WWYD overtaking etiquette scenario
Discussion
Its 7.00am on a weekend. You haven't seen any cars for the last twenty minutes, and it's dry and sunny, and you're 'out for a drive', with no destination / time constraint. You come off a roundabout onto an A road. There is a mile long straight ahead of you which leads into a 3rd gear right hander, and then approx. a further ten minutes of corners with few overtaking spots. You know the road ahead is regularly used by bikers who if coming the other way usually exit the long smooth right hander ahead and onto this straight section of road at well over NSL.
You see a Yaris and daewoo lunchbox going at first estimation 40mph in a NSL about 300m ahead.
Do you
a) make 'normal' progress, knowing you might not catch them and overtake without leaving a decent section of road clear to take account of a biker coming at higher speed than expected the other way. You may be stuck behind them for the rest of the route you have planned unless they turn off.
b) Stop for five minutes and let them get well ahead, then proceed as normal.
c)Use all the available vehicle power and get past them at high speed while the road is long, clear and straight, but less courteously due to your noise and a high differential speed...
d) use all available power to catch the vehicles, then slow to overtake at a more courteous speed, knowing you may give an auwful fright to a particularly fast oncoming biker exiting the corner ahead.
My instinct is for c)as it appears safest for all potential parties, albeit leaving a bad impression with the yaris and daewoo. WWYD?
You see a Yaris and daewoo lunchbox going at first estimation 40mph in a NSL about 300m ahead.
Do you
a) make 'normal' progress, knowing you might not catch them and overtake without leaving a decent section of road clear to take account of a biker coming at higher speed than expected the other way. You may be stuck behind them for the rest of the route you have planned unless they turn off.
b) Stop for five minutes and let them get well ahead, then proceed as normal.
c)Use all the available vehicle power and get past them at high speed while the road is long, clear and straight, but less courteously due to your noise and a high differential speed...
d) use all available power to catch the vehicles, then slow to overtake at a more courteous speed, knowing you may give an auwful fright to a particularly fast oncoming biker exiting the corner ahead.
My instinct is for c)as it appears safest for all potential parties, albeit leaving a bad impression with the yaris and daewoo. WWYD?
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