r/drivingUK

There's a long road a walk up every day to work, and I regularly see *multiple* people texting behind the wheel on it

So today I decide to put my phone camera on and record to see if I could capture some

I captured two today, although one was stopped at a red so not sure about that

My question is, is it possible to me to report this to the police or any other authority and submit the footage as evidence?

Thanks in advance for advice

My car went in for it's MOT today and as it's a nice day I decided to walk the 8 fucking miles home along the A38 (I didn't think it would take 2 and a half hours NOR get to 23c!).
Anyway, this is where the sad old git bit comes.. while I was listening to my Audiobook I decided to keep a Tally of how many times people were driving and looking down into their lap during a 15min (a littler over 15mins) chapter of my book and honestly I was shocked.

224 Cars passed me in those 15mins. If my maths is correct that's JUST under 15 min (14.93333.. I double checked with a calculator) out of those 224 cars, fucking 62 of them were looking down into their lap. 27.8% of drivers driving along a road that has a school, houses with NO crossings (So people just cross where they want), multiple blind junctions etc felt it was okay to play with their phone.

while I didn't time each one a good few of them didn't look up once in about the 10 seconds they were passing me.

Wtf is wrong with people? Maybe it's just a 'sore' point for me as we lost my nephew (17) due to some c**t on his phone who didn't see him riding on the road IN a bike lane.

Additional: This was approx 8:40am to 8:55am between Dunball and Highbridge and the speed limit was a mix of 30mph, 40mph and 50mph

I have been driving for about six months and am finally getting over the terrible driving anxiety I had when I first got my car, I commute about an hour each way to work and usually it goes fine, but still occasionally have days where I drive like it’s my first time, today for example I turned left at a junction and mounted the curb (so stupid and so embarrassing) and then multiple times during my drive to work tried to change gears with the clutch half down. Is this normal or something others experience or should I just have not passed my test 😬
Edit: thanks for all the lovely, reassuring comments, it’s nice to know everyone has their days :)

After some advice or what else I need to do.

I received today a letter from Forecourteye advising my car had made off without payment.

Checked the images they provide and it’s the same car type and model but not my car. Also the location is 2 hours away.

My car didn’t have a sticker in the window, has dark grey nossles for the window spray, I had a bumper issue (which unfortunately I have now fixed) and the car was immaculately clean mine isn’t.

I have done a report to the Met Police using 101 form and also disputed it with Forecourt by email.

Is there anything else I can do ? I know it wasn’t me as I don’t make off without payment, the car isn’t my car and I actually came back from a holiday and was jet lagged so I was almost certainly in bed.

Can I ask the garage for CCTV ? I assume as this was beginning of April they will have been wiped ?

Thanks in advance

Have pedestrian crossings been declassified? Just walked into town, and in just 20 minutes, using two crossings, was stopped by four cars/vans going straight through red lights. The green man was fully on, so it wasn't a close thing, I'd already stepped out, and had to step back.

Is this legal now? Do we have to have pedestrian dashcams?

Driving on M25 and there is a sign with the number 40 in it, in a red circle and next to it there is a sign that says 'possible congestion' (i can't remember the exact wording.)

Anyway I am in the far left lane and go down to 40mph but then lorries get up close then overtake - am I doing something wrong?

Also I saw a lorry in the far right lane the other day on M25- is that legal?

Parked outside my house on the main road on double yellows to take a big parcel inside. A bus honked at me as another bus was coming from the other side so both could not make their way through so bus driver honked at me and made rude gestures. Am I wrong in assuming that I'm not in the wrong due to loading during the time where loading is allowed(?) Typically I would not be causing an obstruction but it's due to the fact it was two massive vehicles coming through and it's tight even if there are no vehicles parked up.

I have opened a claim with my insurance for a hit and run which resulted in a dent and scrapes across two panels of my car.

I have a repair booked through my insurance for about a week's time.

My excess is £150.

I have today had a phone call from the other party's insurance saying that their client is "likely at fault" and offering to repair my car, give me a courtesy car, and give me a £300 incentive to allow them to deal with the claim. (I think it's called third party capture or third party assistance.)

I understand that doing this would mean I could change my claim to notification only with my insurers, so come renewal it may mean that some insurers take that into account (but I'm also aware that some don't and would still see it as a non-fault claim, and that I am going to have to declare it one way or another come renewal).

The way I see it is that I could be up £300, not have to pay the excess, get my car repaired/and a hire car, and potentially get some benefit to my premium come renewal.

Or I continue my claim, pay (and hopefully get back my excess), get my car repaired/and a hire car, and potentially take a bigger hit to my premium come renewal.

And I suppose there is a risk that they may try and skimp on the repairs to a certain extent, because clearly the motivation for this is to make it cheaper for them.

Does anyone have any advice? Especially if you have dealt with this before!

This morning on my commute to work trundling along at my usual 20mph (live in Wales) and coming round the bend loads of cars flashing. Like huh, slow up in case someone had completely binned it and come round the corner all I could see was a speed van. One good thing about it the car behind stopped trying to snuggle up with my bumper.

I’ve started a Manchester City Council petition asking for a safety review of the Princess Parkway/Wythenshawe Road junction after repeated crashes and near misses there.

The issue is mainly the merge coming off the give-way slip road onto Princess Parkway, especially with traffic accelerating from the nearby lights at the same time. It creates a really dangerous merge point and there have been multiple serious accidents there.

I myself, along with many people living nearby, have seen crashes and near misses happen almost every week. With schools nearby and this being a major route onto the motorway, this is not only causing disruption for drivers but is also becoming a genuine safety concern for the local community.

I know loads of local drivers probably recognise this junction, so any signatures or shares would really help.

https://democracy.manchester.gov.uk/mgEPetitionDisplay.aspx?id=173&TPID=19423580&$LO$=1

I was on the motorway the other day in lane one, I went to overtake and go into lane two which was completely clear for me to move into - then the car in lane three which was a little bit behind me suddenly moved into lane 2 at the same time as me. Thankfully I managed to swerve out of the way and back into lane 1 avoiding a collision. It made me think who would be at fault if a collision happened because at the time I made the move lane 2 was totally clear, but the person in lane 3 had other ideas. I know if I was the car in lane 3 and saw me move to lane 2 I would'nt moved over.

EDIT; Car in lane 3 was not overtaking anyone, I noticed them in lane 3 for quite while so they were lane higging. Lane 2 was totally clear for at least 3/4 of a mile.

A BMW driver rear ended my car and did accept his fault so claim going through his insurance. The insurance company said total economic loss. its been 10 months since I punched this vehicle and is financed. I have changed both front tyres as well in the past 6 months or so. Any tips as to get the best value for the car ? Or anything I am missing out on it terms of compensation ?