Quote from P5YcHoM4N :

I am not a fan of one handed driving over long periods of time, relaxed grip is one thing, but one handed, you're one water filled pot hole away from losing control.

Checking the mirror in an emergency is wasted seconds, but for slowing at junctions/lights, you have plenty of time to assess how quickly you can pull up. Round here tail gating isn't uncommon, so I always check to see who is up my arse to decide if I should start braking early or race up to the line and pull on the anchors. Motorbikers are the worst for tail gating and will sit right in the centre behind my van. Now this would be fine in a car, but as I have no back windows and can lose a Range Rover back there, I have to look out for shadows to see if someone hiding.

That idea of straight lining is what gets so many bikers into trouble out here, the amount of times I've gone round a relatively bind bend (sweeping left with a blind crest in the middle) to find a guy with both wheels on the white line and trying to get a knee down coming towards me. ****ing idiots. Wheel shufflers are too far up their own arses, they are more dangerous than a youth with a heavy right foot.

Well we're not talking about riding a motorcycle, just some of the roadcraft, and when you can see I don't see the problem in straight lining, whether on 2 or 4 wheels. It's an advanced technique and just because on the odd occasion some numpty does it incorrectly, everyone seems to deem it dangerous and stupid.

As for the whole "looking back while braking" thing, I guess that's each to their own but I'd rather pay attention to whats infront of me than worry overly about whether some dork is going to crash into me because I've stopped when I'm told to by traffic control. I will brake in a fairly good time so feel there is no need to check what's behind me, unless it's a particularly busy time (I.E rush hour) when I'm generally more observant anyway.

Ok I mean I don't understand how driving with one hand on the wheel is dangerous either around town or on a motorway. Basically the more "intense" the drive the more likely I'm going to have 2 hands on the wheel. But cruising to work or to McDonalds to meet up with friends, or down the motorway, 1 hand is more comfortable FOR ME and poses no additional risk, especially in a well maintainted car with properly inflated tyres with good tread depth and let's face it, unless a pothole is big enough to break something it's not going to make you magically zip off course and crash unless you're in either an original mini, Suzuki Wagon R, Daewoo/Chevrolet Matiz or a bicycle..

Last edited by S14 DRIFT, Tue 24 May 2011, 19:39. Reason : fixed the failed quoting.

Quote from P5YcHoM4N :

You have an interesting idea of what isn't dangerous.

What's dangerous?

Also please go to my broken car thread and offer advice.

Why should I check my mirror every time I brake though? Because if there was a lorry right up my chuff, for example, I would not brake for the child who's run into the road? Or for the red light?

I've done advanced motorcycle courses and straight lining roundabouts and general corners well possible is actually encouraged. I'm sure the "wheel shuffling society" would disagree but it seems logical to apply the theory to a car as well.

No worse than the young females, who are more likely to text or be distracted by makeup/hair/driving in high heel shoes...

Females have more crashes, however these are mostly parking dings thus go unreported. Males have fewer crashes but since these tend to be a bit faster they tend to get picked up on much more.

Not saying all females are bad drivers, they're not - I know some perfectly fine ones but women are far more distractable then men. 75% of the people I've seen driving on the phone or while texting have been females, most of whom look under 25.

But that's just here.