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Spot on. I criticised his take on an "unprofessional" bus driver who admittedly had pulled out a bit close to a cyclist. The situation was in outer London where vision was poor to the right. It could be seen in the video that the sun was very low and going by shadows, immediately in the drivers eyeline. I politely pointed out the scenario, especially the low sun which would have been made worse by the door glass and secondly by the assault screen. Add that to wide the safety rubbers on the door and the other poor off side vision, it made the junction very tricky. However, with his newly gained HGV licence, he considers himself a faultless expert on commercials as well. He is nauseatingly smug!
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In the scenario you present, assuming you keep a decent safety gap, your approach to the hazard is good, i.e. observation, assessment and action, (light use of your brakes). Now the big but! The time to check around you is no less than the time to do a block change to a lower gear. The advantages are: Your foot is in the right place (over the brake) for a slowing moving hazard and secondly, once the other car accelerates past the junction you can then select the appropriate gear. Rapid acceleration would be unwise. My thought process would be, why has the driver changed his mind and also, does that mean that they will slow down and turn into the next road or premises. With respect to that, I would hold back and wait to see what transpired. Also, going by your comment you drive pretty well to the old methods. Does that mean that when changing down you blip the throttle to synchronise the engine/gearbox and road speed? I know I do. If that is the case, your foot could well be off the brakes and on the gas at a critical time. That reminds me of a trainee many years ago, training in a crashbox double decker. He was a nightmare to train, heavy footed and always thought he new best. When he failed his test to no-ones surprise except his own, he demanded an examiners report. Which was so typical of the trainees driving. The examiner reported, "On the approach to a steep downhill T junction, the driver attempted to change from 3rd gear to 2nd. The vehicle gained speed alarmingly and eventually with a horrendous crashing of gears the driver succeeded in engaging the gear before coming to a fast and abrupt stop". A classic case of a foot in the wrong place and changing gear at the wrong time. |
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I am proud of my achievements and training career, achievements I worked hard to earn. I am not impressed when someone makes insulting blanket observations and I feel justified in calling him out on it. As with any job, no-one is perfect and some shame their chosen career. He should criticise the individual, not the profession.
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Hi again Stephen. Sorry you feel that I am running down all people who teach people to drive. Just facts as they are observed by myself. I will not be drawn into how good I am at anything, just to say that having during my working life covering over a million miles, and observation being the one thing that surpassed anything else on the road.During that 47 years I think I picked up enough hints on how to drive on the crowded roads of this country and abroad. Have a little read of my post above this one, and you may find out where I am coming from. And with regards to the changing down through the gears, when you have 38 tons behind you, and no brakes, you then know why you were taught to change down through the gears. Two speed axle and all the others. Food for thought eh.
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