Re: Masters assessment
Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2017 5:17 pm
I, also, think that a look to the distance is hardly more than a glance. After that you already know how much acceleration you're going to be using, modified on an on-going basis by assessment of closer hazards. That looking as far as you can see is just setting the scene, defining the outside envelope, for hazard management along that section of road.
No, absolutely not, utter bollocks. Virtually everyone I've met is a worse driver when they are trying to add a commentary and, while I'm their passenger, I prefer the concentrate on what's important.
Having said that, people who have been expressly trained to provide a commentary for professional reasons are usually so much better a driver that I can't detect where their driving concentration is affected. I strongly suspect it's because they're not driving quickly enough for that to be an issue.
Horse wrote:Do you use commentaries to improve driving?
No, absolutely not, utter bollocks. Virtually everyone I've met is a worse driver when they are trying to add a commentary and, while I'm their passenger, I prefer the concentrate on what's important.
Having said that, people who have been expressly trained to provide a commentary for professional reasons are usually so much better a driver that I can't detect where their driving concentration is affected. I strongly suspect it's because they're not driving quickly enough for that to be an issue.