[Madfish]

Originally Posted by Digger

Just because I know something, doesn't mean I do it all the time. I have been trained to be an attentive careful buddy, but it doesn't mean I do it all the time.A massive majority of us have a driving licence and have been taught to drive safely, yet how many of us have caused an accident through not following a basic rule of driving? If everyone followed the Green Cross Code all the time there wouldn't be any accidents (or very very few) which is taught to us by a driving instructor when we learn to drive. If I'd listened to him I wouldn't have had any of the accidents I have been in, and the fact is it was included in the training. The training was good, however after the event I chose to disregard some part of it. As a result a bad thing happened. Same with buddy skills. Leave a buddy behind and they can happily die on their own without you knowing. We are trained to stick together. Some of us forget or choose not to follow this instruction.I refuse to believe that 4 days with an instructor is going to make a difference by comparison to months of having these things drilled into me, not just one buddy, but a group of 6 or more. If I didn't learn from that, then 4 days of being told I have to do that again is just going to get me to stick my hands at 10 o'clock and 2 o'clock to pass the test.Digs.

Sorry Jack - your driving instructor must have been pretty concerned about your situational awareness if he thought it necessary to teach you the Green Cross Code - that was something your mum was supposed to do.......
Di