9:40 clip#20 We are in dense congested traffic. A car emerges from the left and positions as though it is not going to continue in the left lane. Driver does not signal right but our lane (2) is straight and right turn so he might want lane 2. We accelerate hard for a confined space. In conclusion the other drivers actions could have been anticipated and we do the wrong thing by attempting to rapidly join the end of a queue a few yards ahead.
Clip 15 was nasty. I don't like driving at night and with the rain, it is much worse. So if you are stuck behind someone doing 30 mph at night in the pouring rain then it is probably me.
I had a horrible rainy day during day time. Felt like it was evening! I was scared to do 50 mph on a dual-carriageway in that weather! But rather be safe than crash into something or someone's car...
"frequently being caught smashing up cars and other things" It would be a shame if one of those car owners was driving along and didnt see him untill it was too late wouldnt it edit: ok wtf my reply ended up on a completely different comment
I got badly tail-gated by a van (headlights at mirror height, which just made it worse) in the dark during heavy rain and ended up driving faster than I thought was safe - though evidently not as fast as he thought I should be going. It was a country road and we inevitably came to a deep puddle right across the road and I simply felt it was safer to keep on, driving through it than to brake because even a mild brake would have resulted in a potentially nasty accident. It ripped the drip tray off the car. Now, stuff 'em, I'll drive at the speed I deem to be safe and if they want to buy me a new car, so be it. Front and rear dashcams will provide the evidence.
I've done Clip #4 when I was less experienced, and now I know better. I was expecting a car to turn right on a mini roundabout, not perform a U-turn. I was on a pushbike too, so I'd have come off worse if the U-turning car hadn't stopped for me. Oops. Good thing one of us was paying attention. Lesson learned that day. Assumption is the mother of all f- ups.
Thanks to your videos, I've completely changed the way I handle roundabouts - I never go past anyone now, thanks also to a near miss with a car turning right from the left. I don't care if it's slower, there's too many idiots who don't know how to position themselves.
I agree, whenever I am turning around at a mini roundabout, I am always looking out for exactly that happening. Even at low speed, there is no way in the world I would ever dream of using the horn at somebody who didn't anticipate me doing that.
Some great clips, the hailstorm my favourite, had something similar, I had slowed to 50 on a 70 due to some serious hail, 2 lane road so not holding anyone up, guy behind sped off lost control and ended up on the embankment, shame I don't have a camera, as he missed the start of the armco and 2 trees by inches and luckily had nothing damaged other than his ego. I checked he was OK and left him to it...
Spanish roundabouts have interesting rules compared to the rest of the EU/UK. The inside lane is seen as an overtaking lane, and you must return to the outside lane to exit. You can go left (3rd exit) on the outside hand lane a long as your signaling shows you direction. I found this out the hard way on my push bike -with a car that didn't indicate.
Ashley, with the clip involving the 2 buses, while i do 100% agree with you that was unprofessional and selfish, you mentioned that the buses have schedules to stick to. 3 things to note here: 1, the overtaking bus only had it's company logo on the rear LED display, meaning the bus was most likely out of service and not on a route 2, the second bus may have been ahead of schedule so it may have been holding time (im not sure what that companies rules are on holding time at bus stops that are not pull-ins). 3' there are multiple reasons as to why that driver may have needed to speak to the other driver (i understand that is not a good way to go about it) such as them both operating a route together or one of the buses being defective. I understand that i am pure nitpicking here but i just thought these points were worth bringing up. Loving the videos Ashley
Great set of clips as always. I'll give it to the hailstorm, closely followed by Jon for 'ticket's in the post'. Final clip - red Seat causing chaos but cammer's speed a bit excessive and didn't allow for being hidden by the Transit van?
I'm sure there will be objection to what I'm about to say. But..... Clip 2 if I'd been on my motorbike in that scenario If the bus driver didn't move after a beep i'd have been passing on the pavement. I'd slow right down of course (walking speed) until I got past, but I wouldn't be waiting around all day.
I'd probably even do it if I saw a cop car. The speed I'd go past I'm sure that if they even bothered to stop me they'd be more likely to give a friendly warning rather than throw the book 😂😂
Clip 15. Had almost the same thing happen to me in Iceland when my ex boyfriend was driving. He was passing another car in a lane that was full of slush. He was borrowing the car, and had been told the car was not great in wet conditions. Lo and behold we ended up sliding against the central barrier and my first and so far only car accident. It was terrifying. Luckily no one got hurt and the car was actually quite cheap to fix as the bumper took all the damage. (He said: "If that stupid barrier wasn't there, we would have been fine." If the barrier wasn't there, we could have had a front collision, mate.)
Love these vids, great for learning & helping predict stuff ahead if you've already seen it happen on here! I've just sent a clip in myself, keep up the great content!
It's hard to make out but I think you can just see the white car indicating right. In any case, the cammer flooring it off the roundabout was dumb as donuts.
3:25 an example for your point there, had they been unnerved by the oncoming taxi trying to squeeze around the parked vehicles and slammed on the brakes, the Sprinter would have been in their boot with a lot of people's days ruined, student, instructor, delivery driver, delivery customers, traffic also using that road, etc, to different degrees, but still all negatively impacted.
For Clip 20 I think the fail is partly on the viewer's end. Of course the Red Ibiza should have turned on the indicators and been more patient with merging to the right lane, perhaps they shouldn't even have switched in the first place. Buuut the viewer who sent that clip in was wayy too eager to accelerate, said viewer would have had to hit the brakes even if the red car would not have merged! Great commentary as always, even though I'm from the NL these videos help me keep myself in check too as I can sometimes relate clips to mistakes I have made in the past, cheers Ashley!
02:33 Clip 6, your comment is a good conversation starter, in the south east and London roads it would be practically impossible to change lanes if you shouldn’t do it alongside another vehicle; it’s more a question of better continual observations and recognising that lorries may (wrongly) have different blind spots.
Same. As well as when there are larger vehicles next to me. I just let them go because I know they will go into my lane at some point with the tail end of their trailer. I wonder if those people who honk at me know this.
Clip 15 just proves how vital proper tyres are, alongside road/conditions observation and awareness. If you feel that your car starts aquaplaning, don't slam the brakes and definitely do not accelerate...
Clip 6, thats happens to me all the time when driving a coach, they dont just move back in giving u no space, they often slow down and force u to cancel your cruise control or even sometimes with the newer coaches the adaptive cruise control will brake the coach quite heavily automatically. Its so annoying
Another cluster of gold nuggets! Jeez, there are some REAL wombats out there! The hail storm made my blood run cold. I got caught in a similarly monsoon-like downpour close to Heathrow Airport. I was in lane 2, there was a coach in lane 1 and visibility was down to virtually zero ahead, behind and alongside. I was already on dips, so all I could do was put on the rear fogs and pray some loony wasn't going to think he could still go at warp speed and run right into the back of me. The noise of the rain hitting the screen and roof has a peculiar effect, it almost overtakes all other senses. I would note that in places where they DO get real monsoon downpours, like Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, it is not unusual for drivers to stop completely (not recommended on a motorway) or just crawl along until things clear up. As for some of the others, just remember, the bigger they are (BMW vs skip lorry) the more damage they will do to you when it all goes horribly wrong, and the longer you might stay in hospital. Stay safe in Lockdown L'pool !!
Clip 19 is on the A6 outside The Sharnbrook Hotel. The beginning of that overtaking lane the car and van are using only starts pretty much when the clip does. It's barely long enough for one car to make a safe overtake. It's since been removed due to scenes like that.
Experienced my own mild bit of road rage today coming through the Wallasey Tunnel. Pulled up to an automatic booth and try to use the contactless payment method. After about 15 seconds it comes up 'card payment error" so I pull a little further forward to pay with the keypad. I've been there less than two seconds when someone is hammering on their horn and gesturing at me to get a move on. I'm like "mate what does it look like I'm trying to do, fry an omelette?"
@András Torma in fairness they're didn't seem any point, I'd only been there about 5 seconds longer than normal anyway. Some people just have no patience, their life must be hell :)
I have a kind of rule where you try to never be next to another vehicle on a roundabout.....saved me many times over. And def never overtake or undertake on a roundabout.
Clip 20 favourite because North Orbital clear in both directions so M25 probably not broken at that time. Oh, and you would expect someone coming out of a pub car park to be a bit unsure as to their intended destination/lane especially if using satnav.
I'm not going to analyse every clip this time as, even when a "rhetorical" question is asked, I think most of us actually know the answer already. A brief post regarding clip 20..... two fails in my opinion: 1) Cammer travelling too fast; 2) Red vehicle in nearside lane failed to indicate - probably didn't even look or, at least, not properly. No favourite clip as each one has it's own merit, for want of a better way to put it. Stay safe everyone 👍.
For clip 20, the van is also stopped on the 'keep clear' markings, he appears to have let the car out. I'd take a guess that the car didn't think for themselves before pulling out onto the road. The van may have hindered visibility for the red car too, and by the time the red car was moving out, the cammer was mostly in the blind-spot. I agree with your opinions though; I think both parties are at fault to a certain level.
red car emerging from pub carpark may have ben following satnav which would not give a left or right until they were on the road. Should have used both lanes for a few seconds while deciding. Keep clear does not apply to them so wondering why they didn't emerge earlier, van wasn't blocking exit although partially blocking entrance to carpark.
4:30 why do people use roundabouts as an overtaking opportunity and put their foot to the floor like this. Its crazy. It’s not a race and this happens with alarming regularity. And the white car gets full blame for something that actually could be avoided with ‘appropriate use of speed’.
@@misbahshezad2419 technically yes. But the Highway Code specifically says be aware of drivers who maybe indicating incorrectly or not at all. I’d recommend not crashing if you can avoid it. It’s expensive and time consuming. Especially something this simple to avoid.
Being fully honest Ashley, my favourite clip is Indeed clip 15. That weather looked so scary and I could hardly see anything on dash cam. I have no idea how he didn't crash, but it may have been cars controls or the driver was fully trained. I'm just glad his car was ok and so was the driver. I think he must have been too
The perfect combination of skill without skill. He was skilled enough to avoid any collision, but a skilled driver wouldn’t drive like that in the first place.
BMW (I think) was doing the right thing. If visibility was that bad why was he still going so fast? You can make it out in the bottom left (just), he was still doing 70 when he started losing control.
@András Torma It was completely harsh. You can't expect them to respond to the same exact standard as that of a normal driver. That cyclist ruined the learners chance of passing. Situations like that rarely happen and you cannot expect a learner to deal with it
@@joshdean9105 I agree, but five minutes after they've got their actual license and all of a sudden, to everyone else, they are a normal driver - and that's the standard that they'd been held to I guess. Still that idiot should only be able to use the road in one way in the future - off his bike and in a bloody wheelchair...
On my driving test (second attempt), an impatient driver went right across my path at a junction when I had the right of way. I braked (pretty much an emergency stop) and I passed!
The learner was very unlucky but the purpose of the test is to ensure the learner can identify hazards quickly and respond accordingly on their own. It’s a fail once the supervisor has to get involved.
@András Torma no its not a ridiculous argument. The aim is to see whether someone can drive a car and meet basic standards, not have to deal with thing so completely spontaneous. Do you really think even a highly skilled driver could have dealt with that situation any differently? I doubt it. A child running into the street is totally different because that's a far more common scenario than a cyclist going the wrong way on a roundabout in an extremely dangerous fashion. The thing is the learner did react and stop but clearly the instinct of the examiner got the better of them. It shows a lack of trust and therefore beggers belief as to how on earth people managed to pass their tests.
hi ashley i would like to comment about clip 5. not about the drivers but about car house keeping. As i watched the clip i noticed the reflection of what looked like face masks that had been placed on the dashboard. It interfered with the quality of the clip and it made me wonder about the reflection interfering with the vision through the windscreen for the driver. What is your view about incar housekeeping with regard to reflection on the windscreen and safety in the car. I transport a solid frame wheelchair and frequently need to display a blue badge on my dash so I guess i have more reason to be aware of this type of thing.
If I failed my test because some hooligan on a bike, was driving recklessly, I probably would have stuck the car in reverse and run him over, I've already failed my test and lost my £105.50, may as well get something out of it, haha~ (Obviously a joke.)
A lot of the time, the instructor intervenes as you were going to. I had that happen to me. In hindsight I should have communicated what was happening as it was
@@nigelcox1451 Yeah, it was. It may have been a bit less than that, but I cannot remember. Still had to do the test twice, got a Major the first time because I didn't turn my head to look left when exiting an empty roundabout, haha~
Ashley, would really like to hear your response and feedback about this as a driving instructor. I do a fair bit of motorway and dual carriageway driving, so 2 or 3 lanes and 70 limit on the way to and back from work. Undertaking. I will undertake people if they sit in the middle or right hand lane and should move over. I'll be very wary of the possibility of them moving over when I do, but I set my cruise control at 70 for most of the journey, I'll move over into the left lane if there is nothing to overtake and there's lots of space or it's clear ahead, and so so often I see people just sit in the middle lane. Or you'll have this massive queue of people sitting in the 3rd far right lane because they think it's the "fast lane" and because so many people are in it the speed goes to like 65mph when there isn't much in the middle lane. So I'll move over and set the cruise control to 70 again. Personally I think there are 2 kinds of undertaking. There's what I've described above, which is if I'm travelling within the speed limit and am catching someone who has poor lane discipline, I simply keep the same speed and pass them as opposed to 4 lane changes. Then there's the weaving in and out of traffic that the police would class as driving without due care, we've all seen them, doing about 80mph, going from lane to lane just to get past traffic. My question to you is... what exactly is wrong with undertaking in the manner in which I've described? I completely understand the police doing someone for driving without due care if they are weaving rapidly in and out of traffic, but calmly passing someone who shouldn't be sitting in the middle or right lane I think is fine. If the argument is they're not expecting you to overtake on the left hand side, then that would mean any time they move over to the left they don't bother checking mirrors which doesn't make much sense. Genuinely looking for some education or a discussion of why passing someone on the left is more dangerous than the right.
Just like to point out i was travelling at 70mph in lane 1, when the Audi came across to undertake. don't know if anyone noticed the van in lane 2 was swerving around in the lane quite a lot?. its a risky manoeuvre.
Agree with you completely! There’s no danger of a lane hogger moving to the left as you undertake them because they have no intention of leaving the middle/3rd lane. It’s a lot less dangerous than having to traverse 3 or 4 lanes to pass on the right.
There is only one type of undertaking, as there is overtaking. Undertaking is simply passing another vehicle on it's left and nothing to do with weaving in and out of traffic. .
Hiya Ashley, Clip 1 is the notoriously awful Army and Navy Roundabout where you can guarantee at least 2 or 3 accidents everyday occurring. I know this as I lived about 2 minutes away….or 45 during rush hour😂 I agree with you that it was a great save by Callum, the white car on approach to this roundabout was obviously in the wrong lane on approach…However, anyone who knows this 5 exit roundabout on approach would 99% of the time position themselves in the right hand lane to make that turn into Baddow Road, I certainly would be….and I think Callum would have been better off positioned there too. That flyover has now been removed, bits of it falling off and hitting cars wasn’t safe. The road markings were awful tho…which prob explains why so many accidents. I reckon you could get two or three full videos of Ashley Analysis from this roundabout alone. I think Callum, is local so prob knows this roundabout too…and as you said to me, there is always ways to improve 👍👍👍
Massive pressure on these drivers to get the job done as soon as possible. They get paid by the day and it's 'assumed' they can get their prescribed route done in 8 hours (by driving like a twat). If more punishment was levied on the companies instead of the drivers for poor behaviour maybe that would sort things out. But then everyone's delivery costs, costs of Amazon Prime etc, would go up.
Approaching Malaga airport there is a roundabout that has 3 lanes in, 2 lanes on it and 2 lanes out. There is no right hand exit. 3 into 2. I picked the middle lane and slowed right down, while two streams of spanish people went left and right of me without slowing and merged in front in the middle of the roundabout. I just couldn't work out the rules. I had to wait stationary until there was a break in traffic and go. I think the idea is just a free-for-all highspeed merge and hope for the best!
In my experience, dpd drivers always drive in this way, no matter who is infront of them. Ive also recorded them reversing down one way roads in order to cut out evening congestion, as if that makes it right to go the wrong way down a one way street. I did send those recordings to dpd, as well as the police. As the start of that particular one way road has a GP surgery on it, as well as a school in close proximity. The entrance is also extremely blind.
My aunt affectionately refers to them as 'Dippy People Delivery'! Not only are they bad at driving, but they're also bad at delivering correctly too...
Clip 6 - nope that one is backwards and the fault is all on the lorry driver . ALWAYS make doubly sure before moving to the right , and maintain awareness of surrounding traffic . Remember - in the UK priority goes to vehicles approaching from the right , and this includes vehicles moving over from the right ; don't forget , that driver might have just had a tyre failure or a loss of power and they may NEED to get to the safety of the hard shoulder rather than being blocked in the middle of a live lane . By the same token , don't sit alongside other vehicles if you can avoid it ; they equally could have a tyre blowout and veer towards you , and the longer you sit in their blind spot the greater chance of them being unaware you are even there . If planning to leave a motorway or dual carriageway , get on course EARLY , typically work your way over to the nearside no less than a mile from your exit , DO NOT leave it to the last moment to swoop across the paths of other vehicles - unless you want the fines and the bills for the damage you cause .
At 2:05, this is why I never go all the way round mini roundabouts, and why the highway code advises against it. If you go all the way round any roundabout, you run the risk of being pulled out on from the last exit. Keep it slow and be ready for it to happen. Surprisingly, blasting your horn as seen here does little to help. I wonder if this cammer engineered this incident.
Clip10, with the white car on the rouondabout. The white car was slow, and not apparently leaving the roundabout, itself a clue that it may not have yet decided on its exit. Then it steers a little, time to lose speed and squeak at it. With DPD tailgating a learner, some learners, in the early stages have no idea they're being tailgated. Sometimes best not to alert them until later.
4:21 My Grandad had 'must get infront' syndrome, we could be traveling along what seems an empty road, but if he saw a car way in the distance he would floor it to catch and pass them, and this was when he was in his 70s, he crashed many cars, and ended up killing himself by turning from a stationary position on a dual carriageway infront of a mondeo going 80mph, all because he couldn't be bothered to drive to the roundabout a mile down the road, and cut through the cyclepath in the center to go back the other way on the A6. 7:36 The speed is blured out but it looks like in the 70s, wipers on slow, sleet rain, I think it looks like the car either aquaplaned, or he braked when the front cars brake lights and the other side headlights glared together, and for me he kept over correcting the steering, even when he was almost stopped he was throwing the wheel each side and looks like he was braking heavy the same time, which you don't do on icy roads. 9:01 the temptation to open my drivers door would be very high ( I wouldn't but still tempted), that youth needs a big life lesson or he will be roadkill. Last one the red car knew they'd f'd up and didn't want a confrontation that's why they jumped the red lights, although there was no reason for the cammer to speed into that spot like that, he wasn't going anywhere.
At the start of clip 20, it looks as though the white van is braking, it may even be stopping in the "keep clear" zone to let the red car emerge in front of it. The red car then moves to right hand lane without indicating and then runs the amber/red light. As Will4May says, I can understand that the driver of the red car would want to flee from any further confrontations and with 20:20 hindsight it is easy to see that the cammer could have moved up more slowly. But it looks like the time of day was the afternoon rush hour, when the roads will be busy and everyone is hurrying to get home for tea.
#6 - in the circumstances, yeah definitely a stupid thing to do. Should have waited for some clearer space for starters. Generally speaking though, do you not have priority going from the right back, rather than from the left out? You’re supposed to move back from the overtaking lane(s) as soon as it’s safe to, but the car/truck in the driving lane doesn’t *have* to move out..?
On clip 20, I think the fail rests with the Seat for changing lanes without signalling. On first examination I thought the cammer could’ve been going slower but there is a speed stamp provided in the footage. 21km/h is about 13mph which isn’t too fast in my opinion. It looks like the cammer is going faster but that’s caused by an optical illusion created by the dashcam’s wide-angled lens. The cammer reacted quickly and I think he/she didn’t commit a fail.
@3:42 If there's no traffic build up, I generally assume the person is unfamiliar with the roundabout and they are doing it unintentionally and just get on with it. I will get crossed if there's traffic and someone who's already weaving in and out of lanes pulling the same trick cus 200% they know what they are exactly doing.
In the final clip, the camera car seemed to be going to quickly - assuming everybody would stay in their lanes....which the red car didn’t. I face something similar everyday...always very very careful in those situations, looking for any last min indication to pull out or even any movement. Have to be ready to stop in an instant.
Whenever I do a U-turn at a small roundabout I always expect people to come out on me, we don't have a U-turn signal so they think I'm just going right, always go slow and expect it.
Clip #10 could've easily been avoided. The reason it wasn't avoided was because of excess speed from the cammers car. As soon as the clip started i knew exactly what the white car was going to do. Last clip, again easily avoidable. Cause was excess speed from the cammers car.
It's easy to say you know what's going to happen when you're watching a 'driving fails' compilation and the cars number plate is blurred and your attention is drawn to that vehicle, that being said, @4:32-4:33 I would say the cammer may have had time to at least see the white car steering right and try to avoid it, but no action was taken at all by the cammer, and its not the cammers fault, the white car made an illegal and outright dangerous turn, yes the cammer could have done things to potentially avoid it, but the cause comes from the white car.
Clip 14. Not my favourite, that was in Macclesfield on hulley Road. Clip 10 is where blame is partly down to the cammer for too much speed. Where on 15. There is non at all. Also notice how the cam car had to adjust their speed on the end of the clip where 2 cars undertake the cam car despite Road markings showing merging lanes.
Regarding the bus driver, it depends what they were talking about. I drive them myself and at times we stop to let each other know about a road closure, accident etc etc. I agree we shouldn't stop and gab for the sake of it.
0:46 Bus on the right is out of service bus on the left is in service. I’ve been in this situation i was in service and a colleague pulled up along side to ask which way he had to go around the hospital grounds as he hadn’t done that particular route for 5 years. he stopped for literally 10 seconds it’s not exactly the best thing to do but was only 10 seconds. The vehicle behind us started to beep then when the bus moved off he screamed at me? He then floored it overtaking the other bus as it was going around a blind bend with double white lines, that bus blasted its horn at him and the driver pulled ahead of that bus and stopped the driver got out and was kicking off that bus driver all over 10 seconds 😂
@@derrickcuff9817 I’ve also been flagged down by oncoming buses to be warned to close all my windows that kids are throwing stones and eggs at buses, it’s literally a few seconds and we are on our merry way except people must think we are having a catch up and organising our social life or something? I’ve been flagged down by an oncoming driver asking why I didn’t follow the diversion which was called over the radio?really annoying when my radio wasn’t working! Put me an hour n half late 😂 sometimes us stopping may not seem that professional but sometimes we are left with no choice!
Those roundabout clips are even more frightening if you are on a motorbike as the car is likely to just go straight through you. And the clip (#11?) with the skip lorry, I'd be holding back out of the way and trying to make sure I get the whole thing on camera. With the buses, I would have reported the driver to his depot unless it was just a 10 second stop.
The test failure on clip 18 seems a little harsh. Whilst the examiner would have had a clear view of the cyclist, the driver's view was very likely obscured by the A-pillar.
The sad fact is that Not seeing is not seeing. I would guess at A Frame Pillar blindspot. I failed a test once because I couldn’t see something, (sunvisor blocked my view of temp lights outside a pub at lunchtime closing opposite a junction, mid winter, and if the light had been green I would have passed, but....), and getting dual controlled is a fail. It’s a major safety thing.
Mini Roundabouts: I would avoid at all cost U turning on a Mini Roundabout, my reason for saying this is, “That it is the least likely manoeuvre drivers expect to happen, although everyone should expect the unexpected.” Also a lot of drivers struggle with the concept of a Mini Roundabout.
Can't be avoided where I live. There is a "warning U-turning traffic" sign but I still reinforce the indicator with a hand signal when going all the way around as you have to do it from as close to the left as you can get.
For clip #20, the main fail is the red car's failure to MSM. This situation wasn't helped by the cammer speeding into it though, if the road ahead were clear this might be fine but nothing was gained by speeding to the queue. If they had kept it smooth they might have made those lights. When a car from a side road joins an urban main road with multiple lanes, you can anticipate it is likely that they will do some lane changes very early on. Cammer also seemed too interested in using the punishment horn, was still moving when it was sounded, get control of the situation first. The use of the horn is chiefly for raising the attention of following traffic that you have stopped.
Clip 2, causing an obstruction, Reg 103 Con & Use regs 86 Clip 4, I have made a similar comment on a dashcam clip video, smaller mini roundabout, cammer going faster, and collision ensued. (Possible A-frame pillar view issue inc in comment). Clip 10, while I often see things coming, I again agree with you; the Only reason I knew it was going to happen was because it’s a dashcam clip.... Clip 17, know that road well, had one or two “interesting events” there, especially at the roundabout ahead; driven it regularly in an artic, and I “Dominate” lanes 1&2 of 3 into the roundabout as they’re narrow, & the turn to theft is too tight to do in one lane. Folks, if you see a big vehicle in two lanes, they probably need both, give em room. Clip 18, I’d guess A frame pillar blind spot. Sad, but yup, if an examiner dual controls you, that’s a fail. Clip 20, red Seat More at fault as not properly checking, not indicating, & just gunning for it, but cammer could have taken it a lot slower, & not had the issue.
Had an small incident with a Delta taxi while on my motorbike the other day (unsurprisingly) wish I caught it on my helmet cam (it died 2 mins before) :(
It's not about blame, but about prevention: As so often: Going with the flow and holding back a little when it's appropriate (= forward planning, defensive driving) could have prevented a lot of misery in these clips, couldn't it? Clip 20 i.e.
3:40 interestingly I believe in Spain the rules on roundabouts are to stay in the outside lane regardless of which exit you are taking unless you're overtaking, in which case you can use the innermost lane. It's bonkers I agree and I hate driving on them there so defensively drive for that reason as drivers often cut lanes like this because they dont expect anyone to be in the innermost lane as often, but it does seem to be the way they are taught - e.g. see here: indalotransport.com/how-to-use-a-roundabout-in-spain/
clip 18. thats a sin in my opinion, from what i could tell regarding the Camera Position, the Driver side Pillar looks to me to be obstructing view from the driving position, and it appears as if the Pupil was looking off to the left passenger side mirror for their exit, as towards the tail end of the clip although minute it appears as if steering input is given for the exit visible and given the circumstances, the cyclist deserves anything and everything coming to him. including a few broken bones when he inevitably gets hit in my opinion, unfortunately its the only way some folk learn, and as another comment mentioned and IF true, the lad ion the bike s known for doing stupid shit like that as well as criminal damages
I used to use buses; they were never late, the drivers were always nice, they never completely blanked passengers even when they were at his first stop and they were never ever selfish. And as for Arriva's customer service, they were a model example. Always interested and willing to look into any problem. But that's enough sarcasm I think. Now In only have to deal with them on the road and even then it's not really much of an issue. One every 20 minutes? I don't think so.
I get frustrated on a duel carriageway with people sitting in the overtaking lane for no reason. Sometimes the undertake has to be done. They are breaking the law by hogging the lane. If the police were to stop one of us who would be it be?
The undertake almost never "has" to be done. Someone else's dodgy driving is never an excuse for your own. This is exactly the attitude that causes accidents, and the lack of accountability that undertakers and overtakers take for their own driving due to lane hoggers and slow drivers is one of the few road topics that makes me legit angry. If your dangerous or dubious driving decision is justified by "Oh, but this other driver..." then you can sod right off. No-one is responsible for your own driving decisions but you, and if you're not willing to take on that responsibility you shouldn't be on the road.
I noticed that the bus which caused the obstruction didn't have a number displayed. Perhaps the reason he wasn't worried about keeping to a schedule was that he wasn't in service driving a route. No justification for blocking the road mind you.
@András Torma I don't think the pavement is wide enough to drive a car past the bus. I'd have got out of my car and asked the driver to pull over so that I can take his details and make a report to the company and the police.
I seriously think that some roundabout makings need to be changed. If you have three lanes of traffic coming to a roundabout the left hand lane should be arrowed left only & the middle should be left & straight forward that would then stop people from the left lane cutting across in front of vehicles in the middle ( in theory ) but of course people don't do that ! That is of course if the road to your left is a dual carriageway etc etc .People always get in the wrong lanes & instead of carrying on & doing a U turn somewhere safe ( which I do I might add if I go wrong ) they cause havoc & road rage to everybody else on the road. People need to pre plan they route if they are not sure where they are going.
Imo, probably not the best idea to be right when going straight, but the lane doesn’t seem to be “wrong”. Left is for straight and right was for straight(and then merge left) as well as actually going to the right.
This very strange piece of road design in Swansea forces drivers to make a U-turn at a mini-roundabout if they need to visit their local Royal Mail sorting office maps.app.goo.gl/rxfuFe3j71xo1iMFA. I very narrowly avoided being hit by a Royal Mail lorry when I was doing just that, and I've never forgot the lesson that taught me about the danger of U-turns on mini-roundabouts!
I was going to ask.. is it illegal to turn right round at mini roundabouts? as I've been told it is and it isnt.which is it?either way it's still irritating and there is no time to react.
Technically it's legal to do a u turn at a mini roundabout since there is no MUST NOT in the mini roundabout section of the highway code; it only says "avoid making u turns at mini roundabouts. Beware of others doing this". Certain mini roundabouts may have their own separate no u turn sign though so don't assume it applies everywhere.
@@speeddemon217a it's not illegal... its just a bit of a pain in the arse when someone does it then lol. I about crashed into a big 4×4 doing it one dayitsnot something you really prepare for when approaching a wee roundabout
@@sadken50p yeah, there's a lot of rules in the Highway Code that basically say don't be an arse but it's not technically illegal to be an arse in that scenario. By the way, it seems there's no law against doing laps of a mini roundabout so theoretically you could just drive round it all day. However, doing so would likely prevent traffic from moving which is actually breaking the law. Depends how bored the police are with what they charge you with though.
@@speeddemon217a I always find it funny when cars with really crap turning circles try it and have to end up stopping in the middle of the wee roundabout and doing a 3 point turn lol.
In clip 1 the cam car is in the incorrect lane for the exit he wants to take lane 1 there is for left or straight on and lane 2 is for straight on as the black car does or the 2 further exits on the roundabout one of which the cam car wanted.
@@WillLSPS unfortunately not Callum as it’s a continuation of the main road out of Chelmsford 2 lanes can continue through, if you wish to take one of the other exits I suggest using lane 2 or this will happen to you on a daily basis
@@littlelegsone so whats the point in the left lane from your explanation.. there isnt one🤷🏻♂️ if you think crossing 2 lanes of traffic on a roundabout is correct god knows how you drive everywhere else. Also the left lane literally follows onto the lanes leading to yeomanry way and the middle lane to baddow road. The right lane can if needed go to baddow road at a minimum but is meant for van diemans and parkway.
Hi Ashley, just a quick one on the bus driver clip. Whilst I appreciate it can be frustrating there are times bus drivers do this because they have information to exchange. Beware there's a crash at such and such, watch out for the kids at the park they're throwing bricks (common problem in Liverpool), there's a diversion in place, can you take this old lady their on the wrong bus, do you need help? etc etc. Rarely is it just a case of having a gab. Perpetuating the social dislike of bus drivers in this manner is no different to the poor attitudes shown to driving instructors.
clip 20 please let me know where you think the fail is in this clip. The answer is... it's a trick question. The clip is the fail, the whole thing, lots of fails within...
Bus drivers in Lincoln are generally pretty good I have to say. There are a lot of council estates here, and it is not easy trying to get a bus through them with inconsiderate parking. But, there are one or two scruffy bus driving twats who are really bad drivers. DPD vans in Lincs are generally just as bad as the one in this clip. I don't know how they get away with speeding and bad driving, because I was a van driver for 10 years (for a local charity), and any public complaint against me meant I had to have an interview with the manager about it. Even if my tracker and other witnesses proved my innocence.
At 4.35 clip 10. Could the cammer have gone right and around the roundabout and avoided the collision? I hope clip 15 the cammer learnt his/her lesson. Clip 18 you say the cyclist made the learner fail but then went on to say, if the learner cant look ahead enough they should not have a licence, surly the cyclist has only highlighted a failing of the learner.
Unless instructed by road markings should we not use the left lane to exit off a roundabout onto a dual carriageway? Except in queuing traffic isn't it safer to use the left lane (to exit) for exactly this reason, not excusing the terrible driving of the other guy though. You can then overtake and get on your way if need be.
You say you cannot stop the student driver from not braking? Don't instructor cars have a brake pedal extension on the passenger side of their car like in the US?
"Bus drivers may have been communicating crucial information " Bus drivers should learn to use their mobiles or radios - of course, not when operating the vehicle. And they all have some form of communications device to be able to contact HQ / elsewhere if there's issues, so no excuse for blocking the road like that whatsoever.
@@GaffaTV I’ll give an example. A common issue is when 2 buses catch up with each other that should be, say 20 mins apart. Yes they could call their respective supervisors and try and sort it but that’s overly complicated and unnecessary confusing. The bus could’ve pulled up behind but the bus in front but he likely will have not seen him and will probably just drive off again. Instead pulling up next to the other bus and quickly and efficiently sorting out the problem is by far the easiest option.
@@psp0guy I'm sorry, your example doesn't even work. How do two bus drivers sort out the issue of one being late and one being on time? The second bus doesn't just say "I'll create the 20 minute gap" because how does that work for the passengers already on that bus, and how does it work for people waiting for that bus? Second bus - the one creating the obstruction - didn't even have an active number on the rear meaning the bus was most likely "not in service" anyway, so please explain how creating the obstruction is an acceptable thing to do?
...the phone isn't to call other drivers, it's there to contact police in an emergency or to contact the depot / HQ / wherever to sort out issues. They used to carry short range radios years ago.
BMW and Audi drivers should automatically receive 3 points per year on their license every year they own the car. Even then they are probably getting off light.
9:40 clip#20 We are in dense congested traffic. A car emerges from the left and positions as though it is not going to continue in the left lane. Driver does not signal right but our lane (2) is straight and right turn so he might want lane 2. We accelerate hard for a confined space. In conclusion the other drivers actions could have been anticipated and we do the wrong thing by attempting to rapidly join the end of a queue a few yards ahead.
Clip 15 was nasty. I don't like driving at night and with the rain, it is much worse. So if you are stuck behind someone doing 30 mph at night in the pouring rain then it is probably me.
I had a horrible rainy day during day time. Felt like it was evening! I was scared to do 50 mph on a dual-carriageway in that weather! But rather be safe than crash into something or someone's car...
It makes sense, reduce speed in low visibility conditions and rain.
It could just as easily be me Ian. (Awaits further similar comment from somebody called Ian, maybe there’s a Harris or a Hughes who might oblige? 😂)
"frequently being caught smashing up cars and other things"
It would be a shame if one of those car owners was driving along and didnt see him untill it was too late wouldnt it
edit: ok wtf my reply ended up on a completely different comment
I got badly tail-gated by a van (headlights at mirror height, which just made it worse) in the dark during heavy rain and ended up driving faster than I thought was safe - though evidently not as fast as he thought I should be going. It was a country road and we inevitably came to a deep puddle right across the road and I simply felt it was safer to keep on, driving through it than to brake because even a mild brake would have resulted in a potentially nasty accident. It ripped the drip tray off the car. Now, stuff 'em, I'll drive at the speed I deem to be safe and if they want to buy me a new car, so be it. Front and rear dashcams will provide the evidence.
I've done Clip #4 when I was less experienced, and now I know better. I was expecting a car to turn right on a mini roundabout, not perform a U-turn. I was on a pushbike too, so I'd have come off worse if the U-turning car hadn't stopped for me. Oops. Good thing one of us was paying attention.
Lesson learned that day. Assumption is the mother of all f- ups.
Thanks to your videos, I've completely changed the way I handle roundabouts - I never go past anyone now, thanks also to a near miss with a car turning right from the left. I don't care if it's slower, there's too many idiots who don't know how to position themselves.
Hi ashley, forget i sent those clips (1&2) as well but from what i remember my language was a bit more tame😂 great video👌🏼
Oiiii big up Chelmsford loool
RIP flyover, passed the army and navy quite often before the bypass was built.
@@andyalder7910 First time I drove passed with the flyover gone I thought I'd made a wrong turn somewhere.
I agree, whenever I am turning around at a mini roundabout, I am always looking out for exactly that happening. Even at low speed, there is no way in the world I would ever dream of using the horn at somebody who didn't anticipate me doing that.
Some great clips, the hailstorm my favourite, had something similar, I had slowed to 50 on a 70 due to some serious hail, 2 lane road so not holding anyone up, guy behind sped off lost control and ended up on the embankment, shame I don't have a camera, as he missed the start of the armco and 2 trees by inches and luckily had nothing damaged other than his ego. I checked he was OK and left him to it...
Always look forward to these videos, thanks Ashley
Spanish roundabouts have interesting rules compared to the rest of the EU/UK. The inside lane is seen as an overtaking lane, and you must return to the outside lane to exit. You can go left (3rd exit) on the outside hand lane a long as your signaling shows you direction. I found this out the hard way on my push bike -with a car that didn't indicate.
Ashley, with the clip involving the 2 buses, while i do 100% agree with you that was unprofessional and selfish, you mentioned that the buses have schedules to stick to. 3 things to note here:
1, the overtaking bus only had it's company logo on the rear LED display, meaning the bus was most likely out of service and not on a route
2, the second bus may have been ahead of schedule so it may have been holding time (im not sure what that companies rules are on holding time at bus stops that are not pull-ins).
3' there are multiple reasons as to why that driver may have needed to speak to the other driver (i understand that is not a good way to go about it) such as them both operating a route together or one of the buses being defective.
I understand that i am pure nitpicking here but i just thought these points were worth bringing up. Loving the videos Ashley
Great set of clips as always. I'll give it to the hailstorm, closely followed by Jon for 'ticket's in the post'. Final clip - red Seat causing chaos but cammer's speed a bit excessive and didn't allow for being hidden by the Transit van?
07:25 Clip 15. I would love to see what condition the tyres are in. I’d wager their closer to needing replacing than anything else...
his pants:
@@JohnsonTheSecond 😂
I'm sure there will be objection to what I'm about to say. But.....
Clip 2 if I'd been on my motorbike in that scenario If the bus driver didn't move after a beep i'd have been passing on the pavement.
I'd slow right down of course (walking speed) until I got past, but I wouldn't be waiting around all day.
I'd probably even do it if I saw a cop car. The speed I'd go past I'm sure that if they even bothered to stop me they'd be more likely to give a friendly warning rather than throw the book 😂😂
great video as always, your videos helped me to pass my test and help me now I've passed
3:00 LOL I think that's my DPD delivery....I recognised the road
Clip 15. Had almost the same thing happen to me in Iceland when my ex boyfriend was driving. He was passing another car in a lane that was full of slush. He was borrowing the car, and had been told the car was not great in wet conditions. Lo and behold we ended up sliding against the central barrier and my first and so far only car accident. It was terrifying. Luckily no one got hurt and the car was actually quite cheap to fix as the bumper took all the damage.
(He said: "If that stupid barrier wasn't there, we would have been fine." If the barrier wasn't there, we could have had a front collision, mate.)
I love your videos, you explain everything so fully and in a smooth calming voice!
Love these vids, great for learning & helping predict stuff ahead if you've already seen it happen on here! I've just sent a clip in myself, keep up the great content!
I passed my test today!! Thanks for everything on the channel ashley!
Love these videos 🤣
Was thankful that the sarcasm in #10 was confirmed in #16 - thought it was the case but wasn't entirely sure!
It's hard to make out but I think you can just see the white car indicating right. In any case, the cammer flooring it off the roundabout was dumb as donuts.
I love these compilations and your narration. Great educational content once again.
3:25 an example for your point there, had they been unnerved by the oncoming taxi trying to squeeze around the parked vehicles and slammed on the brakes, the Sprinter would have been in their boot with a lot of people's days ruined, student, instructor, delivery driver, delivery customers, traffic also using that road, etc, to different degrees, but still all negatively impacted.
For Clip 20 I think the fail is partly on the viewer's end.
Of course the Red Ibiza should have turned on the indicators and been more patient with merging to the right lane, perhaps they shouldn't even have switched in the first place.
Buuut the viewer who sent that clip in was wayy too eager to accelerate, said viewer would have had to hit the brakes even if the red car would not have merged!
Great commentary as always, even though I'm from the NL these videos help me keep myself in check too as I can sometimes relate clips to mistakes I have made in the past, cheers Ashley!
02:33 Clip 6, your comment is a good conversation starter, in the south east and London roads it would be practically impossible to change lanes if you shouldn’t do it alongside another vehicle; it’s more a question of better continual observations and recognising that lorries may (wrongly) have different blind spots.
This is why I stagger my position on roundabouts.
Same. As well as when there are larger vehicles next to me. I just let them go because I know they will go into my lane at some point with the tail end of their trailer. I wonder if those people who honk at me know this.
Clip 15 just proves how vital proper tyres are, alongside road/conditions observation and awareness. If you feel that your car starts aquaplaning, don't slam the brakes and definitely do not accelerate...
Clip 6, thats happens to me all the time when driving a coach, they dont just move back in giving u no space, they often slow down and force u to cancel your cruise control or even sometimes with the newer coaches the adaptive cruise control will brake the coach quite heavily automatically. Its so annoying
Not the best.
Another cluster of gold nuggets! Jeez, there are some REAL wombats out there! The hail storm made my blood run cold. I got caught in a similarly monsoon-like downpour close to Heathrow Airport. I was in lane 2, there was a coach in lane 1 and visibility was down to virtually zero ahead, behind and alongside. I was already on dips, so all I could do was put on the rear fogs and pray some loony wasn't going to think he could still go at warp speed and run right into the back of me. The noise of the rain hitting the screen and roof has a peculiar effect, it almost overtakes all other senses. I would note that in places where they DO get real monsoon downpours, like Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, it is not unusual for drivers to stop completely (not recommended on a motorway) or just crawl along until things clear up. As for some of the others, just remember, the bigger they are (BMW vs skip lorry) the more damage they will do to you when it all goes horribly wrong, and the longer you might stay in hospital. Stay safe in Lockdown L'pool !!
I recognised clip 1 as being an old clip because that flyover no longer exists XD
These video are so good
Clip 19 is on the A6 outside The Sharnbrook Hotel. The beginning of that overtaking lane the car and van are using only starts pretty much when the clip does. It's barely long enough for one car to make a safe overtake. It's since been removed due to scenes like that.
Kinda fun seeing my local area in clip #17 (Tolworth, Kingston-upon-Thames)
Experienced my own mild bit of road rage today coming through the Wallasey Tunnel. Pulled up to an automatic booth and try to use the contactless payment method. After about 15 seconds it comes up 'card payment error" so I pull a little further forward to pay with the keypad. I've been there less than two seconds when someone is hammering on their horn and gesturing at me to get a move on.
I'm like "mate what does it look like I'm trying to do, fry an omelette?"
@András Torma in fairness they're didn't seem any point, I'd only been there about 5 seconds longer than normal anyway. Some people just have no patience, their life must be hell :)
I have a kind of rule where you try to never be next to another vehicle on a roundabout.....saved me many times over.
And def never overtake or undertake on a roundabout.
Clip 20 favourite because North Orbital clear in both directions so M25 probably not broken at that time.
Oh, and you would expect someone coming out of a pub car park to be a bit unsure as to their intended destination/lane especially if using satnav.
The Red Pull straight out from the intersection
Just learnt something new from clip 3 - Audis actually have indicators!
I'm not going to analyse every clip this time as, even when a "rhetorical" question is asked, I think most of us actually know the answer already.
A brief post regarding clip 20..... two fails in my opinion:
1) Cammer travelling too fast;
2) Red vehicle in nearside lane failed to indicate - probably didn't even look or, at least, not properly.
No favourite clip as each one has it's own merit, for want of a better way to put it. Stay safe everyone 👍.
For clip 20, the van is also stopped on the 'keep clear' markings, he appears to have let the car out. I'd take a guess that the car didn't think for themselves before pulling out onto the road. The van may have hindered visibility for the red car too, and by the time the red car was moving out, the cammer was mostly in the blind-spot.
I agree with your opinions though; I think both parties are at fault to a certain level.
red car emerging from pub carpark may have ben following satnav which would not give a left or right until they were on the road. Should have used both lanes for a few seconds while deciding. Keep clear does not apply to them so wondering why they didn't emerge earlier, van wasn't blocking exit although partially blocking entrance to carpark.
I thought it was just a red light jumper
4:30 why do people use roundabouts as an overtaking opportunity and put their foot to the floor like this. Its crazy. It’s not a race and this happens with alarming regularity. And the white car gets full blame for something that actually could be avoided with ‘appropriate use of speed’.
Wasnt there 2 lanes doe?
Don’t overtake on a roundabout if you can help it. 8:09 shows how it should be done.
@@TimRsn
Surely in this clip one of the drivers were in the wrong lane. no?
@@misbahshezad2419 technically yes. But the Highway Code specifically says be aware of drivers who maybe indicating incorrectly or not at all. I’d recommend not crashing if you can avoid it. It’s expensive and time consuming. Especially something this simple to avoid.
@@TimRsn
Thanks for that. I was just confused. Nice one!
Being fully honest Ashley, my favourite clip is Indeed clip 15. That weather looked so scary and I could hardly see anything on dash cam. I have no idea how he didn't crash, but it may have been cars controls or the driver was fully trained. I'm just glad his car was ok and so was the driver. I think he must have been too
The perfect combination of skill without skill. He was skilled enough to avoid any collision, but a skilled driver wouldn’t drive like that in the first place.
BMW (I think) was doing the right thing. If visibility was that bad why was he still going so fast? You can make it out in the bottom left (just), he was still doing 70 when he started losing control.
That test fail was harsh, very harsh.
@András Torma It was completely harsh. You can't expect them to respond to the same exact standard as that of a normal driver. That cyclist ruined the learners chance of passing. Situations like that rarely happen and you cannot expect a learner to deal with it
@@joshdean9105 I agree, but five minutes after they've got their actual license and all of a sudden, to everyone else, they are a normal driver - and that's the standard that they'd been held to I guess.
Still that idiot should only be able to use the road in one way in the future - off his bike and in a bloody wheelchair...
On my driving test (second attempt), an impatient driver went right across my path at a junction when I had the right of way. I braked (pretty much an emergency stop) and I passed!
The learner was very unlucky but the purpose of the test is to ensure the learner can identify hazards quickly and respond accordingly on their own. It’s a fail once the supervisor has to get involved.
@András Torma no its not a ridiculous argument. The aim is to see whether someone can drive a car and meet basic standards, not have to deal with thing so completely spontaneous. Do you really think even a highly skilled driver could have dealt with that situation any differently? I doubt it. A child running into the street is totally different because that's a far more common scenario than a cyclist going the wrong way on a roundabout in an extremely dangerous fashion. The thing is the learner did react and stop but clearly the instinct of the examiner got the better of them. It shows a lack of trust and therefore beggers belief as to how on earth people managed to pass their tests.
hi ashley i would like to comment about clip 5. not about the drivers but about car house keeping. As i watched the clip i noticed the reflection of what looked like face masks that had been placed on the dashboard. It interfered with the quality of the clip and it made me wonder about the reflection interfering with the vision through the windscreen for the driver. What is your view about incar housekeeping with regard to reflection on the windscreen and safety in the car. I transport a solid frame wheelchair and frequently need to display a blue badge on my dash so I guess i have more reason to be aware of this type of thing.
If I failed my test because some hooligan on a bike, was driving recklessly, I probably would have stuck the car in reverse and run him over, I've already failed my test and lost my £105.50, may as well get something out of it, haha~
(Obviously a joke.)
A lot of the time, the instructor intervenes as you were going to. I had that happen to me. In hindsight I should have communicated what was happening as it was
£105.50? Hopefully that includes the cost of the instructor's car?
@@nigelcox1451 Yeah, it was. It may have been a bit less than that, but I cannot remember.
Still had to do the test twice, got a Major the first time because I didn't turn my head to look left when exiting an empty roundabout, haha~
@James Stewart What a lovely woman...
What would be the best thing to do in clip 18? Drift over to the left lane and exit if there was no traffic? Or just slow down?
Ashley, would really like to hear your response and feedback about this as a driving instructor. I do a fair bit of motorway and dual carriageway driving, so 2 or 3 lanes and 70 limit on the way to and back from work.
Undertaking. I will undertake people if they sit in the middle or right hand lane and should move over. I'll be very wary of the possibility of them moving over when I do, but I set my cruise control at 70 for most of the journey, I'll move over into the left lane if there is nothing to overtake and there's lots of space or it's clear ahead, and so so often I see people just sit in the middle lane. Or you'll have this massive queue of people sitting in the 3rd far right lane because they think it's the "fast lane" and because so many people are in it the speed goes to like 65mph when there isn't much in the middle lane. So I'll move over and set the cruise control to 70 again.
Personally I think there are 2 kinds of undertaking. There's what I've described above, which is if I'm travelling within the speed limit and am catching someone who has poor lane discipline, I simply keep the same speed and pass them as opposed to 4 lane changes. Then there's the weaving in and out of traffic that the police would class as driving without due care, we've all seen them, doing about 80mph, going from lane to lane just to get past traffic.
My question to you is... what exactly is wrong with undertaking in the manner in which I've described? I completely understand the police doing someone for driving without due care if they are weaving rapidly in and out of traffic, but calmly passing someone who shouldn't be sitting in the middle or right lane I think is fine.
If the argument is they're not expecting you to overtake on the left hand side, then that would mean any time they move over to the left they don't bother checking mirrors which doesn't make much sense. Genuinely looking for some education or a discussion of why passing someone on the left is more dangerous than the right.
That's a good question,i do the same as you.
I’ve been collecting footage for a while to deal with this subject. Leave it with me. A video always explains more than a paragraph 👍🏼
Just like to point out i was travelling at 70mph in lane 1, when the Audi came across to undertake. don't know if anyone noticed the van in lane 2 was swerving around in the lane quite a lot?. its a risky manoeuvre.
Agree with you completely! There’s no danger of a lane hogger moving to the left as you undertake them because they have no intention of leaving the middle/3rd lane. It’s a lot less dangerous than having to traverse 3 or 4 lanes to pass on the right.
There is only one type of undertaking, as there is overtaking. Undertaking is simply passing another vehicle on it's left and nothing to do with weaving in and out of traffic. .
Hiya Ashley, Clip 1 is the notoriously awful Army and Navy Roundabout where you can guarantee at least 2 or 3 accidents everyday occurring. I know this as I lived about 2 minutes away….or 45 during rush hour😂 I agree with you that it was a great save by Callum, the white car on approach to this roundabout was obviously in the wrong lane on approach…However, anyone who knows this 5 exit roundabout on approach would 99% of the time position themselves in the right hand lane to make that turn into Baddow Road, I certainly would be….and I think Callum would have been better off positioned there too. That flyover has now been removed, bits of it falling off and hitting cars wasn’t safe. The road markings were awful tho…which prob explains why so many accidents. I reckon you could get two or three full videos of Ashley Analysis from this roundabout alone. I think Callum, is local so prob knows this roundabout too…and as you said to me, there is always ways to improve 👍👍👍
3:05 No surprises, DPD are some of the worst drivers I have ever seen
Yes and so are Amazon😉 but we're the 1st ones to complain when our delivery is 4 mins late.
No wonder amazon offers next day delivery 😂
Massive pressure on these drivers to get the job done as soon as possible. They get paid by the day and it's 'assumed' they can get their prescribed route done in 8 hours (by driving like a twat). If more punishment was levied on the companies instead of the drivers for poor behaviour maybe that would sort things out. But then everyone's delivery costs, costs of Amazon Prime etc, would go up.
Approaching Malaga airport there is a roundabout that has 3 lanes in, 2 lanes on it and 2 lanes out. There is no right hand exit. 3 into 2.
I picked the middle lane and slowed right down, while two streams of spanish people went left and right of me without slowing and merged in front in the middle of the roundabout.
I just couldn't work out the rules. I had to wait stationary until there was a break in traffic and go.
I think the idea is just a free-for-all highspeed merge and hope for the best!
In my experience, dpd drivers always drive in this way, no matter who is infront of them. Ive also recorded them reversing down one way roads in order to cut out evening congestion, as if that makes it right to go the wrong way down a one way street. I did send those recordings to dpd, as well as the police. As the start of that particular one way road has a GP surgery on it, as well as a school in close proximity. The entrance is also extremely blind.
My aunt affectionately refers to them as 'Dippy People Delivery'! Not only are they bad at driving, but they're also bad at delivering correctly too...
DPD drivers are amusing I always get a giggle watching them race around like Lewis Hamilton.
a note on clip 15, the speedometer was blacked out by the viewer. I can inly assume how fast he was going in terrible conditions
Clip 6 - nope that one is backwards and the fault is all on the lorry driver . ALWAYS make doubly sure before moving to the right , and maintain awareness of surrounding traffic .
Remember - in the UK priority goes to vehicles approaching from the right , and this includes vehicles moving over from the right ; don't forget , that driver might have just had a tyre failure or a loss of power and they may NEED to get to the safety of the hard shoulder rather than being blocked in the middle of a live lane . By the same token , don't sit alongside other vehicles if you can avoid it ; they equally could have a tyre blowout and veer towards you , and the longer you sit in their blind spot the greater chance of them being unaware you are even there .
If planning to leave a motorway or dual carriageway , get on course EARLY , typically work your way over to the nearside no less than a mile from your exit , DO NOT leave it to the last moment to swoop across the paths of other vehicles - unless you want the fines and the bills for the damage you cause .
At 2:05, this is why I never go all the way round mini roundabouts, and why the highway code advises against it. If you go all the way round any roundabout, you run the risk of being pulled out on from the last exit. Keep it slow and be ready for it to happen. Surprisingly, blasting your horn as seen here does little to help. I wonder if this cammer engineered this incident.
Clip10, with the white car on the rouondabout. The white car was slow, and not apparently leaving the roundabout, itself a clue that it may not have yet decided on its exit. Then it steers a little, time to lose speed and squeak at it.
With DPD tailgating a learner, some learners, in the early stages have no idea they're being tailgated. Sometimes best not to alert them until later.
4:21 My Grandad had 'must get infront' syndrome, we could be traveling along what seems an empty road, but if he saw a car way in the distance he would floor it to catch and pass them, and this was when he was in his 70s, he crashed many cars, and ended up killing himself by turning from a stationary position on a dual carriageway infront of a mondeo going 80mph, all because he couldn't be bothered to drive to the roundabout a mile down the road, and cut through the cyclepath in the center to go back the other way on the A6.
7:36 The speed is blured out but it looks like in the 70s, wipers on slow, sleet rain, I think it looks like the car either aquaplaned, or he braked when the front cars brake lights and the other side headlights glared together, and for me he kept over correcting the steering, even when he was almost stopped he was throwing the wheel each side and looks like he was braking heavy the same time, which you don't do on icy roads.
9:01 the temptation to open my drivers door would be very high ( I wouldn't but still tempted), that youth needs a big life lesson or he will be roadkill.
Last one the red car knew they'd f'd up and didn't want a confrontation that's why they jumped the red lights, although there was no reason for the cammer to speed into that spot like that, he wasn't going anywhere.
At the start of clip 20, it looks as though the white van is braking, it may even be stopping in the "keep clear" zone to let the red car emerge in front of it. The red car then moves to right hand lane without indicating and then runs the amber/red light. As Will4May says, I can understand that the driver of the red car would want to flee from any further confrontations and with 20:20 hindsight it is easy to see that the cammer could have moved up more slowly. But it looks like the time of day was the afternoon rush hour, when the roads will be busy and everyone is hurrying to get home for tea.
2:20 i just thank god that the cammer had his mask ready for the crash!
Clip 10 With the Hail It was lucky that he did not crash
To be fair, in Spain, you can use any lane to take any exit on roundabouts
#6 - in the circumstances, yeah definitely a stupid thing to do. Should have waited for some clearer space for starters.
Generally speaking though, do you not have priority going from the right back, rather than from the left out?
You’re supposed to move back from the overtaking lane(s) as soon as it’s safe to, but the car/truck in the driving lane doesn’t *have* to move out..?
On clip 20, I think the fail rests with the Seat for changing lanes without signalling. On first examination I thought the cammer could’ve been going slower but there is a speed stamp provided in the footage. 21km/h is about 13mph which isn’t too fast in my opinion. It looks like the cammer is going faster but that’s caused by an optical illusion created by the dashcam’s wide-angled lens. The cammer reacted quickly and I think he/she didn’t commit a fail.
@3:42 If there's no traffic build up, I generally assume the person is unfamiliar with the roundabout and they are doing it unintentionally and just get on with it. I will get crossed if there's traffic and someone who's already weaving in and out of lanes pulling the same trick cus 200% they know what they are exactly doing.
In the final clip, the camera car seemed to be going to quickly - assuming everybody would stay in their lanes....which the red car didn’t. I face something similar everyday...always very very careful in those situations, looking for any last min indication to pull out or even any movement. Have to be ready to stop in an instant.
Whenever I do a U-turn at a small roundabout I always expect people to come out on me, we don't have a U-turn signal so they think I'm just going right, always go slow and expect it.
Clip #10 could've easily been avoided. The reason it wasn't avoided was because of excess speed from the cammers car. As soon as the clip started i knew exactly what the white car was going to do.
Last clip, again easily avoidable. Cause was excess speed from the cammers car.
It's easy to say you know what's going to happen when you're watching a 'driving fails' compilation and the cars number plate is blurred and your attention is drawn to that vehicle, that being said, @4:32-4:33 I would say the cammer may have had time to at least see the white car steering right and try to avoid it, but no action was taken at all by the cammer, and its not the cammers fault, the white car made an illegal and outright dangerous turn, yes the cammer could have done things to potentially avoid it, but the cause comes from the white car.
Clip 14. Not my favourite, that was in Macclesfield on hulley Road.
Clip 10 is where blame is partly down to the cammer for too much speed. Where on 15. There is non at all. Also notice how the cam car had to adjust their speed on the end of the clip where 2 cars undertake the cam car despite Road markings showing merging lanes.
Regarding the bus driver, it depends what they were talking about. I drive them myself and at times we stop to let each other know about a road closure, accident etc etc. I agree we shouldn't stop and gab for the sake of it.
0:46 Bus on the right is out of service bus on the left is in service.
I’ve been in this situation i was in service and a colleague pulled up along side to ask which way he had to go around the hospital grounds as he hadn’t done that particular route for 5 years. he stopped for literally 10 seconds it’s not exactly the best thing to do but was only 10 seconds.
The vehicle behind us started to beep then when the bus moved off he screamed at me? He then floored it overtaking the other bus as it was going around a blind bend with double white lines, that bus blasted its horn at him and the driver pulled ahead of that bus and stopped the driver got out and was kicking off that bus driver all over 10 seconds 😂
Agreed, as I do this when working as bus driver. If their a problem, I stop next to the bus and warned them. We had a hard job.
@@derrickcuff9817 I’ve also been flagged down by oncoming buses to be warned to close all my windows that kids are throwing stones and eggs at buses, it’s literally a few seconds and we are on our merry way except people must think we are having a catch up and organising our social life or something?
I’ve been flagged down by an oncoming driver asking why I didn’t follow the diversion which was called over the radio?really annoying when my radio wasn’t working! Put me an hour n half late 😂 sometimes us stopping may not seem that professional but sometimes we are left with no choice!
Those roundabout clips are even more frightening if you are on a motorbike as the car is likely to just go straight through you. And the clip (#11?) with the skip lorry, I'd be holding back out of the way and trying to make sure I get the whole thing on camera.
With the buses, I would have reported the driver to his depot unless it was just a 10 second stop.
The test failure on clip 18 seems a little harsh. Whilst the examiner would have had a clear view of the cyclist, the driver's view was very likely obscured by the A-pillar.
The sad fact is that Not seeing is not seeing. I would guess at A Frame Pillar blindspot. I failed a test once because I couldn’t see something, (sunvisor blocked my view of temp lights outside a pub at lunchtime closing opposite a junction, mid winter, and if the light had been green I would have passed, but....), and getting dual controlled is a fail. It’s a major safety thing.
Mini Roundabouts: I would avoid at all cost U turning on a Mini Roundabout, my reason for saying this is, “That it is the least likely manoeuvre drivers expect to happen, although everyone should expect the unexpected.” Also a lot of drivers struggle with the concept of a Mini Roundabout.
Can't be avoided where I live. There is a "warning U-turning traffic" sign but I still reinforce the indicator with a hand signal when going all the way around as you have to do it from as close to the left as you can get.
For clip #20, the main fail is the red car's failure to MSM. This situation wasn't helped by the cammer speeding into it though, if the road ahead were clear this might be fine but nothing was gained by speeding to the queue. If they had kept it smooth they might have made those lights.
When a car from a side road joins an urban main road with multiple lanes, you can anticipate it is likely that they will do some lane changes very early on.
Cammer also seemed too interested in using the punishment horn, was still moving when it was sounded, get control of the situation first. The use of the horn is chiefly for raising the attention of following traffic that you have stopped.
I had to do an undertake recently this honda civic was in the outside lane doing 50 in a 70 overtaking nothing
Any chance you could tell me who that fella from Hartlepool is?
Clip 2, causing an obstruction, Reg 103 Con & Use regs 86
Clip 4, I have made a similar comment on a dashcam clip video, smaller mini roundabout, cammer going faster, and collision ensued. (Possible A-frame pillar view issue inc in comment).
Clip 10, while I often see things coming, I again agree with you; the Only reason I knew it was going to happen was because it’s a dashcam clip....
Clip 17, know that road well, had one or two “interesting events” there, especially at the roundabout ahead; driven it regularly in an artic, and I “Dominate” lanes 1&2 of 3 into the roundabout as they’re narrow, & the turn to theft is too tight to do in one lane.
Folks, if you see a big vehicle in two lanes, they probably need both, give em room.
Clip 18, I’d guess A frame pillar blind spot. Sad, but yup, if an examiner dual controls you, that’s a fail.
Clip 20, red Seat More at fault as not properly checking, not indicating, & just gunning for it, but cammer could have taken it a lot slower, & not had the issue.
going to get a dashcam and show you some clips from edinburgh as the driving here is getting very bad , its an every day occurrence now .
What would be the best way to deal with the horrible cyclist on clip 18 so you don't faily your practical exam?
Had an small incident with a Delta taxi while on my motorbike the other day (unsurprisingly) wish I caught it on my helmet cam (it died 2 mins before) :(
It's not about blame, but about prevention: As so often: Going with the flow and holding back a little when it's appropriate (= forward planning, defensive driving) could have prevented a lot of misery in these clips, couldn't it? Clip 20 i.e.
3:40 interestingly I believe in Spain the rules on roundabouts are to stay in the outside lane regardless of which exit you are taking unless you're overtaking, in which case you can use the innermost lane. It's bonkers I agree and I hate driving on them there so defensively drive for that reason as drivers often cut lanes like this because they dont expect anyone to be in the innermost lane as often, but it does seem to be the way they are taught - e.g. see here:
indalotransport.com/how-to-use-a-roundabout-in-spain/
clip 18. thats a sin in my opinion, from what i could tell regarding the Camera Position, the Driver side Pillar looks to me to be obstructing view from the driving position, and it appears as if the Pupil was looking off to the left passenger side mirror for their exit, as towards the tail end of the clip although minute it appears as if steering input is given for the exit visible and given the circumstances, the cyclist deserves anything and everything coming to him. including a few broken bones when he inevitably gets hit in my opinion, unfortunately its the only way some folk learn, and as another comment mentioned and IF true, the lad ion the bike s known for doing stupid shit like that as well as criminal damages
I used to use buses; they were never late, the drivers were always nice, they never completely blanked passengers even when they were at his first stop and they were never ever selfish.
And as for Arriva's customer service, they were a model example. Always interested and willing to look into any problem.
But that's enough sarcasm I think. Now In only have to deal with them on the road and even then it's not really much of an issue. One every 20 minutes? I don't think so.
I get frustrated on a duel carriageway with people sitting in the overtaking lane for no reason. Sometimes the undertake has to be done. They are breaking the law by hogging the lane. If the police were to stop one of us who would be it be?
The undertake almost never "has" to be done. Someone else's dodgy driving is never an excuse for your own. This is exactly the attitude that causes accidents, and the lack of accountability that undertakers and overtakers take for their own driving due to lane hoggers and slow drivers is one of the few road topics that makes me legit angry.
If your dangerous or dubious driving decision is justified by "Oh, but this other driver..." then you can sod right off. No-one is responsible for your own driving decisions but you, and if you're not willing to take on that responsibility you shouldn't be on the road.
I noticed that the bus which caused the obstruction didn't have a number displayed. Perhaps the reason he wasn't worried about keeping to a schedule was that he wasn't in service driving a route. No justification for blocking the road mind you.
@András Torma I don't think the pavement is wide enough to drive a car past the bus. I'd have got out of my car and asked the driver to pull over so that I can take his details and make a report to the company and the police.
@András Torma LOL, I would probably have done it your way if it had been possible to get past. I'd still have got out and taken his details though.
I seriously think that some roundabout makings need to be changed. If you have three lanes of traffic coming to a roundabout the left hand lane should be arrowed left only & the middle should be left & straight forward that would then stop people from the left lane cutting across in front of vehicles in the middle ( in theory ) but of course people don't do that ! That is of course if the road to your left is a dual carriageway etc etc .People always get in the wrong lanes & instead of carrying on & doing a U turn somewhere safe ( which I do I might add if I go wrong ) they cause havoc & road rage to everybody else on the road. People need to pre plan they route if they are not sure where they are going.
On cam 16 was the driver in the wrong lane at the round about?
Imo, probably not the best idea to be right when going straight, but the lane doesn’t seem to be “wrong”.
Left is for straight and right was for straight(and then merge left) as well as actually going to the right.
This very strange piece of road design in Swansea forces drivers to make a U-turn at a mini-roundabout if they need to visit their local Royal Mail sorting office
maps.app.goo.gl/rxfuFe3j71xo1iMFA. I very narrowly avoided being hit by a Royal Mail lorry when I was doing just that, and I've never forgot the lesson that taught me about the danger of U-turns on mini-roundabouts!
Last clip: why did the cam car put his foot down hard when the traffic only a few car lengths in front was almost stationary
I was going to ask.. is it illegal to turn right round at mini roundabouts? as I've been told it is and it isnt.which is it?either way it's still irritating and there is no time to react.
Technically it's legal to do a u turn at a mini roundabout since there is no MUST NOT in the mini roundabout section of the highway code; it only says "avoid making u turns at mini roundabouts. Beware of others doing this". Certain mini roundabouts may have their own separate no u turn sign though so don't assume it applies everywhere.
You could go round and round in circles all day if you really wanted to - and were able to.
@@speeddemon217a it's not illegal... its just a bit of a pain in the arse when someone does it then lol. I about crashed into a big 4×4 doing it one dayitsnot something you really prepare for when approaching a wee roundabout
@@sadken50p yeah, there's a lot of rules in the Highway Code that basically say don't be an arse but it's not technically illegal to be an arse in that scenario. By the way, it seems there's no law against doing laps of a mini roundabout so theoretically you could just drive round it all day. However, doing so would likely prevent traffic from moving which is actually breaking the law. Depends how bored the police are with what they charge you with though.
@@speeddemon217a I always find it funny when cars with really crap turning circles try it and have to end up stopping in the middle of the wee roundabout and doing a 3 point turn lol.
In clip 1 the cam car is in the incorrect lane for the exit he wants to take lane 1 there is for left or straight on and lane 2 is for straight on as the black car does or the 2 further exits on the roundabout one of which the cam car wanted.
No because for the 1st exit there is a through road so left lane does 2nd and 3rd (which is straight ahead) and right to go right
@@WillLSPS unfortunately not Callum as it’s a continuation of the main road out of Chelmsford 2 lanes can continue through, if you wish to take one of the other exits I suggest using lane 2 or this will happen to you on a daily basis
@@littlelegsone so whats the point in the left lane from your explanation.. there isnt one🤷🏻♂️ if you think crossing 2 lanes of traffic on a roundabout is correct god knows how you drive everywhere else. Also the left lane literally follows onto the lanes leading to yeomanry way and the middle lane to baddow road. The right lane can if needed go to baddow road at a minimum but is meant for van diemans and parkway.
Hi Ashley, just a quick one on the bus driver clip. Whilst I appreciate it can be frustrating there are times bus drivers do this because they have information to exchange. Beware there's a crash at such and such, watch out for the kids at the park they're throwing bricks (common problem in Liverpool), there's a diversion in place, can you take this old lady their on the wrong bus, do you need help? etc etc.
Rarely is it just a case of having a gab.
Perpetuating the social dislike of bus drivers in this manner is no different to the poor attitudes shown to driving instructors.
clip 20 please let me know where you think the fail is in this clip. The answer is... it's a trick question. The clip is the fail, the whole thing, lots of fails within...
Bus drivers in Lincoln are generally pretty good I have to say. There are a lot of council estates here, and it is not easy trying to get a bus through them with inconsiderate parking.
But, there are one or two scruffy bus driving twats who are really bad drivers.
DPD vans in Lincs are generally just as bad as the one in this clip. I don't know how they get away with speeding and bad driving, because I was a van driver for 10 years (for a local charity), and any public complaint against me meant I had to have an interview with the manager about it. Even if my tracker and other witnesses proved my innocence.
At 4.35 clip 10. Could the cammer have gone right and around the roundabout and avoided the collision? I hope clip 15 the cammer learnt his/her lesson. Clip 18 you say the cyclist made the learner fail but then went on to say, if the learner cant look ahead enough they should not have a licence, surly the cyclist has only highlighted a failing of the learner.
Unless instructed by road markings should we not use the left lane to exit off a roundabout onto a dual carriageway? Except in queuing traffic isn't it safer to use the left lane (to exit) for exactly this reason, not excusing the terrible driving of the other guy though. You can then overtake and get on your way if need be.
You say you cannot stop the student driver from not braking? Don't instructor cars have a brake pedal extension on the passenger side of their car like in the US?
No. How does that stop the pupil from pressing the brake?
Never thought I'd defend an Audi driver, but if the two lane hogs moved over as they're supposed to there would have been no need to undertake.
Was there a need?
Bus drivers may have been communicating crucial information
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Bus drivers should learn to use their mobiles or radios - of course, not when operating the vehicle.
And they all have some form of communications device to be able to contact HQ / elsewhere if there's issues, so no excuse for blocking the road like that whatsoever.
@@GaffaTV I’ll give an example. A common issue is when 2 buses catch up with each other that should be, say 20 mins apart. Yes they could call their respective supervisors and try and sort it but that’s overly complicated and unnecessary confusing.
The bus could’ve pulled up behind but the bus in front but he likely will have not seen him and will probably just drive off again. Instead pulling up next to the other bus and quickly and efficiently sorting out the problem is by far the easiest option.
Also.. most bus drivers don’t have radios and they certainly don’t have every other drivers mobile number 😂
@@psp0guy I'm sorry, your example doesn't even work. How do two bus drivers sort out the issue of one being late and one being on time?
The second bus doesn't just say "I'll create the 20 minute gap" because how does that work for the passengers already on that bus, and how does it work for people waiting for that bus?
Second bus - the one creating the obstruction - didn't even have an active number on the rear meaning the bus was most likely "not in service" anyway, so please explain how creating the obstruction is an acceptable thing to do?
...the phone isn't to call other drivers, it's there to contact police in an emergency or to contact the depot / HQ / wherever to sort out issues.
They used to carry short range radios years ago.
No one expects you to all the way around a mini roundabout, so if you want to do it, expect others not to expect what you are doing.
never do a u turn on a mini
BMW and Audi drivers should automatically receive 3 points per year on their license every year they own the car.
Even then they are probably getting off light.