According to statistics, more than half of all traffic accidents are caused by lane changes, because no matter which direction you change lanes, as long as the body is leaning, there will be certain blind spots. Someone changed lanes very quickly, and they hit in one direction, causing other vehicles to be unable to dodge and cause an accident. What we are going to talk about today is about overtaking, any overtaking must involve changing lanes, otherwise it will not be possible to complete overtaking. And everyone is more disgusted with low-speed cars driving in the leftmost lane, especially on high speeds, because it will cause the fast cars behind to be unable to overtake. We all know that overtaking should be overtaken from the left, not from the right, which is the regulation of the traffic law, and it is also such a habit that everyone has developed after many years of driving.
Article 47 of the Regulations for the Implementation of the Road Traffic Safety Law stipulates that when a motor vehicle overtakes, it shall turn on the left turn signal, change the use of high and low beam lights or honk its horn in advance. On roads where there is no road centerline or there is only one lane in the same direction, if the vehicle in front meets the vehicle behind and signals to overtake, if possible, reduce the speed and give way to the right. The vehicle behind should pass over the left side of the vehicle in front after confirming that there is sufficient safety distance, and after pulling away from the vehicle being overtaken at the necessary safety distance, turn on the right turn signal and drive back to the original lane. Since the traffic law stipulates that you should overtake on the left, it must be the most reasonable, and there are several reasons for this.
First of all, the blind spot for overtaking on the left side is minimal. Let's talk about the line of sight behind the vehicle, before overtaking, you can clearly see whether there is a car behind you by looking at the left side mirror, and you can also look outside through the left side window, and you can also find the vehicle in the blind spot. The blind spot on the right side of the vehicle is larger, although the vehicle directly behind can also be seen through the rearview mirror, but the vehicle in the blind spot is not easy to find. If you and another car are changing lanes to the right lane, and you change lanes to the right and the other person is changing lanes to the left, it will be difficult for you to detect the other person's lane change in advance.
Let's talk about the line of sight ahead, because the driver is sitting on the left, the driver changes lanes to the left, and the direction only needs to move a little, and the body deviates from the lane a little, and the road conditions in front of the left lane can be detected. Assuming that there is an obstacle in front of the left lane, it will not be dangerous to return to the original lane in time, because the body will only deviate a little at this time, and it will not affect the vehicle behind it. Suppose you change lanes to the right to overtake, because the car in front blocks the view, you can't see the road conditions in front of the right lane at first, and you can only see when the driver basically reaches the right lane, at this time the body is at least halfway over. If you are driving too fast and the speed is also very fast, and there is a slow car driving in the right lane, or a faulty car is parking, there is a high chance of collision. If you want to change back to the original lane, on the one hand, the vehicle may lose control, and on the other hand, it may also affect the judgment of the vehicle behind you. The car behind sees you changing lanes and is speeding up to shorten the distance with the car in front, and you suddenly change lanes and come back, which may cause the car behind to be unable to dodge.
Secondly, on urban roads, the rightmost lane is often driven by slow cars, and there are even cars parked on the side of the road, and there may be non-motorized vehicles or pedestrians. If you want to overtake on the right side of the middle lane, you must take the rightmost lane, and the probability of an accident is greater. The left lane will not be filled with pedestrians or non-motorized vehicles, and the left lane is safer. Even if there is a vehicle driving at a low speed, you can spot it in time and wait for another opportunity to change lanes.
If you are driving in the left lane and there is a slow car blocking the road in front of you, how to change lanes and overtake, isn't it bound to be a violation? Not really, of course we can only change lanes to the right, but first of all, make sure that we are safe. Before changing lanes, we need to keep a long enough distance from the vehicle in front, and even if we don't hit the direction, we need to see if there is any abnormality in front of the target lane and whether there is enough space. If you are sure that the conditions ahead allow, use the right turn signal, observe the situation behind you, and slowly change lanes to the right lane. Then accelerate forward, drive a certain distance and then change to the left lane depending on the situation. It's the safest and there are no violations. Because we just overtook the car in front, not strictly overtaking. In traffic laws, overtaking is defined as a vehicle changing lanes from its original lane, then overtaking the vehicle in front of it, and finally returning to its original lane.