From: Mortimer on
"Bod" <bodron57(a)tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message
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> On 24/03/2010 22:13, Harry Bloomfield wrote:
>> Bod explained :
>>> I amuse myself doing that sometimes on motorways. It's just
>>> astonishing seeing brake lights going on and off constantly.
>>
>> Often a major part of it is the 'comfort braking'. They are already
>> doing a very safe comfortable speed for a bend, but they brake.
>>
> >
>
> It probably sounds petty, but most drivers going over a hump back bridge
> around here, brake just before the brow. All they had to do, was drive
> just a few mile an hour less and the braking would be unnecessary.
>
> Am I getting older and wiser or just old and grumpy? :)

My mum used to criticise me when I first passed my test for not always
braking on bends. It didn't matter what speed I approached, she always
wanted me to brake. I tested her once: I approached a bend at 50 and slowed
to 40 - that was fine. But on another day I approached at 35 and didn't
brake - that was bad. Work that one out!

From: Bod on
On 25/03/2010 08:58, Mortimer wrote:
> "Bod" <bodron57(a)tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:810m52Fl03U1(a)mid.individual.net...
>> On 24/03/2010 22:13, Harry Bloomfield wrote:
>>> Bod explained :
>>>> I amuse myself doing that sometimes on motorways. It's just
>>>> astonishing seeing brake lights going on and off constantly.
>>>
>>> Often a major part of it is the 'comfort braking'. They are already
>>> doing a very safe comfortable speed for a bend, but they brake.
>>>
>> >
>>
>> It probably sounds petty, but most drivers going over a hump back
>> bridge around here, brake just before the brow. All they had to do,
>> was drive just a few mile an hour less and the braking would be
>> unnecessary.
>>
>> Am I getting older and wiser or just old and grumpy? :)
>
> My mum used to criticise me when I first passed my test for not always
> braking on bends. It didn't matter what speed I approached, she always
> wanted me to brake. I tested her once: I approached a bend at 50 and
> slowed to 40 - that was fine. But on another day I approached at 35 and
> didn't brake - that was bad. Work that one out!
>
>
The logic of a woman :)

Bod
From: Mr Benn on
"Bod" <bodron57(a)tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message
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> I amuse myself doing that sometimes on motorways. It's just astonishing
> seeing brake lights going on and off constantly.

I call it "comfort braking".


From: Bod on
On 25/03/2010 10:10, Mr Benn wrote:
> "Bod"<bodron57(a)tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:80vforFiahU1(a)mid.individual.net...
>
>> I amuse myself doing that sometimes on motorways. It's just astonishing
>> seeing brake lights going on and off constantly.
>
> I call it "comfort braking".
>
>

Yeh and I would bet, that most of them don't realise they are doing it
unnecessarily and wearing out their brakes and stoplight bulbs, to boot.

Bod
From: Ian Jackson on
In message <810ratFgh5U2(a)mid.individual.net>, Bod
<bodron57(a)tiscali.co.uk> writes
>On 25/03/2010 10:10, Mr Benn wrote:
>> "Bod"<bodron57(a)tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message
>> news:80vforFiahU1(a)mid.individual.net...
>>
>>> I amuse myself doing that sometimes on motorways. It's just astonishing
>>> seeing brake lights going on and off constantly.
>>
>> I call it "comfort braking".
>>
>
>Yeh and I would bet, that most of them don't realise they are doing it
>unnecessarily and wearing out their brakes and stoplight bulbs, to boot.
>
It is possibly an over-application of the precautionary measure of
'covering your brakes', ie the anticipation of the possible need to
brake, and moving your foot from the accelerator pedal to the brake
pedal.

The fact that the brake lights of the car in front have come on probably
doesn't mean that significant pressure has been applied to the pedal -
but it can be very annoying all the same!
--
Ian