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Which part of motorcycle advocacy did you miss?
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None, I wasn't talking about motorcycles, I'll freely admit to knowing 2/5 of FA about motorbikes.
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Like I said I will not enter into a debate over this.
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Which you have now done, or at least you have continued to express your opinion, I wouldn't say argue your point as you don't provide any proof, just an opinion.
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Brake stomping is not the best thing to do in an emergency, particularly in a car with no abs.
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Agreed, but like I've said a couple of times, a vast majority of cars on the road today HAVE got ABS. If you read what I initially wrote, I was saying that there has been a real shift in the technology available in newer cars, that this inclusion of technology means the driver can and should change the habits of a lifetime.
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Accident avoidance, anticipation, scanning, etc. ie ROAD AWARENESS not distractions.
Brake stomping is THE last resort and nothing more.
*shakes head*
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What I'm trying to get through to your shaking head is that IF you have ABS, braking heavily is the first AND last resort once in a dangerous situation. I mentioned nothing about awareness, though, of course, much of the discussion at the driver training course was about just this. Wanna talk about distractions, how's having to look at your speedo every couple of seconds to ensure that you haven't drifted 3 kmh over the speed limit to avoid being fined?
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Try riding a motorcycle and then see how much more road awareness you have around you.
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I'm dangerous enough in a car, I will donate my organs, but I don't want to hasten the act.
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You may have many assumptions about me that's up to you but I'll say this, rider driver training is something I do every 5 years or so.
We come not to just rely on the car's technology but on the total package.
did you cover the total package or the lowest common denominator?
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I have made no assumptions about you at all, other than perhaps a little stubbornness. I was not responsible for the DT course, as I said it was run by professionals, experienced professionals. They did both theory and practical exercises, worked out experience levels from the first couple of tests and then catered to each individual driver by altering the test conditions, the easiest way was to make you do the test at a faster speed, but they did set distances differently for each car and driver.
Cheers
Stuart