Chorister (or Organist)
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The car is like a wind instrument—and I include the human lungs here—requiring you to control pitch (= position) and volume (=speed) for a harmonious effect among the other singers (=road users). Too far to the left and you're singing flat; too far right and you're sharp. Too much gas (= swell pedal) and you'll drown out your peers.
As with dance and music, the necessary flow is due to certain routines applied in sequence, according to understood conventions. You'll know how to "read ahead", perhaps thinking of each vehicle in front as constituting one bar of music. Look beyond just the next note; you need to know how to set up your lungs / hands/feet for the whole next phrase (= batch of hazards) ahead. If you can't see round the corner, slow it down (= time to turn over the sheet music, so you know what you're about to commit to). And once you've started to go (= started singing a note / pressing a key), go with conviction! |
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As with dance and music, the necessary flow is due to certain routines applied in sequence, according to understood conventions. You'll know how to "read ahead", perhaps thinking of each vehicle in front as constituting one bar of music. Look beyond just the next note; you need to know how to set up your lungs / hands/feet for the whole next phrase (= batch of hazards) ahead.
If you can't see round the corner, slow it down (= time to turn over the sheet music, so you know what you're about to commit to). And once you've started to go (= started singing a note / pressing a key), go with conviction!
If you can't see round the corner, slow it down (= time to turn over the sheet music, so you know what you're about to commit to). And once you've started to go (= started singing a note / pressing a key), go with conviction!