Why do people turn left in the overtaking lane?

This is a habit left by professional drivers, at least most of our old drivers do. Mainly used to remind big trucks.

As long as anyone who can drive knows, the basic action of overtaking is to turn on the left turn signal first, stay for three seconds, then change lanes to the left and accelerate overtaking vehicles driving in the right lane in the same direction. After passing a safe distance, turn on the right turn signal again, stay for three seconds, then change lanes to the right and return to the original lane.

This is the basic action of overtaking. Overtaking must change lanes twice, and the left and right turn signals must be used to change lanes. In fact, running on real roads is much more complicated.

For example, some cars will not return to the original lane and still drive in the overtaking lane after changing lanes with the left turn signal. For example, some cars are already driving in the overtaking lane, and vehicles that overtake the right lane in the same direction still turn on the left turn signal and turn off the left turn signal after overtaking, and still drive in the overtaking lane. There are many situations.

Today, this article will talk about why someone is driving normally in the overtaking lane, but overtaking vehicles in other lanes in the same direction. Why did you turn left when you didn't change lanes?

The name of the overtaking lane is the previous name. According to the previous traffic rules, if an expressway has more than three lanes in the same direction, the leftmost lane is the overtaking lane, and the two lanes on the right are the rightmost lanes. When you need to overtake, you should turn the left turn signal to overtake from the leftmost overtaking lane, and then change lanes back to the original lane.

The original overtaking lane was specially used for overtaking, because there were not many cars in the past, so it was called overtaking lane. Later, with more and more cars, the expressway no longer set up special overtaking lanes, but stipulated the maximum speed limit and minimum speed limit of each lane.

At the beginning of overtaking at high speed, turn on the left turn signal, then change lanes and return to the original lane. Later, the overtaking lane was cancelled and turned into a fast lane. The fast lane is no longer a special overtaking lane, but a lane that can drive normally, provided that the speed meets the requirements.

Of course, the fast lane is also a lane that can overtake, which is the leftmost lane on the expressway. At first, the first action of the old driver was to turn on the turn signal when driving in the overtaking lane. Later, the overtaking lane was cancelled, and the old driver also turned on the turn signal when overtaking other vehicles in the same lane on the right.

Later, this habit was preserved and became an unwritten rule of running at high speed. That is to say, when your car is driving normally in the fast lane, you also hit the left turn signal and tried to overtake other cars in the same direction, but at this time you didn't change lanes.

I still hit the left turn signal and did not change the lane. The purpose is to remind cars in other lanes in the same direction that I am driving fast. Don't change lanes, don't change lanes, don't change lanes. It is important to say it three times, because the first action of overtaking is to hit the left turn signal, which has become a habit. Later, as long as overtaking, the habit of playing the left turn signal was formed, even if there was no lane change.

I'm talking about overtaking in the same lane here. To be honest, many people don't know this operation. When driving on the highway, the biggest worry is that the cars in other lanes change lanes randomly or suddenly, which will surprise you, especially when there is a row of cars driving in the right lane and there are not many cars in the left lane.

So the operation of keeping the left turn signal unchanged came out. When you turn on the left turn signal, the vehicle driving on the right in front can see your left turn signal in the rearview mirror. When he sees it, he will know that you are overtaking and will not change lanes.

In fact, the best way to remind the right lane ahead is to turn on the left turn signal. On the highway, whether you honk the horn or flash, it is better to hit the left turn signal. On the highway, you can't hear the horn, and it's no use flashing lights on sunny days with strong sunshine. The long-lasting left turn signal is the best signal, which is suitable for all kinds of weather conditions and can even be used at night.

Of course, it will be better if you can turn on the left turn signal and cooperate with the horn and flashing light to remind the car ahead. Some people will do this. Personally, I usually turn on the left turn signal directly and then keep my eyes on the right front wheel, especially when there are more than two large trucks on the right.

Even so, I should always pay attention when overtaking other vehicles in the same direction at high speed. Once I overtook with the left turn signal, and there was a big truck changing lanes on the right. The driver of this big truck definitely didn't look in the rearview mirror, which directly scared me into a cold sweat and quickly braked and slowed down.

When overtaking other vehicles in the same direction, you should overtake quickly, and don't drive side by side with the right vehicle for a long time. This is illegal and will affect the whole high-speed traffic.

Later, this habit also extended beyond the highway. When driving on national roads or urban roads and overtaking other vehicles in the same direction on the leftmost side, you can also use the left turn signal method. Of course, you can also honk your horn and flash your lights to remind you, which has become a habit.

So when you hit the left turn signal, don't think it must be a lane change, and there are cases where you don't change the lane when you hit the light. Generally speaking, experienced old drivers only know this operation. It is often seen that someone turns on the left turn signal at high speed to overtake other vehicles in the same direction. At first, I didn't understand it together. He didn't change lanes and passed any car. Later, I learned that it was to remind the front car to pay attention.

In the 1990s, when driving in the left lane (that is, the overtaking lane), you had to turn on the left turn signal, which means I was driving in the overtaking lane. If you don't drive, you will be fined if you meet a traffic policeman. It was five dollars! ! Once there is no car in the right lane, the car in the overtaking lane must return to the right lane! ! If the right lane is empty and the car is overtaking, you will be fined by the traffic police! !

How to study subject one? 1. Remind trucks and other vehicles in the right front lane to overtake. Second, remind the right rear to suddenly prepare to forcibly block the vehicle, please keep a safe distance.

Playing the left turn signal in the overtaking lane means: I am still overtaking. This is "light language". Of course, it is also possible that the lamp post does not reset automatically. [yi tooth]

My habit of driving at high speed is to turn on the left turn signal when overtaking, because the other party can't hear you when you honk the horn.

Especially when driving in the overtaking lane, when there is a big truck driving in front of the right lane, I must also turn on the left turn signal and tell them that I will continue to drive in the overtaking lane to prevent the big truck from suddenly jumping into the overtaking lane.

I wonder if this is the right thing to do? I think it's still good, at least to ensure the safety of both sides!

It is completely correct to turn on the left turn signal when overtaking. That's what my coach taught me when I was learning to drive in a driving school. This has two main functions: first, remind the overtaken driver that I want to overtake, please drive carefully and avoid it properly; The second is to remind other traffic participants around and clarify their next operational intentions.

After reading the answer, many drivers are confused now. There is no need to turn on any lights in the overtaking lane. But the overtaking lane should not be occupied for a long time. After overtaking, you should return to the driveway as soon as possible. Some people keep the left turn signal on because they forget to turn it off. This is a novice. Some old drivers tried to keep driving in the overtaking lane and deliberately turned on the turn signal. In fact, the traffic police can find themselves occupying the overtaking lane for a long time through monitoring, warning them through the horn first, and punishing them if they don't listen to the command! Especially those with slow speed, as well as large trucks, have been occupying the overtaking lane, which makes people angry!

I have the habit of reminding the front car and the exit lane that I have to overtake continuously.

I did meet it. It's hard to understand. If you change lanes and hit the left turn signal, it means that you are ready to change lanes and overtake. Some drivers obviously hit the turn signal in the overtaking lane. Personally, I think it may be that they want to remind the car in front. But when I am in the overtaking lane, ready to overtake the lane on my right, I am used to flashing lights.