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Reg Local said:
Not really advanced driving I know, but really good fun, nonetheless.
43 Rickshaw Race Across Delhi
https://youtu.be/ytno388jRTY
That was a belting video Reg, though in hindsight not terribly worse than Friday rush hour in Liverpool city centre... He certainly made good progress, didn't he?43 Rickshaw Race Across Delhi
https://youtu.be/ytno388jRTY
My brother always called that style of driving 'f
k you, coming through', as in 'We're short on time and in a rush now, so we're activating fk You Coming Through mode'. You should upload a comedy commentary vid to complement that one, just for the lulz. "We're currently driving down a two lane dual carriageway, subject to a 30mph speed limit. The road conditions are good and dry and it's safe to make progress. Looking ahead, we're approaching a roundabout, so the first signs of danger will come from the right. Several vehicles threatening on approach now, but ehh fk it, they'll stop - out we go. The road bends round to the left now as we exit, with a ped-x in the middle distance. That is in use at the moment, so we'll nail the throttle and force the ones too poor to afford a vehicle to run so we can continue to make good safe progress...". Bonus points for a slightly dodgy accent. 
Was wondering what the accident stats would be as everyone seems so aware of each other and has much better spatial awareness than people over here by the looks of it.
However quick Google seems to show there is 1300+ fatalities a year compared to 130 odd in London. Population difference is 30 million compared to 8.8 million so about 3x the number of fatal collisions.
However quick Google seems to show there is 1300+ fatalities a year compared to 130 odd in London. Population difference is 30 million compared to 8.8 million so about 3x the number of fatal collisions.
meatballs said:
Was wondering what the accident stats would be as everyone seems so aware of each other and has much better spatial awareness than people over here by the looks of it.
However quick Google seems to show there is 1300+ fatalities a year compared to 130 odd in London. Population difference is 30 million compared to 8.8 million so about 3x the number of fatal collisions.
Oh, it’s much worse than that.However quick Google seems to show there is 1300+ fatalities a year compared to 130 odd in London. Population difference is 30 million compared to 8.8 million so about 3x the number of fatal collisions.
One of the standard measures used to compare different country’s road fatality rates is the number of people killed on the roads, per year, per 100,000 head of population.
In the UK (arguably the safest reasonably heavily populated country in the world) that figure hovers around 3.
In India, the figure is 16. More than 5 times the fatalities of the UK.
Then we factor in the country’s population which is now over 1 billion. In 2016 (the last year stats are available), 158,562 people died on the roads of India (compared with approximately 2,000 in the UK). More people died on the roads of India than any other country. More, in fact, than died in the whole of North, Central and South America combined.
India makes up nearly 12% of all road fatalities globally.
In the UK, on average, approximately 5 people die on the roads every day.
In India, that figure is 15.
Every hour.
Just to put a spanner in the works though, just as you’re thinking that you’d never go to India for fear of dying the instant you leave the airport...
Lets look at that deaths per 100,000 head of population stat for a second. 16 people per 100,000 head of population die in road accidents every year in India.
In the United States, that figure is 14. It’s statistically almost as dangerous on the roads of America as it is on the roads of India.
In Russia (a country I’ve spent some time driving - and teaching advanced driving - in), the figure is 48! Russian roads are 3 times more dangerous than India’s!
There are, of course, other statistics which take population levels into account & rebalance these figures to a degree, but the numbers are fascinating aren’t they?
Just think about them the next time you’re Thinking that British driving standards are poor.
We didn’t actually see any accidents happen whilst we were there, but the remains were all over the place...
vonhosen said:
Deaths per 100,000 population.
UK 2.7
Congo 33.2
Deaths per 100,000 vehicles.
UK 5.1
Guinea 9462.5
Comparing slightly more similar countries - English speaking; drive right hand steered vehicles on the left; high urbanisation (Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide).UK 2.7
Congo 33.2
Deaths per 100,000 vehicles.
UK 5.1
Guinea 9462.5
Australia (2017):
- Deaths per 100,000 population - 5.0
- Deaths per 100,000 vehicles - 7.0
45 Would you drive this road?
Ok - a little Youtube licence with the title, but this was an unbelievably dramatic piece of road, filmed from in-car and with the drone. Enjoy!
https://youtu.be/WuarnmwXXus
Ok - a little Youtube licence with the title, but this was an unbelievably dramatic piece of road, filmed from in-car and with the drone. Enjoy!
https://youtu.be/WuarnmwXXus
Reg Local said:
45 Would you drive this road?
Ok - a little Youtube licence with the title, but this was an unbelievably dramatic piece of road, filmed from in-car and with the drone. Enjoy!
https://youtu.be/WuarnmwXXus
Stunning scenery. The use of the drone to check the next road level up the mountain adds a whole new dimension to 'extend your vision through the bend', doesn't it? Ok - a little Youtube licence with the title, but this was an unbelievably dramatic piece of road, filmed from in-car and with the drone. Enjoy!
https://youtu.be/WuarnmwXXus
Driving over the Nakee La Pass.
I’m using the wrong terminology - “La” means “Pass”, so referring to it as the Nakee La Pass is a bit like referring to your PIN number (Personal Identification Number number).
Still - hope you enjoy...
https://youtu.be/7o1b8iWoQ4g
I’m using the wrong terminology - “La” means “Pass”, so referring to it as the Nakee La Pass is a bit like referring to your PIN number (Personal Identification Number number).
Still - hope you enjoy...
https://youtu.be/7o1b8iWoQ4g
Reg Local said:
Another interesting video, but good god, that handwheel and paddles look awful! ;-)Interesting video Reg, as always. My 2010 Mondeo has Ford's 'Powershift' double clutch gearbox (with wet clutches) but unlike the BMW's, mine is designed to be almost indistinguishable from a torque converter auto. It creeps when in gear and while you can select gears manually from the gear lever, there are no paddles. Also, there's no rev-matching function. I do a lot of driving in London traffic and mindful of the clutches, I always slip it into neutral if I'm stationery for more than a few seconds.
The engine is the 2 litre petrol putting out 200bhp but despite having the word 'Sport' in the model name, it's tuned for torque and there's little point in revving it so most of the time I just leave it in 'D'. However, if looking for an overtake opportunity it's certainly worthwhile pre-selecting a lower gear as the pause if you rely on kickdown is both painfully long and then jerky.
Compared to a torque converter, the double clutch is quite high maintenance with an oil and filter change required every 30k miles or 3 years and the oil alone costing some £125 over the internet. As I discovered yesterday, servicing the gearbox is not difficult but is fiddly and is quite a lengthy job. All in all, for this kind of application I think my conclusion is that I'd just as soon have a torque converter. Conversely, however, I recently had a session at the Porsche Experience Centre at Silverstone and the PDK fitted to the 911 I drove there was much more similar to the one in the BMW and, in short, was amazingly good. Should I ever be in the fortunate position of buying a new 911, I think it would have to have the PDK (should there be any choice!).
The engine is the 2 litre petrol putting out 200bhp but despite having the word 'Sport' in the model name, it's tuned for torque and there's little point in revving it so most of the time I just leave it in 'D'. However, if looking for an overtake opportunity it's certainly worthwhile pre-selecting a lower gear as the pause if you rely on kickdown is both painfully long and then jerky.
Compared to a torque converter, the double clutch is quite high maintenance with an oil and filter change required every 30k miles or 3 years and the oil alone costing some £125 over the internet. As I discovered yesterday, servicing the gearbox is not difficult but is fiddly and is quite a lengthy job. All in all, for this kind of application I think my conclusion is that I'd just as soon have a torque converter. Conversely, however, I recently had a session at the Porsche Experience Centre at Silverstone and the PDK fitted to the 911 I drove there was much more similar to the one in the BMW and, in short, was amazingly good. Should I ever be in the fortunate position of buying a new 911, I think it would have to have the PDK (should there be any choice!).
Reg Local said:
Much of that video may apply to the BMW version but not to the VAG DSG in my Seat Leon and previous Skoda Octavia vRS. Having an electronic handbrake & Auto Brake Assist also changes the way the driver interacts with the DSG. In the video you say that using the paddles in the BMW puts the gearbox permanently into manual mode - so how do you exit manual mode? With the DSG using a paddle puts the gearbox in manual mode for approx 20 seconds or until the RH paddle is held for about 2 seconds. However if no gear change is necessary for more than the 20 seconds the gear is held until a change is necessary (e.g. down a long hill in a manually selected lower gear).
Glosphil said:
In the video you say that using the paddles in the BMW puts the gearbox permanently into manual mode - so how do you exit manual mode?
You can tap the gear stick to the right to switch between auto/manual mode.It will auto change down when braking even in manual mode, but doesn't do this until it needs too.
Reg Local said:
Max_Torque said:
Another interesting video, but good god, that handwheel and paddles look awful! ;-)
Each to his own & all that - it all worked pretty well!That was a good one!
One question I'd have comes from your mention of using the throttle to control the rear of the car:- This is eminently possible with RWD Cars, and it seems to be the taught method of cornering from all sources:- Balanced throttle on entry, and power out. (For the road at least).
Being constrained to FWD, how would you achieve the same effect?
I know that balanced throttle, power out is a nice smooth way to work, but for spirited driving and improved feel I prefer to enter the corner under light braking (Keeping the nose settled and allowing for more rotation up to the apex), And then managing the line out using the power. - In other words, trail braking! (But not quite as aggresive as "trail braking" would imply)
It has the right feel, for me at least - It's much easier to manage the rotation using the brakes into, then the power out - Rather than the power through approach which works best, it would seem to me, on RWD vehicles.
Perhaps a performance FWD drive at some point?
One question I'd have comes from your mention of using the throttle to control the rear of the car:- This is eminently possible with RWD Cars, and it seems to be the taught method of cornering from all sources:- Balanced throttle on entry, and power out. (For the road at least).
Being constrained to FWD, how would you achieve the same effect?
I know that balanced throttle, power out is a nice smooth way to work, but for spirited driving and improved feel I prefer to enter the corner under light braking (Keeping the nose settled and allowing for more rotation up to the apex), And then managing the line out using the power. - In other words, trail braking! (But not quite as aggresive as "trail braking" would imply)
It has the right feel, for me at least - It's much easier to manage the rotation using the brakes into, then the power out - Rather than the power through approach which works best, it would seem to me, on RWD vehicles.
Perhaps a performance FWD drive at some point?
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