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Progress and hesitation
Get your foot down.
Nobody wants to follow another driver who is driving too slowly. It can create roadrage, unsafe overtaking, or traffic sitting up your backside. And you don’t want that do you?
If you’re at a T-Junction and you’re still sitting there when you could clearly have gone, then you are hesitating. The most common cause for this is not being ready with your hands and feet - some gas, the biting point, and the handbrake lifted up with the button pressed in. Do this whilst the gap is approaching, not afterwards - otherwise you could miss the opportunity to go. Look to see which vehicle you're going to follow, and get ready to follow it.
Once you've pulled out of a side road or entered a roundabout, you must make progress. You must never cause another driver to have to slow down or swerve because of your driving. This is why you must check your rear view mirror after entering a new road in order to check if traffic is coming up quickly behind you and you need to speed up (where conditions allow).
So when giving way to other traffic you must be looking for an opportunity to GO. If there’s a safe gap for you to take and you can take it quickly without causing other traffic to slow down then GO GO GO. At roundabouts, look for traffic ahead of you which may create an opportunity for you to go whilst the vehicle to your right is waiting. Remember that roundabouts are designed to keep the flow of traffic moving, so if you can go then go. Select the right speed on approach so you can make your decision, based on how well you can (or can't!) see, and keep the traffic flowing if you can and if it is safe.
In meeting oncoming traffic situations your instructor should have taught you to arrive "when it is clear to go" - use this same logic for roundabouts.
If you’ve got a clear road in front of you, and there is a queue of traffic behind you (the need for regular mirror checks) then you’re probably driving too slowly. People these days expect us to be driving at or near to the speed limit, and when we don’t they’re going to get annoyed. When this happens they’re going to try and overtake when it might not be safe to do so, or they’ll sit up your backside. Neither option is safe, and you can reduce the chances of this happening by making sure you drive at an appropriate speed.
If you’re going to GO then GO GO GO
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