On Jul 1, 1:56 am, Alan Baker <
alangba...@telus.net> wrote:
> gpsman <
gps...@driversmail.com> wrote:
> > On Jun 30, 9:34 pm, Alan Baker <
alangba...@telus.net> wrote:
> > > gpsman <
gps...@driversmail.com> wrote:
> > > > On Jun 30, 8:12 pm, Alan Baker <
alangba...@telus.net> wrote:
> > > > > gpsman <
gps...@driversmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > > On Jun 30, 2:27 pm, Alan Baker <
alangba...@telus.net> wrote:
>
> > > > > And hence your initial claim--that you can estimate your speed to with
> > > > > about 1mph--is nonsense....
>
> > > > Don't be silly. You can probably estimate your speed to within 2-3
> > > > mph with little or no practice. Of course you're too stupid to think
> > > > of trying it on your own.
>
> > > Actually, I highly doubt that. I think that on an unfamiliar road with a
> > > car with which I wasn't familiar, I might be able to estimate my speed
> > > +/- 5 mph.. ..maybe.
>
> > Why introduce those variables?
>
> Because otherwise you're not really estimating speed.
Why not...?
> > > But +/- 1: nonsense.
>
> > Well, I didn't say -you- could.
>
> > You seem to be under the impression that what you are incapable of is
> > impossible.
>
> You can't either.
Why not...?
> > > There is a huge difference between maintaining a constant speed and
> > > estimating what that speed actually is.
>
> > Thanks, Cap'n!
>
> > > > And that's a non sequitur. One doesn't cancel the other.
>
> > > > > ...and you know it.
>
> > > > You're just being silly. Mine are not extraordinary claims.
>
> > > Your initial claim is absurd...
>
> > O N W H A T B A S I S...?
>
> It's obvious, but if you think it's not. Let's see you do it.
That's all you got, a nyuh-uh in slightly different clothes...? Don't
I feel stupid, I expected something else...
You've been motoring around all your motoring life ignoring your due
diligence to your speeds (etc., etc., etc.). You are unable to
imagine that anyone can estimate their speed with a high degree of
accuracy.
I was taught, beginning at age 8, to attend closely to speed.
Eventually, due diligence to that practice, and practice, can lead to
using the speedometer for confirmation of speed rather than detection.
We didn't have electronic entertainment when I was growing up, but I
don't think that would have mattered. We were far more interested in
cars, everything about cars and driving. We would play the estimate
speed game from the back seat, and got pretty good at it.
You didn't choose to develop any driving skills, so you're stuck as a
motorist unable to even comprehend there might be more to driving than
you have the capability to imagine.
Sorry about your luck.
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- gpsman