I am of the shuffle generation so Guilty and to some extent had to be reprogrammed when I did my IAM more recently. My observer made little comment as it did not cause any issues in his opinion. My Examiner did and commented on it after my test. We had a discussion in which I asked whether it was in any way unsafe? "No but it doesn't look good"." Is the priority to be safe or to look good? (See! Its not just on the forum that I'm a bolshie bugger!). "Ummmm " was the answer ...
Its the way Advanced Riding used to be taught. The emphasis now is less on rigid formulae and more on adopting safe habits for particular scenarios and I can appreciate that faffing about with the shuffle may impede progress and there may be occasions when sitting ready to snick it in gear and move off may be the safest option.
I tend to avoid anorak conversations about IAM/ROSPA etc. However anything to do with adaptive learning gets the thumbs up from me.
In today’s world of poor driver skills, lane 2 hoggers for one example, I tend to give up on strict observance of the H/code and try to do my own thing with a nod to guidance and rules replaced by risk assessment based riding. Everyone is an idiot...inc me at times! New Zealand have great traffic warning signs. Often at the approach to hazards you’ll see “be careful, other people make mistakes here!” It’s great psychology.
Besides, I like my Hendon shuffle