Stefluc1 wrote: . . . the view is only restricted from a near side approach so by extending straddle the centre line on the approach gives you equal distance for safety and opens the view to any traffic approaching from the side entrances.
If you're saying 'move away from potential danger, or position equidistant from danger from either side', then 'yes', while respecting that someone turning right out of the turning on the left (or turning left from the right) may be slightly flummoxed by having another vehicle wholly or partially across the centre line.