A question re: overtaking
Discussion
Picture the scene:
3 lane road with one lane protected by a solid white line on my side and a dotted white line adjacent to it on the opposite side giving 2 lanes going in the opposite direction to me.
If I am riding a motorcycle and the car in front of me pulls over to his left giving me room to overtake without the need to cross the solid white line I have always understood it to be OK to overtake (always accompanied by a wave to acknowledge the driver's courtesy for moving over.)
So far so good, except that I was recently advised by a traffic plod that the act of overtaking even if NOT crossing the solid white line to do so was not allowed and this came as a surprise to me. i should add that I was not ticketed, just given "words of advice".
I was always under the impression that the offence was "crossing the solid white line" and not "overtaking" and this particular plod thought otherwise.
I've been riding this way for years and have never come across this problem before and I have no intention of changing my interpretation of the solid-white-line rule but i would welcome your comments. :-)
3 lane road with one lane protected by a solid white line on my side and a dotted white line adjacent to it on the opposite side giving 2 lanes going in the opposite direction to me.
If I am riding a motorcycle and the car in front of me pulls over to his left giving me room to overtake without the need to cross the solid white line I have always understood it to be OK to overtake (always accompanied by a wave to acknowledge the driver's courtesy for moving over.)
So far so good, except that I was recently advised by a traffic plod that the act of overtaking even if NOT crossing the solid white line to do so was not allowed and this came as a surprise to me. i should add that I was not ticketed, just given "words of advice".
I was always under the impression that the offence was "crossing the solid white line" and not "overtaking" and this particular plod thought otherwise.
I've been riding this way for years and have never come across this problem before and I have no intention of changing my interpretation of the solid-white-line rule but i would welcome your comments. :-)
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