Cornering in town
Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2012 12:10 am
Another instructor, who is also a tutor for learner drivers, shared with me the wisdom that is now being applied in driving tests in my country which is to go around the corners in towns at a tight line to prevent any possibility of riders and cyclists getting on the inside.
Till now I sided with "late apexing" a corner. Even in towns, I find that cornering like this allows, for one, to merge into traffic in the other street at an angle which is less steep, which causes less conflict with it and less need for a head movement in checking traffic. Also, the wider radius taken allows to prevent the inside-rear wheel from meeting the curb, which happens ever more often in longer and wider vehicles like goods vehicles and vans.
Which of the two approaches sounds logical to you? which of them do you take?
Till now I sided with "late apexing" a corner. Even in towns, I find that cornering like this allows, for one, to merge into traffic in the other street at an angle which is less steep, which causes less conflict with it and less need for a head movement in checking traffic. Also, the wider radius taken allows to prevent the inside-rear wheel from meeting the curb, which happens ever more often in longer and wider vehicles like goods vehicles and vans.
Which of the two approaches sounds logical to you? which of them do you take?