oxtondriver wrote:Hello people,
Ive been lurking for a while now but this is my first post.
Really its a quick question ive just watched the clip of the Saab overtaking, and towards the end of the clip he overtakes the car that pulls out in front of him. While completing this overtake he crosses into the chevron area. I can see the line around the chevron area is broken so my understanding is he can enter the area if it is necessary and it is safe to do so.
My question is, is over taking considered to be a necessary action therefore allowing him to enter the chevron area?
Sorry this is a bit of topic.
Thanks Kris.
I saw nothing wrong with that overtake. The immediate threat is that the red car would be using both the lane one and the ghost lane to turn right (and by implication have a claim on the oncoming lane) so he might have had to stop prior to it, had it got itself into difficulty. However, that was quite a long way off, and seemed ok to me. He could have pulled in a lot sooner in front of target vehicle had it been necessary.
On necessity - it's not what it used to be. Essentially there's no line offence available for those sort of chevrons (nor indeed had they had solid borders) -- simply a question of careful and considerate driving.
Had he caused an oncomer to change course or speed by being there, then that owuld be a different matter, but I saw nothing illegal or indeed unsafe with that maneouvre.
The driver of the white car, however, may have labelled him a dangerous nutter.