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Just saw this politics thing on TV. It seems that everything is done by finding out which voters will make...

So it is your buttertion that grip levels are no less on a slippery surface and that it is no easier to induce instability or skids. That's useful to know. It says a lot about your driving.

If you can't see that taking a hand off the wheel during braking is less safe than not doing so it speaks volumes about your driving.

If you can't see that introducing the possibility (even a slight one) of snatching a gearchange is less safe than not doing so it speaks volumes about your driving.

If you can't see that not letting the clutch in on a relaxed throttle and introducing unnecessary mechanical wear (however slight) is less smooth and less sympathetic than not doing so it speaks volumes about your driving.

If you cant spped, then why is it available 5466
Which is why we should insist on motorway training for all drivers. the reason we see so much inept driving on our motorways is that most drivers have not been trained, so...

The simple fact of the matter is that changing down whilst braking has some negative aspects whereas Changing *after* braking has NONE. I have seen nothing from you that disproves that hypothesis.

I should be the one shaking my head in disbelief but I can see now that you are a bigot for *your* way of doing things. You refuse to acknowledge that anyone may know something that you don't, no matter who they are or what their credentials and god forbid you should ever actually try something before you dismiss it.

Hah... and you say *I've* got a problem?

OK. If that makes you happy that's fine with me.

-- Mark Foster, Brighton, Suslove, UK PGP Fingerprint: 3342 C02C 7BE8 3FE4 AAC5 8BB2 03B7 9263 DDF2 04C1 -------------------------------------------------- "There are no such useless words as...'I didn't have a chance.'" Driving, HMSO




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