Pulling in after overtaking

[imbecile]

KieronSRi said:

imbecile said:

If I pulled in when I could see a car in my nearside mirror then I would collide with it.

Do you drive a lorry the or are you a rubbish driver. Its what they teach you in the standard test and the advanced test.

Oooh, get you!

I can see cars in my nearside mirror whilst I'm still alongside them...

[Futuramic]

My driving instructor always taught me to look for the car I am overtaking in the interior mirror before moving in. This seems to be the safest course of action, as Reg stated, and he was a very good instructor. When overtaking I signal left as well to let the other car know I am pulling back in.

[nobleguy]

R_U_LOCAL said:

KieronSRi said:

Not really as i still tend to be accelerating as i calmy pull in.

What? In every overtaking situation? I doubt it.

What if you're overtaking a line of vehicles and pulling into a gap? I often stop accelerating before I'm even alongside the overtaken vehicle, to allow me to pull into the gap under acceleration sense, without any braking.

Agreed.

[RSTurboPaul]

Though I always worry doing that, in case I'm next to Mr "No-one ever overtakes me so I'm going to speed up and strand him out there"

[shar2]

Futuramic said:

My driving instructor always taught me to look for the car I am overtaking in the interior mirror before moving in. This seems to be the safest course of action, as Reg stated, and he was a very good instructor. When overtaking I signal left as well to let the other car know I am pulling back in.

I must admit that this is what I was taught to do, not by a driving instructor, but by my father when I first started to learn to drive. I also think this is a courteous way of keeping the overtaken driver informed of what you intend to do.

[Futuramic]

I believe indicating left (or right as they drive on the wrong side of the road) to signal moving in after overtaking is the law, or at least standard practise, in Sweden. The overtaking drivers all seem to do it.

[TripleS]

Futuramic said:

I believe indicating left (or right as they drive on the wrong side of the road) to signal moving in after overtaking is the law, or at least standard practise, in Sweden. The overtaking drivers all seem to do it.

I know quite a few people seem to give a left signal to indicate a return to their own side of a single carriageway road after an overtake, but to me it seems superfluous in most cases. Surely that is what we all expect to happen anyhow, isn't it? I can see that it might sometimes be reassuring to an oncomer if space looks to be getting a bit tight, but in most cases I don't think the signal helps anybody.

Best wishes all,
Dave.

[sevener]

I find that generally, people have a lack of ability to judge an oncomer's speed - in my experience that 'left indicate' does reassure people that you're aware of them and are returning to your own side.

7ner

[stevie_d]

TripleS> I agree, I only indicate after an overtake if I am going past a line of traffic and I need to pull back in.

[carrotchomper]

RSTurboPaul said:

Though I always worry doing that, in case I'm next to Mr "No-one ever overtakes me so I'm going to speed up and strand him out there"

Yep, been there, done that. On one of the overtaking lanes on the A39 down near Shepton Mallett. Identified a lovely return gap from ages down the hill but once alongside matey decided that I should remain on the chevrons, and went silly on the horn and lights when I was forced to, erm, rejoin the lane anyway. Because he had decided not to let me in... GRRR!

[1950trevorp]

Interesting - the 911 Turbo "dawdlers" other drivers find.

Adopting the classic "catch - match - despatch" seems to me to not produce these "fight you" targets.

From following position, check, move out, check again, give it rock all
(probably in 3rd) - ease off as level with "target".

It takes some sort of rocket car for chummy to take up the 20mph (or so) speed differential in 1 second.

[AGAR]

Yet another excellent topic.

What would your advice be as concerns physically looking to the side/back (135 degree from normal straight ahead view) to check you have cleared a car behind you? I have reciently gotten into the habit of doing this, mostly due to lack of confidence in my use of my NS mirror (it is tiny!).

My instructor always said never look back (unless reversing) keep your head pointing forwards, as this reduces the chances of you missing something on the road in the time i takes to revert your eyes fully forward again.

A topic on how to correctly position your mirrors would be most useful IMO, my mirrors are tiny so i want to make the best use of of them as possible.

Thanks

[Gromit37]

AGAR said:

Yet another excellent topic.

What would your advice be as concerns physically looking to the side/back (135 degree from normal straight ahead view) to check you have cleared a car behind you? I have reciently gotten into the habit of doing this, mostly due to lack of confidence in my use of my NS mirror (it is tiny!).

My instructor always said never look back (unless reversing) keep your head pointing forwards, as this reduces the chances of you missing something on the road in the time i takes to revert your eyes fully forward again.

A topic on how to correctly position your mirrors would be most useful IMO, my mirrors are tiny so i want to make the best use of of them as possible.

Thanks

Is this technically any different to shoulder checks when changing lanes or leaving roundabouts etc? I nearly always give a quick shoulder check after over taking :-)

[AGAR]

Gromit37 said:

AGAR said:

Yet another excellent topic.

What would your advice be as concerns physically looking to the side/back (135 degree from normal straight ahead view) to check you have cleared a car behind you? I have reciently gotten into the habit of doing this, mostly due to lack of confidence in my use of my NS mirror (it is tiny!).

My instructor always said never look back (unless reversing) keep your head pointing forwards, as this reduces the chances of you missing something on the road in the time i takes to revert your eyes fully forward again.

A topic on how to correctly position your mirrors would be most useful IMO, my mirrors are tiny so i want to make the best use of of them as possible.

Thanks

Is this technically any different to shoulder checks when changing lanes or leaving roundabouts etc? I nearly always give a quick shoulder check after over taking :-)

Technically no different - however i was never told to do it, whether it be changing lanes, leaving roundabouts or pulling in after an overtaking manuvoure (spell). Safe to do so then?

[ol' dirty]

KieronSRi said:

As soon as you can see the face of the car in your left habd mirror youre safe to pull in. Thats what my advanced driving instructor taught me and i never seem to have any problems.

Sorry to thread jack, but cant find the emial button again...

Kieron mate, can you do me a favour...a good friend of mine from RAF Lyneham has just been posted to Marham as a suplier...SAC Byrne, you cant miss him hes a 20 stone Welsh/Itailian half breed!
Say the Old Dirty Sasquatch said hi & the mother in law really appreciated the picture of him urinating amongst the wedding photo's
Also say hi to Wurzle for me?

[Fat Audi 80]

The smoother and slower the overtake the better and more controlled it looks (and IS)

I was pulled up for returning to the left hand lane too quickly when having advanced driving lessons.

I would also add at this point that, unless you can conduct the overtake in a controlled and smooth manner it is not "ON" as it were...

HTH

Cheers,

Steve

[iLiekCarz]

What's wrong with a quick shoulder check (LH shoulder obviously) just to confirm space and distance?