Re: The IAM and TripleS - a reconciliation?

Jeff York wrote:
Mark Foster <m.e.fosterREMOVEMEFIRST@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

In article <hvtyg.4757$WY2.2230@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"MrBitsy" <ray@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Each part of the system missed takes away from anticipation, observation and judgment. That is why it is part of the system - developed over many years.
That's actually not quite true Ray.

The System as devised by Lord Cottenham has remained essentially unchanged for 50years. It is as applicable and appropriate today as is was then. It has stood against all criticism and is yet to be bettered.

But... It's probably used in full by a miniscule percentage of
drivers... Of the massive majority who *don't* use it there is a
racing certainty that a percentage of that majority either never have
accidents, or have less per distance travelled than those who do use
the "System". The fact that whatever method or methods used by all
these perfectly safe and effective drivers have not been committed to
print does not invalidate their effectiveness.

"There is more than one way to skin a cat"...

Thank you Jeff - you're working well. :-)

I'm already in enough bother with one or two folk here that this little proposition shouldn't do too much additional harm.

It seems to me quite plausible to suggest that most drivers do drive to 'the system' even if they've never actually heard of it. At this point we should perhaps pause for a moment while Mark has his apopletic fit, and then we'll continue.

Right then, are you OK now Mark? Well I hope you are, but do watch that blood pressure. I expect you're a good bit younger than me but don't go taking too much for granted all the same.

What I'm thinking is that drivers do take in Information, they adjust their Position, they adjust their Speed, they select and engage a different Gear, they negotiate the hazard (one 'z' Ray) and then they Accelerate. Now I feel sure that a huge number of drivers apply this not particularly consistently and well, but is it not inevitable that they do drive basically in accordance with the system? The system is merely a formal presentation of a logical procedure which one applies as being a natural way of driving.

Best wishes all,
Dave.
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