{"id":4843,"date":"2011-01-25T21:38:47","date_gmt":"2011-01-25T21:38:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=4843"},"modified":"2011-01-25T21:38:47","modified_gmt":"2011-01-25T21:38:47","slug":"when-is-fast-too-fast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=4843","title":{"rendered":"When Is Fast Too Fast?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just going back to that post from earlier today, about <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=4827\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #800000\">learners being taught in fast cars<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4845 lazyload\" title=\"Too Fast!\" alt=\"Too Fast!\" width=\"180\" height=\"129\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.diaryofanadi.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/speedo.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 180px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 180\/129;\" \/>I noticed on another forum that someone is likening &#8216;making adequate progress&#8217; on test with &#8216;driving like a prat with no regard for anyone else&#8217;. It appears to be a contrivance, engineered to have a go at the DSA.<\/p>\n<p>Let me just make something absolutely clear. On test, if a pupil is in a 30mph zone and they&#8217;re driving consistently at 25mph or less, then they are going too slow and are holding people up. In a 40mph zone, they need to be doing 35mph or more for the same reason.&#160;In a 50mph zone,&#160;40mph at the least. In a 60mph zone, above 50mph. And in a 70mph zone, above 60mph. These figures are approximate and should not be interpreted otherwise.<\/p>\n<p>Under absolutely no circumstances is this &#8216;speeding&#8217; or an example of the DSA encouraging reckless behaviour. It does not &#8216;instill speed&#8217; in peoples minds. Indeed, if the pupil doesn&#8217;t slow down for hazards and junctions, he or she will soon find themselves booking another test for another try.<\/p>\n<p>In order to be a complete driver, you need to know how to drive at the speed limit &#8211; not to be afraid of it, with all the extra hazards such fear would introduce to someone&#8217;s driving style. Driving 20mph below the limit when there&#8217;s no need leads to road rage and increases the risk of accidents. It&#8217;s shocking that ADIs should be advocating such behaviour.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just going back to that post from earlier today, about learners being taught in fast cars. I noticed on another forum that someone is likening &#8216;making adequate progress&#8217; on test with &#8216;driving like a prat with no regard for anyone else&#8217;. It appears to be a contrivance, engineered to have a go at the DSA. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[80,81,85],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4843","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adi-related","category-driving-test-related","category-dsa-related"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4843","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4843"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4843\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}