Advanced Driving Hub

ADC - great introductory post, great self-awareness, interesting tangent into car control. Many thanks for the kind words, it's much appreciated. You are completely right about creating space between me and the annoyance, before things escalate. The problem I find is that sometimes all rational log...

Oh and by the way, I just wanted to say thanks to everyone for the constructive comments and warm welcome, it's much appreciated. It's good to see a relatively niche forum like this has a lot of regular posters with really constructive comments.

I've recently started to use an Apple Watch to monitor heart rate throughout the day and night. My heart rate does rise ever so slightly from a normal average when driving. What is interesting is that it remains very constant even for drives of over 100 miles. The same degree of constancy is not se...

Ok, that makes a bit more sense. But go back a step - how do you know how much grip you have? How do you know if it's changed? How do you know if you're about to go past the limit? (it needn't be fast, the snow last winter was great for playing at slow speed). Yes, I spent a lot of time in the wint...

For the cost of a cheap Travelodge / Premier Inn I wouldn't let that stop me... we have a funny attitude in this country to distances Yes, some people do. I've spent a lot of time in Australia where a 5-10hr drive is normal. A 5hr UK drive is fairly normal for me, and I've lost count of the number ...

All the best drivers I've experienced have the ability to be calm, detached from emotion and with fully focussed commitment to "the drive". Thanks for your post. I've got realatively little experience of driving tuition compared to most on here I imagine, but emotional states when driving...

Morning all. Thanks for your comments, it's much appreciated. I found it quite good to write things down on here, sort of like a confession! It helped clarify things in my mind, and I felt better for it. I actually felt calmer than usual driving last night, and on the bike today. Until this morning ...

Long story warning. Ship to 'my questions' at the end for the short version! I’m after a bit of advice, but first a brief background. I passed in 2004, 1 minor, Pass Plus, then IAM a few years later, and subsequently an HPC Young Driver Day and IAM track day. Long time ADUK lurker, but only just reg...