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by Gareth
Fri Dec 22, 2017 5:22 am
Forum: Advanced Driving - Bikes
Topic: Pros and cons of hi-vis
Replies: 82
Views: 149669

Re: Pros and cons of hi-vis

http://assets.highways.gov.uk/specialist-information/knowledge-compendium/2009-11-knowledge-programme/Combined_Conspicuity_Final_Report_Complete.pdf I wondered about " particularly since low-beam headlamps will not effectively illuminate retro-reflective material on a jacket " given that ...
by Gareth
Wed Dec 20, 2017 11:16 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Survey
Replies: 21
Views: 20871

Re: Survey

Is political allegiance is based on voting history or something more specific? I bailed out at the first table of multi-choice as the questions invited simplistic answers but for each one I wanted to have an it depends option.
by Gareth
Mon Dec 11, 2017 1:03 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: BRAKE - good news and bad news?
Replies: 38
Views: 37189

Re: BRAKE - good news and bad news?

Triquet wrote:
GeoffGrayer wrote:the B4494 between Newbury and Wantage

I dislike that road: it's a pig at night-time.

Glorious road, at least it was before the reduced limits on the open sections.
by Gareth
Sun Dec 10, 2017 7:48 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: BRAKE - good news and bad news?
Replies: 38
Views: 37189

Re: BRAKE - good news and bad news?

GeoffGrayer wrote:But the greatest danger are cyclists, which can appear round any corner, the road not being wide enough for a cyclist and two cars.

It's worth thinking about how that sentence is phrased and asking if the meaning it carries conveys similar danger to all the mentioned road users.
by Gareth
Tue Dec 05, 2017 9:14 am
Forum: Advanced Driving - Cars
Topic: Cognitive bias and the "thirds" rule
Replies: 80
Views: 82653

Re: Masters assessment

And when driving, do you wait blankly for things to happen Broadly, yes. Don't you? No search strategy (for example including mirrors, near, far, dash)? No scanning, etc? No use of observation links, no 'what if?' etc? No use of active positioning, placing yourself to improve view - whether to see ...
by Gareth
Tue Dec 05, 2017 7:05 am
Forum: Advanced Driving - Cars
Topic: Cognitive bias and the "thirds" rule
Replies: 80
Views: 82653

Re: Masters assessment

Horse wrote:And when driving, do you wait blankly for things to happen

Broadly, yes. Don't you?
by Gareth
Mon Dec 04, 2017 8:54 pm
Forum: Advanced Driving - Cars
Topic: Cognitive bias and the "thirds" rule
Replies: 80
Views: 82653

Re: Masters assessment

The 'depth' is irrelevant, perhaps the link I posted to an x-ray might have done a bit more than hint at that! :) My point isn't depth, more that depth with movement makes a constantly changing scene with more evaluating possibilities. Addressing the link, it was talking about looking for things as...
by Gareth
Mon Dec 04, 2017 8:14 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Please Explain
Replies: 11
Views: 12215

Re: Please Explain

It's a forum, rather than a chat-room. No vetting, as far as I know, posts appear as soon as they are submitted. What can be confusing to a newcomer is the sheer number of separate discussion threads all running in parallel.
by Gareth
Mon Dec 04, 2017 8:09 pm
Forum: Advanced Driving - Cars
Topic: Cognitive bias and the "thirds" rule
Replies: 80
Views: 82653

Re: Masters assessment

Like in the 'gorilla' video? ;) Are they comparable? if you look for *something* then your attention will be on that task, so you're less likely to see something you're *not* looking for. My point was that the 'gorilla' video is a two-dimensional representation of a three-dimensional scene and, lik...
by Gareth
Mon Dec 04, 2017 6:49 pm
Forum: Advanced Driving - Cars
Topic: Cognitive bias and the "thirds" rule
Replies: 80
Views: 82653

Re: Masters assessment

Horse wrote:
Strangely Brown wrote: Sir John Whitmore advocates scanning as far ahead as possible and trusting your peripheral vision to take care of the stuff closer to the car.

Like in the 'gorilla' video? ;)

Are they comparable?

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