Newbie
Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2006 7:37 pm
Hi, I'm Jon. I recently found this site while googling on advanved driving. Looks like a fantastic resource.
I've been thinking for a while that it wouldn't hurt to find out how to be a better driver as it's easy to get complacent that your standards are okay. While I'd heard of the IAM before, I hadn't come across RoADA or HPC. Even better I've got a place on the HPC young persons course this weekend - so I might meet some of you there (I scrape into being under 26 by 2 weeks!). I look forward to seeing some of the skills described on here being put into practice - reading about them is all well and good, but you can't beat a real life example to explain things properly.
The entry requirements (ie course cost!) for HPC look prohibitive for me at the moment, but I'd be interesting hearing opinions (by PM if necessary ) of groups near Bristol for RoADA and IAM (hopefully without igniting a debate on which one is "bettter" ). As I understand it it's often the availability and knowledge of the individual observers who make the biggest difference as both are fundamentally applying the same principles.
Jon
I've been thinking for a while that it wouldn't hurt to find out how to be a better driver as it's easy to get complacent that your standards are okay. While I'd heard of the IAM before, I hadn't come across RoADA or HPC. Even better I've got a place on the HPC young persons course this weekend - so I might meet some of you there (I scrape into being under 26 by 2 weeks!). I look forward to seeing some of the skills described on here being put into practice - reading about them is all well and good, but you can't beat a real life example to explain things properly.
The entry requirements (ie course cost!) for HPC look prohibitive for me at the moment, but I'd be interesting hearing opinions (by PM if necessary ) of groups near Bristol for RoADA and IAM (hopefully without igniting a debate on which one is "bettter" ). As I understand it it's often the availability and knowledge of the individual observers who make the biggest difference as both are fundamentally applying the same principles.
Jon