MikeG wrote:Now that the nights are drawing in or in fact driving at any time during the hours of darkness set me to thinking about overtaking. Would the same method be employed as during daylight hours (see Advanced Overtaking) but bearing in mind the shortened vision.
I'm particularly thinking about going to the offside for a look, and if going onto full beam to maximize your view ahead, would this spook the driver you were planning to overtake, or would it be better to stay on dip until you decide the overtake is on and then go to 'mains' as you draw level.
Or is their a completely different method for night time overtaking?
Mike
Always assuming they have remembered to put their lights on!wenlocksimon wrote:Personally I find overtaking in darkness is dependant on the road i.e. how well do you know it.
On unknown roads, I always keep it steady however on roads I DO know well then I tend to use the darkness to my advantage if needs be.
The best example I can give is a long right hander prior to entering Gnosall on the A518 from Newport. Interesting corner as the visibility through it changes with the seasons! Between November and March the hedgerows on the opposite side of the carriageway are leaf-free and afford enough visibility through the corner to perform an overtake if needed even though it looks like a blind corner. However, during the summer months the hedges are in foliage and overtakes are a no-go.
Nights are a little different. The limit of visibility in this corner is about a quarter of a mile ahead and uphill to where the 40 limit of Gnosall starts. Now, as I said, during the summer that quarter mile is obscured by hedges. But, during the hours of darkness if there is no tell-tale headlight beam between the exit of the village and the turn-in point of the corner then an overtake could be safely executed.
S
Nigel wrote:Another thing I'm noticing when driving at night is how horrid these super bright lights that are fitted to the likes of my beloved BMWs are, they dazzle so much, even on dipped beam, I question their approval for fitment.
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