errrr….wtf? Lol

@@leeh4722 you didn’t see it then?

It doesn't shake when the camera does. So, why did someone edit that in to the video?

​@@BCrossingEither Ashley added it for a joke or the original uploader hid it in there as a joke. Bit random lol

@@TheFatNumptyno! 😅

True, how will the other cars get punished for their bad behavior if your don't blare your horn at them for 10 seconds at least.

😂😂 the horn police

@@J0seph_Mother I think in some cases it's a nervous/shock reaction, but either way it's a poor habit and is negative behaviour.

And that's just reversing off the driveway!..😂😂.....

Updates to the Highway Code mean you now also need to loudly declare "It's on dashcam!"

I'm ready for that sweet alien probe, any time. Take me now!

Bob Lazar confirmed it's a real UFO in Ashley's podcast on Friday

@@123MondayTuesday 😂😂

Listen mate, if my FO (not a 'U'FO 'cos I know what it is..!) was around, you wouldn't see it unless I wanted you to 😋

Actually 5:27 - very good sighting and harder to hide the truth thanks to dashcams!

I think they both deserve whatever damage they got.

That clip makes me very happy.

Yup, and he deserved it.

Must be a wierd camera angle. Because that flatbed looked a lot wider than the width restriction on the right hand lane. Or is it yet another of those idiots that drives in that lane, ignoring the restriction, then has to straddle the lane marking, because they don't actually fit........

@@tin2001 The guy trying to merge was more than happy to trade damage considering his trailer is unfinished steel, the van driver will probably need to explain to his boss what he was playing at.

Superb comments and pretty much reflects my own thoughts and experience.

Totally agree. Between Ashley and Omigos I've been extra aware of my surroundings and take a more considered approach even when others are driving like maniacs. Take a breath, be more zen.

Ashley often does only blame one party (rightly so) tho' when it's only their fault.

I believe they are called UAPs these days

Totally agree idiot line cause more problems than they do good, 😊

I understand that some people do this when the roundabout is empty and it doesn't affect anyone. But letting it become habit results in situations like this.

I mostly do this when there is no one around me and therefore it affects no one. The problem is the majority of people are not at all situational with their driving - they drive the same when the roads are completely empty as they do in rush hour. And so any habits that creep into their driving they will do literally no matter what (including the one in this video where someone has straight lined a roundabout while someone is to their right)

I do it when I'm pedal powered to make my intent clearer - I'm not leaning to make the move, so hopefully look like I'm going straight through. When I'm in the car, the only time I do that is where the roundabout is literally too small - ones added into small suburban streets decades after the houses were built, for example.

If you negotiate a mini roundabout correctly when you're going straight on, drivers assume you're turning left, even though you're not signaling.

Worse still, beeping in a situation like that could cause them to panic and stop unpredictably.

Yeah, I had to replay that just to see when it came into shot.

Indeed. People forget that the purpose of the horn is alert others of your presence, not to express your displeasure.

I approve of the "bonnet language" description.

It's weird, I can't quantify that sort of thing, but I definitely see vehicles around me and can identify which ones are being driven by someone that would do something stupid. It's totally... a sort of language, I just can't put my finger on what the signals are that I'm picking up.

@@williamstrachan it’s interesting isn’t it. It’s not really something you can put into words but there’s definitely a vibe that you can pick up on. Much like body language, sometimes we just don’t like a persons vibes when we encounter them. Like a gut feeling that often turns out to be true.

​@@williamstrachan It's probably something so primitive, brain wise, that you'll never get a conscious grasp of it. Possibly initially evolved from learning to tell if an animal was harmless or likely to make lunch out of you just from the way it moved.

I like it.

I would disagree. The lorry driver did well. First of all it's not easy for the lorry the change the lanes suddenly. Secondly the driver in front could swerve into the lorry path after realising the mistake. It's not wise if in the front is some kind of hazard on the road and the vehicles behind unaware of danger will blast around it. The lorry driver blocked the right lane to sort out the issues in the front then all could process safely

@@46rrodriguez Exactly this, when you have a vehicle in front that looks indecisive you have to modify your actions accordingly. If I were on my motorcycle I would have slowed down, taken stock of my escape route vs their further potential action, then accelerated past keeping to the right. Can't do that in a big lorry!

@@46rrodriguez Apologies, my brain quite often thinks faster than my fingers can type. Of course it is difficult for the lorry to change lane’s suddenly which is what I was trying to allude towards but it seems to have come across wrong. I was talking about moving to lane 2 sooner on the roundabout but also keeping a distance so the stop wasn’t as harsh or sudden. This would, in my humblest of opinions, possibly caused less “rabbit in headlights” response from the vehicle in front but also preventing the situation getting worse by a sudden lane change from the vehicle in front. I dislike my brain when it does this but something I have got used to over the years and apologies for the confusion Take it easy out there 👍

looks like they the queue was for Mcdonalds mainly...all that just for a bigmac lol

@@smilerbob Quality comments from you this morning but there again your comments are consistently so. I'm multi tasking at home this morning and going through these clips gradually. Hope all is well with you. Lots to do at home over the next few days but resuming a busy schedule of events soon. Next one is the huge British Motor Show in Farnborough on Thursday. This will be the 3rd year in a row to attend that event and each year it gets even bigger!

I must admit to having missed turnings, or taken the wrong one on a motorway. My solution is simple, take the next exit and if turn off too early it's usually fairly easy to get back on the motorway

The insecure nobodies we call 'space closers' are the bane of many an intended lane change. Every bit as bad as the lane straddlers who like to police merging queues.

I also worry that it’s a mentality embedded by the company. So many jobs to do, so much stress, that the drivers don’t give an inch and it leads to this behaviour. I think it’s come to the point where companies should automatically receive a separate fine for any offences committed by one of their drivers - and be banned from passing this onto the driver. Companies need to start taking responsibility. This law would also apply to any “self-employed” staff operating in the company name. Of course the driver might just be a four letter word representing a feature of the male anatomy.

Well, not the best display, true, but keep in mind that you are not obliged to let people in although it's the nice thing to do. They way the other car forced itself into the lane is the worse behavior in the end if you ask me, especially due to the damaged it caused.

@@Asto508 Yeah, as Ash says, the donkey wagon should have backed down, but white van vs donkey wagon is a primeval fight to the death. Regarding closing down the space, of course indicating doesn't give anyone the automatic right but it's the instinctive closing the door that some drivers do that gets me. I'm sure we've all had them.

@@PedroConejo1939I fully agree, but if you encounter such a "gap closer", you won't achieve anything by being stubborn too. They already made up their mind about the situation. They won't move unless you threaten them with crashing into them. So basically there is nothing to gain by not yielding, but all to lose.

At least if the Hazards are on double flash the in cab indicator tick with be doubled as well which acts as an additional warning. None the less if you see someone with hazards on always assume they might be indicating is a better and instant solution.

My mum wrote off her Micra doing this into the back of a bin van. She's (rightfully) not driven since

I used to do the CCTV for a bus company and some of the things I've seen you'd never believe 🙄

Buses are really hard to see in good weather!

Personally this is the first time I've seen one of these accelerating areas. I bit it'd have passed me by had I been trying to join there, but now I know.

from the ambulance point of view, the car in front of them has slowed and is stopping to let them by. for the ambulance to stop behind that car and then make the decision to overtake or wait for them to move more out the way so its safe to pass them is dangerous as it takes them time to get back up to speed as a heavy van. they choose to make the overtake with the momentum they had and hoped the sirens would warn who is round the bend they are there. Chris Martin has said that they must not pass on solid white lines but when a car panics and pulls over they dont have the time to explain to the driver why they cant overtake them so he himself will overtake as safely as he can even though its in a dangerous position crossing a solid white line. the ambulance did its overtake before the solid white line. what would you have done if you were in the driving seat of the ambulance?

​@@douglasreid699 They shouldn't have their blues on when they can't overtake

@@Junbav so standard practice is if they cant overtake (from watching Chris Martin videos) is to turn the siren off but keep the blue lights on and follow, once an opportunity to overtake comes up they turn the sirens back on to warn they can make progress and to prepare to let them by as they get ready to overtake.

People panic or because they are terrible at observation don't even see the emergency vehicles behind them, over the years I've had I think 5 times where I've pulled in having seen an emergency vehicle on blues and twos coming up behind and the vehicle behind me has overtaken me and by doing so gone right into the patch of the emergency vehicle, 3 of them were van drivers, it's a testament to the driving skills of the emergency services that none of them ended in a crash.

It's especially difficult in areas with narrow roads with little room to pull over. I live in the Highlands and there's a lot of that here.

I think in that situation the ambulance driver didn't do well, but they know that too. Might be new to the job or got a little red mist from another situation and the point of their job is to push driving safely to its limits.

Looks like the car driver in front of the ambulance stopped in a bad position, leaving the ambulance driver with two options - 1 delaying until the car driver in front realised then needed to keep moving 2 risk a head on collision IMO the ambulance driver picked the worse of the two options

@@jhferu I had an ambulance coming towards me on a longish 2 lane bridge. I was at the front of a line of traffic. I stopped holding everyone up behind me. I flashed my headlights and the ambulance came safely around the single car in front of it. I received a wave from the passenger.

that didn't look to me like an official layby. and the driver handicapped his own observations by not creeping and swinging the cab. if you look close you can see no mirrors are visible until the rig is fully committed.

Seen or been involved in a few scary situation with people forcing their way out where for instance the vehicle in lane 1 is blocking the view of a fast approaching or smaller vehicle for example motorbike in lane 2 that prevents the vehicle the vehicle emerging is trying to force out from changing lane.

Yeah, odd UFO zipping off into the unknown

Yeah mind you it's in title :)

Who needs points and a fine when you've got natural justice? Love it.

love this... though I must say given the general lack of inteligence going around these days, I'd have maybe chosen a different sign placement... and maybe more signs.... because if youg ive people room to do something stupid, they simply WILL do it

​@@PedroConejo1939probably more effective than the usual penalties for being immediate.

had I been managing that roadworks, the closure barricades would have gone down first, before the taper. putting workers in harm's way goes against pretty much everything.

I've just come on shift, I've got the next 10 hours or so 👮🤣

I have been in Banff believe it or not. The North Sea coast is beautiful. 😉

@@thomaselliot2257 Oh wow Thomas. That is a surprise to hear! Hope you enjoyed it there and got treated well by the locals. The main street there is Banff Avenue and lovely. Up the hill is the Banff Springs Hotel. Fun Fact: The hotel was unintentionally built the wrong way around! Part way through the build, the architect came on site and was horrified to discover this but by then it was too late! But as a result, the kitchens have the best view of the mountains, rather than the rooms! Oh and look up "Questions asked by Banff tourists". They are all real and quite hilarious!

@@ibs5080 sorry Ibrahim, my little joke . It was Banff in Scotland. Hope you are not annoyed . 🙂 I will look up Banff in Canada on Internet now you have brought it to my atttention 👍

Calling themselves Canmorons is probably the easiest way to never be offended by an insult 🤣 On a serious note it is always nice to see clips of places you know on these videos as it suddenly brings up memories

@@thomaselliot2257 I should have realized, especially as I was well aware of Banff in Banffshire Scotland. You got me good there. Joking aside, I'd love to visit the Scottish version.

Yeah it's an absolute travesty

At first I thought you meant the local MP raised a hamburger in parliament. 😊

Yet another incidence of traffic planners appearing to have zero clue about what will actually happen on the roads as the result of their designs made or permissions given.

Absolutely.

I'm not sure I agree with that assessment, because the overtake they did only put themselves in danger, not the cyclist. You can see that they actually were leaving the cyclist a decent amount of space before they had to move back over when they went over the ridge. I think the problem is actually much simpler than that. Too many drivers simply don't think. They handle situations on autopilot and because they don't think, they don't change their behaviour to the specifics of the present situation. This drivers default response to a cyclist will have been "if I cannot see a car coming towards me, I overtake the cyclist". They couldn't see a car approaching, so they overtook the cyclist. The fact that there was a crest approaching wouldn't have even crossed their mind. I've ridden motorbikes for most of my life, and the first thing I was ever taught was to watch the driver and the car, and you see this kind of autopilot behaviour all the time. You watch somebody make a lane change and you see that they turn their head towards their mirror, flick the indicator on as they start to move, and go in to the new lane. They've performed the action of mirror, signal, maneuver but it's on autopilot. They've turned towards the mirror, but haven't actually looked in it, they've indicated not because they're thinking about telling other motorists what they're about to do, but because it's their default response, and then they change lane whether it was safe to do so or not. Too many drivers go through all sorts of maneuvers on autopilot, only reacting to the most obvious stimuli, the kind of things that are so common that they don't require any conscious thought. Perfect example for me is the SMIDSY at junctions. For years I've ridden a BMW1200GS, this is a big bike, with an upright riding position. Mine is painted in bright red, my riding gear is canary yellow, and I'm 6'3" tall, so I'm very visible, both because for a motorbike I have a big profile from every angle, and because the colours stand out against any background. At least once every couple of months I'll have somebody pull out infront of me at a junction, when I've been watching them and have seen them turn their head in both directions and look right towards me. Every time it's the same response, "Sorry Mate I Didn't See You". I'm certain it's because their autopilot reaction when pulling up to a junction is "turn your head left and right, look for approaching cars, and pull out if no cars are seen". It doesn't matter how visible the motorbike is, because it's not what they're looking for, because their autopilot response is only checking for cars because cars are the most common thing they see. Too many drivers simply don't change their behaviour in response to anything that is unexpected, or different, or less common.

@@mackemforever There's a lot to agree with there but regarding whether the cyclist was at risk or not, two points: the driver may have instinctively swerved to avoid a head-on, thus taking out the cyclist; also, as a cyclist, you really don't want to be right next to a high-speed head-on collision - physics is likely to get you involved in some way or another.

Yep, I've said the same thing before. They passed the cyclist there because that's where the cyclist (obstacle) was when they got to it. They wouldn't consider an "overtake" there, because they can't see well enough. The hardest part is getting drivers to realise that passing a cyclist is an overtake.

@@mackemforever Hi Mack, thank you for such an observant and thoughtful response, you are clearly one of the more sensible cohort of road users and your reference to what you observe is cogent. Much of it alludes to our habits of perception, when I stared riding motorbikes on the road I was so afraid of getting hurt and so suspicious of car drivers I could not stop watching them, every open crossroads with a car waiting I would come up with my heart in my mouth, until I could actually see the driver looking at me!. Luckily very few of them stuffed me up!, always because they did not see me. There is a subtle difference I find between looking and seeing, what I learned to do was just keep my eyes open and keep looking around not for anything not at anything, just pick up on what is there. It seem that a lot of other people for one reason or another only look for things that they have thought of, behaviour directed by prescription not by description. This habitual mind-set can cause significant problems and incapacitate a person when confronted by any unfamiliar situation they are not prepared for. I do agree that not actually thinking at all is far too common!. Now that I am quite a lot older if not any wiser I still operate an observe first then think then act, hoping all the while that my autopilot will know when to stamp on the brakes, this has saved me a couple of times in the last year or so when I have started to pull out of a junction when a car was coming, I only saw it the second time I looked left as I started to move, the last time I actually stopped before I was really aware of what I had seen!. I still won't take that for granted though, I am always waiting to stuff up!, just because I have driven nearly one million miles without hurting anybody else does not mean it cannot happen. Cheers, Richard.

where I live (in the states), there would have been double yellows on that stretch because of those blind dips.

@@kenbrown2808 In Hong Kong we would have double white lines at blind corners and dips, but unfortunately they still get ignored by quite a few drivers, and it's typically the usual suspects: taxis, Teslas, BMWs, Audis, and 'boy racers' in their JDMs.

@@kenbrown2808 There should be double whites there. The standard for when and when not to use double whites in the middle of the road actually calls out a visibility distance to use them at (60 mph minimum visibility distance 175 metres) which takes into account the height of vehicles and thus dips in the road.

@@Direkin yes, I've come around a blind corner with double lines and no passing signs, and found cars 2 abreast in the corner.

I think given the circumstances you did the right thing, telling her to stop as soon as it was clear she was going to run the red light, even if it resulted in her stopping in the middle of the junction, it's only in hindsight you can see that stopping her earlier or later would result in a 'better' outcome. On the plus side it's taught you to be more aware of your students approaching lights so you can try tell if they're in follow the leader mode or are actually paying attention. Nobody's perfect and we learn best from mistakes and accidents. I'm sure your student has now learned to be more attentive from that embarrassing mistake, too.

Either way, they should've coned-off the whole bit to make it explicitly clear that you shouldn't do it. IMO most drivers won't take the shortcut, but if the first car in a convoy does it, a lot of followers will take the same route.

Agreed Just because you can (although illegal to cross a solid white line) doesn’t mean you should

Nah, they were simply laying cones out and probably waiting for the appointed hour to close that last section up to the junction.

@@I_Evo If the cones were to the side then I would agree with you but they were putting a closure in place and that road was closed. No other reason to take everyone onto the exit sliproad

A certain London taxi driver 😉

@@letter1014 I sense you know exactly who I mean. 😊

my first thought on the car ashley reviewed on car vertical was "no it's not a good purchase, the report clearly says it is an audi"

Years ago it used to be Ford drivers...

@@kenbrown2808 Haa yes, already off to a sketchy start there.

I really didn't see that coming. When Ash mentioned the low sun I expected to see pedestrians crossing in front of the bus, maybe oncoming vehicles overtaking a cyclist. It wasn't even a small misjudgement either, like a loss of a wing mirror - it just stops the car dead.

@@timeluster It is the dumbest self awareness of a driver I have seen recently, unless they have just dropped a smart car off somewhere they have been driving for 15 years theres absolutely no excuse, pure dangerous and so lucky it wasnt a person.

I used to be in the bus industry, and other motorists running into the offside rear corner of a stationary bus is probably the most common source of damage. People don't pay attention, and are so desperate to get past a bus they don't see him signalling to pull up at a stop, don't register the brake lights, and are generally following too close to swerve anyway.

Country types. The police just let them get on with it.

I had somebody attempt this with me but they underestimated my speed as I was doing 28 in a 30 and the car couldn't get in front before oncoming traffic forced them to stop and sit and wait for a gap, I thought it was hilarious and hope they learnt their lesson

@@TerryNutkins3 I wonder if mis-judged speed is the fundamental issue here - they see a cyclist and assume they are doing 10-12mph (probably the speed they could ride at), but in reality it's between 22-25mph. They commit to pulling out, then "fix" their mistake by driving on the wrong side of the road.

@@AndrewEbling Yeah it’s the “Must get in front because the cyclist will slow me down “ attitude that takes over and all judgment goes out the window, their likely to do it in other situations as well like cutting corners,jumping red lights, dangerous overtaking etc. anything they perceive may impede their progress even if there’s no real progress to be made

That roundabout is my local roundabout as it is about 200-300m from my home. It is cool seeing an Australian clip that is close to home.

On my last trip to Germany I woke up in a hotel room in Düsseldorf from a similar dream where I couldn't remember which side of the road I was supposed to be driving on.

I agree about what you said about horses, what drivers need to remember is if you don't care about the horses and/or riders life think what about tonne animal will do to the car and people inside it

Your "100% sure its (sic) this way in other countries" is wrong. There's no rule in the UK that says you must turn take the first exit if you enter in the left lane. Similarly there's no rule that says you can't "travel inside a 2-or-more lane roundabout using the outside lane", in fact the Highway Code includes an illustration of how to negotiate roundabouts showing both your rules being 'broken' by a vehicle entering in the left lane, passing the 1st exit and taking the 2nd, straight ahead, exit.

Tesla recently had an exact repeat of that problem and subsequent recall.

@@ianmason. it's not horribly uncommon. the only car recall I've had, they sent me a letter to tell me my recommended tire pressure was wrong. they included a sticker with the correct recommended tire pressure.

In my early days of driving I purchased a rather cheap Ford Fiesta Mk2 but it came with garage warranty for 6 months (which was nice). I was making a note of a few minor things, snapped exhaust bracket, rattling front light, nothing major and if the garage said no chance I was happy to fix myself. One morning driving to work I approached a roundabout, slowed down and went to manoeuvre around it when my steering wheel would only turn in 90 degree movements and it wasn’t helped when a lorry decided to not slow down for the roundabout and tried overtaking me at the same time. Once off the roundabout I heard a clunk and the steering freed itself. Not one to take any chances and with the the garage only 1/2 mile from where I was I limped the car to the garage where after hitting a small hole in the road the steering went into 90 degree mode only Turns out one of the CV joints on the column had started to fail and apparently, wasn’t too far away for failing to the point where it would’ve disengaged. Scary stuff but all fixed under warranty which wasn’t too bad for a 13 year old car 👍

@@kenbrown2808 The only recall I have had was for a wiring loom from the internal fuse box to the main junction point. Apparently there was a circuit that had an under gauged wire which could overheat and cause a fire. Ironically 8 months after having work done under recall the vehicle caught fire and investigations showed it started behind the fuse board and most likely a cable not being connected properly

@@smilerbob my current daily driver is now 21 years old. I still think of it as new.

Looks like they hadn't finished setting up, I would think they wouldn't start work until all cones/barriers in place

@@gavinpeachey3609 Yeah I think you're correct. Must be scary as hell to be the first one setting those things up with people blowing past you though.

It took me literally 90 seconds 😂👽🛸

Agreed, just bad traffic management.

Exactly, don’t put workers into the road until it’s been completely closed.

'should have'

@@TestGearJunkie. I always get that wrong 😡

@@letter1014 Sorry, the pedant in me is at it again, English was one of the few things I was good at bak in the good old school days.

short answer, yes

I thought it might be drone at first but it's moving very oddly and then it just disappears off to the side. It looks like it's been added on top of the video for whatever reason.

There are drones capable of keeping up with F1 cars, so normal highway speeds should be easy with the correct drone. It seems the "disappearing" moment is simply the drone changing direction out towards the forest, quickly becoming "too small" (too far away) for the camera to see.

World record speed for a drone: 179 mph. An off the shelf DJI Inspire II drone that you could go out and easily buy tomorrow: 70 mph. Drones specifically built for racing commonly hit 90 - 100 mph, some more.

I've seen a van halfway up a traffic sign on a pedestrian refuge. Same old story: rising gradient, low sun, wet road, parked vehicles just before the island meaning cars have to slalom round the obstacle, and driver probably going too fast and not paying attention.

s, that should be double whites (or yellows, here) amusingly, both US and UK put the yellow lines on the driver's left and the white lines on the driver's right.

@@kenbrown2808 Ah yes, when I wrote my post, I was actually thinking about the North American equivalent of double yellow lines down the centre (center) of a two way road as compared to the UK's double white lines. And yes, every time I see the UK's double yellow lines for parking restrictions, I think of the centre double yellow lines in the USA and Canada. I do like the North American system of using yellow lines for two way roads and white lines to mark lanes going in the same direction, such as on freeways and one way streets.

"Shall be guilty of an offence" and "will be convicted and punished for that offence" are two entirely different things, sadly.

Looked to me like the car the ambulance was overtaking wasn't particularly cooperative until the situation forced it - though the ambulance driver possibly should have read the situation better but sometimes it is difficult when other people are late and unpredictable in reaction to emergency vehicles - I see far too many people who'll pull out of a junction for instance, when they should have seen the emergency vehicle coming from miles off, then panic brake when they notice it after pulling out often causing an obstruction for the emergency vehicle.

@@Rroff2 Agreed. That's one of the reasons why I am a big fan of wig-wags; they show up in mirrors from 2 miles away. That said, there was one time, whilst I was still learning, I was placed in a horrible situation, as I was passing the first exit on a roundabout just as a fire appliance on that road activated 2-tones. I actually cleared the junction, then held speed to see which way he was going. The situation was resolved as he took the exit that put us on reciprocal courses. As I say, I was still learning, and had no idea what my best action was.