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Originally Posted by bkreigsr
I didn't know it at the time, but driving on the track and looking at the next two corners is 'aiming high'.
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yep, scanning..
and looking
through things.
I come to an intersection, I've already scanned the crossing road as far as i can see at least 3 times left and right..
if there are houses or trees I'll scan the gaps
I drive on highway, I look through rear windows of cars , and their front windows, there's stuff to see there.
Dark and rain, I look at the side of the cars ahead and the armco, because you can see the brake lights of the cars ahead, they reflect.
This smith system
A- look ahead 15 seconds minimum.
G- scan a mirror every 8-10 seconds
that's not even close to my frequency and looking ahead.
A mirror?? should be EVERY mirror!!
And make that 3-5 seconds at most.
For all intent and purpose, I drive way to fast, hence my SA has to be 10 times better.
I typically know that a car ahead is about to change lane before the driver ahead has made his decision, simply because I can tell he's moving around while he looks, and based on his relative speed and position on the traffic around him.
My SA has to be on par, else I'd get speeding tickets every day of the week and twice on Sunday.
Note I do not speed in built up areas or places where it's not sensible, City limits is off limits for speeding, A isn't safe B that's where cops spend most their time policing the speed