5 fatal mistakes that even experienced drivers make when overtaking a truck on the highway

Overtaking long-range trucks is almost the most common road task when driving on the highway. The AvtoVzglyad portal has collected in one material a list of driver actions in similar situations that lead to severe accidents.

We will not dwell on platitudes in detail - we will assume that before crossing the axial we always make sure that the "oncoming lane" is free from cars. Let's talk about the less obvious nuances of overtaking.

For example, the fact that many drivers begin this maneuver, having previously “clung to” the stern of the truck. Thus, they sharply impair their view of the oncoming lane. After all, by releasing the truck a little forward, you can look at more distant sections of the oncoming lane and notice the car that has appeared there in time.

The second mistake that leads to accidents when overtaking is the subconscious belief of the vast majority of drivers that if the oncoming lane is empty in front, then you can step on the gas. And here it is not. Very often, a driver crossing the centerline is rammed by another overtaker - "arrived" from behind. Such a collision at high speed is fraught with very serious consequences. You can avoid them by throwing a glance in the left mirror before the maneuver.

Another rule follows from this - do not overtake several cars at once. The longer the string of “nauseas” you are going to “make” in the opposite direction, the higher the likelihood that one of them will decide to get out to overtake at the moment when you catch up with him. And it’s good if the case ends only with indignant horns, and not a collision ...

You should also not try to get ahead of an oncoming truck moving at a sufficiently high speed if the engine power of your car is not enough for this. Especially if things are on the rise. In such conditions, overtaking becomes protracted, sometimes turning into a kind of "competition".

Especially when the driver of the ahead transport suddenly breaks out in a zealous way and he himself will push, trying not to let the “rival” fit in front of his hood. The longer the overtaking takes, the more likely it is that one of the drivers will make a mistake or an oncoming car will appear.

It happens that you taxied into the oncoming lane, and there is a car. This happens for various reasons. In such a situation, the most serious mistake is to go to the oncoming side of the road. Where, most likely, you will collide with the transport going to your forehead: its driver will try to evade the accident exactly there.

In any case, if the maneuver on the oncoming one did not work out, the only correct action is to urgently slow down and at the same time press the car as much as possible to the right, to “your” side of the road, even if there is another car in parallel. The driver of the latter is likely to assess the situation and slow down so that the overtaker can get into his lane.