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by MrToad
Fri May 11, 2018 9:13 pm
Forum: Advanced Driving - Cars
Topic: Clarity of Purpose
Replies: 13
Views: 18463

Re: Clarity of Purpose

Other road users are overly engaged with, rather than effectively dispatched. This part feels a little awkward as effective dispatch sometimes isn't far away from a brusque attitude towards other road users. On the other hand I like a certain directness in the manner by which a driver negotiates fi...
by MrToad
Fri May 11, 2018 12:35 pm
Forum: Advanced Driving - Cars
Topic: Clarity of Purpose
Replies: 13
Views: 18463

Re: Clarity of Purpose

In a training context, that sort of thing can appear when the driver is trying to impress - but doesn't actually know what you want /expect to see. Mentally, they know what they consider [e.g.] 'safe' or acceptable, but are trying to drive to your standards rather than their own. That's an interest...
by MrToad
Fri May 11, 2018 10:57 am
Forum: Advanced Driving - Cars
Topic: Clarity of Purpose
Replies: 13
Views: 18463

Clarity of Purpose

Whilst out with someone recently, I found myself thinking about how a drive feels when the driver is thinking about too many things at once. Like many others I suspect, I have an idea of how I'd like to drive and how I'd like that to come across to my passengers, based on what I've felt when being d...
by MrToad
Thu May 10, 2018 10:41 am
Forum: Introductions
Topic: Hi from Stoke
Replies: 12
Views: 21440

Re: Hi from Stoke

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by MrToad
Thu May 10, 2018 9:23 am
Forum: Introductions
Topic: Hi from Stoke
Replies: 12
Views: 21440

Re: Hi from Stoke

Hello and welcome. Don't sell the Elise before you've done some training - you'll be able to have fun in the Audi, but probably a lot more in the Lotus. Check out the thread about the upcoming Craven Arms / Bishops Castle driving day and come along to meet us if you can. Also, there's nothing unfort...
by MrToad
Fri Feb 16, 2018 11:16 pm
Forum: Introductions
Topic: About time I joined in
Replies: 9
Views: 16513

Re: About time I joined in

Hello, and congratulations on the rapid progress through the courses. What's the new car that started you on this path?
by MrToad
Mon Feb 12, 2018 10:26 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Bemused
Replies: 6
Views: 6858

Re: Bemused

I have this idea that the non-expert driver's gaze settles somewhere not very far in front of their vehicle, and this distance coincides with the stopping distance from roughly 40mph. In other words, at 40mph they'll be able to cope with anything that happens directly in front of them. This explains...
by MrToad
Sat Sep 30, 2017 9:55 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Number plate legalities
Replies: 40
Views: 34532

Re: Reg Local at Bristol IAM, 30 September 2017

I suspect most people could easily be helped to understand the difference between safety-related issues like those, and vanity / administrative issues like the mis-spaced plate.
by MrToad
Fri Sep 29, 2017 9:51 am
Forum: Announcements
Topic: Reg Local at Bristol IAM, 30 September 2017
Replies: 7
Views: 16034

Re: Reg Local at Bristol IAM, 30 September 2017

Hoping we have enough chairs now...
by MrToad
Fri Sep 29, 2017 12:07 am
Forum: Announcements
Topic: Reg Local at Bristol IAM, 30 September 2017
Replies: 7
Views: 16034

Re: Reg Local at Bristol IAM, 30 September 2017

Thankfully not - still going ahead from 09:30 this Saturday.

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