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Solve the world energy crisis !

30/5/2014

 
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Google Glass and eye-tracking

22/5/2014

 
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Could the much-heralded "pair of clever specs" from the boffins at Google be used to enhance driver training?  Perhaps.

Imagine I could see exactly where YOU are looking, as you drive down the road.  I'd know which hazards you've noticed, how far ahead you're concentrating, your speed of reaction, any tendency to stare, your general alertness to changes ahead.

I could record the drive, discuss performance, and repeat the exercise this time with coaching.  When we compared the two videos, we'd see if your ability to anticipate and respond had actually improved, in a quantifiable manner.

Now, that's what I call Xmas!

13/12/2013

 
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Rent your instructor's car, by the hour

10/12/2013

 
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Here's what's happening right now in Lyon, France.  Instead of buying professional tuition, you can rent a dual-control car per hour, and have a qualified relative supervise you.  Likely here?  Maybe.  In France, of course, you need 20 hours' professional tuition before you can sit the State's  practical test.

Keeping a diary

14/10/2013

 
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Now here's an idea.  A simple, quick, and free one..  After each driving lesson, summarise for yourself what you did.  And, more  importantly, how you felt.  Start with where you "were" before the lesson, and end with "where you'd got to" after it ended.

You don't have to write it down straightaway.  Just do it in the following few hours.  And keep it short.

But here's the vital part.  You must do it without using any of the following phrases: "At least I didn't ...", "I stalled N times, or the word "but".

A few weeks on, look back to see how far you've come, and how positive you can be about your own driving accomplishments !

Hazard warning lights

18/9/2013

 
How often have you gone to pass a van parked in a line of kerbside cars, and it seems to be signaling to pull out.  You lower your approach speed, potentially slowing following traffic.

Only when you get closer can you see the left indicator's flashing too: it's on delivery, with its hazard lights on.

Perhaps the driver shouldn't use those warning lights if he's taking his place in a line, and not especially causing an obstruction in his own right.  But, it seems to me, it would be very easy to make hazard lights distinguishable from turning signals.

Configure them to give a brief double-pulse of light, then the usual pause before another double pulse.

Seeing only one side of the vehicle would then be enough to let you know the driver's immediate intentions.
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