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[Andy B]

..... I went for a days training on the bike with the Cops. ....

that's what I need. I'm too timid on my bike. 

[TheBoy]

..... I went for a days training on the bike with the Cops. ....

that's what I need. I'm too timid on my bike. 

Yup, me too 

[doz]

It was bloody excellent and the bollickin I saw him give the the tractor driver who had just spewed mud all over the road was worth the fee alone.  It really worked on hazard recognition and line of site. Made me a lot more fluid. 

[Andy B]

.... Made me a lot more fluid.

Not sure that's a good thing       

Karachi made the whole ship's company quite very fluid! 

[aaronjb]

Seriously, I like to change down, be it car or bike, and always be in the 'right' gear at any particular moment, in case anything happens.

That's what annoys me about automatic gearboxes - they're never in the 'right' gear when you're driving around town..

[Kevin Wood]

Being in the right gear.. A joy I've just rediscovered...

The Omega has sat on the driveway for the 3 weeks that I've had my "driver involvement pack" back on the road (and it hasn't ssip'ed down).

[aaronjb]

Being in the right gear.. A joy I've just rediscovered...

The Omega has sat on the driveway for the 3 weeks that I've had my "driver involvement pack" back on the road (and it hasn't ssip'ed down).

 

I really need to get the MR2 roadworthy again .. but there's either something awfully wrong with the back end (which requires constant steering input around constant radius corners), or I've forgotten how badly it drove on standard suspension 

[Del Boy]

Tend to leave my foot on the brake, unless stopped for long periods of time, in which case it goes into park.

[flyer 0712]

Always leave mine in drive with foot on brake...but then i am a lazy old git and never given a thought to those being blinded by my brake lights  oopps   

[hotel21]

This is not the case with modern cars! And what would you rather replace; clutches and gearboxes or brake linings?

I still use both in a manual. "Every little helps"

Seriously, I like to change down, be it car or bike, and always be in the 'right' gear at any particular moment, in case anything happens. Although I know this is in conflict with how emergency response drivers are taught...

1 Yup

2  Nope.  Not when I had my 999 L plates up anyways...

[TheBoy]

Being in the right gear.. A joy I've just rediscovered...

The Omega has sat on the driveway for the 3 weeks that I've had my "driver involvement pack" back on the road (and it hasn't ssip'ed down).

I'm missing my manual fun. Last manual I drove was the Rover...  ...nearly 2 months ago.

[TheBoy]

2  Nope.  Not when I had my 999 L plates up anyways...

Ah, around these parts, they seem to be told to slow purely on the brakes, then find a suitable gear that will get then past the hazard - eg, 5th to 2nd.

Where as I'd probably go through 3rd and 2nd (probably not bother with the pointless 4th )