I skip gears on the way up the box at times. Accelerating in second to pass a slow moving vehicle from 20mph in a 40 limit I'll skip third and jump straight to fourth. Similarly from third to fifth.
Driving is all about the circumstances that apply at any given moment. Sticking rigidly to an inflexible rulebook doesn't make sense in an environment where the situation is constantly changing, often by the second.
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