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Re: Three out of five existing drivers would fail current driving test.
Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:55:18 +0000
On Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:14:52 GMT, "zaax" <zaax_guard-groups@yahoo.com>
wrote:
>my car didn't brake because of diesel on the road and I (with the help
>of ABS) swerved around the car in front and didn't have an accident. If
>I didn't have both my hands on the steering wheel i would have hit the
>car in front - t ...
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Re: Three out of five existing drivers would fail current driving test.
Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:53:49 +0000
On Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:43:01 -0000, "Ret." <xxx> wrote:
>wouldn't it be more
>> sensible and a second or so quicker, if plod is in
>> the correct gear already?
>
>I don't believe so - and clearly neither do the advanced driving
>instructors.
then you should demonstrate it in logic, bods point seems cast ir ...
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Re: Three out of five existing drivers would fail current driving test.
Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:52:32 +0000
On Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:42:45 -0000, "Ret." <xxx> wrote:
>So once again I pose the query: Traffic officers have far more need to make
>maximum progress on far more occasions than ordinary motorists and they
>*never* change down through the gears when slowing down. Why is that?
because their version of maximum ...
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Re: Three out of five existing drivers would fail current driving test.
Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:46:45 +0000
On Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:39:29 -0000, "Ret." <xxx> wrote:
>But clearly you have less control over your car with just one hand on the
>wheel
you have perfectly adequate control, accidents are caused by a
different order of error, observation, positioning etc
--
Mike. .. .
Gone beyond the ultimate driving ma ...
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Re: Three out of five existing drivers would fail current driving test.
Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:45:41 +0000
On Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:28:04 GMT, Harry Bloomfield
<harry.m1byt@NOSPAM.tiscali.co.uk> wrote:
>One hand on the wheel, either one, gives me as much control as I need
>for most purposes 99% of the time. When I do see a 'situation'
>developing both hands go on the wheel, primarily to help cover
>headlight flashe ...
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Re: Three out of five existing drivers would fail current driving test.
Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:44:27 +0000
On Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:37:13 -0000, "Ret." <xxx> wrote:
>Do you not think that if
>your system was beneficial in any way - that they would use it?
it isn't particularly beneficial, neither is it a problem for
examiners to fail on.
--
Mike. .. .
Gone beyond the ultimate driving machine. ...
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Re: Three out of five existing drivers would fail current driving
test.
29 Oct 2009 10:43:44 GMT
"Dr Zoidberg" <AlexNOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!@drzoidberg.co.uk> gurgled
happily, sounding much like they were saying:
> By the same token , *any* removal of a hand from the wheel would be a
> serious error that would fail a driving test. Adjusting the volume on
> the stereo?
Umm, would anybody have the stereo ...
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Re: Three out of five existing drivers would fail current driving test.
Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:43:31 +0000
On Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:06:28 GMT, Harry Bloomfield
<harry.m1byt@NOSPAM.tiscali.co.uk> wrote:
>The circumstances of the reason you were stopping change - the lights,
>the roundabout. No need to select a gear, you are already in the gear,
>or it is not far from being selected and ready to move.
looking at all ...
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Re: Three out of five existing drivers would fail current driving test.
Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:40:01 +0000
On Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:41:07 -0000, "Ret." <xxx> wrote:
>but certainly my own still use manuals. I
>don't think cost conscious police forces are going to pay the extra for
>autos - particularly when they are under pressure, also, to adopt 'green'
>policies.
right ifnore my question "why" then. So that deci ...
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Re: Three out of five existing drivers would fail current driving
test.
29 Oct 2009 10:16:24 GMT
"Ret." <xxx> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying:
> Yes, I accept that people have different priorities. The only comment I
> would make is that since I began driving autos - some 12 years and four
> cars ago, I have 'converted' several people to autos. Every single one
> of them says exactly th ...
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