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newsletter of Bristol Advanced Motorists

IAM Group no: 1009 Registered Charity No 289807 Run entirely by volunteers Affiliated to the IAM

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IAM Bristol Group: www.iam-bristol.org.uk IAM Chiswick (national): www.iam.org.uk

The IAM and Bristol Group explained

This LINK is the newsletter of Bristol Advanced Motorists, which is a local Group affiliated to the Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM).

The national IAM is the UK’s leading Road Safety charity, dedicated to increasing skills for all road users, improving standards and safety in driving and riding, and helping to save lives on our roads. It is financed by IAM Members and Associates, who pay an annual membership fee.

The IAM also has a commercial arm which charges for training provided, including IAM Drive & Survive for company drivers who drive for work, and IAM Driver Retraining Academy Ltd for ‘offence retraining’ courses.

The 200+ local IAM Groups are independent volunteer organisations, but they are officially Affiliated to the national IAM and work extremely closely with it. Local Groups are Membership Clubs, with two main functions: firstly, they offer a local focus for IAM Members to continue their interest in Advanced Driving, and secondly, an important activity of Groups today is to provide Advanced Driving Guidance to Members of the Public (Associates), preparing them for the IAM Advanced Driving Test. Details of how we do this in the Bristol area can be found on page 40.

This newsletter is printed, collated and despatched by Group volunteers.

It is also displayed for free access on our website: www.iam-bristol.org.uk

Views expressed in this newsletter are those of the contributors and do not necessarily represent those of the Editor, the Committee of Bristol Advanced Motorists, or IAM Chiswick. The Group reserves the right to edit or otherwise amend original materiel submitted for publication. Materiel submitted may also be published on the Group website and in other IAM Group newsletters. If you wish to reproduce any materiel, please credit the LINK, Bristol Advanced Motorists, as the source.

Editor: Paul Hunt [email protected] 0117 960 8494 21 De Verose Court, Hanham, BRISTOL BS15 3SW

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Contents this Issue

page Bristol Group and the IAM explained 1 Editorial items 3 Young Driver Refund Scheme - South Glos and Bristol City 4 Comment: “Safe” Young Drivers on TV 5 Recent IAM Advanced Driving Test Success / Young Drivers 6 The Group’s AGM 7 Bristol Group Finances 11 Superintendent Paul Richards / Richard Furneaux 13 The Group’s first IMI National Observer 14 Membership Renewals 2013 15 Cashback - Fundraising the Easy way 17 Out and About Publicising the IAM 18 Three-in-a-Car - Your Invitation for 2013 19 May Meeting / Advanced Driving Refresher / DriveCheck 20 CALENDAR – WHAT’S ON ? / BAWA Location Map 21 Forthcoming Group Monthly Meeting Speakers 22 New Facebook page / Twitter / Advanced Motorcycling 23 Advert: TOLLGATE car and van hire 24 Ice Road Truckers in Keynsham 25 A Bent Wing – how to save money on repairs 26 Marshfield Farm Ice Cream Visit 27 Volunteering Opportunity – Social Events Organiser 29 IAM Masters – Bob becomes one of the first 30 Volunteering Opportunity – Meeting Scribe / Stop Sign shape 32 Is Two Seconds enough? 33 Three-in-a-Car at a new venue 35

Observers’ Meeting 36 Letters to the Editor – Equality, Praise, Election, Direct Debit 37 Group Contacts: your guide to who does what 39 What’s this course about? / Associate Course Dates 40

All content compiled by the Editor unless otherwise credited. Contributors this issue are: Pauline Barnes, Geoff Bevan, Barry Cash,

Norman Dadd, Alan Dunn, Barnaby Ellis, Andrew Faulks, Gordon Findlay, Bob Hawksley, Pam Hunt, Paul Hunt, Clare Reeves,

James Rowland, letter writers Helen, David and Robert, and ‘The Archives’.

We welcome items from our readers Motoring topics, motoring experiences, a comment on Group matters – or indeed anything of interest. Send an e-mail, a letter – or even phone.

[email protected] 0117 960 8494 21 De Verose Court, Hanham, BRISTOL BS15 3SW

DEADLINE DATE for receipt of materiel for the next (July 2013) issue: Saturday 22nd June

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Editorial Of particular note IN THIS ISSUE is a report on our AGM, taking stock of our current position regarding activity and finance. Two main points: ● PUBLICITY We need to publicise ourselves to gain more enrolments of Associates to the IAM’s Skill for Life course. YOU, the Members, can help - personal recommendation by a Member is among the best methods. Please go further – don’t just tell them, bring them to a Monthly Meeting – or stand over them as they are at the keyboard and watch as they buy Skill for Life online. ● PARTICIPATION We need to involve our Members in the Group’s basic activities to make sure that the Group remains viable. Again, YOU, the Members (and Associates) are the ones who have to do this. 90% of our Group Members pay their fee but play no part in the Group. WHY? Please let us know. It is not difficult to contact the Editor, the Secretary, or any Committee Member - for a “chat”.

Whilst your Membership fee is welcome, and vital, we need you to take part in the Group – nothing too committed – just attend a Monthly Meeting, or take part in a Three-in-a-Car event.

Lack of participation in times of reducing membership levels can lead to activities being withdrawn, even though a membership base remains. Your Editor is very aware of this – a few years ago he was on the Committee of an organisation in Bristol that closed for that very reason, even though there were still 140 paying members on the books at the time of winding-up. Go on – get out of that armchair!

DO YOU READ THIS NEWSLETTER? It is also posted on our website www.iam-bristol.org.uk . Do you read it there? There is ongoing discussion about whether to continue the hard-copy newsletter, but there have been few comments one way or the other from Members. Some organisations (indeed, some IAM Groups) only publish their newsletter electronically – but the real step forward would be to abandon the traditional format and replace it with some additional pages on our website. Without real feedback from Members, it may be a decision to be made by Committee on behalf of the Members. What do YOU think? Get in touch with the Editor, to express YOUR opinion.

EQUALITY You will see a thought-provoking LETTER in this issue concerning Equality. Apparently the Group should be taking this, and other issues, seriously into consideration in our day-to-day activities.




Money-back offer for South Gloucestershire 17 – 24 year olds

who pass the IAM Test

Turning Young Drivers into Advanced Drivers

BRISTOL ADVANCED MOTORISTS is pleased to be working with SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE COUNCIL to promote better driving and reduce casualties in the vulnerable 17 to 24 years age group. South Gloucestershire Council's Road Safety Team is providing funding to enable the IAM Skill for Life course fee to be refunded to Young Drivers who pass the IAM Advanced Driving Test.

The refund offer is open to Drivers aged 17-24 who are RESIDENTS in the SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE Local Authority Area,

or who WORK PERMANENTLY in that area, or alternatively who are undertaking FULL-TIME EDUCATION in that area.

The Refund will be given to those qualifying Young Drivers who pass the

IAM Advanced Driving Test within 12 months of starting guidance, and who are aged under 25 on the day they pass the IAM Test.

Do YOU know a Young Driver who could benefit? BRISTOL GROUP Bring this to his / her attention,

or talk to the parents.

Further details available from Bristol Group’s Pam Hunt,

on 0117 960 8494 or at [email protected]

Money-back also for Young Drivers

who live in the Bristol City area Bristol City Council's Road Safety Team has released funding to ethe IAM Skill for Life course fee to be refunded to four Young Driverswho pass the IAM Test and who live in the Bristol City Council area.

To regist

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er for a place, contact Associates Administrator Pam, as above.





Comment – “Safe” Young Drivers on TV

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‘hidden’ on BBC3. Each episode started with the worrying statistics: ● Britain’s Young Drivers are amongst the most dangerous in Eur● 1 in 3 of those who die in cars are under the age of 25.

volving ● 1 in 10 Young Drivers has been involved in an incident in death or serious injury. ed in a collision within 6 months of ● 1 in 5 Young Drivers is involv

passing his Test.

T si rogrammes covered 12 newly-qualified Youngwatched by cameras, black boxes and a film crew, allegedly for a “Youth Reality” programme, but actually to study the youngsters’ driving. The camera revealed awful driving; inattention, lack of knowledge, distractiby other passengers, speeding, alcohol, phones, eating, poor attitude, un-preparedness, immaturity, etc. Also of concern was the lack of any real guidance or support for the youngsters from the parents.

f the drivers “proved they could drive safely for a week” (to an ex-ITraffic Officer), they got the “reward” of a car (paid for by the BBC). Otherwise, they got the “retribution” of “advanced driving lessons”.

t was appalling that ‘advanced driving lessons’ were portrayed as a I‘punishment’, which must have discouraged viewers of all ages from tup an advanced driving course. One lad actually turned the lessons down. Although only shown for a second or two, the ‘lessons’ appeared to be questionable-value off-road ‘skid control’, not at all like ‘better drivinof an IAM Skill for Life course. No wonder a government green paper iscalling for extended learning, restrictions, and graduated licences.

ven though the BBC says, “the whole premise of the series set out to Eencourage road safety”, the series started on a poor footing then becamtrivialised, even farcical. Cars were given out too freely – to poor drivers who, in fact, would all have greatly benefited from further lessons.

he BBC received hundreds of complaints, and maybe because of that the Tlater episodes seemed to be re-jigged, and the ex-Police Officer made an obviously edited-in comment in the last one, “Driving lessons only teach you to pass the test, and the real learning to drive starts afterwards”.

t was good to see in the press: “Avon and Somerset Constabulary is Iinvestigating the driving offences seen committed on the programme bBristol ‘contestant’ and we are considering prosecution,” Superintendent Paul Richards said. “At the very least, we condemn such irresponsible



Recent IAM Test Successes by Pam Hu

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gratulate the fThe Committee and Members of the Group con ollowing people, who have recently passed the IAM Advanced Driving Test after taking part in the Bristol Group’s Skill for Life Associate Scheme. ASSOCIATE OBSERVER GEORGE CALDER MARGARET JAMES / MARLENE BAKER

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REBEKAH PRIC TONY GILBEALAN TAPP TONY GILBERT JULIE WAGER MALCOLM COLESDAVID WILL STEVE BRIDGEN An Associate who succeeds in the IAM Test is upgoby IAM Chiswick one year after his initial enrolment on Skill for Life.

Bristol Group also upgrades you to Group Full Member. But how the IAMorks, the national IAM and Bristol Group are separate organisatiow

and each requires a separate subscription. Your upgraded Bristol Group membership continues until December 31st next, the common renewal date for the Group, and we will send you an invitation to renew your Group Full Membership from that time.

We hope you will continue as an IAM and Bristol Group Member and upport our efforts to help others

better drivers. We hold a Members' Meeting on the fourth Tuesday of each month, at the BAWA Club [there is no meeting in December]. We hold other Driving and Social activities. We publish this LINK newsletteevery two months. You may even wish to train as an Observer, or join thCommittee, or to help in some other way.

Young Driver IAM Test Successes by Pam Hunt

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We congratulate George Calder, the latest Young Drive ave gained IAM Membership through a Skill for Life course run by Bristol Group. Being under 25 when he succeeded in the IAM Test, George qualified fora full refund of his Skill for Life fee under the scheme kindly sponsoredby South Gloucestershire Council.



The Group’s AGM by Paul Hunt

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ThTuesday 23 April and went well, although only 29 MembersGroup’s Full Membership) attended. There were 6 Guests present. A further seven Guests gave apologies but there were no Member Apologies.

Chairman Andy Cole led the meeting, with Vice-Chairman Marlene Baker, Secretary Martin Evans and Treasurer Paul Hunt at the table out-fro

AAndy welcomed the Members and Guests, gained approval of the Minutes of the AGM held in 2012 and then said a few words to expand on the Annual Report whichto Helpers and Committee Members, without whom the Group could not survive. Some of them “do a great amount of work, way over their committee role” and, of course, “the Observers also do a great job.” Andy also thanked Alan Hale and South Gloucestershire Council for the continuing financial support for the Young Driver Refund Scheme.

Andy then explained some of the current activities of the Group: ● Gary Nunn is attending events in the field to publicise the Group and hopefully attract some new Associates ● Committee is trying to get Associates involved with the Group ● Driver Training events – TIC, overtaking, etc (Attendance at Three-in-a-Car is increasing, around 12 people) ● An “LGV skills awareness” day is planned

Martin added that Associate levels are falling. Peris the best source. £139 is a lot to many people – non-essential discretionary expenditure. However, Bristol Gin comparison with most other IAM Groups. We need new Associates and new Group Full Members to keep the Group going. Guest Speaker, the IAM’s Pat Doughty, added that we are “bumping along the bottom” in a scenario where many organisations are failing, but if we persevere we will still be available and well-placed to deliver when things get better.

ANNUAL ACCOUNTS Treasurer Paul Hunt gave an overview of the Group’s financial position, which, he said, despite the financial problems in the country, was bethan expected. However, Pabrink” and the stability over even one year into the future is uncertain. (His full explanation follows this AGM report.)



AGM PHOTOS (clockwise from top left)

Minute-taker Catherine Bevan. Guests from Weston and Mendip Group – Ken Crane and Dave Gough.

Winn r of Cup – Paul Hunt, presente Cole (left). Chairman’ rd winner Margaret

m abs lutely shocked” James. This year fell to Norman Dadd

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A number of questions came from the floor, concerning Gift Aid, the cost f the Group’s LINK Newsletter, the continuing use of BAWA, and other

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oitems. All were answered to the enquirers’ satisfaction. A fuller consideration of these topics will appear in future issues of the LINK.

Following approval of the Report and Accounts, Paul moved the usuproposal that Craig continue as Independent Accounts Examiner for 20or that in the event that by next year Craig was unable to act, Commibe authorised in advance to appoint someone else. This was approved.

ELECTIONS roup Chairman Andy Cole, Vice-Chairman Marlene Baker, Secretary G

Martin Evans Officers. Margaret James (Training Administrator) and James Rowla(Database Administrator) retired by rotation under the ‘one third’ ruleand were re-elected as Committee Members. Three people had retired from the Committee in the last year: Don Brown (Monthly Meeting Speaker Organiser), James Lewis-Barned and Doug Smith.

There were no new people standing for election. Martin pointed out e urgently need more people for specific tasks – either as a full w

Committee Member or just as a “Helper”: ● Social Events Organiser – because Beryl Smith has left the ● Database Administrator, as James w● Publicity Officer ● Shop Sales Person - for the Book Table at Associate Se● Speaker OrganiseThere were no offers from the floor. There is also an urgent need fo● Scribe for Monthly Meetings – to produce a précis of the talk for inclusion in the newsletter.

MEMBERSHIP FEE said that although by no means a certainty, it may wP

Group’s Full Member views on an increase from 01 January 2014 if necessary. By a show of hands, those present approved an increase (to a maximum of £20) with only one Member registering a vote against.

AWARDS he Bristol Group Cup, awarded to the person who has promoted tT

Group with for the Group. Paul thanked the Committee for their thoughts, but sahe wished there was a larger band of Group helpers to choose from.



Chairman Andy Cole announced that the winner of the Chairman’s Awardwas Margaret James. She organises the FAD and Observer Training

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books the speakers for the Associate Seminars. “She doesn’t shout – she just gets on with it in the background”, said Andy. Chief Observer Geoff then took over to present the Observer’s Award.

eoff said that from our 30 Observers it was difficult to choose one who Greally deserved the award – someone who’s involved, who does more than their fair share, who becomes involved in Group matters, such as the Members’ Day, who raises standards of Observers and Associates, who lectures at the Skill for Life seminars, who gives up their Sundays to Skill for Life experience drives, who assesses FAD candidates, and who at the end of a phone when needed for advice. Geoff said he could not select one - but two Observers who fitted the bill, and furthermore who were both on the Regional Training Team and also our top two Easyfundraisers – Martin Evans and Tony Gilbert.

An additional award, in appreciation of arranging Speakers foronthly Meetings, was made to Don Brown. A theatre voM

Bristol Old Vic was thought appropriate for Don’s thespian interest

PRESENTATION OF CERTIFICATES roup Associates Administrator Pam Hunt announced that three G

Associates had passed the IAM Test sincAlan Tapp and Julie Wager. No presentations could be made thoubecause Rebekah and Alan were unable to be present and Julie’s Certificate had not yet arrived from Chiswick.

RELATED MATTERS ember Norman Dadd asked what the Group was doing about the 90% of M

Members who were absGroup Meeting or Activity. “It is time for these “other people” to step forward. Falling Membership and inactive Members is a problem, and the Group must hammer it home in every issue of the LINK newsletter. We have 25 Members here tonight. We can remember when we had a hundredpeople at meetings and AGMs, in the much larger Concorde Room downstairs.” Treasurer Paul agreed, and said he had been Treasurer of another organisation in Bristol that had had to close when it still hMembers, because no-one wanted to leave home and become involved.

After a break for the buffet and the raffle draw, a presentation waiven by guest speaker Pat Doughty, Operations Director of the IAM.g



Bristol Group Finances for year-end 31st Dec 2012 GM statement by the Treasurer A

This year I am surprised yet again that the financial position of the Group

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has not deteriorated as much as I would have expected.

Let me explain the figures - complicatwe hold four separate Restricted Funds. A ‘Funds Movement’ table in the Annual Report shows all income and payments regarding t

The main figure shows a deficit of (-) £708. But that is across all funds. If we remove the payments from the special-purpose funds (£1,251), General Funds show a surplus of £553. But we must further cothe exceptional donation of £1,000 received from Member Eric Clark. Without this we would have seen a deficit of (-) £459.

How has this deficit come about? The Group continued its activities through 2012 the same as in 2011 and 2010, and indeed in previous yearOur main costs are Associate Courses, Monthly Meetings (which are almost entirely a cost nowadays – not a break-even), and the NewslettA sub-committee considered cutbacks in all these areas a while ago but decided on balance to continue in the same manner and keep these things going where that remains possible - although they all remain vulnerable.

Regarding Group Income, that from Associates through Skill for Life is dictated by IAM Chiswick. The number of Associates at 59 held up well comparing with 2009 and 2010 – the blip of 86 in 2011 was mainly due to 21 lads enrolling after the WST project. Our other main Income Streamis from our Group Full Member fee. Group Members are falling each year. Now we have 289 paid-up – 20 less than at the year-end Dec 31st. We have to bear in mind that Members also have to pay a national IAM fee which is now increasing year-on-year. It is annoying that IAM Chiswick is still unreceptive to a combined national/Group fee, which may alleviate this problem. A Group fee increase was deferred for 2013 – but Committee may have no other option for 2014 than to increase the fee.

Last year I said we could not look forward with any certainty, and that remains the case. We must not be complacent. Many charities, clubs and societies are closing – last year I mentioned one that was running OK in March, but lost some Members and within only a week became in danger of folding, especially because it had insufficient Reserves. At the year-end we had £6,479 Cash Reserves, a little up on 2011, so whatever happens we are well-placed for survival through 2013.



MORE AGM PHOTOS

above: Dual winners of the Observers Award, Tony Gilbert (left) and Martin Evans, with Chief Observer Geoff Bevan (right). left: Supt. Paul Richards, Head of Roads Policing and Firearms with Avon & Somerset Police. Paul was once an IAM Examiner in the Bristol area and was a Member of a Group Task Force that re-defined the role and organisation of Observers in the Group. Paul moved away to Taunton with promotion but is now again based at Police HQ Portishead.

photos: James Rowland



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P s thankw fri ng away for 13 or s now retura se whbeen an IAM Examiner in BGroup and its Observers, b .

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ened to Portishead as Head of Roads Policing o didn’t know him, Paul explained that he had

ristol and had been closely involved with the ut had moved away to Taunton with promotion

s disappointed to see that there was now a lvement with Road Safety groups such as the y, are we over that now?) and he wants to ip with various points of interaction. We havee want to make the roads safer a

nd Firearms. For tho

n his recent return, hery low level of Police inAe-build a strong relati common purpose in thaasualties. The relationd cutting back to the ecognised the value of th

polute core business. But people have not voluntary and third sectors.

what he said was encouraging, even inspiring. volvement with the Avon and Somers

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Richard Furneaux – ex Region One Co-ordinator

IGroup Co-ordinator (Cars) Richard Furneaux suddenly stepped down from the position with immediate eto be for personal

Regional Group Co-ordinator is a voluntary position, but nevertheless Richard cropped-up all over the placen support of various Groups and iGroup events. He was very pleasant and helpful, and will be miss above right: Former Region On

(Cars) Richard Furneaux.



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Early in April, Bristol Group’s Chief Observer eoff Bevan (pictured right) sat and passed the G

new National Observer Test with IAM Staff Examiner Andy Poulton and became the first in the Group to hold the qualification. trials in the South-East and Scotland, the scheme isrolled-out over all IAM Regions.

Until now, IAM Observer qualifications have bean internal affair within the IAM. Although IAMStaff Examiners have tested Senior Observers, there has still been some variance. Regarding Qualifhave been 220 different standards of training acrosRegional Observer Training Days have revealed this

Having Observer Certificates aw

ed Observers, there

qualification a new kudos, as the IMI (Institute ofis recognised as an awarding body across all areas oThe DSA (Driving Standards Agency) accredits texternal IMI award will reassure them in that.

The National Observer qualification is essentially the same as the previous Senior Observer, but arguably a higher and more consistent standard because of the detailed NVQ-style of detailed requirements (in a 41-page document) and the detailed recording that is required during the Test to show that all factors have been satisfied. IAM Chiswick is paying for candidates’ IMI registration and Certificates. Re-qualification will be required every five years, again with an IAM Staff Examiner.

When current Seniors have migrated to being National Observers, tnext stage will be the introduction of the IMI Local Observer qualification. This will be similar to the current Qualified Observer. Ofthe 6 ‘units’ of the National Observer qualification, Local Observers will have to complete the first five. The Local Observer standard in the units will be slightly lower than required for National Observer, and the only change from the current Qualified Observer is that Local Observers will nly be required to be familiar with How to be a Better Driver, not o

Roadcraft. Full migration of all Qualified Observers to Local Observerswhen the process starts, may not be completed for up to 3 years



Membership Renewals 2013 by the Treasurer

Thanks to all who have renewed on the January 1st general renewal date - or as late as April ! IAM Groups rely on Membership subscriptions to enable them fly the IAM flag locally and get people through Skill for Lifeto become Advanced Drivers. If you can’t be a Group Member, we accDONATOR contributions – ask the Treasurer for details.

On 27 April 2013, Bristol Group figures were:

ept

NOW end 2012

(4) Sub Total 289 (309)

● Group Full Members renewed – Standing Order 165 (177) ● Group Full Members renewed – Cheque / Cash 98 (105)● Group Full Members renewed – Internet SET 5 (1) ● Upgraders from 2012 (11) renewed as Full Members 17 (22) ● Group Full Members – new joiners from outside 4 ● Group Friends (not able to take the Test) 1 (1)

● Group Donators (supporters, ex-IAM Members) 10 (3) ● Upgraded Associates (year to date) 19 (43) ● Associates enrolled and under guidance 40 (51) Grand Total 359 (407) The Group suffered a net 7% loss of Full Members at renewal, with 21 new people joining but 41 leaving or becoming Donators. The tally of enrolled Associates continues to fall, reflecting lower intakes recently.

NEW MEMBERS We welcome four new IAM Members from out ide the Group: s

tabase, we have now traced seven of the eight current

elcome to

number we hold, and has forwarded our letter asking do

JAMES PEMBERTON, CHRIS PARKER, ALAN WAGER who are new, nd MARK SHINN, who has rejoined after a short lapse. a

GHOST MEMBERS For years we have had Ghost Members, for whom we have no contact details, but who continue to pay by Standing Order. With new help fromIAM Chiswick’s daones – four have promised to cancel but three have rejoined – wELIZABETH HAMER, RICHARD PARKER and LESLIE JAY. The remaining ex-Member, DAVID HILL, lapsed in 1998 and moved away, but as paid his Standing Order ever since. Lloyds Bank has identified him h

from a bank account him to contact us. We have not heard from Mr Hill as yet. We cannotanything further; we will just have to wait and see what happens.



RESIGNATIONS AND FOLLOW-UPS

9 Members have resigned – 3 removing from the Bristol area, 5 giving-up driving due to health issues, and one abrupt resignation with no reas

A bulk e-mail (or letter) was sent to 32 Members and 28 Upgraded Associates not responding to either the renewal request or reminder, or cancelling their Standing Order without informing us. This was worthwhile, 12 Members actually renewing as a result. A further f

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would they would renew, but haven’t. The

We also identified that a number of lapsed or resigned former national IAM Members paid us a Group subscription this January by Bank StandinOrder. Under the Group Rules they cannot be Group Full Members,because five of them have not replied to a telephone message or letter asking to discuss this, they have been ‘Classified by Management’ as Donators for 2013 and have been informed – with no response from any.

MEMBERS, UPGRADERS, FRIENDS and DONATORS EXPLAINED

Bristol Group Full Member Someone who is a paid-up IAM national Member, and who additionally has paid the Bristol Group Annual Membership fee, due on January 1st.

Bristol Group Upgraded Member A former Bristol Group Associate who has very recently passed the IAM Advanced Driving Test. He will be Upgraded to Group Full Memberstatus until December 31st, shortly before which he will be sent a Ren

orm inviting continuation as a Full Group Member for the next year. F

Bristol Group Friend Someone totally unconnected (now or in the past) with national IAM

hiswick, and who is ‘incapable of passing’ the IAM Test, or has ‘faileCthe IAM Test, but who neverthelesand who has paid the Bristol Group Annual Membership fee, which is don January 1st. Each application is put before Committee.

Bristol Group Donator omeone who wishes to support the Bristol Group, but who cannot beS

Bristol Group Memberbarred from being a Friend because of a past association with the IDonators pay a Donation rather than a membership fee, are recorded onour database, receive a complimentary Group Newsletter, and an open invitation to attend Group Meetings (which are open to the public anyway)Participation of Donators in Group driving events, adminvolunteering activities i



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Out and About Publicising IAM and Group spread the word about the IAM.

evan attended a meeting as spea

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ers and anagers about the IAM and Skill for Life.

ollisions and management wishes to “expose the and other ways to improve their driving”.

for h the Co-operative and ountered in that role, then

sked the drivers to discuss what had caused them. Distraction, ct, all Driver Error.

and showed interest – ivers in their families.

last 5 years because of the growth of home delivery and Internet shopping.

em.

n entres, putting leaflets in car dealers, etc., we are trying to reach Young

The Group gets the occasional chance toTwo recent opportunities have been:

WOMENS’ INSTITUTE Chief Observer Geoff Bof the Coaley Womens Institutegave the ladies a talk on the IA

ker, and l for Life.

UPS PARCEL DELIVERY Treasurer Paul Hunt responded to a request from the Driver Trainer at UPS in Emersons Green, attended the depot and talked to drivm

The company has had dealings with company drivertraining from RoSPA and now uses the American Smith System. However, there are too many cdrivers to other thoughts

After talking generally about the IAM and Skill his experience as a company driver trainer witdescribed some of the “accidents” he had enc

Life, Paul drew upon

ainattention, wrong footwear, target fixation – in faThe drivers took away all the literature offered, particularly for their partners and for young dr

The number of Transit-size light vans on the road has soared in the 1Many companies do not understand their H&S duty of care requirements and do not give sufficient driver awareness training. Against public perception, van drivers are relatively safe and competent, many are long-term at the job, and there are very few young drivers amongst th

FUTURE PLANS Apart from plans to publicise ourselves through supermarkets and gardecDrivers. Schools in South Glos have very little timetable time for Road Safety, and Bristol City Council places an emphasis on actually discouraging young people from taking up driving. Committee is looking togain access to schools via PTAs or Members who are teachers.



Your Invitation to THREE-IN-A-CAR 2013 series Date Time Location Team

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2. Saturday 18 May 10.00am Gordano M5 Services 3. Thursday 04 July 19.00 evening Thornbury Leisure Centre Colston 4. Sunday 11 August 10

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6. Sunday 27 October 10.00am

At a Three-in-a-Car (TiC) you’lt only are treal treat because no

'keeping in touch' witb

aintaining your high driving standards.

At the venue, a Team Leader will assign you into a group of three (or two - or even four). One of you elects to be first to drive (very brave!) nd you all drive off in ur c oice orthat car for 30 minutes or so on a course of yo

urif you are not sure of the area, a co se directed to you en-route. There is usually a good deal of helpful ban so most points will be co ed as ou go round, but at the end of each drive there will be an opportunity for y

you all to enjoy a short and sometimes entertaining de-brief! Someone else then elects to go next in their own car - and so on.

The event is over in around 2 hours, it’s FREE and it's good fun. No records are made - but there's usually plenty of good advice available!!

Contacts: Venue 4: Alan Dunn 01454 228093 07941 896 248 Venues 2 and 5: Dave Callister 01275 791441 Venues 3 and 6: Tony Gilbert 0117 950 1020 07973 730 498 We can no longer use the Yate Overflow Car Park – it now has ANPR cameras to check that the car park is only used by genuine shoppers at the Yate Shopping Centre. So the August 11th event will be baset the Cross Hands, Old Sodbury. The location proved to be a good a

one in March, with access to a variety of good 30-minute routes.Go on – try it – especially if you haven’t been to a TiC before!



May Meeting Topic – RNLI - Lifeboats y ed give a talk on the

orth Somerset tides and mud. Have your donations ready!

Jonathan Yabsle of the RNLI’s ucation arm will RNLI past and present, and the dangers of inshore waters, such as the N

today?

refresh their Advanced Driving skills. The classroom seminarscogutest, awarPrevious cour

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September 09th.

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BRISTOL ADVANCED MOTORISTS

ADVANCED DRIVING REFRESHER COURSE

Members . . . . Can you name the 5 Phases of the System? Can you explain COAP and TUG ?

Can you drive using Limit Point Analysis? Would you pass an IAM Advanced Driving Test if you sat it

If you said ‘no’ to any of these, or are unsure, then . . . .

Bristol Group offers an opportunity to existing Group Members who feel they would like to

are shared with the Associate urse, and there are six practical driving idance sessions with an Observer. There isn't a

but a Certificate of Completion will be ded. Cost: £39

se participant Pauline says,

would recommend the Refresher, particularly to longer-term Members the IAM Test some years ago. It has boosted my confidelieve, has made me a better driver.”

The next course starts on July 10th and there will be another opportunity starting on

For further information please contact Pa 0117 960 8494 associates@iam-br

2013 -

ment – agues.

elements of driving. In most cases th ider dforthcoming .

contact Pam on 0117 960 8494 or at [email protected]

Bristol Group’s DriveCheck AssessRecommend to Friends, Family, Colle

For anyone not yet an IAM Member. One of our selected Observers will conduct a thorough 1 to 1½ hour on-road driving assessment and give feedback, including a written form reviewing 20

e Observer will encourage the candidate to conseveloping their driving skills further through joining one of our

Skill for Life courses (see back page). All for £25

Contact the Group in the normal way –



CALENDAR for Bristol Advanced Motorists MAY Sat 18 Three-in-a-Car Gordano M5 Services 10:00am Contact Dave Callister 01275 791441 Tue 28 Monthly Meeting BAWA Pavilion 7:30pm for 7:45 star RNLI (LIFEBOATS) Speaker Jonathan Yabsley

t

JUNE Tue 11 Executive Committee Meeting

Wed 12 Skill for Life Course seminar three – Mee

25 Monthly Meeting BAWA Pavilion 7:30pm for 7:45 start ,

d Avon Canal.

t an Examiner - BAWA 7:30pm Sat 22 Copy Date for submissions for the LINK (July issue)

Sun 23 Publicity Venue – Castle Combe Family Day Contact Gary Nunn with offers of help Tue MUSEUM OF BATH AT WORK Stuart Burroughs Director, will give a talk on the Kennet anJULY vening

Contact Tony Gilbert 0117 950 1020 07973 730 498

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:30pm ue 3 0pm for 7:45 start

Thu 04 Three-in-a-Car Thornbury Leisure Centre 19.00 e Mon 08 Newsletter Collation at BAWA Contact Andrew Nicholls to offer your h Tue 09 Executive Committee Meeting Wed 10 Skill for Life Course seminar one BAWA 7:30pm Wed 17 Skill for Life Course seminar two BAWA 7 T 2 Monthly Meeting BAWA Pavilion 7:3 SORT-IT TEAM OF SITA UK ‘Reduce, Reuse, Recycle’

A Location and Travel Directions ,

ar parking space.

BAW

Bristol Group holds its Meetings at the BAWA Club in Filton, on the northern edge of the city.

The BAWA Club, the social facility of the British Aerospace Group, has modern, comfortable, rooms and ample secure c



Forthcoming Group Monthly Meetings

Clare Reeves, our new Monthly Meetings Contact, has organised our 013, but is still on the lookout for fresh leads

u are [email protected]

e – with some new ones added – is below:

(LIFEBOATS) Jonathan Yabsley of the RNLI’s ion arm will give a talk on the RNLI past and present,

and the dangers of inshore waters, such as the North ready!

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pm

OV MB R CY Dave Hillier will talk on: o the

meeting speakers for 2and ideas for 2014. So if you have a contact – or an idea for a subject – such as a hobby or interest yo ate about – then contact Clare via creThe current programm

MAY RNLI educat

Somerset tides and mud. Have your donations

JUNE MUSEUM OF BATH AT WORK Stuart Burroughs, Director, will give a talk on the Kennet and Avon Canal.

JULY SORT-IT TEAM OF SITA UK ‘Reduce, Reuse, Recycle’ - incorporating some issues that the collection drivers c across day to day.

AUGUST BATS Laura Plenty, Group Member, giving a talk

SEPTEMBER CHILD CAR SEATS John and Fran Vickery on requirements and correct use/fitting. 70% are incorrectly fitted. Got a child seat fitted and would like it checked? John and Fran will be in the BAWA car park from 7:00 prior to the meeting to advise you.

OCTOBER MOVING CONTRAVENTIONS ANPR men Chris Williss and Les Finnemore on using ANPR to ‘monitor’ traffic.

N E E HIGHWAYS AGEN Who we are, what we do, what powers we have. Als

‘Management’ of the M4/M5 junction area.

2014 * * * Note changes from the last issu * * e * * * * * AN AR

EBR R torian.

Further Meeting Speakers have been arranged – more details in July.

J U Y COUNTERFEITS OF BRITISH BANK NOTES. Gerald Little describes the German efforts in WW2.

F UA Y PAUL BARNETT, local Maritime His

MARCH MOTORISTS’ QUESTION TIME. A repeat of the successful 2013 event.



Find us on Facebook by Barnaby Ellis

DON’T DO IT WHILST DRIVING – but look at our

cebook.

ogle,

he blue log-in request box comes up and fills the screen, but to get rid corner and you can

k page and the entries. If you can’t see the ‘close’ button,

● ● ● NEW ● ● ● FACEBOOK PAGE

You can see our new ‘open’ Facebook page without belonging to FaGo to www.facebook.com/BristolAdvancedMotoristsor search for ‘Facebook Bristol Advanced Motorists’

Note that not all search engines will find the page yet, so stick to GoYahoo or AVG, until site-trawling and webpage optimisation develop.

Tof it just click on the ‘close’ button in the bottom rightsee our Faceboothen reduce the screen view to 75% and then you should be able to see it.

F

ing to Twitter. er IAM Bristol’

ollow us on Twitter by Geoff Bevan

@iam_bristol DON’T DO IT WHILST DRIVING

You can see all the tweets on our account without belonghttps://twitter.com/iam_bristol or search for ‘Twitt

(Again, not all search engines will find it – so use Google, Yahoo or AVG.)

meet like-minded people, and maybe attend the various presentations. the IAM

r phone 01275 372637 or e-mail [email protected]

Interested in Advanced Motorcycling ?

Bristol Advanced Motorcyclists is a separate IAM Motorcycling Group in Bristol, acting as a club for existing Members and also providing guidance in Advanced Riding for newcomers, through its SUPER SUNDAY events.

Newcomers, just turn up at 09:00 on the first Sunday of any month (but NOT January) at Kings Oak Academy, Brook Road, Kingswood, BRISTOL BS15 4JT.

Get a taste with a free assessed ride, and maybe sign-up for the Motorcycle Skill for Life course. Grab a bacon buttie and a cup of tea,

[There is a limited money-back offer for Young Riders who passAdvanced Riding Test.]

Use the link on our own website to that of the Motorcycle Group. Or go to the Motorcyclists’ own website: www.bamo.org.ukO


http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=171078605914&ref=ts

http://www.twitter.com/iam_bristol


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Ice Road Truckers in Keynsham WELL, NOT QUITE . . . A “HGV AWARENESS” EVENT

It all started when there were some HGV driver enquiries and IAM Staff Examiner Andy Poulton said all Car Observers ought to be able to give Skill for Life guidance on a truck – but there were no volunteers.

It came together on 27th / 28th April when ten Observers had guidance from Andy – two hours in pairs, each Observer manoeuvring the truck in an industrial estate and driving 10 mi , urban and rural.

The Mercedes Atego 7.5 tonne box van was kindly loaned by Chris Handy of TOLLGATE HIRE. T uel and insurance. All found e

above: A sunny day in Keynsham with IAM Staff Examiner Andy Poulton (middle) and truck-driving Observers Paul Hunt (left) and Tim Hills. photo: Bob Hawksley

les - housing estate

he Observers paid for the f it a useful, interesting and enjoyable learning experience. All w

need now is some Commercial drivers as Associates!

More on this event in the next LINK.



A Bent Wing by Barry Cash You never stop learning when you’re a driver. Despite it being 44 years this week since I passed my test, I’ve learnt several things. First, I’ve learnt that when your daughter tells you her driving instructor says all she needs is more practice, check it out. I didn’t, and I learnt that yelling “stop!” is no substitute for dual controls. (see picture)

However I’ve also learnt how to save a lot of money on repairs if your car has bolt-on wings. The local body shop quoted £364 for a new wing fitted and sprayed. The learner driver excess was £350. Then I had an idea. As only the wing was damaged, and it bolted-on, could I find a second-hand one? Yes, only £45 delivered. But the snag was it was the wrong colour, light blue, so would need spraying at a cost of £150.

I decided to hunt on the Internet for a dark blue second-hand wing. What I found was Crabb Lane Parts in West Yorkshire. Send them precise details of your car, the part you want and the manufacturer’s paint code and they will source a new wing and paint it in the correct colour. £117.45p including VAT and delivery! [other suppliers available –Ed.]

They kept me fully informed by e-mail and it took a little over two weeks to arrive. It was the exact part and the exact colour. All I had to do was fit it. Overall the whole procedure, ordering and fitting, took me about 5 ours. But where can I earn £250 after tax for 5 hours work? If you

lly closely you can see it’s not an absolutely perfect professional

h, and because I’m a member of the Utility Warehouse Discount Club, I got £4.90p cashback, so it really only cost £112.55p.

hlook reajob. But it’s a 7 year old Fiat Panda. Who’s going to look that close?

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Group Visit MARSHFIELD FARM by Clare Reeves

The first day of Spring saw twenty-six members and friends finding their way to Marshfield Farm to see how their famous ice-cream is created. Many of us missed the small turning off the A46 and had to continue down to thePennsylvania roundabout and double back. Then it is a drive along a singltrack for about three-quarters of a mile, fine unless like me you comace to face with the Royal Mail van of the morning!

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he farm is owned and run by William and Dawn Hawking; it is a true amily-run business. The farm was purchased over forty years ago by illiam Hawking’s family, who originate from Upton Cheyney. Currently

he farm is run by William, Dawn, William’s father and twenty-two other orkers from administration through to herdsmen.

ur party was greeted by Dawn Hawking who invited us into her kitchen – eneral reaction was, “this is a real farm kitchen” - with its Aga, and amily photographs on the walls.

awn gave us an excellent history of the farm and how it came to the orefront of ice-cream making in the past 25 years. In the 1980’s the ritish Government was paying farmers to use the ‘milk lake’ for any other

aking ice-cream. Cheese was a possibility but

le-c

ading University at the age of 20 for a one-week American professor and learnt the basics of ice-

is was followed by a Health and Safety course in windon; the rest has been trial and error and self-teaching. The

nnual turnover of £3 million; and all hin one year. William Hawking is no lover

hfield ice-cream is 60% milk; 20% bought-in double or clotted ream; 20% flavourings.

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DfBuse, apart from milk. William Hawking, having finished his education andgap year, had the idea of mit used more milk and doub ream.

William went to Recourse from a visiting cream making; thScompany currently has an ainvestments are fully paid off witof the bank industry!

Marshfield Farm currently has a herd of 250 Friesian cows, 200 of which are milked; the average life of a cow in the herd is 12 years. Two-thirds of the milk is used for ice-cream, the remainder is sold to Dairy Crest. The Marsc



Dawn naturally was very exuberant about the family business and the cows in the farmyard; unfortunately we were unable to meet any of the herd due to a lorry delivery. Bull calves generally go to one of the company’s herdsmen for fattening for veal or beef sales.

awn impressed upon the party the number people in wD ork for the farm

nutritionist; and a vet who called each

table block without a hat

main outlets are in theatres and places of visitor attraction.

but not under their payroll. These included one member of staff at a printing works employed solely on Marshfield Farm requirements; Rentokil; Environmental Officer;and every week. The ice-cream production and packing was in the capable hands of six Latvians, all related to each other, who live on-site in static caravans. From time to time these workers, who just love our car boot sales, return to Latvia and more relatives come to Pennsylvania to take their place.

The farm area is small and, frankly, cramped. Car parking is at a premium and the farm is the personal home of the Hawkings and their three children. The original farmhouse was built around 1650 and is Grade II listed, which has prevented the family from being able to extend the buildings or erect a wind turbine. The ice-cream we are all so familiar with is made in stable accommodation, the small size of which you can barely imagine. The company’s electric bill for 2012 stood at the horrendous amount of £86,000.

95% of the cow’s feed comes from the farm and in the summer they can be found in the fields on a rotation feeding system – strips of field with electric fencing – one strip of grass, get milked, onto the next strip of grass. To ensure each and every cow makes its way to the milking shed GPS is fitted to the hooves, so consequently they are ‘logged-in’ when they reach their stall. Dawn maintained that from a cow in the field to the ice-cream being available for sale was forty-eight hours.

As we donned disposable coats and hats we were told the hats had metal in the edging and anyone venturing into the swould be known by the metal detector sounding a bleep. When we entered the cramped stable block Dawn showed us the Pasteurising Room where the milk is held at 70°C for ten minutes. After this time the double or clotted cream is added along with sugar and the flavouring. The milk is then homogenised which gets rid of fat globules to give the ice cream a smooth texture rather than a gritty taste. The milk is then reduced from the 70ºC down to minus 4ºC in the Ageing Room where it is emulsified so that the ice-cream is easy to scoop, because the company’s



Great hilarity ensued when Dawn tested us on what we thought was added to ice-cream to create the colours that the public required. For a lovely

d Rock Cafés. Their ice-cream includes

ini-tub was

ase let any Group Officer

strawberry looking ice cream it was beetroot; chlorophyll for the mint and for the new Funky Banana flavour it was cumin.

On then into the packaging room where three helpers were engaged in filling plastic tubs weighing 3kg of ice-cream, passed to his mate who put the lid on and the label, into a box which was sealed up by a machine and finally to chap number three who put it into a freezer at -18°C.

It was interesting to learn that Marshfield Farm Ice Cream is the only upplier to all the European Hars

egg yolks, which are not used in the traditional Marshfield ice-cream. Other outlets of the production line included a budget line for the United Nations who shipped it out to Afghanistan. Buckingham Palace is supplied for their garden parties; it was mentioned that the farm is not allowed to ask for payment from the Palace even though they supply it at cost price – they will get paid when the Palace feels fit. Next time you are at the theatre, especially in Bath – just remember the £2.50 mpurchased by the theatre for 46p.

Finally into a barn where they hold events in the summer, and our ‘tasting time’. Dawn allowed a two-flavour test, and sometimes a third followed by taking our orders of purchases to take away. Part of my choice was a litre tub of Rum and Raisin – the raisins are soaked in the rum overnight. All fruit used at the farm comes from the Vale of Evesham.

As ever an excellent social trip organised by Beryl Smith. The maximum for the visit was 30 and right up until a week before Beryl had a waiting list. Disappointing then that on the day the register only read 27 of which 26 actually arrived.

Beryl has on many occasions expressed a wish to relinquish her responsibilities for organising outside tours and visits but the Group, as yet, has failed to find a member prepared to take on the position – perhaps 2013 will be the Group’s lucky year – pleknow of your enthusiasm for the task.

Volunteering Opportunity – Social Events Organiser

We need a Volunteer to arrange a programme of Social Events for

Members, to engender a Club unity in the Group.

Speak to any Committee Member if you are interested in the role.



IAM Masters by Bob Hawksley BOB BECOMES ONE OF THE FIRST

On the drawing boards of Chiswick in 2011, IAM Masters was finally rolled-out at the beginning of 2013. It replaces the old IAM Special Assessment which was offered to IAM Members or general public alike, as is he Masters. The old ‘Assessment’ was just that, an assessment with a

AM, Police, RoSPA or other driver training

nced Observers in our Group. You ill also need to bone up on Highway Code, HTBABD and the Police

r telry. This test

. Aftehat exactly is expected, you

e an explanation of the aids available to you and how

n detail, a full cockpit check, o give with full explanation of

tmark at the end. The Masters is a ‘pass or fail’ product. Drivers who did the Assessment within the last 2 years or so can apply retrospectively for a Masters Certificate. A mark of 70% gets you a very desirable pass and 80% the prestigious distinction. Masters is heralded by the IAM as ‘the most challenging advanced driving/riding programme available in the UK.’ I know this claim has been much debated by other driving organisations; I can tell you with certainty that applicants who put themselves forward for examination without first aining experience with the Ig

organisation are unlikely to have a happy day. The IAM offers ‘Masters Mentoring’ for those applying for the test who feel they would benefit, but this comes at a price. I am a Senior Observer but I still felt I needed to seek help / assistance / guidance from my Bristol colleagues: there is no shortage of suitably experiewdriving manual Roadcraft – the latter being very important as the Masters ssessment drive is conducted to Police advanced driving standards but a

without the blue light stuff (oh what a shame). The test lasts about 3 hours, 2 of which will be ‘in car’ and the remaindespent on theory test and debrief in the comfort of a hosis only conducted by IAM Staff Examiners so applicants in the South West get ‘the Andy Poulton experience’ r a short briefing from him and clarification of any uncertainties about wmay start your own chat. This should includvehicle, engine, gearbox, systems and safety you might make use of them, a POWDERY iexplanation of the sort of drive you intend tIPSGA and any Road Craft you feel inclined to offer at this point. Only then may you contemplate turning a wheel, but don’t forget to mention or demonstrate the Moving Brake Check.



Once on the road, you will be demonstrating the core skills including (quoting loosely from the Masters brief): Application of the System of

ar Control in a timely, developed and accurate manner; smoothness of tion

k do in

e needed. There is also a

vigational exercise thrown in ‘from here I would like you to proceed in

out

position would jeopardise a ‘1’ for m

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ill t would be unlikely but not

possible.

Cvehicle control; cornering principles; assessment, planning and execuof safe overtaking manoeuvres; making maximum safe progress within all speed limits; observation, anticipation and awareness consistent with vehicle speed and situation; sound judgement of speed and distance; a fluent, relevant and consistent commentary. In other words, all the skills we have been trying to do for years. I thinit has more in common with the Further Advanced Driving Test we Bristol, rather than the instructional stuff we learn as Observers. The drive consists of the usual road mix where use of appropriate positioning to maximise safe progress is an essential. Progress here is not just getting to 60 when possible, it is getting there AS SOON as possiblso a smooth increase to maximum acceleration is nathe direction of xxx’ so for this section of the drive the usual comprehensive directions from the passenger seat are abandoned and youare left to get lost all on your own. There is a short comfort break abhalf way through the drive (a brief cockpit check here won’t go unnoticed) and the drive eventually ends-up back at Keynsham - but don’t forget the shut-down drill. The drive is marked by assessing the same 27 competencies (26 for riders) as the standard IAM test, the difference being that the bar on this occasion is considerably raised. It takes just one small lapse in any area to drop you from a 1 to a 2. For example, an instance of dropping a hand on the wheel from its correct 10:2Steering. The overall percentage mark for the drive is calculated frothe number of marks in the 27 boxes. Obviously a ‘first’ pass with all oneis the minimum of 27 points which at Masters level would amount to 100%. This is unlikely to happen. One 2 would take you to 28 points, ten 2’s to 37. I’ll spare you the math, but to achieve a 70% pass you are allowed a maximum of 38 points in the boxes, and for a distinction no more than 33. In theory, you could have a 3 in a competence box and stpass, although at these sort of skill levels thaim



The morning concluded with a verbal debrief from Andy and the promise of a written one by e-mail within hours. This duly arrived during the evening, along with a note about the actual percentage pass achieved. A

eek or so later I received a typed-up version of this report from the rs

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wIAM along with a letter of congratulations and a certificate. Mastepasses are entered on the Masters Register which can be found on the IAM website http://www.iam.org.uk/members-area/masters-registerLogin required.

I recommend the experience and hope to see many of you on the Registesoon!!!

Volunteering Opportunity – Meeting Reporter

Have you noticed there are no reports of recent Monthly Meetings? e need a Volunteer (or Volunteers) to write a one or two-page

to

Wsummary of what our guest speakers say at Meetings, for insertion inthe LINK for the information of Members.

Beryl Smith did this task excellently for a time, and more recently James Lewis-Barned - but he has now gone away, up to University.

If YOU would like to help, please get in touch with the Editor. [email protected] 0117 960 8494

or speak to him at the next Monthly Meeting.

UESTION: WHAT IS THE SHAPE OF A UK STOP SIGN ?

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18% B Square 16%

Octagon 52%

Numpty Drivers on the loose As an example of how little knowledge Joe Public has, did you see a recentedition of Celebrity Who Wants to be a Millionaire ?

Q

A Diamond B Square C Pentagon D Octagon

Two celebrity contestants, Coe and Cram, were not at all sure, evethough Coe has recently overseen a massive driver training scheme . . Let’s ask the Audience.

They were not at all sure either, and gave the surprisingly wide choice: A Diamond

What do our readers think the

Just for fun. No prizes.

correct answer is? C Pentagon 14%

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Is Two Seconds Enough? Paul Hunt asks

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,

t in 1947, the thinking s

xpecting an event to happen can start to react in 0.2 seconds, although if he idriving, ‘re econds, adding consid

f the car in front merely slows down, then 2 seconds separation may be low down behind it also.

5 near lanes

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as the brake lights on the Qashqai in lane 3. e.

h mir spotted eft, s eng ith a better ne ave you t was fortunate

rather, it was as if they all knew eering to the right as well.

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“Only a fool breaks the two second rule”. Sounds like it’s set in stonit’s so familiar. But is the distance sufficient, because at speeds ove40mph ‘it doesn’t compute’. At 60mph a two second gap is 176 feetwhereas the Highway Code stopping distance is 240 feet.

The Highway Code stopping distances were sedistances based on the ‘average reaction time’ of 0.7 seconds. Varioumore modern studies have shown that someone looking at a monitor e

s distracted that can rise to 0.9 seconds. In the real world of action time’ vision-to-pedal can be as much as 1.5 to 2 s

erably to that Highway Code stopping distance.

Ifair enough for a following driver to react and sBut what if the vehicle in front stops more abruptly?

I found out on Bank Holiday Monday going south on the MBridgwater. Heavy traffic, cars in all 3 lanes and at that point all 3making about 65mph. I was in lane 1, at a 3 srepositioning sideways to se t was happentraight and the view forwa d s not good because all the cars in front s

were tall, and restricted my vision - people carriers, 4*4s, light vans.

The first thing I noticed wThen on the Shogun in lane 2. By the time the lights lit up on the S-max

e I ha eady come off the gas and started to brakFord in front of m , d alr tGlancing toward e ror, I a beige van roof ahead on the l

arside view, said, “Hat an angle – my pa s er, wIseen that van?”. very that all the drivers in front

seemed experienced, and did not panic - they could not stop, slowing firmly and v

As they did, thesaw facing me a 20-year-old beige Renault camper van – mainly on the hard shoulder but jutting out at an angle into lane 1. Ja moment before, the Renault had beetravelling as the third vehicl

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The Renault camper had suffered a massive Formula One style of tyre blowout and disintegration, had spun anticlockwise more than 180 degrees and had come to rest when it hit a concrete pillar. Unpleasanbut fortunate for the occupants, because otherwise it would have continued spinning and would probably have overturned.

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the ‘sudden stop’ incid● If I had attempted a full likelihood that severa● When you are in traffic (r to ‘reaction’ and ‘braking ion’ element, where you have to figure-out what you are seeing, what is happening, and decid

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A quick mirror sweep revealed cars very, very, close behind in all 3 lanes, but not gaining on me. I could not stop, so I too swerved right to miss thcamper van. But where to? Lanes 1 and 2 were a debris fchunks, plastic and metal. The main tyre piece (3 feet of tread) was lying flat on the left side of lane 3. The only clear road surface was the outsideof lane 3 – but to swerve there and straighten-up again without hitting the barrier did not look possible. I judged that the big piece of tyre tread was less than 5 inches tall – the ground clearance of my car – so I aimed to straddle it, releasing the brakes to level the car and thus give a fraction more space underneath. It all happened extremely quickly.

Two very still, ashen and shocked faces were looking out of the rear sidewindow of the Renault as we went by, still making over 30mph.

I could see in the mirrors some more cars following through, some behind them managing to stop – some drivers pulling over to the hard shoulder tassist. So I carried on slowly to the next junction and exited, to givunderside and tyres a thorough check for damage before continuing.

The thoughts after this incident are:

● Even with a 3 second gap, I could not practically stop, even though ent happened 3 vehicles ahead.

emergency stop – there is a distinct l cars behind would have piled into me. ather than following one car), in addition ’, there is a third, overlapping, ‘realisat

e how you are going to deal with it. ● The 2-second rule is not robust. The Highway Code actually “Rule 126. Leave enough space between you and the vehicle i front so that you can pull up safely if it suddenly slows down o stops. The safe rule is never to get closer than the over stopping distances (shown on page 42)”.

DO YOU STILL THINK 2 SECONDS IS ENOUGH?

OH, - AND WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU INSPECTED YOUR TYRES, ESPECIALLY IF THEY ARE GETTING-ON A BIT IN AGE?



3-in-a-car at a new Venue by Alan Dunn At a Cabot team meeting last October, team members said that Yate wanot a very suitable location for these get-togethers, and some bright spark suggested using the Cross Hands at Old Sodbury. As I live only a few minutes from the centre of Yate, it had been a very convenient venue or me, but I was browbeaten by the team who threatened all sorts of

s

I set the ate) at Old Sodbury, thinking it was too far for anyone to go, I would be

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ressed for cars with heaters so stood back until some hardy younger

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fphysical violence if I did not agree. Thus, I arranged a 3 in a car on the morning of Easter Saturday (I did not know it was Easter when dthere on my own, I could blame the team for this failure, say I was right all along, and go back to Yate in future. That’s called management. I under-estimated the power of Geoff’s publicity machine. E-mails emanating from the Chief Observer tobr ant new venue, so it seemed inevitable that I would not be alone. I arrived about a quarter of an hour before the due time to see neadozen cars already there, but as soon as they saw me, they all drove oStrange, I thought, until I realised that it was a touring club that had used the same venue to gather prior to setting off. T , ple I recognised started turning up, saying how much they were looking forward to the morning. In the end, there were 13 people (only 12cars as one Senior Observer came in his Associate’s) consisting of severaObservers, a couple of Trainee Observers, 2 Associates, and, to top it all, none other than our own Staff Examiner, Andy Poulton, handing out score heets for the new IMI standards.

cars were brand spanking new. Tim Hills arrived in his

ustin 12/4 which looked fantastic, and for a brief moment, I thought I ould love to team up with him. I quickly came to my senses when I

noticed the absence of windows, and remembered that on thmy temperature gauge varied between 2 and 3 degrees centigrade. I was dmembers grudgingly stepped forward to join Tim. I saw them later that morning, but could not understand a word they said through their chattering teeth. The rest of us enjoyed all the usual trappings of a goo3-in-a-Car and left us in no doubt that these occasions really do give members a great opportunity to meet in a driving situation and have a thoroughly good time.



The upshot was that I had to agree that Old Sodbury gave us much more flexibility in our choice of routes, a good opportunity to use speed in places and was much easier to find. Therefore, I now claim it was entirelymy idea to go there, and it will be Cabot team’s home for future 3-in

-a-

ar sessions.

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ith no windows and a top speed of 40 mph! At the next get-together on t

up, for making this uch a pleasurable event and marking the start of 3-in-a-Car meetings

C Oh, yes, I ought to mention that, of the 13 people who turned up, apafrom me, Tim was the only member of Cabot team, and he came in a caw11 August, there will be a bar of chocolate for the person driving the mosbizarre – sorry, interesting - vehicle. Anybody with a bus? My thanks and appreciation to all of you who turned sat Old Sodbury.

Observers Meeting The latest 6-monthly Bristol Observers’ Meeting took place on 10 April.

ttendance was very good, with only two of Bristol Group’s 25 Observers

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inutes of the Meeting can be viewed and downloaded from he Members area of the website ( www.iam-bristol.org.uk ).

Aunable to make it, and offering apologies. All seven Trainee Observers attended as well.

Chief Observer Geoff Bevan ran through updates on a series of topics: • Bristol Group’s IAM Test Results – 2012 was excellent • Regional Observer Training Days – trying to achieve a uniform national standard • Observer’s Insurance - have YOU informed your insurers? • IMI accreditation of National Observers (and later, of Local Observers) • IAM MASTERS – the Test evolved from the old IAM Special Assessment • The Common Confusions document (guidelines on various driving issu• IAM Test Booking procedure • The importance of pre-test Check Drives • New Bristol Group ‘DriveCheck Assessment’ • Three-in-a-Car • Overtaking Training dates • Cornering Training - for the future • Manoeuvring Competitions and Treasure Hunts - Insurance difficulties • HGV Training - up and running

All of the topics have been reported recently in the pages of the LINK.

The official MtLogin required.



Letters to the Editor A LACK OF EQUALITY aul, I notice in the March LINK newsletter that Chief ObsP erver Geoff

are people and in today’s world are surely equal.

Pointing-out differential stats is not showing equality, and surely the is. In the next issue, are we going to see sexual and trans-gender, or a break-down

also note that you are offering a refund to people aged 17-24, which is

tw hich is selective ! HE Tre1. me xes, and M-average percentage of women. 2. t a diverse set of applicants to mirr plies – although they are adm entative sub-set of the population, who just happen to be ant to make use of our services. 3. and ‘inju t from a

oa al support is provided by South Glos Council, to

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ants, and ideally all organisations, including all small clubs (of which e in place ‘approved’ Constitutions which

with modern law and conduct – in the areas raphy and Data Protection), and the

C dre def s “under-18s”) and Vulnerable Adults.

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w up its rent that

er issues will have to be discussed and resolved by Committee.

proudly – and rightly so - announces a 98% pass rate, but then for some unknown reason goes on to split the people down into “men” and “women”

-data for the two categories. I must ask; “ WHY? ” with detailed subll these driversA

Group’s Equality Policy covers thdata for homosexual /lesbian, biby some other diversity factors? Instead of pointing-out differences, surely the Group should be striving to achieve a balanced diverse membership reflecting all the factors of the population in Bristol?

Isurely ageist, and further, that refund is open to 17-24 year-olds in only

o of the five or six Local Authorities in the area, wLEN

asurer Paul replies: Men and Women. The IAM is viewed as male-dominated, so the purpose of

le is to show that we cater for people of both sentioning statistics split male/fema in Bristol we actually recruit a higher than IA

Diversity. We do not currently specifically seek-oution. We accept anyone who apor the local popula

ittedly a self-selected unrepresdrivers, and furthermore drivers who wYoung Drivers. Drivers under 25 are acknowledged as at greater ‘incident’

vers. Our refund offer addresses that facry’ risk than other categories of drid Safety aspect. The main financiR

be allocated to their residents or people who drive in their area (limited funding remains from Bristol City Council). We consider that neither the actual Scheme nor the Scheme’seligibility criteria are unlawful or unjust under any rules in place at the present time. 4. Policies on Equality and other issues. Recent contact with South GloucestershireCouncil, concerning a Community Award Scheme, has made me aware that SGC norequires grant applicthere are over 1,000 in the SGC area) to havinclude ‘public protection’ policies to complyof Equality, Confidentiality (including PhotogSafeguarding/Wellbeing of both hil n ( ined a

IAM Groups abide by the IAM Group Rules 2000, which is the basic imposed constitution, supplemented by the IAM Group Handbook, which includes paragraphs o“Equal Opportunities” and “Harassment” stating that the IAM and Groups are committedto both the avoidance of unlawful discrimination and the positive promotion of equal opportunities. IAM Chiswick tells me it has no plans to update either the Rules or the Handbook, and advises, strangely, that it is down to each individual Group to draown policies. In Bristol we already have a Photography Statement, but it is appathese furth



WHEN IS THE ELECTION, AND WHAT IS IT FOR ? David writes: Paul, what have elections got to do with the IAM? Why is there a question, Election Date? on the Group Renewal Form?

The Editor replies: When you gain an acceptable mark in the IAM Advanced Driving Test, this fact is put to the IAM Council, who ’elect’ you to Full Memof the Institute. So, Election Date is nothing to do with Parliament, Local Cou

olice Commissioners – it is, in Plain English, “The date you ‘passed’ the IAM

bership ncils,

, . I enjoy your website as it is very informative and well written.

ing list for your Newsletter ?

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dded by the paying Member. By all means pay by SET or ET, but please arrange it with the Treasurer beforehand.

PAdvanced Driving Test”. PRAISE FROM AFAR from Gordon R Findlay Gordon e-mails: I am a Member and Observer with the IAM in GlasgowScotlandCan you include me in the mail

The Editor replies: Thank-you Gordon, for your kind words. Anyone can access the LINK via the website, but we have added your e-mail address to our new ‘notification list’. MY NEW TYRES from Andrew Faulks Andrew telephoned: Paul, I was reading your piece (January) aboeffects of new tyres. It is so true. I subconsciously noticed upon replacing old Pirellis with Michelins on my VW Passat, that my experience mirrored what you write. Quietness, rolling-on further when taking the foot off the gas, and cornering as if on rails. I wouldn’t have believed a change of tyre could make such a difference. I’D LIKE TO PAY BY DIRECT DEBIT Robert writes: Dear Treasurer, please arrange for my subs to be paid by Direct Debit. It would be so much easier for me – I wouldn’t have tobout organising and changing a Standing Order and payment by cheque is a

so out-dated I doubt that anyone pays like that any more.

The Treasurer replies: The Bristol Group is a Club – albeit a Registered Charity – and so has a Club andSociety bank account. Only Companies – with a company account – can set up a Direct Debit scheme. If we could operate DDs, there would be a deposit bond required by the bank – and the administration would be an unwelcome additional burden on the Treasurer, who, remember, is a volunteer. 60% of our Meby Bank Standing Order, where payments are under the control of the paying Member - once set-up, they are trouble free, although there is a bit by the Member when the subscription changes. Cheques are by no means dead – almost all our outgoings are paid by cheque, and 40% of our Members pasubs that way, it being easy for the Treasurer to receive payments and rebooks. Four Members even pay by handing over ‘portraits of the Queen’. Paby SET/RET (single/regular electronic transfer) via Internet banking is also possible but only used by five Members. Although SET may be convenient for the Member, itis less so for the Treasurer, unless the payment is made at the right time, and ameaningful reference is aR



Contact Us Your guide to who does what

PUBLIC ENQUIRY LINE 07071 20 11 73 phone direct 0117 960 8494 e-mail [email protected]

[email protected]

Executive Committee, Bristol Advanced Motorists Chairman Andy Cole 07714 992 639

Vice Chairman Marlene Baker 01454 619289 k [email protected]

Secretary Martin Evans 0117 979 8061 [email protected]

Treasurer Paul Hunt 0117 960 8494 [email protected]

Publicity Officer Geoff Bevan

01453 860365 [email protected]

Associates Administrator Pam Hunt 0117 960 8494 [email protected]

Newsletter Editor Paul Hunt 0117 960 8494 [email protected]

Database Administrator James Rowland 07817 152 405 [email protected]

Training Administrator Margaret James 01454 776416 [email protected]

Membership Tony Gilbert 07973 730 498 Development [email protected] Events Organiser

Gary Nunn 01454 851 984 07557 765 [email protected]

Young Driver Rep. Barnaby Ellis [email protected]

Other Post Holders Minute Taker

Clare Reeves 0117 969 1746 [email protected]

Monthly Meeting Contact

Clare Reeves (note change of e-mail address)

Inform Clare Reeves of any potential speakers at [email protected]

Chief Observer and Web Administrator

Geoff Bevan 01453 860365 [email protected]@iam-bristol.org.uk

Group Display Boards & LINK Collation Organiser

Andrew Nicholls 01749 860321 [email protected]

Social Events Organiser vacant contact Secretary for the moment

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would like to volunteer, please contact the Group Secret

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y include in our newsletter, on our we ral promotion. If you wish to withhold your permission, pleas ry.

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What’s the IAM Cofor Life Advan ourse ing yone who curr a full driving licence. The course,

based on the System which forms the core and perfo r control and enables drivers to gain

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Skill for Life fee refunded when

become an Advanced Driver!

Aged 17-24 ? Live, work, or do Full-time Education in South Gloucestershire, (or live in Bristol City)? Then you could have your

you pass the IAM Test, courtesy of South Gloucestershire’s and Bristol City’s Council Road Safety Teams.

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013 Advanced Driving Course Dates LL FR RED )IENDS, FAMILY, COLLEAGUES ( PRE-BOOKING REQUI

JULY Seminars on Wednesdays July 10th, July 17th, Aug 28OCTOBER Seminars on Wednesdays Oct 09th, Oct 16th, Nov 27JANUARY 2014 Seminars on Wednesdays – dates yet to be arranged. APRIL 2014 Seminars on Wednesdays – dates yet to be arranged

Further details of Skill for Life are available from Pam Hunt, the Bristol Group’s Associates Administrator,



The Cover of the hard copy version

The A5 paper version of the LINK has the glossy thin card cover which is reproduced left.

The image shows Bristol’s iconic Clifton Suspension Bridge, designed by renowned Engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel and

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The cover is printed free of charge by Bristol Printing and Office Supplies firm PRISM. PRISM Director Doug Lodge is a Member of the Bristol Group, and in the past held Group positions Treasurer and Chief Observer.

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THE GROUP NEEDS MORPublicity is the Key

bove: hief Observer Geoff (right) pictured talking to that valuable commodity we UST acquire for the Group – a Member of the Public (left) who is interested signing-up for the Skill for Life course and IAM Advanced Driving Test.

photo: Barnaby Ellis

eaching Members of the Public with Publicity efforts has become tremely difficult in the last few years.

s an existing Member or Associate, you can be a good Sales Persuader or the Group. Do you know someone in your family, circle of friends, or mongst your work colleagues, who could benefit from joining the IAM nd our Group? Every new Associate will help towards securing the short, edium and long-term future of both your local Group and the IAM itself.

emember we have our YOUNG DRIVER REFUND SCHEME available – hose aged 17-24 who pass the IAM Test can have their £139 SfL fee efunded. (Note: Conditions apply: Residency/Work/Education in the

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