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Overtaking
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Overtaking
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Overtaking
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Position
Speed
Gear
Acceleration
Use the System to make your overtaking safe.
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Overtaking
Are there likely to be unseen high speed vehicles
approaching?
Do you consider all these factors when overtaking?
Are the drivers aware of me?
Are drivers ahead likely to overtake?
What is the speed of approaching vehicles?
What is the speed of the vehicles to be overtaken?
What is the distance needed to overtake safely?
How will the driver occupants respond?
What is happening behind?
Is the road layout a hazard?
What is the speed performance of my bike?
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Overtaking
If you are following a large vehicle, keep well
back and look along both the near and off sides
to get the best view of hazards.

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Overtaking
Remember - take views to both sides but dont sit
in the blind spot of the vehicle you are
following. Maintain a safe following distance.


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Overtaking
If there are no other hazards present, the early
position shown gives excellent forward vision for
overtaking purposes.
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Overtaking
Where hazards exist the rider may need to adopt a
following position prior to overtaking. Either
way, application of the System will provide
optimum progress.
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Overtaking
The basic rule for overtaking -
If this is the gap you have identified as the one
into which you will return...
then this is the earliest point at which you can
start to enter that gap.
Can you reach this point before any approaching
vehicles - seen or unseen - could come into
conflict with you?
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Overtaking
The rider does not realise the car driver can
only see the slower moving large vehicle. The car
driver pulls out in front of the overtaking rider.
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Overtaking
The rider fails to anticipate the car may turn
without warning into a side road, cutting across
the riders path.
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Overtaking
The rider fails to anticipate the driver of the
car is only looking right and may pull out into
the riders path as the rider approaches on the
wrong side of the road.
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Overtaking
The rider fails to anticipate the lorry is not
overtaking the car ahead, but is indicating to
turn right into a side road, across the path of
the rider.
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Overtaking
The red car pulls out of the lay-by forcing the
blue car in front of the rider to cross onto the
opposite side of the road. If the rider was in
the process of overtaking the blue car when
approaching the lay-by the consequences could
have been disastrous.
Hold back from overtaking when approaching a
lay-by. Anticipate the dangers they pose.
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Overtaking
The driver of the blue car pulls into the lay-by
having not realised the bike is following
behind. Again, if the rider was in the process of
overtaking when approaching the lay-by the
consequences are obvious.
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Overtaking
The red car pulls out of the lay-by, into the
opposing carriageway to that of the rider. If the
rider had been overtaking there would have been
little likelihood of avoiding a head on collision
with the car.
Position yourself so that drivers in lay-bys can
see you as you approach.
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Overtaking
The red car pulls out of a queue of slow moving
vehicles and performs a U-turn directly in front
of the on-coming rider Filtering can be a
hazardous manoeuvre. Other road users may not see
you, or may underestimate you speed of approach.
Look for reasons as to why drivers may suddenly
pull out. Moderate your speed so you give
yourself and other road users time to react.
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Overtaking
When using roads that form three lanes on a
single carriageway, be careful not to blindly
follow the vehicle in front through what my
appear to be a safe gap.
This especially important when riding in groups
as you may feel the temptation to carry out
overtakes without looking properly in order to
keep up with the rest. Dont risk it.
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Overtaking
Where the vehicle in front is approaching the
apex of a right-hand bend with a restricted view,
use a nearside position
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Overtaking
Move up on the vehicle in front just before it
reaches the apex to get the earliest view along
its offside.
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Overtaking
Overtake if the road is clear. If conditions are
not favourable, drop back.
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Overtaking
Where the leading vehicle approaches a blind left
bend, do not attempt to overtake until you have a
clear view ahead.
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Overtaking
You could maintain a position where you can see
along the nearside of the leading vehicle as it
passes through the bend.
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Overtaking
If this view is favourable, move out to look
along the offside start to overtake if
conditions are suitable Remember that areas of
the road will be obscured when you change from
the nearside to the offside.
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Overtaking
Always remember that the decision to overtake is
yours - you can reconsider it at any point.
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