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trecfive:
Best bit of road in the country, you can horse on at 70 no problem all day long, even in the first lane,no stop/starts, very few truck's, never any conjestion even when there is an accident. oh and the plus point, its free for me.
Wireless:
--- Quote from: Thrasher on May 01, 2008, 09:47:01 ---
--- Quote ---erm...sort of yes, I was actually doing about 115mph.
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In a fast response vehicle I trust :shock:
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I was driving a V8 LDV Ambulance at the time, so pretty fast yes.
Wireless:
--- Quote from: Disco Mike on May 01, 2008, 17:42:57 ---
--- Quote ---erm...sort of yes, I was actually doing about 115mph
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--- Quote ---In a fast response vehicle I trust :shock:
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That's a slow responce vehicle were i work :shock: :-$ :-$
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Yes, it was regarded as slow response, but I also used to drive fast response, I did once manage 135mph on the A49, although usually 105mph max due to traffic and road conditions, all emergency journeys, but of course these were the days before they started prosecuting the Police for doing 159mph.
Which I think is pretty damn stupid, since when I did advanced driver training, we went out on public roads in cars without audible and visual warning devices fitted, and exceeded the speed limit all day and all night, often practising box overtakes at 90-100mph with the Police in similarly equipped vehicles, how else do you improve your driving skills? Video games?
Mind you, we always did do more emergency journeys than the Police and Fire put together :wink:
discowoman:
i have used it once whilst taking parent to brum airport - it was rush hour so did save me a bit of time - which i lost when i rejoined the M42!
Skibum346:
--- Quote from: Wireless on May 02, 2008, 01:51:57 ---...often practising box overtakes at 90-100mph with the Police in similarly equipped vehicles, how else do you improve your driving skills? Video games?
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Erm yes...
I'm currently designing training where we are using a motion platform simulator for an armoured engineer vehicle.
* It minimises wear, tear & maintenance costs
* is safer
* allows more realistic situations to be created
* allows students to learn through cause and effect
* allows students to try the same scenario using different techniques more than once
* Allows for consistent testing of multiple studentsCourse... it doesn't remove the need for real vehicle experience completely... but it does make the real vehicle time much more effective.
Skibum
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