scared to turnleft into my drive in my tvr

[lestershaw]

as the topic says, i am really concerned when i am about to turn right into my drive.
i live on a reesonably fast road, and i have a small drive which i have to slow down to turn into. my drive is on the left. My problem is whenever i am in my tvr which is quite small, i really worry when i turn left. The reason is, if there is more than one car behind me when i begin to turn into my drive, when i indicate to turn left the first tends to overtake me even though its a hatched area. this leaves little time for the second car to realise that there is a car turning left, and i have had some very narrow escapes. I tend to either, not indicate until the last minute so the first guy doesnt realise whaat i intend to do, or pull out really wide before i turn left so as i cant be overtaken. If the cars behind are going really quickly, i even drive up further and do a u turn and then turn right into my drive.
any thoughts or suggestions, because daft as it seems, im going to get rear ended one day :-(

[Nickyboy]

Yeah because indicating at the last minute wont lead to someone rear ending you.

[Benbay001]

Considered slowing down earlier? More gradually?
Edit: I guess the PH response would be, accelerate as briskly as possible once your drive comes into view, to create a buffer zone between you and the traffic behind, the brake firmly and turn into your drive on the limit of grip.
And the mums net response would be to call for traffic calming measure like road bumps outside your property, choice is yours.

Edited by Benbay001 on Saturday 1st September 20:02

[AWRacing]

Suggestions, yeah stop driving like a bellend and signal earlier to give the guy behind you a chance. Driving the way you currently do is more likely to end in an accident which could be classed as your fault.

[4key]

How long is the hatching? Slow dow way before your drive hugging the kerb and indicating as if you are going to park in the road.

[carreauchompeur]

Turning left? Sounds far less hazardous than turning right. Just take it slowly.

[sooperscoop]

I had the same problem, and have a dent to prove it (they just drove off, the bds)

Normally, I'd have to indicate really early and slow right down, also very early so that I forced the car behind to take notice and slow.

If someone behind was on my arse/blabbing on the phone, the alternative was to slow a little then boot it to get sufficient space behind me, then scream into the driveway. I'd be in the driveway before they were near me, whether they slow down or not.

[ImDesigner]

lestershaw said:

I tend to either, not indicate until the last minute so the first guy doesnt realise whaat i intend to do

How on earth will that help?

[lestershaw]

AWRacing said:

Suggestions, yeah stop driving like a bellend and signal earlier to give the guy behind you a chance. Driving the way you currently do is more likely to end in an accident which could be classed as your fault.

if you bothered reading my post properly, you will see the problem mainly occurs when i DO indicate, as the first driver then just overtakes me by going to the hatched area, i guess that might be you then , as you probably drive like you read,

[lestershaw]

ImDesigner said:

How on earth will that help?

it helps as they slow down as well, waiting to see whaat i am going to do instead of just overtaking wildly

[lestershaw]

4key said:

How long is the hatching? Slow dow way before your drive hugging the kerb and indicating as if you are going to park in the road.

the hatching is about a hundred yards. my kerb too high tot it and then turn in sharply, i have to turn in slowly.

[lestershaw]

AWRacing said:

Suggestions, yeah stop driving like a bellend and signal earlier to give the guy behind you a chance. Driving the way you currently do is more likely to end in an accident which could be classed as your fault.

try it in your lotus one day, one near miss and you wont be so smug

[davepoth]

Are we talking about turning right or left? Title says left, first post says right. Obviously you don't want to give out a google map link of your house, so can you do a screenshot of it (helpfully annotated with some arrows)?

[FloppyRaccoon]

I have to take a sharp left onto my driveway from a 1 mile long straight section of B-road. Very few people do 60, almost everyone is above the speed-limit here. Not once have I ever had the problem you describe. Indicate and slow down with plenty of time and you don't surprise anyone.

[ImDesigner]

lestershaw said:

ImDesigner said:

How on earth will that help?

it helps as they slow down as well, waiting to see whaat i am going to do instead of just overtaking wildly

I honestly believe indicating as early as is reasonable and swinging the car out wide (not into oncoming traffic) would be the best way to go. Indicating late won't make the following driver slow down, they'll just want to nip past you as quickly as possible.

[StuartGGray]

lestershaw said:

as the topic says, i am really concerned when i am about to turn right into my drive.
i live on a reesonably fast road, and i have a small drive which i have to slow down to turn into. my drive is on the left. My problem is whenever i am in my tvr which is quite small, i really worry when i turn left. The reason is, if there is more than one car behind me when i begin to turn into my drive, when i indicate to turn left the first tends to overtake me even though its a hatched area. this leaves little time for the second car to realise that there is a car turning left, and i have had some very narrow escapes. I tend to either, not indicate until the last minute so the first guy doesnt realise whaat i intend to do, or pull out really wide before i turn left so as i cant be overtaken. If the cars behind are going really quickly, i even drive up further and do a u turn and then turn right into my drive.
any thoughts or suggestions, because daft as it seems, im going to get rear ended one day :-(

Left or Right ?

[Engineer1]

Either stop opposite your drive wait for the traffic to pass then pull in or as suggested stay wide indicating and slowing early then check for traffic and make the turn. I can have similar problems reversing onto the drive, people sometimes struggle with knowing what a car showing a white light at the back and an indicator flashing might be trying to do.

[tangerine_sedge]

lestershaw said:

as the topic says, i am really concerned when i am about to turn right into my drive.
i live on a reesonably fast road, and i have a small drive which i have to slow down to turn into. my drive is on the left. My problem is whenever i am in my tvr which is quite small, i really worry when i turn left. The reason is, if there is more than one car behind me when i begin to turn into my drive, when i indicate to turn left the first tends to overtake me even though its a hatched area. this leaves little time for the second car to realise that there is a car turning left, and i have had some very narrow escapes. I tend to either, not indicate until the last minute so the first guy doesnt realise whaat i intend to do, or pull out really wide before i turn left so as i cant be overtaken. If the cars behind are going really quickly, i even drive up further and do a u turn and then turn right into my drive.
any thoughts or suggestions, because daft as it seems, im going to get rear ended one day :-(

I can't see why this is a problem? Stay towards the middle of the road, and slow down/ brake well in advance whilst indicating left. If the car behind you overtakes, then he will have to pull right around you. The driver following him would see him pull out and realise there is some obstruction ( i.e. you) and also go around you?

To the OP, how long have you been driving? If you don't know how to turn left by now, I suggest you stop driving....

[Monkeylegend]

Simple answer is to approach from the opposite direction and turn right into your driveway.

There is no charge for this simple solution, it only took me 2 seconds to think about it

Go on, tell me this is not possible for some obscure reason like you live in a one way street, because otherwise you would already be doing it.

[davepoth]

ImDesigner said:

I honestly believe indicating as early as is reasonable and swinging the car out wide (not into oncoming traffic) would be the best way to go. Indicating late won't make the following driver slow down, they'll just want to nip past you as quickly as possible.

Indeed. Without indicating the follower will think you are just randomly slowing down. Indicate as early as you can, position the car as close to the middle of the road as you can to help the driver behind understand your intentions.