How to do Roadcraft Commentary Part 2 of 4

This is me explaining and demonstrating what commentary is, how to develop it, and showing you what full commentary looks like. There are 4 parts to it.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• IAM
• Rospa
• Roadar
• Commentary
• Advanced
• Driving

[Darryld1]

Quote of the day: "one pedestrian on a bike.." ?

No i'm not perfect and i'm aware that i'm the one watching the video, not driving the car..... but there are far too many faults and fluctuations of observation in this video. I'd say this person was an improving driver but not an advanced driver.

However, I am prompted to take lessons and the test because if this is passable as 'advanced driving', i'm pretty much there. Can't wait to find out what their opinion is of my driving.

[Custom2212]

@Darryld1 I'm still an improving driver, and I hope to always be.

[Kuterba]

hey, this is Oxford, isn't it :)

[Custom2212]

@Kuterba Yes

[Paintheshed]

At 50 seconds, you should have stopped to let the Nissan Figaro through, doing what you did mean't the other driver had to take avaiding action, so you would have failed todays driving test for that, as it is not your right of way. You then say "that's fine" when that would have been a fault on a DSA driving test.

[Custom2212]

@Paintheshed Thanks for clarifying. It does look like a mistake on my part. Do I know you from somewhere else online, one of the AD fora perhaps?

[UKADI1]

@paintshead - the small gap that he squeezed through at 50 seconds would unlikely be a serious fault on a learner driver test, but is deffinately not what should be expected from an advanced driver. There was a wider part of the road where he could have waited for the oncoming car to come through which would have been much safer (risk of car doors opening).

The video is a good example of basic commentary though :)

[Paintheshed]

@fatfishy1 hi yes true, I always think that makign another driver take evading action e.g pushing them near to the kerb becaause you cant wait 5 seconds is a little wrong... And a fault on a driving test...

[fatfishy1]

@Paintheshed

Looked like plenty of room if both drivers knew the widths of their car.

Not saying this chap is perfect (he's not bad tho) but surprising how wide many Micra type drivers think their cars really are!

[Paintheshed]

I don't clasify a row of correctly parked cars down one side of a street as tough conditions.

The other car should not need to slow down to let you through. Why should the other person's journey be affected because you can't wait for 4 seconds?

[Paintheshed]

Hi, I'm saying that at 58 seconds where the other car is forced to squeeze through the miserly gap created because you didn't plan ahead far enough, would have gone against passing the DSA driving test. I am not sure if it's a minor or major fault, but the other car has right of way. Because you forced it to slow down and take evading action, this classed as a fault.

And is not advanced level driving. 'Making progress' is expressed when actually discourteous inpatience is what I'd call it.