fungus wrote:Mine arrived today. Have watched disc 1. Interestingly Chris mentions BGOL when turning from a major to a minor road. My interpretation was that he actually appeared to approved of it.
ScoobyChris wrote:fungus wrote:Mine arrived today. Have watched disc 1. Interestingly Chris mentions BGOL when turning from a major to a minor road. My interpretation was that he actually appeared to approved of it.
I attended one of Chris' talks and he was asked about his opinion on separation. From what I recall, he said he doesn't see any problem with BGOL and has never consciously separated. Quite surprising considering his input into Roadcraft!
Chris
TripleS wrote:ScoobyChris wrote:fungus wrote:Mine arrived today. Have watched disc 1. Interestingly Chris mentions BGOL when turning from a major to a minor road. My interpretation was that he actually appeared to approved of it.
I attended one of Chris' talks and he was asked about his opinion on separation. From what I recall, he said he doesn't see any problem with BGOL and has never consciously separated. Quite surprising considering his input into Roadcraft!
Chris
That's perfectly plausible to me. As I see it the effect of separation is to prompt you to get the speed down earlier (and therefore further from the hazard) than you might otherwise do. That's all well and good, but I believe the requirement for separation causes you to be slower than you would be if you allowed yourself to overlap. If BGOL can be used without sacrificing safety, I don't see why it can't be used more widely.
Best wishes all,
Dave.
vonhosen wrote:TripleS wrote:As I see it the effect of separation is to prompt you to get the speed down earlier (and therefore further from the hazard) than you might otherwise do. That's all well and good, but I believe the requirement for separation causes you to be slower than you would be if you allowed yourself to overlap. If BGOL can be used without sacrificing safety, I don't see why it can't be used more widely.
Best wishes all,
Dave.
It is used widely isn't it ?
(The origin being that with cable brakes vehicles wouldn't pull up quite as straight as they do now so it was preferable to have both hands on the wheel whilst braking).
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