IVORTHE DRIVER wrote:Never mind what the Highway code says, I would not go for an overtake in that situation unless I could be sure there was NOTHING in that side road.
IVORTHE DRIVER wrote:he realised that there was no room for both me and him to get past (ie i was not going to speed up for his benefit) and he was left with no choice but to stand on the brakes and barely made it back behind the tractor before the oncoming vehicles wiped him out.
zadocbrown wrote:
How would you have felt if he had wiped out a family of 5 because you wouldn't make space for him? Almost certainly it would have been the innocent party who came off worst.
Is the speed limit that important? Or were you feeling particularly self-righteous on that occasion
IVORTHE DRIVER wrote:zadocbrown wrote:I had loads of time to complete my overtake (at probably 53/54 mph) being back on my side of the road before the oncoming vehicles appeared round the next bend, he had 40ft of metal completely on the wrong side of the road and suddenly thats my fault? I don't b****y think so
Be cautious particularly about accelerating while still behind the target which you are intending to overtake. If he was about to stop, and braked suddenly, would you be able to stop behind him? The IAM way, as explained by JC, is to move out to the offside when safe for a better view without accelerating, and only then to commit to the overtake.
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