To filter or not to Filter.....are you feeling lucky?

[timwilky]

Originally Posted by Professor

Good thing this point has been clarified.

Living in the countryside I hardly ever feel the need to filter but there is
one place on my commute where I sometimes decide to overtake a traffic
queue when there are no cars coming in the opposite direction. I was
never sure whether I am supposed to stay far out or not.

I have always taken the view that if the road ahead is clear of oncomming traffic, stay wide as it will indicate to others following that it is safe to overtake, this is particularly effective on those long left bends as being wide give you more visability