Am I wrong in doing this?

[vantara]

Hi all, I passed my RoSPA advanced driving last year, along with Advanced defensive and Close Protection driving.
Since then I seem to spend most of my time on 2 lane dual carriageways or motorways and often practice aspects of advanced driving whilst doing this.
This includes keeping to the left of the lane I am in whilst on a right hand bend for the first 75% (ish) of the corner before straightening up etc, the opposite applies to left hand bends of course.
Am I wrong in doing this and should I just keep to the centre of the lane I’m in? I hasten to add that I only do this when it is relatively quiet, I wouldn’t do it on the M25 at rush hour!

[vantara]

Pica-Pica said:

A wide track, and the risk of noise when running over cat’s eyes or white lines, or running over detritus near the gutter, keeps me more or less in the centre of each lane. Also, road surface, potholes, drain covers, etc tend to dictate positioning more!

Now on single lane, narrow, back lanes, it is a distinct advantage to get a better view of, and more importantly, to give a better view to oncoming road users (horses, cyclists, pedestrians especially)

I’m not that far to the edge of the lane that I hit cats eyes or rumble strips, I drive 100k miles a year so know the width of my car, and have found that a large percentage of potholes and road surface degradation is actually where the majority of vehicles tyres would be (especially on the A27) so by not using the typical line I actually end up avoiding a lot of ‘obstacles’.
Sadly I also occasionally do commentary drives if on my own

[vantara]

I’m definitely not self congratulating! As a relatively recently qualified advanced driver i was hoping for replies from the more experienced and was just concerned how it would be perceived by other road users if seen to be “wandering” in your lane.

And yes I am a chauffeur so do lots and lots of miles!