, it is always surreal when it comes to losing our parents, especially for you when your mum has been with you , and you with her, for such a long time. You have my sympathy, and my condolences.
Ibs - You have my 📱 & email should you need to chat, cry, rant or whatever. My kettle is always hot if you feel up for a visit, ok.
Sorry for your loss, mate 😢
Honestly didn't see that comment about the dog walker coming; I was too busy wondering what would be wrong with the 2 lawnmowers.
I was driving in France near Paris a year or so ago and we went in a 2 metre height restriction tunnel... Bearing in mind I was driving a van about 1.96 metres tall, it was scary - I spent the entire time ducking down to the point where I was basically slouching in the seat...!
It was a weird instinct, I guess 😂
I've hunched my shoulders in when going through narrow gaps. It feels stupid afterwards, but it seems to help.
My parents used to say 'breathe in!' when approaching a narrow gap!
@@PedroConejo1939 Yes, my entire family was ducking down...!
I've told students to 'duck' when going under height restrictions and they have!
@@ashley_neal That's excellent, I'd love to see that on a video sometimes if you have it!
14:05 The Audi clip is hilarious! 😂
It was that lorry's fault for being too close and obstructing the view to the front 😂
They probably didn't understand why the lorry positioned itself in the middle, and just copied the behaviour.
Not sure what the issue was? They need adequate headroom for their ego.
I reckon they thought the lorry was going around an obstacle on the left, didn’t even think about the height issue. They were so close up behind that they couldn’t see their lane was clear
A classic case of STS'ing - not driving, just Sitting There, Steering™
Thanks Ashley. I always learn so much from your videos. I appreciate the work you put into each one 👏🏻
Thank you so much 🙏
2:33 I see this a lot, an oversized 4x4 SUV that's been hampered by the fitting of large diameter alloys with low profile tyres. Often piloted by a driver with no spacial awareness, trying their best to tiptoe around potholes and avoid scuffing said alloys on the kerb.
Love it when I see these also avoiding EVERY puddle they come across.
Beamer at 2:30 - Moron has no idea how big his vehicle is. I really think we should require different classes of license for the larger vehicles. Some of them are getting massive and I see their drivers crossing over lines and using more space than needed all the time. They struggle to park them too. Some people just don't have the spacial awareness needed to safely manoeuvre these vehicles.
it could be new to the driver, they are still getting used to its dimensions, when i went from a small van to a swb van, it took me time to adjust my brain to the width.
but more likely, the position of the driver when look closely, i think they are playing with the centre console controls or their phone and not paying attention to whats around them and drifts over the line.
Not the first time Ive seen this in the comments. As a motorcyclist who has had to grow my license to accommodate my displacement I approve.
It looked more like they thought Ashley was turning left and they went to beat the lights as they changed with cutting the corner.
Could also be phone / infotainment distraction
It is quite insane that, despite taking my Category B driving test in a Renault Clio, I'm completely legally allowed to get behind the wheel of a 3.5t van and drive, no extra training required. Fortunately I have had extra training, because I drive 3.5t vans for a living and my company required it, but it's not the law. I can also tow a trailer, no questions asked. It gets worse, however, when you realise people who passed their test before 1997 can just drive a 7.5t vehicle without any specific training. Sheer insanity.
now imagine driving in the US where a person can pass their test in a Volkswagen, and then get behind the wheel of a 40 foot motorhome.
13:18 A classic "Someone is letting me out so I don't need to do any observations because they must have done them for me." combined with a bit of classic target fixation too. They emerge and pull left but keep looking at Ashley, stationary, on their right instead of looking left where they're going.
I get the pressure to get a move on so you don't unnecessarily hold up someone who has been decent enough to let you out, but if they are patient enough to stop for you, they're also patient enough to wait for you to make proper observations.
I know people don’t like it, but would a right signal here have made the other driver understand the situation?
I hate it when someone lets you out from one direction but it never enters their head that it might not be clear from the other way. You see them get frustrated because you haven't gone when they wanted you to.
Ashley wasn’t letting them out. He was waiting for the car coming towards him. Unfortunately, the car emerging misread the situation, hence the need for the horn.
@@jeremypnet Yes, that was obvious.. What matters is that they didn't look left (watch the head movements and sudden brake) until they were well into the manoeuvre and had the other car been closer that could have ended in tears. They even had to reverse a couple of feet to feel safe.
12:32. Ash is observant! I was focused on the 2 agricultural machines in front of Ash rather than the dog behind him!
even i thought if Ash can't stand the machines in front ..
That last clip, I reckon that's the mum of whoever just passed and they don't take the P plates off when it's not the new driver.
You’d be surprised…
yea you'd be surprised. it's the dunning-kruger effect: anyone buying an expensive immediately after getting their license is probably overestimating their skills
6:55 - Why do I think this is happening more and more? (turning right from left lane at roundabout)
A - Because more and more roundabouts not only allow it, but encourage it... Several near me in Peterborough have large signs before the roundabout saying "For A47 Wisbech use BOTH lanes" (or similar)
A- and, because when learning to drive larger vehicles we are taught "Always be in the left most allowed lane at a roundabout when turning right" (this advise trickles down and confuses people who confuse this with "be in the left hand lane" rather than "left most allowed lane")
14:00 - I used to drive a double decker bus under a bridge like that ... Sometimes I still find myself instinctively going to the middle of the road when I go under it in my car!
My weekly driving reset. Thanks Ash
I dunno, the more I watch these videos and listen to the chat during lessons, the more I want to go back and do driving lessons again, but with Ashley teaching 😅
13:57 That kind of reading everything what is going on is so good. I had a situation where a truck turned left into a small road and stopped with the trailer still in the junction, so I knew he would reverse into the supermarket behind him. Maybe obvious to most people, but there will still be people trying to get past that trailer.
On the clip at 06:44, re the driver in the left lane turning right. There is a roundabout near me where this happens all the time. It's actually got 5 exits (6 including the approach) and it can be a bit confusing. The roundabout in question is on the A167 road heading in a northerly direction from the south (from Northallerton) towards Darlington. It is the roundabout where you turn right onto the A66 ring road. It's the roundabout with the big Evans Halshaw car dealership.
The problem is, the A167 continues into Darlington town centre, and it's the 3rd exit on the roundabout, but it's at a bit of an awkward 1pm position on the roundabout. The only sign approaching the roundabout says "A66M and A67 Left Lane" and "A167 and A66 Right Lane".
For people not familiar with the area, that sign is pointless and unhelpful. It should say "Town Centre" or something more helpful.
Anyway, because I use the roundabout almost everyday in this direction, I correctly use the right lane on approach to continue onto the 3rd exit and continue for the town centre. I would estimate that roughly 30% of the time I use this roundabout in this format, somebody in the left lane decides to incorrectly take the same, 3rd exit as me at the same time as I'm trying to take it. More often than not, this person proceeds to honk at me, tailgate me, flash me and give me the finger. Despite me being in the correct lane as instructed by the sign.
But the frequency with which this happens got me thinking, there must be something inherently confusing about the roundabout for so many people to be getting it wrong. And not just getting it wrong, but almost taking me out in the process and aggressively and assertively gesticulating at me that it's my fault.
I can only assume it's to do with the 1pm exit position, and maybe they've been taught in the past to use the left lane for a 1pm exit, and they've missed the sign and guessed the left lane is correct?
Anyway, worth exploring it on Street View and hearing your opinion. It's only a matter of time until there's a serious incident (road rage or a crash) due to the insane proportion of people incorrectly using the left lane despite the signage.
Other roundabouts in my area it's just the normal random bunch of people - even me I guess, who occasionally makes a mistake. But this one is chronic.
Just looking at streetview at that roundabout, and it has "A167" in the right lane, so that's reasonably clear. However, if that's the only place it's written and covered by another vehicle it might be easy to miss. I noticed the sign further back is half obscured by foliage, so that doesn't help. Also the lane markings on the roundabout are very faint, and can't see any labels in the lanes to help. So while being in the right lane for the A167 appears to be correct, I could understand why some drivers might not know which lane should be used.
I think the road signs, rather than just lane markings on the road, should indicate which lanes should be used. When there's queuing traffic it's often difficult to see lane arrows and labels; so having signs would help with this.
@@davem9204 I agree, the markings on the road are useless when there's queueing traffic.
My issue isn't that people get it wrong. It's that people get it wrong, but then aggressively give out to the person who hasn't got it wrong. People make mistakes, but it's the ones that are so ultra confident that their mistake was actually the right course of action, who confuse me.
If it's hard to determine the lane, that's fine - but I'd be coy if I was uncertain. These people are behaving as though they are certain, and that I have committed the gravest of crimes for having dared to use the correct lane.
Saw it again this morning. I was in the right lane, and a 4x4 in the left lane went for the 3rd exit. This one didn't get aggressive though, which is a nice change.
Congratulations Adam, well done on passing 🎉🎉
Thanks very much.
It wasn’t me but I’ll take it.
So sorry for your loss Ashley-and yes where i live there are loads more people using the left lane at roundabouts to go right-its just impatience. Take care and best wishes to all of your family
At 13:20 what are your thoughts on pulling forwards to "block" them into the junction, so that they can't make the mistake of pulling out without observations - trying to work out what allows for better flow whilst still minimising risk?
1:24 absolutely brilliant. You come across a problem and solve it, you were clear behind so could stop and show that it was safe for them to pull out.
Priority is given, not taken!
And the other driver was very thankful, nice hand out the window. Perfect way of doing it.
@SGuy889 The number of people who just drive into problems because "they have priority" or "they're not at fault" is extremely concerning!
Yep, while I think I wouldn't have been in an accident in any example my memory can bring up, Ash's "Have they seen me?" question will prevent the accident either way. If I've had nobody behind me I've slowed down a fair bit for them, so I'll come into their view, if they still can't see me I'll stop - a couple of weeks ago I had to tap my horn and off they went, a little thankful thumbs up from them. It helps that oncoming cars thankfully more than often than not are already keeping the area clear (I too always keep junctions clear when there's stationary traffic ahead of me, especially knowing there's lights ahead).
@@BeautyByBike Fortunately, many of those people will be unpleasantly surprised when a future crash they're involved in ends up being ruled (at best) 50/50
Driving is just as much about accommodating others as it is obeying the basic rules.
I really liked the instruction to hold back so the lorry could have more options before the bridge. Top content as ever!
The Driving standard in the UK has gone down so much, my guess is more cars on the road bring up travel times and impatience people do stupid things to save 10 seconds at the expense of everyone else.
it's ever since the "I'm alright Jack' 1980's until we have arrived at a point where some people don't read the road, they expect everyone else to get out of their way and they drive to what they can see and not what could be.
For instance there's a blind corner near me on a 60mph limit road about 4 miles from Goodwood. A couple of years ago during Festival of Speed, with heavy traffic, signs everywhere warning of queues and the blind corner ahead a guy in a Golf came flying round the corner to find the rear of the queue for FOS, he swerved out around the rear car only to find a lorry coming the other way and a row of big trees on the right.
The ambulance left a bit later, slowly with no blue lights!☠
These are the drivers we remember not the ones who quietly and carefully carry out their roadwork thoughtfully. My Pa always said; 'driving isn't a right, it's a responsibility' which is why the courts retain the right to remove your licence for poor road craft.
no the driving standard has been the same for decades, its just with more drivers getting dash cams, we are seeing the bad driving more often. the UK still has a high standard of driving compared to the world as most drivers that drive ok to good are not noticed because they dont drive badly.
@@douglasreid699 I'd say driving standard is fairly high. What has dropped massively is driver attitude.
The UK is one of the safest places in the world to be driving and its getting safer. You are mistaking seeing more of these idiots on the road via Dashcam videos for there being more idiots on the road. The two are not necessarily connected as more and more people have dashcams means that more and more of these incidents are recorded.
@@douglasreid699 I don't know, back in the 70's there seemed to be police everywhere and a copper would not have missed a chance to get that guy at 18.20, there weren't the number of holes in hedges and fences I see around here, mostly from nighttime escapades fuelled by Red Bull and MacDonalds.
Mind you the cars we had on offer were pretty slow unless you had a few quid but even then standard cars today can outperform a Triumph Stag or TR7 we used to think were performance cars. I had a Ford Cortine 1.6 estate that could do 90 downhill, 80 on the flat as long as the crossply tyres didn't refuse to marry with the road surface.......
Another really helpful video! I miss the outro music though...
End of an era... ☹ It was really iconic, especially with the 2 roundabouts clip. 🥹
Could I kindly ask you Ash to add a few more seconds of black screen at the end? It's a 1st world problem for sure lmao, but I watch all your videos on the TV app, and if it hits the end of the video it immediately goes onto the next one, and you can't simply go back on the app, you have to basically find it from scratch.
I'm only asking cos sometimes I forget to like a video at the start. Then usually I'll get to the end of the video and check if I've liked it or not, but to do so I pause it a couple seconds before it cuts off. Then I'll like the video and see what to watch next etc. It's only a very minor thing, but I suppose it may get you a couple more likes from others too? Plus I like to pause at the very end and read a few comments afterwards to see other peoples views/interpretations ❤
(your other vids where you say goodbye are fine cos you know the ending is coming right up)
I visited Liverpool for the first time a couple of weeks ago, I recognised two or three roads in this video from my short stay. Absolutely loved the city.
Regards the turning right on roundabouts from the left lane, it does seem to be an issue country wide. In a similar vein, there’s a particular roundabout in my town where everyone goes straight on from the right as the continuation is slightly past the “12 o’clock” but the preceding signage shows it to be at the “12 o’clock”. The road markings clearly show the right lane is for the right turn only. I’m teaching my son at the moment and have only been there when it’s quiet up to now so get him in the left lane and I find myself turning my head like an owl to be sure no one is conflicting with us! I do this as he will fail his test if he negotiates that direction from the right lane though it’s arguably safer from the right. It’s worsened by the amount of people who signal right when intending to go “straight on”.
07:45 that’s great planning and awareness, everyone should be thinking of these things when driving but unfortunately it’s extremely rare these days.
Dumb as sh*t. Just sat blocking a junction to try and show off his knowledge of what might be happening. The truck is just stopped.
In my opinion the difference between a fail and poor driving is intent, a fail is when someone unknowingly makes a mistake, poor driving is someone who runs a red light on purpose or drives a bicycle on the wrong side of the road. We as drivers who learn from this channel turn fails into non events, we fall back and let those who make mistakes correct themselves, wait in spaces or else do what we can to help keep traffic flowing without adding to the situation. When it comes to poor drivers all we can do is hope that these people don’t cause harm to us and those around us and that eventually their actions will be caught by the correct people and dealt with in a way that they will learn. Or they find a channel like Ashley’s and learn from it before they hurt themselves or someone else.
The multi lane roundabouts in this country are dependant on local designs. We have one near me that is a mess in its design plus worn out markings and people who know it going full pelt around. Apart from the confused a lot of drivers suddenly realise they are in the wrong lane and try and save time by taking chances. Better to turn off and come back on. There must be someone out there with a brain and common sense to come up with a design that would be universal. For those who say it is obvious try one like my area and and tell me it is obvious. There are a lot of people I know who avoid it and openly tell me.
I passed my test 1991 only had 3 lesson's because i couldn't afford anymore and already paid the test centre with a 3 month window. Love watching the odd Ashley and Imran(?) vids when they pop up on me feed. Great stuff👍.
I don't drive no more got an electric mtb with trailer for shopping and a race car simulator. 😊
I think driving standards are getting worse, and I don't think this has anything to do with the standard of instructors or the driving test. I like many people knew the rules of the road before I started driving. I grew up cycling on British roads and sat as a passenger when my parents were driving. I learnt a lot about how to drive and how the British roads system worked and how drivers reacted around each other before I had a single driving lesson, i was part of growing up a few years ago.
We now have many people in this country who didn't have that experience, and I think that is a large part of why these days it is harder to trust that the driver of the other vehicle knows what they are doing, as they don't necessarily have much experience of British roads, or British mannerisms when driving.
I'm surprised I haven't seen a comment about the Royal Mail van's numberplate being partially obstructed by the broken light at 8:24
14:41 car drivers complain about when motorcyclist filter but they do exactly the same themselves yet it's more dangerous 🤯
5:53 I would petition the council to put some bollards up there. 3 vehicles in the space of a minute going up the pavement to skip the traffic... Shocking driving
Congrats to Adam for passing his test! Remember seeing him, I assume, quite early on in his driving lessons in your videos a while ago and he's come on miles from then. Good stuff to him and to you Ash!
The 14:00 Audi clip - I had to go back and check. Many such bridged sections of road have markings showing the safe corridor for tall vehicles, but not this one. Pure fixation, then, and following so close I wondered for a moment if the lorry was towing it.
15:35 this caught me out a couple weeks ago, never been down this road before and I did exactly what the merc did thinking it was a slip to turn left
6:52 To answer your question, from my perspective it is a bit down to poor signage on those complex roundabouts. Drivers who don't know specific area will commonly pick the wrong lane on the approach not knowing what lane gets you where and then they try to change it in panic to save time on re-approach. While I can agree that poor driving standards of those who use the wrong lane to turn is causing dangerous situations to occur, it wouldn't have happened if the driver knew which lane they should take before getting on that junction. Since it's only the road markings that tell you where you should go, and there is quite a few cars obstructing those the driver doesn't really get the information he needs at the right time.
02:06 as Highway Code rule 163, only overtake on the left if the vehicle in front is signalling to turn right, and there is room to do so,
stay in your lane if traffic is moving slowly in queues, if the queue on your right is moving more slowly than you are, you may pass on the left, that car had plenty of room to overtake the vehicle signalling to turn right on the left hand side, it seems like they were target fixating on the road and not looking at available road space.
Re: Going right in the left lane on roundabouts. This was commonplace when I lived in Belgium a few years ago, to the point where if I tried taking roundabouts in a similar fashion to how I do here in the UK it would cause confusion amongst the locals. I wonder if it's an issue that's been imported by drivers coming to the UK having originally learnt to drive elsewhere?
Artic Lorries and large Lorries have to as they’d never get around the corner otherwise.
It's the same in Spain. You can spot British (and I suppose Irish) drivers at roundabouts because of the lane they take to turn left (3rd exit).
So in Belgium they drive all the way around the outside lane of the roundabout if going all (or most) of the way around?
Seems pretty obvious why that would be a bad idea.
@@PedroConejo1939 A British driver driving in a country that drives on the right would expect to take the left lane when turning left (3rd exit).
If I intend to take the first exit(s), I'll be in the outside lane of the roundabout. If I want to go straight ahead, could be either lane. If I want to go past the straight ahead route I'd be on the inside lane of the roundabout.
I assume you do the same?
There are some problem people who intentionally drive all the way around the roundabout in the outside lane (right lane for you, or left for me).
Sounds like it might be the preffered method in Belgium to drive all the way around in the outside lane? Seems crazy to me, when would the inside lane ever be used if everyone drives around the outside?
I think in some places traffic already on the roundabout has to give way to traffic entering the roundabout too.
@@jameshoward2738 You could always research the local customs and expectations if you intend to drive in a different country. To insist on driving the way you always have in your own country, no matter how logical you believe it to be, can cause confusion and lead to collisions or run ins with the local law.
17:55 I laughed out loud. Couldn’t have scripted that any better!
The clip at the very end... Years ago I was stopped at some lights on a dual carriageway. I could see the car in the outside lane coming up to the lights in my mirror, and the driver was busy applying eye liner/mascara. Unfortunately, she was SO busy that she'd not seen the red light. She spotted it at the last second and had to stamp on her brakes as she got beside me.
A rather painful lesson as not only did she stab herself in the eye with the makeup stick/pencil, but also had the sight (out of her other eye) of me absolutely wetting myself laughing at her. Sorry - I just couldn't help it!
I've got a book of collected anecdotes from the beat by a retired copper. One day he was attending a _very_ minor traffic collision. Scratched paint, a small dent, nothing really, certainly nothing you'd expect injuries from. One driver was _covered_ in blood. Turns out the bloodied victim was knuckle deep picking his nose at the time of impact.
03:11 that shade of green looks so nice and so cool on a car.
The second clip where you let the car out had a learning point for the drivers queueing. Why pull up right to the car in front blocking a junction or the view of a junction. I see it all the time Ash where people will keep the junction clear but then pull forward as soon as there is remotely enough space so they are not exactly blocking the junction but don't help people trying to come out. The truck queueing wasn't getting any further by sitting in the view of people attempting to turn right, especially with bigger cars, vans or trucks
13:29 If you had stopped to block the car from joining from the left, although it seems rude it would have prevented the misunderstanding which occurred.
...then the oncoming car wishes to turn right!
@@ashley_neal You should position further forward nearer the silver car only blocking the emerging car with the rear half of your car. This would allow an oncoming right turner to complete. Note that there was not an oncoming right turner here. Please mention your trailer in the response.
@@ashley_nealI would have thought the same if I was driving the fiesta. But I would have also pulled round the parked cars really carefully as there was clearly a reason you stopped.
A rare case of misunderstanding in an Ashley clip.
This is the problem that people decide to go from the side road without being let out first.
People just stare at the car rather than looking at all the information given to them from what the other road user (me) is telling them.
I do see a lot of people approaching roundabouts in the lefthand lane who turn right. Particularly annoying when there are signs and road markings present. I suspect it's because they are afraid to move into the right hand lane.
7:04 probalby because more and more people ignore left signals and drive around the nearside (and sit in blind spots) of cars trying to exit,
19:00 its an audi driver, They go to a different kind of driving school together with BMW drivers.
6:55 did anyone else see the car behind has got a parking ticket still stuck on the windscreen?
Didn't see it didn't care?
Good spot, I didn't see it!
I was walking along a footpath in Shrewsbury last week when a car came alongside in slow-moving traffic. There was a parking ticket smack in the middle of the driver's field of view. They then proceeded to wind down the window and try to remove it ... all whilst still driving along 🤦♂
Was the clip on the ride-on mowers from this years Grass National from Aintree?
01:46 a good driver always thinks of best flow for everyone, well done Ashley. 🙃
I spent around four years going up and down the A1 to get to work for one job, fifty miles each way, every day I would see people brushing their hair or putting makeup on, often in the outside lane, if they had a passenger in the car the amount of head turning while talking was unreal at 70mph.
4:45 I've tried doing that before, going in the same direction I'd go in front of them and put on the same signal. Don't think I ever got someone that understood and turned it off lmao
Relies on them paying attention to what other road users are doing.
@13:19 I had to rewatch that clip because the expression on Ashley's face was classic.
The look of disdain is where actions speak louder than words. A timely warning use of the horn was justified.
Audi....... yes; Operator - not the car - but they really have got a reputation these days.
Putting on makeup is worse than using a phone imho.
Sarcastic sound bites noted.
I ❤ a good Sunday Roast.
Many of the spiral roundabouts have conflicting road markings and road signs, some where I live make no sense, I’ve reported the problems and had one problem fixed, but not the rest. One has had the the road markings changed but not the road sign, this causes major problems. I get the feeling there’s too many lanes, they seem to cram in a extra lane into a non existent space, some lanes just disappear and the road markings with it and you’re left confused. Or the markings have worn out and not been painted. If you’re going to have spiral roundabouts, big ones, then keep the lanes clean and white. I like the American way, lanes are in yellow, this makes perfect sense particularly in winter and rain, plus low light! Oh and don’t rely on the say nav!
The satnav instructions don't match up with the lanes too.
@@rhisands2063 Agreed. I I use the iPhone Google maps I think it’s called, it does some bizarre stuff where roundabouts are concerned, some of the lanes it recommends is frankly bordering on dangerous, I keep it updated but each update can make the situation worse. The other one is the car one which is ten years old never updated but very reliable in a simple way.
1:25 - Ashley, I never wave motorists on like that. While it wasn't a higher risk area - I have witnessed 3 accidents where someone was waved on. If traffic isn't moving and someone wants to enter / cross traffic from a side street - I'll occasionally stop - but make it a point not to wave. Waving seems to override the other motorists assessment of traffic. They feel compelled to GO.
Is it different when you do all the observations for them and you know it's perfectly safe with no one around?
@@ashley_neal Hard saying. I see where you're coming from but have personally adopted a "they can decide" approach.
@@soarstarproblem with that is they end up dithering whike wondering what you are doing, thus putting you at risk and blocking traffic while they are wondering.
HC allows a flash of lights to alert another driver to your presence.
I have no issue flashing my lights to let another car know I am sitting there provided:
1. I am aware of the risk that the other driver may misinterpret my headlamp flash as a signal that I am giving way, so I have made sure if they do so that it is perfectly safe for all.
2. The flash will not be misinterpreted by another road user who then moves forward at the same time!
Saves dithering and is good for flow.
The roundabout when you're coming up Merton rd Bootle, is bad for people in the left lane turning right in rush-hour.
15:25 Using a mobile phone not illegal for a cyclist in the UK?
€160 fine over here in NL
Always refreshing to see a Range Rover driver breaking the mould and dispelling unhelpful stereotypes. Oh, wait...
7:00 reckon it's because of poor road markings! Cost would be ridiculous but the coloured lanes work well.
Just passed, brand new car, and putting make up on while driving, more money than sense springs to mind.
6:54
1. Lack of practice since COVID and more WFH I imagine is an aspect.
2. But also, road markings are not clear, look at the road marking at 6:54 itself, they both indicate straight... Why doesn't the RH lane indicate straight and right...? Lane marking like this are confusing as heck to me.
Went on my very first solo drive today and honestly it was both nerve racking and relaxing at the same time I'm a proud owner of a 1.4L skoda fabia estate and I have noticed that I'm a bugger at speeding a bit. I'm not doing it on purpose still figuring out the throttle response
Pros with my drive
Rectified my speed
Dealt with a tailgater but making a full lap around the roundabout
Did one of my best bay parking
Dealt with a cyclist very nicely waited for a safer opportunity to pass them and gave them all the space they needed
Cons with my drive
Sped a little bit
And reversed in to my house
Stalled the car
I genuinely would like hear people's thoughts and opinions
For those who are wondering why I went for an estate for my first car
A 1.25L fiesta would have cost me £1,500 a year
For the same money +/- £50 the skoda was more controllable bang for my buck
12:24 Looks like a triple mower in front, off to cut the grass. Dangerous job for all the metal cans and glass bottles that line grass verges. Don't throw litter onto grass verges of (fast) roads. Someone has to litter pick it - another dangerous job.....
That notorious junction in Walton where everyone drives on the pavement and cuts through that side lane on the left could easily be fixed by just getting rid of the red light on that left turn and making the light pedestrian controlled instead. It's a give way line at the end of it anyway and sometimes you're sat there waiting for absolutely nobody for minutes on end. I definitely understand why people cut it since it's technically legal but it now makes the area more dangerous since the side road isn't designed for it.
in my area in the states there are a few junctions with advanced traffic light controls, that give the right turn a green light when other traffic is doing a maneuver that it won't interfere with. I.E. if the left turn signal for the road they will be turning into is green.
Mr. Neal has the same driving philosophy as I do. If in doubt, yield. Give the other driver space to manœuvre, even if you are not yet sure what that manœuvre is... and generally do what needs to be done to keep traffic moving smoothly. In other words "road calm"... the opposite of road rage.
13:20 - oh dear. I can completely understand why that driver thought you were letting them out. I suppose Ashley couldn't have nudged up a bit closer to the parked vehicle as there was danger of blocking the junction for the vehicle approaching if they were going to turn into it?
06:33 using the pavement to undertake vehicles to make progress, cheeky motorcyclist!
We should have cake when somebody passes! Congratulations Adam. 🍰🥳
14:05 audi handbook states that they need to becareful of low bridges in case their ego is too large
At the low bridge, the Audi identified as a curtain sider. 😂
More likely the Audi thought the lorry was moving out & to pass an obstruction.
@@eastwood978 but more fun to think they were making room for their ego to fit through the opening.
@@eastwood978because they were so close to it they had poor visibility of what was ahead.
I agree Ashley, more and more road users are turning right from the left lane on a roundabout. Had someone about 6 months ago do exactly this when I was in lane 2 on a three lane roundabout. Luckily as I drive for a living I was alert to this and moved across to lane three avoiding a collision but I absolutely lost my head with the driver and guess who saw the whole thing, the old bill. Who had to clam me down and sat me down in the back of there car for me to relax and get my head back in the right place. Still to this day I see other drivers doing this, I think it’s either a lack of observations or incompetence or both.
12:02 Did you report that one?
How could he, the dog's registration plate wasn't visible?
@@ianmason. It’s on camera!
I have many times ducked under low tunnels or bridges, even when I know I will fit.
Once I actually had a height restriction barrier scraping the roof of the bus, but that was because it was placed to low. Another time I scraped because it was hanging down.
Best is of course when you drive a 2,9 m sprinter into a 3.,0 m tunnel with "Overhead" flashing above.
Along one of our routes we have a passage under a railway shaped like the one in this clip, and it has warning lights for oncoming traffic when there is a high vehicle coming because they have to drive in the middle to not scrape the roof.
11:43 a while back we were sat in the van in a layby on the A59 near Longton and a driver of a small white car decided to use one of those gaps to turn right into the lane adjacent to the other carriageway (essentially the opposite of what the van driver did). Unsuspecting driver in a large autobahn cruiser has to do some niffy brake work to slow down and swerve to miss them. HIGHLY DANGEROUS to cross a carriageway like that.... and we thought we were going to witness a fatal accident. The swervy driver got out to have words with the other driver putting themselves in even more risk along with several HGV and car drivers that had to under take a stationary car in a live lane on a 50mph road.
My least favourite thing is being on a roundabout in the correct lane trying to follow it out and someone glues themselves to your inside and expects to live there going around who knows how far.
All you can do is keep a solid eye on them and try get them infront of you (or behind as a last resort).
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@Ashley Neal what are your thoughts on 'P' plates for new drivers?
1:24 why was this a driving fail from the black kia?
that lorry clip; surprised you didn't get dragged out of the car by the merc. behind for that, thinking of the lorry driver and not getting to where you are going 10 seconds quicker!
Audi drivers need to ensure their big ego is going to fit
I've had countless people doing 40 in a 60 road then they wonder why they get tailgaited drivers get annoyed then try to do risky overtake.
Do the right speed then everybody is safe.
Regarding the "right from left" issue I wonder if it's because that's being introduced into roundabouts officially more and more. It's changed here recently, to get onto M6 Southbound from the A590 (out of Furness and Lakes area) you can now take the left lane if you wish even though the exit is at 3 o'clock. I've done it and it works but it feels very wrong. And I wonder if the increase in these is giving people the wrong idea at other roundabouts.
Do driving instructors administer driving tests in the UK? In Australia, only dedicated staff working for the relevant state based government departments can administer driving tests, or, in remote areas, police can perform the tests, but no person can both instruct and also test.
I had an interesting situation today: on a country lane with a triangle junction that’s just a bit too small. I had two cars behind me and I was turning off into where there was a car waiting to come out to the right, but I realised it was a bit tight for me to squeeze all the way past.
I pulled in and stopped, a couple of seconds later the car was able to pull out and in a friendly way shouted to me “shoulda waited mate”. Now this would have let him out, and got me on my way quicker, but I would have inconvenienced the two cars behind me. So I think I made the right choice for “best flow”?
17:13 - that's the most Audi Audi of all time. I feel like you have to write in a letter to that Audi driver in order to be accepted into the Audi fraternity
2:36. Was he avoiding a pot hole or something in the road ???
Just distracted, I think. The much smaller car didn't make any effort to avoid anything.
IMHO, pulled out wide ready to take the corner at speed. The lights changed, so they had to pull back in and stop.
The sounding of the horn at 13:30 was arguably illegal, wasn't it?
Regulation 99 of the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986 says you can't "sound, or cause or permit to be sounded, any horn, gong, bell or siren fitted to or carried on a vehicle which is [...] stationary on a road, at any time, other than at times of danger due to another moving vehicle on or near the road".
I guess your defence would be that the vehicle coming round the corner gave rise to "times of danger"? I'm not so sure, though. It's more that it would have given rise to an awkward situation where somebody would have needed to back up.
Haven't you just answered your own question and disproved your hypothesis: *_other than at times of danger due to another moving vehicle on or near the road_*
@@ianmason. Not at all, I am questioning whether a 'time of danger' existed in that clip? Where's the danger? There was no risk of a collision. There was a situation developing that was going to be annoying and inconvenient to resolve, but that's not the same as danger.
'Danger' is a strong word. Reflecting the fact you really don't want people sounding their horn willy nilly in built up areas.
@@philwoodward5069 Fine, substitute 'hazard' for 'danger' if you prefer. I'm pretty sure that the drafters of the regs didn't intend to mean that things needed to reach a level of mortal peril before an action that is acceptable when a vehicle is in motion but not when it is stationary again becomes acceptable. You're over-egging the pudding.
@@ianmason. It's not for me to substitute one word for another in the Regs - only Parliament can do that. Anyway, it's not even a hazard. All that's going to happen there is somebody's going to have to back up. I wouldn't dream of sounding my horn on a residential street in that situation whether I was stationary or moving and regardless of what time of day it was. This is a case of a driving instructor reaching for an opportunity to demonstrate when you *should* use the horn, even though there was absolutely no need. (There almost never is).
@@philwoodward5069 Like I said, you're trying to make a mountain out of a molehill. No actually, A mountain out of a slight unevenness in a film of paint. The enforcement authorities, fortunately, have a much more realistic interpretation of the regulations than you do. Frankly, you're being ridiculous.
I don't think I've ever listened to your videos with earphones in before, so never noticed the sound of your engine! 😅
The thing with letting people in like in 1:22 is that I never do it when there's nobody behind me. Why have a stop-start if everything after me is clear? If there's a queue behind me however, holding everyone up isn't great either. So in that case, I'd just slow down to give him a chance but not stop if he won't take it. Tricky one and videos don't give a good idea about space...
The thing with height restrictions is that they are often only on feet & inches and then I'm not sure anymore. Signage is a bit inconsistent- if it's there.
I'm afraid that is the typical of driving today! Like you I drive these very roads and see it way too often!
I do want to ask because i'm not from the UK, but those L and P stickers, are they magnets you can simply put on and take off? because over here in belgium, we have L stickers as well, but they are generally actual stickers you put on the rear window and you cannot take them off and then put them on again so there are just loads of parents driving around with those L-stickers while their children are learning to drive
You can get magnetic ones or stick-on ones. Obviously with the magnetic ones you need a decent flat steel body area to attach it on, and lots of modern cars don't really have that.
You've definitely nailed the incredulous look!
9:37 it looks like the driver is trying to cross the road to get back to the artic cab. If it had been me at this point, I would have pulled up to the driver and asked if they needed a banksman to help turning around, and if not, then held back to give them space to cross, since that would get the lorry moving again.
I've done the same myself, but don't be surprised if the driver doesn't want an unknown member of the public with unknown experience acting as their banksman. In Ash's case he was on a lesson, and thus I wouldn't expect him to stop and spend someone's hard earned lesson fee on a lesson in social responsibility.
@@ianmason.True, although in my case, I'd tell them that I'm an HGV driver myself so I know what I'm doing 🙂
Ash could have suggested that his pupil waited for the driver to cross, though - that wouldn't have taken much time.
the first clip, isn't the keep clear suppose to be for the main road so you in the side road can go out?
The guy at the back didn't use the horn so I don't think he's at fault (mostly)
It's diagram 1026 in the Traffic Signs Regulations and it is merely advisory, so any give way markings take precedence. The idea when it's placed across an entrance like that is to ease the path of traffic turning right either into or out of the premises while there is queuing traffic. Even if you're emerging and turning left you should keep it clear until the traffic starts moving again as if you use up the space you could get in the way of a long vehicle turning right off the main road into the entrance, or become the victim of a corner cutting clown doing the same.
Powerful learner car is it fiesta or focus st?
13:02 - absolutely calamitous driving from the white van. Hand your licence in sunshine
Congrats to Adam for passing his test 🎉 10:13 that is a bit strange, wonder what was going on there 🤔
A couple of years ago I hired a car and the built in sat nav was very slow with directions especially at roundabouts. Maybe thats one reason why people are in the left lane when needing to go right cus they rely on the sat nav too much. (im old school and used to use the big AA road map and now use google maps so i can plan my journey)
I'm disappointed that you don't include makeup application in your syllabus. A vital skill.
What are you trying to say about Ashley's face bro? 😅
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Haha, that Audi following the lorry. Can't tell if they were assuming there was an obstruction in the road and followed the lorry, or just plain old target fixation 😄
A lot of people literally just copy the vehicle in front. I almost got rear-ended today while giving a driving lesson because I had to intervene and stop an unsafe roundabout emerge while the driver behind was just following my learner's actions and was oblivious to people on the junction already.
@@user-mv5zt8qd9l I see this so often. A car in front moves to the right of the lane to turn right and the car behind just copies them with the move to right even though they don't want to turn right.