Cammer here. Just to give some updates. We tried tracking down the driving school so we could give them the footage but they don't have any social media at all so no way of getting in contact (there is another using the same name, it is not them). His wife did get in touch but again, no way of messaging her directly on KZfaq and my replies in the comments to her keep getting deleted. Either way, they reported the incident as did I but I haven't heard anything back. Assuming nothing came of it as it happened way back in summer last year.

I feel sorry for the child... who needs a Dad like that?

That guy is lethal behind the wheel. Police should be knocking on his door.

Anyone else think raging like this at a learner under instruction is ban worthy?

Imagine leaving a one year old unattended in a vehicle on a 60 mph road.

“You endangered my child!” Screamed the road raging, tailgating, speeding maniac at himself probably.

skinny jeans, skinny fat, receding hairline, scarf blowing in the wind, 2 sizes too tight henley and black boots, White bmw. Says it all really.

Cammer here again, I have a new update! (Interesting how it's just come up now haha). I've had a call from the police regarding the incident. The learner did pass her test in the end but doesn't want to provide a statement and bring it all back up. However I am happy to provide a statement which I'll be doing next week. From what I've gathered, the driver of the BMW has also been contacted by the police but I have no more info beyond that. I will try and post another update should anything else pop up. Good news about the learner though and the fact the police are finally doing something about it.

That child has got no chance. With a dad like that, it will be bred into him to act the same. As a driving instructor myself, these sort of incidents do happen but thankfully, the other 99% of drivers on the road are great so it's very rare.

concerned for his one year old yet he proceed's to tailgate, overtake stupidly, slam on his breaks AND stop dead center in the middle of a fast moving road to throw a tantrum. Poor kid having a dad like him.

Feel sorry for the child, it’s going to be a traumatic upbringing

I would have called 999 the moment he got out the car. This is beyond excusable and beyond dangerous

That last little maneuver showed just how much that guy actually cared about the safety of that one- year old.

This guy needs reporting to the police.

I've always said: people who shout at those they think shouldn't be on the road, are the ones who shouldn't be on the road.

"I've got a 1-year-old in the car!" Yet he's the one driving dangerously, nobody else

One thing you can be sure about with these people OUTRAGED at being slowed for a moment is they will have ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD to stand and argue and fight. I gave up riding my motorcycle because of this, it's definitely got worse.

Driving is a privilege, not a right. Time to take away said right from this danger to society.

So is mildly inconvenienced by a poor emerge, proceeded to inconvenience himself even more by standing in the middle of the road throwing his toys out the pram over the driving standards and 'endangering' his child, then proceeds to drive like a twunt and endangers his child? I do hope he sees this video and realizes what he looks like.

That's totally unacceptable. The poor learner could be anxious about driving for ages now, while the person who shouldn't be on the road is the BMW driver

That poor learner. They did very well to continue their lesson. I would have had to pull over and ask the driving instructor to take over if that had been me when I was learning. Props to the learner and the instructor for keeping calm!

You have to wonder what these people are like in general if this is how they react to such a minor thing like getting slightly inconvenienced by a learner driver.

Unfortunately BMW drivers do seem to think they are entitled.

I don't get out of my car quickly but I would have been out the second I saw him going for the learner. No one learning to drive should be subjected to this kind of abuse for doing their absolute best and if I can prevent that from happening, I will

I think what upset him was that someone of lower status (in his mind) got in front him. That was a challenge to his self image, so he got triggered.

Those that protest and shout the loudest are usually the ones that need to look at themselves first

"I've got a BMW. Everyone should accommodate me on the road."

Great video. One thing nit mentioned is how it must have traumatised the poor learner to have that BMW bully yelling at him through the window.

There was also a 2 year old in the car. He was driving.

Narcissistic behavior at its finest. Getting triggered in his honor by having to slow down a tiny bit because of a learner driver. I mean, who would have thought that they might possibly make a mistake, right? Then trying to look for sympathy from others by saying, he's got a 1 year old kid in the car, completely oblivious of his own dangerous actions, thinking he is completely in the right. I hope the kid's mother files a divorce soon, this guy will be very bad for the kid's mental health when growing up. All the best to them!

He was in such a hurry that he had to stop to shout at another motorist.

What a complete weapon! If he's that angry and can't control himself, he shouldn't bee in charge of a potentially lethal machine.

That BMW driver needs to be arrested & charged by the police, that was shocking. What a ####### #### ! So many offences.

I hate bullies too. I feel sorry for the child growing up with someone who thinks this is acceptable behaviour.

the white van man who held back in case the driver of the camera car laid the BMW man out on his back in the lane is going to lose his white van license for driving safely.

I have used Operation SNAP for the first time for a road rage "case" that happened to me last week. I wasn't going to bother, but this video has changed my mind. If nothing comes of it I might submit to Ashley.

What a lout. The final part is his lane change at the Holdingham roundabout. Unlike some roundabouts, the signage on approach is clear and the lane configuration is good. His unnecessary lane change is worse than the learner driver's emerge in that the learner made an error that, by any reasonable standard, should have been a non-incident whereas the BMW idiot's action was intentional and cynical.

"We're watching the white BMW" Of course...

The thing is about learners is that they have road signs front and rear to warn you of their novice status. The other thing to remember is they are in some respects incompetent and trying to acquire the full range of skills to pass the driving test. So if you mess about with them they may suddenly do totally the wrong thing in a big way which could cause damage to your vehicle.

I've actually stepped in in a situation like this, wasn't a learner but an old boy who had basically done the same thing, mildly cut someone off, who then lost his mind, overtook the old boy and stopped in front, get out the car but I immediately beeped my horn, wound down my window and suggested he might want to leave the old fella alone, get back in his car and f off. I can't abide people like this.

These people are just set out for a confrontation, they're in such a rush that they have time to... stop and berate a learner for no reason?

I would be concerned about the effect it had on the learner, if this had happened to me as a learner i probably would have given up

Passed yesterday with 2 minors at St Helens in part thanks to you Ashley. Thanks for all you do.

Unfortunately there are people out there that firmly believe threatening and violent behaviour is acceptable and the only way to get through life. It was good to see the learner continue the journey and not be put off (assuming it wasn’t the instructor driving). Fingers crossed it hasn’t put them off more lessons eithet Word of advice from me if someone exits their vehicle towards yours…close the windows and lock the doors to prevent entry from said person. If you can, leave a gap between the vehicles so you have a quick escape route, never try to engage in conversation with them…they have no interest in what you have to say. And remember, this is one instance where you are allowed to call 999 while operating a vehicle but speaker phone or hands free if you can 👍

He's clearly not suitable to drive - 12 month ban.

To the angry man in the BMW if you have a 1 year old in your car, why on earth would you stop on an active 60mph road knowing fine well a car could come at 70-80 and slam into the back of you? 😂 Very irresponsible of you, you are the real danger to that child! Such a shame, screaming and shouting scaring everybody involved! Should be absolutely ashamed of yourself.

The one time i was off guard regarding a learner in front of me was at an off ramp. We were still 500m away from the intersection at the bottom, nothing in front of us, slams the brake like there is an emergency. Scared the shit out of me for half a second (had more than enough distance exactly because of it being a driving school car). I wasn't even tailgating and if i were within 2 seconds, i might have had a little fender bender... Always be mindfull of learners, they can do very unexpected things and in the end it's not their fault as they are still learning. You having your license should anticipate!

This crosses a line. Not just dangerous driving, but assault. This guy is a legitimate danger to the public and deserves a custodial sentence.

What an absolute bellend that BMW driver is, astonishing to think he put the blame on anyone else other than himself! I hope the Instructor reported him to the Police.

Similar happened to myself, I was mildly inconvenienced by a van pulling out of an awkward side road, around a blind corner. I was on my motorcycle and we ended up side by side at the next set of traffic lights. The driver rolled his window down and was quite apologetic, I responded that I was not upset in any way and humor was involved. Thumbs up from both of us, wished each other a pleasant day and continued our journeys feeling better about the world. :)

This is a disgrace, and legal action needs to be taken against BMW man. Ash, what do you think the instructor should do or can do in a situation like this? How do professionals handle this, and how can they better help their pupils after it's all over? I'm surprised they didn't pull over to talk through the incident and let the pupil recover from the trauma.

This is becoming more and more common on our roads. Should have his licence taken off him and never given back.

It's insane to me that the BMW driver stereotype isn't even an exaggerarion, in fact its far from a stereotype. Every BMW I see on the roads I'm on high alert because 90% of my experience with them has been negative, bullying, narcissistic behaviour and road use

The fact that he used the turn signal whilst driving a BMW tells me he has a good heart.

Everyone at some time or another has had to learn how to drive. It is at first a complicated procedure and can only be achieved by training and practice . Please be patient with both learner and other drivers you come into contact with on the road. Everyone has to start somewhere . Thank you all .

Just before covid I was on a driving lesson with a young girl on the hour before her drivimg test. As I call it, she starting to put the kettle on. What I mean by that is she was starting to get a bit nervous with just 20 minutes to go before her test. She approached a mini roundabout in a 20 mile an hour limit and was turning left. She's probably should have give way but she popped out in in front of car driven by a man well over 60 and he was approximately 30 or more mtrs from the mini roundabout and he sounded his horn. I did what i alway do and put my hand up open fingers to say sorry even if i don't feel that way. This was just a diffuse the situation as what you call a non event. He didn't even have to slow down from his approximate 15 mph. I pulled her in about 100 m to have a and a little talk and try and calm her nerves before the test. The man then pulled up alongside of us and started to rant, not at me but at the 18 year old girl. I tried to intervene but he was not listening.until I shouted , thanks, she's on her driving test in 20 minutes. He then just drove off but the damage was done. I'm pretty sure that girl would have passed first time if not for that horrible person. Covid kicked in and it took her a year more to pass . Three time her test was booked 1 day and cancelled before each lockdown. After 41 yes as an instructor this is the main reason reason I technically retired Christmas 22 but have continued to finish all my students. On my Facebook when I said I was retiring i put a message to to this girl that she would only understand as we talked a lot about aspects of the job and why I would retire. She like the comment and now looks cool in her mini clubman pay for by her hard work while learning and saving up for her dream car. I still get a buzz when students pass their test but I won't miss the traffic and the harassment from traffic after the last four students I have left. The last one will be bittersweet and I'm sure I will have a tear my eyes.

What an awesome dude, teaching the learner about road rage so that they are fully prepared when they hit the streets. Wish more people were as considerate as him, sacrificing their family for these important lessons!

Pots and kettles lol. I have plenty of time for learner drivers, we all had to do it at some stage, well I hope we all did!

In before he tries to get this video taken down for a privacy complaint. Act like that in public, you deserve to be shamed. What a role model for their 1 year old.

I hope the learner’s car had dashcam & maybe also rear view camera. Instructor should have reported him to police 😡. Dangerous driving AND threatening behaviour.

This is shocking what that BMW driver did. Being tailgated happens to me and my students almost daily on driving lessons. Once another road user gets behind us, they just want to get around and will do so aggressively and unsafely, even when we are at the speed limit. I'm so tired of the poor behaviours and attitudes on our roads. It makes me want to not bother with this industry anymore. Nothing is changing and everything is getting worse. It doesn't seem to be an issue just in Australia, it's world wide! 😔

He is another perfect example of why abortion should be compulsory in certain families.

I would hazard a guess that this chap is angry most of the time and regularly goes off on one for the most trivial of reasons.

Well, hopefully the mother of the child will see this and make her feelings known .

The driver clearly needs educating with either a fine or some points on his licence.

alternative title: Self-important father believes his child is a golden god This weirdo thinks that just because he has a small child in his car, all other road users around him not only have to drive sensibly, but also keep an extra, extra distance. And to make this clear, he drives riskily and like a stupid honk. For the sake of his little child's safety, of course ...

As soon as you said A17 Sleaford I knew what to expect. I've driven a lot around the UK and the A17 between Newark and King's Lynn has some of the worst examples of terrible driving you'll see anywhere. There is no wonder that there is such a high level of fatalities on the road. I admire the calm from the other people speaking out as I wouldn't have had that patience with him.

And the worst part is that the bmw driver thinks he done nothing wrong and he is the king of the roads.

It is a sad statement that we've come to expect this behaviour from BMW and Audi drivers. Just keep in mind that they're not bad drivers because they drive BMWs or Audis; they drive BMWs or Audis because they're bad drivers (not that this prevent good drivers from driving the same cars).

That man should be utterly ashamed of himself, people that allow themselves to be wound up so easily are always the most dangerous people on the road! I have seen so many people angered by things that didn't even inconvenience them but maybe just hurt their ego crash to try and get revenge

This is where I used to live. I'm still fairly close, but don't have to drive that road very often nowadays. It's always been a road that brings out the idiots in people. Probably because it's a main route through Lincolnshire and we have lots of single carriageways and hgv traffic. The section leading up to that clip is a crawler lane. It's often abused by drivers thinking they can do motorway speeds and the merge section at the end causes issues. The idiot in the BMW's behaviour was inexcusable. But not unexpected. It seems that as someone who regularly cycles around Lincolnshire, I receive the same treatment as learner driver vehicles. Too many impatient morons behind the wheel in a rush. You receive road rage here for simply being on the road.

From watching this and other dashcam channels, it always seems like some of these "parents" think that having a child in the car is somehow a free pass to do what they like and expect everyone else to give them room (school run drivers anyone?). Also, to those people saying about how having a child in the car can be stressful, but that's still no excuse to take it out on others, especially in dangerous situations like this. Its just pure selfishness and entitlement. I feel sorry for both the child AND the learner driver.

I don’t think showing the BMW driver this clip will make any diference.

Jesus, I admire your restraint, if he'd come mincing over to my car like that my rage may have got the better of me.

Road rage and anger issues are contagious, be careful what you sow because it will affect your entire life. I have a friend who can be aggressive and was violent in his youth. [calmed down a bit now he is in his 70’s… but not much] He once had his 4 kids in the back of his car in town and a cyclist came out of a side road causing him the slam the brakes on, no seat belts in them days so the kids on the back seat went flying forwards ending up in the foot well. He hurled abuse at the cyclist to which the cyclist got off of his bike and became belligerent and aggressive and threatened him. Get got out of his car and shoved the guy over a low brick wall into someone’s garden, then picked the bike up and threw it over the wall on top of him. As he walked back to the car the kids were all wide eyed staring at him in shock. They all drove home in silence and as soon as they got in the kids blurted out what happened to his wife so he got an ear bashing off of the misses. The point being though, is that all of his oldest kids grew up to be aggressive and violent while the youngest were more easy going and calmer. As he got older he mellowed so the younger his kids the less aggression they saw him from him. [overall the entire family have not had a quite life, full of conflict and strife]

Good luck teaching your 1 year old self regulation

I remember I had a lesson at 9am on a weekday and was driving normally around a roundabout with my instructor saying it’s been going good today. Next minute the car behind comes around the outside of the me on the roundabout and overtakes me on the exit. Then proceeds to stop the car, get out and walk up to my window screaming that I was speeding and I cut off him mum who was following behind him. It all happened so quick that you don’t really have time to even process it. Luckily I used it as a lesson to help me relax when driving from then onwards as I thought there’s no way it can get worse than that at any point!

I had something akin to the start if that incident yesterday. I (learner driver) was heading up an A road at about 60mph when someone pulled out about 150-200 yards ahead of me. Only my response was to brake and maintain distance as the car in front got up to speed. No horns, no harm. We all just got on with our day. "If you do that on your test, you'll fail" - though i had made some minor errors myself during the drive.

I hope someone who knows him sees this and shows him this. Maybe he was having a bad day but nothing justifies his behaviour.

He might become an adult one day and realise what a total pillock he was in his youth.

Good video and commentary, Ashley.

I had a similar thing happen to me after I made a trivial, non-dangerous error. The other car had pulled over. I wasn't sure what he was doing so I went around him and then realised he was giving way to oncoming traffic, so I pulled in in front of him to give way also. No big deal? The other car overtook me at the first opportunity and tried to wave me to pull over, presumably to give me a good talking to. There hadn't been any sort of collision or incident so I didn't fancy stopping. His flashing and gesticulating made me wonder if it was safe to do so. After I drove on again he zigzagged up my rear end, blasting his horn and chased me up a narrow lane (that was almost certainly not on his route). When I arrived work a mile or so later (at a school!) he drove over the pavement in the car park to cut me off and force me stop. He started raging at me about how he had a child the car and he was going to report me. For what? Overtaking him when he was stationary?! Eventually he took down my number plate and left. I actually reported the incident first - the school had it on CCTV. Needless to say, I never heard from the police.

Absolute disgrace. No need for it.

Years ago , i was behind a car behind a bully who stopped in the middle of a dual carriageway in Motherwell to get out and remonstrate with the driver of the car in front of me. Wish i had had the nerve to drive past and give him a piece of my mind and tell him to get on his way.

SAFETY TIP: If you get stopped on a fast road turn on your hazard signals. I also tap then hold repeatedly on my brakes to flash the lights until I have a vehicle or three stopped behind me. Leave space to maneuver and look for an emergency out if possible I've been stuck behind situations like this one four or five times, all in the past 15 years, never in the preceding 27. I have once had to resort to the ditch to keep from being accordioned; the two cars behind me were struck by a box truck that stopped far to late, they even hit the car I'd been behind. The lunatic who stopped us all fled.

He will mouth off at the wrong person one day.

How sad. The fact it annoyed him that much after following the learner for 2 minutes of driving.

Father and driver of the year over here 🥳 I do feel for everyone on the road around him for the rest of his life and that poor kid, this is how he’s protecting them? Shocking!

I'm a cyclist, so I'm well used to hearing people spout delusion as reason for them nearly killing everyone, or being shouted at by someone doing the dangerous thing. It's worrying how many prams I've had to avoid on the road, from mother's who didn't look before leading out into the road with a baby and a pram, almost likenthey wanted rid of it, only then to shout and scream abuse down the street. Road rage is a real thing but it doesn't take much to set people off does it, almost like the majority are going through life barely aware theyre living

If he cared about his 1 year old kid, he wouldn't have dangerously tailgated an inexperienced driver, he wouldn't have dangerously overtaken at speed, he wouldn't have dangerously come to a complete halt on a busy A road, and he wouldn't have dangerously exited the vehicle and face his back to oncoming traffic roaring by centimetres away. But mush for brains doesn't care about that. It's just one big macho fight for him.

I was about to say that this one of the main roads if you want to travel from North Wales to East Anglia across the middle of England so you often get impatient drivers who are going long distance wanting to get through ASAP, [high amounts of traffic going long distance on single lane roads with lots of sections of lower speed limits] but to learn that he had a young child in the car means that he is probably local to the area and not traveling much distance. Either way he has massive anger issues and needs help, [this is probably an issue with him out of the car as well]

Wow, what an absolutely horrendous way to act. That poor learner driver and their instructor behaved and continued driving really well. I guess at least the learner driver now understands what some people are like when they get in their cars.

It always amazes me that people like this seem in such a hurry that a mild inconvenience are having to slow is such a big deal but they have all the time then to stop and argue, the way he behaved here is just shocking, disgraceful and his defiantly a bully, people like him should not be on the roads. That learner did well, that sure must have been intimidating

This is a learner’s worst nightmare that people say “oh that would never happen” to.

why is it every time i look in the rearview mirror and the car behind is so close that i can count the number of blackheads on his face, is it ALWAYS a BMW or an AUDI

For the sake of his kid, he must have his license taken away.

"i have a kid so I'm going to put them in danger and shout at you for it"

Notice how he goes all cowardly once confronted by a man. He wants to bully the learner but is a complete and utter coward when called out on it. Typical bully

Know the the roundabout well. Leadenham to Sleaford. That Leg onto the roundabout is not traffic light controlled for some reason but all others are. Never an unmarked car around when you need one. That guy could of caused a pileup slamming the anchors on like that on that stretch of road. I think he was a bit fast as well coming up to the Leadenham juction (not a slip road BTW a Tee Junction). I've had several occasions where I have had HGV's tailgate my van on that stretch even when I'm turning right near Cranwell. I had to put the indicator on early and then the brakes lightly and they still didn't get the hint and stayed on the rear bumper.

Wow, that really shows the magnitude of this guy's self-centred attitude and monumental lack of self awareness, reinforced not only stopping and getting out to berate the learner but also by his driving later in the video. He gets mildly inconvenienced and proceeds to majorly inconvenience himself, everyone behind and endangers everyone on two occasions. Entitled *#@%! Almost defies belief.