On routes or highways, the use of rotation lights is very frequent when drivers overcome. Unfortunately, this type of communication is more used by passenger or cargo transport drivers, and not so much for private vehicles.
The Cecaitra Observatory, the camera that brings together road software producing companies, made a telephone survey in which he asked: “If a vehicle that goes forward lights the left turn light, what is indicating to the one behind?” And only 49% responded correctly about the inconvenience of anticipating. And more than half opted for wrong responses or that They demonstrated ignorance: 41.5% said they mean that it can be advanced and 9.5% said they did not know the meaning of the sign.
Article 42 of the National Traffic Law states that the overtaking to another vehicle must be done on the left according to various rules and in its subsection emphasizes that “”To indicate to the later vehicles the inconvenience to get ahead, the left turn light will be put, before which they will refrain from overpasse”
“That less than half know the meaning of the indication in its surpass is alarming, because in this, as in other cases, the alert or notice from one driver to another, can avoid a road accident”, Explained the spokesman for the Cecaitra Road Observatory, Facundo Jaime.
During the survey in homes of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires and Greater Buenos Aires, it also asked: “Why should overtaking be made: by the left, for the right or is it indistinct by either?”And 85.8% stated that it is only allowed to take an advance by the left lane; 5.4% said it was done by the right lane; and 8.8% said it is indistinct by one or the other.
The law establishes that the overtaking to another vehicle must be done on the left and that the driver overpass “You must previously verify that to your left the road is free in a sufficient distance to avoid any risk, and that no driver who follows her is in turn overcoming”For overtaking there are few exceptions expressed in the law, such as, it can be advanced on the right when the previous vehicle has indicated its intention to turn or stop to its left or in a bottling, when the row on the left does not advance or is slower.
“From Cecaitra we maintain that communication between drivers is essential. In an overtaking it is never recommended to start overpass when the vehicle is communicating through the lights that is not safe to do so at that time. And our attention is also essential to see if the vehicle that circulates behind has intentions to exceed us, since my signs can prevent road accident”Said Jaime.
The civil association we fight for life, he maintains in his “Safe driving manual“That the situation should be evaluated before exceeding and there are”What to do it when you have no circulation in the opposite hand or when the vehicle that is seen is indefinite and so far that it seems stopped“And he adds that”If you can see that the vehicle is approaching, it is probably too close to start overcoming”
“It is very difficult to calculate at what speed the vehicles in the opposite direction come. You always have to think that more distance is needed than is believed. Calculate the time with slack and perform the overtaking maneuver only when it is available for the double time considered necessary”, They reflect from the civil association.
