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martine wrote:What are the factors that govern rear tyre wear compared to front?

I reckon Mike's on the button; more spirited driving probably means more braking and the car is more likely to be leaning in the bends, so the rear tyres are doing more work.

I'd suggest it's worth a learner doing an emergency stop and activating ABS, so they learn how it feels, but I'd suggest that learners should also be able to perform an emergency stop without activating the ABS, since in a non-ABS car that would be the same as losing control. The point is that ABS a...

Certainly I'd go for explaining the difference, but practising an emergency stop without triggering ABS is pretty good practice for executing an emergency stop in a car without ABS. Rubbish, the point is, if it's fitted use it. Your approach presumably means that, on a car so equipped, ESP should b...

In which case the instructor should also provide a non ABS car for that exercise and explain why, giving students experience of the difference between ABS and non ABS. Certainly I'd go for explaining the difference, but practising an emergency stop without triggering ABS is pretty good practice for...

He told me that it was completely uncontrolled. I suppose the concern in your instructor's mind would have been what you'd have done in a car that didn't have ABS fitted. A quick check shows that ABS was made mandatory on new cars reigstered after 1st July 2004, although at that time, I've read, th...

Horse wrote:about 160m is from the triangular warning sign to the crossing location.

The triangular warning sign isn't conventionally used to indicate that cyclists are crossing. I don't see an explicit sign to warn of a crossing; was there one further back on the main carriageway?

Surely motorists should be prepared to share the road with those legally entitled to use it? The purpose of grade-separated junctions is to split different categories of road user in order to enhance safety for all, notwithstanding that it has been subverted in this case. Do you think this approach...

maybe we can hope that all those stupid european regulations forcing car manufacturers to dumb down even true sport cars The UNECE regulations are world-wide rather than European. ditched the department for Energy and Climate Change. 'The brief will be folded into an expanded Department of Business...

I am currently trying to develop a steering technique that does not make my shoulders suffer too much Are you sure seating and steering wheel position aren't to blame? Generally, try for sitting as upright as you can manage, with the steering wheel as low as you can manage, while all other necessar...

I don't see my words that way. However, would it be fair to suggest that others should also consider if they have assumed a narrow or wide interpretation of my comments. It seems strange to me, given your profession requires an ability to communicate clearly and without misunderstanding, that other...