That final clip once again proves that driving in a staggered formation is so much safer. I've been driving for nearly 20 years now and this is one thing I'm glad I picked up on since - Cheers Ash.
I do very much appreciate what you do and what you stand for. I've only had a license for 3 years and the state of the driving I see from many people who have undoubtedly had a license a lot longer than me is shocking. The two biggest things you've taught me are make it a non event, and drive in a staggered formation, don't sit next to people. Made my journeys safer many times.
I see cars jump red lights when there's a queue a little further ahead (that they can see), with no other junctions in between. They literally gain nothing. I swear these people have nothing between their ears.
13:59 Here's a driver education tip that I could have done with knowing years before I learned it: When emergency vehicles are stuck in a queue at red lights and sound their horns like that, they are not trying to call attention or being impatient; they are trying to turn the siren off, because the siren is controlled by the horn. I only found this out from Chris Martin's RUclips videos.
yeah its useful to know but the best thing to do is stay calm and if possible give them the room to get through, otherwise let them sort it out. most people panic at the sound of sirens and just react, start braking or moving over rather than plan ahead. they wait until the emergency vehicle is behind them rather than work out where the emergency vehicle is as soon as it can be seen or heard. i remember being stuck in traffic on a duel carriage way, one lane because of road works with a trial convoy system to protect the road workers (took me a hour to get through the road works, i have no idea why they didnt use a lane form the opposite side of the road, they have done it in the past and that would only take 5 minutes extra for vehicles to pass by and give road workers all the road.) and i had left a big gap to the lorry in front of me. seen an ambulance moving into the conned area to pass the sitting traffic, but it had to move back into traffic to pass the signs about the road works, and to my left was a layby for a bus stop. everyone else behind me is trying to move about, not sure what they can do, ambulance comes up to the sign to my right, sees the gap i left, big thumbs up as they drive through it and round and make progress. i feel like Ashley as i sorted that part out for them lol. but i am lucky my dad was an advanced driving instructor so i have been learning about these things from a young age. most drivers dont learn more than what it takes to pass a test.
Just wanted to thank you for your channel and the work you put in. I’ve been driving for many years and your content has given me a lot of ideas to improve my driving A few easy examples are driving in staggered formation which recently saved a collision when a driver on the inside lane of a roundabout decided to go to the first lane of the two on the exit road without checking. Had I not been staggered they would have hit me taking that lane from the outside lane. The best flow for everyone thinking is also more powerful than it sounds avoiding frustration when people can’t join a busy road unless people plan ahead and leave space to let them out. Rather than thinking about making progress (which was almost a mantra when I was learning) I’m feeling good about letting people in and helping them out. This isn’t just me, I’ve seen more and more people letting people in. Your plain speaking and non judgemental approach is brilliant. Have you ever consider a video / series to help people assess their own good / bad habits and improvements they could try? I was fortunate to be sent on a driving skills course at work many years ago. It’s a shame these aren’t more available generally and perhaps a reduced insurance rate if you’ve completed one within a certain period rather than being mandatory. Looking back a course like that would have been very good 3 to 5 years after passing my test ie with some experience and ready to improve Thanks again, keep up the good work
Being on the roads 50 hours a week in a HGV the last 10 years, I’ve seen the standard of driving plummet. It’s been so noticeable since Covid for some reason. Even on the motorways you seldom see traffic police anymore. Simply, people have short attention spans now. Complete impatience and lack of awareness. It’s all about them and nobody else. And the standard of driving now is what’s led to the over saturation of traffic cameras and AI led systems that have ruined the enjoyment of driving. In a sense, we’ve ruined the luxury of driving for ourselves because there’s too many people who’ve took it for granted.
I was six hours on the motorway yesterday. Unbelievable! I’ve been lucky enough to be able to avoid them recently after years of using them regularly. What the hell has happened. Average speed is about 60 mph outside of roadworks. No one drives in the first lane in four lane areas. Non stop touching the brakes in constant traffic. Those peed off with the middle two lane drivers just weave in and out at around 90mph. The whole thing has broken down. I’ll be doing everything to avoid them still - though I realise many people aren’t as lucky.
It's quite simple that roads policing has been sacrificed to chasing hurty words on the internet amongst other policing priorities that they should be doing, police budgets have been increased and they are recruiting more officers, though what they are recruiting is an issue as they seem to be focused on university degrees and DEI targets rather than the past when it was big blokes who could handle anyone., even a when you see a copper out on the roads they ignore a lot of issues.
I think the biggest issue was the isolation of lockdowns caused a massive increase in selfish behaviour and a sort of feeling of being the only person that matters. It's also visible in other day to day activities too, like shopping.
These clips must be some of the worst, and dangerous, driving I have seen in your videos, Ashley. All the more reason to keep building this community of drivers who drive in accordance with the Highway Code. My standards of driving have improved massively since watching your videos. Keep up the good work.
If you’re reading this, I doubt you fall into this category, but if you are one of the people who routinely uses their phone whilst driving, however innocent and tempting it may be, please stop. I am seeing a rise in fatal accidents and life changing injuries in mine and my partner’s respective fields in law and medicine. People are so addicted to their phones and they don’t have any regard to the consequences of when things go wrong. It’s just not worth it. Please stop putting yourselves and everyone around you at risk.
I noticed in a couple of clips cars parked too close to the junction. I was always taught that you had to leave 15ft clear of the junction. Has that changed? Edit bit: I see it's 10 meters or 32ft in old money. "According to the Highway Code, you should not park within 10 meters (32 feet) of a junction, unless you are in an authorized parking space. This is to ensure that drivers turning into or emerging from the junction can see the road they are joining and any potential hazards, such as pedestrians or cyclists."
Around 2:22 with the private hire mounting the pavement. Not sure if it applies in this case but in other similar scenarios, it can help if the cars queuing in the left hand lane waiting to go straight, position themselves to the very right hand portion of their lane whilst still remaining in it.
I've had to give up driving after 50 years due to having a couple of absent seizures which were witnessed by a friend, indoors. I miss my car and have been quite depressed but am responsible person. I have been stunned as an elderly pedestrian, crossing roads, how many motorists don't indicate when turning in and although I look back to see if anything coming into the road I'm crossing, there's been times when part way across, a car ( usually SUV) has turned in from behind and gone in front of me, missing by barely 2 feet ! People have no regard for anything but phone calls when driving, car can drive itself, feel safe in their ostentatious 'tanks', no one else matters. Just as I was a defensive driver I'm having to carry the same thought processes as a pedestrian just to survive !
I don't drive due to seizures as well. When you can't drive it really makes you aware of how little some people care about others' safety if it gets them to their destination a few seconds earlier. So many people drive staring down at their phones, people hold up emergency vehicles so that they can make it through traffic lights just before they go red and they speed up at pedestrians crossing the road to threaten them into going crossing faster. I always wonder whether these bad drivers are aware of how they look to other road users, or whether they just don't care.
If your doctor finds the right meds, the year passes really quickly. I had two full seizures (after a head injury), and have been driving again for 26 years!
@ianbarnes961 thanks Ian, the year was actually up on Friday, I'd kept my car, a cherished Mercedes I'd had for 4 years, sorn in my garage for 6 months hoping to drive, probably got me through last winter. Neurologist told me meds were considered 70% effective and most people drove again but those odds weren't good enough for me, enough regrets in life without adding killing someone, so Rosie was sent on a truck to Bangers & Cash to auction in May. So much of life has been affected or stopped, in 70th year so not too long to go, take care.
@14:24. The P6 Rover. Excellent car. The last Rover built by the Rover Car Company before Austin bought them out. I had several of these. 2.0 sc 2.2 tc and a v8 3.5. Yes, it was a big car in its day. And with a smell of leather inside unique to this car... Fond memories..❤
I swear Ashley's influence is having two effects: 1) The desired effect, where viewers of these videos drive to lowest risk and accommodate others' mistakes. 2) Idiot drivers (who mostly don't watch these videos) realize their mistakes are being accommodated and drive even more stupidly than before. Effect 2 is best solved with better police enforcement, not by "standing your ground" on the road, so keep doing what you're doing Ash!
The most common thing I'm seeing at the moment is people with no lights on, or only one, and then the ones who just blare their fog lights as substitution for normal headlights...
I find it strange that it's almost become acceptable to not use the one set of lights ie. indicators but still people flash others when they don't have their other lights on. To me both of them are equally required to drive.
I moved up to West Cumbria. I visited your area, Ashley, last week. In the year I've been away, I could not believe the decline in driving standards and the aggression from other drivers is scary. Every trip out there was constant honking of horns at each other and pushing in with no regard for their own vehicles. It was unbelievable, and I was glad when I could point my car toward my new home.
The standard of driving is appalling these days. It's a real shame those shown in this video probably won't see this video as they have no interest in safe driving.
"left a gap so they can reverse, if someone coming the other way wishes to turn right." I do this as well but 9 times out of ten they won't reverse, but just inch forward so the oncomer can awkwardly use the gap behind that I have left. Too many won't help, just hinder.
"Keep up with the flow" - I remember my teacher saying that the first day I was behind the wheel, aged 15, turning onto a street with a 45mph limit (California highschool)
Did two of what you showed today, controlled the tailgater with gentle braking and rolling forward (love that technqiue btw) and seeing someone block a turn so held back so they could revere if necessary (they didn'tneed to in the end). Need to practice the staggering one, I'm doing it, but its not muscle memory yet.
The only way we can start to stop red light runners is submit footage to the police and if people start getting fined then they may think about what they do more - they currently know nothing will happen
At around 8:14, I think we all know that junction very well now, as a result of the incidents that occur there. Of course, phone use can occur anywhere.
In CM's videos, whenever someone doesn't move up with the rest of slow moving traffic, it's referred to as "The WhatsApp Gap". In this case as it was a single vehicle, "The WhatsApp Wait" was a good description.
@14:25 Rover 2000 (P6) was released in 1963 as a rival to the Triumph 2000. Both had a significant presence within the Police forces; especially the V8 variant of the Rover upon its release in 1967/68. The P5B - similar in size to a P6 - was rarely used as a 🚔 due to only having the option of a 3 speed Auto box.
6:30 in some US cities, residents will be told to brush leaves into the road on street sweeping day, so the sweepers pick them up. where I am, there are yard debris bins, and people are told to put the leaves in them for pickup.
Had a moment the other night where I wish I had a dashcam; the car in front of me turns into the same side road that I'm going into, then stops right after turning; I had to hit the brakes quite hard. I thought they had broken down for a second, and then the passenger door opened. They were dropping off right on the corner of a side road and hadn't even pulled over to the side. 🤦♂️
At around 3:24, yes very lethal red light runner, especially when you consider their speed plus there was an oncoming vehicle waiting to make a right turn. If the red light runner had slowed down on approach then they would at least have been able to stop in time for the red light. Almost needed the ambulance that arrived behind you.
Not sure about a WhatsApp Wait, maybe an Uber Snoozer I am always cautious of beeping the horn in case it is someone on the phone and they go without looking. Not so much causing a collision with me as I will be aware of them but a hidden pedestrian I cannot see and they haven’t seen
They really should do a GTA game based in Liverpool. The last time I was up there, I was rear ended while parked at a red light, when I got out, matey drive around me and through the red! Its a lawless city.
At around 2:14 it's good your pupil didn't take the "When red light shows, wait here" sign too literally and instead, stopped some way back. This allows a bit more room for oncoming vehicles and also gives you more room to steer smoothly around the sign when your light turns green.
I always wonder why those signs are always there, as it feels too close to the light. Does anyone know why they tell you to stop so close to the light? And is it actually recommended to follow those instructions?
A bit of space in front also means that, if you can't go when the light turns green and it cycles right back to red before you've had a chance to move (e.g. a very slow vehicle coming from the other direction) you also have a bit of room to move forward and trigger the motion-sensitive lights. (Flashing your lights, despite what a lot of people believe, will not trigger the sequence.)
@@lauriethefish2470 Are you sure it's a mistake? Because I've seen it like this all over Europe (or at least everywhere I've been). Could be that they make the same mistake everywhere, but that seems weird...
It's also a good idea because the contractors who place the signs often put them MUCH closer than they ought to be to the road works. The Traffic Signs Manual has the sign (which is also the formal equivalent to a STOP line) 15m before the road begins to narrow from normal (i.e. 15m from the start of any cones).
Your discussion with the pupil at 4:17+ is interesting. I am also of the belief that what you do influences the others around you. The body language of you road position and speed is 90% of the communication you have while driving. Horn honks, light flashes (inc. indicators) and hand gestures cover the final 10%.
At around 1:01, drivers getting confused regarding the status of traffic lights is quite common. Something to watch out for in terms not only of other drivers but of yourself too. Especially when lights for different movements are mounted right next to each other. Hate to admit this but I've made that mistake myself and it was even at a junction I'm very familiar with and even though I've always told myself to watch out for that sort of thing. It was only because my very dear late Mum mentioned my mistake that I was aware of what I did. I was horrified afterwards when I reviewed my dash cam footage. I basically mistook a left turn green arrow for straight ahead green. And just prior to that, I remember thinking I'd driven quite well that day.
13:49 if you’re turning right from a major road into a minor road and you’d be sat on a keep clear then that’s absolutely fine, if you didn’t sit on the keep clear while waiting to turn right then the vehicle in the side road will probably think that you’re giving way to it, you’d have to sit and wait on the keep clear while waiting to turn right to stop the vehicles in the side road from having priority as the main road has priority over the side road.
I don't know what your take in this would be as a driving instructor, but I've found I have better results flicking my lights off and on again to alert someone oncoming that theirs are off than I do just flashing them.
@@Kieran.Robertson Either flash or, if it's a dual carraigeway/motorway, overtake, pull in front at a safe difference, then do the same flicking mine off and on.
Same here. A quick flash of the full beams could mean anything to "you've left something on your roof", or "there's a hazard up ahead" to "thanks". Few who have not noticed they're driving on daytime running lights or no lights at all would interpret it properly. If I flick my lights off for a good 2 seconds, just long enough for them to notice, they'll think "Huh. Why did that Hyundai's lights just go off completely?" and that will often nudge them to check their own. It's great when you make it through to another driver like this. Occasionally they'll give a wave. 👋 Next we need to get people to switch on their lights whenever their wipers are on.
13:00 The blue van also went quite a bit over the line. I'm sure anyone in a wheelchair or with a pram would be grateful to them for completely blocking the crossing
Long Lane and Stopgate Lane are good places to go to if you want to observe impatient, red light jumpers in the Wild. Stopping in the box outside the new Fire Station is a particular favourite of mine. 🙂
In my experience, it's usually pointless. If they're unobservant enough to not notice they have no lights, they won't notice anybody flashing them either.
At around 7:44 where you the do the decent and correct thing and let the pedestrians cross. That's a particularly challenging area for pedestrians considering the distance involved to cross and that typically, very few drivers would give pedestrians the priority they should be given. I'm thinking that some form of formal crossing should be placed there and of course, consideration given for crossing the opposing carriageway...and for all approach roads. Leaving pedestrians to try and figure it out for themselves at that spot seems particularly dangerous. I notice also the Ford behind you changed lanes to get around you.
13:55 Why is there a Keep Clear there? If it's for people coming out of the side street on the right to join the queue then they will end up blocking the Keep Clear
At 14:23 in the video I noticed a disabled parking bay opposite a junction. Please tell me that the junction opposite is only access to a cul-de-sac. Even if it is still not a good place for said parking bay. Accident waiting to happen.
Some places have designated parking bays that pay no attention to the rules whatsoever. In my bit of East London there are bits of road where there are designated parking bays up to and opposite T junctions where the road away from the junction has double yellow lines (Egregious example. Junction of Pelly Road and Crescent Road London E13 ).
I'm asking this only for my own understanding, but was it not a risk to overtake in the very first clip? Because what if a car was coming from either side and not driving carefully? Did Ashley increase risk or I'm missing something vital?
@@mohabad2730 Apologies, some of my reply got cut off It was also meant to say afterwards that the beep would be to alert other drivers approaching that are hidden as much as alerting the taxi driver to Ashley’s presence and to be alert as not all will be as it seems for anyone turning/ approaching 👍
I was about to make a similar comment, an approaching vehicle would not be expecting there to be a car emerging on the wrong side of the road. Visibility didn't look great either, especially with the badly parked van on the corner. I'd have thought it would have been better just to beep the horn while waiting behind. I would be interested to know, if a pupil had done this on their test, would they have been marked down as a result?
@@velogoo I feel there was a bit of annoyance,and snap decision making, albeit reasonably well executed. If there had been a collision as a result I don't think Ashleys overtake would have viewed favourably. The other car was on the phone. Also wrong. But that doesn't excuse anyone elses driving. And if you think they are distracted, sounding the horn ( maybe a teeny bit of admonishment there, but it'll never stand up in court) isn't the best as they might come to and plough into you. Or someone else for that matter. I certainly wouldn't, I'd sit behind for considerably longer.
8:28 On his phone, filtering, on the wrong side of the road... opposite a graveyard. 15:13 A good driver may miss their exit on occasion... I think you know the rest.
I had a van do that to me at a junction once when I was cycling home from work. I always stay to the side so that vans can see me in their mirror. We were sat at the junction ages and no cars came. I started to go up the side of the van as I figured he might have broken down. As I did he started to reverse and left hand down. I had to fall sideways to get out the way. I banged on the window and told him to get off his phone. He jumped out his skin and said I'm not on the phone. I said I can see it in your hand your talking to lianne. He laughed and drive off. If I'd stayed behind him he would've run me over. Phones are the biggest danger on the road at the moment.
Been watching for just under 2.5 years (coincidentally just after passing and not before) and I'm beginning to recognise the certain areas of Liverpool and what thing people will do, like that drive over the payment taxi driver, Ashley mentioned it's common there and I'm sure I've seen it on more than one occasion.
In all my time driving I've had a couple of instances with changing lights where in retrospect I think I've been borderline on proceeding and felt a bit bad afterwards. Cannot fathom some of the blatant red light jumpers I've seen on this channel and out on the roads.
13:38 was when I first started looking for the ESV. 14:01 (with an edit to boot), is when the driver of the car in front realises it is there. How long was the edit Ashley?
Automakers have a moral duty of care to install anti mobile phone sensors in their cars. But they dont care about human live, if they did they would have installed them by now as standard.
Hey Ash and commenters, my lady friend is wanting to learn to drive and worried about the theory side of things. Having passed my test back in 2010, i don't feel i'd be much help with that part of it. Can anyone point me in the right direction? (Googles been a bit poop) And yes, I've already recommended her this channel!
You would be more help than you might think There are plenty of online “practice” tests that can be done but one thing that I found of great benefit recently is “The Official DVSA Theory Test” book as it gives a nice 2-5 pages summary before eaxh section that can be read and then a series of sample questions afterwards that you can ask at random. It will benefit both of you as I learned a few things myself while doing that recently and I have been driving 20+ years. Combine that with a little Highway Code revision and that will be the written part of the test covered. As for the hazard perception, again there are plenty of online material and test videos to practice with. The key to those videos is identifying the main hazard and knowing when to click as they develop. Do worry if you don’t pass these yourself first time, very few experienced drivers do as we see the hazard too early 🤷🏻♂️ Make it an enjoyable experience together and more will be remebered. Good luck to your lady friend 🤞
And don’t do too much in each session. One or two sections a night and maybe 5-10 questions from each section. The brain will shutdown with too much information and forget what has already been learned 👍
00:33, is that impatience from the cammer. Seen similar criticized. 1:55, 1 flash is not going to achieve anything. 9:17, continuing past the lorry, was it really the best thing to do?
It is a position whereby you are not alongside another vehicle but instead in a pocket of space between vehicles. That way, if a driver decides to change lanes - or as in the last clip cut in front for the exit - there is the space to avoid a collision
@@jaz0424 Ideally yes, and it achieved by adjusting the acceleration pace and timing. If you look at the clip in this video, Ashley doesn’t go when it is clear from his right but waits for the lorry in lane 1 to clear the front of his vehicle before emerging. This was then further adjusted to account for vehicles in lane 3 so there was always that space eirget side should the lorry driver move right or, like what happened, the car driver moved left It takes time to get right and lots of practice but never feel pressured from those behind to simply and blindly go, especially if thet start beeping or flashing. Remember, you are in charge and you are in control of the situation
@jaz0424 Happy to help and it will take time for it to become natural and I forgot to mention earlier that adjusting the acceleration can also mean getting in front rather than dropping back. Take a look at the video from yesterday for a perfect example where Ashley was on the sliproad and the vehicle behind the lorry closed the safety space 👍 Take care out there and happy driving
In my experience anyone applying to be taxi/PH driver should go through extra tests (more than they do now). They have no idea about rules or completely ignore them. They don’t care about other people and have no common sense. Yes, I make mistakes. But they never lead to dangerous situations because I do my best to safely handle them and cause inconvenience for myself, not other drivers. It’s my mistake so I handle it. Mistake is: taking wrong turn. Missing your exit. Using wrong lane. Mistake is not: blocking junction to wait for customer, blocking junction/road while setting up your sat nav, parking wherever you please, without thinking of impact on other people, exiting from wrong lane, tailgating people because going 30 in 20 is not fast enough, not using turn indicators.
The private hire Kia @ 2:30 also went beyond the traffic signal stop line, so opened themselves up to prosecution for failure to comply with traffic lights. I don't imagine these would be their first points.
I might have missed an update to the highway code, when did stopping at red traffic lights and vehicles sharing pavements with pedestrians become optional? 🤔
Probably since the authorities stopped going out catching people doing it, or since they started issuing 'warnings' rather than actual punishment for putting other people at risk.
I can honestly say that despite some abysmal driving here in the south, I very rarely, if ever see the kind of thuggish behaviour on the road that seems to be commonplace up north.
12:47 Now imagine you doing that sort of stuff in person? Like in a supermarket queuing to a till, you wouldn't do it would you? Why is this different in a vehicle.
@@smilerbob Allowing pedestrians to pass in such situations is risky, as it creates a sense of urgency and should be done with their own time and caution.
My late grandfather told me. When your driving just imaging thst other road users are idiots and have not seen you and you'll never have a bump... 24 years later. Its serving me well
Yes. Many years ago, my motorcycle instructor told me to always assume I was invisible to everyone else on the roads. Good advice, as most of my near misses have been cars pulling out in front of me on roundabouts or junctions.
11:13 I see at the time, because of the distraction of the parked van at the junction, you probably failed to spot the 2 riding the scooter precariously, but at least they had the sense of having a light on top of the head of the front rider, at night, unlike the cyclist who had no lights at all, as far as I could tell.
The poor quality of driving on our roads needs addressing urgently. I suggest an IQ test before a license is even issued, followed by re-testing every 5 years up to age 65, then annually afterwards. A driving license should be treated as a privilege *not* a right.
I have a curious question for you Ashley. At 7:40 when you stopped to allow the pedestrians to cross, which was a nice thing to do. I am curious if that crossing point is an actual designated crossing area or not? I only ask this due to the lack of a dropped kerb and textured crossing area at the point where they crossed. I am curious of the implications based on the highway code, and if you were inadvertently obstructing traffic and potentially creating/adding to a dangerous situation by allowing them to cross. This is something that will obviously rely on your local knowledge. Though, if it is not a designated crossing area. What are drivers supposed to do in such a situation, and what is the safest thing to do in such a situation for everyone around? I know the highway code states we should give priority to pedestrians waiting to cross. But does that only apply to clearly marked crossing area's, or any area at a junction? As far as I can tell, the green cross code was not applied by those pedestrians, they picked what seems to be a bad and dangerous place to cross the junction. But again, I dont know the area local to you, so I am hoping you can fill in my gaps on that particular junction. I feel this could be a good section for a learning point, so I hope you will look into it and provide feedback.
Ashley it would be really good if you could have a discussion with James "Diving Instructor UK". He has mentioned that roundabouts and junctions such as T-junctions and crossroads are referred to in the Highway Code separately. With this in mind, the H2 rule when turning into a "junction" does not appear to apply to a roundabout. I'm not looking to score joints, genuinely you guys are the professionals, so if you have differences in opinion, it's a real challenge for non-professionals to apply best practice.
@13:52 Re: Your recent video about not passing a red light to allow emergency vehicles past, The Highway Code Rule 219 also states; “Do not endanger yourself, other road users or pedestrians and avoid mounting the kerb." I'm not nit-picking here with you Ashley but you seemed to condone those drivers who did exactly that. What is your advice to your pupils in that circumstance? Last year I was in a queue of traffic with a police car with blues and twos on approaching from the opposite direction. The vehicles in front of me all pulled onto the kerb. I hesitated but the aggressive speed of the police car meant I was pressured into falling in line with the other motorists and mounting the kerb. I wasn't comfortable doing that though.
There was likely enough space available that they didn’t need to mount the pavement. They could’ve, and should’ve, simply pulled in as tight as possible to the side.
Ashley, do you know if the police are doing anything about the red light runners in Liverpool? I don't see a fraction of this behaviour elsewhere in the UK
Merseyside Police are more interested in pulling my trainee Driving Instructors in for driving impeccably, and telling some of my viewers to stop parking legally on the road and move onto the pavement. They haven't got time for red light jumpers.
Clearly you don't drive in the bigger cities much. London is just as bad based on my direct experience (five, yes, 5, people jumped a light on alternative working roadworks after it had gone red in front of me yesterday a lorry going through 26 seconds after it had gone red). If video from Bradford is anything to judge by traffic lights are taken as a mere suggestion by the natives.
Manchester is bad for red light-running. I've had abuse from drivers before when I've crossed on green men because they've had to stop at a red light, rather than being able to ignore it (and ignore the safety of everyone around them).
I'm seeing it increasingly often in Edinburgh, including drivers running *very* late ambers. Everyone moans about cyclists doing it, but I'd say drivers are the biggest culprit.
The rukes to gove way to pedestrians at roundabouts needs changing asap. Try doing it when exiting a busy roundabout and see if you can avoid getting rear ended. Its not an insurance claim I'd want to submit and argue.
That yelkow MAN arti was very patient and observant there. MANS have a high seat positing and poor windows ( high set and limited view) dont clean mirrors. Be very careful.
Please do another video on giving way to pedestrians at junctions, I've many reprimand many times over the past few weeks, once even by a bus driver when I stopped to allow a lady with a dog cross, she was already waiting at the junction when I approached, the bus driver actually opened his window to have a go at me, I let him have it and he shut up, but it's a sad situation.
It's difficult to know whether some drivers are either ignorant to this rule - almost 3 years after its introduction - or refuse to obey it. I've had drivers beep, shout abuse and even speed up to threaten me whilst I'm crossing at junctions. I don't think most that do it would ever do anything of the equivalent whilst not inside a car. It's strange that driving makes some people feel that it's socially acceptable to start blaring their horn or having a go for delaying their day by a few seconds.
That's just Uber being Uber. He was searching on his phone how to turn his steering wheel Its as if they're learning to drive for the first time, all the time
I might just be me, do your headlights point a little low? I feel like the two cars I regularly drive, both shine a little further on the road, one is an auto adjusting xenon and one standard halogen. Still better than 40% of the drivers I meet here at night, many of them with those cheap aliexpress led halogen "replacements" that seem to shine mostly into my eyes and the moon
I didn't see any cars going through red lights there. Must have been VERY LARGE cyclists... /sarcasm. 🤭 Good Video yet again Ashley. You know you're watching too many of your videos when you start to recognise roads in them! 😜
Waiting and beeping was a good option but I decided to drive round. I would rather the private hire sit still (even though still Illegal) if he’s on his phone. It would have been no different if he had broken down.
@@ashley_neal I bow to you Ashley as you have given me a very satsfactory explanation of you actions yet again, yes still whilst behind that line for a phone user keeps the risk low and a tap on the horn will possibly have made them pull out still using it. You are the master.
@@ashley_neal Although I was going to challange again at one stage (the thinking behind this is that you are cancelling out one risk and replacing it with another), but you are like me and I could see your eyes were on the ball about a vehicle coming from the right slightly blindsided to you and you had intense eyeballs in that direction in particular so would be able to take care of it.
2 comments from me ''LETHAL'' f....ng agree and 10:37 How many times have you experienced that with no cars behind you either on a motorway turn off or like in the clip
Police should confiscate mobile phones seen in use by drivers and keep them for evidence till the court case. Fines won't deter people, where the instant removal of the smart phone fix will actually punish people more effectively than a court case in a few months time.
Private hire are not the brightest. But to be stopped in junction not only impeding progress of traffic behind them , but also impeding their own vision beside the van when ready to proceed once brain is refreshed, is simply staggering . As I say, congestion and emissions are not consequence of too much traffic but traffic WITGOUT THOUGHTS OR PLANNING INVOLVED. We don't need EV, we need to use free brain and muscles , run on oxygen, dextrose and hydration 😅
I notice that with era of fords, they all go around with no lights on. Is the problem with having an illuminated dashboard I'm driving lights means you're not a safe.
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That final clip once again proves that driving in a staggered formation is so much safer. I've been driving for nearly 20 years now and this is one thing I'm glad I picked up on since - Cheers Ash.
Is driving in a staggered formation avoiding being side by side/keeping distance with other vehicles?
@ yes avoiding being side-by-side, as people often don’t check to their immediate side or their blind spots.
Me too, I always try to do it now, since starting to watch Ashley's channel.
I cot told by my driving instructor to do this in 2015 and it's just common sense tbh
Veery good advice when using roundabouts too. Assume the person next to you is a moron and keep your no claims.
I do very much appreciate what you do and what you stand for. I've only had a license for 3 years and the state of the driving I see from many people who have undoubtedly had a license a lot longer than me is shocking.
The two biggest things you've taught me are make it a non event, and drive in a staggered formation, don't sit next to people. Made my journeys safer many times.
The level of impatience is staggering......And the number of drivers seemingly on 'auto pilot' with no thought of what is happening around them.
I see cars jump red lights when there's a queue a little further ahead (that they can see), with no other junctions in between. They literally gain nothing. I swear these people have nothing between their ears.
13:59 Here's a driver education tip that I could have done with knowing years before I learned it: When emergency vehicles are stuck in a queue at red lights and sound their horns like that, they are not trying to call attention or being impatient; they are trying to turn the siren off, because the siren is controlled by the horn. I only found this out from Chris Martin's RUclips videos.
yeah its useful to know but the best thing to do is stay calm and if possible give them the room to get through, otherwise let them sort it out. most people panic at the sound of sirens and just react, start braking or moving over rather than plan ahead. they wait until the emergency vehicle is behind them rather than work out where the emergency vehicle is as soon as it can be seen or heard.
i remember being stuck in traffic on a duel carriage way, one lane because of road works with a trial convoy system to protect the road workers (took me a hour to get through the road works, i have no idea why they didnt use a lane form the opposite side of the road, they have done it in the past and that would only take 5 minutes extra for vehicles to pass by and give road workers all the road.) and i had left a big gap to the lorry in front of me. seen an ambulance moving into the conned area to pass the sitting traffic, but it had to move back into traffic to pass the signs about the road works, and to my left was a layby for a bus stop. everyone else behind me is trying to move about, not sure what they can do, ambulance comes up to the sign to my right, sees the gap i left, big thumbs up as they drive through it and round and make progress. i feel like Ashley as i sorted that part out for them lol. but i am lucky my dad was an advanced driving instructor so i have been learning about these things from a young age. most drivers dont learn more than what it takes to pass a test.
Just wanted to thank you for your channel and the work you put in. I’ve been driving for many years and your content has given me a lot of ideas to improve my driving
A few easy examples are driving in staggered formation which recently saved a collision when a driver on the inside lane of a roundabout decided to go to the first lane of the two on the exit road without checking. Had I not been staggered they would have hit me taking that lane from the outside lane.
The best flow for everyone thinking is also more powerful than it sounds avoiding frustration when people can’t join a busy road unless people plan ahead and leave space to let them out. Rather than thinking about making progress (which was almost a mantra when I was learning) I’m feeling good about letting people in and helping them out. This isn’t just me, I’ve seen more and more people letting people in.
Your plain speaking and non judgemental approach is brilliant. Have you ever consider a video / series to help people assess their own good / bad habits and improvements they could try?
I was fortunate to be sent on a driving skills course at work many years ago. It’s a shame these aren’t more available generally and perhaps a reduced insurance rate if you’ve completed one within a certain period rather than being mandatory. Looking back a course like that would have been very good 3 to 5 years after passing my test ie with some experience and ready to improve
Thanks again, keep up the good work
A serious lack of patience on the roads. When I learned to drive, it was a privilege to hold the licence. Now it's every man for himself.
Being on the roads 50 hours a week in a HGV the last 10 years, I’ve seen the standard of driving plummet. It’s been so noticeable since Covid for some reason. Even on the motorways you seldom see traffic police anymore. Simply, people have short attention spans now. Complete impatience and lack of awareness. It’s all about them and nobody else. And the standard of driving now is what’s led to the over saturation of traffic cameras and AI led systems that have ruined the enjoyment of driving. In a sense, we’ve ruined the luxury of driving for ourselves because there’s too many people who’ve took it for granted.
I was six hours on the motorway yesterday. Unbelievable! I’ve been lucky enough to be able to avoid them recently after years of using them regularly. What the hell has happened. Average speed is about 60 mph outside of roadworks. No one drives in the first lane in four lane areas. Non stop touching the brakes in constant traffic. Those peed off with the middle two lane drivers just weave in and out at around 90mph. The whole thing has broken down. I’ll be doing everything to avoid them still - though I realise many people aren’t as lucky.
It's quite simple that roads policing has been sacrificed to chasing hurty words on the internet amongst other policing priorities that they should be doing, police budgets have been increased and they are recruiting more officers, though what they are recruiting is an issue as they seem to be focused on university degrees and DEI targets rather than the past when it was big blokes who could handle anyone., even a when you see a copper out on the roads they ignore a lot of issues.
I think the biggest issue was the isolation of lockdowns caused a massive increase in selfish behaviour and a sort of feeling of being the only person that matters.
It's also visible in other day to day activities too, like shopping.
@@RushfanUK Not true, the defunding of traffic police occurred well over a decade before anyone got told off for what they say on the internet
@@RushfanUK Do your fly up mate, your gammon's showing.
These clips must be some of the worst, and dangerous, driving I have seen in your videos, Ashley. All the more reason to keep building this community of drivers who drive in accordance with the Highway Code. My standards of driving have improved massively since watching your videos. Keep up the good work.
If you’re reading this, I doubt you fall into this category, but if you are one of the people who routinely uses their phone whilst driving, however innocent and tempting it may be, please stop.
I am seeing a rise in fatal accidents and life changing injuries in mine and my partner’s respective fields in law and medicine.
People are so addicted to their phones and they don’t have any regard to the consequences of when things go wrong.
It’s just not worth it. Please stop putting yourselves and everyone around you at risk.
I noticed in a couple of clips cars parked too close to the junction. I was always taught that you had to leave 15ft clear of the junction. Has that changed?
Edit bit: I see it's 10 meters or 32ft in old money.
"According to the Highway Code, you should not park within 10 meters (32 feet) of a junction, unless you are in an authorized parking space. This is to ensure that drivers turning into or emerging from the junction can see the road they are joining and any potential hazards, such as pedestrians or cyclists."
That's a should not a must
Around 2:22 with the private hire mounting the pavement. Not sure if it applies in this case but in other similar scenarios, it can help if the cars queuing in the left hand lane waiting to go straight, position themselves to the very right hand portion of their lane whilst still remaining in it.
I've had to give up driving after 50 years due to having a couple of absent seizures which were witnessed by a friend, indoors. I miss my car and have been quite depressed but am responsible person. I have been stunned as an elderly pedestrian, crossing roads, how many motorists don't indicate when turning in and although I look back to see if anything coming into the road I'm crossing, there's been times when part way across, a car ( usually SUV) has turned in from behind and gone in front of me, missing by barely 2 feet ! People have no regard for anything but phone calls when driving, car can drive itself, feel safe in their ostentatious 'tanks', no one else matters. Just as I was a defensive driver I'm having to carry the same thought processes as a pedestrian just to survive !
I don't drive due to seizures as well. When you can't drive it really makes you aware of how little some people care about others' safety if it gets them to their destination a few seconds earlier.
So many people drive staring down at their phones, people hold up emergency vehicles so that they can make it through traffic lights just before they go red and they speed up at pedestrians crossing the road to threaten them into going crossing faster.
I always wonder whether these bad drivers are aware of how they look to other road users, or whether they just don't care.
If your doctor finds the right meds, the year passes really quickly. I had two full seizures (after a head injury), and have been driving again for 26 years!
@ianbarnes961 thanks Ian, the year was actually up on Friday, I'd kept my car, a cherished Mercedes I'd had for 4 years, sorn in my garage for 6 months hoping to drive, probably got me through last winter. Neurologist told me meds were considered 70% effective and most people drove again but those odds weren't good enough for me, enough regrets in life without adding killing someone, so Rosie was sent on a truck to Bangers & Cash to auction in May. So much of life has been affected or stopped, in 70th year so not too long to go, take care.
@14:24. The P6 Rover. Excellent car. The last Rover built by the Rover Car Company before Austin bought them out. I had several of these. 2.0 sc 2.2 tc and a v8 3.5.
Yes, it was a big car in its day. And with a smell of leather inside unique to this car...
Fond memories..❤
I swear Ashley's influence is having two effects:
1) The desired effect, where viewers of these videos drive to lowest risk and accommodate others' mistakes.
2) Idiot drivers (who mostly don't watch these videos) realize their mistakes are being accommodated and drive even more stupidly than before.
Effect 2 is best solved with better police enforcement, not by "standing your ground" on the road, so keep doing what you're doing Ash!
The most common thing I'm seeing at the moment is people with no lights on, or only one, and then the ones who just blare their fog lights as substitution for normal headlights...
It's winter electronics break when it's cold
@matthewv4170 ok but that still doesn't mean it's fine to just drive with no lights on :)
I find it strange that it's almost become acceptable to not use the one set of lights ie. indicators but still people flash others when they don't have their other lights on. To me both of them are equally required to drive.
I moved up to West Cumbria. I visited your area, Ashley, last week. In the year I've been away, I could not believe the decline in driving standards and the aggression from other drivers is scary. Every trip out there was constant honking of horns at each other and pushing in with no regard for their own vehicles. It was unbelievable, and I was glad when I could point my car toward my new home.
The standard of driving is appalling these days. It's a real shame those shown in this video probably won't see this video as they have no interest in safe driving.
"left a gap so they can reverse, if someone coming the other way wishes to turn right." I do this as well but 9 times out of ten they won't reverse, but just inch forward so the oncomer can awkwardly use the gap behind that I have left. Too many won't help, just hinder.
"Keep up with the flow" - I remember my teacher saying that the first day I was behind the wheel, aged 15, turning onto a street with a 45mph limit (California highschool)
Did two of what you showed today, controlled the tailgater with gentle braking and rolling forward (love that technqiue btw) and seeing someone block a turn so held back so they could revere if necessary (they didn'tneed to in the end). Need to practice the staggering one, I'm doing it, but its not muscle memory yet.
The only way we can start to stop red light runners is submit footage to the police and if people start getting fined then they may think about what they do more - they currently know nothing will happen
Agreed
At around 8:14, I think we all know that junction very well now, as a result of the incidents that occur there. Of course, phone use can occur anywhere.
In CM's videos, whenever someone doesn't move up with the rest of slow moving traffic, it's referred to as "The WhatsApp Gap". In this case as it was a single vehicle, "The WhatsApp Wait" was a good description.
@14:25 Rover 2000 (P6) was released in 1963 as a rival to the Triumph 2000. Both had a significant presence within the Police forces; especially the V8 variant of the Rover upon its release in 1967/68.
The P5B - similar in size to a P6 - was rarely used as a 🚔 due to only having the option of a 3 speed Auto box.
13:45 - a dyslexus?
6:30 in some US cities, residents will be told to brush leaves into the road on street sweeping day, so the sweepers pick them up. where I am, there are yard debris bins, and people are told to put the leaves in them for pickup.
which would work on US streets. which are 3x wider
Had a moment the other night where I wish I had a dashcam; the car in front of me turns into the same side road that I'm going into, then stops right after turning; I had to hit the brakes quite hard. I thought they had broken down for a second, and then the passenger door opened. They were dropping off right on the corner of a side road and hadn't even pulled over to the side. 🤦♂️
At around 3:24, yes very lethal red light runner, especially when you consider their speed plus there was an oncoming vehicle waiting to make a right turn. If the red light runner had slowed down on approach then they would at least have been able to stop in time for the red light. Almost needed the ambulance that arrived behind you.
Not sure about a WhatsApp Wait, maybe an Uber Snoozer
I am always cautious of beeping the horn in case it is someone on the phone and they go without looking. Not so much causing a collision with me as I will be aware of them but a hidden pedestrian I cannot see and they haven’t seen
They really should do a GTA game based in Liverpool. The last time I was up there, I was rear ended while parked at a red light, when I got out, matey drive around me and through the red! Its a lawless city.
At around 2:14 it's good your pupil didn't take the "When red light shows, wait here" sign too literally and instead, stopped some way back. This allows a bit more room for oncoming vehicles and also gives you more room to steer smoothly around the sign when your light turns green.
I always wonder why those signs are always there, as it feels too close to the light. Does anyone know why they tell you to stop so close to the light? And is it actually recommended to follow those instructions?
@@DantevanGemert it's a mistake - no good reason - the sign should be placed further back.
A bit of space in front also means that, if you can't go when the light turns green and it cycles right back to red before you've had a chance to move (e.g. a very slow vehicle coming from the other direction) you also have a bit of room to move forward and trigger the motion-sensitive lights. (Flashing your lights, despite what a lot of people believe, will not trigger the sequence.)
@@lauriethefish2470 Are you sure it's a mistake? Because I've seen it like this all over Europe (or at least everywhere I've been). Could be that they make the same mistake everywhere, but that seems weird...
It's also a good idea because the contractors who place the signs often put them MUCH closer than they ought to be to the road works. The Traffic Signs Manual has the sign (which is also the formal equivalent to a STOP line) 15m before the road begins to narrow from normal (i.e. 15m from the start of any cones).
Your discussion with the pupil at 4:17+ is interesting. I am also of the belief that what you do influences the others around you. The body language of you road position and speed is 90% of the communication you have while driving. Horn honks, light flashes (inc. indicators) and hand gestures cover the final 10%.
At around 1:01, drivers getting confused regarding the status of traffic lights is quite common. Something to watch out for in terms not only of other drivers but of yourself too. Especially when lights for different movements are mounted right next to each other. Hate to admit this but I've made that mistake myself and it was even at a junction I'm very familiar with and even though I've always told myself to watch out for that sort of thing. It was only because my very dear late Mum mentioned my mistake that I was aware of what I did. I was horrified afterwards when I reviewed my dash cam footage. I basically mistook a left turn green arrow for straight ahead green. And just prior to that, I remember thinking I'd driven quite well that day.
i've done the same thing before, thankfully driver behind me honked so i realised!
13:49 if you’re turning right from a major road into a minor road and you’d be sat on a keep clear then that’s absolutely fine, if you didn’t sit on the keep clear while waiting to turn right then the vehicle in the side road will probably think that you’re giving way to it, you’d have to sit and wait on the keep clear while waiting to turn right to stop the vehicles in the side road from having priority as the main road has priority over the side road.
I don't know what your take in this would be as a driving instructor, but I've found I have better results flicking my lights off and on again to alert someone oncoming that theirs are off than I do just flashing them.
What if you’re behind them? They might not notice in their rear-view if you do that since your dipped beam isn’t as bright as a main beam flash
@@Kieran.Robertson Either flash or, if it's a dual carraigeway/motorway, overtake, pull in front at a safe difference, then do the same flicking mine off and on.
Same here. A quick flash of the full beams could mean anything to "you've left something on your roof", or "there's a hazard up ahead" to "thanks". Few who have not noticed they're driving on daytime running lights or no lights at all would interpret it properly.
If I flick my lights off for a good 2 seconds, just long enough for them to notice, they'll think "Huh. Why did that Hyundai's lights just go off completely?" and that will often nudge them to check their own. It's great when you make it through to another driver like this. Occasionally they'll give a wave. 👋
Next we need to get people to switch on their lights whenever their wipers are on.
13:00
The blue van also went quite a bit over the line. I'm sure anyone in a wheelchair or with a pram would be grateful to them for completely blocking the crossing
Long Lane and Stopgate Lane are good places to go to if you want to observe impatient, red light jumpers in the Wild. Stopping in the box outside the new Fire Station is a particular favourite of mine. 🙂
1:56 the other car further back appears to be flashing that car too! Appears it's also warn them about their lights!
In my experience, it's usually pointless. If they're unobservant enough to not notice they have no lights, they won't notice anybody flashing them either.
@@orange5foxNot true, I once drove without lights (albeit this was half-light instead of night) and I figured it out thanks to a van flashing me
Some absolute belters on this one. Was there something in the water this past month?
Festive “spirits” maybe? 😉
@@smilerbob Liverpool off to an early start then 🤣
11:42 that kid in all black on a bike with no lights or reflectors at night is a statistic waiting to happen.
At around 7:44 where you the do the decent and correct thing and let the pedestrians cross. That's a particularly challenging area for pedestrians considering the distance involved to cross and that typically, very few drivers would give pedestrians the priority they should be given. I'm thinking that some form of formal crossing should be placed there and of course, consideration given for crossing the opposing carriageway...and for all approach roads. Leaving pedestrians to try and figure it out for themselves at that spot seems particularly dangerous. I notice also the Ford behind you changed lanes to get around you.
Really shows the poor level of driving standards by some people nowadays. Particularly in the bigger cities
13:55 Why is there a Keep Clear there? If it's for people coming out of the side street on the right to join the queue then they will end up blocking the Keep Clear
The "keep clear" is probably to allow bigger vehicles to swing left into the road?
So emergency vehicles have a spot to wait while traffic clears in the opposite carriageway
I am still wondering what “KI CLEAR” means
The lastxlip is a wonderful reminder of being staggered and not racing into a roundabout and keeping eyes peeled for idiots coming up behind.
At 14:23 in the video I noticed a disabled parking bay opposite a junction. Please tell me that the junction opposite is only access to a cul-de-sac. Even if it is still not a good place for said parking bay. Accident waiting to happen.
Some places have designated parking bays that pay no attention to the rules whatsoever. In my bit of East London there are bits of road where there are designated parking bays up to and opposite T junctions where the road away from the junction has double yellow lines (Egregious example. Junction of Pelly Road and Crescent Road London E13 ).
I'm asking this only for my own understanding, but was it not a risk to overtake in the very first clip? Because what if a car was coming from either side and not driving carefully? Did Ashley increase risk or I'm missing something vital?
Do you think the beep was just for the taxi driver?
@@smilerbob I hadn't paid enough attention.
@@mohabad2730 Apologies, some of my reply got cut off
It was also meant to say afterwards that the beep would be to alert other drivers approaching that are hidden as much as alerting the taxi driver to Ashley’s presence and to be alert as not all will be as it seems for anyone turning/ approaching 👍
I was about to make a similar comment, an approaching vehicle would not be expecting there to be a car emerging on the wrong side of the road. Visibility didn't look great either, especially with the badly parked van on the corner. I'd have thought it would have been better just to beep the horn while waiting behind. I would be interested to know, if a pupil had done this on their test, would they have been marked down as a result?
@@velogoo I feel there was a bit of annoyance,and snap decision making, albeit reasonably well executed. If there had been a collision as a result I don't think Ashleys overtake would have viewed favourably. The other car was on the phone. Also wrong. But that doesn't excuse anyone elses driving. And if you think they are distracted, sounding the horn ( maybe a teeny bit of admonishment there, but it'll never stand up in court) isn't the best as they might come to and plough into you. Or someone else for that matter.
I certainly wouldn't, I'd sit behind for considerably longer.
8:28 On his phone, filtering, on the wrong side of the road... opposite a graveyard.
15:13 A good driver may miss their exit on occasion... I think you know the rest.
I had a van do that to me at a junction once when I was cycling home from work. I always stay to the side so that vans can see me in their mirror. We were sat at the junction ages and no cars came. I started to go up the side of the van as I figured he might have broken down. As I did he started to reverse and left hand down. I had to fall sideways to get out the way. I banged on the window and told him to get off his phone. He jumped out his skin and said I'm not on the phone. I said I can see it in your hand your talking to lianne. He laughed and drive off. If I'd stayed behind him he would've run me over. Phones are the biggest danger on the road at the moment.
Been watching for just under 2.5 years (coincidentally just after passing and not before) and I'm beginning to recognise the certain areas of Liverpool and what thing people will do, like that drive over the payment taxi driver, Ashley mentioned it's common there and I'm sure I've seen it on more than one occasion.
In all my time driving I've had a couple of instances with changing lights where in retrospect I think I've been borderline on proceeding and felt a bit bad afterwards. Cannot fathom some of the blatant red light jumpers I've seen on this channel and out on the roads.
13:38 was when I first started looking for the ESV. 14:01 (with an edit to boot), is when the driver of the car in front realises it is there. How long was the edit Ashley?
I think cameras should be fitted to all traffic lights
Absolutely. I've been saying this for years. The technology obviously exists, but until there are any consequences, nothing will change.
13:15 brilliant thinking Ashley, that’s a very good tip to remember.
Automakers have a moral duty of care to install anti mobile phone sensors in their cars. But they dont care about human live, if they did they would have installed them by now as standard.
Hey Ash and commenters, my lady friend is wanting to learn to drive and worried about the theory side of things. Having passed my test back in 2010, i don't feel i'd be much help with that part of it. Can anyone point me in the right direction? (Googles been a bit poop)
And yes, I've already recommended her this channel!
You would be more help than you might think
There are plenty of online “practice” tests that can be done but one thing that I found of great benefit recently is “The Official DVSA Theory Test” book as it gives a nice 2-5 pages summary before eaxh section that can be read and then a series of sample questions afterwards that you can ask at random.
It will benefit both of you as I learned a few things myself while doing that recently and I have been driving 20+ years.
Combine that with a little Highway Code revision and that will be the written part of the test covered.
As for the hazard perception, again there are plenty of online material and test videos to practice with. The key to those videos is identifying the main hazard and knowing when to click as they develop. Do worry if you don’t pass these yourself first time, very few experienced drivers do as we see the hazard too early 🤷🏻♂️
Make it an enjoyable experience together and more will be remebered.
Good luck to your lady friend 🤞
And don’t do too much in each session. One or two sections a night and maybe 5-10 questions from each section. The brain will shutdown with too much information and forget what has already been learned 👍
00:33, is that impatience from the cammer. Seen similar criticized. 1:55, 1 flash is not going to achieve anything. 9:17, continuing past the lorry, was it really the best thing to do?
Hi Ashley, can you explain the staggered formation you are talking about in the last clip please?
It is a position whereby you are not alongside another vehicle but instead in a pocket of space between vehicles. That way, if a driver decides to change lanes - or as in the last clip cut in front for the exit - there is the space to avoid a collision
@smilerbob thank you very much for explaining that. Im assuming you would apply this for cars on both sides as well, in multi lane roundabouts?
@@jaz0424 Ideally yes, and it achieved by adjusting the acceleration pace and timing.
If you look at the clip in this video, Ashley doesn’t go when it is clear from his right but waits for the lorry in lane 1 to clear the front of his vehicle before emerging. This was then further adjusted to account for vehicles in lane 3 so there was always that space eirget side should the lorry driver move right or, like what happened, the car driver moved left
It takes time to get right and lots of practice but never feel pressured from those behind to simply and blindly go, especially if thet start beeping or flashing. Remember, you are in charge and you are in control of the situation
@smilerbob thanks again for the clear information. I'll try and implement this to my driving, much appreciated 🙂
@jaz0424 Happy to help and it will take time for it to become natural and I forgot to mention earlier that adjusting the acceleration can also mean getting in front rather than dropping back. Take a look at the video from yesterday for a perfect example where Ashley was on the sliproad and the vehicle behind the lorry closed the safety space 👍
Take care out there and happy driving
Red light cameras needed. Too many times, we all see this on a daily basis. Like many say, it seems an epidemic now..
15:08 their intention was clear from here, they knew that gap was going to be available. Hope you reported them to Operation Snap.
14:05 rule 219 says avoid mounting the kerb.
Hi Ashley, I have tried to order a dashcam. It tells me your Ashley code is not valid. Can you help, please?
If you wait until after tomorrow (2nd Dec) the codes should be up and running again. Let me know if they’re not 👍 Black Friday discounts unfortunately
In my experience anyone applying to be taxi/PH driver should go through extra tests (more than they do now). They have no idea about rules or completely ignore them. They don’t care about other people and have no common sense.
Yes, I make mistakes. But they never lead to dangerous situations because I do my best to safely handle them and cause inconvenience for myself, not other drivers. It’s my mistake so I handle it.
Mistake is: taking wrong turn. Missing your exit. Using wrong lane.
Mistake is not: blocking junction to wait for customer, blocking junction/road while setting up your sat nav, parking wherever you please, without thinking of impact on other people, exiting from wrong lane, tailgating people because going 30 in 20 is not fast enough, not using turn indicators.
The private hire Kia @ 2:30 also went beyond the traffic signal stop line, so opened themselves up to prosecution for failure to comply with traffic lights. I don't imagine these would be their first points.
Some truly insane maneuvres in this edition of Driving Fail. Honestly how have these folk avoided collisions?
2:28 Am I the only one who is unable to see the front number plate in the silver Renault ?
Good spot!
I might have missed an update to the highway code, when did stopping at red traffic lights and vehicles sharing pavements with pedestrians become optional? 🤔
Since the general standards of respect and consideration for others plumetted in the UK and no serious deterrent exists to counter the decline.
Probably since the authorities stopped going out catching people doing it, or since they started issuing 'warnings' rather than actual punishment for putting other people at risk.
I can honestly say that despite some abysmal driving here in the south, I very rarely, if ever see the kind of thuggish behaviour on the road that seems to be commonplace up north.
12:47 Now imagine you doing that sort of stuff in person? Like in a supermarket queuing to a till, you wouldn't do it would you? Why is this different in a vehicle.
12:19 They may think that you're just trying to annoy them, but you're not, that's just a happy side effect
7:41 that give way can be dangerous.
Only if others are impatient like the taxi driver
@@smilerbob Allowing pedestrians to pass in such situations is risky, as it creates a sense of urgency and should be done with their own time and caution.
13:45 Dyslexus 😂😂😂
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8:25 which vehicle was Ashley talking about?
The cyclist travelling the opposite direction
My late grandfather told me.
When your driving just imaging thst other road users are idiots and have not seen you and you'll never have a bump... 24 years later. Its serving me well
Yes. Many years ago, my motorcycle instructor told me to always assume I was invisible to everyone else on the roads. Good advice, as most of my near misses have been cars pulling out in front of me on roundabouts or junctions.
11:13 I see at the time, because of the distraction of the parked van at the junction, you probably failed to spot the 2 riding the scooter precariously, but at least they had the sense of having a light on top of the head of the front rider, at night, unlike the cyclist who had no lights at all, as far as I could tell.
It's Mahmood's world Ashley, we're all just living in it!
The poor quality of driving on our roads needs addressing urgently. I suggest an IQ test before a license is even issued, followed by re-testing every 5 years up to age 65, then annually afterwards. A driving license should be treated as a privilege *not* a right.
8:29 yeah the things you see in between lessons and instructor training did you report them ?
I have a curious question for you Ashley. At 7:40 when you stopped to allow the pedestrians to cross, which was a nice thing to do. I am curious if that crossing point is an actual designated crossing area or not?
I only ask this due to the lack of a dropped kerb and textured crossing area at the point where they crossed. I am curious of the implications based on the highway code, and if you were inadvertently obstructing traffic and potentially creating/adding to a dangerous situation by allowing them to cross. This is something that will obviously rely on your local knowledge. Though, if it is not a designated crossing area. What are drivers supposed to do in such a situation, and what is the safest thing to do in such a situation for everyone around?
I know the highway code states we should give priority to pedestrians waiting to cross. But does that only apply to clearly marked crossing area's, or any area at a junction?
As far as I can tell, the green cross code was not applied by those pedestrians, they picked what seems to be a bad and dangerous place to cross the junction. But again, I dont know the area local to you, so I am hoping you can fill in my gaps on that particular junction.
I feel this could be a good section for a learning point, so I hope you will look into it and provide feedback.
Ashley it would be really good if you could have a discussion with James "Diving Instructor UK". He has mentioned that roundabouts and junctions such as T-junctions and crossroads are referred to in the Highway Code separately. With this in mind, the H2 rule when turning into a "junction" does not appear to apply to a roundabout. I'm not looking to score joints, genuinely you guys are the professionals, so if you have differences in opinion, it's a real challenge for non-professionals to apply best practice.
The road users of Liverpool never learn do they. Despite being made to look like fools monthly on Ash’s channel.
@13:52 Re: Your recent video about not passing a red light to allow emergency vehicles past, The Highway Code Rule 219 also states; “Do not endanger yourself, other road users or pedestrians and avoid mounting the kerb."
I'm not nit-picking here with you Ashley but you seemed to condone those drivers who did exactly that. What is your advice to your pupils in that circumstance?
Last year I was in a queue of traffic with a police car with blues and twos on approaching from the opposite direction. The vehicles in front of me all pulled onto the kerb. I hesitated but the aggressive speed of the police car meant I was pressured into falling in line with the other motorists and mounting the kerb. I wasn't comfortable doing that though.
There was likely enough space available that they didn’t need to mount the pavement. They could’ve, and should’ve, simply pulled in as tight as possible to the side.
Using the horn without any danger. Impatience and overtaking at a junction @0:05 terrible behavior from a driving instructor. DO BETTER!!
The standard of driving is getting worse, I dread going out on a lesson as we are just targets for idiot and impatience drivers.
2:16 i think i recognise the song. Very gangster of you Ashley haha, love you to bits
Ashley, do you know if the police are doing anything about the red light runners in Liverpool? I don't see a fraction of this behaviour elsewhere in the UK
Merseyside Police are more interested in pulling my trainee Driving Instructors in for driving impeccably, and telling some of my viewers to stop parking legally on the road and move onto the pavement. They haven't got time for red light jumpers.
@@ashley_neal haha yes that's true, I saw that video. I suppose it's too much to ask anything of our police today
Clearly you don't drive in the bigger cities much. London is just as bad based on my direct experience (five, yes, 5, people jumped a light on alternative working roadworks after it had gone red in front of me yesterday a lorry going through 26 seconds after it had gone red). If video from Bradford is anything to judge by traffic lights are taken as a mere suggestion by the natives.
Manchester is bad for red light-running. I've had abuse from drivers before when I've crossed on green men because they've had to stop at a red light, rather than being able to ignore it (and ignore the safety of everyone around them).
I'm seeing it increasingly often in Edinburgh, including drivers running *very* late ambers. Everyone moans about cyclists doing it, but I'd say drivers are the biggest culprit.
The rukes to gove way to pedestrians at roundabouts needs changing asap. Try doing it when exiting a busy roundabout and see if you can avoid getting rear ended. Its not an insurance claim I'd want to submit and argue.
That yelkow MAN arti was very patient and observant there.
MANS have a high seat positing and poor windows ( high set and limited view) dont clean mirrors. Be very careful.
Please do another video on giving way to pedestrians at junctions, I've many reprimand many times over the past few weeks, once even by a bus driver when I stopped to allow a lady with a dog cross, she was already waiting at the junction when I approached, the bus driver actually opened his window to have a go at me, I let him have it and he shut up, but it's a sad situation.
It's difficult to know whether some drivers are either ignorant to this rule - almost 3 years after its introduction - or refuse to obey it.
I've had drivers beep, shout abuse and even speed up to threaten me whilst I'm crossing at junctions. I don't think most that do it would ever do anything of the equivalent whilst not inside a car.
It's strange that driving makes some people feel that it's socially acceptable to start blaring their horn or having a go for delaying their day by a few seconds.
That's just Uber being Uber. He was searching on his phone how to turn his steering wheel
Its as if they're learning to drive for the first time, all the time
I might just be me, do your headlights point a little low?
I feel like the two cars I regularly drive, both shine a little further on the road, one is an auto adjusting xenon and one standard halogen.
Still better than 40% of the drivers I meet here at night, many of them with those cheap aliexpress led halogen "replacements" that seem to shine mostly into my eyes and the moon
I didn't see any cars going through red lights there. Must have been VERY LARGE cyclists... /sarcasm. 🤭 Good Video yet again Ashley. You know you're watching too many of your videos when you start to recognise roads in them! 😜
Hand on heart Ashley, this is possbly the first time I disagree with you as from the point of wattsapp wait vehicle why did you not toot first?
I thought that. Maybe because horn use isn't allowed as a "hurry up", but sounding it as a "I'm coming past you now, watch out" is?
Waiting and beeping was a good option but I decided to drive round. I would rather the private hire sit still (even though still Illegal) if he’s on his phone. It would have been no different if he had broken down.
@@ashley_neal I bow to you Ashley as you have given me a very satsfactory explanation of you actions yet again, yes still whilst behind that line for a phone user keeps the risk low and a tap on the horn will possibly have made them pull out still using it.
You are the master.
Hopefully someone will also learn from your excellent challenge and my explanation 👍
@@ashley_neal Although I was going to challange again at one stage (the thinking behind this is that you are cancelling out one risk and replacing it with another), but you are like me and I could see your eyes were on the ball about a vehicle coming from the right slightly blindsided to you and you had intense eyeballs in that direction in particular so would be able to take care of it.
2 comments from me ''LETHAL'' f....ng agree and 10:37 How many times have you experienced that with no cars behind you either on a motorway turn off or like in the clip
I think judging from the clips, driving in the US is more sedate, more consistent, less stressed than U.K.
The US often has wider roads
Police should confiscate mobile phones seen in use by drivers and keep them for evidence till the court case.
Fines won't deter people, where the instant removal of the smart phone fix will actually punish people more effectively than a court case in a few months time.
That last clip... I have no words.
Private hire are not the brightest.
But to be stopped in junction not only impeding progress of traffic behind them , but also impeding their own vision beside the van when ready to proceed once brain is refreshed, is simply staggering . As I say, congestion and emissions are not consequence of too much traffic but traffic WITGOUT THOUGHTS OR PLANNING INVOLVED.
We don't need EV, we need to use free brain and muscles , run on oxygen, dextrose and hydration 😅
You showed yourselves up on a few of those , Ashley.
Passenger, "Was that green?" Ashley, "No!" 😬
I notice that with era of fords, they all go around with no lights on. Is the problem with having an illuminated dashboard I'm driving lights means you're not a safe.
The amount of times I stop comfortably at an amber signal only to find a driver rushing through in the adjacent lane as it turns to or is on red... 🙄