Agreed! I reckon a lot of drivers interpret the advice given to pedestrians as "rules" and conclude they have the right of way outside crossings. Once they run over a pedestrian I think that, in court, the "they didn't look" argument wouldn't stand long.

Paull77 you are spot on. The truth is that pedestrians are not legally obliged to know, understand or follow the highway code - unlike drivers, who agree to do so when accepting the privilege of their driving licence. Pedestrians have been walking around this country for thousands of years, and have a presumed right to continue to do so. The law (civil and criminal) is also heavily biased towards protecting the more vulnerable road user, in the order Pedestrian > cycle/horse > motorcycle > car > PCV > HGV.

MrAzzy1985. So what you’re saying is trying to stop the hazard being a problem is not preferable. I should let it happen and then use my brakes? Do you think that the car couldn’t have stopped if the young girl had walked out without looking? Watch the clip again and see how the use of the horn makes her look. Thanks for watching and taking time to comment. Ashley

Thank you for your reply. Before I begin, I just want to say I normally find your driving of an impeccable standard, and your attitude to driving is a breath of fresh air compared to some people I meet. I think I probably should have put my timestamp a bit earlier at about 08:02, because I'm saying that there should never have been a problem in the first place. You have three people visible just after the start of the clip. One is (just) in the road crossing, one is stood at the edge of the pavement. You should be braking about then - it's a safe bet that the others are going to follow across the road. So just slow up and let them cross - it's safer for everyone, and avoids you then having to make an emergency stop if the horn doesn't work and she carries on in front of your vehicle regardless. I'm not saying don't use the horn, as you are of course also alerting her to other hazards she may not have seen, such as cyclists, motorcyclists or vehicles from the other direction (not in this case, but potentially), but you should be braking at the same time. The reason she flipped you the bird was probably because she thought it was safe to cross. Her friend had just checked and gone over, and was still in the road, so she followed over. You then appeared out of nowhere, blaring your horn at her. (This is not what I think, just extrapolating to her perspective and playing devil's advocate). The other issue with your comment, is that you seem to be assuming you have the right to continue along the road, over and above the pedestrians' right to cross the road. That is not true, as I said before in my second comment. She has every right to be in that piece of road-space, Yes, I agree that pedestrians should take more care, and each person should make their own two way checks before crossing, but we know that doesn't always happen - and it is up to drivers to anticipate and mitigate the risk they pose to pedestrians. Maybe I'm just jaded from dealing with so many car vs. pedestrian RTCs with the same story- either by deliberate arrogance or lack of attention and care, the driver just assumed they had the right to keep driving down the road. Ultimately, a pedestrian is not going to kill you by walking in to your car, but you may very well kill a pedestrian by driving in to them. If everyone just gave pedestrians and cyclists a bit more respect in these situations, there would be far fewer casualties on the road. TL,DR: The development of the situation was obvious from the start. Sounding the horn does not guarantee you won't collide with the pedestrian. Braking does - you can't run someone over if you are stationary. Be nice to pedestrians so they don't die.

Nice reply. Thanks. Don’t you think someone who is has enough anticipation and forward planning to sound the horn is also ready to stop? Your first comment said I was driving poorly. Everyone has a valid opinion as you have, but honestly if everyone drove how you think there would be many more pedestrians knocked over and killed on our roads. I’m also interested on how you think I assume pedestrians don’t have a right to use the road as anyone else? Or is that your assumption? I’ve pinned this comment as it’s an important one that people see that stopping a problem before it happens is ALWAYS the safest option. Thanks again, Ashley

See, he is still learning :)

Well done Mikey and you're right about never stopping learning.

Congratulations on passing Mikey. Never stop learning, and don't let it get to your head. Idiots are idiots, if you let them bother you that brings you down to their level. I don't understand how 70% of the idiots we see here even have a license, or are even allowed insurance.

I watch these for entertainment. I love it when people get angry at each other and road rage! I love drama as long as I’m not part of it. I’m like George Carlin

@@supergeekjay To be fair, the insurance companies don't know how badly some people drive (i.e. excessive speeding, taking jaw dropping risks just to save a couple of minutes etc) until they have an accident. Which could be years if they're lucky.

It’s not sarcasm

I didn't get the joke! 😞

Yeah, that's why he's on stage...

Not yet at the point in the video but I can only imagine it's in reference to Ashley being a driving instructor.

Some do have them now where I live.

Has the standards of driving actually gone downhill as much as you say, or is it that there is a lot more dashcam footage nowadays that you see a lot more examples of bad driving than you did 20 years ago? Remember, KZfaq didn't exist 20 years ago.

Try cycling then you'll see how selfish drivers are

Collins LFC Hi..I actually do believe it has. Cars are so much quicker now than 15 years ago for one Trucks too are so much more powerful and mostly automatic..I had a scania 113 360 with hi low and splitter manual gear box. My car was an MG Maestro 2 LTR EFI ...fast car in its day..but very slow by modern standards. Lol. I only drive about 15K a year now mostly A roads. Motorway. And my current car is slow..lol..54bhp. :) Truck drivers tailgating me on A roads is very common..they should be doing 50mph on single track A roads. But we have no police to enforce the roads up here. There was four road closures due to bad drivers in two weeks here last month.

I think it has more to do with the badge on the car. "I drive an expensive fast car, so screw the rest of you, I'm an entitled Audi driving idiot!". Audi, VW and Mercedes are the worst, especially if there's an Indian or Pakistani driving it, they've never passed a test in the UK I'll bet with how many I get out there. Here in Bolton we get loads, and they are terrible drivers.

take a look at the people behind the drivers seats, the ones who break all the rules of the road, they tend to have something in common lol, although im sure as hell not saying it lol

It's a condition called over hand knobness!!!

David Jones looks like the bus put its foot down as it was being overtaken possibly to get through the green light.

The bus driver probably bipped him, driving him into an incandescant fury.

I always thought there was lol! parents always would be shocked if someone jumped a red, and i assumed it would mean an instant fine sent to your home, had no idea most of them you can do what the fuck you want lol! amazing.

Like we have in Germany

Or spikes that come up and burst the tyres. They'll eventually stop doing it when they have to buy 4 new tyres.

i feel you. but its way better than changing songs while driving. even if ppl will get mad, it´s the better way.

Josef Fritzl if I have Spotify open I’ll swipe across songs but don’t like picking up my phone driving

Voice commands should help to improve things

@Mads Sune Hanelius Yeah make comment and inviting discussion would be a better way of putting it.

still shows dangerous and reckless driving, driving without due care ie: people on phones, people skipping red lights, tailgating, lane hogging etc

I have had drivers hit me with their mirror when I'm cycling and the Police say that because there was no serious injury they won't take it further . Rather than contact the driver to let them know what they did wrong they let them get away with it .

I recently had some guy drive at me on purpose (twice) which i managed to catch on my dash cam and last Friday he was given a section 59.Not the best result but better than nothing i suppose,and I’m pretty sure it would have put a downer on the drivers day : )

@Ottoman it doesn't show another drivers speed but you can set it to pick up your speed so if you're going the max limit and someone races past, it's clear that they would be going over.

@Ottoman you have a point there. It seems speed limits are useless these days. Everyone hates driving slow but then there's motorways or tracks where you can enjoy some speed. It fucks me off especially when all you want to do is share the road in peace. Most idiots I find are middle aged men or older, but what surprises me is a lot are also women! Or girls in 20s! With kids in cars!! The country is messed up! Sorry for my rant.

The elf 'n safety idiots have increased the delay between your red and their green to such an extent that all the toe-rags know that they can jump a fresh red with no problem.

Good spot. Didn't get on to that one at all until you pointed it out. Nice one, Ashley.

I'm surprised nobody has got on to the dubbed sound for the van in the first clip! Have a listen. Nice one! Ashley.

Unbelievable that he thought it clever to brake check a bus.. and how many times! C...! Someone could have been standing up to get off and lost their teeth, or if the bus driver was aware may have not braked hard enough not avoid running into the back of the car. What benefit that would have been to the car driver responsible in both cases.

Look at some train (and vehicle?) driving videos from Japan, they not only say what the sign is but point to it. Obviously an effective learning technique.

I did! The late recognition is due to his close positioning, so his rear indicator wasn't visible easily. I bet you drive a van as you try to criticise me in this situation? Thanks for watching, Ashley. ;)

No need to get defensive Ashly, I was thinking same as Wolvesfc.

erni un - Judging from the ;) I would hazard a guess that he's joking.

Ashley Sense of humour failure ;)

b b Lol he's an arsehole aint he

You've scoured through all the videos, and that's all you can find. 😂

When you put the footage of both on a full screen you can see the difference in resolution of the Yi Ultra. Honestly though, for just to be used as a dash cam and not for KZfaq the cheaper one is great value 👍 Thanks for watching, Ashley

Harambro 420 I agree. Birmingham is also a major problem for 20 zones nobody does 20 in them. Whoever invented such a stupid idea has no idea how road safety works, slower is not safer. If speed was a major factor in deaths let's sign a petition for every motorway, country lane and built up area to be 10 mph limit. Let's see if speed really kills or is it impatience of other drivers overtaking in the middle of a junction putting everything else indanger that puts lives at risk

What would be wrong in using 25 mph in some areas? Apparently some speed limits change at certain times of the day in the US to adjust to school times etc. So a 30 mph in daytime may become 40 mph after a certain time later in the day.

Carbon Fourteen By the sounds of it the white van didn't do 30 either more like 40. I still think 20 zones are stupid unless it's around a school or a college for a set number of hours a day

Carbon Fourteen I have a black box on my car so I don't break the speed limit anyway but come on not all 20 zones are necessary especially on super wide 30's all it causes is dangerous overtakes by impatience kzfaq.info/get/bejne/oc9ihdmQ0Nmmf58.html

Yeah we have some combined speed and red light cameras like at tooting broadway station, bushey road junction with grand drive etc

So Confused he’s from Liverpool I think judging from his accent

Think he’s saying it is like he’s driving in Italy mate because of the poor driving in liverpool as Italy is known for its poor driving

Some of them put the Grand Canyon to shame!

Bragging about your on KZfaq however means you are highly insecure.

scottlaaa 1984 Not exactly, they have passengers in half the time and slamming on the brakes for traffic lights makes passengers that are with an unfamiliar driver extremely nervous so consciously or subconsciously they try to avoid it consequently sometimes clipping a red light rarely to make faster $ bucks.

Mark C Littler so because they can’t anticipate a green light changing to red for the sake of braking and upsetting a passenger and having a confrontation it’s best to run a red light??? Cool logic are you a taxi driver by any chance???

scottlaaa 1984 I said " slamming", hard braking is a sign of bad driving that's why your supposed to approach lights in 3rd gear so you can either come to a controlled decellerated smooth stop or accellerate if you dont believe you can stop at the line.

Mark C Littler I’ve been driving for 18years and have never ran a red light so I’m ok for advice on how to approach them, cheers. taxi drivers always run red lights, do illegal u turns and park illegally when it comes to earning a few extra pounds! Go in any city or town in the evening around pub/clubs throwing out time and watch the professionalism go out the window.

scottlaaa 1984 Car insurance premiums imply males under 25s are the most risky drivers followed by drivers of high powered cars, taxi's usually pay double premium but cover 5 to 10 times the mileage so it looks like their costs of claims per mile are considerably less. The impression isnt the same as reality.

Never. Unless they have put me or my pupil in danger. That's not my purpose. Thanks, Ashley

Noneofurbusiness try london

Definitely not Leicester. It's the Midlands' biggest 'car park'

That junction there by the Navigator I think, winds me up they do it all the time, not just cars but lorries too

And weak women

Thought the same, It seemed the other driver was going for offside to offside turning, which A lot of us were taught is the safer method. these days I guess the roads are too full for this method to work effectively since no will leave a gap.