chrisl wrote:TheInsanity1234 wrote:Having said that, I've also done a few overtakes recently, and despite the fact there was no oncoming traffic for miles, and I could've easily overtaken them at the speed limit without breaking a sweat, (overtakee was doing about 45 in NSL), I still break the speed limit whilst on the offside of the road, just to minimise the actual time spent in the path of potential oncoming traffic.
I confess this is something I still do. One of the problems with overtaking only infrequently is lack of practice, but I do wonder how ever often I did get to practice this manoeuvre whether I would ever feel it was "safe" to apparently dawdle in the opposing lane. This may be something to do with having cut my teeth in relatively low powered cars that took some time to accelerate to the speed limit, the temptation being then to compensate by continuing to accelerate all the way past. However, I have not noticed my behaviour change very much as I have progressed onto relatively more powerful vehicles.
When I do overtake, which is very, very infrequently, (partially due to lack of opportunities, and partially due to lack of 100% confidence) I generally keep accelerating until I'm about 3/4 past the overtakee then I find that easing off the throttle to maintenance throttle allows me to get past relatively quickly, then when the rear of my car is level with the front of the overtakee's car, I ease off slightly to drop speed while still increasing the gap behind so I don't cut in, and also don't have to use the brakes immediately.
mefoster wrote:TheInsanity1234 wrote:They were back when I was very new to driving on the road...
Errr... Reality check. You
are very new to driving on the road.
I'm new to driving on the road, I still am. However, I was saying within the first 2/3 weeks or so after turning 17 (yes, a couple were while I was still on L plates...), as in,
very.
But I've been driving on the road since 17, so (audible noises of brain whirring) about 5 or 6 months (depending on whether you count this month as a full month or not), and about 2 or 3 months of independent driving, so I'm not 100% new to this driving lark
Now I'm fully aware that 6 months of driving experience, half of which is unaccompanied is merely a drop in the ocean compared to the years of experience that most of you have.
However, it should count for
something, shouldn't it?
(I wish to add your post came across as being very condensing. I would hope you didn't intend to come across like that.)