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David Nixon wrote:
what the average pedestrian will do, WITHIN LIMITS! If you
have genuinely passed an observed run, fair play, but part of
the remit is to spread good driving practice where possible,
not just to lecture people from an absolute position of

That's exactly what Advanced Driving is about. Advanced Drivers I've
had the misfortune to be a passenger with drive too quickly, shout
``look at that idiot'' at people minding their own business and argue
that their sooper-sekrit advanced techniques (the straight-ahead masonic
hand sign, the not using their indicators to prove they're observing,
the rest of the mumbo jumbo) allow their excess speed and close gap
driving. Car bores are bad enough, advanced driving bores (``My
driving's better than yours'') are amongst the worst.

Richard's claim is he'll never have an accident, but everyone else is a
danger to themselves and others. He's not alone amongst IAM people in
this belief.

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