Highway Code Rule 161 wrote:Mirrors. All mirrors should be used effectively throughout your journey. You shouldYou will need to look round and check.
- use your mirrors frequently so that you always know what is behind and to each side of you
- use them in good time before you signal or change direction or speed
- be aware that mirrors do not cover all areas and there will be blind spots.
Remember: Mirrors – Signal – Manoeuvre
Kimosabe wrote:i'm now checking them all even when I feel it's irrelevant
Kimosabe wrote:What is it that i'm supposed to be looking out for that I haven't already seen?
Kimosabe wrote:I keep repeatedly saying things like "still three behind" or "still nothing behind" every time I see a junction, pass a junction, road sign, enter a new road etc... "the car behind just turned off" .... but so what?!
Kimosabe wrote:"Approaching an NSL, mirrors, one behind"
Ralge wrote:...To answer one question of yours, when planning to accelerate out of one speed limit to another, I am more than interested to know that following traffic is not planning to out-accelerate me and is therefore not a threat.
MGF wrote:If you accelerated before the end of the 30 limit I can understand the disapproval.
martine wrote:Ralge wrote:...To answer one question of yours, when planning to accelerate out of one speed limit to another, I am more than interested to know that following traffic is not planning to out-accelerate me and is therefore not a threat.
Yes and that opens up another debate...I have a fairly quick car which will out accelerate most but if someone in a 'normal' car was already off-side I'd probably let the go past rather than 'embarrass' them by flooring it and leaving them in a trail of dust. My argument is it might be seen to be aggressive on my part so I'll back down and deal with them later. Is this being too defensive for my own good?
Ralge wrote:I do quite enjoy spotting the driver who catches me up markedly in a 30 zone and then leaving him/her well behind me as I enter an open NSL.
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