Re: Police drivers on TV
Posted: Sat Feb 07, 2015 7:16 pm
Rick101 wrote:I always found it strange that some observers would place great importance on what seem to be very minor things, pull push and thumb position being one of them.
Raising the point that Roadcraft also talks about rotational steering is often met with agitation and annoyance.
I sometimes question whether we have the right type of people as observers.
I chuckled when told by an observer to hold the gearstick with my thumb down when pushing it away and thumb up when pulling it towards.... "because it's safer". This person also used to use the word 'scribe' instead of 'write' and i'm not even joking! Mind you, they did scribe with a quill and pot of ink on parchment.
Wrong type of observer you say? Nah, there are loads of good observers out there it's probably just that correcting or getting rid of the annoying ones is too difficult.