What does it mean to look to the left when overtaking and to the right when overtaking? What precautions should be taken when overtaking and meeting another car?

Everyone knows the basic movements of overtaking, and has also learned them in driving schools. The steps are: turn on the left turn signal, observe the road conditions, change to the left lane, accelerate to overtake, turn on the right turn signal, observe the road conditions, change back Drive normally on the right lane.

The so-called look to the left when overtaking means that when overtaking, you should always look at your left rearview mirror to understand the road conditions behind you on the left. This includes several situations:

1. Look to the left lane before overtaking.

It refers to looking at the left lane before changing lanes to overtake. Our country's law stipulates that overtaking must be from the left lane. However, in reality, many people overtake without turning on the turn signal and secondly without looking to the left. After turning on the rearview mirror and turning on the lights, some people forcefully overtake regardless of whether the vehicle on the rear left agrees or not.

I met a female driver before. I was driving normally in the lane. She changed lanes to the left in front of me and turned on the turn signal. I was going straight, thinking she would let me go first, because The distance was very close at that time, so I didn't slow down. As a result, the female driver had no intention of stopping at all, and cut into the way of me, causing us to collide with each other.

The first thing she said after getting out of the car was: I even turned on the left turn signal, why didn’t you give way? Me: Shouldn’t you turn left and go straight? There was no time to get out of the way. She said: If you don't let me, it's your responsibility. Me: Let’s wait for the traffic police to come and judge. As a result, the traffic police found her fully responsible.

When the female driver changed lanes to overtake, she didn’t look to the left at all. Although she turned on the turn signal, it didn’t mean that others had to let her go. This is one of the reasons why you should look to the left lane before overtaking. one. People who dare to change lanes and overtake without looking at the traffic conditions on the left and rear are extremely unsafe people.

2. Overtaking can only occur if conditions permit.

It does not mean that you can overtake if you turn on the left turn signal. It also depends on whether there are conditions. If conditions are met, you can overtake. If there are conditions, you must give up overtaking.

Two examples: First, when overtaking on a two-lane national highway, there is only one lane in the same direction. If you want to overtake, you have to occupy the opposite lane. When overtaking, you must look to the left, not only to the left rear. Also look at the left front. The main purpose of watching is to determine whether you have the conditions for overtaking.

Look to the left rear to see if there are other vehicles ready to overtake your car. If so, you have to give up overtaking. Look to the left front to see if there are other vehicles that will affect your overtaking. If so, you have to give up. You have to give up overtaking.

The overtaking condition means that you have enough time, distance and speed to overtake the vehicle in front. Generally speaking, on a straight national highway, there is no oncoming vehicle within 200 meters in front of you on the left, and there is no preparation to overtake in the rear on the left. If you choose the car style, you can overtake.

If the distance is not enough and you forcefully overtake, all related vehicles will be put into danger. In serious cases, it will cause a head-on collision of vehicles. This is not a small accident and will lead to car crashes and fatalities. .

The second example is overtaking on the highway. There are 2 to 5 lanes traveling in the same direction on the highway. Take 4 lanes in the same direction as an example. When you are preparing to overtake in the second right or left lane When passing a vehicle in front of you, you also need to look to the rear left and front left.

The purpose of looking at the left rear is to see if there is any vehicle behind that will affect overtaking. If there is, you have to give up temporarily. Some cars are very fast and give you no chance to change lanes. Only if there is enough distance to the left rear can you change lanes and overtake. Sometimes you have to check whether the vehicle on the left rear agrees. Sometimes when you are about to change lanes to overtake, the vehicle on the left rear will keep flashing its lights to prevent the lane change. At this time, you also have to give up overtaking.

The purpose of looking at the left front is to see if it is possible to overtake normally, because there are quite a few vehicles on the highway driving in the left lane, but they are not very fast. Only the cars in the left lane are faster than those in the right lane. You can only overtake from the left lane if you have a car in front of you. If the vehicle on the left front is traveling at a slow speed, you have no chance to overtake.

To sum up, the main points to note when overtaking are as follows:

1. When overtaking, you must look to the left, including the left front and left rear, and you can only overtake after making sure there is no problem.

2. When overtaking, pay attention to the front wheels of the vehicle being overtaken, that is, the front wheels of the vehicle in the right lane.

Because the movement of the front wheels represents the movement of the entire vehicle, when changing lanes and turning, the front wheels are the first to move. On multi-lane highways and national highways, when you overtake, you still have to move. To prevent the vehicle you are overtaking from suddenly changing lanes, this happens often on highways and I have encountered it myself.

Once I overtook a large truck on the right. Halfway through, the large truck in front of me suddenly turned on its turn signal and changed lanes to the left. It turned out that there was road construction on the right road ahead, and the truck changed lanes to the left. I was so scared. I quickly slowed down and braked, letting the big truck go first, and then followed the big truck. Some big trucks went too far and didn't even turn on their lights when changing lanes. So you have to learn to observe the front wheels of the big truck and know its movements, so you can advance in advance. Be prepared.

If you encounter a large truck that suddenly changes lanes when overtaking, the best way is to brake and slow down. Don't think you can overtake it in one second, as that is more dangerous.

3. When changing back to the original lane after overtaking, you must give the vehicle behind you enough space to drive.

I was driving normally on the highway once, and a car overtook my car. Then he changed lanes to the right, but when changing lanes, the rear of his car was very close to the front of my car. I It was estimated to be only about 5 meters away. I was startled and I quickly braked. The ABS was activated and the other vehicle drove away. His behavior of not leaving a safe distance for me was an unethical driving behavior and could be dangerous. occur.

4. The shorter the time during overtaking, the better. Since it is overtaking, don't worry about speeding. You must overtake the vehicle at the fastest speed and in the shortest time, and then drive normally. This is the safest. Never drive side by side with the vehicle you are overtaking for a long time. This is the most dangerous. Because you blocked the whole road.

5. You cannot overtake in curves or from the right.

After talking about overtaking, let’s talk about looking to the right when meeting another car. The so-called meeting is the phenomenon of two vehicles in different directions passing each other from far to near. Generally speaking, when driving normally, vehicles will drive close to the center line of the road, but when meeting other vehicles, the vehicle will involuntarily deviate from the center and drive a little to the right. This is a habitual action.

I was once driving on a national highway, and my rearview mirror collided with a car coming from the opposite direction. That is to say, both cars were close to the center line of the road, and the rearview mirrors of the two cars collided together. , the rearview mirror was folded by the impact, but the car was not damaged in any way, but the speed was too fast, and both cars did not stop and just drove away. I just pulled the folded rearview mirror back, so when I was driving, It must deviate from the center line and stay a little to the right to be safe.

So when meeting another car, because the vehicle is on the right, you need to observe whether there are normal motorcycles or electric vehicles on the right, as well as normal walking pedestrians, to prevent them from being scratched when meeting other cars. These motorcycles or pedestrians.

Traveling does not exist on expressways. It generally exists on national highways, county roads, rural roads and urban roads. Especially on narrow roads, you should pay more attention to the right side. Observing the right side is not only Look to the front right, but also look to the rear right.

The purpose of looking to the right is to prevent the motorcycle or pedestrian driving in front from being scratched. The purpose of looking to the rear right is to slow down when passing a car to prevent the motorcycle or electric vehicle from not slowing down from hitting the right rear. This is This situation is very common. I have a friend who caused an accident because the two cars were very slow when they met. As a result, the motorcycle coming from behind did not slow down and directly rear-ended his car.

Things to note when meeting cars:

1. When meeting cars, give both vehicles enough space to drive. The vehicles can move slightly to the side without affecting the driving.

2. When meeting another car, you should not only look to the left, but also to the right. Look to the left to make sure the two vehicles don’t scratch each other, and look to the right to make sure not to scratch the motorcycle or pedestrian.

3. You must slow down when meeting another car, unless you can ensure that there is absolute space between the two cars and it will not affect the meeting.

4. When driving at night and meeting other vehicles, turn off the high beam lights.