Ashley’s Driving Fail | Blame Others For Your Mistake

"How do you do that much damage, in a car park?" Right foot goes vroooooooom 😆

A sample question in a Liverpudlian Cab Driver's exam: The traffic lights ahead of you are red. Do you: A) Ignore them and just keep going? B) Just keep going and ignore them? C) Ignore them? D) Just keep going?

An ambulance w/o lights and siren should not be running red lights.

Some of these clips really highlight the benefit of a rear facing camera

We "normal" drivers are gobsmacked when someone jumps a red, or uses the left lane to go right etc. But the drivers that do this stuff don't give it a moment's conscious thought, so long as it doesn't end in a collision and they don't get caught. To them it's just a part of everyday driving, and they've forgotten about it the second it's behind them - assuming they even gave it any thought in the first place.

I have a simple rule when I get tailgated: If you don't want your safe braking distance, I'll include it in mine; if you get even closer, I'll simply increase my distance to the vehicle in front. Some of the worst offenders are wagon and van drivers because they can see over a mere car but there's reasons that people have to brake that are not always visible directly in front of them. I've always tried to give HGV drivers respect and room but as with every other form of transport, there aren't half some tits among them.

The only surprise with that Range Rover was that it went the right way down that one way street!

I think letting the lorry out was a bit over courteous and even if the driver knew what you were doing it's the kind of unexpected event that can cause confusion to other road users. You had a clear road in front and traffic behind you, how does it help the flow of traffic for you to stop them all unexpectedly? Edit: Just to add to this as well, I was very nearly rear ended because a driver in front of me decided to stop and let out a load of vans from a council depot. Not really the fault of the driver that stopped, but the event wouldn't have happened if he hadn't stopped

I've been watching your videos for a couple of months now and I have to say a lot of what you say, do and see has definitely made me reevaluate my own driving. You get into bad habits, I would never say I'm perfect but I'll definitely say I've improved my driving and I've become a lot more patient. 🚘👍

Ye, tailgating lorries always freak me out too, especially if you think that a lot of them tend to watch movies or clip their toe nails while driving.

As the great Bob Ross used to say "we don't make mistakes, just happy little accidents"

No, that articulated lorry that overtook was just being impatient

That first clip reminds me of something similar a few weeks back where I stopped just short of a "keep clear" box for a junction. The car behind wanted to turn down that junction and got very angry that I wouldn't move forward to block the junction. It probably didn't help that I also let two cars out before I moved.......

Love the videos Ashley! You've inspired me and I'm always trying to improve myself. I'm definitely going to be training to become a driving instructor next year when I can at 21

Stopping on the road when you have right of way to let someone out is, in my view, bad practice. If you have right of way then use it, everyone knows rules so trying to unilaterally swap them on the fly is confusing and can be dangerous. Example, the lorry in the clip, you were stopped on the road with a left hand indicate on, as far as the lorry behind knows you could be stopping for a while. If you'd have used your right of way, you would have turned left, the lorry behind carried on and the lorry emerging would have waited their turn, exactly as everyone expected-you were the only one in that situation that knew you were giving up your right of way.

I almost always watch until the end of the videos because 1. I'm always learning and 2. I love seeing a part of the world I might not be able to visit. I really appreciate the older architecture! ❤️

Clip 4, with the truck overtake, could he have thought you were stopping? You turned left, into the road the other truck emerged from, were you already signalling? If the left signal was on, and you stopped, the following truck can assume that's where you intend to stay, regardless of the space ahead. With a clear road ahead, he was not willing to wait while you parked, especially if you were displaying the L plates or any learner car livery. He might have been getting short of driving time. Could of course, have just been impatience. Disappointing that he apparently hadn't noticed his fellow truck driver waiting to emerge.

Think the lorry one was probably them misinterpreting what you were doing and focusing on that. So, thought you were going to park, and decided to go round you without taking proper notice of the other lorry. Perhaps stopping beside the open space instead of short of it would've helped? Shouldn't have passed you there anyway though I reckon.

Love watching these, it's not all about pointing a finger, but having a good laugh and learning what to look out for.

1 view 7 minutes 18 likes 6 comments Ashley's driving lessons on here are absolutely brilliant.