Nothing can mark a driver as capable, proficient and confident, more than a plane driving style. It makes both fellow drivers and passengers, feel much more comfortable as they trip the roads with us. Besides, smoother is safer.
Now we all get jerked nearby once in a while. Maybe we get cut off or simply have to make a quick, sudden move to position ourselves. But the majority of our driving palpate wants to be a plane one - at anything speed we choose to travel.
So what exactly is plane driving? It might seem obvious, but what are the actual traits of a nothing else but plane driver?
The plane driver places his car in motion in a calm, predictable and determined way. He strives to avoid sudden, unpredictable motion. As he powers up, be it swiftly or slowly, he does so in a calm, consistent, roughly effortless motion. Yup. He does it smoothly.
When at speed, the plane driver avoids sudden stops or jerky turns. Her lane changes are calm, strict and predictable. She doesn't jerk the wheel, suddenly forcing the buggy into other lane too far and then, suddenly again, jerk it back to correct. When he comes to a stop, be it a slow one or quick one, the plane driver eases off of the brake pedal ever so slightly at the final occasion of stop, to avoid the car jerking back on its haunches and spilling coffee all over the place. She also doesn't wait until her "shotgun" passenger has both feet firmly pushed straight through the floorboard to begin the stop. She allows space to make a determined and obvious, firm stop.
If she has to make a more sudden stop, she doesn't jam on the brakes and then ease off, unless she nothing else but has to. She calmly gauges the length she has, then applies sufficient pressure on the stop pedal to make a firm, obviously calculated stop, ending nothing else but where she wants to be - of procedure watching the rearview, as she does so. Her passengers know they don't have to brace for impact. They're already feeling the "in control" stop.
Smooth driving traits are not normally conscious traits. They're instilled skills. They may have been initially honed by conscious thought, but over time they have become second nature. Nope. The plane driver doesn't normally even have to think about driving smoothly - but she is constantly analyzing her driving.
There are three basic skill sets that the plane driver normally develops.
The first is that of Anticipation. When we anticipate situations that can create on the roads, we have more time to factor them in. More time will allow us to drive more smoothly. We won't have to "yank the wheel" to avoid that car that cut us off, because we'll already have backed off just a touch in anticipation.
In order to anticipate developments on the road, it's kind of needful to be aware of our surroundings. The plane driver isn't just monitoring the bumper in front of her. She's send finding as far ahead of her as she can. She's also aware of who's on her sides. Her rearview mirrors are roughly faded from over use. Oh, and by the way, they're correctly adjusted. Awareness of our surroundings is needful to plane driving.
Finally, the plane driver is in tune with his machine. He not only knows how it is handling at the moment. He knows how it will handle in any amount of situations. If need be, he'll make an emergency lane convert and strict into his new lane so swiftly that by the time his passengers perceive there was a problem, they're already smoothly back on their way.
The plane driver is a skilled driver. She knows at what speed she can enter a turn, given her independent rear suspension and how her wheels will squat into it. He knows that if he has to stop shortly in that turn, he'll need to strict for inherent over steer. He anticipates it, and when it happens, his passengers probably won't even break conversation!
Road Racers who jerk swiftly in and out of traffic, tailgate, brake suddenly, and then race off to the next encounter may not be as skilled as they think they are. Ask any real race car driver or trained pursuance driver.
Smoother is normally faster. If a race driver has to make a quick, jerky operation with his steering input, he probably already knows he's in trouble.
The plane driver can be a slower driver or a very quick one but she's a good driver. I've been with many a fast driver doing eighty or best and hardly even realized it!
Smooth driving is very cool! Anticipation, awareness, and basic driving skills - are how we end up getting there.
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