There was no flash at 1:10, the headlights raised as they are going over the speed bumps look brighter. Same thing happens with two vehicles coming over the brow of the hill, they flash each other thinking the other one has main beams on.
The Yaris was going way too fast anyway, I doubt they even realised there was a give way line there. There was barely a second between the "flash" and the impact.
Pro tip for secured loads: always plan a place to stop within 2 or 3 minutes of departing (and always before a national speed limit) to check the load hasn't shifted and become less secure. It can also help to walk away and walk back after securing your load. The fresh perspective may help you spot a mistake
8:35 "My viewer gets a smashed windscreen. But you'll never guess how". Unless of course it's in the title of the video. Good video as always Ashley :)
Clip at 00:44 happens to me so often pulling into my street. Really tight corner and people have a tendency to park on double yellows (just out of view from the main road), meaning you need to slow down more to make sure you arn't going to plow into someone. Despite signalling early and giving the break a squeeze to alerts those behind you are slowing down, you still get people nearly running into the back of you, giving you a death stare or a tap of the horn. So impatient, me me me attitude.
Happens on a corner very near me as well. When turning in from one direction, it's deceptively tight and you can't see all the way around the bend so I slow right down to take the corner. As it's shortly after a 30mp changing to a 50mph I deliberately slow early, keep to one side, and signal early to make it obvious what I'm about to do but I'm amazed the amount of people who nearly go into to the back of me or zoom around the outside without looking whether anything is emerging.
Happens to me on a fast single-carriageway road turning into our single-track lane. It takes a lot more shepherding of the people behind to avoid them doing a panic stop.
I've had people beep me from behind too when doing the same thing... turned out one of my indicator bulbs had gone so people just saw me slowing and turning with no announcement of what I was doing. This could be the same for the clip we see, who knows. 🤷♂
4:18 Your comment is bang on “I would have seen this and slowed”. Yes the taxi was in the wrong but The cyclist saw this and carried on and rode straight into danger.
Neither were ready for the lights to change, which they did before they went through it. The following 2 cyclists just carried on after the lights had turned red too. Poor all round.
In advanced driving, in general you do not do any straight lining for view if there is a vehicle behind you who can see you doing it, as it can cause confusion and also possibly block overtakes.
In advanced driving we remember SLAP. Is it Safe, is it Legal, is it Advantageous (could be for view) and will it be OK by the Perceptions of other road users? Four "yes" answers and you are OK. One "no" and you don't go, as a rule. Van driver failed on Safe (especially the last corner) and definitely failed on Perception.
@@R04drunner1 No doubt the same principle would apply to "Don't signal unless it's of benefit to another road user". Particularly the Perception part. Imagine for example carrying out a manouvre as simple as a lane change. Traffic far enough behind you to not be affected by your non signaled lane changes. But what sort of perception might other drivers well behind you have of your general standard of driving if they see you make repeated lane changes with no signal? And all just for saving yourself tipping the indicator stalk with one finger.
If you moving for a vew in a large van, the person behind you has not got a clear enough view to be overtaking, but I do agree with your main point just not the last bit about blocking an overtake
In my experience,(about 35 years), keeping your distance is one of the main standards to uphold when driving, especially if the vehicle in front appears to be moving erratically or dangerously: it reduces the possibility of your getting involved in a potential accident and it may give other people some space to avoid a collision. Thanks a lot for your videos. Regards from Spain.
After driving in Asia for so long, it confuses me to see British carparks still park bonnet first, instead of reverse parking. The turning circle reversing is much tighter and easier to get into narrow gaps (spaces here often not big enough to open both doors) - but can Brits be persuade to reverse park? It's easier to get in and easier to get out.
People are sodding lazy, as you say, it's easier to reverse park in than to reverse out, they lack the intelligence and are just too lazy, that and they need to load up their boots with all the crap they buy. As the cars have gotten bigger/longer, there's no longer space behind the vehicle to load the boot, putting groceries on the back seats/footwells is seemingly too difficult a task!
Reversing in and driving out of parking spaces is much better simply because of visibility issues, but there's no difference between the forward and reverse turning circles of a vehicle with conventional (Ackermann) steering.
1:10, they weren't flashing, that was because they hit a speedbump and it made their headlights appear to flash but really it was their low beam just going up then down due to the speedbump.
As per the old joke: Golfer: Oh My GOD! The club just slipped from my hand and ended up causing a major accident on the bypass. What should I do? Friend: Well I'd interlock my fingers a bit more at the start of the swing and bend the knees more...
On the subject of carparks, a big well done to Asda is Worcester who has repainted the car park, not only with larger spaces, but with gaps between the spaces so there is room to open doors.
A welcome improvement that some other supermarkets are also doing, and a great help to most of us, but it doesn't stop Mister Entitled parking his Chelsea tractor across two bays because he can.
I think Ashley that you lay too much at the door of the updated Highway Code, I suspect very few road users or pedestrians have changed their ways because of them. The cyclist in the clip seeing stationary traffic, had probably already decided on his actions without considering the traffic may start moving before he got there.
Surely it was already a thing to allow people/vulnerable road users to cross in these situations long before the updates which just strengthened matters. I've been letting people cross at these types of situations for decades, both when I drive and when I cycle. it's basic hazard perception afterall, you remove the hazard that you in your motorvehicle present to vulnerable parties by simply allowing them to go on their way. There's no need to worry whatsoever then as to what is going to happen because you controlled the situation by removing the potential dangerous outcomes through a simple bit of decision making. it costs you nothing in terms of time yet people feel happier and safer and are more likely to pass that on to others. The driver in this instance should have been looking around them to assess who was in the vicinity and either waited or waved the cyclist across, it's not that hard to do tbh.
@@ynotnilknarf39 having watched the earlier clip when someone crashed potentially after mistaking a flash for permission, I'd suggest that's ample warning not to signal a cyclist to cross. Best practice as discussed here before would be to hold position and let the cyclist/pedestrian etc make their own choice. In this particular incident it again appears that both road users presumed that the other wasn't going to move, and then involved themselves in the incident. The car driver should absolutely have checked both sides before moving, but the cyclist should also have been checking to make sure the driver had seen they were about to move off. If either one had been more observant, there wouldn't have been a collision.
@@mcdon2401 Well the situation of waving someone right next to your windscreen is utterly different to a supposed flash that the driver at the T junction who pulled out could not have seen in any case due to the angle of where the vehicles were. they simply pulled out without looking. You still need to look around you as a driver, particularly when pulling away from a stop, or had you forgotten that basic bit of driving that you were taught? Also due to the fact you are in a huge mass of metal and the persons at the side of the road are vulnerable you should absolutely be ensuring you allow them to do what they need to do to get where they are going, this removes any chance whatsoever of harm to them, it also makes others behave in a better way.. That it also could be that they have priority in the first instance seems to have avoided you.
@@ynotnilknarf39 it hasn't avoided me in the slightest, but you're once again ignoring the simple fact that NOBODY should be relying on everyone else for THEIR safety. I believe Ash's last video said it best, "I had priority" doesn't make much difference on a headstone. Road users have a responsibility to other road users to act safely, but that means keeping themselves safe just as much as it means keeping everyone else safe. Doesn't matter who you are or what you're doing, your rights come with responsibilities, and number 1 on that list is keeping yourself safe.
5:36 a habit from driving big vehicles is that when I slow or stop for something I stay further back and pick a position so people nehind can see what I've slowed down for. I thi k I may have prevented at least one overtake-into-t-bone, so it's a habit I'll stick to :-)
3:40 It will always amaze me why people which such poor spatial awareness choose to drive cars such as SUVs and crossovers. I think the owner of that Audi would be better suited in the yellow KA that they ran into.
It happens all the time. I think poor drivers may actually gravitate to SUVs because the higher position makes them feel they can see where they're going.
1:09 I think the flash might've been because the car went over those square speed bumps. I often see people pulling out of junctions with speed bumps nearby on dull or rainy days, and inconveniencing fellow road users because they assume that they're being given priority. Edit: I need to learn to read a few comments before posting my own lol. A lot of people have cottoned onto this, thankfully.
7:42 [looks familiar] The main A27 between Portsmouth and Chichester has this identical problem. The drainage was incorrect when built so the 1st lane floods in heavy prolonged rain. At night it is almost impossible to see the water and you aquaplane when you hit it. At 60MPH it is just about controllable. At 70 or plus you spin and hit the central barrier.
Why would you be doing the maximum speed limit at night and even more so after it has rained heavily? Surely standing water and a wet slippery road is a possibility on almost any road after heavy rainfall right, it's not uncommon and for drivers to say it's impossible to see simply highlights the standard of driving/attitude were drivers keep going at the maximum if not more when they can't see shit. HC rule 126, drive at a speed you can stop well within the distance you can see to be clear, if you can't see what's in front of you you're either not looking/seeing properly or you're going too fast, more likely a bit of both but certainly the latter. When it has rained and it's after dark, slow down, it's a maximum LIMIT in the best conditions, so you'd be doing 50 in a 60 zone at most, which gives you more time to react to what you already should know is likely to be a hazard, like standing water etc.
@@ynotnilknarf39 That’s exactly my point, When I used to do stand by call out during bad weather storms I would drive up this road late at night about 55MPH in case I came across a flooded part with other cars zooming past at 70 or 80. Later On the way back i would often see BMWs wrecked in the central barriers just as shown in this vid.
In the days before air-conditioning I was driving down the motorway with my window open on a very hot day A stone entered the vehicle, bounced around a bit, then hit me on the back of the head. Lesson learnt
One time I was pulling into a parking lot and somehow a Hair Clip feel from the sky and into my car and I still don't know how that happen and I even kept it after that.
My daughter had a similar situation to 0:26 on her driving test and was marked down for holding up traffic rather than mounting the pavement to clear a turning vehicle. The examiner and instructor disagreed on this point.
Wow. Yes, driving on the pavement slowly when there is DEFINITELY nobody there is a pragmatic solution. But illegal. How on Earth can the examiner justify marking a candidate down for refusing to perform an illegal manoeuvre?
The thing is was there actually enough space to proceed without mounting the pavement? I suspect there may have been but your daughter incorrectly judged there was insufficient without mounting the pavement and therefore held back.
@@pocky1scot1 It's not really scary. The examiner has to judge things as they happen. The assertion is that this is an issue of should one mount or not mount the pavement. Whereas it is more likely to be an issue of is there sufficient or insufficient room to drive past while staying on the road. I believe that no examiner would think it appropriate to mount the pavement to get past someone turning right.
@@keith6400 I'd be intrigued to know if the instructor actually wrote down that Pater Walter's daughter should have mounted the pavement to pass a car turning right. If so, that would be immediate grounds for appealing the result. From memory, even touching the kerb on a three point turn was considered unacceptable, let alone mounting it. I suspect it more likely that the examiner thought there was room to pass to the left without doing so. Also, I would doubt a single instant like that would be sufficient on its own to cause a failure.
I came across a Delta driver a couple of weeks ago when I was delivering to Parfetts in Anfield. He was very patient with me while I was backing into Parfetts.
It happened to a lad I used to work with years ago. He explained that he was driving down the motorway and a drill bit fell off the back of a truck and wrote his car off. I asked how a drill bit did that.... it was one off a concrete breaker, 4 feet long and probably about 20kg. Wrecked the front of his car, cracked the sump and battered the floor pan.
Re the “.. small engined city cars..” spin out. I cannot recommend enough some skid training. I have done this (not official training but making use of heavy snowfall in empty industrial areas while delivering), and as a result, when I span out on a roundabout in heavy snow, I slipped the car into reverse & was off the roundabout fluidly, where I then turned round. Disappointed no one was around to see it. (I Think I was caught out by an unseen iced lump under further snow, my speed was about 10mph)
Hi Ashley, this will shock you. I drove into Liverpool the other day and didn't experience any incidents at all! Well, one vehicle ahead of me did jump a red light, but do we even count that in the Pool these days? 😄
Well I had a scare yesterday driving back from Cromer through some back roads and small villages. About to pass through Burnham Market on a fairly narrow road, I spotted a motorcycle coming towards me, with a sidecar, not all that unusual round these parts, however, what caught my attention was the bloody great big goose that was flying right beside the motorbike, on my side of the road. Seconds later it whizzed over my car as I ducked my head for some unknown reason... Not laughed so nervously for ages 😆
Ftr, it’s”FORE!” Not Four. Was that flying out of frustration over hooking/slicing, or did someone just lose their grip…. Goes to show you NEVER know whats round the corner! On That note, I was talking with a Police Advanced Driver the other day & they recounted one event in their training. Approaching a totally blind sharp left bend, they slowed considerably, & the instructor asked why. They replied you just never…. & at that point an artic came round the bend on their side. I think the instructor was seeking clarification on the decision, as it wasn’t specified, rather than encouraging to go faster. I believe commentary driving is also part of the advanced training
Ah, golf, the sport of the gods! I'm betting that was someone having a practice swing in the garden behind one of those houses. - Practising their grip might also be advisable.
honestly, i too did a poor emerge pulling out today, due to poor visibility because of parked cars and the car coming sat on their horn instead of just slowing down a bit and shortly after a van did the same to me when crossing in front of me in an intersection, i could have used my horn but i just slowed and that fixed it.
Happens to everyone, we can't be perfect all the time. If you've not merged badly, you've not been driving long enough 😂 A lot of people just seem to lack patience, understanding and compassion unfortunately 😕
Even though it was awful and I feel sorry for the driver, the last clip made me chuckle, could've been much worse. Excellent clips today, thanks for sharing
Nothing to do with this video in particular but has anyone else noticed a lot of people attaching dash Cams in the middle of their windscreen rather than tucking it up behind the rear view mirror? I just think it's ironic they'll likely have some nice HD footage at some point of a collision they caused by having a massive blind spot from the camera blocking their view ahead.
Yep, a few times I've seen phones stuck to the windscreen above the steering wheel directly Infront of drivers vision. I was chatting to a copper many years ago who had recently stopped a lady driving all over the road, she had a tom tom stuck to the windscreen above the steering wheel and was following the rolling road on the screen. 🤷🤯
I think theres no one who can say they have never ever performed a poor emerge. BUT the difference in drivers is what you do about it afterwards. Do you A. Get up to speed as quickly and safely as you can and offer an apology to the driver you caused to slow. (Be that a flash of hazards or a wave of some sort) or B. Like most now just sit there and dawdle along making no effort to get with the flow of the road and completely disregard anyone else and stay in your own little world. Back when I was taught my instructor said you should never cause anyone else to swerve,slow or swear!
True and definitely in this case, though even the little bumps in the can do it, most recent cars like the SuVs and similar sized have high level headlights because of the bulbous front end that most cars are getting, because of this they regularly look like they're flashing you, some like the Range Rovers sit so high that they permanently dazzle drivers especially when parked behind you in traffic, they blast straight into your car and mirror.
a few days ago, here in Vancouver BC Canada, a steel pole similar to the ones that came off the truck at aroun 7:05 of the vid DID penetrate the windshield of the vehicle behind... and the speeds were closer to 70km/h than 70mph! fortunately the occupants of the following vehicle were not injured! Cheers!
@@themittonmethod1243 Well Hello there! Ah yes, the good old Second Narrows Bridge, aka The Ironworkers Memorial Bridge. Driven across it many times to and from the North Shore. Took me a while to figure out all the exits and lane configurations when heading southbound just as you come off the bridge deck. Speaking of Lower Mainland bridges, you've now reminded me of those "ice bombs" on the "new" Port Mann Bridge and a year or two later, also on the Alex Fraser Bridge along Hwy 91. Driven over the Alex Fraser bridge many times as well, to and from the Peace Arch border crossing. Thankfully, I've never encountered those ice bombs myself but recall the news footage of it on both bridges, with many cracked windshields. I know that they have since put those so called "sliders" on the bridge cable stays to clear any ice that may form. All is well with me, still in the UK btw. Saw on CTV News Vancouver that's you've been enjoying unseasonally warm weather in the Lower Mainland.
@@themittonmethod1243 Ah yes good old Abby! One of the things I like in the Lower Mainland is driving west on Hwy1 on a clear winters day and seeing the view of the North Shore Mountains from around the Burnaby Lakes stretch and around the exit for Canada Way. The contrast of high rise apartments in the foreground and the snow capped North Shore mountains in the background is always quite stunning. I'm sure you can relate.
Looking at the direction of spin, I'm inclined to go with thrown...unless grip was lost on the mother of all upswings (which I'd guess/expect to be less power), I'd expect the club end to be swinging up on the direction of travel. Looks to me more like someone has been practicing their axe throws with the soon to be ex hubbies golf kit - to give them some credit, that looks to be mighty impressive throw! But yeah, somebody clearly not thinking straight at the other end of that...
That was my clip. It was definitely thrown over the row of terraced houses. There is no golf course there. When the police viewed my video, they said I was very lucky but they were unable to pursue it as there was no way they could identify the person.
Tiny Damhead, a handful of houses scattered around. A702 just outside Edinburgh. Ski centre access and bus terminus on the right, 40mph reduced from NSL a few years back. Notorious junction just ahead. A702 to Abington M74 climbs off to the right, A703 to Penicuik and Peebles splits to the left. Really awkward to get out from A703 towards Edinburgh with limited vision both ways. To add to the pleasure another road drops off to the left used as a bit of a rat run to avoid slow traffic at Straiton junction of A720 City Bypass. A historic RTC location.
I agree about instructions standards seeming to slip, the other day on the M1 there was a driving instructor sat in the blind spot of the coach for ages, I knew he was there as I had seen him before he entered it but it could have caused a collision had I not known he was there and changed lanes. It was the instructor driving not a pupil.
A clip of a golf club smashing a windscreen as the car drove along a dual carriageway is a good clip to come off the back of with a link to buy a dashcam. Imagine trying to explain that to an insurance company without that footage. :)
I do think that the bus lane's solid white line should mean you're not allowed out of the bus lane if you have entered it. Motor bikes are my biggest bugbears as they come in and out creating a mobile menace.
I think the general rule of "do not cross or straddle a solid white line" is a good one, but with bus lanes it is a little bit more hazy, for example many bus lanes are only in operation for part of the day, and sometimes buses (and other allowed vehicles) may need to leave the bus lane to turn right, or pass another vehicle. Motorcycles are not always allowed to use bus lanes, signs will say if they are or not.
The problem of once in, always in is that all the vehicles in that lane have to travel at the speed of the slowest bus, which can make the bus lane unviable for some buses when others have lots of passengers to pick up.
2:20 I used to drive buses on some rural routes. On roads like this I'd deliberately pull over to let any vehicle behind me pass, so I could straddle the line and get a better view ahead, have a bit more margin between my vehicle and the nearside kerb… whereas if there's a car behind me I need to keep left just in case they feel like overtaking.
Ashley, while solid lines are there for a reason there is a stipulation in the Highway Code that when traffic is stationary, it is legal to overtake on double white lines while keeping speed below 10mph. It's essentially a biker filtering exemption. However, the biker should have been 'hopping' cars, pass 1, tuck in and check, pass 1, tuck in and check etc. Instead they just went blindly along the line.
There was (still is?) a golf course in Bulwell, Nottm and despite there being high nets, golf balls would occasionally fall from the sky as you were driving past but never saw a golf club do it.
I once stopped to babysit a broken-down vehicle while the tow was on its way, and while I was there I collected about 15 golf balls that went astray from the course on the other side of the road. (the driver'd got another vehicle to take him about his business)
5:36 I find a lot of issues with mobility scooters in the road is that they can't always find a dropped kerb to make their way back onto the pavement and have to travel in the road for a short distance until one appears. However you need to bear in mind they might be elderly, lost, confused or all 3 so it's better to either hang back a little and see what they're doing. Otherwise stop safely and make sure they're okay.
I was going to ask about this myself, there's clearly 2 that went through that red right and possibly 3 because the last guy looked to be maintaining speed. Wouldn't this be as illegal as anyone else going through any other red light?
i wouldn't say both at fault then if the "flash" was caused by a speedbump. because the driver that got hit never flashed if it was caused by dipped headlights on while going over a speed bump and were proceeding normally along the road. i have a rule of thumb, if there's speed bumps on a road i'm joining, ignore a flash. because it probably isn't one
The overtake at ~1:33, but motorbikes just like cyclists are allowed to filter, but the crossing solid white lines need to be tested and defined by a court, because as it currently stands even the traffic officers don't know because the wording in the HC is " Exceptions are: if it is safe to do so and you need to enter premises adjoining the carriageway or a side road. In addition, it is permissible to cross the line as necessary and provided the road is clear, to pass a stationary vehicle." and when tested with police officers by a study (small only 12 officers and 1 sgt) it was evenly split 6 officers thought it was fine because the vechicals are stationary so your permitted under the code, 6 thought it was not because "stationary means parked", the sgt was open to either way and did not know. I'm not sure stationary means parked in this instance because the highways code does use versions of "park" when talking about vechicals being "parking", "parked"...
I cycle mostly for transport (since the 1980s as a teen) and was an advanced driver (I gave up my vehicle 5 years ago but drive my partners car once every two weeks or so when we go out). In all honesty I'd rather the lines were not even there but truly enforced speed limits that were lower on almost every road type as well as better testing and continued testing/training. The way I see it, it's either safe to overtake/pass or it's not, and to be safe there needs to be a margin within that assessed safety. The trouble is that's subjecteive, but by progressing slower you have more time to assess/plan what to do and where. More direction/control often leads to more errors in the longer run, we see this in the sporting arena as well with officials over officiating in a subjective manner instead of forcing the onus onto the participants to judge what is within the rules, then penalising if needs be for a transgression with heavier punishments the greater the transgression, within motoring circles there is hardly any threat/jeopardy these days. Also, the way driving has gone over the last 120 years, faster vehicles that grip the road like sports cars have made matters worse, trying to overcome that with driver aids only helps to a certain point and then you regress again. Stationary is stationary, however in one scenario the vehicle/s are more likely to move off, ergo you have to take more into account because of that, and where they are positioned. A parked vehicle is more likely to be right up to the edge of the lane, a stationary vehicle in what we see in this veideo is more likely to be central within the lane which reduces the available space down the offside. Unless you can see far enough to spot a place you can pull safely back into the lane, a right filter that you wish to take or entrance to turn into that does not interfere with other road users (of any sort), then you should not be filtering or crossing the white line. This is mostly about impatience, the typical MGIF because you can, even if it's deemed safe, but then that safety assessment is impacted by so many things, including the wearing of a helmet, both for motorcyclists and cyclists, as well as the steel cage for car/van/lorry/bus drivers
I'm not taking a side on what that rider did I'm just stating that what Ashley says about solid white lines is not nessiserily what's defined in the highways code and it has not been clarified by a high court who can set law by president, hence why I said it needs "to be tested" in court the interpretation needs defining and that's why high courts and/or supreme courts need to rule but someone has to challenge it that far for that to be done
At 1:09 there wasn't a flash. The oncoming driver drove over a speed hump, which momentarily raised and then lowered the car's headlamps making it look like a flash. I hate speed humps. They are a danger to car safety. (The exact same thing happened to my pastor's wife, when an emerging driver drove out in front of her thinking she had flashed him out.) Going over the speed humps provides unnecessary wear and tear to suspension components. It also makes the journey painful for vulnerable car occupants. I had to drive my wife out of hospital across speed humps just after her lumber fusion surgery. I was super careful but it was still agony for her. The story from the clip is be careful, both when emerging onto a road with speed bumps and when driving down such a road with your headlamps on.
in the states, it is the opposite: spaces are getting smaller, and some of the cars are remaining the same size. but the funny thing is, it is more often than not, the smaller cars that have trouble getting inside the space.
I witnessed a scooter in London entering a mini roundabout beside a car and then overtaking the car who was turning right as the scooter went straight. You can’t make this shit up.
that collision at 1:21. i don't think there was even a flash, at 1:25 we can see a speed bump behind the collision and going over a speedbump with your dipped lights on can make it seem like your flashing your full beams.
The first one was because of the Volkswagen’s positioning to take the right turn. The road is more than wide enough for the person turning right to not block traffic. The second one had no reason to drive that slowly around the corner, it was obviously clear. The third one didn’t flash, he went over a speed bump, giving the appearance of a flash.
7:49 Car slows to a stop on the only open lane! I know they were checking to see if they could help, but they could easily have caused another accident.
Six of one, half a dozen of the other - everyone should be crawling past that accident scene anyway, but yes, better to pull over in the lee of the Merc wreckage if you feel the need to communicate with anyone at the scene.
What on earth are you talking about? Did you not see there was somebody in the road emerging from besides that crashed Mercedes? Slowing down and stopping is exactly what somebody should do in the circumstances. Also, they could not "easily have caused another accident". Firstly they put in their hazard warning lights, second it would have been abundantly clear in the rear view mirror that they'd been seen and the car behind (the cammer in this case) was slowing down. There were also others on foot in the road ahead. Finally, anybody travelling so fast that they couldn't avoid the slowing car with hazard warning lights showing should not be on the road. Everybody, but everybody should, at most, be crawling past the scene of that accident with people on foot around. The driver with the hazard warning lights did absolutely nothing wrong.
No, they wuldn't have caused an 'accident' (it's an incident, accident presumes no fault), the only persons causing an incident in this situation after the intial one would be the those driving behind, in which case they would be acting criminally. instead of blaming innocent parties, take a look at those whom actually cause shit to happen by going too fast, not looking/distracted and simply not having the capacity to be a safe driver (which is the majority on our roads). I bet you blame kids getting stabbed for not wearing stab vests and cyclists who don't wear helmets that get crushed by HGV drivers that left hook etc!
no, a blind spot is when there is bodywork instead of window between where your head is and where you are trying to see. not everybody drives a fishbowl.
@@kenbrown2808 You have to make a slight adjustment with your head to see everything behind both pillars. You also have to make a bigger adjustment to see out both windows. That doesn't mean they are blind spots. Too much of this "but you were in my blind spot" rubbish and trying to put the blame of a collision on the innocent party, Believe me, blind spots don't exist.
That turn at 1:00 is a tiny street that leads to a clinic. It's often very busy, narrow, and often has cars parked up one side making it narrower. Sometimes you can't turn in at all if cars are waiting to get out.
I did a poor emerge yesterday that was very close. I was crossing a short section of road to go into Tesco. The road comes up from the A27 as a dual carriageway on a curve limiting visibility, then closes down to single lane by a hatched off area, then a short lane opens on the left of that lane for traffic to the superstore, which then has to give way to cars crossing from the right into the store. This set up often leads to collisions, so I was watching this area closely. A small car came bombing around the lower section of dual carriageway, shifted onto the single lane section with his left turn indicator on, moved over the centre line between the straight on and left turn lanes. At this point I made the mistake of looking right to where the giveaway marking are, across the junction, anticipating he wasn't going to stop and give way to me at them, and he was on me, still with the left indicator on but going straight ahead. We stopped with millimetres to spare but it was close. He must have left his indicators on from turning off the A27, and everyone drives up that section of dual carriageway so fast you have a split second to make a decision. Lesson learned all over again; make sure they are definitely turning before moving, especially if they look like they think road driving is part of a GTA game.....
I think that motorcyclist would argue they were not overtaking but instead filtering. It still doesn't excuse being in the oncoming lane on a blind bend.
I remember as a kid my dad driving alongside Newquay golf club and a golf ball striking the car but I would have jumped if a club broke my screen, I think the driver in this clip did well. A couple of years ago I was almost struck in the head by a rugby ball while on a motor scooter, a kid was throwing it across the a city street to his mate on the other side. I saw the potential consequence if I had been hit, I pulled up, dismounted and gave the teenager a piece of my mind. I don't think he was used to being spoken to in the way I did, but I don't think he will do anything as dumb again, it didn't hurt that I was in uniform at the time.
I agree. But the flash doesn't really enter into it anyway. If you think someone's flashing you out, you wait until it's certain they're letting you go, and you make sure it's clear in all directions for you to do so.
8:45 How in the world does a *golf club* get airborne? Did the golfer forget to hold on to the club mid-swing? 🤣 Seriously, I hope that the repair cost was covered by some insurance!
1:32 - that motorcyclist is breaking the law by crossing the double line system to overtake when the line nearest is solid . That is not filtering and there is no exemption , except for emergency riders on a call .
At 5:24: In North America (I can't speak for the UK) it is illegal for cyclists to ride their bikes through pedestrian crosswalks, meaning that they do not get priority unless they are walking their bike through the crossing. I don't know if the law that was enacted in the UK in 2022 also includes a subtext preventing cyclists from riding through the crossings. It is, nevertheless, quite dangerous to ride bicycles faster than walking speed on crosswalks and sidewalks, regardless of what the laws state.
crash at 3:49, think this is also what i like to call crappy car syndrome, if they see a less expensive car they take less care about parking next to them. My old KA was hit and scraped up and no notes left loads of times. Never been the case in my new fiesta.
Don't think that was a flash at 1:20. I think it was the car going over the speed bumps which made it look like it was flashing. Maybe another valid reason to not react when you see/or think you see someone flashing.
The call for bigger spaces is just a race to the bottom, that person choose a vehicle that was out of their skill level and ill-suited for the environment they're driving in.
This, bigger cars on the outside but no more space on the inside, it's all the so called protective crap that makes the vehicles builkier and heavier which in turn makes vehicles in the hands of inept humans even more likely to kill and maim. hence why the KSI figures haven't improved in recent times, and certainly even further back it's not down to the so called 'improved' braking or brighter headlights (which simply makes driver faster more likely at night). Drivers taking more risks thinking they are safer and take up more amount of space on the highway combines amongst other things to bring about worse outcomes. Motorcars should have maximum widths at least. my old 2001 Passat estate looks tiny now compared to the ridiculous behemoth types on our roads.
There is a golf course with a hole that runs alongside a main road that descends a fairly steep hill. Although there is a fence, occasionally a golf ball will escape. I was almost hit by one that bounced over me whilst cycling down the hill. Easy way to get a few free golf balls from the drain covers further down though.
0:44 I feel that driver. My road has these blue hoardings block most of the view especially where predestinations cross from near to far so I end up having to go from 40 to 5 then full gas up the hill. On the main 40 road I’ve had cars almost go into the back of me from this
There was no flash at 1:10, the headlights raised as they are going over the speed bumps look brighter. Same thing happens with two vehicles coming over the brow of the hill, they flash each other thinking the other one has main beams on.
Yeah I was thinking the same thing
Agreed, the car that "Flashed" went over a bump.
The Yaris was going way too fast anyway, I doubt they even realised there was a give way line there. There was barely a second between the "flash" and the impact.
That's what I was going to say.
@@Rover200Power It is a Toyota, ipso facto, a BAD DRIVER WITHOUT ANY BRAINS.
I wondered where my golf club had gone!
Really need to shorten that backswing
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@@catrinamoy8101 r/LostRedditors
That reminded me of the scene in the film Caddyshak where he throws his club! “It slipped out of my hands”!
Pro tip for secured loads: always plan a place to stop within 2 or 3 minutes of departing (and always before a national speed limit) to check the load hasn't shifted and become less secure. It can also help to walk away and walk back after securing your load. The fresh perspective may help you spot a mistake
Interesting to see one of my own clips! "Just about enough but anticipation needs a little work" fair comment Ashley, I hope to do better next time!
8:35 "My viewer gets a smashed windscreen. But you'll never guess how". Unless of course it's in the title of the video. Good video as always Ashley :)
Clip at 00:44 happens to me so often pulling into my street. Really tight corner and people have a tendency to park on double yellows (just out of view from the main road), meaning you need to slow down more to make sure you arn't going to plow into someone. Despite signalling early and giving the break a squeeze to alerts those behind you are slowing down, you still get people nearly running into the back of you, giving you a death stare or a tap of the horn. So impatient, me me me attitude.
Happens on a corner very near me as well. When turning in from one direction, it's deceptively tight and you can't see all the way around the bend so I slow right down to take the corner. As it's shortly after a 30mp changing to a 50mph I deliberately slow early, keep to one side, and signal early to make it obvious what I'm about to do but I'm amazed the amount of people who nearly go into to the back of me or zoom around the outside without looking whether anything is emerging.
Happens to me on a fast single-carriageway road turning into our single-track lane. It takes a lot more shepherding of the people behind to avoid them doing a panic stop.
I've had people beep me from behind too when doing the same thing... turned out one of my indicator bulbs had gone so people just saw me slowing and turning with no announcement of what I was doing. This could be the same for the clip we see, who knows. 🤷♂
What happens when you repeatedly report the illegal parking?
4:18
Your comment is bang on “I would have seen this and slowed”.
Yes the taxi was in the wrong but The cyclist saw this and carried on and rode straight into danger.
Riding into danger could've made him quite a tidy sum of money - and got him off work for some time!
Neither were ready for the lights to change, which they did before they went through it. The following 2 cyclists just carried on after the lights had turned red too. Poor all round.
@@garyphisher7375 Or got him off the list of the living. I'd rather be working and poorer than dead.
Cyclists hate to lose momentum; some would rather crash then pull a brake lever.
Is it a bird?
Is it a plane?
No, it’s a golf club? 💥
It wasn't an eagle nor an albatross either
Love that some Irish submissions were shown, it's great that you've so many viewers from around the world submitting.
Great fun seeing my commute route on the bad driving videos 😅
That's me singing Love is a roller-coaster at 06:40 Ballymun r'about to M50 northbound, sorry I was a bit out of tune
In advanced driving, in general you do not do any straight lining for view if there is a vehicle behind you who can see you doing it, as it can cause confusion and also possibly block overtakes.
In advanced driving we remember SLAP. Is it Safe, is it Legal, is it Advantageous (could be for view) and will it be OK by the Perceptions of other road users? Four "yes" answers and you are OK. One "no" and you don't go, as a rule. Van driver failed on Safe (especially the last corner) and definitely failed on Perception.
@@R04drunner1 No doubt the same principle would apply to "Don't signal unless it's of benefit to another road user". Particularly the Perception part. Imagine for example carrying out a manouvre as simple as a lane change. Traffic far enough behind you to not be affected by your non signaled lane changes. But what sort of perception might other drivers well behind you have of your general standard of driving if they see you make repeated lane changes with no signal? And all just for saving yourself tipping the indicator stalk with one finger.
If you moving for a vew in a large van, the person behind you has not got a clear enough view to be overtaking, but I do agree with your main point just not the last bit about blocking an overtake
In my experience,(about 35 years), keeping your distance is one of the main standards to uphold when driving, especially if the vehicle in front appears to be moving erratically or dangerously: it reduces the possibility of your getting involved in a potential accident and it may give other people some space to avoid a collision. Thanks a lot for your videos. Regards from Spain.
After driving in Asia for so long, it confuses me to see British carparks still park bonnet first, instead of reverse parking. The turning circle reversing is much tighter and easier to get into narrow gaps (spaces here often not big enough to open both doors) - but can Brits be persuade to reverse park? It's easier to get in and easier to get out.
People are sodding lazy, as you say, it's easier to reverse park in than to reverse out, they lack the intelligence and are just too lazy, that and they need to load up their boots with all the crap they buy.
As the cars have gotten bigger/longer, there's no longer space behind the vehicle to load the boot, putting groceries on the back seats/footwells is seemingly too difficult a task!
I propose we call this the "Klarna" method of parking.
@@andyo1737 "Klarna"? I've got to ask why this name...
@@roderickgreig111 Its a newish method of buying household products on credit. For people who have just got to have it now.
Reversing in and driving out of parking spaces is much better simply because of visibility issues, but there's no difference between the forward and reverse turning circles of a vehicle with conventional (Ackermann) steering.
1:10, they weren't flashing, that was because they hit a speedbump and it made their headlights appear to flash but really it was their low beam just going up then down due to the speedbump.
Also looked like the blue car was going waaaaay too fast to exit a junction.
8:46 I love the cheeky troll face at the end Ashley haha
As per the old joke:
Golfer: Oh My GOD! The club just slipped from my hand and ended up causing a major accident on the bypass. What should I do?
Friend: Well I'd interlock my fingers a bit more at the start of the swing and bend the knees more...
On the subject of carparks, a big well done to Asda is Worcester who has repainted the car park, not only with larger spaces, but with gaps between the spaces so there is room to open doors.
A welcome improvement that some other supermarkets are also doing, and a great help to most of us, but it doesn't stop Mister Entitled parking his Chelsea tractor across two bays because he can.
I think Ashley that you lay too much at the door of the updated Highway Code, I suspect very few road users or pedestrians have changed their ways because of them.
The cyclist in the clip seeing stationary traffic, had probably already decided on his actions without considering the traffic may start moving before he got there.
Surely it was already a thing to allow people/vulnerable road users to cross in these situations long before the updates which just strengthened matters. I've been letting people cross at these types of situations for decades, both when I drive and when I cycle.
it's basic hazard perception afterall, you remove the hazard that you in your motorvehicle present to vulnerable parties by simply allowing them to go on their way. There's no need to worry whatsoever then as to what is going to happen because you controlled the situation by removing the potential dangerous outcomes through a simple bit of decision making. it costs you nothing in terms of time yet people feel happier and safer and are more likely to pass that on to others.
The driver in this instance should have been looking around them to assess who was in the vicinity and either waited or waved the cyclist across, it's not that hard to do tbh.
@@ynotnilknarf39 having watched the earlier clip when someone crashed potentially after mistaking a flash for permission, I'd suggest that's ample warning not to signal a cyclist to cross. Best practice as discussed here before would be to hold position and let the cyclist/pedestrian etc make their own choice.
In this particular incident it again appears that both road users presumed that the other wasn't going to move, and then involved themselves in the incident. The car driver should absolutely have checked both sides before moving, but the cyclist should also have been checking to make sure the driver had seen they were about to move off. If either one had been more observant, there wouldn't have been a collision.
@@mcdon2401 Well the situation of waving someone right next to your windscreen is utterly different to a supposed flash that the driver at the T junction who pulled out could not have seen in any case due to the angle of where the vehicles were. they simply pulled out without looking.
You still need to look around you as a driver, particularly when pulling away from a stop, or had you forgotten that basic bit of driving that you were taught? Also due to the fact you are in a huge mass of metal and the persons at the side of the road are vulnerable you should absolutely be ensuring you allow them to do what they need to do to get where they are going, this removes any chance whatsoever of harm to them, it also makes others behave in a better way..
That it also could be that they have priority in the first instance seems to have avoided you.
I know i havent changed the way i drive. I couldnt even tell you the new rules.
@@ynotnilknarf39 it hasn't avoided me in the slightest, but you're once again ignoring the simple fact that NOBODY should be relying on everyone else for THEIR safety. I believe Ash's last video said it best, "I had priority" doesn't make much difference on a headstone.
Road users have a responsibility to other road users to act safely, but that means keeping themselves safe just as much as it means keeping everyone else safe. Doesn't matter who you are or what you're doing, your rights come with responsibilities, and number 1 on that list is keeping yourself safe.
5:36 a habit from driving big vehicles is that when I slow or stop for something I stay further back and pick a position so people nehind can see what I've slowed down for. I thi k I may have prevented at least one overtake-into-t-bone, so it's a habit I'll stick to :-)
3:40 It will always amaze me why people which such poor spatial awareness choose to drive cars such as SUVs and crossovers. I think the owner of that Audi would be better suited in the yellow KA that they ran into.
It happens all the time. I think poor drivers may actually gravitate to SUVs because the higher position makes them feel they can see where they're going.
1:09 I think the flash might've been because the car went over those square speed bumps. I often see people pulling out of junctions with speed bumps nearby on dull or rainy days, and inconveniencing fellow road users because they assume that they're being given priority.
Edit: I need to learn to read a few comments before posting my own lol. A lot of people have cottoned onto this, thankfully.
7:42 [looks familiar]
The main A27 between Portsmouth and Chichester has this identical problem. The drainage was incorrect when built so the 1st lane floods in heavy prolonged rain.
At night it is almost impossible to see the water and you aquaplane when you hit it. At 60MPH it is just about controllable. At 70 or plus you spin and hit the central barrier.
Why would you be doing the maximum speed limit at night and even more so after it has rained heavily? Surely standing water and a wet slippery road is a possibility on almost any road after heavy rainfall right, it's not uncommon and for drivers to say it's impossible to see simply highlights the standard of driving/attitude were drivers keep going at the maximum if not more when they can't see shit.
HC rule 126, drive at a speed you can stop well within the distance you can see to be clear, if you can't see what's in front of you you're either not looking/seeing properly or you're going too fast, more likely a bit of both but certainly the latter.
When it has rained and it's after dark, slow down, it's a maximum LIMIT in the best conditions, so you'd be doing 50 in a 60 zone at most, which gives you more time to react to what you already should know is likely to be a hazard, like standing water etc.
@@ynotnilknarf39
That’s exactly my point,
When I used to do stand by call out during bad weather storms I would drive up this road late at night about 55MPH in case I came across a flooded part with other cars zooming past at 70 or 80.
Later On the way back i would often see BMWs wrecked in the central barriers just as shown in this vid.
In the days before air-conditioning I was driving down the motorway with my window open on a very hot day
A stone entered the vehicle, bounced around a bit, then hit me on the back of the head. Lesson learnt
That reminds my of a friend who years ago got shit on by a seagull through his sunroof.
A friend told me the opposite that involved relieving himself of a large lump of catarrh that he'd just coughed up, only the window was still closed.
One time I was pulling into a parking lot and somehow a Hair Clip feel from the sky and into my car and I still don't know how that happen and I even kept it after that.
@@metromadness2016 Probably aliens
My daughter had a similar situation to 0:26 on her driving test and was marked down for holding up traffic rather than mounting the pavement to clear a turning vehicle. The examiner and instructor disagreed on this point.
Wow.
Yes, driving on the pavement slowly when there is DEFINITELY nobody there is a pragmatic solution. But illegal. How on Earth can the examiner justify marking a candidate down for refusing to perform an illegal manoeuvre?
The thing is was there actually enough space to proceed without mounting the pavement? I suspect there may have been but your daughter incorrectly judged there was insufficient without mounting the pavement and therefore held back.
It's scary to know that there are examiners like that out there.
@@pocky1scot1 It's not really scary. The examiner has to judge things as they happen. The assertion is that this is an issue of should one mount or not mount the pavement. Whereas it is more likely to be an issue of is there sufficient or insufficient room to drive past while staying on the road. I believe that no examiner would think it appropriate to mount the pavement to get past someone turning right.
@@keith6400 I'd be intrigued to know if the instructor actually wrote down that Pater Walter's daughter should have mounted the pavement to pass a car turning right. If so, that would be immediate grounds for appealing the result. From memory, even touching the kerb on a three point turn was considered unacceptable, let alone mounting it. I suspect it more likely that the examiner thought there was room to pass to the left without doing so. Also, I would doubt a single instant like that would be sufficient on its own to cause a failure.
I came across a Delta driver a couple of weeks ago when I was delivering to Parfetts in Anfield. He was very patient with me while I was backing into Parfetts.
It happened to a lad I used to work with years ago. He explained that he was driving down the motorway and a drill bit fell off the back of a truck and wrote his car off. I asked how a drill bit did that.... it was one off a concrete breaker, 4 feet long and probably about 20kg. Wrecked the front of his car, cracked the sump and battered the floor pan.
6:15 is a Greek driver, the honk first, then brake while cursing is part of our standard driving instruction curriculum.
I propose the horn is connected in parallel to the brakes.
@@andyo1737 I propose it's connected to a timed engine shutdown.
Re the “.. small engined city cars..” spin out.
I cannot recommend enough some skid training. I have done this (not official training but making use of heavy snowfall in empty industrial areas while delivering), and as a result, when I span out on a roundabout in heavy snow, I slipped the car into reverse & was off the roundabout fluidly, where I then turned round. Disappointed no one was around to see it. (I Think I was caught out by an unseen iced lump under further snow, my speed was about 10mph)
Hi Ashley, this will shock you. I drove into Liverpool the other day and didn't experience any incidents at all! Well, one vehicle ahead of me did jump a red light, but do we even count that in the Pool these days? 😄
Well I had a scare yesterday driving back from Cromer through some back roads and small villages. About to pass through Burnham Market on a fairly narrow road, I spotted a motorcycle coming towards me, with a sidecar, not all that unusual round these parts, however, what caught my attention was the bloody great big goose that was flying right beside the motorbike, on my side of the road. Seconds later it whizzed over my car as I ducked my head for some unknown reason... Not laughed so nervously for ages 😆
Wow! Would you have been more or less startled if the goose was riding in the sidecar…?
Ha. Good to see my clip with the golf club. I still find it unbelievable that it happened. That was my weekend away cancelled.
Ftr, it’s”FORE!” Not Four.
Was that flying out of frustration over hooking/slicing, or did someone just lose their grip….
Goes to show you NEVER know whats round the corner!
On That note, I was talking with a Police Advanced Driver the other day & they recounted one event in their training. Approaching a totally blind sharp left bend, they slowed considerably, & the instructor asked why. They replied you just never…. & at that point an artic came round the bend on their side. I think the instructor was seeking clarification on the decision, as it wasn’t specified, rather than encouraging to go faster. I believe commentary driving is also part of the advanced training
Ah, golf, the sport of the gods! I'm betting that was someone having a practice swing in the garden behind one of those houses. - Practising their grip might also be advisable.
It really was a quite impressive distance to fling the club.
I can assure you this wasn’t anyone practising 😂 I’m from that town, that was done purposely 100%
That van was clearly just following the racing line, as white vans are legally obliged to do on British roads.
honestly, i too did a poor emerge pulling out today, due to poor visibility because of parked cars and the car coming sat on their horn instead of just slowing down a bit and shortly after a van did the same to me when crossing in front of me in an intersection, i could have used my horn but i just slowed and that fixed it.
Happens to everyone, we can't be perfect all the time. If you've not merged badly, you've not been driving long enough 😂 A lot of people just seem to lack patience, understanding and compassion unfortunately 😕
Even though it was awful and I feel sorry for the driver, the last clip made me chuckle, could've been much worse. Excellent clips today, thanks for sharing
Nothing to do with this video in particular but has anyone else noticed a lot of people attaching dash Cams in the middle of their windscreen rather than tucking it up behind the rear view mirror? I just think it's ironic they'll likely have some nice HD footage at some point of a collision they caused by having a massive blind spot from the camera blocking their view ahead.
Yep, a few times I've seen phones stuck to the windscreen above the steering wheel directly Infront of drivers vision.
I was chatting to a copper many years ago who had recently stopped a lady driving all over the road, she had a tom tom stuck to the windscreen above the steering wheel and was following the rolling road on the screen. 🤷🤯
@@cookiemonster2299 This!
We can work out where their priorities lie.
I think theres no one who can say they have never ever performed a poor emerge. BUT the difference in drivers is what you do about it afterwards. Do you A. Get up to speed as quickly and safely as you can and offer an apology to the driver you caused to slow. (Be that a flash of hazards or a wave of some sort) or B. Like most now just sit there and dawdle along making no effort to get with the flow of the road and completely disregard anyone else and stay in your own little world.
Back when I was taught my instructor said you should never cause anyone else to swerve,slow or swear!
Whoever threw that golf club needs to be in the Olympic javelin team! LOL
From Johnny English: "I might not know much about Golf Tucker, but at least I know how to hold the bat".😂
Worth being aware that speed bumps can make it look like you flashed your lights 1:09
Only if you don't understand how full beam works 🤣
Especially with sharp cut-off LED lights.
True and definitely in this case, though even the little bumps in the can do it, most recent cars like the SuVs and similar sized have high level headlights because of the bulbous front end that most cars are getting, because of this they regularly look like they're flashing you, some like the Range Rovers sit so high that they permanently dazzle drivers especially when parked behind you in traffic, they blast straight into your car and mirror.
@@will4may175 just knock the switch on the mirror... 🤣
a few days ago, here in Vancouver BC Canada, a steel pole similar to the ones that came off the truck at aroun 7:05 of the vid DID penetrate the windshield of the vehicle behind... and the speeds were closer to 70km/h than 70mph! fortunately the occupants of the following vehicle were not injured! Cheers!
Well Hello there. Curious to ask where in the Lower Mainland was this? 🇨🇦🇬🇧
@@ibs5080 That was southbound on the Second Narrows Bridge, or on the approach from the North Van side. Cheers and hope you are wellest!
@@themittonmethod1243 Well Hello there! Ah yes, the good old Second Narrows Bridge, aka The Ironworkers Memorial Bridge. Driven across it many times to and from the North Shore. Took me a while to figure out all the exits and lane configurations when heading southbound just as you come off the bridge deck. Speaking of Lower Mainland bridges, you've now reminded me of those "ice bombs" on the "new" Port Mann Bridge and a year or two later, also on the Alex Fraser Bridge along Hwy 91. Driven over the Alex Fraser bridge many times as well, to and from the Peace Arch border crossing. Thankfully, I've never encountered those ice bombs myself but recall the news footage of it on both bridges, with many cracked windshields. I know that they have since put those so called "sliders" on the bridge cable stays to clear any ice that may form. All is well with me, still in the UK btw. Saw on CTV News Vancouver that's you've been enjoying unseasonally warm weather in the Lower Mainland.
@@ibs5080 cool in the mornings, at about +6C but today was up to +24 in Abbotsford! (only +19 by the water though!) Cheers!
@@themittonmethod1243 Ah yes good old Abby! One of the things I like in the Lower Mainland is driving west on Hwy1 on a clear winters day and seeing the view of the North Shore Mountains from around the Burnaby Lakes stretch and around the exit for Canada Way. The contrast of high rise apartments in the foreground and the snow capped North Shore mountains in the background is always quite stunning. I'm sure you can relate.
I used to drive national express in London and its not easy very stressful especially with motorists like that
That last clip means someone either lost grip of, or threw a golf club over their garden fence, which is next to a motorway. I'm at a loss for words.
Looking at the direction of spin, I'm inclined to go with thrown...unless grip was lost on the mother of all upswings (which I'd guess/expect to be less power), I'd expect the club end to be swinging up on the direction of travel. Looks to me more like someone has been practicing their axe throws with the soon to be ex hubbies golf kit - to give them some credit, that looks to be mighty impressive throw!
But yeah, somebody clearly not thinking straight at the other end of that...
That was my clip. It was definitely thrown over the row of terraced houses. There is no golf course there. When the police viewed my video, they said I was very lucky but they were unable to pursue it as there was no way they could identify the person.
0:23 You would think they would use their 'damhead'!
Tiny Damhead, a handful of houses scattered around. A702 just outside Edinburgh. Ski centre access and bus terminus on the right, 40mph reduced from NSL a few years back. Notorious junction just ahead. A702 to Abington M74 climbs off to the right, A703 to Penicuik and Peebles splits to the left. Really awkward to get out from A703 towards Edinburgh with limited vision both ways. To add to the pleasure another road drops off to the left used as a bit of a rat run to avoid slow traffic at Straiton junction of A720 City Bypass. A historic RTC location.
The golf club went further than the ball then I can see! 🤦🏻♂ Unbelievable. Someone is in their back garden saying, "where the hell has that gone"
I agree about instructions standards seeming to slip, the other day on the M1 there was a driving instructor sat in the blind spot of the coach for ages, I knew he was there as I had seen him before he entered it but it could have caused a collision had I not known he was there and changed lanes. It was the instructor driving not a pupil.
A clip of a golf club smashing a windscreen as the car drove along a dual carriageway is a good clip to come off the back of with a link to buy a dashcam. Imagine trying to explain that to an insurance company without that footage. :)
3:49 top man. it sounds like he parks in car parks and looks out for this sort of thing as a hobby. Top man!
I do hope you mean the cammer, and not the bloke hitting the yellow car! 😆😆
@@cargy930 lol. yeah!
I do think that the bus lane's solid white line should mean you're not allowed out of the bus lane if you have entered it. Motor bikes are my biggest bugbears as they come in and out creating a mobile menace.
I think the general rule of "do not cross or straddle a solid white line" is a good one, but with bus lanes it is a little bit more hazy, for example many bus lanes are only in operation for part of the day, and sometimes buses (and other allowed vehicles) may need to leave the bus lane to turn right, or pass another vehicle. Motorcycles are not always allowed to use bus lanes, signs will say if they are or not.
The problem of once in, always in is that all the vehicles in that lane have to travel at the speed of the slowest bus, which can make the bus lane unviable for some buses when others have lots of passengers to pick up.
5:22 I love the NPC reaction from the cyclist
While I can't see the lead up to that, that fellow isn't going to survive long if he doesn't learn to turn his head.
@@PedroConejo1939 Don't worry, he gets despawned if you go too far from him.
Yeah, I wound the window down to see if he was alright and he just cycled off!
Now that's one they don't teach you in the hazard perception test
7:50 That time too. Possibly still drunk the morning after
I wondered if that might have been a factor as well.
That last clip with the golf club is nuts. Bet that was a fun insurance claim..!
2:20 I used to drive buses on some rural routes. On roads like this I'd deliberately pull over to let any vehicle behind me pass, so I could straddle the line and get a better view ahead, have a bit more margin between my vehicle and the nearside kerb… whereas if there's a car behind me I need to keep left just in case they feel like overtaking.
Ashley, while solid lines are there for a reason there is a stipulation in the Highway Code that when traffic is stationary, it is legal to overtake on double white lines while keeping speed below 10mph. It's essentially a biker filtering exemption. However, the biker should have been 'hopping' cars, pass 1, tuck in and check, pass 1, tuck in and check etc. Instead they just went blindly along the line.
There was (still is?) a golf course in Bulwell, Nottm and despite there being high nets, golf balls would occasionally fall from the sky as you were driving past but never saw a golf club do it.
I once stopped to babysit a broken-down vehicle while the tow was on its way, and while I was there I collected about 15 golf balls that went astray from the course on the other side of the road. (the driver'd got another vehicle to take him about his business)
Ah yes. The bounciest bus road in the world.
5:36 I find a lot of issues with mobility scooters in the road is that they can't always find a dropped kerb to make their way back onto the pavement and have to travel in the road for a short distance until one appears. However you need to bear in mind they might be elderly, lost, confused or all 3 so it's better to either hang back a little and see what they're doing. Otherwise stop safely and make sure they're okay.
4:20 im not 100% sure on the city laws about cyclist and bus lanes but im pretty sure a lot of those cyclists all went through that red light
London by the Riverlight Quay buildings
I was going to ask about this myself, there's clearly 2 that went through that red right and possibly 3 because the last guy looked to be maintaining speed. Wouldn't this be as illegal as anyone else going through any other red light?
@@jav.611 The road layout might be silly but it's still illegal to go through a red, it's no excuse.
'flash' @ 1.13 is due to the car going over a speed bump, not the car flashing the one waiting in the junction.
The "Flash" at 1.11 was duee to the speed bumps. Both at fault really imo.
Why would the car proceeding along the road be at fault there?
Blue car is at fault they did not stop at the giveway line, the other car did not do anything wrong.
Yep, you're spot on 👍
Edit.... Spot on about the bump but not both at fault. Just the emerging car.
Yep speed bump as Ash says don’t assume
i wouldn't say both at fault then if the "flash" was caused by a speedbump. because the driver that got hit never flashed if it was caused by dipped headlights on while going over a speed bump and were proceeding normally along the road. i have a rule of thumb, if there's speed bumps on a road i'm joining, ignore a flash. because it probably isn't one
6:52 love the laugh
That last clip ain't up to Par 🙄
That golf club was trying to enter L.E.O lmao
The overtake at ~1:33, but motorbikes just like cyclists are allowed to filter, but the crossing solid white lines need to be tested and defined by a court, because as it currently stands even the traffic officers don't know because the wording in the HC is " Exceptions are: if it is safe to do so and you need to enter premises adjoining the carriageway or a side road. In addition, it is permissible to cross the line as necessary and provided the road is clear, to pass a stationary vehicle." and when tested with police officers by a study (small only 12 officers and 1 sgt) it was evenly split 6 officers thought it was fine because the vechicals are stationary so your permitted under the code, 6 thought it was not because "stationary means parked", the sgt was open to either way and did not know. I'm not sure stationary means parked in this instance because the highways code does use versions of "park" when talking about vechicals being "parking", "parked"...
I cycle mostly for transport (since the 1980s as a teen) and was an advanced driver (I gave up my vehicle 5 years ago but drive my partners car once every two weeks or so when we go out). In all honesty I'd rather the lines were not even there but truly enforced speed limits that were lower on almost every road type as well as better testing and continued testing/training.
The way I see it, it's either safe to overtake/pass or it's not, and to be safe there needs to be a margin within that assessed safety. The trouble is that's subjecteive, but by progressing slower you have more time to assess/plan what to do and where.
More direction/control often leads to more errors in the longer run, we see this in the sporting arena as well with officials over officiating in a subjective manner instead of forcing the onus onto the participants to judge what is within the rules, then penalising if needs be for a transgression with heavier punishments the greater the transgression, within motoring circles there is hardly any threat/jeopardy these days.
Also, the way driving has gone over the last 120 years, faster vehicles that grip the road like sports cars have made matters worse, trying to overcome that with driver aids only helps to a certain point and then you regress again.
Stationary is stationary, however in one scenario the vehicle/s are more likely to move off, ergo you have to take more into account because of that, and where they are positioned. A parked vehicle is more likely to be right up to the edge of the lane, a stationary vehicle in what we see in this veideo is more likely to be central within the lane which reduces the available space down the offside. Unless you can see far enough to spot a place you can pull safely back into the lane, a right filter that you wish to take or entrance to turn into that does not interfere with other road users (of any sort), then you should not be filtering or crossing the white line.
This is mostly about impatience, the typical MGIF because you can, even if it's deemed safe, but then that safety assessment is impacted by so many things, including the wearing of a helmet, both for motorcyclists and cyclists, as well as the steel cage for car/van/lorry/bus drivers
The motorcyclist couldn't tell if the road was clear or not because of the corner. That's the issue: lack of patience.
I'm not taking a side on what that rider did I'm just stating that what Ashley says about solid white lines is not nessiserily what's defined in the highways code and it has not been clarified by a high court who can set law by president, hence why I said it needs "to be tested" in court the interpretation needs defining and that's why high courts and/or supreme courts need to rule but someone has to challenge it that far for that to be done
At 1:09 there wasn't a flash. The oncoming driver drove over a speed hump, which momentarily raised and then lowered the car's headlamps making it look like a flash.
I hate speed humps. They are a danger to car safety. (The exact same thing happened to my pastor's wife, when an emerging driver drove out in front of her thinking she had flashed him out.)
Going over the speed humps provides unnecessary wear and tear to suspension components. It also makes the journey painful for vulnerable car occupants. I had to drive my wife out of hospital across speed humps just after her lumber fusion surgery. I was super careful but it was still agony for her.
The story from the clip is be careful, both when emerging onto a road with speed bumps and when driving down such a road with your headlamps on.
in the states, it is the opposite: spaces are getting smaller, and some of the cars are remaining the same size. but the funny thing is, it is more often than not, the smaller cars that have trouble getting inside the space.
The word that golfers shout to warn others that the ball is heading their way is "fore", not "four".
6:06 pretty certain he called the Nissan driver 'Malaka' 🤣 one way to technically swear on one of Ashley's videos is to say it in greek I guess
Juan Kerr?
@@ashley_neal it is indeed, he appears all over the place does Juan
Don't know how to time stamp but 3:18, that's my hometown! Sittingbourne 🤣🤣 no surprises on the poor parking displayed.
I witnessed a scooter in London entering a mini roundabout beside a car and then overtaking the car who was turning right as the scooter went straight. You can’t make this shit up.
that collision at 1:21. i don't think there was even a flash, at 1:25 we can see a speed bump behind the collision and going over a speedbump with your dipped lights on can make it seem like your flashing your full beams.
Rufford ford videos tell me everything I need to know about a lot of modern drivers, apparently last Sunday there were eighteen fails in one day. 🤣😂🤣
Yeah, they must all be loaded as they don't seem to care about the serious damage they do to their cars. Mind boggling stuff watching them.
That golf club WTF wow if you'd not had dashcam footage of that you wouldn't believe it 🤣🤣😂😂
I agree the van driver was not doing any kind of intentional offsiding.
The first one was because of the Volkswagen’s positioning to take the right turn. The road is more than wide enough for the person turning right to not block traffic.
The second one had no reason to drive that slowly around the corner, it was obviously clear.
The third one didn’t flash, he went over a speed bump, giving the appearance of a flash.
7:49 Car slows to a stop on the only open lane! I know they were checking to see if they could help, but they could easily have caused another accident.
Six of one, half a dozen of the other - everyone should be crawling past that accident scene anyway, but yes, better to pull over in the lee of the Merc wreckage if you feel the need to communicate with anyone at the scene.
What on earth are you talking about? Did you not see there was somebody in the road emerging from besides that crashed Mercedes? Slowing down and stopping is exactly what somebody should do in the circumstances. Also, they could not "easily have caused another accident". Firstly they put in their hazard warning lights, second it would have been abundantly clear in the rear view mirror that they'd been seen and the car behind (the cammer in this case) was slowing down. There were also others on foot in the road ahead. Finally, anybody travelling so fast that they couldn't avoid the slowing car with hazard warning lights showing should not be on the road. Everybody, but everybody should, at most, be crawling past the scene of that accident with people on foot around. The driver with the hazard warning lights did absolutely nothing wrong.
No, they wuldn't have caused an 'accident' (it's an incident, accident presumes no fault), the only persons causing an incident in this situation after the intial one would be the those driving behind, in which case they would be acting criminally.
instead of blaming innocent parties, take a look at those whom actually cause shit to happen by going too fast, not looking/distracted and simply not having the capacity to be a safe driver (which is the majority on our roads).
I bet you blame kids getting stabbed for not wearing stab vests and cyclists who don't wear helmets that get crushed by HGV drivers that left hook etc!
8:28 The arse end of Ellesmere Port. Not shocked.
Yaris at @1:10 had a dent already in the driver side passenger door, coincidence?
"Not looking, not seeing". That's exactly what a blind spot is.
no, a blind spot is when there is bodywork instead of window between where your head is and where you are trying to see. not everybody drives a fishbowl.
@@kenbrown2808
You have to make a slight adjustment with your head to see everything behind both pillars. You also have to make a bigger adjustment to see out both windows. That doesn't mean they are blind spots. Too much of this "but you were in my blind spot" rubbish and trying to put the blame of a collision on the innocent party, Believe me, blind spots don't exist.
''Welcome to DAMHEAD please drive carefully''
Reminds me of the bit from the Young Ones: "Think once, think twice, think don't drive your car on the pavement!" :D
That turn at 1:00 is a tiny street that leads to a clinic. It's often very busy, narrow, and often has cars parked up one side making it narrower. Sometimes you can't turn in at all if cars are waiting to get out.
I did a poor emerge yesterday that was very close. I was crossing a short section of road to go into Tesco. The road comes up from the A27 as a dual carriageway on a curve limiting visibility, then closes down to single lane by a hatched off area, then a short lane opens on the left of that lane for traffic to the superstore, which then has to give way to cars crossing from the right into the store. This set up often leads to collisions, so I was watching this area closely. A small car came bombing around the lower section of dual carriageway, shifted onto the single lane section with his left turn indicator on, moved over the centre line between the straight on and left turn lanes. At this point I made the mistake of looking right to where the giveaway marking are, across the junction, anticipating he wasn't going to stop and give way to me at them, and he was on me, still with the left indicator on but going straight ahead. We stopped with millimetres to spare but it was close. He must have left his indicators on from turning off the A27, and everyone drives up that section of dual carriageway so fast you have a split second to make a decision.
Lesson learned all over again; make sure they are definitely turning before moving, especially if they look like they think road driving is part of a GTA game.....
I think that motorcyclist would argue they were not overtaking but instead filtering. It still doesn't excuse being in the oncoming lane on a blind bend.
I remember as a kid my dad driving alongside Newquay golf club and a golf ball striking the car but I would have jumped if a club broke my screen, I think the driver in this clip did well.
A couple of years ago I was almost struck in the head by a rugby ball while on a motor scooter, a kid was throwing it across the a city street to his mate on the other side. I saw the potential consequence if I had been hit, I pulled up, dismounted and gave the teenager a piece of my mind. I don't think he was used to being spoken to in the way I did, but I don't think he will do anything as dumb again, it didn't hurt that I was in uniform at the time.
Hope that driver had windscreen cover on their policy. That golfer cost them a pretty penny while having a fit either way.
Not sure if the flash may have been a speed bump or ramp there? It's certainly something we should look out for - it gives the impression of a flash.
Yeah looked more like the speed bump for me. If we weren’t in the habit of flashing people though we wouldn’t have a doubt.
I agree. But the flash doesn't really enter into it anyway. If you think someone's flashing you out, you wait until it's certain they're letting you go, and you make sure it's clear in all directions for you to do so.
It was a speed bump, clearly visible at the end of the clip.
Can some people bend light and see around corners? It is quite astonishing that some drivers risk it on bends!
In all the years I've been watching Fail Driving Vides I've never seen a Golf Club come flying over the highway and hitting someone.
8:45 How in the world does a *golf club* get airborne? Did the golfer forget to hold on to the club mid-swing? 🤣
Seriously, I hope that the repair cost was covered by some insurance!
1:32 - that motorcyclist is breaking the law by crossing the double line system to overtake when the line nearest is solid . That is not filtering and there is no exemption , except for emergency riders on a call .
The clip with the flash is where the car goes over the speed bump, so no flashing by the driver of the black Corsa
5:40 Oh my god, what a position to turn right from...
People who can't drive driving big cars, name a more iconic duo
My 1st thought on the flash clip, is there a speed bump there? Ergo, is that a flash or a double bounce?
At 5:24: In North America (I can't speak for the UK) it is illegal for cyclists to ride their bikes through pedestrian crosswalks, meaning that they do not get priority unless they are walking their bike through the crossing. I don't know if the law that was enacted in the UK in 2022 also includes a subtext preventing cyclists from riding through the crossings. It is, nevertheless, quite dangerous to ride bicycles faster than walking speed on crosswalks and sidewalks, regardless of what the laws state.
crash at 3:49, think this is also what i like to call crappy car syndrome, if they see a less expensive car they take less care about parking next to them. My old KA was hit and scraped up and no notes left loads of times. Never been the case in my new fiesta.
That golf club went further than most of tee shots !!
Don't think that was a flash at 1:20. I think it was the car going over the speed bumps which made it look like it was flashing. Maybe another valid reason to not react when you see/or think you see someone flashing.
The call for bigger spaces is just a race to the bottom, that person choose a vehicle that was out of their skill level and ill-suited for the environment they're driving in.
This, bigger cars on the outside but no more space on the inside, it's all the so called protective crap that makes the vehicles builkier and heavier which in turn makes vehicles in the hands of inept humans even more likely to kill and maim.
hence why the KSI figures haven't improved in recent times, and certainly even further back it's not down to the so called 'improved' braking or brighter headlights (which simply makes driver faster more likely at night). Drivers taking more risks thinking they are safer and take up more amount of space on the highway combines amongst other things to bring about worse outcomes.
Motorcars should have maximum widths at least. my old 2001 Passat estate looks tiny now compared to the ridiculous behemoth types on our roads.
There is a golf course with a hole that runs alongside a main road that descends a fairly steep hill. Although there is a fence, occasionally a golf ball will escape. I was almost hit by one that bounced over me whilst cycling down the hill. Easy way to get a few free golf balls from the drain covers further down though.
0:44 I feel that driver. My road has these blue hoardings block most of the view especially where predestinations cross from near to far so I end up having to go from 40 to 5 then full gas up the hill. On the main 40 road I’ve had cars almost go into the back of me from this