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Forum: Improving Road Safety Topic: How to make novice drivers crash |
| stevehaley |
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Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 11:21
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Thanks for the welcome Ernest  .
Relevant on this forum is that the origin of this article is a conversation I had with Paul Smith. But it took me a while to get it done... 
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Forum: Improving Road Safety Topic: How to make novice drivers crash |
| stevehaley |
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Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 17:03
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| Yes the core point is that we don't teach them "good judgement" and how to "think" properly about what's going on. Nicycle above illustrates it very well. This is the bit that's not working, and borne out by all the driver trainers I know. Some instructors do better than others, ... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Sharing The Road With Cyclists |
| stevehaley |
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Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2005 12:54
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| Ohhh... I thought we were getting somewhere. :? Perhaps we're trying too hard to define something that needs to be more intuitive. To me the umbrella "principle" ("method" or whatever) is whether the action is likely to reduce risk or increase it. And in this case, a specific risk is that the reacti... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Sharing The Road With Cyclists |
| stevehaley |
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Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2005 10:38
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| ok, two points: - COAST is fine but has nothing about core beliefs and how it is applied. You can still apply it selfishly or aggressively and therefore dangerously. All my stuff above is about the core beliefs that drive behaviour - which is a deeper influence that underpins the application of guid... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Sharing The Road With Cyclists |
| stevehaley |
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Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2005 20:14
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| Just seen this thread - wow what length and heat !! I'm trying to work out how I've managed to miss out on all the fun confrontations through 4 decades of being on 2 and 4 wheels. I guess I ride and drive with the same thinking - and its not about treating other people as idoits. See if something li... |
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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: New web site: Skill Driver |
| stevehaley |
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Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2005 12:26
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| Thanks for your comments guys. Good to see you finding useful points. Please, to everyone, give LOTS of feedback as you go through the site - either here for discussion or via Feedback on the site. On points that connect well, such as those already posted, and those that could be improved or should ... |
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