Road Position

fonpokno

What's the best road position for doing your driving test?

I keep getting conflicting opinions from people and it's confusing the hell out of me! Do I want to be in the centre of whatever lane I'm driving in or closer to the left hand side of the lane?


It's amazing just how many things you realise you don't know the week before your test...

Alanstrainor

It's really about driving far enough to the left to allow other motorists to overtake you, but not too close so as to block cyclists, cross bus/cycle lanes unnecessarily. Your road position would also be where you stop when turning right etc. Which would be to the right of your lane.

macroman

About a doors width from the boundary on the straight - and leave enough room for a cyclist to fall over when overtaking them

RedzDrivingScho

A common thing that people do on large open roads is to tend to drive to close to the middle.....generally try to keep a meter (3 Ft) from the left.....

Hope that helps

Wishbone Ash

Apply a bit of common sense also. If the edge of the road is badly broken or has a series of shore openings, move out a little. The examiner won't be impressed by being bumped along.

When turning right, take up a position along the centre line.

javaboy

Left of centre for two way roads is usually fine. Middle of lane for multiple lane roads. Common sense is the most important thing. If you're in slow moving traffic it's probably a good idea to leave enough room for motorbikes to pass you on the right. But on a narrow road if it's a choice between not leaving enough room for push bikes on your left or forcing motorbikes on your right to cross the line to overtake, then I would say leave room for the push bikes.