Are you more skilful that the average driver?
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thinfourth2 said:
Do us a favour
We get this almost weekly
No one has ever come back and told us the results
At least have the decency to return once you have reached a conclusion
I should have preliminary results after Xmas and the final report will by ready by the end of march. I will make a big note to remind myself to post the results when they're ready We get this almost weekly
No one has ever come back and told us the results
At least have the decency to return once you have reached a conclusion
Hi Sofie,
Just doing your survey now, but I have a problem with this question:
"Stay in a motorway lane that you know will be closed ahead until the last minute before forcing your way into the other lane"
That's called merge in turn and is a perfectly acceptable driving procedure. To call it forceful is a little mis-informed IMO.
Just doing your survey now, but I have a problem with this question:
"Stay in a motorway lane that you know will be closed ahead until the last minute before forcing your way into the other lane"
That's called merge in turn and is a perfectly acceptable driving procedure. To call it forceful is a little mis-informed IMO.
How do we define the average driver?
There are many on the roads who hog the middle lane, fail to indicate when appropriate, keep their full beam on, drive with fog lights on in normal weather, drive at the speed limit in heavy rain/thick fog.
Are they the benchmark? If not, what is the benchmark?
There are many on the roads who hog the middle lane, fail to indicate when appropriate, keep their full beam on, drive with fog lights on in normal weather, drive at the speed limit in heavy rain/thick fog.
Are they the benchmark? If not, what is the benchmark?
Jasandjules said:
How do we define the average driver?
There are many on the roads who hog the middle lane, fail to indicate when appropriate, keep their full beam on, drive with fog lights on in normal weather, drive at the speed limit in heavy rain/thick fog.
Are they the benchmark? If not, what is the benchmark?
The bench mark is your opinion based upon your experiences and view on the world! Obviously people who you notice to be driving badly are the most salient. however, on an average trip you may noticed one or two bad drivers so don't forget that you will have passed many others who did nothing the grab your attention and were driving "normally and safely" . There are many on the roads who hog the middle lane, fail to indicate when appropriate, keep their full beam on, drive with fog lights on in normal weather, drive at the speed limit in heavy rain/thick fog.
Are they the benchmark? If not, what is the benchmark?
Jasandjules said:
How do we define the average driver?
There are many on the roads who hog the middle lane, fail to indicate when appropriate, keep their full beam on, drive with fog lights on in normal weather, drive at the speed limit in heavy rain/thick fog.
Are they the benchmark? If not, what is the benchmark?
Do the survey it says on the last page once you have completed it. There are many on the roads who hog the middle lane, fail to indicate when appropriate, keep their full beam on, drive with fog lights on in normal weather, drive at the speed limit in heavy rain/thick fog.
Are they the benchmark? If not, what is the benchmark?
Sofiekp said:
Also don't forget to email me if you want to be entered into the prize draw!
I'll do the questionnaire in order to help but don't care about the prize draw.Just out of interest, why does the questionnaire need Akamai for the job role and number of years held questions? Just seems a weird design to me.
The question below is unclear. Is it asking how many accidents I had that were not my fault, or just ones that were my fault?
Sofiekp Questionnaire said:
How many passive accidents have you had in the last 3 year. Accidents that were not your fault such as being hit from behind or hit by a vehicle reversing. An accident is considered to be any collision resulting in damage to their car, another car or object, or a person.
The question below is also unclear. In what - km? statute miles? nautical miles? Is that part of the question? (I fear not but whatever..)Sofiekp Questionnaire said:
Air distance from London to Tokyo?
The questionnaire doesn't bother to ask why people think they are better drivers.Sometimes there are quantifiable reasons why these beliefs are held (Motorsports or other advanced training) that this questionnaire doesn't cover. If research genuinely is looking for the whole truth, it should be looking under all rocks.
C
Dr Doofenshmirtz said:
Symbolica said:
I fear your results might be a bit skewed unless you use plenty of other sources, most people on here think they're God's gift to driving.
But he's looking for people who are over-confident - PH is probably the best place to come really.I bet you would get similar answers on mumsnet.
Si_man306 said:
Completed 
Tried to be as honest as possible! Would be interested to hear how much people lie on such questionnaires though- I imagine quite a lot (I am a perfect driver, I never get irate, I never tailgate etc etc)...
I have an assessment from my company where I was examined on this sort of thing and it turns out I genuinely don't get annoyed at people (which is unusual). When folk drive badly around me, I don't join in - the thought process is more like "that driver made a mistake, oh well, I'll just keep a bigger gap between us".Tried to be as honest as possible! Would be interested to hear how much people lie on such questionnaires though- I imagine quite a lot (I am a perfect driver, I never get irate, I never tailgate etc etc)...
The only accident I've had to put through insurance was someone reversing into my stationary car (parked properly in a parking bay) - I wasn't even in it. The questionnaire doesn't really cope with that too well.
C
CraigyMc said:
The question below is also unclear. In what - km? statute miles? nautical miles? Is that part of the question? (I fear not but whatever..)
I don't think it matters. It's not trying to find out whether you know the answer.Sofiekp Questionnaire said:
Air distance from London to Tokyo?
Having a look at it now - where is asks do you find yourself in the wrong lane at Roundabouts - well yes but that is because the road markings on many no longer agree with the Highway code rather than me thinking that I want to take the third exit so I'll stay in the left hand lane and go all the way round hoping no-one hits me.
garycat said:
People on here are also likely to have had a passenger ride with an IAM member or a race driver on a circuit and will know that their own driving doesn't compare.
I bet you would get similar answers on mumsnet.
What about the people who have had compliments from race tutors without having first had much tuition? I bet you would get similar answers on mumsnet.
I'd like to know the number of people on PH who have done some sort of advanced driver training versus the number of people on mumsnet who have had similar.
C
otolith said:
CraigyMc said:
The question below is also unclear. In what - km? statute miles? nautical miles? Is that part of the question? (I fear not but whatever..)
I don't think it matters. It's not trying to find out whether you know the answer.Sofiekp Questionnaire said:
Air distance from London to Tokyo?
C
Who thought up the questions? It came across as being put together without the advice or help of anyone remotely close to being an experienced driver. I got as far as about page 3 before realising I was wasting my time.
It may only be me but I'd like to hear what people like Heebeegeetee think of it as well.
It may only be me but I'd like to hear what people like Heebeegeetee think of it as well.
smartphone hater said:
Who thought up the questions? It came across as being put together without the advice or help of anyone remotely close to being an experienced driver. I got as far as about page 3 before realising I was wasting my time.
It may only be me but I'd like to hear what people like Heebeegeetee think of it as well.
The final page showed where many of them came from.It may only be me but I'd like to hear what people like Heebeegeetee think of it as well.
C
CraigyMc said:
The size of the bounding boxes matters, if it didn't you could answer anything numerical on the questionnaire with "1" and "999999999999" respectively.
C
I suspect the ratio of your upper and lower estimates is probably the bit of information she's looking for - I think it probably doesn't matter whether you answer in miles, kilometers or inches.C
Sofiekp said:
Here's the link for my questionnaire: http://nclpsych.eu.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_6lhB4N...
And thanks for the advice and responding so quickly!!
DrivING licenCe, FFS!And thanks for the advice and responding so quickly!!
ETA, it would have been nicer to read and participate in if you'd stuck to one form of English rather than a mix of English and American.
Edited by Pothole on Friday 7th December 13:40
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