SafeSpeed wrote:
Sixy_the_red wrote:
Homer wrote:
If I am on a twisty road waiting for an opportunity to overtake I will look out for the hzard lines ending around a bend as it tells me there is a stretch of good visibility around the corner and I can move up to the overtaking position rather than hanging on someones tail all the time.
You're assuming that the lines have been painted in the correct place though - I can think of examples where there are double white lines on stretches where its perfectly safe to overtake and likewise dashed lines where there isn't a hope in hell of a safe overtake.
Yeah but the lines don't tell you if it safe to overtake, they only tend to inform you that it
might be safe to overtake. As such they are useful information in the early stages of considering an overtake. No more than that, but useful nevertheless.
I rather agree with Sixy. We appreciate that the broken lines do not indicate that it
is safe to overtake, but I see many cases where there is no way a safe overtake
could be made there. There are a number of example in my own area, but unfortunately I don't know how to put up pictures of them for you to see.
Best wishes all,
Dave.