lonerider
Race Dog
- Joined
- Jul 15, 2007
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- Stellenbosch
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- BMW R1150GS Adventure
Something I've been aware for a long time, but which a recent incident on the forum brought back to mind.
Back when and where I grew up, we used to travel gravel roads extensively between farms for social and work visits. At some stage when I was approaching driving age, my dad gave me some advice which I try keeping in mind when on dirt, viz. to slack off on the accelerator when coming up to pedestrians, animals, or approaching vehicles.
Reason for slacking off is twofold - firstly it greatly reduces the chance of the driving wheels throwing up rocks at the parties you're about to pass (especially on rear-wheel drive vehicles), and secondly it diminishes the dust cloud for that stretch of road until you've passed.
Unfortunately not many drivers seem to apply this bit of advice anymore (a bit of forgotten learning?)... Several times oncoming vehicles have thrown a cloud of dust and pebbles at me - I would hate to think what would happen if a decent-sized rock managed to hit the visor...
Back when and where I grew up, we used to travel gravel roads extensively between farms for social and work visits. At some stage when I was approaching driving age, my dad gave me some advice which I try keeping in mind when on dirt, viz. to slack off on the accelerator when coming up to pedestrians, animals, or approaching vehicles.
Reason for slacking off is twofold - firstly it greatly reduces the chance of the driving wheels throwing up rocks at the parties you're about to pass (especially on rear-wheel drive vehicles), and secondly it diminishes the dust cloud for that stretch of road until you've passed.
Unfortunately not many drivers seem to apply this bit of advice anymore (a bit of forgotten learning?)... Several times oncoming vehicles have thrown a cloud of dust and pebbles at me - I would hate to think what would happen if a decent-sized rock managed to hit the visor...
