NordVPN sux

It's less that they suck, it's more that, a VPN does not provide you any security or privacy on the internet. The fact that companies like Nord/Surfshark et al says it does, does not make it so. I could give you 50 reasons but... The terminology is broken. "Private" meaning private network. A virtual private network cannot be definition route to a public one. It's no longer private. So it's a Virtual Public network (or an edge/boundary node route). It doesn't even provide anonymity. A VPN is for encapsulating traffic between two PRIVATE networks over an insecure PUBLIC network. (or for aggregations/ip saving/balancing which we can leave)

How is being one of only half a dozen passengers on a bus ‘more eco friendly than driving a single occupancy vehicle’? The bus is trundling around all day, doing many many more miles than any single passengers ever travel, and does so regardless of how many or how few passengers are on board. Furthermore, it does far less to the gallon than a car. Conversely, the car is only travelling from A to B, and from B to A, possibly via C on the way. The engine running time and fuel consumed are always a fraction of the engine running time fuel consumption of the bus in one day. , Therefore unless you can demonstrate that each bus passenger mile is more economical (when taking into account the totality of the fuel used throughout the day) there is no case for your claim. There’s a lot of silly virtue signalling going on in relation to the environmental issues. The demonisation of carbon, one of the three building blocks of life on Earth, without any evidence or means of verifying the data being used, is not only highly suspect from a scientific and legal standpoint, it is demonstrably irresponsible and dangerous to all humanity. Indeed, the measures being put into place to combat the alleged threat of carbon and its alleged harm to the climate and environment, are in fact already far more dangerous than the claimed threats. Plants grow due to photosynthesis, the process of converting carbon and water into chlorophyll with the help of sunlight. Plants grow better in greenhouses to a great extent because of the higher concentration of carbon and sunlight. We learned that in our first biology lesson aged 11.

@@G58 Easy. Add up all the miles each passenger travel by bus in a day, divide that with the number of miles the bus drove that day, and you have total utilization of the bus. Divide that number with the rate of emissions compared to a car. Do the same for your car, and compare the numbers. Even if the bus is 3 times more polluting per mile than your car, if it carries 3 times as many passengers as occupants in your car, it's on par with your car. Any number of passenger above that, and the bus wins

@@1over137 Agreed, it's false advertising scaring average users who have no use for a VPN into buying one without knowing what a VPN is for. It's predatory

yeh that was great

quality, that's what we should all be striving for when we're driving

Too bad it was ruined by the Tory propaganda 😂

@@Ultima2876 "being a Conservative is about securing the nation" More like destroying it,I would say. None of the other parties are any better though. We need a total overhaul of our government and the way we vote for them. The horse rider did a good job though,as did everyone else in the clip. At least there are some sane people left in society, which is surprising after the Last few years of madness.

They are trained to turn the tunes off in situations like that, same as in queueing traffic when the cannot make progress. There are a few channels such as Chris Martin EMS where you'll see examples of it.

Agreed Using multiple modes of transport does give you a much wider view of how to behave on the road. I drive a car like many, but for work use a van (often with trailer attached) and every so often a large tractor with trailer. It makes me think ahead more as you need to be always assessing available road space and also your speed may be lower so you think about what you can do to minimise holding up other traffic while still getting on with your own journey. It still baffles me that so many on the road would rather cause mayhem and obstruction for themselves and others through impatience and actually make their journey take longer than by using observation and common sense to help keep everyone moving. Great channel, certainly has helped my driving

Yep. Drove a large van for the first time a few years back. Had a narrow miss with an idiot. 50/50 blame, 100%. I needed to exit left into a off ramp from a motorway. Same left, 2 lane slip is used for joining, leaving and through traffic. As always I approach, stablised speed and watched the joining traffic to my left until it was clear. FULL blindspot shoulder check left. Glance out front. Scrutinised the mirror and the blind spot mirror, CLEAR and began moving over. BEEEEEEP!!!! A small white Mini appeared braking out of my blind spot. I jinked away too. They moved to the left lane and I moved in. I was completely amazed and slightly annoyed that nobody told me there is an ACTUAL blind spot in long wheel based vans that you CANNOT see into, even with some of the little blind spot mirrors. To be honest the convex mirrors on this van allowed me to see the whole hemisphere but it's a mirror that's about 1 inch high. Can't see anything in it. Big enough for a whole car! The lesson I take away in the car (always knew it on the bike), but NEVER sit on the left side of a van, stay were you can see the driver in the mirror, if they drive along side you, adjust your speed to be either out in front or in his mirrors. While you are along side, be ready, expect the van to move over on you.

I agree about users of multiple modes of transport - perhaps relying on a bicycle for a year should be a prerequisite before taking a driving test! I walk and cycle a lot, but drive an HGV for a living. I also drove a bus for four years in Lancaster, where the town centre bus routes go past the police station, and it is not hyperbole to say that in all that time I never had a police car give way to me, even when trying to pull away from a bus stop, as the highway code advises. Other emergency vehicles (when not on blues and twos) yes, but never a police car.

Flat bed tailgating and pushing in is par for the course unfortunately. At least this one did delay that final move to lane 3 when they realised how close they were to you, a lot would just pull out regardless.

Yeh, great job done there with you holding back. With that flatbed bunched up to all the others bunched up, at that speed, anything could have happened!

You should also avoid getting beside them if they're turning. Stay behind their rear bumper and they can't cut you off.

I believe my blood pressure just wen t down five points. I'm sure my pulse is slower.

@@chrischow2231 thanks Chris

Its shocking the amount of dashcammers who send in clips of them pointing the finger at other road users who've "cut them up" when they themselves drove directly over the roundabout in the first place!

My first thought was way too close, normally it's scooter/moped riders that sit on the bumpers of vehicles in front, I always hope they get the safest wake up call and sort themselves out.

I wouldn't have been that close tbh but he did have a big escape path if anything were to happen.

Great way to work up to full commentary driving. I enjoy the discipline it imposes.

My passengers always tell me they thought they were at Brands Hatch when they get out. Always nice to be put in the same group as such professional drivers.

Something about good manners being contagious?

@@inyobill Indeed yes. A classic case of this is when someone lets you out...and a little further down the road, you let someone else out. Partly to genuinely help out and perhaps partly to show the driver behind who earlier let you out that you also have the good manners to let someone else out.

Yep you're right Scott's car camera's is the worst!

I think the clips most likely to be shown are also the most likely to be from problem creators.

That's what usually happens on dashcam channels. There are a lot of people that almost seem to try and create those situations to get extra content to send in. Instead of trying to avoid an accident, they try to create one (or at least get as near to one as possible).

@@raymondbenjamins5884 Presumably Natural Selection will fix that eventually !

in thinking about it, I'm not seeing any way you could "block" the roundabout for the emergency vehicle that would make things work better for them. now if you were IN a roundabout and saw that an emergency vehicle was approaching it, you could stop before where they were going to emerge, and use your hazard lights to indicate there was something unusual going on. but if they are approaching from behind, it is best to clear a path for them.

@@kenbrown2808 I'm entering in the right lane to turn right, I pull onto the roundabout as if to drive over the middle leaving the left lane clear for the blue lighter to enter safely and therefore at speed. Vehicles entering at the next entry are naturally looking left and will have good vision of the approaching blue lights and vice versa. The danger, both for me and the blue lighter is those entering and on the roundabout from the right who will not be looking into each entry road before they pass, but should definitely see me across their path (fingers crossed), which I am now blocking. The first two time I tried this, there were no vehicles to my right, the third there was a lady just entering (that I did not cause to stop suddenly), whom I hope understood afterward (and after her gesticulating) the reason for my actions. It does work, but it also exposes you to increased risk for the benefit of speed and safety for the blue lighter.

@@peterthompson9854 and a blue light driver would now have to worry if you are going to do something else unexpected. I'm sure it makes you feel like you're helping, but I'm not sure a full analysis would show an overall benefit. and at the very least, if someone comes around the roundabout and plows into you, it's all on you.

@@kenbrown2808 Agreed, It's on me and a risk, it isn't for everyone, Ken. Would it make them more cautious? I did wonder that too, but my original comment described that the blue lighters know exactly what I'm doing and don't even blink to go through at high speed, even though, admittedly, it's fairly unusual, hence my point about them being that good.

@@peterthompson9854 but DO they know what you're doing? where I am, fire and ambulance drivers are trained to be much more cautious in intersections of any kind than police drivers are.

Agreed. Also possible, with a passenger or head restraint remaining up in the back that holding that position to the rear of the Citroen that they were completely unseen. What if the driver had swerved left in response to the horn?

But it's not good driving is it? They've misjudged everything and have to kerb the car. There's the potential for damage that will cause obstruction on the carriageway, potential rescue, possibly engage emergency services. Don't drive in these conditions unless your car is capable. No journey is worth it.

@@Hotoadle i don't think you disagreed with me - or were you replying to Ashley? The only good bit was avoiding the accident.

Agreed!

Either the bus needs to be cheaper and more regular, or car parking needs to be more expensive and difficult to find. The situation where a single occupancy private vehicle is the most convenient choice for a trip into town needs to be changed.

@@shm5547 When I went to London I used public transport to get everywhere since it was cheap (bus was £1.35 with free reuse for 1 hour I think) and frequent, I didn't really need to check when the next bus was since it would be 10 mins tops. The problem where I live is so few people get the bus it's not viable to offer more frequent service but that keeps most away in a catch 22.

And it was on Sunday past I'm currently editing the footage on my laptop and catching up with videos on KZfaq via my phone lol

As an Irish driver too, I don't think it much matters where you are, there's inconsiderate and there's thoughtful drivers everywhere, we just have to keep trying to be in the latter category and hope we give a good influence on others 😀

If you were only going to do one thing to improve your driving, this is it. I’ve been doing it on and off for about 25 years. Only when alone in the car…… I’m not a nutter!

I'd agree

Don't forget the UK adverts that played out on how to deal with emergency vehicles a few years back - "Just stop and let us go around". I think that's encouraged drivers less capable of planing to just stop wherever they are, hopefully with some clear space around them.