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Passing a slow car (driving below the limit) on two lane undivided highway. You could pass them at the speed limit, but its safer to just speed up while passing
by amf12 4y ago
Passing a slow car (driving below the limit) on two lane undivided highway. You could pass them at the speed limit, but its safer to just speed up while passing the car and then reduce your speed when you are back in your lane.
I had to do this multiple times passing RVs while on a road trip this weekend.
- Duralias 4y agoOk, but legally you aren't allowed to do that. Also why is it safer? To me a predictable speed would be safer.
- throwaway0a5e 4y ago>Also why is it safer? Because you spend less time and less distance in the "wrong" lane.
- atoav 4y agoWhich you should not have entered in the first place.
- throwaway0a5e 4y agoYour opinion is asinine. If using the lane at that time/place to pass was not suitable it wouldn't be signed/marked for such. Increasing the time it takes for people to execute a pass is a regression in safety from the status quo.
- pseudo0 4y agoIt's legal, at least in the US, if there is a dotted or broken yellow line between the two lanes, the opposite lane is clear, and you have enough time/space to complete the overtaking before it swaps back to solid yellow. For obvious reasons, you generally want to spend as little time as possible in a lane that has traffic coming at you head-on.