saitrix said:
I dont think you understand what i meant. It was not overtake slowly, it was get onto the other side of the road and have a full on check before being totally commited. Give me a few minutes and i will scan in the page on overtaking in the official manual for IAM. It has a diagram aswell which may help clear things up.
And I think you're missing what we are saying, the way you originally stated you should overtake is very bad (and certainly not IAM approved). There is nothing wrong (if necessary) with crossing the white line for a better line of sight before you commit, but in general if you have to do that (unless you know the road
really well) you're probably thinking of overtaking in a poor position.
You should only put that burst of speed on when you are fully committed to the overtake, that includes knowing that the road ahead is clear, and again, you shouldn't need to cross the white line to see that, and you don't want to be too close to the car in front either.
Given that (unless you're driving very fast accelerating cars) you'll generally need to ensure a decent acceleration run before the overtake, you shouldn't dive out at the start of that run, but accelerate and pull out smoothly when within a reasonable distance of the car, pulling back in as soon as possible (and slowing back down to cruising speed if necessary)
Yes Dolph, i have not passed my IAM yet but i am getting there, apparently one more hour tuition and i should be ready my observer says. Also my Observer for IAM he use to be an instructor for lorry drivers (can't remember what class) but due to back problems cannot anymore. Now he does about 6-8 people for IAM.
To be honest, this is why I prefer the Rospa advanced driving course, it seems to be much more consistant in it's teachings and results. (I've known some very good IAM members, and some absolutely awful ones. Some of the worst drivers I know have taken and passed the IAM test and wear the badge with 'pride')
Edit - Also i am not saying don't look as you appreach the car, just sometimes you cannot see everything from that point of view, for example there could be a car/bike directly infront of a lorry which you didnt know about which would increase the distance you need to overtake for.
But if you can't see where you are going clearly enough to
know it's clear, you shouldn't be considering overtaking full stop. It goes back to my view earlier that if you need to do this, you're overtaking in the wrong situation.
Don;t think i will get it til after i pass my IAM though, but once i have i will buy it.
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Only drive them like a few times a week purely to go nowhere but to drive. Maybe my choice of words on that one wasn't the best. 
But when i drive country road its not busy, or the roads i do are not busy due to their nature (smaller and tighter roads).
I mostly go for drives when i have cancelled lessons at college.
