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Re: Masters assessment

Postby Rolyan » Mon Dec 04, 2017 12:37 pm

Strangely Brown wrote:
fungus wrote:I was refering to a comment made by my examiner when I took my IAM test ten years ago, that most ADIs he'd examined drove like learners in as much they didn't make progress where appropriate.


One of the most difficult associates I ever had was an ADI. In town an suburban environments he was fine. The problem was that it was almost impossible to get him to go over 40 in NSL.

+1

Plus, he said that there was no point whatsoever in developing observation. All he needed to look at was the distance he could stop in at his speed. so travelling at 30mph, he only needed to know what was happening 75 feet away.

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Re: Masters assessment

Postby exportmanuk » Mon Dec 04, 2017 12:40 pm

Rolyan wrote:+1

Plus, he said that there was no point whatsoever in developing observation. All he needed to look at was the distance he could stop in at his speed. so travelling at 30mph, he only needed to know what was happening 75 feet away.


Scary when ADIs are so poor its no wonder the general standard of driving is so abysmal
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Re: Masters assessment

Postby ancient » Mon Dec 04, 2017 1:56 pm

Rolyan wrote:+1

Plus, he said that there was no point whatsoever in developing observation. All he needed to look at was the distance he could stop in at his speed. so travelling at 30mph, he only needed to know what was happening 75 feet away.

Now that explains a lot ... an awful lot!

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Re: Masters assessment

Postby Horse » Mon Dec 04, 2017 2:42 pm

ancient wrote:
Rolyan wrote:+1

Plus, he said that there was no point whatsoever in developing observation. All he needed to look at was the distance he could stop in at his speed. so travelling at 30mph, he only needed to know what was happening 75 feet away.

Now that explains a lot ... an awful lot!


It's an interesting viewpoint (sic), because the things that are going to get you are, by and large, those closer to you (by definition, really, because if they're not close then they are unlikely to be in collision with you). So if someone drives in such a manner that they can stop if necessary, then shouldn't that be applauded? It's all well and having great observation skills and seeing a hazard approaching from space ;) , but that's a 'nice' rather than a 'necessary'.

Perhaps, rather than criticising ADIs for doing what they do, this opens up a wider question of what should they do? They will only do what the test requires.

FWIW, when Foal was learning, an ADI did the basics and test stuff and I (with Chris Gilbert co-driving via DVD) did the higher-level and some finesse stuff :)
Your 'standard' is how you drive alone, not how you drive during a test.

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Re: Masters assessment

Postby jont- » Mon Dec 04, 2017 2:46 pm

Horse wrote:
ancient wrote:
Rolyan wrote:+1

Plus, he said that there was no point whatsoever in developing observation. All he needed to look at was the distance he could stop in at his speed. so travelling at 30mph, he only needed to know what was happening 75 feet away.

Now that explains a lot ... an awful lot!


It's an interesting viewpoint (sic), because the things that are going to get you are, by and large, those closer to you (by definition, really, because if they're not close then they are unlikely to be in collision with you). So if someone drives in such a manner that they can stop if necessary, then shouldn't that be applauded? It's all well and having great observation skills and seeing a hazard approaching from space ;) , but that's a 'nice' rather than a 'necessary'.

Depends whether you ever want to overtake the vehicle you're stuck behind.

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Re: Masters assessment

Postby Strangely Brown » Mon Dec 04, 2017 3:03 pm

jont- wrote:
Horse wrote:
ancient wrote:
Rolyan wrote:+1

Plus, he said that there was no point whatsoever in developing observation. All he needed to look at was the distance he could stop in at his speed. so travelling at 30mph, he only needed to know what was happening 75 feet away.

Now that explains a lot ... an awful lot!


It's an interesting viewpoint (sic), because the things that are going to get you are, by and large, those closer to you (by definition, really, because if they're not close then they are unlikely to be in collision with you). So if someone drives in such a manner that they can stop if necessary, then shouldn't that be applauded? It's all well and having great observation skills and seeing a hazard approaching from space ;) , but that's a 'nice' rather than a 'necessary'.

Depends whether you ever want to overtake the vehicle you're stuck behind.


Looking only at the immediate foreground leads to a drive that totally reactive rather than predictive. There will be no awareness of developing hazards in the middle distance or the tell-tale sea of brake lights in the far distance. It is a completely short-sighted (no pun intended) way to drive and, IMO, absolutely NOT what should be taught to leaners.

Good practice is far easier to instil while the clay is still malleable and before all the bad habits become ingrained.

ETA: In Superdriver, Sir John Whitmore advocates scanning as far ahead as possible and trusting your peripheral vision to take care of the stuff closer to the car. And anyway, your vision will naturally vary with speed. When you slow down you will look closer to the car. When you speed up you will tend to look further away. It is the same difference when walking or running.
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Re: Masters assessment

Postby crr003 » Mon Dec 04, 2017 3:07 pm

Strangely Brown wrote:Looking only at the immediate foreground leads to a drive that totally reactive rather than predictive. There will be no awareness of developing hazards in the middle distance or the tell-tale sea of brake lights in the far distance. It is a completely short-sighted (no pun intended) way to drive and, IMO, absolutely NOT what should be taught to leaners.

Good practice is far easier to instil while the clay is still malleable and before all the bad habits become ingrained.

Does anybody know how far ahead autonomous cars "look"?
There's the answer.

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Re: Masters assessment

Postby jont- » Mon Dec 04, 2017 3:22 pm

crr003 wrote:
Strangely Brown wrote:Looking only at the immediate foreground leads to a drive that totally reactive rather than predictive. There will be no awareness of developing hazards in the middle distance or the tell-tale sea of brake lights in the far distance. It is a completely short-sighted (no pun intended) way to drive and, IMO, absolutely NOT what should be taught to leaners.

Good practice is far easier to instil while the clay is still malleable and before all the bad habits become ingrained.

Does anybody know how far ahead autonomous cars "look"?
There's the answer.

Not very, from the footage I've seen of how their camera algorithms and classifiers work.

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Re: Masters assessment

Postby GTR1400MAN » Mon Dec 04, 2017 3:35 pm

Why would it need to look far ahead? It is driving reactively to external influences on the route it wishes to take. Just like the majority of road users. :(
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Re: Masters assessment

Postby Horse » Mon Dec 04, 2017 4:01 pm

Strangely Brown wrote: ETA: In Superdriver, Sir John Whitmore advocates scanning as far ahead as possible and trusting your peripheral vision to take care of the stuff closer to the car.


Like in the 'gorilla' video? ;)
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