2:40 interested in the reason for the flash.

7:10 can't believe the kid's parents/sister/whoever those adults are didn't seem to react in any way to their child almost committing suicide

I went on holiday from Hastings, East Sussex to Darlington, its a 5 hour journey which is the longest I have ever driven in a single journey. I made a couple of mistakes on the way home, I was meant to be in the left lane for the A1M but ended up on the M11, there were 2 lorries (one over taking the other) so I couldn't move across safely, instead I just carried on and jumped off at the next junction on the M11, the satnav guided me back, simple, no hassle, no fuss, no dangerous driving, yes it added 15 minutes to the journey but who cares we made it home safe. The other mistake I made was on the M25 when merging at junction 23, I was in the wrong lane, luckily at 11pm the roads were fairly quiet and I was able to correct without causing concern to other vehicles. I always say its better to be late home than drive dangerously and not get home. Drive safe everyone and thanks for the video as always!

The best "late exit" from a motorway I've ever seen ended with the car sat on top of the ARMCO where the two lanes divided. Very satisfying!

7:02 - Wow. Your learner did well not to swerve. That could've caused a terrible accident. Usually mums make their kids walk on the inside of them, but this mum doesn't bat an eyelid when the kid steps off the pavement!

I love how supportive and patient you are with your learner driver. My instructor was 90% of the time absent and on his phone. I wish all the drivers are like you. Much love from Serbia

I think the " I must overtake the learner " mentality is because the reality is the learner is often the only one sticking to the speed limit and others want to drive faster . That red car made me laugh , I won't write what I thought of him .

9:09 how does this jaguar follow so closely litterally behind a van with a roll of carpet like about to fall out right out... some people cant think straight loading a van like this, others cant folling a van loaded like this in that way. Ash you should have mentioned this lol, for me it was surprising this wasnt the clip when I first saw this. Doesnt matter anyway, maybe you left it in as a bonus for us to discover ourselves haha! keep up the great work improving road safety!

Thanks putting all these together! Been driving 20 years and I watch these to keep myself fresh and also give myself a bit of a chuckle at the same time.

I'm sticking up for the lorry driver in that clip . We will never know exactly how it went down but in most instances the lorry pulls out to overtake a slow moving or badly merging car, the car speeds up to match the lorry speed and the lorry hits its limiter or an incline. He doesn't want to block the overtaking lane but doesn't really want to drop in behind the ignorant doylem in the car again and mistakes are made.

7:01 My absolute worst fear. Parents; keep an eye on your kids near roads!

I was taught to never overtake on an intersection. As for highways, don't attempt an overtake in the last half a mile before your supposed exit. If already overtaking, finish or abandon it to prepare for merging out onto the exit ramp. It's the bad planning that causes people to miss their exit and some erratically try to fix it with dangerous manoeuvres, there is no shame in admitting your own mistakes and fix them safely, even if that means taking the next exit.

I'm guessing your lorry driver overtook the white car, and then the white car realized they had been overtaken and crowded on throttle to get back in front.

Been driving the best part of a decade, but still looking to learn and openly admit I still make mistakes. Planning, space and time are a huge part of safe, low stress motoring. Not just for yourself but everyone else.

Clip 14 I think the white car sped up because they can't be overtaken by a lorry.

As a retired HGV driver that clip on the overtake it looked like the white car sped up to stop the truck getting past quite a regular thing cars dawdle along slower than the speed limit, most trucks will sit on that speed limit for hours its a thing they have to do or nothing would get delivered.

Why did you flash the mercedes? Just trying to tell them off for inconveniencing you? They were concerned that if you came infront they wouldn't have space to safely get left. I can't really see what they did wrong. And flashing them seems to go against what you usually teach.

I go into hyper surveillance mode when I get by a motorway exit lane as the antics of those desperate to get off or back on are somewhere between madness and suicidal

Clip #12 Lorry undertook the van, and changed lanes over the solid white line too. Van was stuck in the wrong lane due to the lorry's illegal actions.

6:10 Putting on makeup while stationary in traffic is absolutely fine. Right up until you get nudged from behind and put the mascara brush through your eye. Even if the car behind has stopped, a concertina can happen.

Re: the clip at around 2:00, this is one of the most maddening things I've found while driving. Why do people close down space when you want to change lanes for gods sake, it doesn't affect how fast they get to their journey. Then again, it's the same answer as why people tailgate or brake check - they just don't think.

Ashley, I must thank you for the "keep bad drivers in front, stay in control" mentality you've thought me, I noticed the car behind me almost drove of the road (dual carriage) and kept closing distance more and more. I decided to pull off for 1 minute, ran into an accident about 10 kms later, they'd ran into the back of another car, so happy I learned your ethics

The van coming off the motorway was actually quite measured driving after realising they needed to get off they waited for the truck to pass before coming over. Was it late and unplanned OFC but given the light traffic in the middle lane it was also safe. That being a safe manoeuvre would likely not be if traffic was heavier as they would need to slow in the middle lane to achieve it.

Briiliant channel learnt a lot from watching which has improved my driving awareness and attitude, thanks Ash

I don't even live in Europe continent but given the common stereotypes that I hear from you guys I would guess BMW and Audi in that accident

9:08 I was waiting for "can you spot the hazard here?" Already spotted. lol AND the red car! WOW!

At 7:11 the mother was totally oblivious.

Funnily enough, I had the "thinks they've pulled into park" thing happen yesterday. Approaching a blind bend in the road just prior to a T-Junction. (Roads are small and Vans/Trucks parked on the left means you can't see and if vehicles turn into your road, you need to reverse). Anyway, I see the front of a white vehicle as I approach and tuck in a little to give them room, the van right up my arse prompts an overtake so I beeped to warn him as he was ragging it. He slowed and spotted the car and promptly reversed back behind me.

Yep, clip 1 - totally correct with your analysis. Clip 2 - I knew something like that was going to appear round that bend behind and overtake. Overtaking doesn’t gain more than a few seconds in a busy area. A big white Volvo SUV undertook me (dual lane) crossed back over…turned right at the mini roundabout…..pulled into a driveway. 100% pointless. …..went in doors and said “I showed that Honda who was boss, ha ha ha”. BCSD?

Clip2, 1:15 I think I would have positioned close to the centre line, and been ready to apply the right signal as the van approached from behind. Encourages a lot to remain behind, and look further ahead, although does not always work. Clip14, 12:33 I think the white car probably increased speed once the truck was alongside, as many do, leaving the truck stranded. Trucker may have been trying to make a point, not a good idea, but I can understand why.

As a bus driver I get the "thinks i've pulled in" all the time, even if I'm just in a queue of traffic others behind go to pull round me, even today I was stopped at a road works traffic light and two cars (though I think the second was sheep following the first) pulled out to go round me, even though there was plenty of roadwork signs leading up to it that we'd passed telling them.

On the subject of make up, I go with the same mindset as phones and food. If the vehicle is not parked then focus on driving. Even when stationary in traffic, you don't know if an emergency vehicle is approaching or if another vehicle might lose control making you have to take action. At train gates or traffic lights, it's not necessary but it's mindset I try to keep.

Wow! What a range of opinions about the use of the lights. This should be considered as a learning point for many. For me - a brief flash of the lights means the driver is trying to help me in some way.

I'm tendng to spot occasions now where my driving could have been better. When I realised that I had erred recently, I did say "That's poor, Steve". Thanks for your great instructive videos. There is nothing wrong with admitting you have made a mistake as long as you learn from it.

Clip 1, if I ever have to pull in that far to the left to let a vehicle pass, I always put a right signal on just to to prevent people going past. Only the very stupid would overtake a vehicle seemingly turning right.

The lady putting makeup on at the lights made me chuckle, I once saw a lady sat at a set of lights who produced a serial bowl, Cornflakes, and milk and proceed to eat them as we set off when the lights went green. Long before I had a dashcam unfortunately

For the first 2 clips in these situations my driving instructor advised me to preferably put on a right signal when waiting at obstructions if your positioning could be misunderstood

That last bit made me chuckle. I used to learn the bits of road prone to ice on my winter drives to work by the places where I saw German cars in the ditch!

I thought that clip 11 was going to be about that dodgy load the blue van had. That carpet hanging out the back didn't look safe at all!

What we do in Belgium in the first 2 situations is the car giving way/getting out of the way, putting their indicators on. In our case the left indicators, in UK's case right indicators, so traffic behind knows you're not pulling in to park, but your intention is to move forward again as soon as traffic has passed.

A corsa AND A Adidas tracky at like 50 years old, oh man, he classy.

I wouldn't have bothered with the headlight flash on the Mercedes to be honest. Aside from being an incorrect use of the lights, it wasn't going to make the situation any better. I also think you were a bit, let's call it 'proactive' when you realised that he wasn't going to let you move across, you were hard up against the right edge of the lane and maintained your speed, once you realised he was going to shut you out you could have just backed off the throttle a little and you wouldn't have been sat alongside him for so long. People like that are simply not going to let you out and protesting just makes you both angrier. Also, with that poor lane discipline there's every chance he'd try and switch lanes on you mid roundabout so I'd have just stayed behind him or at least staggered to the point that you can dip the brakes and avoid him if he moves across. However it's easy to fall prey to the red mist sometimes and I'm far from the first. Love that clip of the red corsa. Got to get ahead so badly that he has to perform a dangerous overtake, but a complete lack of forward planning and judgement meant you ended up ahead of him anyway.

The bad drivers registration numbers should be put on a database so insurance companies can mitigate the risk of insuring them with a higher premium.

6:33 If I may, I've seen countless dashcam videos where traffic is stopped for seemingly no reason but it turns out a pedestrian was crossing. I wouldn't have passed the queue at this speed. EDIT: I'm no perfect driver myself, and I'm not claiming I am

3:02 I thought your whole philosophy on the road is to let the little things go. So why flash him and when it was obvious he wasn’t going to let you in there’s plenty of space to slow and let him do his thing

For the final clip, BMW and Audi. Edit: Damn, so close.

I don't mind people applying make-up, especially if they aren't particularly aesthetically pleasing. Just not while they're in charge of a vehicle!

You should become a sat nav voice command, you are the man for it and it would be hilarious.

A couple of years ago while commuting to London via M1 I had a guy behind me who was using electric shaver. Could not believe my eyes. I've let him pass, at least he wasn't my problem anymore.

12:25 I guarantee that white car was under speeding until the lorry got fed up and decided to overtake. Then they decided they didn't want to be overtaken by a lorry and sped up. Now they've left the lorry stranded in the overtaking lane. He knew they were there but decided to give them the message to get out of the way. Many times as a heavy vehicle driver I've had cars leave me stranded like this. You can't hit the brakes in the overtaking lane and you shouldn't even slow down unnecessarily. What was he to do? Had you caught the lorry you'd probably be complaining. What if his exit was imminent and he'd been trying to get past the day dreaming 4 wheeler for miles? I agree he did it a bit aggressively but sometimes you need to wake people up.

Great video ash, also hope the member of the family which was ill is feeling better and hope everyone’s doing well :)

@Ashley why did you flash the Mercedes in clip #3? Edit: I see you've answered this question. Unless the camera massively distorts the view to the traffic lights. It looks like the traffic lights plenty far away for you both to stop comfortably and your light flash was a rebuke.🧐🧐🧐

The clip with the lady putting on makeup reminded me of the time I saw my english teacher driving along, brushing his teeth ..... lol

At 12:30, to be fair. I don't think he forgot that the white car was there, but got rather frustrated by the matching speed. Happens to me a lot of the time as well. People driving slow in front, so I want to overtake them, but unfortunately the truck has a limiter. When I am overtaking they start to match my speed or even speed up again. Straight up bullying.

I was on the M4 just before junction 2 and was stationary and the car next to me, she was putting on makeup and hit the car in front. You could see her surprise look on her face.

The hatched markings are bounded by solid lines - so are not intended to be driven over.

"No issues with the ovetaking grey car" in clip 5. There were side roads and off road parking areas alongside that road and they didn't complete the manouver before passing one. People dont always check left before turning in that direction only to meet an overtaking car. Two wrongs make a mess.

The clip at 2 minutes is an interesting conundrum. Common sense says to indicate to let the driver behind know you'd like to move across to lane 2 but I failed my HGV test for doing this based on the Highway Code saying "When it is safe to do so, signal to indicate your intentions to other road users and when clear, move over." The fact that there wasn't a gap to move across into (as in this case shown by Ashley) was deemed to be not "safe to do so". I have no idea what the examiner expected me to do as he had just said to turn right at the roundabout that was coming up.

A kid walking out into the road is a literal nightmare for me.

I hope it is comforting to all of you that BMW drivers are also not good at driving in Germany! There is a lot of hate towards them (and rightfully so...). However, I am shocked that so many drivers of Audis or VWs are not doing a good job either in the UK, they certainly are not - mostly - behaving that way here :D

Clip 6 - Putting make up on is as bad as checking a phone at the traffic lights. How many of them will be safely ready to move at the correct time or will start moving while they still have things in their hands? Clip 8 - When cycling I'll give pedestrians space in case of this very thing happening, given I'm so quiet coming up it happens to me on the bike far more than in the car. However it does seem to antagonise drivers that I move out even 1/2 a metre. Clip 9 - Not every parent is qualified to teach their offspring to drive. Clip 11 - Angry little man. Clip 12 - Lots of people sit blindly in the middle lane from the moment they get on a motorway to the last moment before they leave. Clip 14 - Another common thing to see on motorways and dual carriageways, dopey people getting slower until a lorry overtakes them and then they speed up. That white Up definitely speeded up when the lorry was significantly past.

6:15 as long as she looked better after applying the makeup then no problem. It's when you get more of a fright seeing them with makeup than without, that's when the problems start.

Great video, learned lots, thanks for sharing!

Those first two video happened to me just last week. Driving a Emergency Response truck, I slowed down and came to a stop as cars blocked both sides of the road and a larger light Goods Vehicle approaching, I kept my break lights on deliberately and did not use my left indicator or hazard lights. I was rather shocked a Fiat 500 deliberately drove around me drove head on at the LGV making them have to stop. The distance and who had more of an obstruction is subject to opinion, but I guess the Fiat's view was obstructed by my truck. Regardless, I didn't give any indication that I was parked I thought.

When the barriers lift up after the train has gone by, the amount of people who keep glancing down as they move off, because they were fiddling with their phone when waiting, but cannot seem to put it down when it is time to drive. Either you're in a rush, and cannot pull up and park to answer your messages, or you're able to pull over to mess with your phone. There is no need to try and do both.

The one with the lorry happened to my grandma, she was pushed off the road.

NZ rule states that you CAN NOT ride across on ANY zebra crossing on a bicycles. You must dismount you're bicycles and walk across the zebra crossing on foot.

The that was overtaking the car would be sat at 55mph on cruise control probably approached the car that was messing about with a phone usually at 48mph so as they would have started overtaking them the car driver realised the lorry was coming past but carnt have a lorry in front so they put therr foot down so they couldn't pass

I seen many weird things like this. A common one is the people who start creeping forward to do right turn at a junction so they can get round quickly cutting off oncoming traffic.

That van at 9.07 mins, his load didn't look secure at all, like it could drop at any moment out of those back doors! 😱

Although I'm not condoning the lorry drivers pull in I can relate to it. It is very common for cars to speed up as your passing them, i don't know why, don't want to be overtaken by the truck or their mind has wandered and being passed by the truck brings their attention back. But it is a source of stress for the driver. Moving out to overtake usually results in some cars waiting behind you and if you pull in without passing anything you can be subjected to a lot of abuse in for form of hand gestures or brake checks.

Oh, snap! This is a new video. I was just on my regular Ashley Neal video binge. And suddenly I see "1 minute ago"

The clip at 12:08 i am pretty sure it was a new driver in an unfamiliar place not sure about exactly where he should be.

The thing is, I see all these videos and think meh, this is just driving - it happens every day. Avoiding other drivers that are not following the rules is "normal". It shouldn't be, but it is, and I feel sorry for Ashley and his pupils, who have to highlight such behaviour. The important thing is to accept this, and let it go - don't let it wind you up. That said, keep up the good work with the driving educational videos 👍

I think you’re wrong about the lorry and the white car. The white car was probably sitting at a lower speed than the lorry. The lorry driver didn’t want to lose momentum by having to slow down and knowing full well that they need to keep a safe distance between the vehicle in front. Therefore, they pulled into the second lane to try and pass the slower car. It’s normally at that point the car driver realises they are moving too slowly and they start to accelerate. There was another lorry a little bit ahead of the white car which suggests that the car driver doesn’t like to drive faster than 55mph. Most hgv’s are restricted to 56mph.

Clip 14 There is every chance that after the truck pulled out to overtake the car, the car driver accelerated in order to stop the truck from passing, An every day occurrence for us truck drivers

I gunned it and lane changed in front of a space closer and they honked at me lol. There was a slower driver in front though and it was in a 20 so perhaps I was in the wrong too. I usually just go in behind a space closer - less hassle, they can have their thirty feet of road space.

I personally think that the blue car in clip 1 should have put on their right indicator the moment they immediately pulled in to let the car behind them know that they were waiting, however that would only work on the basis that the other car saw the blue car pull in.

Rewatching this…. That merc in lane 2 closing the gap to block you out. That’s happened to me a few times and if I remember correctly while I was driving the learner car too. I think people do it deliberately.

clip 14, i feel the lorry driver didnt forget the white car was there but was unsure where in its blind spot the white car was as it looks like it sped up enough to be hovering between side blind spot and front corner blind spot. possibly the truck driver moved over slightly as an ultimatium to the car to either speed up out of danger or slow down out of danger to let the lorry back in. the lorry cant sit in lane 2 forever. its a terrible way to do it but some people need to learn the hard way not to mess around with lorry blind spots and speeds. where are those people going to be educated if the lorry didnt move slightly over?

@7.05 Damn. I nearly kicked foot through the floor when I seen that kid step out.

Tempted to shout "Haha I won the race!" as I passed the red car at traffic lights, then keep going straight on instead of right.

cannot wait to start driving and sending you in clips. im turning 17 in feb and so excited lol

German Vehicles involved in the minor accident where and Audi and Mercedes. looked like a bit of shunt happend as the result of one following too close behind the other and the traffic suddenly slowed in to a temporary traffic queue

In clip 1 the blue car should have his right turn indicator on to tell everyone what he’s planning to do.

There is a part of the road near me where a slip road joins and leaves a multi lane road, if you come down the slip road with a right indicator on people on the main carriageway try to pass then slam on the brakes to join the slip road, now if someone matches me I just carry on back off the road (I can get to my destination either way but they seem a little upset 😈)

I knew someone to shave while driving, he was caught on a front facing speed camera shaving while speeding, he had 6 points at the time and somehow kept his licence.

Second clip, regardless of positioning, signal right while stationary? It is your intention to move off again, planned long before the van arrived.

I had a driving instructor who used MY lesson to put her make up on, feed her cat or get me to chase her boyfriend, who was also an instructor around town. Needless to say, i only had a few lessons with her before i asked to swap. Should have reported her.

10:02 I was expecting the guy in the corsa wearing a tracksuit to be under 25 years old.

Audi and Mercedes on the end. I do not like people performing other tasts behind the wheel, not even make-up with a trafficlight. Many times people do not see it turning green. I was expecting you to say something about the Blue van. Nice video again. Still learning here!

Clip 8 was some excellent observation skills, when I see children on a narrow path I always slow down as shown in this clip you never know what they might do.

Can't understand people like the Mercedes driver. Wanting to stay ahead but only to then change lanes. Where i live we have a series of 3 roundabouts coming into the town. The first 2 are 2 Lane where you can be in the right or left lanes to go straight over. The 3rd roundabout goes back down to single lane exits where the right lane is for turning right. What happens is that people move to the right to go over the 1st roundabout to jump the queue as left lane is usually full due to left turn into retail park. Then they switch over to the left lane to undertake the queue on approach to the second before switching back to the right to head onto the quieter roads exiting the 3rd roundabout as straight over then takes you past a school. I've seen so many idiot drivers and it's all about rushing and driving like an idiot just to gain the space of 1 or 2 cars. I find it infuriating to be undertaken only for the car to then cut me up trying to get into another lane. I'm not a space closer as I prefer leaving plenty of room to the car in front but leaving space sometimes invites more of this idiotic behaviour from impatient drivers

The second to last clip is 100% the car drivers fault. They sit at 50 mph till a truck pulls out to overtake then speed up to stop the truck pulling back in. The only way to make them either slow down or speed up is to put them on the hard shoulder.

4:10 Professional Drivers. Why do we presuppose that Taxi drivers are professional? An F1 driver or WRX driver is professional, Taxi drivers just extract a lot of money from people they give a lift to. They may have 'the knowledge' but very few have the skills. 6:14 Make up on in a car. I had two employees hand cars back in disgusting condition... why... interior covered in make up products. Had to get the cars professionally cleaned. It's a filthy habit perpetuated by the terminally late and hopelessly disorganised. DO IT AT HOME!

12:44 The lorry driver probably knew the car was there but probably tried to overtake that car about 50 times and every time he tried the car sped up so the lorry could not overtake and he got pissed off. Not saying his actions were justified but it can be very frustrating as you are lmit to a max of 56 mph.

Damn, in the last clip I guessed the cars involved in the crash were an audi and a BMW but it was an audi and a merc. At least I got the country and one of the makes correct 😅

2:40 Look at the situation from the merc's point of view. He wants to exit left at the next roundabout. You want to go straight on. Neither of you are in the correct lane anticipating the roundabout. So you want to change lanes to the right and he wants to change lanes to the left. You match your speed with the silver car in the outside lane, effectively blocking him. He has to make a decision about whether to stay in the outside lane and get past you or to filter in behind you. For me, that's a 50-50 situation which usually resolves itself with a bit of mutual give and take from both drivers. When you flash your lights you're telling him off. Let's be honest here. There are other legitimate reasons to flash, but that's what you're doing. Would he have done that to a police car? Maybe, maybe not. Would the police have flashed him afterwards? Almost certainly not. I'd expect they would also leave room for him to make his left turn and not matched speed with the silver car.

Saw a lady doing her eye makeup during a down pour doing 70mph on the A1 yesterday. Eye make up too, poke yourself in the eye with one of those doing 70mph and you have a whole world of trouble, not to mention all the other problems it automatically cause

I voted Audi & BMW. Nearly got it!