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jcochrane wrote:if on hands free phone, I break into a driving commentary

That seems like an eminently sensible approach.

Welcome to the forum. You mention advice ... generally, the choice between IAM and RoADAR comes down to what is most convenient in terms of location, since the larger differences will be down to the volunteers who assist as you progress through the respective courses. Both are based on Roadcraft , t...

Maybe the article was written about 10 years ago and has been 'recycled' - would explain the two errors.

Ah ha! The link is the mistake! Maybe this Ten speedy facts about motorways article?

Horse wrote:so is that mental aspect something routinely covered in AD training? The nearest I can think of is recognising when there is unlikely to be an overtaking opportunity, so backing off.

Yes.

See the bit where I listed 'congested' & '50 limits' & 'double white lines'. Good luck if you can 'make progress' under those circumstances! I'd like to know how :) Not all roads are congested. In fact, I'd say, most roads aren't congested most of the time. Not all country roads have 50 lim...

I noticed these bends seemed to catch a lot of people out, people frequently ran wide into the centre of the road at the midpoint of the s-bend going in either direction, and I realised that the reason is because on both entries, the road actually curves slightly to the left before the actual sharp...

Is this a bike thing? Although the linked article mentioned cars, it didn't seem to make the case that drivers were having this particular difficulty.

What's wrong with DWDCA? Harder to identify in a believable fashion? Easier to assert someone was holding a phone than to assert they weren't paying enough attention, because then you have to describe in what way they weren't paying enough attention and what resulted from not paying enough attentio...

GTR1400MAN wrote:momentum

A handy place to hang a reminder and updated links, 2007, 2010, (including discussion of commitment and TED).