Some Mod 2 questions

[Ish]

Hi

Can you answer these from the perspective of what an examiner would expect.

1) What should the normal riding position be. Is it left or right of centre?

2) If you are riding down a narrow road and there is a car parked on the side and by moving over towards the central line you are still in the 'line of fire' of the car door opening would you have to cross over on to the wrong side of the road? What if there are cars coming from the opposite direction?

3) When turning right at a roundabout what should the postion be in the right hand lane while waiting to enter the roundabout?

4) When turning left at a roundabout what should the postion be in the left hand lane while waiting to enter the roundabout?

5) On a dual carriageway if you move out to the right hand lane for whatever reason you don't need to inidcate when moving back to the left lane?

6) In a 30 & 40 shall I stay at 30 & 40 going by my speedo?

I think that's it for now!

Thanks

 

[r0zvad]

This is just my experience of passing my test and advice from my instructor, sounds like you're going into Mod 2 without lessons?

1) This is an area that a lot of riders will fail on, as it's very easy to accrue faults in this area. Road positioning is very important. Always keep a dominant road position while riding, the centre, or you risk cars overtaking or undertaking you. Think of a lane as numbered postions, 1 being left, 2 being centre, 3 being right. Always keep in position 2 while riding normally. Be in 1 or 3 when turning left or right.

2)Would be best to go over this with an instructor. On my test I stayed within the white line but gave enough room for a car door to open but sometimes you may have to go over. My instructor always told me not to straddle the white lines though.

3) If it's a designated lane for turning right on a roundabout keep a dominant road position in the centre of the lane. A roundabout with no lanes, keep to position 3 (right).

4)same as above but position 1(left).

5)I would indicate in this scenario. Remember it's better to indicate and get a possible minor than not indicating and failing. Just don't forget to turn them off! Will result in a failed test.

6)I was always told to keep at the limit, and accelerate at a decent pace up to the limit when pulling away. Way too many people fail for going too slowly!

Again this is just my experience of passing, a lot of instructors and examiners have different opinions. This is all stuff your instructor would go over, I recommend some lessons if you haven't already.

 

[gillywibble]

Funny how you get told off by the instructor if you take an advanced riding line.

Have a look at some videos by RoadCraft, you may find them useful.

 

[PU7E]

2) If you are riding down a narrow road and there is a car parked on the side and by moving over towards the central line you are still in the 'line of fire' of the car door opening would you have to cross over on to the wrong side of the road? What if there are cars coming from the opposite direction?

Yes I'd cross over onto the wrong side of the road, but treat it as a meeting point situation, rather then simply passing the car with enough room.

Have the questions got more complicated for your mod2 now or something? Seems like they're carrying over a lot of the theory questions to the mod2 on the day, is it worth even having a theory test any more if they're doing this?

 

[Ish]

I do have some mod 2 training booked but these were some questions that I thought of while riding around.

 

[Yaayuh!]

If i'm riding with nobody in front of me then i'll ride in the middle.
If there is a car in front of me at close-middle distance i will ALWAYS line myself up to their right brake light (Single carriage way), that's what i was told by my instructor and that makes complete sense. People on the opposite side of the road can see you, the driver in front can see you in 2 mirrors, you can avoid the car in an emergency.

If dual carriage way i will sit lined up to the brake light on the inside line of the two lanes.