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From: veritas on 9 Jul 2010 05:15 On 8/07/2010 5:31 PM, D Walford wrote: > On 8/07/2010 2:01 PM, F Murtz wrote: >> veritas wrote: >>> On 6/07/2010 7:57 AM, PHATRS wrote: > >> >> Dearie me however did you manage to stay alive without advanced driver >> training and teaching that a lot of the posters on this group seem to >> think is essential for safety. > > > The difference is that older people learnt to drive when there was a lot > less traffic and many more than now didn't survive long enough to gain > the experience many older drivers now have. > My guess is Veritas is old enough to be my father and I'll be 58 in > about 7 weeks:-) Not just quite - 12 months later I'd been able to do the job properly :)
From: D Walford on 9 Jul 2010 05:41 On 9/07/2010 7:15 PM, veritas wrote: > On 8/07/2010 5:31 PM, D Walford wrote: >> On 8/07/2010 2:01 PM, F Murtz wrote: >>> veritas wrote: >>>> On 6/07/2010 7:57 AM, PHATRS wrote: >> >>> >>> Dearie me however did you manage to stay alive without advanced driver >>> training and teaching that a lot of the posters on this group seem to >>> think is essential for safety. >> >> >> The difference is that older people learnt to drive when there was a lot >> less traffic and many more than now didn't survive long enough to gain >> the experience many older drivers now have. >> My guess is Veritas is old enough to be my father and I'll be 58 in >> about 7 weeks:-) > > > Not just quite - 12 months later I'd been able to do the job properly :) LOL. Daryl
From: veritas on 9 Jul 2010 05:41 On 8/07/2010 2:01 PM, F Murtz wrote: > > > Dearie me however did you manage to stay alive without advanced driver > training and teaching that a lot of the posters on this group seem to > think is essential for safety. I think it may have been a combination of four things: A lot of careful observation over many (young) years as a passenger - especially since they were just about almost all crash-boxes and and the like). A good understanding of the mechanics of vehicle operation and pre-licence-age experience behind the wheel (workshop manoeuvring etc) and road testing as an apprentice. Scrub-bashing and pushing past the vehicle's limitations in "safe areas) to experience what actually happens as well as having well above average eye/hand coordination/spatial-orientations skills. Good anticipation too. Lots of good luck - but that is largely associated to (3) above isn't it? :)
From: D Walford on 9 Jul 2010 08:46 On 9/07/2010 7:41 PM, veritas wrote: > On 8/07/2010 2:01 PM, F Murtz wrote: > >> >> >> Dearie me however did you manage to stay alive without advanced driver >> training and teaching that a lot of the posters on this group seem to >> think is essential for safety. > > I think it may have been a combination of four things: > > A lot of careful observation over many (young) years as a passenger - > especially since they were just about almost all crash-boxes and and the > like). > > A good understanding of the mechanics of vehicle operation and > pre-licence-age experience behind the wheel (workshop manoeuvring etc) > and road testing as an apprentice. > > Scrub-bashing and pushing past the vehicle's limitations in "safe areas) > to experience what actually happens as well as having well above average > eye/hand coordination/spatial-orientations skills. Good anticipation too. > > Lots of good luck - but that is largely associated to (3) above isn't > it? :) I agree that generally people with a bit of mechanical aptitude make better drivers. Daryl
From: Jason James on 9 Jul 2010 18:19
"D Walford" <dwalford(a)internode.on.net> wrote in message news:4c326448$0$28640$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com... > On 6/07/2010 7:57 AM, PHATRS wrote: > > I learned to drive in my old mans EJ Premier and I've disliked Holdens > ever since:-) The EJ Premier, for its day, was a pretty jazzed-up piece of kit. They had metallic gold as one of its paints. The red motor should have been introduced at the same time. > My wife was offered the option of an auto on her last couple of new cars > but just gave me a dirty look and said no way. > For her next car in a couple of years she wants a WRX or a Liberty GT:-) Good for her ! :-) Most ladies would simply go auto,..like 99 outa 100! Jason |