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Just got back from a group sesssion in clapham, small turnout so we had 4 riders(3+me) and 2 instructors(Paul+Richard from cycleconfident). The first couple of hours we spent making emergency stops and doing signalling in an unused basket ball court and then from that till the end we moved onto some quiet roads to do what we just talked about on roads. As the group was small it was very good being able to talk in depth about things and had more time for questions and between the 4 of us we had a range of skills/questions so lots of things got covered and asked that I wouldn't have asked or even considered.
My only thing they mentioned seemed to be that when I stop at a T junction or crossroads and I'm stationary I don't need to signal again as I did(it's something I have always done) but then he went on to say if a driver had been behind me for the first signal it's not needed repeating but if I was waiting for a while and a car approached then it would be good. Mixed messages about that.
Left and took a nice quiet route home with one of the others from the ride who was going the same way but was sticking to main roads as he had been driving for 20 years and didn't know other routes. We talked on the ride up and his mind was totally blown, I got a vague idea he was thinking of his own driving and anger being a driver behind as he took primary or avoided door zones, the quiet route home in great weather I think just totally sold him on "why would I want to sit in a box".
Thinking I should have spoken to the other 2 slightly more as the session ended. All kinda local tho so might see them when riding.