i usually flash the car in front before pulling to the left, then hold back so if the car in front doesn't use the gap it's there for the emergency vehicle. the best driver in the vid was probably the merc that pulled across the roundabout to stop traffic from the right.

@@allothernamesbutthis I've never thought to flash the car in front, but doesn't seem a bad idea at all.

Unfortunately, the drivers in the UK are crap!

@@Dave-dm7vt drivers over here in Germany aren't any better!

@@Dave-dm7vt they are! Driving home tonight on an A road, ambulance coming the other way, everyone moves over except two idiots following each other, probably wondering why everyone's moved over. First car eventually moves over, mega idiot behind starts passing the first idiot, before his brain clicked, swung left and nearly hit the first idiot! Scary who we share the roads with!

bro everyone moved over didn't u see?

@@washx2k755 apart from all the folk on the motorway

@@washx2k755 if you think everyone moved over maybe you need to re-sit a driving test!! If you even have a licence 🪪 lol.

They DID move over.... Some of them just more that 90 seconds later than they COULD have, had they used paid attention.....

I drove on the motorway for the second time since lockdown today. M4 has become "smart" since I last drove it. All the boards from at least a mile beforehand had showed that there was an incident in the nearside lane, so pull over. I can only imagine the carnage if HA weren't already there and had coned the lane off because the stream of traffic had no intention of merging over nor of the stationary vehicle in front of them Seemed to me that they didn't like the 40 mph limit showing on the other lanes and that somehow it wouldn't affect them.

absolutely does my nut in. get out of the zoom zoom lane if your not going zoom zoom! I try not to undertake cause it's those oblivious people that don't check mirrors but after a while I drop a gear and disappear red lining my car to get their attention and staying as far left as an example that even though I am flying past you I am still left

It's annoying as hell. It's insane how many people think they are split into the 'slow lane (for trucks etc)' 'normal lane' and 'fast lane'. Motorway driving needs to be a core part of driving lessons / tests.

Driving on French motorways and it was such a breath of fresh air hardly seeing any lane hoggers and people actually keeping away from lane 2 and 3 unless overtaking. I think we need to get Highways England to use every dot matrix sign that’s not being in use for an important message to display “keep left unless overtaking”

It's pretty horrendous here in the States. I have to do more undertaking than anyone should. Apparently mirrors are optional now?

The UK is paradise compared to the USA. Nobody cares here. People sit in the middle lane by default, and go wherever there is space.

Definition of 'dual carriageway'? The 'dual' bit doesn't mean '2 lanes'. A motorway, no matter how many lanes, is a dual carriageway. Traffic flowing in the opposite direction has a separate, second (where 'dual' comes in as '2'), one-way carriageway for driving along. An 'A' road with 2 lanes in one or both directions is not a dual carriageway unless it has a long uninterrupted divider between traffic flowing in opposite directions, be it grass/vegetation, raised kerbed pavement area or some form of barriers, wire type, concrete wall, etc. A single lane in each direction divided by a substantial length of barrier, etc is also a dual carriageway. A 4 lane 2-way single carriageway (2 in each direction) isn't, and so the national limit for such is 60mph, not 70mph. You love how people can halve the number of operational lanes on a motorway.

@@markwright3161 we found the middle lane driver

I absolutely DETEST middle lane hoggers!!!!!! They should have their licences revoked. I frequently use motorways and dual carriageways and people stay in lane 2 or 3 and never move over, it’s so infuriating!!!

@@NaCxDaVe No, you haven't.

@@markwright3161 we definitely have

"Well he wasn't there a second ago when I last checked my mirrors darling" 🤣

@@C4sp3r123 LOOOOL I can hear it now!! 🤣🤣🤣

thing is alot them sort of drivers do seem them but dont move as they think they going as fast as the ambulance lol

@@Migman2020 true

i thought they could.

nothing stopping them being reported to police.

They can be, in fact there is a scheme called "operation snap", I've had 7 people get prosecuted for various things, passing me on my horse really dangerously, road rage etc.

Lane hoggers are common place everywhere!!

And because you see emergency vehicles so early and pull into the next lane, the other oblivious cars just use that opportunity to overtake you too...

Good luck, I just passed my standard police response course today and it was the best driving experience I have had and a shocking eye-opener to those that walk among us. Be safe!

I love that bend! Used to go round that in my Supra many years ago 😄 GTA in Luton haha

There is no law that says you have to give way to emergency vehicles. In fact, the Highway Code tells you not to and the emergency vehicle will make its way around you.

@@Thomashorsman The Highway Code states that you should 'consider the route of such a vehicle and take appropriate action to let it pass, while complying with all traffic signs'

@@Jackilichous yes you’re right, but it’s not a law unfortunately, unless a police officer deems it driving without due care and attention

@@Thomashorsman you mean to say, that someone that doesnt see/hear or react to an emergency vehicle. one that is marked as well, is driving with care and attention? lets face it, if they were paying attention they would have reacted in some way.

The highway code may not be a law, but it is backed up by traffic laws and regulations. When in court, your driving will be compared with the highway code to see if you complied with its direction.

Most crews, depending on locations will do 6-7 a day on average. Cars can do anywhere between 0-10 depending on the dispatch model etc!

@@findthebadger418 Thank you

Was thinking just that about the Magic Roundabout! Would love to have seen him negotiate that!

Possibly texting, but I find that there are a lot of people who are just stupid and totally oblivious to their surroundings - they'll hog the overtake lane going 55 and even if you tailgate them and flash your beams in an attempt to tell them to move over they'll be completely unaware.

just fixating on whats in front and not paying attention to the mirrors usually.

Loud, banging music probably doesn’t help awareness either.

They must be deaf too cause that siren is loud. They should be checking their mirrors every 10 seconds if they are that dumb. I check them every 5 sec but clearly 1 min is not enough for them

Only recently motorway training was brought into learning to drive. majority of drivers out there have taken no motorway training. i was lucky, my dad was an advanced driving instructor, so i been learning from age 10 how the roads work but most people only have the highway code and theory on how to use a motorway and think its ok to sit in outside lane.

The fact that they realised straight away and that black KIA on the motorway didn't even notice and held them up for over a minute as wel

Ride safe. Lane split but have headlight on and wear a high vis.

Don't lane split

@@pb6198 that's normal in London. Try going to Italy and not Lane splitting. We all do it. Why otherwise have a bike.

@@BenRudd3 why otherwise? Fuel consumption Lower tax Lower insurance Don't need much parking space if any, at home Cheaper to buy Cheaper to fix You don't just buy a bike to pass and weave like a dick, unless you are a dick already

Good lord. There are some incredibly dim people out there. They shouldn't have a licence.

I have use of a 2011 Audi 1.6TFSI here in S Africa and the Auto Light setting illuminates both front and rear lights. Worst thing with vehicle lighting here is those that drive with no lights or drive with front and rear fog lights on all the time.

'auto' lights having nothing to do with the rear not being illuminated. This is caused by daytime running lights which even when the lights are switched off always (and only!) illuminate the front whenever the ignition is on. If the lights were actually set to auto then in the hours of darkness the rear would light up too. Likely the lights were switched off during her MOT and she is used to having them in auto.

Driving standards were no better then you know

normal car horn works most of the time pretty well, as long as it's not the horn of a Mercedes-Benz Sprinter or similar.

You can see here there isnt much difference!

Transport for London did a study on this showing that reflective markings make little difference - the biggest thing is vehicle positioning. It showed that a poorly marked, but well placed vehicle is more noticeable than a well marked, poorly positioned vehicle.

We always cover many miles on most jobs - however this particular run is being carried out by an Advanced Paramedic Practitioner Critical Care, so carrying specialist equipment and knowledge to assist at scene, so will travel further distances as there are less of them!

​@@findthebadger418 Makes sense, thanks. It just struck me as long since 10 minutes is the goal we have in the VFD I'm in, but that's from the moment we're toned out, get to the House, gear up, be out the door, then drive to incident. So I was trying to figure out if the driver was ACLS or similar, or if it was mutual assistance to another district that was short on in-service rigs. It was a good example of a run for a video, combination highway and surface street driving, threading a couple of needles. And it's always nice to see (most) people move out of the way :P Now I just have to deal with the shock of seeing a Skoda that can shift it when needed :P

This is key. In this clip he could be a lot more proactive about getting in people's mirrors. You're actually more likely to catch someone's attention in their side mirrors than their centre one. Move left, move right, come right up close, drop back, lots of headlamp flashes...lots of proactive things you can do to get more visible. The 1+ minute section he was stuck behind the car in lane 3 just looked very passive. Otherwise nice and smooth as always though