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by superplum
Thu Feb 04, 2016 10:42 pm
Forum: Advanced Driving - Cars
Topic: What Happened?
Replies: 49
Views: 42083

Re: What Happened?

No, but I do think anyone involved in a collision should be required to take further training. Of course the practical upshot of that would probably be a reduction in the number of accidents reported :roll: ???? So if someone gets "rear-ended" for whatever reason, they need further traini...
by superplum
Mon Feb 01, 2016 8:54 pm
Forum: Advanced Driving - Cars
Topic: Avoiding BGOL around town
Replies: 75
Views: 65249

Re: Avoiding BGOL around town

"Information" over-arches SPGA in order that you can, where necessary, re-assess if the need arises. It's not mandatory to complete the "whole" system each time.

:)
by superplum
Mon Feb 01, 2016 8:45 pm
Forum: Advanced Driving - Cars
Topic: Live Fast, Drive Hard - My RoSPA Diary
Replies: 72
Views: 64225

Re: Live Fast, Drive Hard - My RoSPA Diary

Mini Spirit wrote:Excellent Diary, keep up the good work, I'm shocked about BGOL with ROSPA, I always thought they was more strict about that the IAM.

Stew.


Must be a local or individual policy - it's not national!
8-)
by superplum
Thu Jan 28, 2016 9:11 pm
Forum: Advanced Driving - Cars
Topic: The most difficult aspect of Advanced Driving
Replies: 125
Views: 107878

Re: The most difficult aspect of Advanced Driving

Fair enough. I'll try and pay a bit more attention to what I'm actually doing next time I'm slowing down like that. What about when the amount you are slowing is not sufficient to get the revs down to idle? Well, I'd simply slow down until I've reached my desired speed, then change down into a more...
by superplum
Fri Dec 18, 2015 11:12 pm
Forum: Learner Driving
Topic: Help for a friend
Replies: 48
Views: 76763

Re: Help for a friend

Also, I wasn't concentrating on having an actual conversation as such, I was just simply signing "how are you" and assorted phrases, which meant I could still have some kind of focus on my positioning, but if I was actually distracted by a conversation, then perhaps the results would be d...
by superplum
Sun Dec 13, 2015 11:49 am
Forum: Learner Driving
Topic: Help for a friend
Replies: 48
Views: 76763

Re: Help for a friend

but at times where 2 hands is required, I've either resorted to knee-steering or wrist steering. However, the only times I sign whilst driving has been on the motorway, where I can use cruise control and I'm going in a straight line. So you sometimes need the need to have both hands off the wheel w...

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