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- Sun Jun 18, 2023 2:10 pm
- Forum: In The News
- Topic: Highway Code Review for cyclists, pedestrians and horse riders
- Replies: 80
- Views: 553525
Re: Highway Code Review for cyclists, pedestrians and horse riders
The situation may be helped by the excellent, and constantly evolving, road network. Probably also helped by the much lower population density, possibly a close enough indicator of relative traffic density. The UK has almost three times as many people per unit of area. Maybe it's better to compare ...
- Tue May 30, 2023 6:24 am
- Forum: Technology
- Topic: Driving with DSG
- Replies: 29
- Views: 15413
Re: Driving with DSG
Stick it in Drive until you get used to the feel, then never ever use Drive again, (except when in slow moving traffic).
- Wed Apr 19, 2023 4:28 pm
- Forum: Learner Driving
- Topic: Roundabouts, routeboards and lane choice
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4763
Re: Roundabouts, routeboards and lane choice
Welcome. I'd be curious as to if there's a general approach folks like to use with these sorts of roundabouts. Agree with the aim of never being alongside or, at least, minimising time in overlap. I remember StressedDave was very particular about that. Beyond that and unless there is explicit inform...
- Sun Apr 09, 2023 4:49 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Dissertation survey
- Replies: 95
- Views: 214929
Re: Dissertation survey
Horse wrote:Do you think the typical radar cruise control system is capable of monitoring all lanes sufficiently far ahead?
Until it is, it makes a mockery of the driverless cars concept.
- Wed Mar 29, 2023 5:35 am
- Forum: In The News
- Topic: An interesting, if unsettling, development.
- Replies: 29
- Views: 25230
Re: An interesting, if unsettling, development.
after a short while, I found that I no longer missed the visual display at all. I can manage without the voice but not without the visuals. Likewise. A boing is helpful for alerting. In my experience the voice is often misleading; turnings are called out that aren't, and others that are, aren't. Mu...
- Thu Mar 16, 2023 3:15 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Dissertation survey
- Replies: 95
- Views: 214929
Re: Dissertation survey
Horse wrote:where do I slow, main carriageway or off slip?
I suppose the first question is where you start indicating?
The next might be how far back you lift off a touch, to let your speed to fall to that of HGVs.
After that I'd almost certainly be doing firm+ braking into the offslip.
- Mon Mar 13, 2023 8:12 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Dissertation survey
- Replies: 95
- Views: 214929
Re: Dissertation survey
The fuckwittery of design and consequence was clear for all to see. While not disagreeing, might it be that the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the one? Depending on the frequency of breakdowns, it might be the gain in economic activity dwarfs the loss when there is an inconveniently positi...
- Sun Mar 05, 2023 9:39 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: IAM members assessment
- Replies: 45
- Views: 71475
Re: IAM members assessment
https://www.iamroadsmart.com/courses/members-driving-assessment That suggests it’s not quite the same as an Advanced Test, else why not say it is the same? As per the description it's like a test in that it follows the same format, but it's not the same as a test in that you've already passed, and ...
- Wed Mar 01, 2023 5:31 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: IAM members assessment
- Replies: 45
- Views: 71475
Re: IAM members assessment
It does confuse and concern me when I hear tales of riders going through observed runs, cross-checks, but then fail - and list of things that were apparently different to what they'd been taught. My limited experience has been that drivers don't always do what they've learned to do, even when they ...
- Mon Feb 27, 2023 5:26 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: IAM members assessment
- Replies: 45
- Views: 71475
Re: IAM members assessment
In days gone by I'd have suggested taking part in a driving day, but for a while they've been few and far between. There's comfort in meeting up with a group, rather than a seemingly random unknown person, and pairing off for short drives, but there's a thread in which a handful of forum participant...