All the Detail - System Part 3, the Speed Phase

[@thrupnybit]

Good to have you back. As I get older I'm really conscious of needing constant reinforcement of what I need to do to stay safe.

[@vladimirl8753]

Reg, great to see you back and watch your new video! Thanks for your good advice and driving tips!

[@maxtorque2277]

Welome back Reg! Still got lots of time for your sensible and practical advice and knowledge on all things planet wheels 👍

[@artemkatelnytskyi]

So happy to see you back, Reg! Looking forward to new videos.

[@TheDirector17]

Reg - great to see you back! Wonderful addition to KZbin. Hope all is well!

[@davidbennett4122]

Nice to see you back again Reg, thought you were lost in cyber space. Great video looking forward to more.

[@R04drunner1]

So good to see you back again, Reg. I missed your videos! Great explanations and demonstrations. For anybody looking for advanced driving techniques, I direct them to your channel.

[@bramelsheretan]

nice to see you back, always a pleasure to learn from you. Hope the new (ish) job is good for you

[@mikeroberts]

Hi Reg, welcome back. In my Renault Clio Hybrid it has an (almost) one pedal mode (mine won't come to a 100% stop without use of the brake pedal, it will crawl). It is fantastic! It is like driving everywhere with Acceleration Sense, but on steroids. You do need a very sensitive right foot but I use it all the time. Just feather the pedal, fully lift, gently push or full power. Because the retardation is produced by re-generation you can get caught out if the battery is fully charged! You have to keep an eye on the battery level. One thing about the brake lights, they don't come on every time you lift off, but instead are linked to g-force and deceleration levels. There are industry specs for this.

[@elliecasey9071]

Welcome back,look forward to more videos Cheers Pete

[@marknolan66]

Another great video. Thanks very much Reg. I know that it's not part of the SYSTEM but is there any chance of doing a video on motorway driving? I'm regularly on the M25 and M3 and the level of driving is shocking. There are so many bad drivers lane hogging at inappropriate speeds. I'm sure it's the same everywhere. Thanks!

[@MsPoodlelove]

So glad you are back, learn so much from your videos. 👍

[@yorkshirefazer]

great to see you back! love your vids. just started doing my IAM course and due to your vids, i'm already doing most of the things right. just needs some "polish" as my observer puts it. thank you !

[@johnhall4917]

Glad to see you back, Reg! 👍

[@mubak8989]

nice to have you back sir

[@MsPoodlelove]

Looking forward immensely to your electric car video especially in terms of using steering wheel paddles over foot pedal & general points to note when driving an EV. Thanks again for all you do.

[@arryjmcarryjmc]

Good to see you back Reg.

[@Mark-on2mt]

Good watch. Nice to see you back Reg.👍

[@DaveBirchmore]

A massive 'Thank You' for your efforts and invaluable information. I have my IAM assessment in just over 2 weeks and find the information in your videos really helpful. All the best!

[@adlinks662]

How did you get on?

[@DaveBirchmore]

@@adlinks662 I was pleasantly surprised to pass, and then was totally shocked to obtain an IAM F1rst. I'm sure these series of videos helped - Thanks again!!!

[@adlinks662]

@@DaveBirchmore Congrats mate!

[@darkblueturbo]

I recently changed from a manual to an auto. It's too easy to be lazy with the end of braking and gear change, especially at first. As well as letting the car settle, oftentimes if you brake right up to the hazard the car will change down as you start accelerating through the hazard which is even more unsettling and definitely doesn't feel like a nice and smooth drive. (sorry if I've jumped ahead; that might be more appropriate for the gear phase. SORRY) :)

[@maxtorque2277]

Random Aside: if you have ever watched (the rather fab) film "Layer Cake" you'll probably have noticed an amazing helicopter tracking shot, where the star RS6 estate (one of Audi's press cars of the time) is being followed at a decent lick down the long tree lined drive of a famous country park/house. it's a lovely shot, but one that is completely ruined by what happens right at the end of it, where the driver brakes hard to a rest, so the car stops perfectly outside the impossing main door to the beautiful house but DOH, they don't modulate to a stop so the whole car jumps / leaps backwards off its springs in the manner you highlight in your video! I just can't watch this scene any more it annoys me so much. if i were the director, then sod the cost, i'd have gone back and made them drive it properly for a re-take.... ;-)

[@f-godz3342]

TBF, your average Audi drivers aren't exactly known for their finesse.

[@mikefarrar8071]

Good video Reg, I know the roads you used like the back of my hand but the the Tebay to Appleby is great to make progress on. You did fail your test in Burrells though, you touched 44mph in the down hill bit ha ha, dead easy to do there.

[@davepooke9795]

Many thanks for the video, would you be able to let me know where I could purchase the camera mount / pole you have set up for the camera in the middle of the car.

[@AlanBell]

One thing I found driving electric is that there is basically no regen at 100% charge even if you have enabled it - so in the morning leaving the house you can be expecting regen and not get it for the first few miles. Fine now I know about it, but I did find myself in a corner a touch faster than I wanted to be a few times when it was new to me.

[@jamiehopkins7993]

Hi reg. I had a question about the break gear overlap. In certain situations such as turning into a junction, do you find that you can be holding cars up behind you when you are breaking earlier to come off of the breaks earlier to then change gear before you turn in? I find cars behind me tend to get a little impatient especially during rush hour on the way to work etc. Or would you argue that the entire manoeuvre doesn’t become any slower once you have practiced the proper system of car control enough. Hope you understand what I mean

[@richardbaker1923]

Very good question.

[@billfisken9401]

Very good point. I regularly experience this too.

[@Yorkie-g8e]

@@billfisken9401 It's a problem that shows how outdated the system is, it was designed in 1937 when we had drum brakes and crash gearboxes, so it was important to get the speed down, then using the accelerator to blip the engine to allow a smoother gear change. This all took time, now we can change gear and brake at the same time, with no problem, it's quicker and smoother, but not "systematic". Cars have changed, but the system hasn't. Shame really, the blind adherence to an outdated system.

[@thefrenchareharlequins2743]

We are so back

[@stub1116]

That was a nice video to watch, especially with regards to EVs.

[@bfc_clarky]

The first two in this series were also applicable to bikes. Whilst not mentioned in this video, do the same principles apply in the same manner?

[@dp1311-n9z]

Question - I've heard different viewpoits from different examiners. When you overtook the red car under the bridge, you changed gear in mid-maneouvre. (I assume to avoid engine strain.) One examiner frowned upon that, another was more laissez-faire. The first one even told me off on a motorway overtake, when I changed up while alongside a car in lane 1. Your thoughts?

[@aztimms]

Traditionally it's both hands to be welded to the wheel (10 to 2) when along side a vehicle you are overtaking or one coming the opposite way through a narrow space (or braking - hence no brake gear overlap; also cornering and driving through deep surface water). In relation to overtaking (single carriageway) the danger zone is when you are committed on the off side of the target vehicle and need to get past asap and reclaim a near side position. A gear change here break's off acceleration and delays you in a position of danger, destabilises the vehicle (by momentary forward weight transference) and requires removal of a hand from the wheel at a critical moment. Generally therefore a gear should be selected before overtaking that will allow you to complete the manoeuvre or at least on a multiple vehicle pass get you along side a space between two cars. Reg may well take a more relaxed and progressive view (being, I think, a relaxed and progressive guy!), to be fair these seemed to be single stage overtakes with plenty of momentum in hand, the advice above is more for three stage manoeuvres and perhaps more for people passing a Hillman Minx in their Austin A 40 Summerset back in 1958 when poor acceleration (0-60 in 30secs) was more critical. In the absence of Reg commenting I hope this may be of help to you, best regards.😊

[@dp1311-n9z]

Thanks, I appreciate your response and we'll considered argument. I'm looking forward to Reg's reply. 😊

[@kevinbarker3366]

I also have heard different viewpoints from different examiners. Does it really matter? There are an awful lot of "grey area's " when driving. In system driving nothing is concrete. We need to "CONSIDER " what to do for each feature! Nothings black and white in driving.

[@jamieeames8934]

Why does speed come after position? It seems logical that if you slow down before you do anything else, you’ve got more time to do everything else and more time to TUG information

[@sebglassey7811]

Because a lot of hazards can be safely negotiated by changing your position. If you were to approach some parked cars on the near side and could see that the road is clear you could maintain speed and pass the cars just by changing position. If speed came before you would needlessly slow down then move out. If the case where you could not see that the coast was clear you would TUG, change your position to the offside and adjust your speed appropriate to the distance you can see to be clear and then the rest of system. If you consider that system was designed for blue light driving aspects like these make a little more sense

[@jefflukey2107]

What’s happened to the M2 comp ? have you sold it?

[@thegripmaster666]

This is his wife's car. I guess he uses this when he needs to show anything related to manual gearing.

[@jefflukey2107]

Oh I see 👍

[@rcraven1013]

Nice one Reg? In the first two minutes of your safety video on car driving you took your left hand off the steering wheel at least 15 times in succession. The question is, Is that safe? I wonder? I would think not. Is that the way you were taught to drive on police driving training. I would hazard a guess and think not. That said you also do it all too frequently when you are on your motorcycles and that makes it doubly dangerous. How can you stay a senior or chief assessor for others who wish to qualify as advanced drivers and riders and allow others to drive or ride with such a bad habit.

[@rcraven1013]

I also noticed that whilst driving your hand were a positions 9 to 3 ands you thumbs were round the steering wheel on its inside so to speak. On my police driver training that was a no no as in the event of any accident where your front wheel hits anything it can turn the front wheel/s wheel and thus the steering wheel also and violently so and in doing so with the thumbs inside it could break your thumbs. Not nice.