See that pedal near your left foot?

Status
Not open for further replies.
Why the hell should I use my brakes when slowing from 50-30, I'll not need to change gear to do this, somebody needs to learn how to drive themselves before slaging others off.

It's the prats that think they have only two choices, either accelerating or braking, with nothing in between that are the real morons.
 
What a load of crap.

Yep, think that nicely summs up my view :D sorry to be blunt.
 
I try and use the brakes as little as possible and try an anticipate speed changes in advance.
I often notice these wallies on the motorway tapping their brakes every few seconds and all they are doing is wasting fuel.
 
i don't know how you can all be so dismissive of sam's post when there are so many permutations to tapping the brakes / dropping a gear / foot off accelerator. Different driving conditions / speed limits / volume of traffic dictate how you should drive. It's a pretty big bandwagon trundling along right now and it's quite full :gag:
 
Toyotacartoon.jpg



Carlightscartoon.jpg
 
Last edited:
I would suggest if you are caught out by this a lot you are not reading the road properly at all. You drive too close and blame the other driver.

It doesn't take a genius to work out why someone would slow down from 50 to 30 via deceleration. It would also take them quite a distance. Has it ever occurred to you that if you drive up people's arses they slow down deliberately to give themselves more room in front to deal with the consequences of this poor driving? If you nearly run up the back of them in deceleration imagine what would happen if they hit the brakes, hard. You'd slam right into them!

You want a minimum of one car length for every 10mph of road speed. 2 second rule is also a good rule of thumb too. Should be more if poor weather.

Leave a bigger gap and spend some time working out why people slow down.
 
leftcurl said:
i don't know how you can all be so dismissive of sam's post when there are so many permutations to tapping the brakes / dropping a gear / foot off accelerator.
Click to expand...
And yet, from her posts, she seems to be solely reliant upon the brake lights in front of her to tell her what's happening.
 
fabs said:
Sorry Sam but, if you're concentrating and keep the correct distance between yourself and the car in front, you should be able to judge their speed and maintain that distance without needing to see brake lights.
Click to expand...

yup! even in an auto, if it's driven sensibly, the driver shouldn't need to be tapping the brakes a lot.


admirable said:
You'd fail your test for that nowadays!
Click to expand...

i was taught to use the gears and the brake. If i dipped the clutch and used only the brake my instructor would tell me off. and when going down a hill i'd often knock it into second without touching the brake and he wouldn't bat an eyelid, as long as I didn't lurch or rev too high.
 
Last edited:
So what happens if the brake lights of the vehicle in front have failed.

Never rely on the lights.
 
trencheel303 said:
i was taught to use the gears and the brake. If i dipped the clutch and used only the brake my instructor would tell me off. and when going down a hill i'd often knock it into second without touching the brake and he wouldn't bat an eyelid, as long as I didn't lurch or rev too high.
Click to expand...

Exactly. If you break, declutch and don't shift to the appropriate gear then your car is effectively out of control (ie you may not be able to respond to an emergency quickly enough).
 
Status
Not open for further replies.
Back
Top