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Benbay001
Original Poster
1,948 posts
26 months
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Do you do them?
When you know there is a dual carriageway a mile in front (for example)?
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kaf
323 posts
16 months
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If it will aid my progress by a useful margin then yes, otherwise what is the point?
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0a
8,438 posts
63 months
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Yes, if it is safe and I am happy to do so. Why wouldn't you?
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VR46
289 posts
12 months
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If it's safe to do so, yes. Slower cars/drivers are a menace and the sooner you pass them the better.
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The Black Flash
4,262 posts
67 months
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Sometimes, sometimes not.
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Mastodon2
5,739 posts
34 months
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When it's safe and appropriate to do so, yes most of the time.
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Benbay001
Original Poster
1,948 posts
26 months
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It was a matter of curiosity, thank you.
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7mike
2,053 posts
62 months
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kaf said: If it will aid my progress by a useful margin then yes, otherwise what is the point? That would pretty much rule out overtaking then. If I'm being tailgated my some knuckle dragging goon who has only caught up with me because of a slower vehicle ahead I will definitely consider an overtake as a means of increasing safety margins.
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0000
9,319 posts
60 months
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It's not really for the sake of it - it's to make progress. Who knows what delays you might experience by waiting.
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ScoobyChris
233 posts
71 months
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I'm not sure a d/c being further down the road would make much difference to my immediate decision to overtake. If it's safe and I'm currently travelling slower than I would like to, then why not.  Chris
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creampuff
1,229 posts
12 months
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Case by case basis. If I had to use full throttle and exceed NSL by a large margin in order to perform the overtake, then probably not, I'd wait for DC.
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Fastdruid
1,218 posts
21 months
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Yes (if it's safe), never waste an overtaking opportunity, you don't know what may happen down the road (that DC may have road works and be restricted to one lane for example) but you know what is happening now.
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Trif
121 posts
42 months
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Stuck behind someone doing 40-50? I wouldn't bother. Someone doing 25 then the will take the first opportunity.
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BertBert
7,057 posts
80 months
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I'd overtake wherever I can (safely) regardless of the "gain".
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Benbay001
Original Poster
1,948 posts
26 months
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Trif said: Stuck behind someone doing 40-50? I wouldn't bother. Someone doing 25 then the will take the first opportunity. I dont know where you live, but down here in Dorset, you would never overtake anything if this was your thought process.
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New POD
1,958 posts
19 months
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If there is space to overtake safely, I will.
I assume that by the time I reach the dual carriageway, something else will be holding me up.
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MC Bodge
3,801 posts
44 months
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Personally, I enjoy driving and like to drive smoothly at my own pace, not having to follow dithering drivers who slow erratically at unnecessary times and places. (of course, anybody slower is rubbish and anybody faster is a hooligan...)
Over a short journey the difference in time between staying behind the car in front and overtaking will not be that significant, but it is far preferable to have a clear road in front of me. On a longer journey it could make a significant difference.
I overtake where I can do so safely.
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kaf
323 posts
16 months
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Without there being a recognisable benefit, I would not overtake for one reason, no overtake is ever without risk.
For all the planning and anticipation, accounting for safety etc, there is one thing it is impossible to be fully certain of - the driver you are overtaking!
IMHO Nearly every driving decision is based upon risk/reward. With no reward there is no point in accepting the (even slightly) increased risk.
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deltashad
2,743 posts
66 months
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Definitely.
Too many times I have waited until the dual carriageway, only to have some dimwit attempt an over take and only just pass the slow moving vehicle, then the road goes into single carriageway again and your left stuck, still behind the slow moving vehicle.
Overtake asap with kick down, then relax, apply cruise control, happy thoughts.
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Vaux
1,490 posts
85 months
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Fastdruid said: Yes (if it's safe), never waste an overtaking opportunity, you don't know what may happen down the road (that DC may have road works and be restricted to one lane for example) but you know what is happening now. This. Waited once for a short stretch of DC and road maintenance dept. had coned off lane 2 for grass cutting. Won't make that mistake again.
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