Monday, Jan 14, 2013 at 12:20
There are lots of things that are no longer taught.
When I sat my first licence
test back in the late seventies, if you steered hand over hand you would be failed.....and I was....shuffle steering was required to pass...Which I still practice because I believe it is better by far.......AND I keep my thumbs out.
When I sat my truck licence, I asked and looked up the testing guidlines.....In QLD you can steer however you like as long as you demonstrate proper controll of the wheel......even letting the wheel slip thru ya hands.......
In the 70's, hand over hand...fail,..... slip the wheel...fail,......hand inside wheel.....fail.......palming the wheel...fail.
10 and 2 a shuffle steer was all that would get you the licence.
There was and still is a certain view that you use the engine and gears to slow the vehicle........the view that "gears are for going and brakes are for stopping" is gaining popularity, particularly in heavy transport, because brake pads are cheap...there are even heavy transport companies that ban their drivers from using engine brakes, because in some systems it puts undue wear on the cam shaft and extra stress on the rings and valves(
well that is the thinking) ..and brake pads are cheap.
Lots of the modern fuel efficient low emissions cars show bugger all retardation when you back off the throttle...so slowing with the engine and gears is getting taught less.
cheers
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