On this page you can view a video clip in which Roger, a Ride Drive customer, is developing his overtaking skills during an advanced road driving course. As you watch you could argue that no advantage is gained by passing the red car, due to the amount of traffic ahead, and that the manoeuvre is therefore pointless. However, you have to remember that Roger is learning the technique and has to use the opportunities that present themselves in order to practice.

The film starts with a short discussion within the car about what happens when many drivers catch up with slow vehicles, and how congestion occurs if they sit behind and follow at a close distance. People can be excused for not attemptig to overtake, but only if they leave enough distance between vehicles the allow others, who are more able to make progress, to use the space as a stepping stone to get passed. When the spacing between vehicles is too tight, instead of having one vehicle to pass, a two or more vehicle overtake has to be performed.

As we get further into the clip you will notice, by varying the lateral position of the car on the road, how Roger searches far ahead, looking to identify if any overtaking opportunities are forming. As you listen to the conversation within the car you will hear how he is being encorouged where to position the car and what to look for, and you will hear how reference is made to an approaching black car as it is used as a visual marker. See also how Roger uses the look and withdraw method, as seen in the first clip, and which is completed without committing to an overtake or by altering speed.

After some work an overtake is pereformed, the timing of which falls just right in relation to clearing the mouth of the junction to the left, and how it occurs far enough prior to the bend to be safe. There is also just enough distance between vehicles to recover the nearside position in a manner so as not to inconvenience the driver being overtaken. As explained on the main page, the shaded markings painted on the road centre can be crossed, as the white lines that mark the edges are not continious lines, and they are not protecting a right-turn lane. These markings are lane seperators and are used to encourage drivers to maintain a safety margin between lanes of traffic and to create an illusion the road is narrower than it is.