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- 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 ...
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 ...
- 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?
- 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...
- 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.
- 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...
- 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?