When you find that the cars in the adjacent lane keep rushing past you, and the car in front of you still crawls slowly, and it gradually falls behind the vehicles in front of it, what you need to do at this time is to overtake it. For experienced drivers, overtaking is a very common driving maneuver, composed of several driving actions, not only requiring lane-changing skills but also reasonable matching of throttle and gears. Many people cannot fully grasp overtaking techniques, and there are misconceptions and technical deficiencies when overtaking.
Basic Overtaking Maneuvers
Summarizing overtaking actions: accelerate and change lanes into the middle lane, accelerate straight ahead to surpass the vehicle to be overtaken until reaching a safe distance, then change back to the original lane. Through overtaking maneuvers, the goal of rapid passage is achieved.
Timing for Overtaking
When you discover that the car in front of you has significantly affected the speed of the entire lane due to its own reasons, and there is a safe lane to borrow from, you can consider overtaking. In general, the vehicles to be overtaken have the following characteristics: cars driven by novices who dare not increase speed, slow-moving large buses or trucks, vehicles with hesitant driving due to unfamiliar routes, vehicles driven while talking on the phone, and some vehicles that maintain a slow speed for unknown reasons.
When you drive behind any of these vehicles, as long as the overtaking conditions are met, what you should do is to overtake without hesitation.
Basic Techniques for Overtaking
Overtaking needs to be completed safely and swiftly, so the actions of accelerating and changing lanes need to be clean and decisive, and must be completed under the premise of ensuring safety. To successfully complete overtaking, the following techniques need to be noted.
① Eye on all sides. Since overtaking requires borrowing a lane, it is necessary to first observe the status of the lane to be borrowed before overtaking. At this time, the technique of changing lanes can be used to safely merge into the middle lane. Besides observing the driving conditions of vehicles in the adjacent lane, it is also necessary to observe the driving conditions of the vehicles in front of the vehicle to be overtaken. Also, before overtaking, it is necessary to observe whether the vehicle in front is going to overtake the vehicle in front of it. If so, you need to wait until the vehicle in front completes the overtaking before implementing your own overtaking.
② Downshift and Accelerate. This is to obtain a larger acceleration within as short a time as possible. To achieve this purpose, when driving an automatic transmission vehicle, you need to quickly press the accelerator pedal all the way down, allowing the transmission to continuously downshift, thereby obtaining a larger driving torque. As for manual transmissions, you need to first downshift and then quickly press the accelerator pedal to accelerate. The purpose of downshifting and accelerating is because the throttle response speed is faster and the torque is greater in lower gears, which allows for quick acceleration.
③ All-around observation. Overtaking is usually done from the left side. Previously, the innermost lane of many roads was the overtaking lane, so first accelerate and move to the left lane. After completing the lane change and straightening the steering wheel, continue to accelerate straight ahead until reaching a safe distance, then return to the original lane. During this process, continuous lane changes should be avoided, meaning that immediately after overtaking the vehicle, you should not immediately return to the original lane, as this could easily result in a collision with the overtaken vehicle. It is best to accelerate straight ahead after the first lane change, observe the rearview mirror, and if the overtaken vehicle appears in the rearview mirror, then returning to the lane at this point will definitely be safe. The techniques for overtaking from the right side are the same.
④ Slow down when encountering stationary vehicles. When driving and needing to overtake stationary vehicles in front, especially on narrow roads, overtaking must be done slowly, and you should always be prepared to stop, to avoid sudden opening of doors of stationary vehicles leading to collisions.
Taboos of Overtaking
We need overtaking techniques, but frequent overtaking is not recommended. Moreover, in many cases, overtaking is not appropriate, especially on two-lane bidirectional mixed traffic roads.
Firstly, in congested road conditions, it's best not to overtake, because the speed is too slow, making it difficult to complete the lane change and acceleration actions. Even if overtaking is completed, it will not achieve the goal of fast passage.
For two-lane bidirectional roads, it's best not to overtake when going uphill, especially near the top of the hill. Because the hilltop blocks our view of oncoming vehicles, creating a blind spot, overtaking should not be done here. Similarly, on such roads, if you encounter a large bend that obstructs your view, you must not overtake before entering the bend. Wait until after passing the bend, when visibility improves, and at least see the oncoming vehicles before overtaking.
Since overtaking requires instantaneous acceleration, in addition to fully utilizing the vehicle's power performance, the road surface adhesion is also crucial. For example, overtaking on icy and snowy roads should be avoided, because instantaneous acceleration can easily cause slipping, preventing the overtaking action from being smoothly completed according to the driver's intention, which can easily lead to accidents.
Overtaking is a relatively complex driving maneuver, but if you possess qualified lane-changing skills and control the throttle well, you can more easily master overtaking skills. As a car owner, you should fully understand the acceleration performance of your vehicle, so that when overtaking, you can accurately judge whether it is possible to quickly and safely overtake.
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