On 13/06/11 19:12, YES NOPE9 wrote:
> What is DSA and What is RTA  ?     I slow down when tail-gated and contin=
ue to slow down in an effort to get them to pass me.... I also hold up thum=
b and adjacent finger and indicate an increasingly small gap.

DSA =3D Driving Standards Agency. Part of the Department for Transport,=20
responsible for handling practical driving tests in the UK. The theory=20
tests are outsourced to Pearson.

RTA =3D Road Traffic Accident. Also known as a Road Traffic Collision.

> Are you slowing down to increase your safety or instead to pssss the bggg=
gr off ?

To get the guy to either back off, or overtake.

Usually you don't even have to slow down. Hold rock stable at 30MPH (or=20
whatever the speed limit is). If he slams into the back of you, it's=20
pretty damn obvious to the accident investigators how far behind he was,=20
and

In my experience, the worst offenders are owners of big, expensive cars=20
(BMW / Mercedes, most non-Land Rover SUVs...)
"Coat-hanger men" (businessmen who hang their suit jackets from the rear=20
seat coat-hangers in e.g. the Ford Mondeo and Toyota Avensis) tend to be=20
pretty bad. I once saw someone driving straight down the centre line=20
between two lanes of the M62... and yes, he had his suit coat-hangered=20
in the back, and a mobile phone in his hand...

"I'm so important, everyone should drive AROUND ME!"

I'm pretty sure there was a Police Camera Action show about this sort of=20
behaviour... :)

 > What do the driving instructors show you or have you do ?

Pretty much what's in the DSA manuals and very little else. None of them=20
have covered parking in a bay (i.e. like you'd see in a multi-storey or=20
supermarket car park) because it isn't on the test. Most of the effort=20
goes on memorising the routes the examiners can use for the test...

I've had one decent driving tutor out of four, from two different=20
companies. The second company (BSM) could barely get their schedule=20
sorted out (missed and rescheduled lessons were common, and the office=20
were utterly useless).

I am REALLY not impressed with the standard of driving tuition around=20
here, and I don't have the money to have another go.

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