Safe driving tips Driving involves risk and safe drivers aim to reduce and manage their risk. Visitors to South Australia Driving involves risk and safe drivers aim to reduce and manage their risk. The Driver's Handbook Overtaking. Contents Before you drive Licence Classes. Before overtaking another vehicle, you must: be sure it is safe to do so on a single-lane road, be sure that the road ahead is clear for a sufficient distance be sure you have sufficient distance to return to the same lane or line of traffic without endangering the vehicle being overtaken or any vehicle coming from the opposite direction be sure no other vehicle is overtaking your vehicle by checking the road behind in your mirrors and blind spot signal your intention to overtake for long enough to give sufficient warning to all other road users.
When you overtake, you must: leave a safe gap between your vehicle and the vehicle you are overtaking allow a minimum of 1 metre clearance when overtaking bicycle riders; 1. Being overtaken When driving a vehicle being overtaken by another vehicle, you must: keep to the left, if safe, to allow a reasonable space for the overtaking vehicle to pass or keep within your lane and not increase your speed until the other vehicle has completely overtaken your vehicle and returned to the lane or line of traffic.
Following distance outside of built up areas for long vehicles Except when overtaking, road trains must maintain at least metres behind another long vehicle and if your vehicle is a long vehicle 7. Overtaking trucks Unsafe overtaking is something truck drivers see all too often. Some people take a very large risk for only a few seconds' gain. Before attempting to overtake ask yourself the following: What will I achieve? What are the risks?
Is it safe and is it legal? How far is it to the next overtaking lane? What type of truck am I overtaking? How long will it take to overtake it? Can I see oncoming traffic? Is there a bend or dip ahead of the truck that might be obscuring oncoming traffic? Do not overtake a truck unless: You can see oncoming traffic You can see there are no bends or dips ahead that may be obscuring oncoming traffic You have enough clear distance ahead, without oncoming traffic, dips or bends, to pass safely.
Did you know? Pedestrians crossing the road that are hidden by stationary vehicles in other lanes. Other drivers may not see you and suddenly move back to the left. How useful did you find the answer? Not at all relevant Quite useful Useful Very useful Excellent. If you can't find the answer? Ask a question. At some junctions, a lane may lead directly off the road. Only get in that lane if you wish to go in the direction indicated by signs or road markings.
Do not overtake unless you are sure it is safe and legal to do so. Overtake only on the right. Do not overtake on the left or move to a lane on your left to overtake. In congested conditions, where adjacent lanes of traffic are moving at similar speeds, traffic in left-hand lanes may sometimes be moving faster than traffic to the right.
In these conditions you may keep up with the traffic in your lane even if this means passing traffic in the lane to your right. Do not weave in and out of lanes to overtake.
Hard shoulder where present. Hard shoulder where used as an extra lane. The hard shoulder is used as an extra lane on some motorways during periods of congestion. You can only use the hard shoulder as an extra lane when a speed limit is shown above the hard shoulder. Where the hard shoulder is being used as an extra lane, emergency areas are provided for use in an emergency see Rule Emergency areas are located along motorways with no hard shoulder or where the hard shoulder can be used as an extra lane see Rule and MUST only be used in an emergency.
You MUST NOT stop on any carriageway, emergency area, hard shoulder, slip road, central reservation or verge except in an emergency, or when told to do so by the police, traffic officers, an emergency sign or by red flashing light signals. Do not stop on any part of a motorway to make or receive mobile telephone calls, except in an emergency.
Unless signs indicate that a lane leads directly off the motorway, you will normally leave the motorway by a slip road on your left. On leaving the motorway or using a link road between motorways, your speed may be higher than you realise - 50 mph may feel like 30 mph.
Check your speedometer and adjust your speed accordingly. Some slip-roads and link roads have sharp bends, so you will need to slow down. To help us improve GOV. It will take only 2 minutes to fill in. Cookies on GOV. UK We use some essential cookies to make this website work. Accept additional cookies Reject additional cookies View cookies. Hide this message. Motorways to General rules to Rule Prohibited vehicles. Motorway signals rules to Rule A single sign or signal can display advice, restrictions and warnings for all lanes.
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