Advanced Driving Hub

Cloggie: why didn't you buy a manual box car?

Regards: straight-gears; interesting comment in one of Chris Gilbert's DVDs, where he says "Changing gear with the steering set" ie not changing the steering at the same time as changing gear.

Edit: bloomin spell checker ...

GTR1400MAN wrote:

Horse wrote:I borrowed a Golf hybrid recently, quite surprising how much road noise you hear when there's no engine to drown it!

It's amazing how much noise tyres and a chain make.

Yes. I had a trainee comment on the rattling timing chain on my old R100RT . . .

waremark wrote:I enjoy the silence when it kicks in, and I find ways to start the engine in good time before moving off.

I borrowed a Golf hybrid recently, quite surprising how much road noise you hear when there's no engine to drown it!

Welcome!

I rarely drive autos, so specific advice thread would be interesting, please

[My late FiL had a Focus auto, which defaulted to overdrive on - so I used to switch it off to change 'down' for drive through corners]

Well worth six minutes of your time

https://www.bbc.com/ideas/videos/is-you ... y/p068vb09

"The vehicle operator is relied on to intervene and take action. The system is not designed to alert the operator." It's totally pointless then. :roll: Nigel. Possibly the opposite! The system learns from those occasions where the safety driver intervenes. Don't Tesla have autopilot perma...

And, to use the term, be wary of 'lane shear', where one lane is moving substantially faster than another - circumstances where drivers are likely to try to change lane to go with the [faster] flow.

Just be aware of where you place your car ie don't sit in blind spots etc. watch for 'hints' that the driver might be about to change lane etc.

Yes, you may overtake if the vehicle in front has signalled right and, indeed, if traffic is in queues travelling slowly. Subtle wording in thecurrent HC: Rule 268. Do not overtake on the left or move to a lane on your left to overtake. In congested conditions, where adjacent lanes of traffic are m...

Oh - the motorcycle-specific version of the Highway Code permits this sort of action in any lane under any circumstances.

Perhaps.