StressedDave wrote:akirk wrote:also depends on mood etc. - there are times when a car which flatters is a godsend
Alasdair
Yay... two disagreements in one day.
I'm sorry but I don't subscribe to the idea that you reduce the quality of your drive depending on mood. I had friends in the Police who worked on the basis that until the lights went blue there was no real incentive to drive 'properly'. Unsurprisingly, they were also the friends who had a disproportionate level of POLCOLS.
The pace may change depending on the circumstances - there's no point trying to make progress through London at 4:30 on a Friday evening, for example. But the level of concentration and quality should be unswerving.
After all, you'd be somewhat dismissive of a RoSPA member who drove like crap for 2 years, 364 days and 23 hours but then gave a sterling drive during a retest.
StressedDave wrote:akirk wrote:also depends on mood etc. - there are times when a car which flatters is a godsend
Alasdair
Yay... two disagreements in one day.
I'm sorry but I don't subscribe to the idea that you reduce the quality of your drive depending on mood. I had friends in the Police who worked on the basis that until the lights went blue there was no real incentive to drive 'properly'. Unsurprisingly, they were also the friends who had a disproportionate level of POLCOLS.
The pace may change depending on the circumstances - there's no point trying to make progress through London at 4:30 on a Friday evening, for example. But the level of concentration and quality should be unswerving.
After all, you'd be somewhat dismissive of a RoSPA member who drove like crap for 2 years, 364 days and 23 hours but then gave a sterling drive during a retest.
akirk wrote:
True but I would be very surprised if there was anyone on here able to give 100% of their ability 100% of the time...
you shouldn't drive in that way, but I suspect that we all have times when for various reasons we are not at the top of our game and still have to drive
Alasdair
StressedDave wrote:OK, quick straw poll here... When you drive how many of you are actually thinking about the System and how you should apply it, and how many of you are trying to optimise the road you're driving on (for whatever sort of optimisation you've chosen)? Be honest now...
StressedDave wrote:akirk wrote:True but I would be very surprised if there was anyone on here able to give 100% of their ability 100% of the time...
you shouldn't drive in that way, but I suspect that we all have times when for various reasons we are not at the top of our game and still have to drive.
That's the point - if you can't give 100% of your ability 100% of the time then there's something seriously wrong with how you're driving.
akirk wrote:True but I would be very surprised if there was anyone on here able to give 100% of their ability 100% of the time.
StressedDave wrote:OK, quick straw poll here... When you drive how many of you are actually thinking about the System and how you should apply it, and how many of you are trying to optimise the road you're driving on (for whatever sort of optimisation you've chosen)?
revian wrote:zadocbrown wrote:? .....so as to optimize the road?
Wouldn't that involve (eg) digging them up to straighten the bends? :roll
Ian
zadocbrown wrote:revian wrote:zadocbrown wrote:? .....so as to optimize the road?
Wouldn't that involve (eg) digging them up to straighten the bends? :roll
Ian
Well that would give more time at destination to be a smart-alec online....
StressedDave wrote:Again - point being missed. I'm talking about shoving the whole driving task down into the adaptive unconscious (It's actually better there than in the conscious bit of the brain).
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