As a metropolitan bus driver, I consider that I have done my job well if no passenger ever looks up from their phone except to check where they are. If they notice my driving, I've failed. Looking ahead, knowing what is around me and predicting other drivers' stupidity are all vital. I love my job, but a 10 hour shift leaves me mentally spent. Sleeping passengers are the ultimate compliment. I'm not particularly skilled, but I am very bloody vigilant. 80% of the people I share the road with are not focused and, if they are, it's only on getting in front of me at all costs. I've had my licence for 28 years and my last (of only two) traffic infringement was well over 20 years ago.
Good on you. I occasionally catch the bus around my suburb and I admire the patience and steadiness of the drivers. It's a smooth ride but I notice that other drivers don't give way to buses and cut in front. The bus catches them at the next set of lights and their bad driving has been for nothing. People travel way too fast between light sets, that is up to 90 kph in a 60 zone when the average speed is about 40 kph. Their heads are well and truly up their rear ends.
Excellent job Sir/Madam, I cannot comprehend the stress of a full day of city driving, ref Pedestrians, Cyclists, Mobility scooters, cars, etc, all have wide ranging skills, and attention spans.
So true. My dad told me (maybe 40 years ago now) that a driver is judged by his passengers. It's something I've never forgotten and try to keep in mind.
Even if you are not at fault in the crash, it doesn't matter who is at fault when you are dead. On many dash camera crash videos, I see the non-fault driver just honk their horn for seconds on end, without ever attempting to make a maneuver to avoid the collision all together.
A great proportion of the time when something dicey happens on the road and I have to swerve/take evasive suddenly I don't get time to even use the horn at all until afterward!
5:13 Tactics (choices), pre-journey and during, moment to moment...very good advice. "If you make the right choices, you get home safely, uneventfully, and your passengers will not even know just how hard you worked to make that happen." That is the epitome of a good driver.
There should be an ad campaign that shames tailgaters to the point of humiliation. This will save so many lives and hours wasted stuck in freeway traffic.
JC, after successfully getting my teenagers onto their red Ps, I thought I'd write a letter to the NSW Minister for Transport, having seen plenty of appalling driving from 'fully licenced' drivers. Won't include the letter here, but essentially suggested the following: 1. A closed motor racing circuit or other facility be used for new drivers, so that they can experience how to control a vehicle in a safe and controlled environment, rather than heading straight out onto our roads. 2. That the current yellow L plate scheme be modified to include three colours of L plate, denoting level of experience, as the current system does not indicate how long the driver has been on the road. Whether the learner has 30 minutes or 30 hours is not indicated by the current scheme. 3. That learners must meet minimum hours driving at different times of the day and night, with testing also occurring at night. I was surprised to get a reply fairly promptly, yet unsurprised to hear that the Minister believes the current system is awesome, but thanks Anthony for your email! In a career of over 20 years as a First Responder, I have seen the results of road trauma too many times and I wanted to have my say, so to speak... And to those drivers who thought it would be fun to tailgate learner drivers, you ladies and gentlemen are f#cking imbeciles. Thanks for releasing this video series John, if it only saves one family from the terrible effects of road trauma, you have succeeded!
Well said! I couldn't agree more with your points but, if we are really serious about SAVING LIVES, I would go further by adding the following: 1. Quality versus quantity instruction. A minimum number of hours with a competent instructor. Critics will sight the cost as a barrier to equal opportunity. Plus, as you said some sort of advanced driving course. 2. The installation of mobile phone disabling technology. You want to use that fricken thing?? - then pull over and turn off the engine. This would be a standard mandatory fitment to any vehicle much like an airbag or seatbelt. I'm fed up seeing the countless number of people seemingly spending more time looking at the phone screen as opposed to looking through the windscreen! Let's be honest, car manufacturers are installing some wonderful infotainment systems that are rivalling home theatre systems. Where is their accountability and responsibility to our safety by providing more distractions than you can 'shake a fist at!' Just a few stats to put things into perspective; we lose on average 3 people every day on our roads and in the last 60 years around 143, 000 Australians have lost their lives in automobile accidents - more than all the wars Aussies have fought in since WW1- includes WW2, Korea and Vietnam. Then there is the scourge of drug use becoming so prevalent with 1 in 8 drivers involved in a crash have taken an illicit drug. Really struggling to find some sort of an answer to this one! Perhaps autonomous driving will help address this (that whole notion is fraught with its own set of concerns) given that over 94% of accidents are a result of HUMAN ERROR!!! I have been teaching Driver Education for over 30 years to year 10 students and will continue doing so if I believe I can make any shred of difference in my little corner of the world. Unlike you, I have made several passionate pleas to VicRoads with no response! I told them in no uncertain terms that I don't want to be playing 'Russian Roulette' with my life every time I hit the road.
Hello John: Sorry to hear of the fires your having in South Wales, hear in California we had our share of fires and devastation, Happy New Year to you and yours.
You only have to look at the dash-cam footage on RUclips to know that a huge number of accidents are caused by inattention. A driver's job is to drive, nothing else. Paying attention, 100% attention, to what is going on around you all the time will greatly reduce the chance of being involved in a crash. Talking to passengers, looking at a phone screen, looking round at your kids or pet, eating, drinking, anything that takes your attention from what is going on around the car, could easily end up very badly. If everyone simply paid more attention to driving, a whole lot of accidents would easily be avoided.
Too true. Somehow all the RUclips clips sorta prove all those safety crats and Police wrong. “Speed kills. Every K over is a killer” Little weenies.Etc etc etc. What really kills are all the morons behind the wheels with NO idea how to drive. It’s like drivers get into a car; close the door and turn their brains off. Or take them out and leave them by the side of the road. “Yeah, I’ll pick that up later”. And forget to do so. The Pollies and the Cops love their “Speed kills” slogans. Sure it does if you’re stupid enough to do 140kph in. 60 zone. Lose control and hit a tree. And die. But, the underlying issue is the attitude of the driver. How many times have you seen cars driven in a manner that indicates the nut holding the wheel should be on the Bus? I drive ( and ride) on the roads with absolutely no trust in anybody else. Work on the premise that they’re all idiots who mean you harm.
It's like the pilots' motto: An expert pilot uses their expert decision making to avoid the use of their expert skills. And another excellent video by Mr. Cadogan!
Teaching my daughters to drive...they are both watching these two videos. Thanks for an excellent summation of the most salient characteristics of a safe driver
Some Hoary old myths about seatbelts ( what if Im trapped in the car and cant get out etc, etc) The FACT is you are far more likely to survive IN the vehicle not thrown out of it or rattled around inside like a pea in a can or smashed into the windscreen. So many videos showing people being thrown out of their vehicles including trucks. Having been in a crash with a rolled truck at nearly 100ks , I walked away with a cut to my head and went to my brother's birthday party 3 days later and back driving a week later. Otherwise I would have ended up in the passenger side which took the big hit when it hit the ground and stopped dead. Mangled or dead probably ( but don't tell my wife that). FYI, I had no trouble releasing my seatbelt which held a 150 Kg me in place through that brutal stop. Stupid people will always justify their stupidity by the one exception rather than the more likely average.
One of the best and rare ads i've seen on driver safety was the race bikers plowing into street obstacles on the race track. Quote "if i had to face the same obstacles on the race track as you do on the road, I'd probably be dead". Biggest problem with street speedsters is they forget that the worlds best drivers in the worlds most exuberant and expensive tuned cars on dedicated one-way circuits, still smash up constantly
Hi John, nice clear message, good timing too. I work in the field with a lot of young University Graduates about to start their professional careers often working in remote areas. They often regard driving a vehicle as an annoyance, some even tell me they can’t wait for self driving cars... I struggle with getting the message across that driving a car is a learned/earned skill, few have it as a talent. Your comments on attitude are pertinent to me as well. I will save the links for this episode and the next to forward to my young co workers. Many Thanks
My driving instructor taught me if your right foot isn't pressing the throttle it might as well be covering the brake. It saves you critical time in a crisis but it also changes your mindset.
Speeding - I constantly see cars passing me at speed when I'm at the speed limit. Lights on in low light and at night - I see many cars without lights on at night or low light. No Blinkers - turning corners or changing lanes with out indication, I see this all the time. The list goes on and on.
Every person who drives or is learning to drive a motor vehicle of any description needs this information rammed down their throat until it sinks in. Current media campaigns won't change driver attitude. Great video John.
My brother and i learnt to drive in a paddock in a 180b. Best way to learn how to drive a car. Sure at the time we were just having fun, driving sideway, doing flick spins, Scandinavian flicks but later now in our driving life that training is invaluable.
You are so right John. How many times have we heard drink driving kills, we have TV shows dedicated on this matter as well yet drivers are constantly caught driving under the influence of alcohol. Then those same drivers drive unlicensed and still pose a threat to the general public. And it is not even safe in your own home. How often do we see on the news a car crashed into someone’s house. I don’t know the solution but we definitely need to change people’s attitude that a motor vehicle is potentially a very lethal object.
Great videos, every driver no matter how experienced should watch them. But every time I'm out on the road now all I hear is your voice!!! Keep up the good work..
We are periodically made to sit down and listen to various authorities at work talk about road safety and also think that they are preaching to the converted or not in any way going to change the habits of the wankers. I think that this is the best thing I have ever seen in regards to road safety and covers stuff that most people don't even consider. Look at the drama caused when electronic services go down and people need fuel or food in an emergency. Great stuff thank you sir.
The problem here in the UK is that there are a very surprising number of people who should not be driving at all. 8% of drivers do not have vision meeting minimum requirements, 10% do not even have a licence, and i think it was 2% were not old enough to drive in one area. Get that lot off the road and people would be less wound up because of congestion and would take less risks.
With double demerits over Christmas and having a 3 hour drive to holidays (which turned out to be almost 4 hours because of apparent non-existent road works reduced speed limits causing traffic bottlenecks) and being on highway 1 (meaning coppers with a speed camera everywhere hiding behind some structure), I set the car CC 5kph above the speed limit, the GPS told me I was actually driving at the speed limit. So my tactic included to keep a 3 second gap behind the car in front of me. Well, what's the point? It seems just about everyone else going faster than the speed limit (and there were a lot) saw my 3 second gap as an excuse to overtake/pass me and then move into and close my 3 second gap. Very frustrating when one is trying to drive in a defensive manner just to be frustrated by people in an apparent hurry.
@Jim . And I got to add that in most road work zones on the highway between Sydney and Bulladelah, the twin roads would have been safe to drive at least 100kph. But of course it meant someone had to change the signs up to 100 and then reduce them down before work began, and for some authority with 'balls' and the will to implement that decision in order to reduce traffic conjection with no real increased risk. And I loved the stat quoted by some higher up copper on the media about how many speeding fines were issued during the Christmas break, but there was no stat on how many accidents or injuries were caused by those fined, particularly on the fines issued by mail after the event.
Jim I believe that signs at road works when no work is happening becomes dangerous as people tend to ignore the signs when they realise there is nothing happening, consequently we end up with some slowing and some not! In a rural road near here a sign to slow to 40km was left us for six weeks after the work was completed, very dangerous as it was normally a 100km zone! When I reported to Main Roads Dept their response was “don’t you care about safety?”
Alan Wetton Iwas a traffic management consultant to the RTA for a few years and I was constantly appalled at the incredibly lax attitude to safety standards within the organisation. I would constantly pass through dangerous and non compliant roadworks layouts and often wondered how many RTA engineers drove through them and ignored the problems. They didn’t even understand their own standards and still don’t.
As a road safety advocate and involved in the L2P program in Victoria - thanks so much for this PG version - I will be using this to help them. Could you do a PG version of your “blind spot” video?
Thanks for another great video John, however I will point out there are no ordinary drivers, everyone is a great driver. I just checked now with those around me at work (all males btw) and I was informed that they are all excellent or awesome drivers. Not one of them is ordinary. Cheers.
Everyone thinks the average standard of driving is shit, but nobody admits to being below average. It's be easier to admit to having a two-inch (let's call it a...) 'rooster'.
I have been riding for over forty years (and driving) have done advanced riding courses etc. I treat all other road users as if they are out to kill me, or at least cause me a lot of pain ! As another user below has said I am mentally exhausted after a days ride, because I am driving for everyone else too ! So far, so good :)
Good Day John. Hope all is well. Hopefully You, your Family, and Friends have not been directly affected by the the horrific brush fires. It is so sad what is happening in your incredible country. Aussies are very caring and courageous people, especially the Fire Fighters. Peace to those who were victims of the fires. I been enjoying you channel for over a year. It is very informative and interesting. Wishing you the best in 2020! - Gene
BRAVO JOHN!! Fantastic - just fantastic. A PG vid on this critically important subject. Ya know what - you're just as engaging in a PG vid as you are in your non-PG vids! Bloody well done. I'm over to part 2 now to be further edified and entertained - yes, both of those - that's your wonderful talent. THEN I'm sitting down with the Speaker Of The House and the kids (2 boys: 1 x learner and 1 x P plater) in front of the big-screen to watch it again with them. Yes, they do know all the swear words and how to use them grammatically but, happily, they do not in and around their family. Therefore very nice I can present this to them on a PG basis. So that's nice! Thank you heaps John.
I've driven and raced karts for 10 years now, and filled a small trophy cabinet for my efforts during that time. I've also done a fair bit of driving on simulators. Unfortunately, however, I have to admit that I'm not Ayrton Senna, Michael Schumacher, Lewis Hamilton, or even Max Verstappen. I am a civil engineer though (highways). The roadside environment is completely different to that of a racetrack. The kerbs that line the edges of the road are high and close by (as I'm sure you know). There isn't much room for error compared to the run off areas that surround race tracks (usually). Also, there is no soft landing usually found at the end of those runoff areas, with a transmission pole or tree usually waiting to greet you if you screw it up. Whilst we do our best to eliminate hazards, the road is not the place to be proving you should be in Formula 1, regardless of how good you think you are. Videos like this help educate everyone on appropriate behaviour on our roads. Thanks for the video John.
I would hope some drivers, particularly the younger mob, realise that their hot exhaust, crackling note and lowered suspension, does not qualify them for immunity from road rules. I suspect then either don't care or they think they have much better skills then other drivers. They also don't have your impulse control which is often the dominant factor in decisions to give the throttle a big stomp. Self awareness and self control, two of the major factors in bad driving.
Great advice John. I am trying to attend a "Ride For Ever course", on an annual basis here in NZ in order to keep up the skills needed to stay upright.
Tactics is indeed important. I once had a slow and wandering driver in front of me that is oblivious to regulations and other visual inputs like double white lines for blind corners and staying in one's lane. It was too dangerous to be overtaking this car and I had to find a Y junction to overtake this car and there is very little of these in the rural area.
Spot on John. As man whom has never been involved in an "altercation" on the road, I Appreciate your words. And, But ? I will STILL always watch for Criminals or Un-fortunate people. Great Vid.
Unsafe drivers are 1) ones who overtake on double line road forcing the car on the other direction to avoid hitting that car. 2) people who do run red lights / stop signs/ giveway signs and pull out infront of cars on roundabouts. 3) drivers who do not keep left at 80km or more that includes middle lane drivers who could be in the empty left lane. This create dangerous situation as other drivers tire of this crap and attempt to overtake needlessly dangerously had they had been able to overtake easily. 4) late lane changers drivers who cut off other drivers because they have almost missed an exit, they too force other drivers to drive defensively to avoid a crash.
My kids ask me why i drive so slow in town. No tickets in 12 years and no accidents in 25. But the ST will pass a truck on the two-lane faster than the old Roadrunner ever dreamed of.
I have a good advise a trick I do all the time driving a bike always assum you are invisible to other drivers on the road till you are 100% sure they have noticed you
Regarding the distinction between skilful driving and safe driving, I recall a pommie TV program many years ago which claimed that the stats showed that professional racing drivers had a much higher per capita rate of collision on public roads than us plebs.
Gordon Lawrence Don’t think it was that one Gordon - late ‘90s I think. The data they quoted was more than anecdotal too; it was extracted from collision records in the UK, so was quite compelling.
@@johannesschaller5510 Sounds quite interesting but it could have been any one of at least half a dozen different programmes that would have covered that in the 90's. I was just trying to track it down and couldn't find it.
Gordon Lawrence Maybe some clues in the references provided here: practicalmotoring.com.au/car-advice/why-advanced-driving-courses-dont-always-make-you-a-safer-driver/
@@johannesschaller5510It's more about personality, behavior, chronic attitude and poor impulse control. Skills are very important but people with skills don't ensure against poor behavior. If it were possible, the only way to improve the accident rate, would be to filter out bad behavior with detailed personality analyses or retrain people in a highly diciplined army drill manner.
The mobile phone brigade here in the UK that continue to drive and use a mobile at the same time needs a wakeup call. If i was given the chance to bring out laws on road issues i would fine them £1000 or 1 month in prison if caught with a phone when driving. If caught drunk driving then it would be 100 grand fine or 10 years in prison. If caught twice you will be banned and jailed for life.
An interesting observation about the human mind is that it tends to log close calls and accidents quite thoroughly in a person's memory, yet overlooks the many, many times driving interactions go smoothly. This is due to an engrained attentiveness to personal safety, well cultivated in the fight-or-flight response of a healthy brain. These people in the comments using exaggerated figures/terms like "90%" and "all the time" when referring to bad drivers are most likely melodramatic whingers that are unaware of this. I challenge these people to go out and take a tally of smooth interactions vs rough ones, to gauge for themselves how positive the ratio really is.
The definition has nothing to do with blame, and everything to do with intention; an accident is when some type of unintentional damage is caused, irrespective of culpability, making it a perfectly appropriate term to use.
Drive to the Conditions... oh wait, no one teaches that... because SPEED LIMITS...... dpeed limits KILL....... if you are looking at your speedo, you aren't driving....... you are looking at your speedo.................. and oh yeah, SPEED DOESN'T KILL....... lack of SKILL kills..
I've said this before but when riding driving or just walking down the sidewalk you need to beware of stupid at all times. Stupid is easy to spot as they are in a vehicle and it is moving. And sometimes stupid sits in your lap. Extra vigilance against stupid needs to be taken near any kind of intersection especially roundabouts and shopping centre carpark entrances and exits. Be especially afraid of stupid when they drive a vehicle with a label like Uber taxi or police on it. Addendum. Stupid rarely rides a motorcycle as Darwin takes care of them.
I am currently driving around Thailand 20,000 k's clocked up. Touch wood I'm still in one piece in the land of the worst drivers in the world. But this is great advice we'll done John.
Well said John. Unfortunately a lot of drivers are so dense that common sense does not sink in. Common sense is required to learn and keep the driving skills.
So basically you're telling me to put the pedal to the metal unless I'm in a "Watch for children" area in town... I get it! But what is my motivation? You didn't give me any inspiration ala Codagon Style...where are the honey pots, the mammary clan, the derriere damsels, the long legged lasses, the Y I like to eat out of? Oh John, it's the New Year and already you're letting your biggest fan down like a ducks back! For shame Sheamus, for shame! (Don't tell anybody, but I'm secretly glad you're doing this PSA.... be careful out there John. I'm sorry your country is turning into Satan's garden... we've sent 200 firefighters down under from the Bay Area in California...the other shitsville. Hope they can give your guys some relief and help... hoping for the best John, but you didn't hear that from me..🤫🤫🤫👍🏻👍🏻)
The NUMBER 1 rule when visiting Australia. DRIVE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD.. umm. I mean The correct side of the road Which is the left side when going North.
As a pro driver for 42 years all I can say is John ...this must be made compulsory viewing for all L platers or anyone else for that matter. you did not hit said nail on head .. you furkin' destroyed it ! If I sat down for a year I could not say what you said so clearly ….much respect !
Still seeing stupid Muppets driving whilst using their mobile phones. Other day some lady on the M1 wobbling all over the road at 110k doing a text or something. Penalty should be $1000 fine and 1 year licence suspension, that's for first offence. Lifetime licence loss for any other repeat offence.
I drove through a red light last week.. I'd been working and working was so,so tired and coming down with some bug that on my way home, One K from my house I right turn through a red arrow.Still can't believe it, I was half way through and "fuck!" Could have killed some poor fucker or even myself. I'm 55 years old and never had a fine or demerit, Still can't believe I did it.
We all make mistakes. At least you care about your errors and try to avoid these errors. There are people out there that wouldn't realise they red lighted or others that don't care that they did.
With all the hindrance on the roads today you would just about have the Initials of QC after your name . Nothing prepares you more than having a drunk or drug affected person in your driving space or an Asian Driver on an international drivers licence where some how they think that they are the only person on this particular road .
I haven't driven drunk in years now and I check my tire pressure/ washer fluids weekly. My only real detriment is driving tired even if at less than 30 minutes at a time.
i detest this time of year Tourists are just crazy, they see a Koala or Roo near the road, so guess what they often stop in the middle of the road to take a photo, you come over a hill or around a corner and FFSS there is some turkey wanting to capture our wildlife in their native environment, it is just plain dangerous and deadly. There are certain members of the Global Population that have no Fecken idea when to merge or pull out, i always anticipate the other driver will pull out in front of me, it has saved me a few times. The most dangerous types are those that steer towards you when you steer away from their error. Also Foreign tourist DO drive on the wrong side of the road over here, its a habitual for them and deadly. Just a lapse in concentration and your dead or maimed!
For roughly the last 6 1/2 years, driving is my job. I do non-emergency medical transportation and do a mix of city, rural and highway driving. I have driven roughly 373,000 miles in that time. I can tell you, that after driving that many miles, you should almost have a 6th sense of what other drivers can and WILL probably do and at what point on the road. Driving will never again, for me, be that most enjoyable activity that I used to look forward to, before I thought everyone on the road cared. There are three basic types of drivers. The first one is a total prick and drives as if he/she owns the road and you should just get out of their way. The second is driving with no clue how to. The third is in la-la-land on their phone texting or having an argument with their wife, girlfriend, daughter, son, husband or boyfriend. Half the population doesn't understand physics enough to stop following me at an unsafe distance. Half the population are rude drivers trying to own the road. Lots of drivers seem to have something distracting them from actually operating the vehicle 100%. Cancel your F'in signal so you aren't making a left turn and still signaling right. Know where the F you're going so you don't have to cut me off at the exit you prick?
The two biggest problems I see is incorrect mirror set-up and dim-wits more concerned with what's happening 3cm in front of their car than scanning ahead.
I'd add one more rule John , drive like a cop is behind you. Think I've saved heaps of tailgaters fines over the years. the next dick head I see come unstuck, think I'll just take his wallet .ha ha
Driver choices are intrisic linked to personality types, human behaviors and thinking processes. There are no road rules that will change an ego centric persons decision to ignore good driving behavior. There are no nagging government authorities that will permanently change a person who doesn't have the basic visio-spatial awareness to understand the physics of vehicle control nor the interaction between their micro-world and other's around them. It is the decisions we automatically make as a driver, conciously and unconciously that determines what we do and the frequency of these actions. My wife rarely uses her indicator early enough to turn corners or change lanes. She is either using blinkers reactively and not premeptively as an effective communication device. I ask her why don't you signal your intentions? She gets irritated and just tells me to shut up and stop telling her how to drive, she has a licence and has never been pulled over by the police. She drives too close to the vehicle in front. I remind her and she backs off for a while, then a minute later she is up someone's arse. These are bad habits or entrenched behaviors linked to her slightly elevated temperament. I think most of the variation in driving would be linked to personality characteristics. I feel the most effect way of to filter out bad driving is to be personality tested and for anything like borderline PD, narcisistic people, bipolar, drug dependent, alcoholics to be either filtered out or have intensive training like the army does. Self discipline and strong behavior modification. It's amazing how most people drive properly when a marked police car is around. The trouble is not the rules but the expectation that any idiot or self centred arse hole should be allowed to drive. By the way, my wife is neither an idiot or an arse hole. She just has some irritating driving habits. The phrase I use for these people is they drive with their heads up there arses to various depths. Am I perfect? No, but I try not to stick my head up my arse.
"It is in fact, very easy to drive a safe car very dangerously. Anyone can do that, and lots of people do" Volvo anyone? Personally, I am a Volvo aware driver/rider....
With all due respect don’t speed is poppycock. Speeding doesn’t kill its not leaving as adequate space between you and other motorists so you can stop safely and react. You should always drive at a speed for the conditions of the road - fast during a clear sunny day on a flat road with no traffic and slower perhaps even dare I say it below the speed limit if it’s bad out there - fog, snow, congestion, etc. I’m unsure what it’s like in Australia but in Canada the speed limit on freeways is 100 km/h and the limit is rarely enforced. Similarly the Germans have the autobahn with no preset speed limit and yet the fatalities are much lower than in countries that set and enforce speed limits like the UK or US.
You have no idea how vast majority of Indian drivers drive without seat belt fastened and ride bike without helmets (or without strap fastened).. specially when there is no policeman around.
As a metropolitan bus driver, I consider that I have done my job well if no passenger ever looks up from their phone except to check where they are. If they notice my driving, I've failed. Looking ahead, knowing what is around me and predicting other drivers' stupidity are all vital. I love my job, but a 10 hour shift leaves me mentally spent. Sleeping passengers are the ultimate compliment. I'm not particularly skilled, but I am very bloody vigilant. 80% of the people I share the road with are not focused and, if they are, it's only on getting in front of me at all costs. I've had my licence for 28 years and my last (of only two) traffic infringement was well over 20 years ago.
Good on you. I occasionally catch the bus around my suburb and I admire the patience and steadiness of the drivers. It's a smooth ride but I notice that other drivers don't give way to buses and cut in front. The bus catches them at the next set of lights and their bad driving has been for nothing. People travel way too fast between light sets, that is up to 90 kph in a 60 zone when the average speed is about 40 kph. Their heads are well and truly up their rear ends.
Excellent job Sir/Madam, I cannot comprehend the stress of a full day of city driving, ref Pedestrians, Cyclists, Mobility scooters, cars, etc, all have wide ranging skills, and attention spans.
salute
So true. My dad told me (maybe 40 years ago now) that a driver is judged by his passengers. It's something I've never forgotten and try to keep in mind.
I admire bus drivers. I can't say the same about uber or taxis though.
Even if you are not at fault in the crash, it doesn't matter who is at fault when you are dead. On many dash camera crash videos, I see the non-fault driver just honk their horn for seconds on end, without ever attempting to make a maneuver to avoid the collision all together.
Great point. That's why they teach defensive driving - never assume the other guy is going to stop when he should, turn when he should, etc.
Umm not true.
God will decide if you're at fault
A great proportion of the time when something dicey happens on the road and I have to swerve/take evasive suddenly I don't get time to even use the horn at all until afterward!
5:13 Tactics (choices), pre-journey and during, moment to moment...very good advice. "If you make the right choices, you get home safely, uneventfully, and your passengers will not even know just how hard you worked to make that happen." That is the epitome of a good driver.
Indeed.
A lot of driving schools just teach you how to pass your driving test. I see it every day..
And then the Transport Dept. assessors give you a p*ss easy driving test. New drivers hit the road clueless as to how to really drive.
@@coover65 they don’t really check how well you can drive it’s really just how many head checks you can remember at this point
There should be an ad campaign that shames tailgaters to the point of humiliation. This will save so many lives and hours wasted stuck in freeway traffic.
JC, after successfully getting my teenagers onto their red Ps, I thought I'd write a letter to the NSW Minister for Transport, having seen plenty of appalling driving from 'fully licenced' drivers.
Won't include the letter here, but essentially suggested the following:
1. A closed motor racing circuit or other facility be used for new drivers, so that they can experience how to control a vehicle in a safe and controlled environment, rather than heading straight out onto our roads.
2. That the current yellow L plate scheme be modified to include three colours of L plate, denoting level of experience, as the current system does not indicate how long the driver has been on the road. Whether the learner has 30 minutes or 30 hours is not indicated by the current scheme.
3. That learners must meet minimum hours driving at different times of the day and night, with testing also occurring at night.
I was surprised to get a reply fairly promptly, yet unsurprised to hear that the Minister believes the current system is awesome, but thanks Anthony for your email!
In a career of over 20 years as a First Responder, I have seen the results of road trauma too many times and I wanted to have my say, so to speak...
And to those drivers who thought it would be fun to tailgate learner drivers, you ladies and gentlemen are f#cking imbeciles.
Thanks for releasing this video series John, if it only saves one family from the terrible effects of road trauma, you have succeeded!
Well said! I couldn't agree more with your points but, if we are really serious about SAVING LIVES, I would go further by adding the following:
1. Quality versus quantity instruction. A minimum number of hours with a competent instructor. Critics will sight the cost as a barrier to equal opportunity. Plus, as you said some sort of advanced driving course.
2. The installation of mobile phone disabling technology. You want to use that fricken thing?? - then pull over and turn off the engine. This would be a standard mandatory fitment to any vehicle much like an airbag or seatbelt. I'm fed up seeing the countless number of people seemingly spending more time looking at the phone screen as opposed to looking through the windscreen! Let's be honest, car manufacturers are installing some wonderful infotainment systems that are rivalling home theatre systems. Where is their accountability and responsibility to our safety by providing more distractions than you can 'shake a fist at!'
Just a few stats to put things into perspective; we lose on average 3 people every day on our roads and in the last 60 years around 143, 000 Australians have lost their lives in automobile accidents - more than all the wars Aussies have fought in since WW1- includes WW2, Korea and Vietnam.
Then there is the scourge of drug use becoming so prevalent with 1 in 8 drivers involved in a crash have taken an illicit drug. Really struggling to find some sort of an answer to this one! Perhaps autonomous driving will help address this (that whole notion is fraught with its own set of concerns) given that over 94% of accidents are a result of HUMAN ERROR!!!
I have been teaching Driver Education for over 30 years to year 10 students and will continue doing so if I believe I can make any shred of difference in my little corner of the world.
Unlike you, I have made several passionate pleas to VicRoads with no response! I told them in no uncertain terms that I don't want to be playing 'Russian Roulette' with my life every time I hit the road.
Hello John: Sorry to hear of the fires your having in South Wales, hear in California we had our share of fires and devastation, Happy New Year to you and yours.
You only have to look at the dash-cam footage on RUclips to know that a huge number of accidents are caused by inattention. A driver's job is to drive, nothing else. Paying attention, 100% attention, to what is going on around you all the time will greatly reduce the chance of being involved in a crash. Talking to passengers, looking at a phone screen, looking round at your kids or pet, eating, drinking, anything that takes your attention from what is going on around the car, could easily end up very badly. If everyone simply paid more attention to driving, a whole lot of accidents would easily be avoided.
Too true.
Somehow all the RUclips clips sorta prove all those safety crats and Police wrong.
“Speed kills. Every K over is a killer” Little weenies.Etc etc etc.
What really kills are all the morons behind the wheels with NO idea how to drive.
It’s like drivers get into a car; close the door and turn their brains off.
Or take them out and leave them by the side of the road. “Yeah, I’ll pick that up later”. And forget to do so.
The Pollies and the Cops love their “Speed kills” slogans. Sure it does if you’re stupid enough to do 140kph in. 60 zone. Lose control and hit a tree. And die.
But, the underlying issue is the attitude of the driver.
How many times have you seen cars driven in a manner that indicates the nut holding the wheel should be on the Bus?
I drive ( and ride) on the roads with absolutely no trust in anybody else.
Work on the premise that they’re all idiots who mean you harm.
It's like the pilots' motto: An expert pilot uses their expert decision making to avoid the use of their expert skills.
And another excellent video by Mr. Cadogan!
Teaching my daughters to drive...they are both watching these two videos. Thanks for an excellent summation of the most salient characteristics of a safe driver
Some Hoary old myths about seatbelts ( what if Im trapped in the car and cant get out etc, etc) The FACT is you are far more likely to survive IN the vehicle not thrown out of it or rattled around inside like a pea in a can or smashed into the windscreen. So many videos showing people being thrown out of their vehicles including trucks. Having been in a crash with a rolled truck at nearly 100ks , I walked away with a cut to my head and went to my brother's birthday party 3 days later and back driving a week later. Otherwise I would have ended up in the passenger side which took the big hit when it hit the ground and stopped dead. Mangled or dead probably ( but don't tell my wife that). FYI, I had no trouble releasing my seatbelt which held a 150 Kg me in place through that brutal stop. Stupid people will always justify their stupidity by the one exception rather than the more likely average.
One of the best and rare ads i've seen on driver safety was the race bikers plowing into street obstacles on the race track.
Quote "if i had to face the same obstacles on the race track as you do on the road, I'd probably be dead".
Biggest problem with street speedsters is they forget that the worlds best drivers in the worlds most exuberant and expensive tuned cars on dedicated one-way circuits, still smash up constantly
Hi John, nice clear message, good timing too. I work in the field with a lot of young University Graduates about to start their professional careers often working in remote areas. They often regard driving a vehicle as an annoyance, some even tell me they can’t wait for self driving cars... I struggle with getting the message across that driving a car is a learned/earned skill, few have it as a talent. Your comments on attitude are pertinent to me as well. I will save the links for this episode and the next to forward to my young co workers. Many Thanks
Excellent. Looking forward to Part 2
My driving instructor taught me if your right foot isn't pressing the throttle it might as well be covering the brake. It saves you critical time in a crisis but it also changes your mindset.
Speeding - I constantly see cars passing me at speed when I'm at the speed limit. Lights on in low light and at night - I see many cars without lights on at night or low light. No Blinkers - turning corners or changing lanes with out indication, I see this all the time. The list goes on and on.
Every person who drives or is learning to drive a motor vehicle of any description needs this information rammed down their throat until it sinks in. Current media campaigns won't change driver attitude. Great video John.
My brother and i learnt to drive in a paddock in a 180b. Best way to learn how to drive a car. Sure at the time we were just having fun, driving sideway, doing flick spins, Scandinavian flicks but later now in our driving life that training is invaluable.
You are so right John. How many times have we heard drink driving kills, we have TV shows dedicated on this matter as well yet drivers are constantly caught driving under the influence of alcohol.
Then those same drivers drive unlicensed and still pose a threat to the general public. And it is not even safe in your own home. How often do we see on the news a car crashed into someone’s house.
I don’t know the solution but we definitely need to change people’s attitude that a motor vehicle is potentially a very lethal object.
Great videos, every driver no matter how experienced should watch them. But every time I'm out on the road now all I hear is your voice!!! Keep up the good work..
We are periodically made to sit down and listen to various authorities at work talk about road safety and also think that they are preaching to the converted or not in any way going to change the habits of the wankers.
I think that this is the best thing I have ever seen in regards to road safety and covers stuff that most people don't even consider. Look at the drama caused when electronic services go down and people need fuel or food in an emergency.
Great stuff thank you sir.
The problem here in the UK is that there are a very surprising number of people who should not be driving at all. 8% of drivers do not have vision meeting minimum requirements, 10% do not even have a licence, and i think it was 2% were not old enough to drive in one area. Get that lot off the road and people would be less wound up because of congestion and would take less risks.
With double demerits over Christmas and having a 3 hour drive to holidays (which turned out to be almost 4 hours because of apparent non-existent road works reduced speed limits causing traffic bottlenecks) and being on highway 1 (meaning coppers with a speed camera everywhere hiding behind some structure), I set the car CC 5kph above the speed limit, the GPS told me I was actually driving at the speed limit. So my tactic included to keep a 3 second gap behind the car in front of me. Well, what's the point? It seems just about everyone else going faster than the speed limit (and there were a lot) saw my 3 second gap as an excuse to overtake/pass me and then move into and close my 3 second gap. Very frustrating when one is trying to drive in a defensive manner just to be frustrated by people in an apparent hurry.
@Jim . And I got to add that in most road work zones on the highway between Sydney and Bulladelah, the twin roads would have been safe to drive at least 100kph. But of course it meant someone had to change the signs up to 100 and then reduce them down before work began, and for some authority with 'balls' and the will to implement that decision in order to reduce traffic conjection with no real increased risk. And I loved the stat quoted by some higher up copper on the media about how many speeding fines were issued during the Christmas break, but there was no stat on how many accidents or injuries were caused by those fined, particularly on the fines issued by mail after the event.
Jim I believe that signs at road works when no work is happening becomes dangerous as people tend to ignore the signs when they realise there is nothing happening, consequently we end up with some slowing and some not! In a rural road near here a sign to slow to 40km was left us for six weeks after the work was completed, very dangerous as it was normally a 100km zone! When I reported to Main Roads Dept their response was “don’t you care about safety?”
Alan Wetton Iwas a traffic management consultant to the RTA for a few years and I was constantly appalled at the incredibly lax attitude to safety standards within the organisation. I would constantly pass through dangerous and non compliant roadworks layouts and often wondered how many RTA engineers drove through them and ignored the problems. They didn’t even understand their own standards and still don’t.
Took the words out of my mouth John!! Your best vid yet 👌
As a road safety advocate and involved in the L2P program in Victoria - thanks so much for this PG version - I will be using this to help them. Could you do a PG version of your “blind spot” video?
Wow, what a good video John. Thanks.
Yes, I am a very mediocre driver. Do not love it, but do my best to blend in and be safe for others.
Nice work John 👍
Thanks for another great video John, however I will point out there are no ordinary drivers, everyone is a great driver. I just checked now with those around me at work (all males btw) and I was informed that they are all excellent or awesome drivers. Not one of them is ordinary.
Cheers.
Everyone thinks the average standard of driving is shit, but nobody admits to being below average. It's be easier to admit to having a two-inch (let's call it a...) 'rooster'.
AutoExpert TV yes John, it’s probably easier to get an owner of a South Efrican C Class Merc to admit their car is nothing special.
@rexjames001 It would be impossibly excellent for road safety if I was...
OMG, "Seatbelts!?" I had no idea. 😆 Thanks for all of your well written shows.
I have been riding for over forty years (and driving) have done advanced riding courses etc. I treat all other road users as if they are out to kill me, or at least cause me a lot of pain ! As another user below has said I am mentally exhausted after a days ride, because I am driving for everyone else too ! So far, so good :)
Thanks John, more videos like these please!
Good Day John. Hope all is well. Hopefully You, your Family, and Friends have not been directly affected by the the horrific brush fires. It is so sad what is happening in your incredible country. Aussies are very caring and courageous people, especially the Fire Fighters. Peace to those who were victims of the fires.
I been enjoying you channel for over a year. It is very informative and interesting. Wishing you the best in 2020! - Gene
BRAVO JOHN!! Fantastic - just fantastic. A PG vid on this critically important subject. Ya know what - you're just as engaging in a PG vid as you are in your non-PG vids! Bloody well done. I'm over to part 2 now to be further edified and entertained - yes, both of those - that's your wonderful talent. THEN I'm sitting down with the Speaker Of The House and the kids (2 boys: 1 x learner and 1 x P plater) in front of the big-screen to watch it again with them. Yes, they do know all the swear words and how to use them grammatically but, happily, they do not in and around their family. Therefore very nice I can present this to them on a PG basis. So that's nice! Thank you heaps John.
I've driven and raced karts for 10 years now, and filled a small trophy cabinet for my efforts during that time. I've also done a fair bit of driving on simulators. Unfortunately, however, I have to admit that I'm not Ayrton Senna, Michael Schumacher, Lewis Hamilton, or even Max Verstappen. I am a civil engineer though (highways). The roadside environment is completely different to that of a racetrack. The kerbs that line the edges of the road are high and close by (as I'm sure you know). There isn't much room for error compared to the run off areas that surround race tracks (usually). Also, there is no soft landing usually found at the end of those runoff areas, with a transmission pole or tree usually waiting to greet you if you screw it up. Whilst we do our best to eliminate hazards, the road is not the place to be proving you should be in Formula 1, regardless of how good you think you are. Videos like this help educate everyone on appropriate behaviour on our roads. Thanks for the video John.
I would hope some drivers, particularly the younger mob, realise that their hot exhaust, crackling note and lowered suspension, does not qualify them for immunity from road rules. I suspect then either don't care or they think they have much better skills then other drivers. They also don't have your impulse control which is often the dominant factor in decisions to give the throttle a big stomp. Self awareness and self control, two of the major factors in bad driving.
Thank you for your teachings John, this will be very useful for many viewers. You always come up with ingenious, unique content.
Thanks John, another great vid! I will now watch the second one.........
Great advice John. I am trying to attend a "Ride For Ever course", on an annual basis here in NZ in order to keep up the skills needed to stay upright.
i think of you when im waiting at traffic lights. i no longer point wheels to the corner.
Tactics is indeed important. I once had a slow and wandering driver in front of me that is oblivious to regulations and other visual inputs like double white lines for blind corners and staying in one's lane. It was too dangerous to be overtaking this car and I had to find a Y junction to overtake this car and there is very little of these in the rural area.
Spot on John. As man whom has never been involved in an "altercation" on the road, I Appreciate your words. And, But ? I will STILL always watch for Criminals or Un-fortunate people. Great Vid.
Unsafe drivers are 1) ones who overtake on double line road forcing the car on the other direction to avoid hitting that car. 2) people who do run red lights / stop signs/ giveway signs and pull out infront of cars on roundabouts. 3) drivers who do not keep left at 80km or more that includes middle lane drivers who could be in the empty left lane. This create dangerous situation as other drivers tire of this crap and attempt to overtake needlessly dangerously had they had been able to overtake easily. 4) late lane changers drivers who cut off other drivers because they have almost missed an exit, they too force other drivers to drive defensively to avoid a crash.
Excellent videos I passed it on to family and friends.
Oh John....... trying to teach mere mortals how drive safely in the holiday period on national highways is like pissing in the ocean.
Cover that brake!! Down there
Quite - don't walk around with your 'brake' hanging out...
Thank you.
Good point re the seat belt Ads
My kids ask me why i drive so slow in town. No tickets in 12 years and no accidents in 25. But the ST will pass a truck on the two-lane faster than the old Roadrunner ever dreamed of.
There is race craft, and there is road craft.
Having good race craft is of small value when driving on the road.
Unless you want to drive really really fast
Spot on. A big ego is a major problem.
I have a good advise a trick I do all the time driving a bike always assum you are invisible to other drivers on the road till you are 100% sure they have noticed you
Even then the bastards will often pull out in front of you.
Regarding the distinction between skilful driving and safe driving, I recall a pommie TV program many years ago which claimed that the stats showed that professional racing drivers had a much higher per capita rate of collision on public roads than us plebs.
Was that "Nationwide" in the late 70;s?
Gordon Lawrence Don’t think it was that one Gordon - late ‘90s I think. The data they quoted was more than anecdotal too; it was extracted from collision records in the UK, so was quite compelling.
@@johannesschaller5510 Sounds quite interesting but it could have been any one of at least half a dozen different programmes that would have covered that in the 90's. I was just trying to track it down and couldn't find it.
Gordon Lawrence Maybe some clues in the references provided here: practicalmotoring.com.au/car-advice/why-advanced-driving-courses-dont-always-make-you-a-safer-driver/
@@johannesschaller5510It's more about personality, behavior, chronic attitude and poor impulse control. Skills are very important but people with skills don't ensure against poor behavior. If it were possible, the only way to improve the accident rate, would be to filter out bad behavior with detailed personality analyses or retrain people in a highly diciplined army drill manner.
Prestige sports car drivers with an itch to perform though...solutions?
Hmm...Yoda driving .... reminded me of part of a valedictorian speech for Lady Hale.
I drive 4,000 miles per month mostly freeway
More assitive tech creates more skillfree drivers
The mobile phone brigade here in the UK that continue to drive and use a mobile at the same time needs a wakeup call. If i was given the chance to bring out laws on road issues i would fine them £1000 or 1 month in prison if caught with a phone when driving. If caught drunk driving then it would be 100 grand fine or 10 years in prison. If caught twice you will be banned and jailed for life.
I like this 'PG' version of you Mr Cadogan
6:44 Or who's driving after the party?
An interesting observation about the human mind is that it tends to log close calls and accidents quite thoroughly in a person's memory, yet overlooks the many, many times driving interactions go smoothly. This is due to an engrained attentiveness to personal safety, well cultivated in the fight-or-flight response of a healthy brain.
These people in the comments using exaggerated figures/terms like "90%" and "all the time" when referring to bad drivers are most likely melodramatic whingers that are unaware of this. I challenge these people to go out and take a tally of smooth interactions vs rough ones, to gauge for themselves how positive the ratio really is.
I would like the media to stop referring to collisons as "accidents" ,which implies no one was at fault.
The definition has nothing to do with blame, and everything to do with intention; an accident is when some type of unintentional damage is caused, irrespective of culpability, making it a perfectly appropriate term to use.
Max Millman well stated!
Drive to the Conditions... oh wait, no one teaches that... because SPEED LIMITS...... dpeed limits KILL....... if you are looking at your speedo, you aren't driving....... you are looking at your speedo.................. and oh yeah, SPEED DOESN'T KILL....... lack of SKILL kills..
I've said this before but when riding driving or just walking down the sidewalk you need to beware of stupid at all times.
Stupid is easy to spot as they are in a vehicle and it is moving. And sometimes stupid sits in your lap.
Extra vigilance against stupid needs to be taken near any kind of intersection especially roundabouts and shopping centre carpark entrances and exits. Be especially afraid of stupid when they drive a vehicle with a label like Uber taxi or police on it.
Addendum.
Stupid rarely rides a motorcycle as Darwin takes care of them.
I am currently driving around Thailand 20,000 k's clocked up. Touch wood I'm still in one piece in the land of the worst drivers in the world. But this is great advice we'll done John.
So you are implying that Uber taxis and police cars have a higher accident rate in normal driving situations. Do you have links to your references?
Well said John. Unfortunately a lot of drivers are so dense that common sense does not sink in. Common sense is required to learn and keep the driving skills.
I'm not dieing to drive anymore John😐
-thanks✔️🍻🇺🇸
Safest drivers are those that dont drive
So basically you're telling me to put the pedal to the metal unless I'm in a "Watch for children" area in town... I get it!
But what is my motivation? You didn't give me any inspiration ala Codagon Style...where are the honey pots, the mammary clan, the derriere damsels, the long legged lasses, the Y I like to eat out of?
Oh John, it's the New Year and already you're letting your biggest fan down like a ducks back!
For shame Sheamus, for shame!
(Don't tell anybody, but I'm secretly glad you're doing this PSA.... be careful out there John. I'm sorry your country is turning into Satan's garden... we've sent 200 firefighters down under from the Bay Area in California...the other shitsville. Hope they can give your guys some relief and help... hoping for the best John, but you didn't hear that from me..🤫🤫🤫👍🏻👍🏻)
The NUMBER 1 rule when visiting Australia.
DRIVE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD..
umm.
I mean
The correct side of the road
Which is the left side when going North.
When operating a vehicle, I use the Fatboy Slim mantra; "right here, right now".
As a pro driver for 42 years all I can say is John ...this must be made compulsory viewing for all L platers or anyone else for that matter. you did not hit said nail on head .. you furkin' destroyed it ! If I sat down for a year I could not say what you said so clearly ….much respect !
Most people are accidents and when they move themselves around in tin boxes, sadly those same tin boxes can easily become tin coffins. 😌😪😫
I don't drive until the family buckels up. It doesn't matter how much the kids whine
Camooooooo 👍👍👍
Still seeing stupid Muppets driving whilst using their mobile phones.
Other day some lady on the M1 wobbling all over the road at 110k doing a text or something. Penalty should be $1000 fine and 1 year licence suspension, that's for first offence. Lifetime licence loss for any other repeat offence.
Yes, the same f*+-wits who claim that they are great multitaskers, yet couldn't drive a manual car.
@MichaelKingsfordGray Thanks, Michelle.
I drove through a red light last week.. I'd been working and working was so,so tired and coming down with some bug that on my way home,
One K from my house I right turn through a red arrow.Still can't believe it, I was half way through and "fuck!" Could have killed some poor fucker or even myself.
I'm 55 years old and never had a fine or demerit, Still can't believe I did it.
We all make mistakes. At least you care about your errors and try to avoid these errors. There are people out there that wouldn't realise they red lighted or others that don't care that they did.
every mercedes driver drives their "safer" cars unsafely
Whats the best car in the world?
A hearse....
Cos everyones dying to get in one 🔥
That's a good dad joke. Have you heard this won? What's the difference between an egg and a beetroot? You can beat an egg but you can't beat a root!
With all the hindrance on the roads today you would just about have the Initials of QC after your name . Nothing prepares you more than having a drunk or drug affected person in your driving space or an Asian Driver on an international drivers licence where some how they think that they are the only person on this particular road .
I haven't driven drunk in years now and I check my tire pressure/ washer fluids weekly.
My only real detriment is driving tired even if at less than 30 minutes at a time.
Seat belt adds? I haven't seen any on Netflix or RUclips, crap, hope they don't start wasting my tax money on that now.
i detest this time of year Tourists are just crazy, they see a Koala or Roo near the road, so guess what they often stop in the middle of the road to take a photo, you come over a hill or around a corner and FFSS there is some turkey wanting to capture our wildlife in their native environment, it is just plain dangerous and deadly.
There are certain members of the Global Population that have no Fecken idea when to merge or pull out, i always anticipate the other driver will pull out in front of me, it has saved me a few times.
The most dangerous types are those that steer towards you when you steer away from their error. Also Foreign tourist DO drive on the wrong side of the road over here, its a habitual for them and deadly. Just a lapse in concentration and your dead or maimed!
For roughly the last 6 1/2 years, driving is my job. I do non-emergency medical transportation and do a mix of city, rural and highway driving. I have driven roughly 373,000 miles in that time. I can tell you, that after driving that many miles, you should almost have a 6th sense of what other drivers can and WILL probably do and at what point on the road. Driving will never again, for me, be that most enjoyable activity that I used to look forward to, before I thought everyone on the road cared. There are three basic types of drivers. The first one is a total prick and drives as if he/she owns the road and you should just get out of their way. The second is driving with no clue how to. The third is in la-la-land on their phone texting or having an argument with their wife, girlfriend, daughter, son, husband or boyfriend.
Half the population doesn't understand physics enough to stop following me at an unsafe distance. Half the population are rude drivers trying to own the road. Lots of drivers seem to have something distracting them from actually operating the vehicle 100%. Cancel your F'in signal so you aren't making a left turn and still signaling right. Know where the F you're going so you don't have to cut me off at the exit you prick?
The two biggest problems I see is incorrect mirror set-up and dim-wits more concerned with what's happening 3cm in front of their car than scanning ahead.
I Don't even drive, watched video anyway
I'd add one more rule John , drive like a cop is behind you. Think I've saved heaps of tailgaters fines over the years. the next dick head I see come unstuck, think I'll just take his wallet .ha ha
Keep out of the way of idiots, keep watching, use your mirrors - Freeway speed is out of control
Driver choices are intrisic linked to personality types, human behaviors and thinking processes. There are no road rules that will change an ego centric persons decision to ignore good driving behavior. There are no nagging government authorities that will permanently change a person who doesn't have the basic visio-spatial awareness to understand the physics of vehicle control nor the interaction between their micro-world and other's around them. It is the decisions we automatically make as a driver, conciously and unconciously that determines what we do and the frequency of these actions. My wife rarely uses her indicator early enough to turn corners or change lanes. She is either using blinkers reactively and not premeptively as an effective communication device. I ask her why don't you signal your intentions? She gets irritated and just tells me to shut up and stop telling her how to drive, she has a licence and has never been pulled over by the police. She drives too close to the vehicle in front. I remind her and she backs off for a while, then a minute later she is up someone's arse. These are bad habits or entrenched behaviors linked to her slightly elevated temperament. I think most of the variation in driving would be linked to personality characteristics. I feel the most effect way of to filter out bad driving is to be personality tested and for anything like borderline PD, narcisistic people, bipolar, drug dependent, alcoholics to be either filtered out or have intensive training like the army does. Self discipline and strong behavior modification. It's amazing how most people drive properly when a marked police car is around. The trouble is not the rules but the expectation that any idiot or self centred arse hole should be allowed to drive. By the way, my wife is neither an idiot or an arse hole. She just has some irritating driving habits. The phrase I use for these people is they drive with their heads up there arses to various depths. Am I perfect? No, but I try not to stick my head up my arse.
"It is in fact, very easy to drive a safe car very dangerously. Anyone can do that, and lots of people do" Volvo anyone? Personally, I am a Volvo aware driver/rider....
Some people just shouldn't drive. People just have to die.
Good stuff but you didn't mention the Scandinavian Flick which, I'm sure you will agree, is what safe driving is all about. Go sideways:-) Bruce
im dying to drive, i dont have a car and even 2nd hand here is very expensive :'(
Confiscate all tailgating peoples cars, send those cars to auction. Use that money for education.
You're welcome.
Tailgating is not the worse drive ng crime.
Driving a BMW is. They're all assholes
@@appletree8441
You can't confiscate someone's car just because they have poor taste. You have to wait until those BMWs tail gate, and then you can!
And also confiscate the cars of halfwits who get into the overtaking lane on motorways and then dont overtake and wont get out of the way.
Tesla show come on do it
You're dead right awesome video
😁
With all due respect don’t speed is poppycock. Speeding doesn’t kill its not leaving as adequate space between you and other motorists so you can stop safely and react. You should always drive at a speed for the conditions of the road - fast during a clear sunny day on a flat road with no traffic and slower perhaps even dare I say it below the speed limit if it’s bad out there - fog, snow, congestion, etc. I’m unsure what it’s like in Australia but in Canada the speed limit on freeways is 100 km/h and the limit is rarely enforced. Similarly the Germans have the autobahn with no preset speed limit and yet the fatalities are much lower than in countries that set and enforce speed limits like the UK or US.
Drive a car like a competent pilot flying a plane....and you’ll avoid @ 99% dangers
Rated PG but I'm sure the profanity in the comments like limericks will still happen 😛
I fucking hate those limericks...
@@AutoExpertJC 😂😂😂😂
You have no idea how vast majority of Indian drivers drive without seat belt fastened and ride bike without helmets (or without strap fastened).. specially when there is no policeman around.
"If you want eo live... keep on watching!". A bit "click-baity", eh?