Acceleration Sense (AS)
You can use the acceleration of the car or bike to help you negotiate road, traffic conditions and hazards. This doesn’t mean always accelerating or picking up speed.
Ask yourself:
When approaching vehicles moving slower than me, do I always need to brake?
With accurate use of the throttle you can reduce the amount of braking needed, if any, and reduce fuel costs as well as tyre wear.
Acceleration Sense requires several things:
- Anticipation
- Observation
- Judgement of speed and distance
- Understanding how your vehicle works
Your driving or riding will become smoother with good throttle control.
Try it!
Drive or ride a route you are familiar with and try to anticipate the potential hazards or traffic that would normally make you brake. Try and look so far ahead that you don’t accelerate in to those situations but ease off the throttle; either maintain a good speed or reduce it through normal tyre friction on the road or engine braking.
There is another result to this that makes you safer whilst driving or riding: You are more aware of potential hazards and probably keep a better following distance from vehicles.
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