filtering and road position

wheres the ideal place to be when filtering?

take my accident for example.

the road was about 8 meters wide, and the traffic was stationery for about 1 mile due to an accident, there was not much traffic comming the other way, as the road was closed, so i was about about 3-4 foot to the right of the white line, probaly a meter away from the parked cars.

i have had a bit of a look on tinternet

just filling the forms out

I would probably go a little further out, a meter and a half gets you well away from the sudden opening doors.

if there is oncomming traffic I just stick as close to the cars on my side as I can. I think its easy to see you then if they look in the mirror. If there is no oncomming traffic then I go just over the white line. Same reason, shoul be seen in mirrors till you are practiaclly past.

Cheers.

I totally disagree with you Greek, if there oncomming traffic then this position is the second best place to be after getting back into the flow.

When there is no oncomming traffic is when a U'ee or a door opening is most likely to occur, staying close will mean that you are in the cone of visibilty longer, but you are relying on the driver to look and react to you. Riding defensively means you retain control by minimising the danger and not relying on the other drivers.

i was thinking more from a legal point of veiw.

probaly the safest place would be the middle of the wrong side of the road, which sounds a bit odd

I was reminded yesterday that trying to filter on the motorway between lanes 1 and 2 was epically dangerous.


Won't be trying that again for a while.

I increase my speed as I increase my distance from the danger...so, I would probably be 7.5 metres away from the cars. I just can't see any logical reason to stay any closer, assuming you can see far enough ahead on the other side of the road. As cars approach on the other side, I move back in and slow down. Cars don't tend to turn into other cars on the other side of the road, so you can worry a bit less about them trying to do a U-turn with you that close to them.

Originally Posted by hovis

i was thinking more from a legal point of veiw.

probaly the safest place would be the middle of the wrong side of the road, which sounds a bit odd

What legal viewpoint do you mean? Are you asking what filtering position would look "best" in the eyes of the law? I'd have thought it would be what I just said - the furthest away, which is 99% the safest

The safest would be as far away as you can get from the cars...so not the middle, but the far right of the "wrong" side of the road...

Originally Posted by ooger

I was reminded yesterday that trying to filter on the motorway between lanes 1 and 2 was epically dangerous.


Won't be trying that again for a while.

I always do it between 2 and 3. 1 and 2 is bad like.

Well to be honest there isnt a safe way to filter... Though id say you are probably right about being in the middle of the other lane. Not often you get chance to do that though.

As for the legality. On a normal road with broken white line you are ok to do it. It counts as over taking. As for the motorway. You can overtake in the same lane and you can undertake if your lane is moving faster than the one on your right. So you are fine there as well.

7.5 meters ?