Bad driving LOLDue to the nature of the quality of driving in England,the Department of Transport has now devised a new scheme in...
There's a general opinion amongst many clueful drivers that new-young drivers should get put into track days to learn how to actually control their cars properly.
I need to.
Campaign for railway crossing safetyApparently there is a new national campaign to improve safety at railway crossings, being introduced today. The BBC has an article here: There is a railway crossing near...
Just got a 10-year old 160bhp front wheel drive thing, and having the throttle down hard round bends, letting go and then braking hard round the bend causes the car to slide sideways. This wasn't a surprise, I did it in a mbuttive empty industrial estate, and I do understand the physics behind front wheel drive handling.
I think the fact that it's 10 years old has something to do with it, 'cos newer cars just have better suspension setups. It's probably better it's old 'cos any learning I get on it now is real driving, not electronic aids.
Anyways, I want to do what older-experienced drivers want me to do. But where do I go? Ideally I'd want a scheme-service designed exactly for me, the young driver, with pbuttenger instruction on what to do when and so on.
I will be joining one of the Notts AIM clubs in Sept. as I think that's also going to be a benefit.
The car's a Sixth Generation Honda Civic 1.6 VTi (so people can say "Jap Crap" :-)
