Cheers for the feedback all, appreciated.
Have come away with taking a moment to think if what I'm going to do with respect to my surroundings and situations and expect everything! Also ABS.
Cheers for the feedback all, appreciated.
Have come away with taking a moment to think if what I'm going to do with respect to my surroundings and situations and expect everything! Also ABS.
I've learned that operating any motor vehicle is 90% mental and 10% physical.
So you'll get serious improvements in your riding if you can change the way you look at things, starting by applying a "scan as far ahead as practicable" approach. Ask yourself "what if" whenever you see things moving towards your path, and avoid tunnel vision.
This doesn't discount the physical actions, as braking requires proper practice, just to use one example.
If you've not done a Rideforever course yet, you'll learn a bit about both of the above there, it's cheap and fun even.
I'm not sure where i picked it up, but "12 seconds"
you "should" be able to close your eyes for 12 seconds and continue to operate your vehicle and end up in aproximately the right place. you should have percieved, and accounted for, everything that's going to happen, that far ahead of you. corners and all.
this equates to "slow down in the twisties" which i don't agree with at all. but it's one of the things i have ticking over in my mind when sharing space with (potential or actual) fuckwits.
funny thing, when most people close their eyes (on a private road of course ) the first thing to happen is the speed drops.
It's still taught. Or at least it was when I got qualified 3 years ago. Sage advice too.
Scan as far ahead as the place you are going to be in 12 seconds. Know everything that is happening between where you are now and where you will be in 12 seconds.
Basically, aim to see things that have resolved themselves before you have got there. E.g., see that car coming toward you with his right indicator on. See him so damn early that he's turned right well before you meet the potential conflict point. That's what tells you that you are looking far enough ahead.
missed this when you first posted.
yes could well have been defensive driving... but it's been many many years since i did it.
...probably not quite as many as you, though
aw shucks. you mean it's not down to luck and blaming other people's screw-ups? how ever will we get by?
i guess the method has stood the test of time... a wonder it's not part of the school curriculum, or, like, driver licensing.
vote akzle.
Yes the 12 second scan is what's advocated officially. Better to look further ahead if possible though, remember my day job involves DG trucking.
Slowing down in the twisties, talking bikes here, this 12 second approach doesn't work. I'm fine with keeping the vanishing point further away than the point by which you can stop, so it needn't be a huge impediment to forward progress.
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