Wow! And people follow his tours and read his books for advice?

I don't think we can link to Twitter from here but if you search for Rick Steves Twitter you will find the video. No need to sign up and become a t**t like Steves.

Wow, he writes a guidebook based on a single day in each destination.

I love his guidebooks - they are a wonderful, easy to spot beacon.

a) look for hordes of tourists with his guidebook to their nose.
b) turn around and walk (run) the other way

Blackpool????

Maybe PalenQ is really Rick Steves. He loves Blackpool after all.

I want to know how he got such an empty motorway. good job under the circumstances though.

Haven't watched the clip yet -- but it does look like he is in the middle lane for no apparent reason. Does he break other rules of the road??? Blackpool - really?

I do try to tell folks his advice/guides for the UK is usually pretty lame. Very little original content and mostly recycled pap.

He does tend to talk down to the lowest common denominator.

The clip appears to be unavailable now, so I am unable to check if he says that all the U.K. traffic regulations are just a scam to take money off honest American tourists.

Oh jeeze -- I was just coming back to watch it. Probably got a boat load of criticism so he's going to doctor it up??

He does have a lot of acolytes in the States but almost no one else has ever heard of him.

He hasn't doctored it up, he's deleted it.

It was a real dooooooozy!

Here you go.

https://www.lep.co.uk/news/traffic-a...0mph-1-9891360

Oh my goodness - what a dolt . . .

Do you think he might have been 'smoking' beforehand? No respect for the locals.

I remember way back when he had a TV series (on PBS?). When he started to explain the 24 hour system, I knew there was little I could learn from his books.

My adblock kept me from seeing the clip but I can't believe how negative this group is about Mr. Steves in general. Also in general, DH and I found some of his DIY info very helpful and unique.

We read scads of books before traveling and always included his for down to earth, easy to read info for first-time travelers. Again, in general, Fodorites have probably travelled more often than most folks. Most folks can afford one trip abroad and need all the help they can get. We have the luxury of visiting a place 7 (or more) times and learning the nuances of travel.

Is it possible, there was a separate camera car that made his lane violation easier for filming? Give him a break!

There was definitely no separate camera car involved. He was clearly filming himself in that Citroen Airbag. Whatever you may think of him (and I would agree that he's a useful resource for certain travelers), this was really bad form and he should have known better.

Even as a first-time traveler, I did not use RS. I couldn't stand his PBS specials and his instances to rarely use the local language on camera.

While his books are informative, the same info is in just about every other guidebook, so I fail to see usefulness of his wording over another's (because it's more layman?). And it's BS like his driving in that clip that should turn off his credibility, yet, it won't. Ugh!