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From: atec7 7 ""atec77" on 15 May 2010 02:14 Feral wrote: > D Walford wrote: >> On 15/05/2010 7:33 AM, Feral wrote: >>> D Walford wrote: >>>> On 14/05/2010 10:11 PM, Feral wrote: >>>>> D Walford wrote: >> >>> > > In the context of the contribution of vehicle defects to crashes, > although the percentage may > appear to be small in absolute terms, its importance relative to other > contributing factors may > be regarded as *significant*. It would thus be useful to have a study > which provides a > perspective of the changing landscape of contributing factors to crash > and serious injury risk. > > Back to gardening Daz. Thanks. > Inspections do have an effect just look at unzuds stats
From: D Walford on 15 May 2010 03:02 On 15/05/2010 4:11 PM, atec7 7 > wrote: > D Walford wrote: >> On 14/05/2010 11:41 PM, atec7 7 > wrote: >>> D Walford wrote: >>>> On 14/05/2010 10:11 PM, Feral wrote: >>>>> D Walford wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> So you think a leaking clutch slave cylinder is dangerous and could >>>>>> cause you to have an accident? >>>>> >>>>> Hooray, he got there. >>>>> >>>>> And yes I do. Go figure. >>>>> >>>> The only thing to figure is you haven't got a clue about driving, even >>>> if the cylinder failed completely the car won't be dangerous except in >>>> the hands on a total imbecile. >>>> A good driver can manage to drive a manual car without a clutch, it >>>> isn't very difficult and only takes minutes to learn. >>>> >>>> >>>> Daryl >>> I would suggest dazza it could be a factor >>> inexperience and arriving for a stop only to discover to late the clutch >>> wont work >>> >>> >> >> Hit the brake pedal and stop the car, if you can't disengage the >> clutch the engine stalls but the car still stops in the same distance, >> anyone with a clue would knock it out of gear once they find the >> clutch isn't doing what its supposed to but that won't make any >> difference to the stopping distance. >> Having had several clutch failures over the years I have actually done >> what I described so I know it works in a real life situation. >> >> >> >> Daryl > Not always that easy dazza , What's not easy about stopping a manual vehicle without using the clutch? it happened to me once about 35 years ago > > in s 1 tonne trayback and wont ever again but I had only been driving > maybe 10 years > now I am old enough to not know everything It isn't rocket science, you don't need to know anything other than how to push a brake pedal, the rest will work itself out. In a panic stop most would even forget to push the clutch so the clutch is irrelevant, I have stalled engines several times in exactly that situation whist fortunately avoiding hitting anything. Daryl Daryl
From: Noddy on 15 May 2010 07:23 "atec7 7" <""atec77\"@ hotmail.com"> wrote in message news:hsle4g$lal$2(a)news.eternal-september.org... > Inspections do have an effect > just look at unzuds stats Compared to what? -- Regards, Noddy.
From: Noddy on 15 May 2010 07:24 "jonz" <fj40(a)deisel.com> wrote in message news:4beddf55$1(a)dnews.tpgi.com.au... > a much more worthy occupation than trying to talk sense to the > senseless................ It never really ends, does it? On and on and on and on, the irony just keeps *flooding* in..... -- Regards, Noddy.
From: Noddy on 15 May 2010 07:25
"D Walford" <dwalford(a)internode.on.net> wrote in message news:4bedef5e$0$27803$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com... > And you are an incompetent driver. Absolutely. -- Regards, Noddy. |