Crossing straight over - where to look?
Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2014 2:43 pm
I'm looking for some advice on where/when/how long to look left and right when crossing a junction.
I regularly drive through a particular cross-roads where I need to go straight on, but must give way to traffic coming from the left or right. There is limited visibility/cross views on the approach, so my stop/go decision can only happen once I am within a few feet of the give-way line. The junction is in a 30-limit, with good visibility in both directions once you actually get up to the line.
I drive through it every day and often feel like I miss gaps that were wide open, and on a couple of occasions have cut things a bit fine, going when I should have waited. Is there a commonly taught system of where to look in this situation? Should it be right first? left first? lots of quick glances in both directions, or just one or two longer ones? I often find I need to look one way for about a second in order to 'fully process' everything that's there, and feel happy I haven't missed a cyclist for example.
I regularly drive through a particular cross-roads where I need to go straight on, but must give way to traffic coming from the left or right. There is limited visibility/cross views on the approach, so my stop/go decision can only happen once I am within a few feet of the give-way line. The junction is in a 30-limit, with good visibility in both directions once you actually get up to the line.
I drive through it every day and often feel like I miss gaps that were wide open, and on a couple of occasions have cut things a bit fine, going when I should have waited. Is there a commonly taught system of where to look in this situation? Should it be right first? left first? lots of quick glances in both directions, or just one or two longer ones? I often find I need to look one way for about a second in order to 'fully process' everything that's there, and feel happy I haven't missed a cyclist for example.