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What gear are you going to be in at 40mph?
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5th April 2022, 10:28 | #23 | |
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5th with the clutch dipped? Gear change to 3rd. 2nd ready to pull away? Gear change to 3rd. Both cases involve a delay, or a missed opportunity to react quickly. Decelerate through the gears - you're already in third and good to go.
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5th April 2022, 10:35 | #24 | |
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but Mike, if you take your foot off the throttle on the approach to red traffic lights, think how much time you waste getting to those red lights. macafee2 |
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5th April 2022, 19:07 | #25 | |
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Thanks Phil, you've explained it much better than I did. Simon
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The reason engine braking is frowned upon is because the latest drivers? Can not change down a gear, and certainly can not double de clutch. Reason I was told was because it takes your concentration from the road. Well all I can say is if changing gear takes your concentration away, you should not be driving. Such a lot of rubbish talked these days about driving, and most of it is because of useless drivers in the ‘teaching ‘ trade. I was asked to go out with a friend of my wife’s who was going for her fourth , yes fourth driving test, and believe it or not she could not do three point turns, or reverse properly. When I showed her how to do a three point turn, and she managed to do one after about six times, she told me that I had showed her the prper way. The ‘teacher’ had shown her a totally different way. Showed her how to use the three mirrors when reversing, and she said she had only been told to use the ‘two outside mirrors’. No wonder there are people who can not reverse or do correct three point turns. About time some of these teachers learnt drivers to use the indicators also.
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Double declutching - that's nothing! Real men used to ride motorbikes with broken clutch levers!
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My daughter has been learning for 12 months and her driving is appalling. I took her out she didnt know what to do about islands, went into first gear at 5 mph at islands and didnt understand what I meant by looking ahead and speeding up to go up a hill as the car does not know it needs more power and taking your foot off the pedal when going down a hill. I was trying to teach her to drive at a constant speed rather than slowing up hills and speeding down them! Needless to say a new instructor has been found and she is coming on leaps and bounds. And she had never been into 5th gear!
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We parents can really help our children before they are old enough to drive, for example, getting them to learn and explain road signs when they are in the car with us ( the children explain that is, not the road sign ), reading the road ahead and telling us of the dangers, knowing speed limits for their vehicle and others, traffic light colour code even listening to the engine for gear changes, what lane to use. macafee2 |
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6th April 2022, 08:14 | #30 | |
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With your "What if something happens" point, we can extrapolate that. Firstly, it is rare indeed for an event to occur without warning. Secondly, before responding to an event situation awareness is critical before even thinking of accelerating. In the rarest of events where a hazard pointed to accelerating out of it, a competent driver assesses the circumstances by way of observation and awareness. Gear selection should, in tandem, be actioned for a worst case scenario. With awareness there will be no missed opportunities. |
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