07:11 "I absolutely love German brand cars, they give me so much content." Ha ha, as you drive a BMW Ashley this made me smile. Happy Christmas to all road users.
Hi all I am the guy from clip 4:58. There was oil and fertilizer on the road which led to loss of traction. Luckily it was only a smashed wing mirrors on my very rare car.
I own the same van in the Tesco car park. Behind the back window is a solid metal panel for security . It’s stupid vw don’t do solid rear panels on that model instead of glass. I always reverse park into everything since visibility is bad on reversing.
9:25 Always fun to see people driving shitboxes like this (my brother has one) trying to overtake like they have hp to spare and can blast past in .5sec.
I wouldn't fancy either of those overtakes with my 300bhp, but you could probably just about get away with it. Definitely not ripe for a 50 horsepower warrior though!
LOL @3:00 Yeh I’m guilty of some of those phrases. I must say that since watching this channel, I am working to ‘re-calibrate’ my mindset on a lot of things. Merry Christmas all, thx Ash 🙂👍🏻
Clip 16 ( 6:33 ) happened to me on my first driving test. There was a big enough gap for them to pull out safely (it was a 30 road) but they chose to wait until the last minute, causing me to emergency stop! The examiner complimented me on my reaction time and assured me they were at fault. Unfortunately that made me unsettled and I made a silly mistake on my move off safety later on in the test which is what failed me! Got my next test coming up soon so hopefully all goes well! Just want to say Ash your videos have been so helpful, especially this series which helps myself and other learners to be aware of the dangers that can occur!
The roundabout at 7:55 is one i know well, and is notorious for cars jumping red lights. I once had to do a whole tour of the roundabout, as I'd forgotten something at home. Out of 6 exits, my dashcam recorded 46 cars jumping red lights. I stopped next to a police car and offered my footage, but they weren't interested. I wish I'd kept it.
Clip 2, Get this all the time just no thought for what the van driver can see. However maybe they should reverse into the spot. A very Merry Christmas to all. 🙏👍
@@FFVoyager On behalf of all cretins, if I reverse in, with modern car park space sizes, I have to have the front sticking out about 4 ft to get the tailgate open. The car barely fits if I go nose in. Far worse is coming back to the car and finding an SUV on either side - it doesn't matter which way I've parked then.
Yeah I should've backed off I got so distracted by the Stupidity I unintentionally started closing the gap. I caught up to them further along and saw him do the same thing on a straight with another suv in the oncoming lane. I had already sent the full clip to the local police, it was so incredibly dangerous where they passed, right after it goes into a hidden dip with a tight bend between two cottages. With regular heavy goods vehicles on this national speed road it could've been multiple deaths easy.
Those small underpowered cars doing dodgy overtakes is scary, that Hyundai at the end seemed to have no power at all. When I had a Corsa, 70bhp if I remember right, any overtake had to be carefully planned and only on a long straight stretch of road.
5:50 Where the road joins here in Newcastle is honestly stuff of nightmares because it seems that where the road joins it is almost in your blindspot with any cars coming to the left. Never enjoy driving or being a passenger at this point.
Yeah I always do loads of checks over my shoulder when I get to that bit and prepare to get hit incase someone comes wizzing around the corner. They really need to do something about it
The sarcasm on clip 8..... 😜😜. No lengthy analysis from me this time. Although the year ended in TIERS 😿..... Ashley has brought much amusement and education our way. Who said that Learning can't be fun? Happy Christmas everyone 👍
4:20 The bike in the cycle lane... First observations they're too close imo, always expect the unexpected too... But I'm more concerned about the timestamp of this clip! Will we be seeing this one again in 4/5 years time? 😂
Entirely the cyclist's fault as there is no cycle lane at the point of the incident and he is undertaking. The cycle lane clearly starts some way past the junction.
@@mikebarber1480 couldn't agree more. It's essentially an undertake from the cyclist and going up the inside of a car is always a dangerous move. Maybe this video will be foresight for the cyclist to not do this again
@@mikebarber1480 Cyclists (and motorbikes) are allowed to filter passed slow or stationary traffic. It is NOT undertaking, it never has been, it never will be. A gamble perhaps to pass that but it's the choice of the rider to exercise their legal right to filter or not
@@tomneedham3431 Not essentially anything, it's filtering, 100% legal and motorists are reminded to be wary of bikes/motorbikes doing that. Passing on the left is recommended (as is passing on the right, which can be more dangerous) by the government in the official cycle training scheme bikeability, I think they know more than you.
@@Gobtik I am sure they do, never claimed they didn't. This is why I said it is essentially an undertake. Not an actual one. I'd still be wary of the fact that most drivers are not going to check their left mirror while turning right at a junction. I agree, passing on the left is something cyclists should be looking to do as it means they only have to contend with a curb and one car, rather than oncoming traffic. However, passing while the vehicle in front is turning is, in my opinion, not the best of ideas and in this scenario has proven the incorrect decision. Waiting behind the car for it to turn, or completely stop wouldn't have caused this collision :)
Excellent video! You have really done a great job this year, thank you for the entertainment, arguably better than Netflix IMHO. Right, now I have to pick up all these sprouts off the floor (that was an inside joke between me and Ash). Cheers!
Clip #3 "be ready to accommodate" you've hit the nail on the head there. So many people kicking off when in reality you just have to be careful and aware of your surroundings.
I find clip #12 particularly odd considering they initially turned into the corner so I find distraction rather unlikely, as you say maybe something had broken on the car or just going too fast on greasy roads with bald tyres?
Clip 10 - I'd say the cammer was too close. The car in front was breaking to not hit the car that pulled out in front of it. You should always give other vehicles room to manoeuvre, in this case, keep your distance!
4:10 I would say the cyclist was definitely too close, and gave himself less than a 1 meter gap to pass the car, which could have swerved left to avoid the car trying to join the road. I get that it is tempting to pass slow traffic on the left but those were "normal road conditions" and he should probably have stayed behind and waited, just like a car would have had to do. And I think the Seat wasn't looking far enough ahead or something, they kind of looked surprised to see the merging car. In the Seat's position I would have kept going with caution, in order to shield the cyclist from being hit by the white car.
@F1 The cycle lane runs the entire length of that road and is broken where the road was too narrow to continue it leading to a lot of examples of cars just merging into cyclists after being able to drive past easily moments before. The clip in the video starts during one of those breaks and most likely the car would have overtaken the cyclist moments before. That junction is also notorious as its a very very busy road so drivers get impatient and just pull out too and at the bottom of a reasonably steep hill meaning most cyclists are going well over 20mph and often at the same speed as the traffic around them.
Clip 15 is a notorious pinch point in Newcastle. It was terrible 20 years ago when I lived there and it's clear it's still terrible and nothing has been done about it. A 2 lane motorway on the right merges into 3 lanes with another 2 lane road then splits again almost as soon as they join into two two lane motorways.
Bad day for the Bavarians yesterday, I overtook 3 BMW's and they were all travelling below the speed limit! No speeding from me either, despite also driving a German machine from Stuttgart.
Clip 15 Central Motorway Newcastle this chaos occurs every night - traffic from the city centre joins from the RIGHT, then if heading for the coast you have about 50 yards to get across 3 lanes of traffic.
The clip at 5:37 is up near me, they run the red lights there all the time, especially at night, the hazard you dont pick up on is all those HGV's coming off that hill and the farm traffic, they stop for no red light jumpers, even a van wont survive hitting a truck full of stone....
when behind a learner i don't know how experienced they are so give plenty of room. when behind a non learner i say the same things you said cant help it
The clip at 5:15. That road is Dudley Road and it is notorious in Wolverhampton for its impatient drivers, and close calls that occur at every moment. People honestly don't learn, even if they travel through that road daily. At least I'm glad that you can witness some of the mayhem haha.
Clip 15. I have to do that stretch of road daily. Central Motorway in Newcastle. Its like wacky races at the best of times. So many "right of way warriors".....
W.R.T the Australian clip. P plates are different in Australia than the UK. They are mandatory and the time varies from state to state. In this clip it is in the capital Territory where I believe red p plates are mandatory for 1 year the you move to green P plates for an additional 2 years. So only 3 years after passing your test are you on a full licence
Some people treat the aisles in car parks as main roads. Most supermarket car parks have a 5 mph speed limit. It is often awkward to see when reversing especially if there is a larger vehicle blocking your view so it is important to stick to 5 mph as you may have to stop.
Ha! Clip 5 is *right* next to the Bredbury driving test centre in Manchester! I'll be honest, this has given me pause for thought as I'm doing my test there on Monday. :\
1:51 The van driver thought he was in his Lotus Elan on a track day, then noticed the slip angle of his front wheels was greater than the rear. He wisely decided to adopt the only configuration where neutral-steer would kick in - straight ahead. 9:30 Alloa, Alloa, Alloa, that driver was doing a Stirling job trying to meet his Banockburn.
@4:12 The astra pulling out is at fault but the cyclist also should try not to be so close, If he was further away he may have seen the car pulling out.
Those Caddy vans often have a solid plastic or metal bulkhead between the cargo and passenger areas. The rear windows are blacked out as standard too. Oh and a very Merry Christmas to you and yours.
Yep, I used to drive one at my work (I'm in a slightly larger VW Crafter these days). Reversing a van always carries risk because of the lack of a rear window and rear view mirror. Only a total muppet would face one of those into a parking space.
Clip 15 the crossover in Newcastle always has been a pain whether it's rush hour or not, there's a few of these on the inner city motorway, Toon taxi drivers give the scousers a run for their money as well.
I agree with others, I just do not understand people who do not reverse into a parking slot. With supermarket carpark slots so narrow, reversing out is dangerous. Especially with small children, the elderly and people pushing trollies walking behind to their own cars. It should be law that people should reverse into a slot and then drive out. I have not been to a supermarket where I cannot leave enough room to open my boot and place my shopping bags in, so there really is no excuse.
That cycle clip around 4:25 I'd say there are three people at fault here. The cyclist could see the car emerging from the right and IMO I would not have tried passing at this point and made space for something to go wrong, the Silver car (Seat) should have checked their mirror on approach to the hazard in the road to see the cyclist, and should NOT have swerved to avoid a collision, and finally, the white Astra should in no way have been blocking half the road, looks like they were trying to cut up traffic, its not like traffic coming from the other direction is that busy so there's no need to be in the road like that. So I'd dish out responsibility 33% each way, as not one person directly involved was helping the situation.
I'd say the main fault goes to the cyclist. You can't just be thinking about the car in front, you also need to look at what's in front of him. I would regard filtering near junctions just as dangerous as overtaking, in short, drop back and give yourself more space, especially as there was a vehicle emerging ahead. The silver car should be checking his mirrors also, but being as the traffic was clear on the right, I think the driver of the white vehicle was correctly creeping and then waiting for a gap to fit into.
1:03 Blacking out the back windows. He may have had a full bulkhead fitted completely negating an interior mirror. I had this arrangement for security and it sort queries the MSM procedure , centre and left etc. You find yourself trying it when you change car to van.
The so-called cycle path at4:03. The cyclist wasn't in the cycle lane during the vehicle stop. That occurred after. The car driver braked because someone appeared to be pulling out in front of him/her. And the cyclist was asking for trouble by undertaking when the vehicle in front had not given any turn indication.
clip #10- I think the main fault was the white vauxhall pulling out in front of the seat, however the seat could have started slowing earlier, just another case of "they must have seen me". The cyclist could have slowed earlier too, about the point when the seat moved in front before it was braking, in this case the cyclist wasn't "looking 10 seconds down the road", he was looking at the back of the seat
5:56 is the worst junction I've ever had to drive through. It's a motorway with a major road joining from the right into the overtaking lane, and another from the left. Then a left exit about 400 yards later. Not defending the taxi driver but that stretch of road is a deathtrap
Clip 10 - Reviewing this as a cyclist myself. The cycle lane doesn't start until AFTER he goes past the offending vehicle. If there is one before it appears to end at around the zebra crossing. I also note a 20 second time gap in the video. However, when it jumps in just at the zebra crossing, if we look ahead, we see a junction with a van emerging. No way would I want to be that close to the vehicle in front coming up to that situation, I'd rather drop my speed and give myself more room.
Clip 16, Should've either beeped earlier, or not at all there fella. If you're going to stop in time anyway its faster to do so and let them continue, using your horn only made them react by stopping in your path and made things take a bit longer. Whereas if you beeped a couple seconds earlier they'd have stopped out of your path and you would be free to roam on by.
Merry Christmas! Clip 10 - On the face of it looks like the cyclist was following too closely. Difficult to properly say though without the full clip. Looks like the cycle lane appears and disappears, pretty common design problem. Car pulling out not helping though that would have rung alarm bells for me.
I have seen a lot of beat the learner syndrome in your videos and has a bus driver I experience a hell of a lot of beat the bus syndrome. Most driver's don't seem to want to let buses out even though it says in the highway code "give way to buses and trams has they have priority" Thanks for the content and have a very Merry Christmas
My uncle is a bus driver. Way too many times he’s come across ‘beat the bus’ syndrome. The worst he reckons is when he’s pulling out of those recessed bus stops at the side of the road and people try and force their way past rather than waiting behind at a slow pace or moving into the other lane.
@@eliz_scubavn yep and the amount of people who see you setting of and then they accelerate and beep just so they can beep you even though they saw you pulling it. I get nearly daily verbal abuse and death threats from passengers and other road users
@@nickwragg there’s a road near to me where this happens regularly. It’s a straight dual carriage way and visibility down the whole length of the road is very good. About halfway down there’s a recessed bus parking bay and stop and buses stop there regularly. There’s been a LOT of near misses and actual collisions caused because of what you describe, with impatient drivers seeing buses pulling out and then trying to get past them by passing at stupidly close range. More than once the left hand corner of the bus has ended up going into the driver’s side door or into their drivers side.
Clip #15 is an area of Newcastle I know all too well from driving to/from my old work place it's like that every dat, absolute chaos of people merging from one side to another. Really poor road layout.
5:15 I live not too far from there. I avoid it at all costs, they jump every single lights on that stretch and also pulling out from side streets and parking spots. Its a vile road.
2:05 Absolutely just stole that bike, 100% lol. Face covered and everything haha.
07:11 "I absolutely love German brand cars, they give me so much content." Ha ha, as you drive a BMW Ashley this made me smile. Happy Christmas to all road users.
I mean his BMW gives him content so yeah
Hi all I am the guy from clip 4:58. There was oil and fertilizer on the road which led to loss of traction.
Luckily it was only a smashed wing mirrors on my very rare car.
Thanks for the update and explanation!
I don't think it was him, look at his name
@@Scouse_Wayne instagram.com/p/CGNFh0Qjyau/?igshid=14piwhoy8g4kd . If you look at his video and the IG it is the same car.
Possibly also target fixation at the split road, it looked like it was going straight on at 1st.
@@FloofinMcDoofin Wide angle lens don't help. But you can see the car was turning fine then went straight.
10 Red Light Jumpers
9 Lane Hoggers
8 Driving Fails
7 Dash Cam Idiots
6 Speeding Morons
5 Beemer Tw*ts
4 Wrong Way Drivers
3 Learner Bullies
2 Merging Muppets
And abseloutely no situational awareness
Merry Christmas 🎄😁
Ah, you missed a golden opportunity - get it? As in, "Five - rolls - and dings!
That "complaining about the learner" segment is the most Scouse I've ever heard you 😂
@James Stewart sure about that?
@@collynkieranmclaughlan6983 Twas a joke
Merry Christmas all 🎄
I own the same van in the Tesco car park. Behind the back window is a solid metal panel for security . It’s stupid vw don’t do solid rear panels on that model instead of glass. I always reverse park into everything since visibility is bad on reversing.
Re " I always reverse park into everything"....Well now, exactly how many objects have you reversed INTO? :)
Cameras are needed.
I didn’t think I needed this Christmas Day but it was exactly what I needed.
Same.
9:25 Always fun to see people driving shitboxes like this (my brother has one) trying to overtake like they have hp to spare and can blast past in .5sec.
I wouldn't fancy either of those overtakes with my 300bhp, but you could probably just about get away with it. Definitely not ripe for a 50 horsepower warrior though!
Omg, clip 25 was as near to suicide as you can get! On coming traffic and a side road, unbelievable!
I always just stop whenever I see a car reversing out of a space in a car park, I don’t see any point in people just carrying on past them at speed.
Same here, no point risking a prang
LOL @3:00 Yeh I’m guilty of some of those phrases. I must say that since watching this channel, I am working to ‘re-calibrate’ my mindset on a lot of things. Merry Christmas all, thx Ash 🙂👍🏻
The driver of the orange Clio must have a death wish, I bet that was the longest 10 seconds of their life.
Merry Christmas everyone!
Clip 16 ( 6:33 ) happened to me on my first driving test. There was a big enough gap for them to pull out safely (it was a 30 road) but they chose to wait until the last minute, causing me to emergency stop! The examiner complimented me on my reaction time and assured me they were at fault. Unfortunately that made me unsettled and I made a silly mistake on my move off safety later on in the test which is what failed me! Got my next test coming up soon so hopefully all goes well! Just want to say Ash your videos have been so helpful, especially this series which helps myself and other learners to be aware of the dangers that can occur!
Hope you got through the next time
4:00 Even time travelers don't know how to use the road safely
Merry Christmas! Hope you have a great day all!!! This is my fav series on the channel.
The roundabout at 7:55 is one i know well, and is notorious for cars jumping red lights. I once had to do a whole tour of the roundabout, as I'd forgotten something at home. Out of 6 exits, my dashcam recorded 46 cars jumping red lights. I stopped next to a police car and offered my footage, but they weren't interested. I wish I'd kept it.
@James Stewart they won't put them in.
Clip 2, Get this all the time just no thought for what the van driver can see.
However maybe they should reverse into the spot.
A very Merry Christmas to all. 🙏👍
Showing the utter folly of NOT reverse parking.
Only cretins park nose in.
@@FFVoyager well, tbf, I prefer reversing in, but when you go shopping, sometimes you have to park nose in to acc get the boot open
@@FFVoyager On behalf of all cretins, if I reverse in, with modern car park space sizes, I have to have the front sticking out about 4 ft to get the tailgate open. The car barely fits if I go nose in. Far worse is coming back to the car and finding an SUV on either side - it doesn't matter which way I've parked then.
@8:46 😳 that scared the hell outta me. If I were the camera car, I would have slowed right down cus I’m expecting a horrendous crash on that one.
Yeah I should've backed off I got so distracted by the Stupidity I unintentionally started closing the gap.
I caught up to them further along and saw him do the same thing on a straight with another suv in the oncoming lane.
I had already sent the full clip to the local police, it was so incredibly dangerous where they passed, right after it goes into a hidden dip with a tight bend between two cottages. With regular heavy goods vehicles on this national speed road it could've been multiple deaths easy.
@@Rhyd - did the Police seem up for doing something about it though? Glad you passed it on 👍🏻 Thx for sharing it.
@@Richard_Barnes not they told me, they did they if they followed it up they would contact so more then likely not so lol.
Those small underpowered cars doing dodgy overtakes is scary, that Hyundai at the end seemed to have no power at all. When I had a Corsa, 70bhp if I remember right, any overtake had to be carefully planned and only on a long straight stretch of road.
Same with Aygos, stuck behind a lorry you have to position yourself along the centre as smaller cars are much harder to see ahead from.
Looks like they performed the maneuver in 6th! When overtaking in an under-powered car, 2nd and 3rd are your friends.
@@dougscott7079 I think he/she also got caught out by the fact they were travelling up a hill.
5:50 Where the road joins here in Newcastle is honestly stuff of nightmares because it seems that where the road joins it is almost in your blindspot with any cars coming to the left. Never enjoy driving or being a passenger at this point.
Yeah I always do loads of checks over my shoulder when I get to that bit and prepare to get hit incase someone comes wizzing around the corner. They really need to do something about it
I used to go to school that way and it was always chaotic like that let me tell you
Around 6 minutes, that underground area is Newcastle central motorway. Without a doubt the worst piece of road I have ever had to deal with.
Agreed. It's a bitch of a road!
@Dean Lee I recognised it straight away, but there was a convenient sign for Tynemouth just to confirm it.
Merry Crashmas! (Although hopefully not...!) 🎄
The sarcasm on clip 8..... 😜😜.
No lengthy analysis from me this time. Although the year ended in TIERS 😿..... Ashley has brought much amusement and education our way. Who said that Learning can't be fun?
Happy Christmas everyone 👍
4:20 The bike in the cycle lane... First observations they're too close imo, always expect the unexpected too... But I'm more concerned about the timestamp of this clip! Will we be seeing this one again in 4/5 years time? 😂
Entirely the cyclist's fault as there is no cycle lane at the point of the incident and he is undertaking. The cycle lane clearly starts some way past the junction.
@@mikebarber1480 couldn't agree more. It's essentially an undertake from the cyclist and going up the inside of a car is always a dangerous move. Maybe this video will be foresight for the cyclist to not do this again
@@mikebarber1480 Cyclists (and motorbikes) are allowed to filter passed slow or stationary traffic. It is NOT undertaking, it never has been, it never will be. A gamble perhaps to pass that but it's the choice of the rider to exercise their legal right to filter or not
@@tomneedham3431 Not essentially anything, it's filtering, 100% legal and motorists are reminded to be wary of bikes/motorbikes doing that. Passing on the left is recommended (as is passing on the right, which can be more dangerous) by the government in the official cycle training scheme bikeability, I think they know more than you.
@@Gobtik I am sure they do, never claimed they didn't. This is why I said it is essentially an undertake. Not an actual one. I'd still be wary of the fact that most drivers are not going to check their left mirror while turning right at a junction.
I agree, passing on the left is something cyclists should be looking to do as it means they only have to contend with a curb and one car, rather than oncoming traffic. However, passing while the vehicle in front is turning is, in my opinion, not the best of ideas and in this scenario has proven the incorrect decision. Waiting behind the car for it to turn, or completely stop wouldn't have caused this collision :)
That last overtake in the last clip was beyond pathetic and to top it extremely dangerous.
When I was a teenager Skelmersdale was famous for its football club. In the '60s It seemed to pop out of nowhere, into fame, then back out again.
Excellent video! You have really done a great job this year, thank you for the entertainment, arguably better than Netflix IMHO. Right, now I have to pick up all these sprouts off the floor (that was an inside joke between me and Ash). Cheers!
Clip #3 "be ready to accommodate" you've hit the nail on the head there. So many people kicking off when in reality you just have to be careful and aware of your surroundings.
There is no such thing as a perfect driver. We all make mistakes. So allow for this and be prepared.
@@Nooziterp1 agreed but that was just plain wrong. Crossing chevrons is wrong. Supposed to treat them like brick walls.
Merry Christmas Ashley! ⛄
Teaching my partner to drive and you channel is brilliant to show her what not to do and what to watch out for with other dodgem drivers
Merry Christmas Ashley and all your viewers
Best wishes Ashley and everyone!
1:10 M8 Eastbound splitting to M80 on the left in Glasgow. Glad to see a motorway I use on a daily basis featured here.
I find clip #12 particularly odd considering they initially turned into the corner so I find distraction rather unlikely, as you say maybe something had broken on the car or just going too fast on greasy roads with bald tyres?
Believe it was bad tyres
The driver has also commented, apparently there was oil and fertilizer on the road.
Thanks Ashley, brilliant content!
Sussex Police have a great site for reporting dangerous driving, mobile phone use etc.Have used it a number of times with updates for the report.👍
Clip 10 - I'd say the cammer was too close. The car in front was breaking to not hit the car that pulled out in front of it. You should always give other vehicles room to manoeuvre, in this case, keep your distance!
Love the gags. Happy Christmas to all.
Merry Christmas Ashley to you and you family. Every success for 2021.
Merry Christmas Ashley, thanks for your videos this year - hope you enjoy your Christmas 🎄
4:10 I would say the cyclist was definitely too close, and gave himself less than a 1 meter gap to pass the car, which could have swerved left to avoid the car trying to join the road.
I get that it is tempting to pass slow traffic on the left but those were "normal road conditions" and he should probably have stayed behind and waited, just like a car would have had to do.
And I think the Seat wasn't looking far enough ahead or something, they kind of looked surprised to see the merging car.
In the Seat's position I would have kept going with caution, in order to shield the cyclist from being hit by the white car.
@F1 The cycle lane runs the entire length of that road and is broken where the road was too narrow to continue it leading to a lot of examples of cars just merging into cyclists after being able to drive past easily moments before. The clip in the video starts during one of those breaks and most likely the car would have overtaken the cyclist moments before. That junction is also notorious as its a very very busy road so drivers get impatient and just pull out too and at the bottom of a reasonably steep hill meaning most cyclists are going well over 20mph and often at the same speed as the traffic around them.
The one @1.20 is common but the funny thing is the motorway from Glasgow to the m80 cut off is split for like 4 miles with plenty of clear signs
Merry Christmas Ashley!
Woooo my clip got featured! Also merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas 🎄
Merry Christmas Ash and everyone! 🎄
Happy Christmas, thanks for the great content, I’ve certainly learned a couple things from you over the last year. 👍
Happy Christmas Ashley
Clip 15 is a notorious pinch point in Newcastle. It was terrible 20 years ago when I lived there and it's clear it's still terrible and nothing has been done about it. A 2 lane motorway on the right merges into 3 lanes with another 2 lane road then splits again almost as soon as they join into two two lane motorways.
Merry Christmas from The OE! Always love your content and as a learner later in life your videos help tremendously.
Unbelievably bad driving..
Thanks for putting this together.
Nice way to enjoy Christmas day at home 😊
Merry xmas Ashley, and thank you for your constant quality content.
Bad day for the Bavarians yesterday, I overtook 3 BMW's and they were all travelling below the speed limit! No speeding from me either, despite also driving a German machine from Stuttgart.
8:56 - I live near this area, really caught me of guard to see an area I’ve drove on one of these comps!
Clip 15 Central Motorway Newcastle this chaos occurs every night - traffic from the city centre joins from the RIGHT, then if heading for the coast you have about 50 yards to get across 3 lanes of traffic.
The clip at 5:37 is up near me, they run the red lights there all the time, especially at night, the hazard you dont pick up on is all those HGV's coming off that hill and the farm traffic, they stop for no red light jumpers, even a van wont survive hitting a truck full of stone....
Merry Christmas Ashley, thank you for helping to make the roads a safer place keep up the good work 👍
Merry Christmas Ashley, make it as good as you can in this pandemic!
when behind a learner i don't know how experienced they are so give plenty of room. when behind a non learner i say the same things you said cant help it
Well...I know one thing - none of these people are getting gifts from Santa. The big guy does not like negligent drivers.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from Germany
The clip at 5:15. That road is Dudley Road and it is notorious in Wolverhampton for its impatient drivers, and close calls that occur at every moment. People honestly don't learn, even if they travel through that road daily. At least I'm glad that you can witness some of the mayhem haha.
I live in Wolverhampton and I know it well.
Merry Christmas! I'll have to film some of the driving in Bradford and surrounding - some of the worst I've experienced.
Merry Christmas!
Clip 15. I have to do that stretch of road daily. Central Motorway in Newcastle. Its like wacky races at the best of times. So many "right of way warriors".....
W.R.T the Australian clip. P plates are different in Australia than the UK. They are mandatory and the time varies from state to state. In this clip it is in the capital Territory where I believe red p plates are mandatory for 1 year the you move to green P plates for an additional 2 years.
So only 3 years after passing your test are you on a full licence
Some people treat the aisles in car parks as main roads. Most supermarket car parks have a 5 mph speed limit. It is often awkward to see when reversing especially if there is a larger vehicle blocking your view so it is important to stick to 5 mph as you may have to stop.
M80/M8 cut off Clip 3 and then Clip 4 M8/A8/M73/M74 cut off... People just not paying attention to the road.
Keep an eye on the motorbike? No keeep an eye on the stolen scooter 😂
Ha! Clip 5 is *right* next to the Bredbury driving test centre in Manchester! I'll be honest, this has given me pause for thought as I'm doing my test there on Monday. :\
That's why I always reverse into a car parking space so I can get out out a lot easier when when I come back
Clip 2 with the van is from Tesco’s in stroud, horrible car park. So many accidents happen there.
1:51 The van driver thought he was in his Lotus Elan on a track day, then noticed the slip angle of his front wheels was greater than the rear. He wisely decided to adopt the only configuration where neutral-steer would kick in - straight ahead.
9:30 Alloa, Alloa, Alloa, that driver was doing a Stirling job trying to meet his Banockburn.
@4:12 The astra pulling out is at fault but the cyclist also should try not to be so close, If he was further away he may have seen the car pulling out.
4:00 he’s in the year 2025 😳😂
Same that's what I was thinking too 😂😂😂
Those Caddy vans often have a solid plastic or metal bulkhead between the cargo and passenger areas. The rear windows are blacked out as standard too.
Oh and a very Merry Christmas to you and yours.
Yep, I used to drive one at my work (I'm in a slightly larger VW Crafter these days). Reversing a van always carries risk because of the lack of a rear window and rear view mirror. Only a total muppet would face one of those into a parking space.
Looks like a BMW in clip 8 doing the overtake - what a surprise! Clip 10, for me, is too close to the car in front and not reading the road.
Clip 15 the crossover in Newcastle always has been a pain whether it's rush hour or not, there's a few of these on the inner city motorway, Toon taxi drivers give the scousers a run for their money as well.
I agree with others, I just do not understand people who do not reverse into a parking slot.
With supermarket carpark slots so narrow, reversing out is dangerous. Especially with small children, the elderly and people pushing trollies walking behind to their own cars. It should be law that people should reverse into a slot and then drive out.
I have not been to a supermarket where I cannot leave enough room to open my boot and place my shopping bags in, so there really is no excuse.
It’s always been a personal gripe of mine
Most vans have solid back doors to stop thieves , the easy way to sort this is to reverse into a parking space
It may well have a solid bulk head to stop the load form crashing into the occupants too. Blacked out windows are not the only issue for the driver.
That cycle clip around 4:25 I'd say there are three people at fault here. The cyclist could see the car emerging from the right and IMO I would not have tried passing at this point and made space for something to go wrong, the Silver car (Seat) should have checked their mirror on approach to the hazard in the road to see the cyclist, and should NOT have swerved to avoid a collision, and finally, the white Astra should in no way have been blocking half the road, looks like they were trying to cut up traffic, its not like traffic coming from the other direction is that busy so there's no need to be in the road like that. So I'd dish out responsibility 33% each way, as not one person directly involved was helping the situation.
I'd say the main fault goes to the cyclist. You can't just be thinking about the car in front, you also need to look at what's in front of him. I would regard filtering near junctions just as dangerous as overtaking, in short, drop back and give yourself more space, especially as there was a vehicle emerging ahead. The silver car should be checking his mirrors also, but being as the traffic was clear on the right, I think the driver of the white vehicle was correctly creeping and then waiting for a gap to fit into.
5:49 no lie that's an everyday situation on that motorway actually, I can tell you that from going to school for 5 years through that road 👍
I cringe so much throughout these vids but I cant stop watching
1:03 Blacking out the back windows. He may have had a full bulkhead fitted completely negating an interior mirror. I had this arrangement for security and it sort queries the MSM procedure , centre and left etc. You find yourself trying it when you change car to van.
The so-called cycle path at4:03. The cyclist wasn't in the cycle lane during the vehicle stop. That occurred after. The car driver braked because someone appeared to be pulling out in front of him/her. And the cyclist was asking for trouble by undertaking when the vehicle in front had not given any turn indication.
clip #10- I think the main fault was the white vauxhall pulling out in front of the seat, however the seat could have started slowing earlier, just another case of "they must have seen me".
The cyclist could have slowed earlier too, about the point when the seat moved in front before it was braking, in this case the cyclist wasn't "looking 10 seconds down the road", he was looking at the back of the seat
Car Parks. The clip at 0:34 shows why I always reverse *into* a space, so I can see what's around me when leaving.
5:56 is the worst junction I've ever had to drive through. It's a motorway with a major road joining from the right into the overtaking lane, and another from the left. Then a left exit about 400 yards later. Not defending the taxi driver but that stretch of road is a deathtrap
Clip 10 - Reviewing this as a cyclist myself. The cycle lane doesn't start until AFTER he goes past the offending vehicle. If there is one before it appears to end at around the zebra crossing. I also note a 20 second time gap in the video. However, when it jumps in just at the zebra crossing, if we look ahead, we see a junction with a van emerging. No way would I want to be that close to the vehicle in front coming up to that situation, I'd rather drop my speed and give myself more room.
Clip 16, Should've either beeped earlier, or not at all there fella. If you're going to stop in time anyway its faster to do so and let them continue, using your horn only made them react by stopping in your path and made things take a bit longer. Whereas if you beeped a couple seconds earlier they'd have stopped out of your path and you would be free to roam on by.
Merry Christmas! Clip 10 - On the face of it looks like the cyclist was following too closely. Difficult to properly say though without the full clip. Looks like the cycle lane appears and disappears, pretty common design problem. Car pulling out not helping though that would have rung alarm bells for me.
I have seen a lot of beat the learner syndrome in your videos and has a bus driver I experience a hell of a lot of beat the bus syndrome. Most driver's don't seem to want to let buses out even though it says in the highway code "give way to buses and trams has they have priority"
Thanks for the content and have a very Merry Christmas
My uncle is a bus driver. Way too many times he’s come across ‘beat the bus’ syndrome. The worst he reckons is when he’s pulling out of those recessed bus stops at the side of the road and people try and force their way past rather than waiting behind at a slow pace or moving into the other lane.
@@eliz_scubavn yep and the amount of people who see you setting of and then they accelerate and beep just so they can beep you even though they saw you pulling it.
I get nearly daily verbal abuse and death threats from passengers and other road users
@@nickwragg there’s a road near to me where this happens regularly. It’s a straight dual carriage way and visibility down the whole length of the road is very good. About halfway down there’s a recessed bus parking bay and stop and buses stop there regularly. There’s been a LOT of near misses and actual collisions caused because of what you describe, with impatient drivers seeing buses pulling out and then trying to get past them by passing at stupidly close range. More than once the left hand corner of the bus has ended up going into the driver’s side door or into their drivers side.
1:50 I live close to that corner and have witnessed many driving fails there
When the weather gets worse, we'll be seeing a lot more chaos.
Merry Xmas everyone and more safe driving in 2021 👍🏻🎄
Clip #15 is an area of Newcastle I know all too well from driving to/from my old work place it's like that every dat, absolute chaos of people merging from one side to another. Really poor road layout.
5:15 I live not too far from there. I avoid it at all costs, they jump every single lights on that stretch and also pulling out from side streets and parking spots. Its a vile road.