Trevor Ship’s blog.
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Planning to become a better driver?
Do you really want to become a better driver? For most people, the thing that they need to work on to get better is simple and yet really hard. Planning. You need to be thinking and looking further down the road than you do currently. As I said, easy to explain and much more difficult…
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Thoughts and that.
Ponderings of a small mind on a small island. I thought that now is as good a time as any to have a quick post about what I hope to achieve with this, what I plan to do and even some questions about what you would like to see in the future. (Don’t stress, it’s…
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Are you a good driver?
Are you though? Really? There are different kinds of good drivers and I think it is best if I break down a few of them. There are good fast drivers, people who can circuit race cars for example. There are good rally and off-road drivers, people who can control a vehicle well under difficult and…
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What’s driving you?
“Where’s my jetpack?| * Where is it? When I was younger, that was what we were all going to have. Or a flying car. Or a robot that would do the housework and be amusingly servile. Robots were going to free us so that we could pursue our life goals while a metallic underclass carried…
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Driven to Distraction.
An occasional series about driving with distractions and how to minimise them One of the other things I am a little bit obsessed with is synthesisers. (Note proper British spelling, no ‘Z’ here thank you very much.) Now I know this is an even more niche subject, but I have a point to make and…
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So, yeah…
I have not posted on here on other platforms for some time, why? Well, you crazy kids, let me tell you. I have suffered my entire adult life with depression and anxiety at some level or other. Worse some times than others but always a general background level. I have said many times to doctors…
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Something and Nothing.
I am currently having a bit of a quandary. I have a few days off and I was planning to go to a music shop in nearby Leeds to have a play with some synths. The trouble is that does not really play well with my mental health. I love synths and making music, but……
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I can only disappoint U.
I love the band Mansun. If you forced me to pick my favourite three musical acts I would almost certainly pick them to be in that list somewhere. Admittedly my list changes moment to moment, but they would be in with a shot. Why am I mentioning this? Well I am in something of a…
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Things are happening!
So, I have started a Substack account called “The Traffic Island” which is designed for me to write about becoming a safer driver, cyclist or pedestrian while still having fun. All of my other stuff, including personal things will still be on here as normal. I hope to write more for both outlets, but lets…
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Winter Wonderland
As an advanced driver of some years and a worker in the driving training and assessment industry for 20 plus years I think it is safe to say I know a bit about driving. Here are some tips for driving in winter weather. Drive slowly and allow more time (Obvious I know) Try to avoid…
