learning to...... swim ??

oleras

I heard about this guy who never swam in his life start off with cliff diving, 40 meters up, straight into rocks below, never checked how deep it was, never made it! I also heard of another guy who tried to swim across the Shannon one day on his own, never had lessons or anything like that, knew he a born swimmer, didn’t make it! I also heard of a guy who one day had decided to take up swimming, he had never swam a day in his life before, although he had seen his parents and friends do it, but he decided on a common sense approach where he took swimming lessons, 1 on 1 with an instructor, in the shallow end of the pool at all times, just in case something went wrong, as the weeks and months progressed so did his skill level, he moved onto the bigger pool, didn’t require the 1 on 1 tuition any more but always had the instructor there just in case, finally when he and others felt his skill level was high enough he felt confident and so did others around him that he could safely go to the pool on his own and have a swim.

Simplistic tale ? maybe….. common sense ? I for one think so….

Why do learner drivers want to drive fast cars ? It just does not make any sense whatsoever.

mloc123

Define learner driver and define 'fast cars' please, in your opinion.

Learner driver - driver on a provisional?

Fast Car - 200bhp+ ?

LikeOhMyGawd!

oleras wrote:

Why do learner drivers want to drive fast cars ? It just does not make any sense whatsoever.

I wanted to drive fast cars when I was 7 years old. It makes perfect sense.

pclancy

Speed=Thrill. Fast cars are appealing to many, and crashed by plenty! When you switch from say a Micra to an MR2 you get a wakeup call on how hard fast cars can be to drive though. Learners probably should wait a long time before being allowed drive fast cars. But, in Ireland, if you can afford massive insurance and a fast car, you can grab your provisonal and speed yourself silly.

Seanie M

I hear what you mean oleras, its a nice analogy. Unfortunately, it just won't seem to click with the message you're trying to get across, as the previous 2 posts to my own have demonstrated.

Still, thanks for sharing!

DrivingInfo

Everybody wants to drive their dream machine, a tractor, a Lamborghini , a Bentley. it makes no difference what age a person is if they don’t know how to control their vehicle they are a danger.
Driver education is the problem in Ireland not young drivers…..

Brian
DrivingInfo.ie
IRISH NATIONAL DRIVING & MOTORING WEBSITE

mike65

Humans like the sensation of movement and young men love it.

Mike.

oleras

mloc123 wrote:

Define learner driver and define 'fast cars' please, in your opinion.

Learner driver - driver on a provisional?

Fast Car - 200bhp+ ?

A learner driver is a driver that is still learning.......

And a fast car is anything that goes faster than the maximum speed limit....

Any other questions, dont hesitate to give me a shout !!

oleras

DrivingInfo wrote:

Everybody wants to drive their dream machine, a tractor, a Lamborghini , a Bentley. it makes no difference what age a person is if they don’t know how to control their vehicle they are a danger.
Driver education is the problem in Ireland not young drivers…..

Brian
DrivingInfo.ie
IRISH NATIONAL DRIVING & MOTORING WEBSITE

When was age mentioned in my post ?

ninty9er

oleras wrote:

A learner driver is a driver that is still learning.......

And a fast car is anything that goes faster than the maximum speed limit....

Any other questions, dont hesitate to give me a shout !!

Most cars co faster than the maximum speed limit. i know my 1.0 Corsa can hit 120kmh anyway with a few 1000 RPM remaining

DrivingInfo

Ok my mistake, sorry
But in my experience I have never had a learner driver aged around their late 20s or 30s inquire about fast cars. They are more interested in just driving.

Brian
DrivingInfo.ie

mloc123

oleras wrote:

And a fast car is anything that goes faster than the maximum speed limit....

lol, every car can go faster than the maximum limit.

oleras

ninty9er wrote:

Most cars co faster than the maximum speed limit. i know my 1.0 Corsa can hit 120kmh anyway with a few 1000 RPM remaining

Good for you !!!!

oleras

mloc123 wrote:

lol, every car can go faster than the maximum limit.

Exactly........

peasant

mike65 wrote:

Humans like the sensation of movement and young men love it.

Mike.

Older men like the sensation of movment too ...only they have learned to associate that sensation not exclusively with cars

oleras

peasant wrote:

Older men like the sensation of movment too ...only they have learned to associate that sensation not exclusively with cars

It all comes down to filth at the end of the day .....:D just kidding !!

But on a more serious note... why are people argueing with what i have said, and its certainly not a "how dare you disagree with me attitude"... this makes complete sense all the time, no matter what you do in life you train for it, and if that task involves some danger you make sure you train as best you can to avoid the dangers involved and dont go beyond your capabilities.... small steps for small feet.....

peasant

oleras wrote:

But on a more serious note... why are people argueing with what i have said, and its certainly not a "how dare you disagree with me attitude"... this makes complete sense all the time, no matter what you do in life you train for it, and if that task involves some danger you make sure you train as best you can to avoid the dangers involved and dont go beyond your capabilities.... small steps for small feet.....

Ahh ..but that would be ...(dare i say it?) ...sensible :eek:

oleras

peasant wrote:

Ahh ..but that would be ...(dare i say it?) ...sensible :eek:

ohhh do dare !!!:D

mloc123

Just because people might drive 'fast cars' it doesn't mean they drive them fast.