a little survey

[illy]

Horace :lol:lol:lol:lol:lol

LOL cheers Daved. I like your comment about bikes and driving assessments as I passed my direct access 6 years ago for the bike previous to that it was about 1972 when I passed my car test. What an eye opener when I did my direct access, highway code was nearly as thick as an Argos catalog, and the hazard perception videos really made me think, and I now do my life saver in the car. Still get my knee down on the bike though.

illy

PS most people haven't read the highway code since they passed there car test ( you no you really should)

 

[Deleted account DD]

some top comments :thumb2

All interesting stuff.

Liam, I'd agree theres certain stereotypes :augie

ne thing I have noticed is if theres one of the "new" minis being driven badly you can put quite a bit of dosh on it being a blond female driving :augie (around here anyway ive noticed)

 

[terranobreakershropshire]

depends.... some would say a lwb maverick broadside on a wet roundabout bad, i keep telling the other half 'theres skill in that' or 'thats livin' then i get called a dick head. hazards a 7 still young(ish) with fair reactions i think!

 

[The Patrolman]

some top comments :thumb2

All interesting stuff.

Liam, I'd agree theres certain stereotypes :augie

ne thing I have noticed is if theres one of the "new" minis being driven badly you can put quite a bit of dosh on it being a blond female driving :augie (around here anyway ive noticed)

Their either young blonde n pretty:clap, or old blonde and slapped up with makeup...... or gay with blonde highlights:doh

 

[The Patrolman]

Oh 10 n 10 and damn lucky!!!!!!!!1

 

[Liam]

some top comments :thumb2

All interesting stuff.

Liam, I'd agree theres certain stereotypes :augie

ne thing I have noticed is if theres one of the "new" minis being driven badly you can put quite a bit of dosh on it being a blond female driving :augie (around here anyway ive noticed)

I'm partial to blondes so if you have any you don't need/want, please send them over here

 

[Liam]

For me, it all comes down to whether you are consciously driving or allowing your brain pretty much total control over your driving. Probably sounds a bit daft but what I mean is, we all in our daily lives do a lot of stuff without conscious thought, for example, I'm sure quite a few on here get up in the morning and go through a particular routine without even realising it. When something changes, the routine gets knocked a bit for a short time, anyone who has too stay in Hotels on occasion will understand. Things feel different and it takes time to readjust.
So when you are driving to work in the morning, same route,same time,same traffic; suddenly there's a pedestrian where there is usually no pedestrian, it takes a bit of time to adjust to the new scenario. Especially if the brain is driving on autopilot.
I think most of us, when driving familiar routes fall into letting the brain drive on autopilot, we concentrate on scanning for good looking girls in short skirts (important stuff,especially in summer). That's why coppers usuaally have two in the car, one to spot the good looking women and the other to concentrate on the driving. As for my score,I'm not saying, other than 37 years accident free in taxis,hgvs and rigids.

 

[lacroupade]

last year i hit a dog and over took a copper at 85... (different days)

not the best driving

I once undertook two plonkers on the M4 who were pootling along at 70 in the outside land in an unmarked car that turned out to contain a Detective Chief Inspector and a senior police driving instructor. I think it was flipping him the finger when he overtook to stop me that really put the lid on things LOL :lol

Well, I'm probably going to upset a few on here. When I was a driving instructor a long,long time ago, I used to advise learner drivers to always give a few extra yards when behind a driver (male or female) wearing a hat. I had learned that for whatever reason, people wearing hats while driving were more prone to doing something daft, not indicating,not looking behind,using wrong indicator etc.etc. Still applies today. Can't guarantee a good driver if a person isn't wearing a hat but if the hat is on the head you can safely put your mortgage on it that they will do something daft. Even works if you spot their hat on the back parcel shelf.LOL

Totally agree - used to be anyone in a trilby driving an Allegro, but that was the last time I looked LOL.:lol

The police have high regard for my driving skills; they are always stopping me to discuss it. :augie




(That was a joke by the way.....I swear!).

 

[Liam]

Totally agree - used to be anyone in a trilby driving an Allegro, but that was the last time I looked LOL.:lol

The police have high regard for my driving skills; they are always stopping me to discuss it. :augie




(That was a joke by the way.....I swear!).

Not too many Trilby wearers here Paul, now flat caps, that's a whole other ballgame. I have to be honest, I never understood the need for wearing hats of any description while driving since they invented roofs on cars:doh
I think it can cause the brain cells to overheat and this is where the lousy driving comes from. Naturally, this doesn't affect policemen, they can wear their hats as often as they like as there are usually not enough brain cells to overheat in the first place.Sorry,Daved.:kissy

 

[mowerman]

I would guess at about 8 and 9??? I must be ok as I ride a motorcycle regularly on the M25 and am still alive :thumb2:thumb2... Also reach for the brake pedal when the wife is driving WAY before she does lol, must be a big dent in the passenger footwell by now !!!. Joking aside as a motorcyclist I still do the 'lifesaver' when driving bike or car, tend to stick to the speed indicated on speedo in the T2 (which is at least 10% out) and the speed limit (cant afford to go quick with diesel the price it is).... Surprisingly stick pretty much to the speed limits on the bike too. Not into undertaking or 'white lining' at speed on the bike (like many of my 2 wheeled comrades on the roads) as I tend to ride during rush hours and TBH like to stay alive!! Only had 2 accidents in many years of motorcycling and been they were both being hit from behind at roundabouts as I waited to pull out