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Overtaking
Overtaking might not be the most common cause of road accidents, but overtaking accidents are certainly amongst the most serious. You might not get a lot of chance to overtake on two-way roads during your lessons, this makes it even more important to raise your awareness of overtaking risks and how they can be minimised.
In an ideal world, overtaking accidents would be prevented by better road design; however, one of the problems is that many of our roads were first built sixty or more years ago.
Safety on these roads can be improved by road markings designed to deter overtaking. Markings include solid white lines along the edge of the carriageway (these encourage drivers to keep to the centre of their lane rather than positioning to the left); hatching along the centre of two-way roads, solid centre lines, etc., but there is only so much that can be done to change existing roads.
Ultimately, a change in driver behaviour is essential for continuing improvements in overtaking safety make sure you start your driving with a sound understanding of the benefits and risks involved with overtaking.
Overtaking safely
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