zadocbrown wrote:Alasdair, I'm not sure we do exactly mean the same thing. Firstly I think you are jumping to conclusions re IAM - I don't think there is any move to endorse 45 in a clear 60 limit. Even the L test wouldn't allow that. The issue I think concerns how much emphasis is on the subjective feeling of progress and the rhetoric surrounding it. The word is that, for example, some observers are a bit too insistent on full bore acceleration when it's not really mandated by the situation and is more a matter of individual style - which can be off-putting for some candidates. Yes I enjoy a brisk, even fast drive, but I don't think it has to be fast to be advanced.
I agree - the IAM are not really saying that - but it is possibly a perception formed from these IAM comments - the minute anyone talks about enjoying the view - that is the implication...
but I think we are agreeing on this in that making progress does not always mean 60 in a 60 - but that it is more relevant to driving to the conditions / context which might mean a range of things - i.e. a more intelligent drive... but maybe I misunderstand your thinking?
there is also a big difference between full-bore acceleration and speed - the issue as I see it is that for some 'making progress' means simply covering the ground as fast as possible within speed limits etc. - whereas a more accurate concept is that making progress means maximising space / skills / etc. to drive at an advanced level to make best possible progress within the conditions etc. - it is about choosing lanes wisely at a junction / viewing a roundabout ahead to avoid the 'lets stop, look around and then go' approach many take / overtaking where appropriate / balancing your drive against others on the motorway so that as you come up behind the lorry it moves over having finished its overtake and no longer blocks you - all about intelligent driving - not absolute speed, but all about allowing you to make progress...
Alasdair