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exportmanuk wrote:You have just exited a 30 zone into a NSL.

i was commuting 120 miles round trip each day. That does not excuse risk-taking but it creates an incentive, where safe, to take full advantage of every transition to NSL.

This road used to be on my daily commute, predating my IAM membership. It’s NSL, note the ‘kink’ in the distance. https://maps.app.goo.gl/Vx2ZYArmC8KTdpW46?g_st=im At that location, in good conditions and if I had the road to myself, I would always pull right over to the offside which gave me a grea...

I’m very pleased to see that comments in my introductory post have inspired such well thought out criticisms, sometimes in favour of commentary but I think on balance, more often opposed. I will certainly be taking all of these thoughts on board making me already glad I joined the forums. Will I con...

I don’t think anybody has commented on the other aspect of commentary, which is - for me at least - the radio is hardly ever used these days? Pre-IAM I never used to find the radio a serious distraction, I’d even enjoy a radio 4 afternoon play on a long motorway trip, but practising commentary led m...

Thanks all, Interesting feedback re commentary driving. To put it in context though, I did describe my current commentary style as more of a babble and not always coherent, so hopefully not depriving me of too much concentration. Wrt chatty passengers, these days I find it much better to have at lea...

There’s a risk of all these things. A lot of comments are probably not of much benefit to passengers, being aimed at an imaginary examiner. A habit of mine is verbally confirming speed reduction to a change in limit as I pass the terminal sign. If it’s a slight reduction, such as 40 to 30 that can b...

I’ve been following these forums for a couple of years. Always impressive, a lot of sense spoken, and always ever-so-politely expressed. If I ever decide to contribute, I will clearly need to be on very best behaviour. Passed my IAM in 2018. Gaining an advanced qualification had been on my wish list...