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From: DavidR on 9 Jan 2010 08:18 "Brimstone" <brimstone(a)hotmail.com> wrote > "DavidR" <curedham(a)4bidden.org.uk> wrote >> >> The fact that a lower gear can (*) put more torque to the driveshafts is >> not a proper explanation for the advice to use a higher gear when it's >> slippery. As such, it is the old wives' explanation. >> >> I am not an experienced ice driver so cannot claim the advice is >> fundamentally wrong but, if it is good advice, I am interested in >> something >> that's more technically credible. > Why worry about the technicalities? Why worry about how the sun rises each day? Because some people are interested. There is a lot of everyday motoring lore with no substance other than myth and legend, but it's mostly benign or harmless which is why it persists. How do we know this isn't one? > It works, The sun rises each day. And someone has provided a logical explanation for it. I struggle to find one about starting in a higher gear. > so why not do it? Such a situation is best treated as a problem solving exercise. Knowledge is more useful than a list of instructions.
From: Brimstone on 9 Jan 2010 08:59 "DavidR" <curedham(a)4bidden.org.uk> wrote in message news:7qre1lFdthU1(a)mid.individual.net... > "Brimstone" <brimstone(a)hotmail.com> wrote >> "DavidR" <curedham(a)4bidden.org.uk> wrote >>> >>> The fact that a lower gear can (*) put more torque to the driveshafts is >>> not a proper explanation for the advice to use a higher gear when it's >>> slippery. As such, it is the old wives' explanation. >>> >>> I am not an experienced ice driver so cannot claim the advice is >>> fundamentally wrong but, if it is good advice, I am interested in >>> something >>> that's more technically credible. > >> Why worry about the technicalities? > > Why worry about how the sun rises each day? Because some people are > interested. There is a lot of everyday motoring lore with no substance > other > than myth and legend, but it's mostly benign or harmless which is why it > persists. How do we know this isn't one? > >> It works, > > The sun rises each day. And someone has provided a logical explanation for > it. I struggle to find one about starting in a higher gear. > >> so why not do it? > > Such a situation is best treated as a problem solving exercise. > Knowledge is more useful than a list of instructions. > > That would depend on whether one's journey is real or a mere intellectual exercise.
From: DavidR on 9 Jan 2010 17:24
"Brimstone" <brimstone(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message > "DavidR" <curedham(a)4bidden.org.uk> wrote in message >> "Brimstone" <brimstone(a)hotmail.com> wrote >>> "DavidR" <curedham(a)4bidden.org.uk> wrote >>>> >>>> The fact that a lower gear can (*) put more torque to the driveshafts >>>> is >>>> not a proper explanation for the advice to use a higher gear when it's >>>> slippery. As such, it is the old wives' explanation. >>>> >>>> I am not an experienced ice driver so cannot claim the advice is >>>> fundamentally wrong but, if it is good advice, I am interested in >>>> something >>>> that's more technically credible. >> >>> Why worry about the technicalities? >> >> Why worry about how the sun rises each day? Because some people are >> interested. There is a lot of everyday motoring lore with no substance >> other >> than myth and legend, but it's mostly benign or harmless which is why it >> persists. How do we know this isn't one? >> >>> It works, >> >> The sun rises each day. And someone has provided a logical explanation >> for >> it. I struggle to find one about starting in a higher gear. >> >>> so why not do it? >> >> Such a situation is best treated as a problem solving exercise. >> Knowledge is more useful than a list of instructions. >> > That would depend on whether one's journey is real or a mere intellectual > exercise. I'm a soft southerner that has recently kept his car in garage and enjoyed walking on roads blissfully free of traffic. I have exercised my judgement without problem in the past and it doesn't rule out the possibility of being caught in future. I give one line of reasoning in a separate post. |