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When overtake another vehicle at nightwhy should you use your low beams?
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∙ 7y ago
Because - as you overtake the vehicle in front, high-beams will be reflected straight back at the driver - through their mirrors. Low beams are angled more towards the ground.
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When should you dim your headlights when you overtake another vehicle?
never
What should you do when overtaking a vehicle?
You should only overtake if it is safe to do so.
Is it acceptable to increase the speed of your vehicle over the legal speed limit to pass or overtake another vehicle?
In practice, It is acceptable to increase the speed of your vehicle over the legal speed limit to pass or overtake another vehicle. Legally, it is not permitted. If the other vehicle is already at the speed limit, you should not be passing it. If it were a police car you were passing, at any speed above the speed limit, they could stop you.
When passing another vehicle on the highway you may?
No. If the vehicle you are passing is going at the correct speed, why should you need to overtake. When overtaking a vehicle you should ensure there is enough clear road ahead of you to pass the vehicle without over speeding. If this is not the case you should not attempt an overtaking manoeuvre.
When you overtake another vehicle at night why should you use your low beams?
You should use your low beams to avoid blinding the driver ahead as you lights reflect in his mirrors.
In general you should pass a vehicle or bicycle going in your direction on the right?
For a country with right side traffic you should as a rule overtake a vehicle on its left side. But on a bicycle it's allowed to overtake on the right side as well.
In pa if you are making a right turn can a vehicle behid you cross a solid white lineto go around you.?
No, they cannot. A continuous white line means that no vehicle should overtake another, especially when one is turning.
When passing another vechile you can exceed the speed limit?
The speed limit is exactly that - the speed limit. While a reasonable excess of speed might be overlooked when overtaking another vehicle, there is no guarantee. You can be pulled over and cited for speeding, still.
When should you never overtake a cyclist?
When going round a corner, think of it like another car. Never on blind turns, when there's another car coming in the opposite direction or if they're likely to turn as you overtake them.
When you overtake another vehicle at right why should you use your low beam?
Common Sense....just put yourself in the driver's seat of the vehicle that you're overtaking...you're driving along the highway at 100km/hour and a car tries to overtake you with high beam...what do you think happens...disaster....You're only to use your high beam if there's no vehicle in front of you or on the opposite side of the road or more than 200 metres in front of you...but I prefer to use my high beam if there is not a single vehicle in front of me.
Where should you avoid overtaking?
You should avoid overtaking on a double yellow line, hill, curve or any weather condition where you can't safely see if you can overtake the vehicle in front of you.
When you overtake another vehicle at night why should you use low beams?
In the first place you should already be on low beams by the time you overtake because the high beams shining in the mirror are very uncomfortable and blinding for the car you are passing. This would be seen as common consideration for the comfort and safety of a fellow driver. If you can see a car at night either driving in the same direction in front of you or oncoming you should be using low beams in order to prevent blinding people.
