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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / Driving / February 2006Good driving will make the roads safer
Go read this article at(http://www.edmunds.com/ownership/safety/articles/45108/article.html) on how teenagers had many accidents, and how they suggested that driver education could be improved. I am fairly knowledgeable about safe driving and would like to make some sugestions about making the roads safer by improving the standard of a persons driving. First of all I must tell you that I am an American, but I have read several books on Roadcraft (A Brittish police driving manual). Roadcraft is about a system of car control that is based on the principle that if a vehicle is always positioned correctly, traveling at the correct speed, and in the right gear that almost all acidents could avoided. Roadcraft also states that a vehicle must always be able to stop within the distance that can be seen to be clear. Obtaining a copy of Roadcraft should not be difficult. Go to amazon.com and type in ISBN 0-11340858-7 you should be able to get one from one of the many z-shop sellers. Roadcraft is not based on avoidance techniques(such as swerving around cones while mainting control), and only lightly touches skid control. It is much more about the avoidance of these dangerous situations rather than getting out of them once they have started. According to Roadcraft if drive correctly you should be able to avoid these situations. Roadcraft has never gained any popularity in the United States probably, because few people know about it. But I think that it is probably one of the best ways to improve peoples driving and make them less likely to be involved in accidents. More information on Roadcraft can be found at: http://www.hpc.org.uk http://www.drivetrainusa.com 'http://www.driveandstayalive.com/articles%20and%20topics/driving%20standards/wha- t-is-advanced-driving.htm' (http://tinyurl.com/fo2tq) http://www.roada.org.uk http://www.iam.org.uk 'http://www.dblogic.co.uk/LAMM/car_system.html' (http://www.dblogic.co.uk/LAMM/car_system.html) Books on this topic also include: Expert Driving the Police Way by John Miles High Performance Driving for You by Tom Wisdom both are out of print but searching for a copy on bookfinder.com might find you one if you are interested. What do you think of this idea? Chris  SignatureAdvDriver http://www.automotiveforums.com > Go read this article > at(http://www.edmunds.com/ownership/safety/articles/45108/article.html) [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > Roadcraft if drive correctly you should be able to avoid these > situations. Everyone knows how to drive safely and they would do so if the penalties for reckless driving were severe. In america, the media is constantly telling people that reckless driving is cool and the idiot sheep accept that nonsense and the killing and maiming on our highways continues. Car crashes are a big business and the corrupt media are paid to encourage it. If our govt wanted to stop the highway carnage they would call reckless drivers deadly criminals and hand out lengthy prison sentences for the crime. Anyway - education is not the answer. Prison time is. > > Go read this article > > at(http://www.edmunds.com/ownership/safety/articles/45108/article.html) [quoted text clipped - 33 lines] > > Anyway - education is not the answer. Prison time is. Has the incredibly severe prison time handed out for drug offenses stopped the drug trade? SignatureAlan Baker Vancouver, British Columbia "If you raise the ceiling 4 feet, move the fireplace from that wall to that wall, you'll still only get the full stereophonic effect if you sit in the bottom of that cupboard." > Has the incredibly severe prison time handed out for drug offenses > stopped the drug trade? What does the drug trade have to do with highway killers??? Two very different issues. Druggies are not endangering others, reckless drivers are. > > Has the incredibly severe prison time handed out for drug offenses > > stopped the drug trade? > > What does the drug trade have to do with highway killers??? Two very > different issues. Druggies are not endangering others, reckless > drivers are. You said that prison sentences will change behavior. I provided a counter example. SignatureAlan Baker Vancouver, British Columbia "If you raise the ceiling 4 feet, move the fireplace from that wall to that wall, you'll still only get the full stereophonic effect if you sit in the bottom of that cupboard." >> > Has the incredibly severe prison time handed out for drug offenses >> > stopped the drug trade? [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >You said that prison sentences will change behavior. I provided a >counter example. Quite effectively, I might add. Dave Laura Bush murdered her boy friend said this: > Prison time is. Prisun iz wair yooooo b-lawng. >Roadcraft is about a system of car control that is based on the >principle that if a vehicle is always positioned correctly, traveling [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >Roadcraft has never gained any popularity in the United States >probably, because few people know about it. Few people may know about it by that particular name, but there are quite a few people in this newsgroup who undoubtedly practice its tenets. But you're right, the vast majority of drivers in America neither know of nor practice the type of situational awareness you describe. Like the sh.t head in the beat up old Dodge pickup truck who wanted to enter the right turn lane (that I happened to already be occupying) without a turn signal but swerved back out of the lane when it became clear that I wasn't going to slam on my brakes and let him in. I suspect he didn't even look in his right side mirror until he had already started moving into my lane, and didn't even know there was a car there until he was half way through his would-be merge. People like this practice RoadCRAP (or perhaps RoadCRASH), not RoadCRAFT. SignatureWhat the heck, I'll play too. - Dave > >Roadcraft is about a system of car control that is based on the > >principle that if a vehicle is always positioned correctly, traveling [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > What the heck, I'll play too. > - Dave Situational awareness for the vast majority consists of knowing just where the rear of the vehicle in front of them is (usuall in tailgating distance). That is it. Outside mirrors are for cussing while doing a wax job. I feel embarrassed every time I find that I can't say if anyone is behind me without looking first. Happened again today on a merge, I had ROW but after I passed the join there was a truck behind me that I hadn't known was anywhere around. Harry K I'm 16 and have never had a ticket or accident and I've been driving like 10 months now. The only near accidents have been someone pulling out in front of me. Signaturecody_e http://www.automotiveforums.com >I'm 16 and have never had a ticket or accident and I've been driving >like 10 months now. The only near accidents have been someone pulling >out in front of me. Check back with us in 2 or 3 years. Dave 89Sunbird Wrote: > Personally I think that driving exams need to be harder. I too often > have to swerve or slam on the brakes because some senior citizen, kid, [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > those of us that either dont answer the phone or can successfully > multi-task! This is somewhat about making driving test harder. It is also about making driving test not to get a license, but to improve your skill at driving after you have got your license. Again this has little to do with actual skill at driving, and is mainly about your attitude and your mental approach to driving. Not how well you can swerve around orange cones at the limit. SignatureAdvDriver http://www.automotiveforums.com |
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