why do taxi drivers have binary throttle control.
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This really annoys me about taxi drivers here. It's the same when pulling away from traffic lights or junctions - FULL SPEED AHEAD! They seem to have no desire to drive in a way that would increase the comfort of their passengers.
However, in their defence, I really don't think they know any better. It would be interesting to see what training they get before they start. I've had numerous conversations with drivers who have just arrived from Peshawar province and who's previous driving experience was limited to bicycles.
I bet they have no idea how to achieve better fuel economy or how to drive with mechanical sympathy. The taxi firms could save a load of money if they taught the drivers these things.
However, in their defence, I really don't think they know any better. It would be interesting to see what training they get before they start. I've had numerous conversations with drivers who have just arrived from Peshawar province and who's previous driving experience was limited to bicycles.
I bet they have no idea how to achieve better fuel economy or how to drive with mechanical sympathy. The taxi firms could save a load of money if they taught the drivers these things.
It is less the full/no throttle thing that gets me but the guys that drive down the road constantly speeding up then slowing down. After a heavy night it is enough to introduce violent nausea.
After several years of this I asked one guy why he did it, the reason? To save fuel.
there appears to be a school pf thought in the Sub Continent that says if you if you speed up and slow down this uses less fuel than driving on constant throttle.
After 30 mins I gave up trying to tell him....
After several years of this I asked one guy why he did it, the reason? To save fuel.
there appears to be a school pf thought in the Sub Continent that says if you if you speed up and slow down this uses less fuel than driving on constant throttle.
After 30 mins I gave up trying to tell him....
i was going to start a thread on taxi driver 'quirks' and this would have been no.3 on the list. it does annoy me that they can't maintain constant set speeds.
no.1 on the list would be not knowing where anything is, and no.2 would be always taking the most ludicrously indirect route to get there.
no.1 on the list would be not knowing where anything is, and no.2 would be always taking the most ludicrously indirect route to get there.
My best Taxi experience was when the driver was trying to run another car off the side of Emirates Road into a concrete barrier at about 120kph. He did this whilst saying 'Sorry sir, sorry sir' and then went on to explain that if he didn't do it, the guy in the other car would never learn..!
thb said:
My best Taxi experience was when the driver was trying to run another car off the side of Emirates Road into a concrete barrier at about 120kph. He did this whilst saying 'Sorry sir, sorry sir' and then went on to explain that if he didn't do it, the guy in the other car would never learn..!
nearly as good as the guy that took us to the 7's last year.Second day (Saturday) so 4 of us, completely blind drunk from Fridays 20 hour bender, driver nodding off every 100 metres, I have never seen someone so tired in my life.
If we weren't so pissed it would have been scary.
Pulled over at en Eppco, made him drink a coffee and take a red bull for later. I even offered to drive, that would have been preferable waking him up every 10 seconds!
I had a guy fall asleep in the queue waiting to get past security at the Ranches once. We stopped behind a car and by the time the barrier was opened for him my driver was snoring.
There is a step beyond binary throttle.....
Accellerate, reach 120, brake to 110, accellerate to 120, brake to 110. I can almost handle the throttle/cruise cycle but why brake as well?
There is a step beyond binary throttle.....
Accellerate, reach 120, brake to 110, accellerate to 120, brake to 110. I can almost handle the throttle/cruise cycle but why brake as well?
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