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by dvenman
Mon Dec 23, 2019 10:19 pm
Forum: Technology
Topic: Technology leading to disengaged drivers
Replies: 12
Views: 26151

Re: Technology leading to disengaged drivers

Not for nothing were A320s called the "John Wayne aeroplane" in their early life.
by dvenman
Fri Nov 01, 2019 10:11 am
Forum: In The News
Topic: Phone use (again )
Replies: 62
Views: 109115

Re: Phone use (again )

Horse wrote:AFAIK it can't tell which floor you're on in a multi-storey block :)


Stand in the indicated ground floor room and look up ?
by dvenman
Wed May 29, 2019 6:54 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: German approach to rubberneckers
Replies: 6
Views: 11275

Re: German approach to rubberneckers

I saw this video a few days ago, and I do like this approach. How you could get it to work in practice over here is a different matter.
by dvenman
Fri Jan 11, 2019 4:29 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: A bit of a hold up...
Replies: 4
Views: 5863

A bit of a hold up...

Something light hearted for a Friday afternoon!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-46838247
by dvenman
Fri Nov 02, 2018 2:19 pm
Forum: Advanced Driving - Cars
Topic: Masters - Safety Vs Progress
Replies: 33
Views: 39356

Re: Masters - Safety Vs Progress

I was more interested - at a quick glance - at the interaction between David and Carol. I'm going to have to dig a little deeper...

But from my point of view, am I a safer driver having undertaken IAM, RoSPA and further coaching? I think so...
by dvenman
Tue Oct 16, 2018 9:58 am
Forum: Advanced Driving - Cars
Topic: Shocking driving? Not all the time
Replies: 29
Views: 34801

Re: Shocking driving? Not all the time

Hir - I know which frame you're talking about. It does look like the BMW "cuts across the bows" but if the camera car moved lanes in between the rear and forward facing shots, then it's in the wrong, not the BMW.

That's why I want to look on Google Maps or the like at road markings.
by dvenman
Tue Oct 16, 2018 7:12 am
Forum: Advanced Driving - Cars
Topic: Shocking driving? Not all the time
Replies: 29
Views: 34801

Re: Shocking driving? Not all the time

I think the key thing with the BMW one is that the video is taken from a 3rd car that you never see because you're inside it. It's the effect on that driver that you have to assess, not the others on the roundabout. It's possible, from the video, that the Honda's lane and the BMW's lane are both he...
by dvenman
Tue Oct 16, 2018 7:10 am
Forum: Advanced Driving - Cars
Topic: Shocking driving? Not all the time
Replies: 29
Views: 34801

Re: Shocking driving? Not all the time

Triquet wrote:Unfortunately a dash-cam is a witness looking fixedly ahead (or astern) with tunnel vision.


Indeed, but some evidence is better than none.
by dvenman
Mon Oct 15, 2018 10:29 am
Forum: Advanced Driving - Cars
Topic: Shocking driving? Not all the time
Replies: 29
Views: 34801

Re: Shocking driving? Not all the time

Hence I'd like to see it on Google Maps. It seems, from the signposts and shadows, that the cars are going east-west on the Norwich Northern Distributor but I can't see anything on google Maps which corresponds.

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