When I was learning to drive on a country road I was approaching a corner and my driving instructor asked me if I’d seen the lorry around the corner, I immediately slowed down more and made sure my road position was correct for the lorry and once I was around the corner there wasn’t a lorry to be seen. Since then I’ve always thought about this hypothetical lorry when driving and it’s made me feel like a safer driver no doubt.

That clip with the school kids is very scary. There is no way anyone,let along a small child, would survive an impact with the weapon that was driven by someone who should not ever be allowed to drive. Instant lifetime ban following a spell behind bars is a fair sentence. Shame there is no way of getting the license plate and getting this person off the road.

The last clip at night on country lanes. You only see the front or back lights first. That car making a U turn ensured it was invisible at the time when the back and front faced the kerb. That's my take.

To be fair to the German driver, I'd say the scooter rider's positioning at 4:37 was questionable to say the least. I think you can just make out the road markings around the car waiting at the traffic lights. It looks to me like the scooter rider was trying to "filter" around the car and was on the wrong side of the road. So while the driver possibly could have done marginally better I'd mainly say the scooter driver should have been more careful with the "filtering" in such conditions.

My driving instructor taught me never to do a U-turn on a main road, always try to find a side road or some other area which is well out of the way of busy traffic

This business of driving in staggered formation is something I was really putting into practice yesterday during a 150 mile round trip from home in Canterbury to Hyde Hall flower and garden show in Essex. Especially so on roundabouts, plus a notable example going through the Dartford tunnel from Kent into Essex: HGV in the left hand lane, myself in the right hand lane, with no room in front for me to fully overtake the whole length of the HGV due to traffic ahead of me. So I remained "staggered" behind the HGV until I could fully overtake in one go and still maintain proper following distance to the vehicle in front of me. Ashley's voice was ringing in my head big time and I could almost hear his voice saying "Nicely sorted". I may even still have that occassion on my dash cam if it hasn't been overwritten.

“If you can’t see, take a little more care until you can.” Gold advice! 👍

When I first got on the roads, my brother said 2 things to me. The first was "Treat everyone else on the road as a moron, and their soul reason for being there is to try and cause an accident", and "The graveyard's are full of people who technically had right of way". Looking back at every accident I've ever had (I used to be a commercial driver, and did about 150,000 miles per year, so I think it wasn't that bad to average out at just under one insurance claim per each 4 year period I was in that line of work) all but one of them could have been avoided by not assuming others were normal capable drivers. The one where it didn't mater was when someone ran into the back of van doing about 40 while I was sat at a red light........ There's not a lot that defensive driving can do about that situation. :)

The amount of times driving staggered has saved my front end can’t be counted. Especially on roundabouts. People in the wrong lane, tailgaters evading etc

The Golf really did a number on that barrier, Holy Moly! 😲 Personally speaking, I got into a collision myself a couple of years ago from not being aware enough of what I couldn't see. Thankfully, the only serious damage was to my car and insurance premiums. Since then, I've been a lot more careful and aware of what's around me and it was a real wake up call. Another thing I've found that helps is my experiences as a jogger, which really teaches you how careful you need to be around pedestrians, as cars just don't look out for you at all. Not that pedestrians should be stepping out willy-nilly, but many drivers really don't engage their hazard perception *at all* when it comes to what's on (or coming off) the pavements. For example, if I'm on a one way street I won't dream of crossing until I'm a long way down the street. Way too many folk speed round bends onto these roads because they don't expect anyone to be there and their stopping distance is a lot longer than you might think 😬

5:50 I frequently see that type of driving on motorway onramps. Actually it’s worse when joining drivers are somewhat slower than me, causing me to move over, then they speed up to match me, or push on to effectively undertake me.

I've been driving for 40yrs but learn something every time I view one of these videos.

As a motorbike rider for over 30 years I have seen a lot of bad drivers. I have accepted that no one can see me and always expect that I will have to avoid other vehicles regardless of whether I have right of way. With a combination of luck and always thinking that I am invisible to everyone else on the road I have avoided serious injury. My tips are never overtake a turning vehicle, never sit alongside any vehicle, don't trust your mirrors always look by turning your head, never blindly do the speed limit but instead drive at a speed that allows you to react to the traffic and road conditions. You must leave a 3 second gap between you and the vehicle in front of you anything less is very dangerous. Never listen to the radio or use a mobile phone even if you have hands free, talking on a mobile phone or listening to the radio is the equivalent of driving under the influence of alcohol. When you are in control of a vehicle you must concentrate on driving and nothing else, don't drive when you are angry or upset because that makes you a danger to everyone else. Driving is a privilege and not a right, you are doing a very dangerous thing and you can quite easily kill yourself or someone else so take responsibility for your own actions and drive like people's lives depend on your driving abilities because they do. Driving is the most dangerous thing that the majority of people will ever do.

" anticipation is 50% of driving " still applies today . Expect the other driver to be a clown and most of these wouldn't have happened.

As you become more experienced you tend to get that ,what if! mentality, what if there is something coming from behind that car and what if a child runs out, but its good that people can look at these videos and your breakdowns Ashley , it can help those inexperienced to learn that, what if! by not going through the school of hard knocks to get it!!

That last clip with the silver Ford pulling a U turn on a bend and at night was pretty silly. I've often seen drivers doing a U turn when stuck in traffic and quite often, once one driver does it, others will emulate. As Ashley mentioned, as bad an idea as that U turn was, it's still rather surprising that the oncoming car didn't see it. Lesson to be learned from this: Whenever there is an oncoming traffic queue, expect to encounter this kind of manouvre..and keep well over to the left (all other factors considered)

Round any blind corner I always assume that immediately beyond what I can see is a stationary object blocking the whole road, so often I slow down to keep my stopping distance fully in view at all times, if I don't I feel like I'm running towards a brick wall with my eyes closed (cos you basically are doing that). I can't understand why some/most people don't get that same feeling or see the danger.

When I learned to ride a motorbike 3yrs ago, I became a lot more aware of the concept of "presenting yourself" to other road users, constantly being aware of the fact that others may not have seen me, or are unable to see me. Also, proceed at a speed where you can stop in half the distance you see to be clear. That blue/green car in the 1st clip was going way too fast, it didn't even occur to them it's a JUNCTION, just slow down a bit. Less speed, more time.

I always drive with a "What if" in mind and always think "Can I stop in the distance I can see to be clear" classic roadcraft. It's not failed me yet.

Did the lorry driver actually say, “you can’t park there sir”? Classic!

From my perspective as a motorcyclist, we can see above cars this rider should also have been looking through their windows. I really can't see how the first one failed to see the traffic going straight. He should have at least paused to check as well.

Any time I am approaching a set of green traffic lights and proceeding straight ahead and have a car to my right waiting to make a right turn > Huge alarm bells go off in my head to slow down and watch out for an oncoming vehicle making a right turn (to my left) that may be hidden from view. And if I'm making a right turn nearside to nearside with limited view, I first try to position as far over to my right as possible without blocking oncoming traffic proceeding straight through plus I creep forward very very slowly and "search for view". Also, as show in Ash's video, be prepared for oncoming red light runners.

When driving I go by a simple rule, I will only emerge, turn into a road or similar if I can "see nothing", not if I "can't see anything". Always best to positively know there are no other road users there rather than just not seeing them and going anyway. Actually its a bit of phrasing taught by my instructor that I still remember to this day.

The second clip reminded me when I was driving in Princes Risborough. The Zebra crossings there use white lights on the stripy parts of the poles next to the crossing and its amazing how much it hides the pedestrians because of that.

It's always difficult to tell because we're seeing it from a different perspective, but it looks like the motorcyclist didn't hesitate at all to check for oncoming traffic.

For the car in the last clip coming in the opposite direction: There’s a good chance they weren’t able to see any lights with the car across the road like that. And if they are on the outside of the corner the traffic on the inside may have blinded them a bit with their headlights. They may have just been distracted though.

I find your presentation extremely 'zen'. Despite the sometimes heavy topics and tense situations, I leave an Ashley Neal video calmer (and better educated) than when I arrived!

Great reminders for us all to look out for ourselves and others. Always think. Including in advance. Stopped buses are always a danger. Especially at school times.

I love ❤️ watching your videos and yes I have Changed my way of driving since watching your videos so please keep them coming..

I now drive round with "What would Ashley do" constantly in my head !

Very strong message there Ashley which I hope resonates with people - it’s what you can’t see that will catch you out if you are not fully focused. These clips with children coming out from behind parked cars are chilling. Driving round my own (residential) neighbourhood I have become increasingly vigilant after watching a few of these - the thought of a kid falling into my cars path keeps my speed waaay down and my attention up.

Many people, unfortunately, have the mindset of "If I can't see it; it isn't there". Thankfully we have a Channel such as this which may help others avoid what we've all just witnessed. Fools rush in 🤔

Yeah I never drive at the speed limit when there’s a que on the other side of the road. Have to prepare to stop in situations like the one at the end there. Stay safe all!

Learning to appreciate what your fellow road users can and cannot see is such an important skill on the road. Formal teaching can help but it really is about experience and a desire to understand why somebody else did some the way they did.

I drove from Newcastle over the lake district twice this week and I had drivers race up the outside of a climbing lane and pull in at the last min. And all I could hear was Ashley's voice when it was tempting not to let them in. But instead I slowed down and created a gap in front giving them somewhere to go. Rather than closing it and hanging them out to dry

Think it's also important to mention the importance of stopping if your not sure and crawling out The rider just went for it which is completely the wrong thing to do

Really enjoying your videos Ashley! I'm always trying to improve personally and be aware of ANYTHING!

The clip with the kids running out from behind the bus brings to mind the American rules regarding school buses. When they stop they drop down a STOP sign and all drivers in each direction must stop until the bus moves off. Now that's something to think about.

Clip 1, because the car is approaching going up hill they will automatically be on the gas, and as the road levels off… a less experienced driver could in error stay on the gas and speed up even faster as they go through the junction, but I agree, a good driver would be coming off the throttle because although your lane is clear you cannot see beyond the cars you are undertaking. And as you mention, ‘what a bloody awkward junction’

I'm so glad to have done some advanced training on my bike and follow many youtubers like yourself. The information here is invaluable and I wish there was a way to encourage more and more people to engage with content like this. Please keep it up Ashley people like you have made changes to people's driving and have probably saved lives too. I personally feel that my I have been able to avoid so many incidents because of how I drive and ride now by implementing many of the things pointed out in this video.

When I learnt to drive in 1988/9, it was always offside to offside, then road markings began to appear to do near side to near side and it soon became the norm

In that first clip. It's mainly the motorcyclists fault for going when there was traffic - but the car driver was passing stationary traffic injudiciously quickly, too.

That clip with the school kids!!! I just don't know how someone could show such little regard for children! I would happily see that person never driving again.

I'm a Professional driver. It really is about thinking about what someone else is going to do. A Good driver will always look for ANY escape route while on a motorway, forward thinking is KEY! how many people really do that I ask? Anticipat any scenario when you are driving on a/any particular road, know your surroundings (what is around you) Sometimes/not all, you have to be in my reader, because you have to anticipate what the other driver is doing or wants to do! Ashley's videos are a GREAT tool to lean from, I still like to learn and see different senecio's on his videos. Driving CAN be still enjoyable (very much so) you just need to have an Relaxed approach about it. Well Done Ashley, I'm still watching and taking on-board the advise 👍👍👍

Possibly the most important realisation of my driving career (over 20 years now) is the importance of being able to stop in the distance that you can see to be clear and assuming that there is a tractor/horse/child around every blind bend. That said, I think I might have been caught our by the person turning in the road in the last clip. The second most important driving lesson is that I'm not perfect and there is always more to learn. I enjoy driving and it is something I want to do well, this channel has definitely given me a few worthwhile tips that I think have improved my drivng.

I have to admit I did slip in to bad habits. But since watching your analysis videos I have slowed down and think a lot more. Thank you for you videos.

I was trained to think - "What can you see. What can't you see. What can you reasonably expect to happen".

The one with school kids is scary. I highly doubt the speed limit is anything higher than a 20/30mph but the car flying through looked to be exceeding that by quite some bit! Many issues are down to people either being impatient or just not looking.

Another great video from Ashley. 👍

I think a lot of it comes down to people blindly trusting the system "It's my green light i can go" and "They have to give way to me" instead of using that as a motivation but still keeping an eye out for someone not paying attention or poor care for safety. When i had a filter arrow one time on my lessons my instructor told me to still look left incase there were any red light jumpers. "Always be aware even if it's your right to go", and that has stuck with me ever since.

If you can’t see anything coming, most people think that’s fine and they can go. But you shouldn’t go until you *can* see that there is *nothing* coming. There’s a very important distinction.

The school bus clip gives you the collywobbles. There was a particularly distressing fatality, witnessed by a bus load of kid near us a few years ago. The car driver ultimately took their own life, seemingly as consequence. We have all seen kids dashing from behind the school bus, my own being one. I might have been OTT in impressing on him what could easily have happened...Just be extra cautious passing school busses, if you even need to pass one at all.

When riding or driving you should always plan for what you can see, what you can't see, and what you might reasonably expect to happen.

Great food for thought, as always Ashley. Thank you so much. Every video you post teaches something! You asked what we (the viewers) think, so here's my 2 cents. I agree on all points with you btw. I absolutely agree that people should slow down when they can't see well. It is what I do. If the limit point in a bend is sharp, I slow down, to 40, 30, etc, depending on the weather conditions as well, no matter that the country road speed limit is the National Speed limit (i.e. 60mph). I just wish others would be less entitled little muppets honking their horns like lunatics. Admittedly, this happens very rarely (once or twice a year). I do wish bullying on the roads could be addressed somehow. So many people are doing the right things, like slowing around schools (at the correct times of day), or slowing at junctions like in the first clip, and some muppet in the back is honking their horn as if their life would depend on it. I've seen drivers speed up immediately, abandoning caution. I have been bullied like this myself a few times, and it's extremely hard to fight the instinct to react. It's of course, our own responsibility to not react and continue to be cautious of everything, but I wish something could be done to teach drivers a little more patience and a little less anger.

My wife used to drive a bit too fast on the country roads round here (Devon). I said to her, "imagine there's a horse on your left round the next bend and a tractor on the right coming towards you". I noticed a significant improvement in her driving after that. Sometimes it just needs pointing out.

The other day on Facebook, I was berated for suggesting it would be wise to anticipate risk and slow down in accordance with the risk level and what you can or cannot see. One user stated that I surely wasn't serious! No way should you slow down when you've got priority and lights are on green 🤦‍♂️

One thing I see very often on accident videos is a shocking lack of care and attention given to potentially injured people, whoever is at fault. Here, the lorry driver gets into a heated discussion with someone who is clearly in shock, has a leg injury(?) and possibly in need of urgent medical attention.

I pass through that junction in Maghull on my way home most days, coming from the direction of the car and you have to take it slow as you can not be seen and people just pull across without being sure its clear. It's happened many times to me. Defensive driving is a must in situations like that.

You talk about what you can’t see, but there is an interesting psychological and physiological thing going on about only seeing things you’re looking for. As a motorcyclist, I am convinced that many drivers have conditioned a corner of their subconscious to warn them if there’s a large white box-shaped object travelling nearby. So they might glance in the mirror and the subconscious says “nope, all good”. They are not actually actively scanning for something that might be there. Rather, they’re seeking a vague confirmation that a preconceived impediment is not there. You can see a LOT more if you actively look, rather than passively let lower brain functions do the job. The lower brain functions are fine for a reflex operation like avoiding falling rocks!

The opening clip just reinforces why turning offside to offside is by far the safest way, but over the forty odd years I've been driving, it seems to have become forgotten practice, and if you try to do o/s to o/s you will be treated like an idiot. It is also not helped by the 'must cut the corner' brigade who shut off any room to go o/s to o/s. I have a simple rule, if I can't see, I don't... Recently I was taking a twisty, narrow, overgrown single track road at less than 30mph, because I couldn't see very much. The driver behind thought he could intimidate me into going faster by getting ever closer. He nearly came through my back doors when I had to stop for a tractor, that appeared suddenly even at that speed. He hung back after that. One thing I have learned from Ashley's channel, you never stop learning.

HGV v Golf: love the compo-clutch at the heart(!) There are bits around the driver that are harder to see but, for the most part, there isn’t a ‘blind spot’. There are ‘places I didn’t look’ spots, or places the driver didn’t set his mirrors for. Too many people rely just on their mirrors. In this case, it looks like a Golf driver accustomed to weaving in and out of traffic who didn’t give any care. He usually gets away with it. But you can’t hide an HGV in a Golf’s ‘blind spot’.

As a rider i leave my "cardriving skills" at home and bring my "riding skills" when riding two wheels. My advantage is getting my motorcycle license before my car license. A good tip for riders is to keep a good distance from behind big veicles and Always think they dont see you. I do this so naturly after 30 years that i dont even think, but i know there if i did not have my "my ridingskills" on i would not have been here. Give the cardriver room, time and sometimes the go ahead no mater what is the rule or law. They never want to hit you, but they have problems seeing, and more

In the motorcycle clip you can see the nose dive before the rider decides to just go for it. It looks like a learner and the lack of experience (of cars trying to kill you on a regular basis) meant they weren't expecting a car to turn up. It also looks like the rider was leaning as they came into the junction before reaching the point to turn which implies that they came from the nearside and then moved over, normally you would approach the junction already well over to the right.

"funny turn when he's at fault" is excellent sarcasm for bad acting.

6:48 WHAT THE ACTUAL F*** WAS THAT! I've seen some bad driving but holy cow that's next level. Banned for life!

I learnt a big scary lesson about things you can't see. Almost died speeding down a lovely country road at night. Thought it would be safer at night because I can see the cars coming from further away because of headlights. I was right on that count, but didn't account for how invisible things are when you dip your lights to avoid blinding oncoming traffic. By the time i saw the 7 deer stood there it was too late to avoid a collision. Deer caused the crash, but was easily preventable on my part by just assessing risk; want to go fast, go on track. Simple as that. Watching back the dashcam was the scariest bit. 😅

00:19 The best advice ever given on this channel! 🤣

One can be as safe as can be but we are still on the road with idiots on phones while driving or high on intoxicants. You do a very good analysis. I hope every driver watches. In many of these collisions you are correct in identifying the one or two stupid things caused a collision. In the last one particularly. Find a cross road or turn off with much better view. So easy, yet so difficult for the impatient. And when coming to or going through a short sight line area reduction of speed is so good yet so difficult to practice. And if one drops speed due to a situation with obvious dangers the jerk behind you might plow right through, your vehicle included. New subscriber.

In certain situations i look for reflections in parked cars if the roads are narrow and that's a good trick when pulling out of juctions. I also use shop windows as another example for spotting other road users via their reflection. I use this trick as an added safety precaution.

I've mentioned a few times in comments regarding my poor health and how this hindered my mindset of my driving I was always looking for the unseen. Since being a subscriber I have downloaded a driving app which evaluates my driving on every trip. My lowest score has been 992/1000. I hit 996 on average, and normally get a deduction due to braking. On single track roads when someone comes flying around a bend Iinstinctively hit the brakes harder. As always, thanks Ashley.

Sometimes it is hard to look for the things that you cannot see when those you can see, can be so awful all on their own. That said, the bus incident was insane, and the other unsighted and blind sided incidents cried out for rather more care than some took. Your staggered formation point was well taken, I prefer to tuck in and wait, or, if not possible, then hold back and let the chips fall where others drop them.

The IAM has a mantra: Always be able to stop in the distance you can see to be clear on your side of the road. However I nearly got caught out when I went round a left hand bend on a country road to find a jogger running towards me at speed! I have modified the IAM guideline: Always be able to stop in the distance you can reasonably expect to be clear. That means if there's a possibility of a currently invisible threat (like a jogger coming towards you on your side of the road around a corner, or a motorbike crossing behind a car in front, or a kid running out from behind a bus) then SLOW DOWN. Learnt from Ashley: "When risk goes up, speed comes down!"

5:55… years ago my colleague t-boned a milk float very similar to this, he was in the out side lane [40 reducing to 30 MPH zone] and the milk float joined the dual carriageway from the side road from the left and pull straight out across into the outside lane. When my mate asked why he pulled straight out into the outside lane instead of filtering into lane 1 [the road was empty and no other traffic around] the float driver said he wanted to turn right at the next round about [which was about a 1,000 yards further up the road] and also added he was new at the job and had only been driving the float about a week. 😳🤦‍♂️

Your videos have changed the way I drive. I currently live in London but am from up north originally. Bad driving in London is very common and I see risky behaviours every day. My biggest change in my driving is not flashing my lights to let people through. I can see how this can go wrong and how it is better to show your intentions by the way you position yourself on the road . The biggest problems I see whilst driving are people overtaking you on your left side and weaving in and out of traffic. Sometimes it's very scary.

The speeding car when the kids were running across the road just made me shout out loud. Truly shocking and could so easily have cost a young life.

The kids by the bus is bad, I have driven school buses for twenty yrs (Until now that is , cancer got me !), but our vehicles have signs fully in view stating 'Don't Cross Until Bus Has Gone'. You have to reinforce this verbally every time though, because cars fly past buses at crazy speeds, not seeing the situation as a hazard but an opportunity to get past that pesky bus. Anyway, thanks Ashley this channel is great.

Spent years riding motorcycles, treat everyone like they cant see you, the one that gets my goat is when inching out of a junction with parked cars on the road is the amount of people assume you can see them because they can seen your front bumper, blaring horns for the next 200 yards

Liverpool Road North and Westway. It reminds me of Penn Road and Stubbs Lane, turning right from Penn is nearside to nearside due to the junction. They're both about the same distance from the stations and in the amount of collisions.

7:48 Is taken on the A38 directly south of the town of Thornbury, near Bristol, judging by the coordinates given by the dashcam. The pair of electric poles seen to the right means the viewer is traveling North East away from Alveston. It is National Speed limit on this section of road from the last juction behind the viewer for Alveston next to a Hyundai dealer

Very sensible advice

This is a really good one . I don't think it would have occured to me to be looking through other people's vehicle windows .

6:38 That's diabolical driving, their licence should be revoked.

5:42 That incident is not due to a blond spot, and especially not seeing a lorry. A driver looking to the right can see much more than 90 degrees and when the car making a lane change to the right can see even more... He just didn't look right properly.

Regarding observation on the road, remember The Yardbirds song 'Over, Under, Sideways, Down'.

There are a few things I always bear in mind while driving. 1) *It is better to be alive than right.* Even if it's your "right of way", if someone's acting like an idiot, just hang back and let them be an idiot on their own. This ties in with number 2). 2) *Do whatever you can to avoid an incident.* If you can do something to avoid an incident, you owe it to yourself and others to do whatever you can. When driving, leave space, anticipate what pedestrians and drivers might do. Don't shut out queue jumpers, it's not your job to police the road. When walking, look both ways before crossing the road, for god's sake. 3) *Looking and not seeing anything there is NOT the same as seeing it to be clear.* This is especially important in poor visibility. When you look, make sure you see the empty tarmac, the wall, hedge or fence behind where something could be. "Sorry mate, I didn't see you." No, you didn't. You also didn't see any empty space for your manoeuvre.

Yea absolutely I have a number of mini roundabouts on my daily commute that you cannot see down the right until your basically on the line, I always slow down to a crawl before entering so I can have a clear line of sight, many people go through at 20 ish mph and I assume it's a leap of faith because there is now there stopping if some does the same and pull out without slowing.

The left turn at that junction from the same direction catches unaware people out, as you know there is a give way a few meters past the lights where people will stop when cars travelling in the opposite direction are turning right onto the same road. Pretty sure I've seen at least two crashes in the last 12 months, drivers become too focussed on the cars from the opposite direction turning right and rear end the car stopped at the give way.

My comments are: dont rush you will only save seconds. Drive generously and allow for other peoples errors. Never get mad, the other guy didn't do it on purpose. Accident, your fault or not, will always cost you time, frustration and inevitably an increase in premium. Avoid avoid and hope one day someone allows for your mistakes

The last clip... definitely worth knocking a bit of speed off when going past a queue in the opposite direction. Lots of things you cant see and plenty of places for them to jump out from.

6:12 haha That's from that motorbike overtake crash video a few weeks back, cracked me up that did. 😂😂

Golf driver very lucky railings didn't penetrate the cabin, in some cases leaning /tilting your head slightly towards the middle of the car whilst looking in the mirror to see beyond the "normal view" you see when sat back in your seat. Have lived and worked in Germany for over a decade and I can remember driving to work in the winter between Ravensburg and Wangen im allgau and coming across a local walking down an unlight country lane without a foot path dressed from head to foot in black (Warm but deadly), I was so flabbergasted I actually gave them the Hi vis vest from my car. W.r.t the kids dashing across the road , simply horrifying , I'm sure many of us can remember the THINK campaign run several years back where the kid sees his mates crying at a roadside tribute and wonders why then later on sees another who appears to ignore him, so he then calls out to his mate and dashes across the road only for a car to pass right through him, leaving him apparently unscathed ,he then comments to the camera that it didn't hurt as much as yesterday. Road safety is everyones responsibility when you're out and about.

First of all in the second clip from Germany the scooter driver was on the wrong side of the road..... that is a rather common danger over here.... and second regarding expecting traffic from where i can't look around to, yes i do because of your videos. I was rather defensive before but this helps even more and has saved my and the others backend a few times already.....

A frightening habit I'm seeing more of is parents walking with their children on the curbside like some game. They seem oblivious to the fact door mirrors stick out a reasonable distance and when vehicles are moving next to them they could very easily get injured by being to close.

Today I was going round a right hand bend on a country road. This was the first turn into a sharp S-bend. Road signs on the left of the road showed some small roadworks with a keep right sign. The road was narrow, about 1.5 lanes wide. The second section of the S-bend was occluded by houses. About half way around the bend an oncoming cyclist appeared out of my front right column blind spot. I had not seen him at all, and the only reason I saw him is because he stuck his right arm, which I could see appear around the right column. He was angry that I didn't see him (and I was disappointed in myself too), but the reason I wanted to note this here was because I'm quite sure he identified that he was in my blind spot and did what he could to correct the situation... good, intelligent road use on his part.

Lamp posts, trees and sign posts situated on the corner of give way. They are large enough to hide bicycles and motorcycles and sometimes even cars if in the exact "right" spot.

My motto is never assume anything when out on the road even if I'm walking!

To be honest the main culprit in the first clip is the junction design. Not saying either driver was fine or that people shouldn't be able to deal with bad junctions, but rearranging where the lanes go to allow better visibility or changing the traffic light flow order and it'd be a non-issue.

I always think about anything I can't see. If I can't see past a bus, even when I've edged close to the line, I won't even attempt an overtake. Prescot Road where you turn on to St Oswalds Street, I turn right a lot, there. When there's no light for the right turn anymore, I'll hang in the box until I've got a good enough view of the road. The amount of times I've seen cars just go when they can't see behind the right turners in the opposite direction is pretty shocking. Seen a fair few near misses, there.

Motorcyclists usually has a vision advantage, being higher than most cars, or a disadvantage as the car that our man collided with was close to and smaller than the one nearest to him. Hence hidden from his line of sight, advantage becoming a disadvantage as he assumed the way was clear, a hard lesson.

Drive to what you can see, what you can’t see and what you could reasonably expect to happen