Doing them a dis-service
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It's why nearby Worthing, which is quite flat, is known as Costa Geriatrica while Brighton has a younger, more dynamic populace.
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TheInsanity1234 wrote:Brighton, the home to San Francisco-equse hills.
HIlls that can be travelled up and down in all sorts of fashions:
https://vimeo.com/17406812
It is Brighton after all
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I do love Brighton. It's hard not to, I lived there for about 4 years while I was at a boarding school which was based in Brighton.
I certainly don't miss walking up and down the hills though!
I certainly don't miss walking up and down the hills though!
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This is a good one for hill starts.
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@50.73239 ... 312!8i6656
The streetview doesn;t do it justice.
Nigel.
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@50.73239 ... 312!8i6656
The streetview doesn;t do it justice.
Nigel.
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TheInsanity1234 wrote:I do love Brighton.
I kind of knew that already.
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I am not an ADI, but it seems that many learners are taught in diesels where they are actively encouraged to pull away from rest without raising the revs above tickover. I have owned many diesels in which this was easy to do, but I was told that a failure to introduce a few revs leads to a premature failure of modern dual-mass flywheels. Having had to replace one, I know how expensive they are.
Surely, learners ought to be able to drive any vehicle, whether it is petrol, diesel, manual, or automatic, without much of an issue.
Surely, learners ought to be able to drive any vehicle, whether it is petrol, diesel, manual, or automatic, without much of an issue.
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xpc316e wrote:Surely, learners ought to be able to drive any vehicle, whether it is petrol, diesel, manual, or automatic, without much of an issue.
modern driving / tests are about car control (i.e. steering /position on the road etc.) not actually about driving...
Alasdair
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akirk wrote:xpc316e wrote:Surely, learners ought to be able to drive any vehicle, whether it is petrol, diesel, manual, or automatic, without much of an issue.
modern driving / tests are about car control (i.e. steering /position on the road etc.) not actually about driving...
Alasdair
Sorry Alisdair, that's not strictly correct. Whilst car control is assessed, a bit of mild jerkiness with the clutch is not going to be such an issue as the candidates interaction with other road users.
Allowing a learner to move off without raising the revs is poor teaching. Creeping on the clutch without gas to improve clutch control is something I do even on hills, but it must be emphasised that the revs must be raised above idle speed when moving off.
Nigel.
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