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Good suggestions here, and I'd like to add another. You need to be aware of vehicles , yes. The old adage about seeing mirrors is still true, but one thing that nobody's pointed out yet is that bad drivers are more often than not in crap cars. Audis and whatever Will have seen you, but they just don't care about you. Their view of traffic is hierarchical. It's the people who aren't interested in driving - and by extension, cars - who are the worst at it. Nobody who actually enjoys driving, who WANTS to drive, drives a Vauxhall Zafira, a Peugeot 3008 or a Hyundai i30. Wide berth, every time.
“Nobody who actually enjoys driving, who WANTS to drive, drives a Vauxhall Zafira”
I’ve got one of those! An impending third child meant when our last hot hatch died I needed something with more seats and space, my wife wanted the new car to still be fairly short to squeeze into small spaces in town and we both think off-roaders are stupid. If you’re dithering along a nice B-road and an MPV rapidly comes looming up in your mirrors do give me a wave as I overtake!
It’s the people who aren’t interested in driving – and by extension, cars – who are the worst at it.... Vauxhall Zafira, a Peugeot 3008 or a Hyundai i30. Wide berth, every time.
Never had an issue with any of those cars, ever.
Minis, yes. Vans, a fair few, but no pattern to any other make/model of car.
Hire cars are still the #1 issue round here. I think it's the combination of dawdling, sightseeing, unfamiliarity with UK roads, driving on the left and, it would appear, a manual gearbox. I wish they were all readily identifiable at a greater distance. Mostly it's currently a combination of looking for a rear window sticker and year of registration.
Never had an issue with any of those cars, ever.
Minis, yes. Vans, a fair few, but no pattern to any other make/model of car.
Fiat 500? (Abarth excluded) seem to just waft through the world oblivious to their surroundings.
A bit dated now, but the old style Nissan Micra, never seen one driven well. Always a combination of swerving, kangaroo hopping, and 15 under the limit.
Fiat 500? (Abarth excluded) seem to just waft through the world oblivious to their surroundings.
Whatever the "nail technician" d'jour car is. It used to be white Vauxhall Corsas, then it was Minis, then it was Fiat 500s, more recently its white Audi A1s. More interested in snapchat than driving
the point at which the rear tyre is just skimming the road is around half a G from memory and that is the maximum possible
I had the same discussion with a guy who was able to do the physics for me and he came out with 4.8 ish, so right in the ballpark. It too stemmed from a discussion about motorbikes - about half of which can outbrake the average car but don't because the riders can't. Although interestly the average driver of a car can't achieve the max braking either, even with ABS - they don't/can't push the brake pedal hard enough or they second guess the ABS and release the brake.
“I had the same discussion with a guy who was able to do the physics for me and he came out with 4.8 ish, so right in the ballpark.”
Presumably this depends on the height and longitudinal position of the centre of mass of the bike and rider vs the front tyre contact patch?
Presumably this depends on the height and longitudinal position of the centre of mass of the bike and rider vs the front tyre contact patch?
Surely it must.
Also I'm guessing it must be based on a rigid bike/rider combo (CoM remains fixed relative to wheels). Watch someone good deliberately get into a nose manual/stoppie to see why this is not the best model
Presumably this depends on the height and longitudinal position of the centre of mass of the bike and rider vs the front tyre contact patch?
I seem to recall from what he said that playing around with the variables didn't change it much. Bikes don't vary significantly in height/wheelbase etc. The transition to a forwards position is inevitable, if holding onto the bars, still being on the bike etc is desirable.
If you google around the motorcycle forums you'll find quite a lot of info. on how to calculate it, account for variables etc.