26-04-14, 12:36 PM
I usually indicate an overtaking manoeuvre, but was taught you don't have to signal back in after, as I see many do, as you're returning to what should be the natural position (especially as applied to multi-lane carriageways).
The life saver, as said by Dave48, should be a common sense thing though. There are times when there is a lot going on and a look in the mirror has to suffice - but then, maybe any manouevre should be postponed to a safer moment. Or times when you know for sure that only a jet fighter could have come up behind you in the time since your last check! If it is safe to carry out an overtaking manouevre, it is safe to do a life saver - or you are doing the whole thing when it is NOT safe.
I also agree that how can using your indicators (correctly) be a distraction? A flick of the button?
But constant awareness at all times of what is going on around you I would agree with.
You should be checking only so far back as you would need to know about for anything in the blind spot of your mirrors that could be in the way of your manouevre, not all the way back down the road.
The life saver, as said by Dave48, should be a common sense thing though. There are times when there is a lot going on and a look in the mirror has to suffice - but then, maybe any manouevre should be postponed to a safer moment. Or times when you know for sure that only a jet fighter could have come up behind you in the time since your last check! If it is safe to carry out an overtaking manouevre, it is safe to do a life saver - or you are doing the whole thing when it is NOT safe.
I also agree that how can using your indicators (correctly) be a distraction? A flick of the button?
But constant awareness at all times of what is going on around you I would agree with.
You should be checking only so far back as you would need to know about for anything in the blind spot of your mirrors that could be in the way of your manouevre, not all the way back down the road.