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From: boltar2003 on 30 Jul 2010 07:34 On Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:53:21 +0100 "GT" <a(a)b.c> wrote: >I guess Brimstone meant that decent, experienced drivers could manage to >drive for 40 minutes avoiding the majority of the 'bad habbits' that they >have picked up over the years, thereby 'faking' good driving - you know - >always staying within the speed limit, slowing down much further before Something isn't being faked just because the person doing doesn't do it the same way all the time. B2003
From: GT on 30 Jul 2010 08:54 <boltar2003(a)boltar.world> wrote in message news:i2udbi$nhg$1(a)speranza.aioe.org... > On Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:53:21 +0100 > "GT" <a(a)b.c> wrote: >>I guess Brimstone meant that decent, experienced drivers could manage to >>drive for 40 minutes avoiding the majority of the 'bad habbits' that they >>have picked up over the years, thereby 'faking' good driving - you know - >>always staying within the speed limit, slowing down much further before > > Something isn't being faked just because the person doing doesn't do it > the same way all the time. The implication was that most drivers develop driving habits that would fail a driving test. Therefore driving for 40 minutes without doing those habits is 'faking it' for the purposes of passing the proposed retest of 'competance'.
From: Ian Jackson on 30 Jul 2010 09:45 In message <4c52cb82$0$12273$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com>, GT <a(a)b.c> writes ><boltar2003(a)boltar.world> wrote in message >news:i2udbi$nhg$1(a)speranza.aioe.org... >> On Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:53:21 +0100 >> "GT" <a(a)b.c> wrote: >>>I guess Brimstone meant that decent, experienced drivers could manage to >>>drive for 40 minutes avoiding the majority of the 'bad habbits' that they >>>have picked up over the years, thereby 'faking' good driving - you know - >>>always staying within the speed limit, slowing down much further before >> >> Something isn't being faked just because the person doing doesn't do it >> the same way all the time. > >The implication was that most drivers develop driving habits that would fail >a driving test. Therefore driving for 40 minutes without doing those habits >is 'faking it' for the purposes of passing the proposed retest of >'competance'. > During your driving test, you are expected to demonstrate that you know how to do (and how not to do) certain things. Examples include certain 'rituals', like letting the examiner see that you are using the rear-view mirror correctly (hint: adjust the mirror so that you have to stretch your neck to see in it) and engaging an un-necessarily low gear to show that you have 'proper control of the car'. Failure to perform the required rituals correctly may be considered to 'bad habits' for a learner to have, and result in a failure to pass the driving test. However, for an experienced driver, the same habits are often not really 'bad' at all. -- Ian
From: boltar2003 on 30 Jul 2010 10:05 On Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:54:35 +0100 "GT" <a(a)b.c> wrote: >The implication was that most drivers develop driving habits that would fail >a driving test. Therefore driving for 40 minutes without doing those habits >is 'faking it' for the purposes of passing the proposed retest of >'competance'. Well the same goes for many things in life. Every job interview I've ever been to I've "faked" by that definition since beforehand I bone up on certain subjects that always get asked about but hardly ever get used in my field of work. I imagine the same goes for most white collar professionals. B2003
From: GT on 30 Jul 2010 17:52
<boltar2003(a)boltar.world> wrote in message news:i2um85$4md$1(a)speranza.aioe.org... > On Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:54:35 +0100 > "GT" <a(a)b.c> wrote: >>The implication was that most drivers develop driving habits that would >>fail >>a driving test. Therefore driving for 40 minutes without doing those >>habits >>is 'faking it' for the purposes of passing the proposed retest of >>'competance'. > > Well the same goes for many things in life. Every job interview I've ever > been to I've "faked" by that definition since beforehand I bone up on > certain > subjects that always get asked about but hardly ever get used in my field > of > work. I imagine the same goes for most white collar professionals. Absolutely agree. But in order to drive a car we need a licence, so we fall in line and do things by the book, don't we! I think this is 'faking it'! |