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Oh dear ...

A lot of these are simply explained by lack of signals from other drivers, and sudden avoiding action. Not ideal, but better than crashes. I think the key thing with the BMW one is that the video is taken from a 3rd car that you never see because you're inside it. It's the effect on that driver that...

dvenman wrote:

Horse wrote:Do Saga run training days?

Do you need to have a training day to officially be called old? "Advanced Oldness" ?

Pirates have 'em ...

I was off the accelerator, but in 4th or 5th so not much engine braking. I probably lost a couple of mph, but was probably about 25 mph or so. So if you get out for some more drives with David, perhaps the idea that 30mph through the city centre, in 4th or 5th, approaching a set of traffic lights, ...

akirk wrote:you might have just squeezed in

No, he wouldn't

Apologies, I was addressing the OP. Now edited to make that clearer.

Latest example. I think this was driven by having an impatient person behind me, who was just a bit too impatient, and me not recognising that [....] Turn right at a filter a few hundred meters further on and they pull up next to me giving me some 'friendly advice'. They've got 2 young kids in chil...

It did. I must have been thinking of something else.

I think with Isettas, you got out, lifted the front, and turned it round yourself (then proceeded forwards to wherever you were going).

ADC - great introductory post, great self-awareness, interesting tangent into car control. My one thought when in a situation that increases heart rate, be it due to driver conflict, or following someone with a view to overtaking and noticing it's affecting my driving, is to back off and create spac...