What's a red light?

@James Stewart Now you're just being silly: that's clearly from the Advanced Exam 😉

Beats me why they have brakes they only slow the meter down anyways.

@@ianmacfarlane1241 Some people apparently think red lights are optional

@@notmenotme614 Three years ago I was walking up to the local shops with my two year old nephew - I used to look after him one day a week. So, we're crossing the road at a green man, and a car comes round the corner, straight through a red light and comes close enough to us that I managed to kick the car, while shouting, "it's a fucking green man". I'd never sworn in front of my nephew, but I got such a fright I lost it. So, I watched the car travel about 100 metres up the road and pull in at a Church/Church Hall. I walked up to the car, but it was empty. I've always got a pen on me, so I'm looking for a piece of paper to write an angry note, and the driver walks out of the Church Hall - he'd been dropping his daughter off at a dance class. He sees me and immediately knows what's up, and I'm fuming, (I'm not a big guy - 6' tall with a shaved head, so to some I've got an aggressive demeanor) so he starts apologising profusely. I let him know, in no uncertain terms, that I'm not happy - bad enough nearly hitting me, but my very precious two year old nephew....no way. He explains that he was dropping off his daughter and his mind wasn't in the right place - I told him that I was considering calling the police to have him breathalysed, however, I couldn't believe that he'd drink and drive with his daughter in the car, so I was prepared to give him a pass - I don't think that he had been drinking - I was just letting him know that I wasn't happy. Anyway, that was that..... I didn't mention this to my sister, (his Mum) - didn't see the point. About three weeks later I saw my sister, and she says, "you'll never believe what happened last night....I'm getting dinner ready with Gary, and Aidan (nephew) is just entertaining himself in the living room, when all of a sudden he shouts out...."fucking green man" at the top of his voice...clear...as...day, with perfect pronunciation.." She said that she had to close the door as her and her husband tried to stifle the laughter, as the wee nephew just carries on playing with blocks or whatever. She wasn't accusing me of anything...in fact she had no idea where he'd heard this phrase, but he'd heard it somewhere. I, very sheepishly, told her that he'd picked it up from me, and I had to explain that some clown had shot a red light, nearly hitting her precious wee boy and his uncle. Anyway, that's a IMHO funny red light story - unfortunately many of them aren't so funny 🚦⛔✌️

The amount of times I’ve backed out of a parking spot by 2/3 and people still squeeze past is astonishing. Of course I stop in a situation like that, but why squeeze past instead of waiting for 5 seconds

One of the things that I like about driving in the US is that the police can and will ticket people for violations in car parks. One of the great stories I heard on the radio in Louisiana was of a deputy who _arrested_ his own sheriff for parking in a disabled space in his patrol car. Class.

@@PedroConejo1939 Police in the UK can do similar just they choose not to most of the time.

Driving too fast is in car parks is bad enough, but in our local Tesco car park the Give Way markings and Stop signs with solid white lines just seem to be mere decorations, judging by the number of drivers who take absolutely no notice of them.

Treating the car park as race track day at Snetterton

Especially if they are carrying medically vulnerable patients, as if they end up in a crash it might not go well for them

It's not an emergency ambulance I don't think so no need to rush

Ex-police officer here - the idea of going through an ATS system without lights or sirens gives me shivers. There's no two ways about it - the ambulance driver cocked up. From what I've seen though to me it isn't an emergency ambulance either.

It's possible that the taxi driver was looking at the second set of lights, which were on green and missed the fact that there was a red light a few yards before it. As Ashley said, that's why you should always have a look, even when your lights are on green.

i know it's kind of off topic but do anyone know of a good website to watch newly released tv shows online ?

@Maison Terrence i watch on flixzone. Just search on google for it =)

@Archie Tripp definitely, been using Flixzone for months myself :D

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He didn't even stopped on red light 🤣

Not being broken down is also a surprise

I do this when the person in front of me is tailgating the person in front of them. Increase the distance as I know they couldn’t slow down progressively and only slow abruptly and sporadicly, I leave a little more room.

There's nothing worse than when you're in a 50 zone with average speed cameras and you have to decide whether to stay in the left lane and let the cars on the slip road struggle to join, or move over into the right lane and have an HGV sat in the boot of your car for the next 3 miles.

@@jacintarene_ I agree, keep well clear. At least they make themselves easy to spot because of the constantly flashing brake lights.

@@ihavenousername1805 - you don't have to decide anything, it's down to them joining to do the thinking.

@@LITTLEbigREG NO!!! firstly, I believe in most cases its legally thier priority, and, secondly, this is the kind of mentality that causes crashes, a road situation is everyones buisness, laws of physics do not distinguish between the right and the wrong.

Given that the road ahead was closed, there was a junction and there was a wagon starting to pull out, a lot more caution should have been exercised by the overtaker. He didn't even _think_ about what was going on but immediately went into the overtake. Not something that would be wise in a car let alone an artic.

Yes, being over courteous really would cause confusion in other road users who generally expect the F-you attitude these days.

I have done exactly the same stop to let the driver out of the junction but the car behind me didn't like it

I thought you stopping there caused too many variables for the lorry behind to easily assess - the parking space, the junction, the roadworks. Which probably should have caused him to stop, but...

Lol, yes. "Beat the bejesus out of it"

So good to hear! Keep learning and thanks for letting me know 👍🏼

If they're tailgating you, they're probably at least concentrating on being a tit and are not going to do as much damage as the idiot miles behind you, watching Die Hard, who slams into stopped traffic at 56 mph. They're the ones to worry about and that's why it's a good idea to leave plenty of space between you and the vehicle in front if you ever have to stop on in a live lane on a motorway or dual-carriageway - and to keep an eagle eye on your mirrors.

What do you think the sign is for? It’s not there to remind you not to crash into the back of their car, but to warn you that the driver is paying more attention to the baby than their driving.

GOOD trigger for the baby snatchers!

Watching Ash's latest video on a Sunday... Priceless! There are some things money can't buy. For everything else there is Ashley Neal...🙂

Well said, Ib S!

@@duraab27 Thank You kindly. When I saw your list of one liners with numbers I immediately thought of the ad. 🙂

I’ve had that whilst I’ve been teaching. The guy behind was going absolutely mental. What did he expect a learner driver to do, go against the rules and into the Keep Clear just so he could make progress ?

@@SiRhodesDriverTraining going mental over a delay which was probably about 30 seconds to a minute...

The driving school car's sign on the top was clearly causing such an obstruction that the lorry driver couldn't see past him.

Have a look again to see where and when I actually stopped 👍🏼

@@ashley_neal possibly slowing down rather than stopping would have been better? The wagon shouldn't have overtaken though.

I only stopped when the overtaking lorry was passing the junction

@@ashley_neal yep, fair enough, you were at a crawl so deffo not stopping. The wagon had slowed as well so showing some impatience by accelerating round, lucky the wagon emerging was paying attention as that would have been a bad accident.

@@ashley_neal ....(Clip 4)....In the given traffic situation : not a good action imo....You created an unnecessary & confusing situation (difficult to interpred by others, 'coz exceptional), hampered the natural flow of traffic by near-halting w/o a real reason, (illegal in my country), which made another driver create a potentially dangerous situation by taking a 'bad' decision (though also a very efficient one; he probably had also seen the roadworks ahead as an obstacle) .... 'Coz : if you would have kept moving, he most likely would have stayed in lane ...Senseless too, 'coz you turned left anyway, so you had hardly any influence on the turning lorry's possible actions and the traffic was normal, so an occasion to enter the road would occur soon enough for the lorrydriver...(In heavy, crawling bumper to bumper traffic this would have made more sense, but then also only if you would have kept going straight on the road)...

When would the LGV emerging get out if there is a constant flow of traffic turning left?

@@ashley_neal Is that your responsibility? Stopping where you did, although polite and not really dangerous, caused that situation to occur. Yes, the lorry shouldn't pass, but as you always say we should be driving to prevent the mistakes of others! It's the lorry's responsibility to wait until a gap in traffic occurs. Gaps do come about, even on busy streets. If the gap is *just* too small for him, he can probably begin to inch out to force his opportunity. Alternatively stop a little further up maybe, to avoid confusion? Difficult one that.

@Eggyk95 have a look again at when I stopped. This was only caused by the LGV overtaking!

Love that!

How can you tell its untaxed?

@@dadjv1926 looked up the licence plate reg on the insurance.

Vehicle smart app will tell ya whether a vehicle is taxed, insuranced, got an mot and more

@@grillflame103 Oh yeah, forgot about that app.

That's what's society is becoming. Show off idiots, who in their eyes are never wrong. The driver deflecting the blame on you because he thinks he or she is a top notch driver.

Thsts never a good idea

@123MondayTuesday Amazing 😂

Most shoppers can't keep their shopping trolley's under control either.

Trollies! I get the one with a dodgy wheel 😅

@@ollieb9875 Arn't you in the "AA!"

It's the pulling up too short that caused the confusion. It's a theme. Clip 1 causes it so the Audi can't clear the crossing. Clip 10 so the lorry cuts the pavement. If he had moved forward to a normal gap (everyone else managed it!) then there wouldn't be this issue. I thought it was about being nice and helping people out? But it seems it's only Infront only and sod everyone behind! 😁

@@gavjlewis it's a one lane road with a road narrows sign on the LHS, I wouldn't be squeezing in beside the car on the right, it's just going to cause problems.

Agree, he should have just gone about his business, with another wagon behind you have no idea what that might have lead to, the wagon pull out and collide with the overtaker and that would have been a nasty outcome.

@@gavjlewis it's up to the driver behind to drive his own car and not enter a space from which there is no exit. I believe the instructor's car left the right amount of gap to the car in front. Traffic queued nose to tail is only inviting further hassles in the event of something unexpected happening. Its what all instructors would teach.

The starting point for a safe, effective and adaptable driving plan is observation. It seems many drivers fail to realise that observing one's mobile doesn't count.

You let your girlfriend drive, instead of making her walk behind the car.

You sound like the sort of people who think you are perfect drivers 🤦‍♂️

@@ethanmccormack9561 I am not. But I have had a total of 3 months of professional driver training on top of my normal drivers licence.

Good shout, pulling up a few yards before a crossing of any type not only gives the pedestrians a better view, it's less imposing to those wanting to cross. I try do this on my bike as much as is possible as well as in car, it's leeway for me and the pedestrians and means I can move off into the space timing it for when they've crossed safely.

I’m showing this to my wife!

@@ashley_neal ha nice one ☝️

I very doubt this happened if u was doing 50, if all lane where 50 the lorry would of probs overtake u? N u prob sped up when he tried. Seems like u r blaming other people for things u have no idea your doing.

@@theripper820 you can doubt it all you want but that is what happened. I was in the slow lane doing 50 as all the lanes were 50mph and said pedestrians on the road for at least 5 miles. He drove up to me, was so close I couldn’t even see him and then he overtook me. Why would you just automatically assume I’m lying when you weren’t even there? So you even know the m3? People overtake over the speed limit all the time, even in the 50mph average speed check. Seems to me like you are literally just making things up because you are bored or just an idiot I guess?

@@SD-oi9gr people just don't beep and swear at someone for no reason do they? U must of done something to annoy him. I always drive speed limit and I dont get beeped at or insulted becssue I'm doing speed limit. U clearly someone who does things wrong and not even aware of it it sounds like to me.

Good question. As the Bus cleared I accelerated gently to be positive with the cars emerging, but when the RR came out I backed off but didn't brake. I also went to use Lane 2 as the road splits but changed my mind when the RR came out wide. It was definitely a non event as I didn't had to brake, and it didn't hinder me doing anything. Thanks for asking, Ashley.

And it was still sitting on its wheels, not housebricks ;-)

On ets2, I generally drive like the Indian bus drivers haha, I do stuff on the game that I can't in real life

It is a cautionary rule in the Highway Code. "167 DO NOT overtake where you might come into conflict with other road users. For example approaching or at a road junction on either side of the road" In the case of an accident, it could demonstrate carelessness.

That doesn't sound like trouble to me, that sounds like Darwinism at work.

Not _should, MUST._

this myth again! they don't need to have their lights or sirens on to use their exemptions. That said, this isn't an EMERGENCY AMBULANCE from what I can see, and so the driver may not be such that are allowed to use the exemption anyway.

@@SPTSuperSprinter156 This may be just a matter of not quite understanding what each other is getting at but ambulances (and other emergency vehicles) are only granted exemptions to certain traffic laws *in an emergency* (that can include transporting patients from one hospital site to another). They can't just break traffic laws willy-nilly. One exemption is to treat red traffic lights as give way signs. Since it is most unlikely that this particular type of ambulance would be in an emergency situation without its blue lights on, we can assume that it was not an emergency. If it was being driven in an emergency situation, that vehicle would have been exempted. The balance of probability here is that there was no emergency and so the vehicle was therefore subject to regular traffic laws, which were broken.

You have clearly never driven a heavy vehicle. I have and do for a living and it's mainly car drivers who cause the problems such as cutting in front of a hgv on a motorway, yes when I'm driving down a tight road and a car comes towards me I make the car reverse because it easier for a car to reverse than a big vehicle, some drivers get pissed off with it but a few understand and give me room and I make sure to thank them for their patience.

@@ethanmccormack9561 If you hadn't told me you drive HGVs for a living I'd have guessed that's what you do because you sound like an arrogant bellend. Thanks for proving my point.