On or around Mon, 9 Jan 2006 20:49:30 +0000, Nick Williams
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>I see what you mean. Having spent most of my life driving vehicles without
>useable rear windows, I rarely turn my head and look out of the back when
>reversing, even in the car - I take it slowly and use the mirrors. I
>certainly wasn't thinking about charging backwards up something in the way
>this guy does. I had in mind an approach which relied on grip rather than
>momentum, and which provided a better opportunity for a safe bail-out.
it would allow of better control in the descent phase, but it's often the
case that the sort of hill you fail to climb needs more momentum than you
could easily achieve in reverse - if there's enough grip for a slow
controlled climb you're unlikely to be needing an abort strategy, unless
your the kind of dumbass that's driving the jeep in the clip mentioned
upthread a bit. In his case, it was an obvious error, which was to ignore
the bloke doing the guiding.
mind you, guiding people like that is not something I willingly do. too
much scope for getting the blame if it goes wrong. Although the guy in the
video clip has clear evidence in that case that it was the driver's fault.
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