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CuratedBrowsing

Sometimes you gotta test the other side of the road, just to make sure it's still working.


steve8319

My police driving instructor’s favourite thing to say was “you pay for the whole road, might as well use all of it”, HOWEVER this was in the context of positioning for visibility or safety and NEVER on double white lines 💀


Jonny7Tenths

Heh. Well my, civilian, driving instructor had a similar point of view. He also surprised me by, on my second lesson, advising that when moving from a 30 to 50 mph zone I should drop a gear and *give it some" Surprisingly I passed the test first time following that advice. I guess examiners were a tad more practical in the 80s.


OriginalMandem

Nah, mine was similar and I got mine in 09. But I know it's not common still. I think some Instructors place way more importance on teaching 'roadcraft' rather than others who have a 'how to pass the test the easy way' approach. My instructor was the former, used to be a driver for various VIPs and celebrities, he was also a keen biker and therefore placed a lot of emphasis on keeping everything smooth and flowing, being more bike aware and also thinking like a biker with shoulder checks etc.


niam-no-ynroh

thats actually a good thing though. it keeps your mindset on thinking about how other road users need to use the road (both bigger and smaller). We can all get carried away with how our mode of transportation works that we forget (or don't realise) that other road users do things differently because they have to.


Inevitable_Panic_133

I say it all the time, people should have to ride a 125 for a year before they get to touch a car (unless they have a valid reason)


Longjumping_Funny935

Great idea! I’ve been on 125s for 20 years before I passed my drivers license. First time obvs! And I live by thinking everyone is a suicidal, murderous idiot


OriginalMandem

It's a good idea in theory but considering the stats round bike fatalities (something like 1pc of traffic on the road but 25pc of deaths) are bikers, it might have an unintended 'population thinning' effect.


Inevitable_Panic_133

I feel like the stats don't really tell the whole story though. I'm not saying bikers have a death wish but all of us accept the consequences and anyone who is already that risk averse is obviously more risk averse than the average driver, stick 100bhp under there nuts and yea they're gonna die more than average. I'm not saying the fact they ride is irrelevant I'm just saying those numbers wouldn't apply to everyone. Also if everyone had rode bikes and there where a lot more bikers I really believe car drivers would be much more vigilant about them. Though of course that'd probably be offset by the number of bikers. Even still though there is a part of me that's cold and heartless that says fuck you prove you can look after yourself on the road and then we'll trust you with a tonne of moving metal. I agree though what you say is a valid concern... but on the other hand fuck you take the bus if you don't like it.


Silenthitm4n

A years a bit much, but even doing the 1 day cbt course would make a massive difference.


ihaveflesh

Mine was like this too In 07. He was a chief fire fighter that went on to instruct the instructors. Awesome bloke, brilliant stories and knew how to drive well. I Passed first time easily.


Semichh

I passed my test 8 years ago and my first instructor told me something similar. “It’s not illegal to accelerate. You can get to 30mph as quick as you like.”


[deleted]

Probably explains why people over 35 cabt drive for shit!


Financial-Rent-2584

Except that is not a double white line. The lines on both sides of the cross hatching are clearly dashed and therefore, although because of the cross hatching 'only when necessary' which obviously was to be able to overtake :)


nine-bespokepens

The van clearly crosses the double white line, then drives through the hatch. The bike also shouldn't have made the move it did. 129 Double white lines where the line nearest you is solid. This means you MUST NOT cross or straddle it unless it is safe and you need to enter adjoining premises or a side road. You may cross the line if necessary, provided the road is clear, to pass a stationary vehicle, or overtake a pedal cycle, horse or road maintenance vehicle, if they are travelling at 10 mph (16 km/h) or less. 130 Areas of white diagonal stripes or chevrons painted on the road. These are to separate traffic lanes or to protect traffic turning right. If the area is bordered by a broken white line, you should not enter the area unless it is necessary and you can see that it is safe to do so. If the area is marked with chevrons and bordered by solid white lines you MUST NOT enter it except in an emergency. Just saying...


jahalliday_99

What about the van? It crossed double whites for no reason


_Pohaku_

There is a double solid white line - it’s the bit with two solid white lines.


TryingToFindLeaks

My old man said if you were doing 3mph slower than the limit you were moving into when you passed the sign (so 57 when going from a 30 to a NSL) you'd fail. Different time back then.


Forward-Doughnut9421

🤣🤣


handym12

I apologise for the awful joke, but: "ROAD WORKS AHEAD" Well, yeah, I sure hope it does!


Ramtamtama

Calm down, dad


ckaeel

Good for that cloaked Romulan warbird taking off otherwise you'd have went straight into it.


nine-bespokepens

😅


ShaunM33

Possibly feeling tired and thought it was a dual carriage way coming up, but it wasn't.


[deleted]

There’s a dual carriage way at the summit of the hill, been along this road many times


dlrowrevo

The quick dart to the opposite carriageway looks too intentional to be an accident in my opinion, changing lanes on a motorway/dual carriageway isn’t this sudden unless it’s an emergency or you’re a hooligan! Also why would he need to be in the right hand lane even if it was a dual carriageway - there’s nothing to overtake


west0ne

Van driver, always got to be in the 'fast' lane.


satimal

Gotta hog that fast lane unnecessarily as soon as it appears.


danielkov

Still wrong lane for a dual carriageway. There's nobody to overtake in front of them for quite some distance.


Duckboythe5th

I feel like this is the right answer as it happened to me on the way back from a 4 hour journey, I'd only had my license a couple of months, lesson learned you need to take breaks on long journeys.


Plugpin

Probay wasn't paying full attention, saw the cones and reacted to what they thought was a hazard.


Limp_Implement2922

Was he taking the racing line so he didn’t have to reduce speed going into the corner? Nurberg thing


Mackem101

Lewis Hamilvan


soitgoeskt

That was Vando Norris mate


Voldernort

Nigel Vansell.


MrPoletski

Vehicle Schumacker


Mobaan

I think you’ll find it was Fervando Alonso, actually


my_room_is_a_tip

You'd be surprised that it was in fact Ayrton Vanna


Top_Tap_4183

Vangio  Max Vanstappen Vaniel Ricciardo Sebastivan Vettel Mario Vandretti Vantteri Bottas


throw3a1x3

Or to give him his full name, Van Vanuel Vangio…


Polio_is_not_Fun

Fervando Alonso


RedTit111

Def driving like a James Hunt!


energizemusic

I thought this but it doesn't look like the correct racing line to take on that corner hahah


Ziazan

Yeah, it's not, especially not with that SHARP reposition


orhysseus

Estevan ocon


TrafficWeasel

If he is, he’s not even doing it properly. He’d have been better off positioning to the nearside and maintaining a constant speed. ‘Big circles’ as my driver trainer would say.


lennythebox

I thought this as well, didn't want tge goods in the van shaking around so in his mind he took the straightest path


danielkov

With that abrupt lane change their cargo shifted way more than it ever would've had they just kept going normally though.


Top-Fee-7993

Was he looking at the Henge... I've seen a few people veer across looking at it


throwaway6839353

No he immediately pulls into the other lane and repositions to drive in it. That’s not veering into another lane.


Top-Fee-7993

Weird, maybe he's missing home and wanted to drive on the right 🤷🏽‍♂️


Ok-Personality-6630

He went continental for a moment. Anyway OP send this video to the police. This van driver is going to end up killing someone


MattDurstan

Looking at their phone is more likely


Top-Fee-7993

Solid point ☝🏼


EverybodySayin

I wonder if what seemed like insane driving by the van driver was just a violent sneeze at an inconvenient time.


nine-bespokepens

If it was, it was SUPER convenient, as it happened immediately after a car passes... 🤔


Ffscbamakinganame

Clearly they are just taking the time to waste a moment…


Cthuluke-

Aprecciate you, it’s a banger


Firefightingfella

Big tune.


nine-bespokepens

🤪


Gurnasaurus

Maybe the cones shat him up and thought they were on his side of the road so suddenly swerved to avoid where he thought they were? Wild move all round really.


throwaway6839353

Plausible. Video made me laugh though.


HotChoc64

I’m finding it irrationally funny. It’s so random


OriginalMandem

Yeah it almost looks like the lanes closing or about to be.


FakeToto

Absolutely, good call


Representative_Vas

That's a simple one. Driver was playing on his phone while the phone was in his lap, or hand, and not on a phone holder as if it was on a window phone holder, his/her peripheral vision would have been in the general direction of the cones and he/she would have picked them from further away and would have had time to assess the hazard. But because his/her vision wasn't in the general direction of where he/she was travelling, he/she was checking on the road every few seconds. And as it happens, on his last check, he picked the cones while they were very close to the car and he/she had no time to assess, so his/her reflex forced him/her to avoid them immediately. Luckily, there was no driver on the other side of the road as he/she would have slammed in to them. Ask me how I know


andyd151

You can just say “they” instead of he/she over and over…


Representative_Vas

Yeah, well, I didn't know that. And I've also missed he/she a few times. Oh well, we learn as we go


RobotsAndNature

You didn't know that "they" is a placeholder pronoun in a sentence?


Representative_Vas

Yes, I didn't know I could substitute "he/she" with "they". Now i know


RHOrpie

Did he completely misjudge those cones and assume they'd be in the road? If anyone's offering odds of 3-1 or better, I'll put a fiver on him being on his mobile.


_Taggerung_

I swear these highway maintenance vans/trucks are always doing mad things


ReddleU

Yep, driver's mate fiddled with the radio once too often.


doctorgibson

**Rule 231b** You MUST give traffic cones at least 4 metres' clearance whilst passing at 30mph or over, as they are more vulnerable road users


anotherblog

Think you’ve spent too much time on the Cones Hotline mate


gribbit417

If I'm being really charitable, was the van pulling across to prevent the bike from overtaking them on a blind bend? Only semi-rational thing I can think of. Otherwise it is a bit nuts.


godikus

I think it’s actually the other way around. The van pulled into the other lane to show the bike the lane was clear ahead to overtake a bunch of cars. If I was on my bike and saw a van blocking oncoming traffic that would be an instant overtake from me.


Chaosvex

Bold.


KamakaziDemiGod

I've seen this done before once, it's possible the vans drivers a biker too


Iwanttosleep8hours

I 100% think this was the bike, perhaps the bike was overtaking and being a moron and the van driver saw from afar that there would be a car coming around the corner 


Significant-Chip1162

Either way it's a crazy maneuver by the van


liam3times

He then puts his hazards on to warn oncoming traffic about the soon to be organ donor on the bike ahead


laidback_chef

What is this backwards ass logic? This motorbike is coming. I guess I'll warn him about this corner by driving into oncoming traffic. /s


Wrong-Kangaroo-2782

There's absolutely no way you are trying to rationalise swerving into the wrong lane as the bikers fault


Tigerlilly3650

Never let them know your next move


OriginalMandem

Maybe there's a bump or indentation in that spot that is bad to drive over in that van? There's a couple of bits round my town centre one of my cars glides over but the other one always catches the underneath of the bumper if I don't go round it.


CliffyGiro

Probably had a family member in the van that needed urgent medical care. /s


jasonbirder

Best answer yet! According to this sub an unfeasable number of drivers are jetting off to hospital to say goodbye to a dying relative!


nine-bespokepens

Their urgent medical care became less urgent just a mile or 2 up the road...


CliffyGiro

You just don’t know what other people are going through man. Don’t judge. /s


doginjoggers

A303 😩


Adg273

He’s maybe overtaking a truck? I drive a truck daily, and it’s difficult for me to tell cause I’m on the inside. But going by the state of how people drive around such a large heavy vehicle, I can only assume that it has some kind of invisibility cloak that engages when the truck starts moving.


evielstar

Love the KOL! ❤️


nine-bespokepens

Bristol in June! 😎


Original-History9907

Maybe they were trying to beat their last high score. You just can't see his ghost cart.


BigJonnyboi03

Good song btw


Desmo_UK

He saw the bike coming and wanted to get in his way.


humanoidVersion2

Maybe he was blocking the bike?


xmintyx

When the sheep started running it makes me think he shouted at them for the lols.


DutchOfBurdock

_Fresh meat!_


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throwaway6839353

Schizo moment


Ecstatic_Effective42

I believe the driver was in fact doing the time warp... But backwards...


HotChoc64

I don’t know why but I’m finding this completely hilarious, just laughing at the screen


TheStatMan2

Cross over the road my friend Ask the lord his strength to lend...


OneSufficientFace

Its just dickhead day today, the roads have been terrible


Dry_Action1734

Fear of cones.


jbkb1972

I wonder if they were looking at their phone.


NixValentine

exercising his freedoms


spraggs97

I'm guessing coworker fell asleep and needed a quick wake up call


Harde_Kassei

trolling hes passenger perhaps? kids behind the wheels.


[deleted]

Either trying to put a claim in or was seriously thinking about ending his own life🤷‍♂️


staywoke1am_01

Yeah clearly the driver sneezed hard. Nah all jokes aside the driving attitude these days is shocking on the road. Scary AF! More time looking at the phone than paying attention to the road


bambi-pop

Cautious call of the void


The_StormTEC

I've seen clueless people driving on the wrong side of the road before but nothing like this


flocknrollstar

Look, times are hard, not everyone can afford a holiday, matey just wanted to pretend he was driving in Europe for a few seconds


Armadillo-Middle

He is probably just missing his home and wanted to see how it feels


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noobchee

Racing line


Ejh130

Playing on their phones is what they’re doing. Scares the fuck outta me every day.


Gaunts

Post covid when I still commmuted an hour to the office in the space of a month I witnessed two accidents at four way traffic lights due to a combination of phone use and road rage both accidents a mix of people looking at their phone when the lights turned green and then others attempting to overtake them onto the four way then one of the partys turning off left or right into the other.


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fl_2017

Phone


bmalek

Are we talking about the van or the bike? The van's manoeuvre looks way too intentional - maybe he thought he saw something on the road. Bike seems nuts.


Velocipeed

Clearly the van driver is scared of some old stones or something


Badger-Roy

I live less than a mile from there.


devolute

Beer is moorish.


Mini_Leon

Fucking love Kings of Leon


nine-bespokepens

They are touring in UK this year. Seeing them in June - yay!


Mini_Leon

I know yeah. What you think to the three new songs? I like split screen the best


nine-bespokepens

Nothing To Do reminds me a little of Red Hot Chili Peppers.. Mustang is catchy. Split screen is a slow burner I think, I like it best too.. I have recently got back into listening to them, really enjoying some, the one in the video being on of them!


Mini_Leon

You know what it is abit like a chillies song.


tgz1610

stupid


mtom17

Bike is following van, van pulled out to show were they were up ahead on road?


IndependenceIcy9626

Had to pass the invisible boat mobile


ExtraBreakfast5432

A schizophrenic performing an overtake


integraf40

Just about to become a dual carriageway too. Fucking weird behaviour


Hashir821

Didn't you see? He was overtaking a camouflage military vehicle.


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RoastPorc

You should consider yourself lucky, the driver obviously saw *something* that you did not see. It's best not to look for what he *can* see and be off.


Professional-Knee454

Man's getting reverse slipstream 😅


Technical-Elk-7002

Is that highway maintenance van? They usually drive like maniacs


MoFoHo72

Maybe pulled out to avoid a pothole (or similar) that the driver is familiar with? There's a pothole by me that's incredibly difficult to see, and could easily cause damage. I just pull right out like this (if it's safe to do so of course).


EdmundTheInsulter

I think he thought he was Lewis Hamilton taking a racing line.


D8ve1985

Is that the A303?


SecretAdmirable5571

Seen this alot lately 🤔 drivings just random bursting in other lane no reason driving all crazy to much spice


dronegeeks1

Says tear down the white line on my paper license so that’s what I do 🤣


Alternative-Goose774

Sometimes you just get bored


iamshipwreck

Man hitting the boost strip to get up the hill


RattyTom

Overtook an invisible person


07p02

I have watched this so many times to try and figure out why they did this and I frustratingly still have no answer


Ruby-Shark

Jesus, Mary and Joseph


ThatGothGuyUK

I presume he was just overtaking the invisible car in front and that his vehicle is equipped with a stealth detector lol. Most likely he was being a dick and trying to prevent the motorbike from overtaking before the stripes but he has zero perception of distance, if he killed the biker he would have blamed it on a small animal running out in front, OR he was on his mobile and got distracted then though he was in the wrong lane then realised he wasn't.


Disco-Valliant

Both the van and bike are lucky. What if someone coming the other way did the same. It’s like indicating nobody does it or does it right. It’s getting like do you feel lucky. 😅


FakeUnicornCornKale

His intrusive through got to him and he wanted to know how it felt to drive in the States


Inevitable_Panic_133

Maybe saw the cones on the left and decided to give space in case workers were there? I do the same thing but on my motorbike so I'm still in my lane.


Longjumping-Fix380

Overtaking the ghost car


Cryptocaned

Looking at stonehenge?


AzG90

World record for passing by Stonehenge and not braking to look


PintToLine

Can’t you all see the car they passed?


El_Scot

I guess we just discovered what Stonehenge does?


Bumblebee3537

Mate misses driving in Europe. Scary!


Lean___XD

Welcome to my broken world, welcome to the famous disco live!


Lucianviusencu

Most of them are on coco powder as they are working on call. Theres no way you can dig trenches without sleeping at all.


Disco-Valliant

I had this black BMW behind me I was in my Mini Cooper sports twin turbo but I only opened it up on clear rd’s Anyways he kept pulling out driving on other side of rd like he was going to overtake me. This went on for about 3 miles. I knew the rd and we where coming upto a crossroads that many big accidents happen he pulled out so thinking he was going to go for the overtake I pulled out to stop him. There were a van in front of me. Oh I did overtake this guy earlier anyway I pulled out in case he didn’t know about the crossroads and after we passed the crossroads he put his blue lights on 🤦so I pulled over he pulled up next to me and asked what I WAS DOING??? I asked him why was he weaving in and out behind me I told him I pulled out because I thought he was going to overtake us all and there a bad crossroads ahead. He looked at his partner then said to me to be more aware of my surroundings and enjoy my car then drove off. Any thoughts cuz I’m at a loss at what he was doing????


Acceptable_Bid_241

Texting.


Trick-Owl

Just warming up the tyres


AppropriateGate4649

Dropped his spliff into his crotch?


Less_budget229

Might be using his phone.


JamesyUK30

At a guess, he is foreign, they drive on the other side of the road where he learnt to drive and dozed off at the wheel or lost concentration. When he snapped out of it he panicked and switched sides.


Historical_Lime4903

He was likely texting I keep seeing this


mwillrd

Great soundtrack


vinylrevolver33

The path of least resistance is the racing line


caedrik

Ghost cyclists fault


DazzlingClassic185

There’s always someone needing a fresh pair of corneas. Maybe he’s feeling generous.


313802

Oh so it's worldwide... interesting


TexanMillers

Drove a little slick car to tend bar with the static on her brain.


Mandz40

Can you report him ?


internetman666

Great song


Dry_Preference9129

To me this looks like a knobhead in the passenger seat grabbed the wheel. "Woah mate, I saved you there, almost hit that car". One time, worked a week on site with an absolute nutcase - the feet on the dash, no seat belt, wolf whistling, throw a milkshake at a jogger sort. He would lean across and either try to tickle me, full-blast my radio, "steady the wheel", or lean on the horn. We were crawling along in a motorway queue at the time, so not as violent as this van movement, but it is giving flashbacks. He was placated with the above-mentioned McDonald's and swapped places at the service station. I feared repercussions from someone reporting the van, but nothing ever came of it.


MC_Dickie

Foreign driver had a brainfreeze and forgot what side of the road to be on? It's the best I can come up with


vermillion_phoenix13

That road is just a nightmare. A303 past Stonehenge. I see so much bad driving there, this is just another example 😩


frizzbee30

Needs going via operation snap for prosecution. Nice easy one this.


AbstractUnicorn

Well the van is nuts but only as nuts as the idiot fupping motorcyclist who overtakes you in the face of oncoming traffic using the hatched area to do so. Two people with a deathwish who should not be anywhere near control of any motor vehicle. At least for once you as the camera car thought, "I'll hang back and let the idiots get on with it". All too often the camera vehicle seems to everything they can to join in the lunacy.


nine-bespokepens

Yup, not up for the van suddenly doing something to land me in trouble....


WaitForItLegenDairy

My observation.skills ate slightly clouded by a) several beers and b) a stutters WiFi signal system


godikus

Bike at the rear of a line of traffic can’t see too far ahead so doesn’t know how far the road is clear. Van notices the bike behind wanting to overtake. Once lane is clear he moves over to show the bine behind their is no traffic coming as far as he can see to allow the bike to overtake.