No political party is willing to make policing the roads part of their policy because many drivers are entitled and saying anything that might make it so they can't drive however the hell they want is political suicide.

Yeah , “we’re all doomed “ 😢

@@DaveHines1 Not doomed. But we're not in a good place.

​@@goodyeoman4534the World isnt a Good Place

Yep and meanwhile our out of touch politicians promise more housing but ignore the crisis on the roads right now.

Drive-over-abouts, wonderful, aren't they 🙄🤣

Agreed. It doesn't matter how harsh the punishments are, if you're never getting fined anyway. A higher chance of getting caught, would go a long way of reducing the amount of problems we encounter daily.

It's a bloody huge problem in Manchester, maniacs driving like they're on a race track, in front of police vehicles and nothing is ever done. It's pathetic

Technology has forced change. Everything gets videod by someone and if you cause an accident the evidence is likely to emerge. That means lawbreaking can usually be dealt and paid for by you through your insurance rather than you as a taxpayer. Even the ever present threat of ending up on KZfaq is enough to keep me in line! Of course, this system won’t deter the stolen car, joyriding, uninsured mob, or those high on drink or drugs.

@@raymondbenjamins5884 Leave him be, he is on his way to place a bet.

It is based on the assumption though, that the Police vehicle was being driven by uniformed police officers. The power under the Road Traffic Act to stop vehicles only extends to uniformed officers... it could have been crewed by PCSOs, or other police staff But yes, consequences are too few and far between

I learnt long ago that dogs and cats just have to take their chances. They're not children - for whom braking to avoid is vital - and too many people end up paying for the untraceable loose dog with a car wrapped round a tree.

Exactly. Most inner city buses don't have seatbelts and even the ones that do can't really enforce their use. A bus driver's responsibility to their passengers far outweighs that of a loose animal. That's why dog owners need to take more responsibility in built up areas.

Absolutely this. I was once in a bus that the driver slammed on the brakes to not run over a cat. The cat was fine but some people on the bus that were not seated became like missiles and got projected to the front of the bus and got injured.

@@PedroConejo1939 And spot the odd dead fox in the morning around this time of year. Not long since I had to stop to avoid driving over a dead one - probably run over by a truck after dark.

@@johnkeepin7527 Foxes and deer here. Deer should be avoided though because they will likely cause a lot of damage if you hit one. There's often evidence of whatever vehicle hit it near to a deer carcass.

Ah, the “I am right and the system has failed me” person that takes no responsibility for their actions and are unwilling to learn the correct way of doing things They sound similar to the ones who believe if they accelerate to warp speed onto a roundabout first it gives them immediate priority over everyone else

@smilerbob I recently had a driver charge onto a roundabout that I had already joined, after frying his horn, the 'man in a hurry' proceeded to follow me to a supermarket car park to deliver a tirade of abuse for having cut him up! Shoppers gathered to listen and my wife nearly wet herself laughing as the idiots false teeth flew out of his mouth with the fury! As he left, bumping over kerbs, he didn't seem to have much more control over his car.

There's a 3-way mini-roundabout near me that often has the drivers doing the same thing as that one in the first clip. So when I'm turning right (like the learner does), I'm always ready for the driver coming from the opposite direction not obeying the rule. I try and time my approach so that my turn isn't at the same time as the on-coming vehicle, so if they ignore the rule I'm less likely to have problems.

@@davem9204 Good forward planning from yourself in that situation, the problem is when there's a queue of 'oncoming' and when one goes, they all blindly follow, the 'herd' or 'sheep' mentality as I refer to it.

@@660einzylinder Ashley has covered this mis-held belief that if you get one wheel on the roundabout you somehow have priority before. You should have given way to him. Of course chasing someone down and having words can literally only make things worse - one day they'll meet someone who gives them a bop on the nose for their troubles. Might even be legally justifiable if someone is following you in a vehicle in a threating way...

seems like installing seat belts might be an idea

@@5wheels178 How do seat belts help standing passengers?

​@@5wheels178 "standing passengers"

@@GreatSpot8608 usually people standing are better able to emerge from a sudden brake unharmed. I genuinely don't get the whole 'buses having no seat belts' thing. Eventually we'll wonder how that was ever a thing

I was taught that an emergency stop for a dog running into the road should only be done if it is safe for occupants of your vehicle and other nearby road users. Avoiding human injury or a collision with other vehicles takes precedence over the safety of a dog that a careless owner has allowed to run into the road.

Exactly, I've been driving for 20 years and can't remember the last time I even had a near miss. Maybe drivers are a lot more inconsiderate in England compared to Ireland.

Also, If someone wants to try and reprimand or cause problems, I just say, LET THEM! I sometimes turn off just to avoid someone who has decided to brake check me, rather than hit the horn and allow hi to wind me up.

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@@ashley_neal Thanks Ash, that's 3 minutes and 49 seconds of my life I'll never get back..!

@@ashley_neal 😆 it was funny!

@DaftLimmy 2:00 I hope the driver was singing the song

Blahem!

The last time I tried to tell someone they were driving the wrong way I was greeted with a rather rude “And? What are you going to do to stop me?” I am now rather careful about who interact with on the road and just generally keep myself to myself and let someone else deal with them Plenty of Twitter police that will happily put themselves on the line for our viewing

@@PS-fl7et That's always a risk, but at least you can easily drive off before they can turn around.

Its not your responsibility to educate people or to enforce the rules. I wouldn't bother Going into one way streets the wrong way is mostly a matter of (in)convienience anyway. Its not really dangerous persé

@Evolixe “Not really dangerous…”except pedestrians would expect traffic to be coming along the road from one direction only. Not to mention many roads have parked cars either side so someone travelling the wrong way is more than an inconvenience and extremely dangerous having to rely upon an incompetent driver to reverse an unknown distance

and some people are just chocolate starfishes too. 🙂

If you ask the average driver how good a driver they are the answer is almost invariably "Ooo, above average".

Too many drivers get their licence and think that's the end of their learning.

@@mcdon2401 Agreed. The other thing is that many people believe that doing something for a long time makes them good at it and that they don't need to do anything else. While it can be a factor, it's necessary to take active steps to improve knowledge and skills.

Another thing is that more intelligent people always question what they think they know (even when they're right) and check their information. Less intelligent people are sure of themselves and feel no need to check their information (even when they're wrong).

I know what you mean but sometimes, they actually do have more important things to be doing than writing fines for minor traffic offences.

They were off to their tea break? Same thing happens here in California (and that was before defunding).

Same. But you have to remember they may be too busy to stop for every idiot on the road. My brothers friend was stopped for speeding at 80mph in a 40 a few years ago now. He got away with a severe telling off because the police had a prisoner in the car.

if you are talking about the second clip, that’s in Newcastle, and that car is never occupied and only moves at the end of the day. As for the last clip, it looked like at one point it was two way (the markings), but they could indeed have at least stopped the, and informed them it was one way (as if the signs didn’t say it clearly enough). But given the police don’t know about merge in turn or drive recklessly on occasion, and enforcement of speed limits are inconsistent throughout the counties, I think we know police officers need a lot more training.

It also depends what job they are doing. They may be specifically out to police traffic, or they might be investigating domestic violence, in which case stopping what they are doing for a traffic offence isn't productive.

But that kind of comment is thinking outside the box! 😂

Yep but the driver of the car committed the prohibited movement knowing that there was a police van there. They knew that if there was a police officer in the van, it was going to do nothing.

Those vans are no different from any other fleet vehicle in terms of those that can be driven on a standard licence. It depends on the particular force as to how many civilians they have and whether they routinely use marked vehicles. Impossible to tell if it was a civilian or a constable however it may be that if it were a constable they may not be trained and therefore authorised in blue light driving

@@oneandonlyjaybee It could also be a prisoner transport van on their way to assist another officer in taking a suspect to the Police station which isn't something they can delay whilst they go off chasing someone for a minor traffic offence.

Almost all his videos show this...

Mythbusters did a traffic episode and admittedly it is an American show with about 6 minutes of footage to 24 minutes of diagrams, cut aways and voice overs but they do the experiments. Spoiler alert: driving impatiently gains you about 3 minutes. When you are in traffic you are on a raft that moves as fast as it wants so might as well tuck in until there is clear road. Speeders and impatient people cause more traffic by blocking exits and entries and closing gaps that other traffic could use to flow out. I drive at my guess for the average speed for the road so I don't have to stop at traffic lights or queue at junctions. I'm not going to get to go any sooner by stopping and starting behind someone in a queue.

I have to give you praise for admitting something like this! Not many people confess their mistakes. I myself however, have never made a single mistake behind the wheel in my life.. well cause I haven't started to learn to drive yet 😝

If you think that amber gambling and dodgy overtakes are acceptable because you're late for an appointment,then you are the problem. Please hand in your license before your lack of forward planning kills someone

@@bigted1347 And you have never done any of those things? Truthfully.

This is the reason so many people still use their phones whilst driving. If there's no enforcement, plenty of people are willing to put others' lives at risk.

I've tried both methods, and see both here, but turning left to turn right is usually much safer. It's my preferred method of getting onto the A354 from here.

@@PedroConejo1939 Unless I know the road is going to be quiet (time of day and day of week affects these things) I will always go left to turn right. Usually quickest, not always but most definitely safest The same with the petrol station the other end of the road in this clip (on the left side in the direction of the cammer). If I am turning right out of there I will turn left and loop around the roundabout I think the odds of winning the lottery are better than two lanes of traffic on a busy road to have a suitable gap simultaneously 😉

@@smilerbob Your last paragraph sums up our main road - and they're usually travelling up to 60 mph (legally), and the visibility is poor. The problem with pulling into the unassigned middle space is that it catches people out in the far lane, who often panic brake - which is absolutely not my intention. So, now I always turn left to turn right unless it's one of those very rare occasions when it's completely clear in both directions.

we don't have the roundabout option in much of the US. so while tat sort of emerge isn't officially allowed, police prefer it to people just barging out into traffic. - though there are now some T-junctions that have an official acceleration lane for that purpose.

@@smilerbob I saw a Burton clip and assumed it would be you. There must be a fair fraternity of Burton viewers. I too would recommend going left there and turning at the roundabout, though to be honest if I'm going to Screwfix I walk. If it isn't so busy, I'll leave a gap and use a speed that clearly indicates to the emerging vehicle I'm allowing them out.

I would also recommend that the scooter driver "wears something white at night" which ages me for those who are aware of older government adverts.

​@@amazer747 as a biker, I've come to realise that it doesn't matter what colours you're wearing if the person isn't looking to begin with. I had a similar incident in broad daylight. Fortunately it was slow enough for them to stop before crushing me and the bike.

Yeah, that must have been hilarious to watch.

Sorry, what now, parked outside officers' house "full of guns", surely they have to check weapons in / out of secure storage at the station when going on / off shift, not take them home with them??

​@@daveg3312 I'm no expert on this but from sources I can find online it seems that this varies, possibly based on force and the precise role of the officers. Some routinely stay armed off duty, presumably to allow them to be scrambled faster when there's an incident that needs them. In the case I mentioned above my understanding is that the guns were in a high-security cage inside a car with lots of electronic monitoring - hence the automatic emergency response when it was bumped. It's not like they were just lying in the boot of a normal car!

@@ExplodingCabbage The only place in the UK I know of where officers are routinely armed off duty is Northern Ireland. And even then I doubt they wouldn't have weapons in the car unattended.

Bike lanes are really just pram lanes in this country, so many clueless parents

My friend's belief in his great driving ability is purely based on the fact that he claims he's "never hit anything". In reality, not only is he a terrible driver, but his cracked bumpers and dented panels tell a completely different story: His car was immaculate when he got it, and I have the photos to prove it. But apparently the bangs and scrapes don't count because... reasons!

Yeah we saw, that was the whole point of the clip

@@chrisclarke8451no it wasn’t. The point was that the silver car should have given way to the learner and stopped, presumably to repeat the utterly wrong meme that drivers on the roundabout have priority. Being actually on top of it was a bonus, but everybody did that including the learner and the cam car.

to me, the best bit of it was that the driver of the camera car, recorded the bad behavior of the silver car, and then THEY treated it as an overabout.

There's a roundabout less than twenty seconds up the road if they take a left. I've seen delivery drivers coming from that same road use a left and then the roundabout instead of a right turn, so it must often be faster.

As it says on London Dash-Cam; ALWAYS AN AUDI!!!

Yeah. And these "stay back" stickers were never actually intended for anything as small as a van in the first place. They really are just blame-shifting excuses for bad driving on these smaller vehicles.

Personally I think they are a reasonable piece of advice (you can always choose to ignore it if you're daft enough) and probably helpful for inexperienced cyclists on the road who might not appreciate that particular danger but otherwise obey the more obvious, mandatory, highway code obligations eg red lights, pavements etc. I don't have an issue with them myself.

@@Chigleybus Hear that whoosh?

@@arthurjarrett1604 you're not wrong, lots of hot air on here tonight.

Ever since the tories broke ALL the covid laws and got away with it, people think why should we have to obey their laws.

You can fine them, you can send them for training. There's lots of middle ground. Draconian penalties have been demonstrated to be ineffective.

You can fine people, but then you have to get the money out of them. You can ban them, but since when has that stopped them driving..? Watch any cop show like Police Interceptors and you will see this time after time after time. The CPS (aka Criminals Protection Service or Can't Prosecute Shit) don't help either, with "No further action" all the time. I despair sometimes, I really do.

Sadly, the pressure on couriers is exactly the reason these things happen.

Agree about the lorry it was unlucky but why did the lorry driver not stop do a bit of gesticulating and allow the BMW maybe to reverse as there was loads of room behind or (it is hard to tell the next option) stop and allow him to squeeze around the corner. The lorry driver should have stopped as soon as he knew there was no room. The right of way is not necessarily right.

I think most headlight flashes are down to the context of the situation and the unwritten conventions would be far too complex to write in the HWC; hence the rather over-simplistic rule 110; and rule 111 to give a clue that these conventions exist. The situation of two opposing cars stopping in a narrowed road, where one needs to allow the other to go, is a common one where a flash is used as a polite way of saying "you go". I think most drivers are aware of this convention, and it gets used a lot safely and without drama. Otherwise you just end with a Mexican stand-off of who goes next. I think the problem in this clip, as Ashley suggests, is that the van hasn't got its lights on, so may appear to have parked up. There's so many delivery van around these days that just stop anywhere without indicating or finding a sensible place to stop, I can understand why the little blue van might have got mixed up here. I don't think the cammer's headlight flash made a huge amount of difference here as they were going to wait for the oncoming van anyway.

There are many layouts where two lanes merge into lane 2, at up to 70 mph at some places, with the left lane becoming lane 1 and 1 on the right becoming 2, e.g. 51°31'50.5"N 3°13'54.8"W

The Volvo was clearly driving very badly, but I noticed the cammer wasn't overtaken by anyone in lane 3 through that clip. So if the cammer had been scanning behind them they could have moved into lane 3 instead of slamming on the brakes when the Volvo moved over in front of them.

Thanks for your support!

You're right mate. Thats my clip. Its the A57 towards Crystal peaks. If Ashley let the clip run you would've seen the roundabout coming from the parkway blocked up because of the single lane queue.

The dog seemed to be running fast enough to get out of the way anyway, so no need for the bus to slam on. I also wonder if the dog was in the bus driver's blindspot, being low down and quite close to it?

Like voting is going to change anything. Politicians are all the same, out for No.1. They'll promise anything until they get in, then it's me me me and stuff the rest of us 🙄

The police car is going back towards the station.

Also wasn't that a police car he drove past in the wrong direction?

Couple of hundred yards up the road from that junction there was a new traffic light system installed that gave cyclists on the cycle path a turn whilst keeping it red for everyone else. - the light would illuminate with a green cycle symbol. Vehicles can only go left or right but cyclists can also go straight ahead. After a month or so they had to cover it up again as too many half asleep drivers were going on the cycle light and turning left or right across cyclists - way too dangerous.

Was it my imagination or was the silver car coming back down the wrong side of the road? There looked to be a 20 painted on the road. Maybe they just lost. Newcastle upon Tyne is a pain to drive round from personal experience.

Talking of pedestrian crossings, why have so many changed the design so that the green/red man in on the button box, instead of on the pole opposite? Not only are the pedestrians looking down to their sides, the person standing next to the button is blocking the view of it for anyone else waiting. I'd much rather be looking across the road, so everyone can see the green/red man, and also see if the vehicles have stopped too. It seems such a stupidly dangerous design change.

@@davem9204 cheaper.. but agreed, more dangerous. Ideally it should be both, so those with partial sight can use the one closer to them as reference. I often just look up and across at the traffic lights and when they turn red, I then watch for the cars stopping. Usually cos the pedestrian light is either blocked or broken.. oh joy.

@@itsaderpyturtle5491 For partially sighted or blind people, they should have those spinning things under the button box which they can feel. Assuming that they are properly maintained and work!

@@davem9204 "assuming" ;)