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over a year ago
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England is a dangerous place to drive in. One thing I noticed is that a very little amount of drivers actually move lanes with a decent amount of space and literally pull in in front of you. Reminds me of Spain. |
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"Then they give you a shitty look as you undertake them..  "
Middle lane so there's an outside lane isn't there? 
If I'm driving at an accurate 70mph in the middle lane while slowly but constantly overtaking slower moving traffic on the inside lane why should there be a problem because I can't be holding people up, can I?
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"Then they give you a shitty look as you undertake them..
Middle lane so there's an outside lane isn't there?
If I'm driving at an accurate 70mph in the middle lane while slowly but constantly overtaking slower moving traffic on the inside lane why should there be a problem because I can't be holding people up, can I?
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over a year ago
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"As a Range Rover driver I simple hog the fast lane 
That's normally where I see range rovers too, hammering it on fast lane no matter what the weather, insane."
No that's just the silly ones, I find the BMW and Audi drivers worse for that. |
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"England is a dangerous place to drive in. One thing I noticed is that a very little amount of drivers actually move lanes with a decent amount of space and literally pull in in front of you. Reminds me of Spain."
People who visited from the US (about 15 years ago) were quite impressed with the driving standard over here - not any more. The driving in the US is far superior to ours. There are far too many selfish people over here - most using their phone. We need more guns. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"England is a dangerous place to drive in. One thing I noticed is that a very little amount of drivers actually move lanes with a decent amount of space and literally pull in in front of you. Reminds me of Spain.
People who visited from the US (about 15 years ago) were quite impressed with the driving standard over here - not any more. The driving in the US is far superior to ours. There are far too many selfish people over here - most using their phone. We need more guns."
Drove from Edinburgh to Nottingham not long ago and it was crazy. Not only the amount of people on the road but the amount of lane changing when there was no room! Up here there would a hell of a lot of road rage if people carried on like that |
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"As a Range Rover driver I simple hog the fast lane
That's normally where I see range rovers too, hammering it on fast lane no matter what the weather, insane.
No that's just the silly ones, I find the BMW and Audi drivers worse for that."
Pfft I resent that. I'm a BMW driver and always use my indicators and hardly ever the 'fast' lane  |
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"As a Range Rover driver I simple hog the fast lane
That's normally where I see range rovers too, hammering it on fast lane no matter what the weather, insane.
No that's just the silly ones, I find the BMW and Audi drivers worse for that.
Pfft I resent that. I'm a BMW driver and always use my indicators and hardly ever the 'fast' lane "
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I'm really bad for annoying other drivers. For example if someone is right up my ass on a road where the speed limit is 20,30 or 40 I'll slow down to a couple mph under the limit. Then if the opportunity arises and they give me dirty looks I roll down the window and offer them a tissue
Will get punched one of these days |
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"Then they give you a shitty look as you undertake them..
Middle lane so there's an outside lane isn't there?
If I'm driving at an accurate 70mph in the middle lane while slowly but constantly overtaking slower moving traffic on the inside lane why should there be a problem because I can't be holding people up, can I?
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Must admit, I'm guilty of this, rather than constantly weaving back and forth into very tight gaps, which I'm sure some drivers think makes their dicks bigger or something. Also guilty of sitting back in the fast lane and giving the car in front breaking distance, rather than getting right up his arse and bullying him over like BMW drivers keep trying to do to me. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Then they give you a shitty look as you undertake them..
Middle lane so there's an outside lane isn't there?
If I'm driving at an accurate 70mph in the middle lane while slowly but constantly overtaking slower moving traffic on the inside lane why should there be a problem because I can't be holding people up, can I?
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Because speed limits are for wimps,that's why.
(not really my opinion) |
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"As a Range Rover driver I simple hog the fast lane
That's normally where I see range rovers too, hammering it on fast lane no matter what the weather, insane.
No that's just the silly ones, I find the BMW and Audi drivers worse for that."
Also BMW's, Audi's.
Watched a few crazy driving:
Drivers going from slip road right onto fast lane and not indicating.
Then it's the opposite when exiting m'way, hammer on brakes, no indication, right across onto slip road off. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Us Audi drivers are not all the same you know, some of us can drive and do use indicators. I find all drivers of a certain age range suddenly become Lewis Hamilton, no matter what vehicle they are in, when I approach |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"One of the best ways to start an internet fight is to point out that overtaking on the inside in quite legal these days.."
I always thought it was if traffic movement dictates it so. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Pfft!
Moaning about nothing the lot of you!
You want crazy driving?
Go try and make it from one side of bradford to the other. Then I'll listen to you whinge |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I know how to drive correctly. I know my Highway Code.
I do get road rage with middle lane hoggers and admit sometimes I aggressively manoeuvre around the idiots who don't know how to fecking drive.
..... I also know the offside rule |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Never do it and those slow drivers who cannot see any problem with driving in the middle lane really irritate me. I do try and give a stare as i drive past them but they are completely oblivious. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Lane hoggers are the bane of my life!
Just keep left people, it's that simple.
Anyone caught middle lane hogging deserves a hefty fine and points, it's just a shame there isn't enough police to enforce it |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Then they give you a shitty look as you undertake them..
Undertaking someone is as cunty as any driving habbits
No its not,fuck em"
Agreed. If dickheads didn't lane hog, undertaking wouldn't exist |
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"Then they give you a shitty look as you undertake them..
Middle lane so there's an outside lane isn't there?
If I'm driving at an accurate 70mph in the middle lane while slowly but constantly overtaking slower moving traffic on the inside lane why should there be a problem because I can't be holding people up, can I?
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Exactly. Changing lanes is dangeous with them blind spots and what not. |
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"Then they give you a shitty look as you undertake them..
Undertaking someone is as cunty as any driving habbits
No its not,fuck em
Agreed. If dickheads didn't lane hog, undertaking wouldn't exist "
If people drove at the speed limit then undertaking wouldn't be possible. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Then they give you a shitty look as you undertake them..
Middle lane so there's an outside lane isn't there?
If I'm driving at an accurate 70mph in the middle lane while slowly but constantly overtaking slower moving traffic on the inside lane why should there be a problem because I can't be holding people up, can I?
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No because that's what the middle lane is for, overtaking. Doesn't matter if you are driving at 60/65 as long as you are over taking its not an issue |
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"Then they give you a shitty look as you undertake them..
Undertaking someone is as cunty as any driving habbits
No its not,fuck em
Agreed. If dickheads didn't lane hog, undertaking wouldn't exist
If people drove at the speed limit then undertaking wouldn't be possible. "
Not all vehicles can reach the speed limit |
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"Then they give you a shitty look as you undertake them..
Undertaking someone is as cunty as any driving habbits
No its not,fuck em
Agreed. If dickheads didn't lane hog, undertaking wouldn't exist
If people drove at the speed limit then undertaking wouldn't be possible.
Not all vehicles can reach the speed limit "
Yup and they can go in the slow lane. I can sit in the middle lane and the daredevils can go in the fast lane. No need to change lanes other than exiting the motorway. |
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I hate motorways!
I visit my family in the Midlands 3-4 times a month, 5hr drive each way.
Middle lane hoggers drive me mad. I use the inside lane, moving out overtaking folks quite happily toodling along at 50/60mph.
More often than not though I can't overtake due to the build up cars behind them.
I now have a 2 minute rule, if I'm stuck unable to overtake after this time, then I will undertake.
Wrong I know, but I don't want my 5hr drive turning into 7hrs
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Then they give you a shitty look as you undertake them..
Undertaking someone is as cunty as any driving habbits
No its not,fuck em
Agreed. If dickheads didn't lane hog, undertaking wouldn't exist
If people drove at the speed limit then undertaking wouldn't be possible.
Not all vehicles can reach the speed limit
Yup and they can go in the slow lane. I can sit in the middle lane and the daredevils can go in the fast lane. No need to change lanes other than exiting the motorway. "
Drives me mad when people call them the "slow" or the "fast" lane.
Don't know why it's so hard to grasp the concept of staying left unless over taking |
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"Then they give you a shitty look as you undertake them..
Undertaking someone is as cunty as any driving habbits
No its not,fuck em
Agreed. If dickheads didn't lane hog, undertaking wouldn't exist
If people drove at the speed limit then undertaking wouldn't be possible.
Not all vehicles can reach the speed limit
Yup and they can go in the slow lane. I can sit in the middle lane and the daredevils can go in the fast lane. No need to change lanes other than exiting the motorway.
Drives me mad when people call them the "slow" or the "fast" lane.
Don't know why it's so hard to grasp the concept of staying left unless over taking"
Because changing langs is the most dangerous part of driving on a motorway |
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"Then they give you a shitty look as you undertake them..
Middle lane so there's an outside lane isn't there?
If I'm driving at an accurate 70mph in the middle lane while slowly but constantly overtaking slower moving traffic on the inside lane why should there be a problem because I can't be holding people up, can I?
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Same here tbh!
To me - constantly weaving in and out of the slow lane every few seconds is dangerous! I change lanes only if there's a longish gap - or if there are no lorries in the slow lane so it's moving at a decent pace! Xx |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Then they give you a shitty look as you undertake them..
Undertaking someone is as cunty as any driving habbits
No its not,fuck em
Agreed. If dickheads didn't lane hog, undertaking wouldn't exist
If people drove at the speed limit then undertaking wouldn't be possible.
Not all vehicles can reach the speed limit
Yup and they can go in the slow lane. I can sit in the middle lane and the daredevils can go in the fast lane. No need to change lanes other than exiting the motorway.
Drives me mad when people call them the "slow" or the "fast" lane.
Don't know why it's so hard to grasp the concept of staying left unless over taking
Because changing langs is the most dangerous part of driving on a motorway"
What? |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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If you can't safely and competently change lanes you shouldn't be driving.
If you're undertaken on the motorway, the gap to your left is exactly where you should have been.
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"If you can't safely and competently change lanes you shouldn't be driving.
If you're undertaken on the motorway, the gap to your left is exactly where you should have been.
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Exactly this
Some people on this thread are the exact reason why I believe people should have to spend a few hours on the motorway before they get there license |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"If you can't safely and competently change lanes you shouldn't be driving.
If you're undertaken on the motorway, the gap to your left is exactly where you should have been.
Exactly this
Some people on this thread are the exact reason why I believe people should have to spend a few hours on the motorway before they get there license "
I agree some of the comments are like wtf?!
I drive daily on the motorway & can safely say there's some shockingly bad drivers out there! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"If you can't safely and competently change lanes you shouldn't be driving.
If you're undertaken on the motorway, the gap to your left is exactly where you should have been.
Exactly this
Some people on this thread are the exact reason why I believe people should have to spend a few hours on the motorway before they get there license
I agree some of the comments are like wtf?!
I drive daily on the motorway & can safely say there's some shockingly bad drivers out there!"
Thank you!!!! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"If you can't safely and competently change lanes you shouldn't be driving.
If you're undertaken on the motorway, the gap to your left is exactly where you should have been.
Exactly this
Some people on this thread are the exact reason why I believe people should have to spend a few hours on the motorway before they get there license
I agree some of the comments are like wtf?!
I drive daily on the motorway & can safely say there's some shockingly bad drivers out there!"
There are...But! Some of the very people glaring at those making errors are making just as many mistakes.
Driving is great...everyones suddenly an expert witness on what everyone else should be doing, but isn't too keen to admit their own mistakes.
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Then they give you a shitty look as you undertake them..
Undertaking someone is as cunty as any driving habbits
No its not,fuck em
Agreed. If dickheads didn't lane hog, undertaking wouldn't exist
If people drove at the speed limit then undertaking wouldn't be possible.
Not all vehicles can reach the speed limit
Yup and they can go in the slow lane. I can sit in the middle lane and the daredevils can go in the fast lane. No need to change lanes other than exiting the motorway. "
I think the daredevils want all three lanes to be honest. Not one has answered if we're driving at 70mph where's the problem, have they? |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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averaging 75 ish down the M4 there is so much slow moving traffic these days it's rare to get into the left lane. Perfectly legal and proper to be in the overtaking lanes if you are overtaking...  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Then they give you a shitty look as you undertake them..
Undertaking someone is as cunty as any driving habbits
No its not,fuck em
Agreed. If dickheads didn't lane hog, undertaking wouldn't exist
If people drove at the speed limit then undertaking wouldn't be possible.
Not all vehicles can reach the speed limit
Yup and they can go in the slow lane. I can sit in the middle lane and the daredevils can go in the fast lane. No need to change lanes other than exiting the motorway.
I think the daredevils want all three lanes to be honest. Not one has answered if we're driving at 70mph where's the problem, have they?"
The speed isn't the issue with middle lane hoggers.
Lane hogging is illegal no matter what speed you are doing. If you are not overtaking, move left, it really is that simple
All this "well if I'm doing 70 I shouldn't be holding anyone up" is absolute bollocks. Move left and if anyone wants to go faster than the speed limit, let them, it's not your job to govern the speed limits |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I love this place
Are you saying that from the middle lane perspective 
Im appreciating it from behind "
Where you should be...unless over taking of course |
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"I love this place
Are you saying that from the middle lane perspective
Im appreciating it from behind
Where you should be...unless over taking of course "
Its often the best view |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"If you can't safely and competently change lanes you shouldn't be driving.
If you're undertaken on the motorway, the gap to your left is exactly where you should have been.
Exactly this
Some people on this thread are the exact reason why I believe people should have to spend a few hours on the motorway before they get there license
I agree some of the comments are like wtf?!
I drive daily on the motorway & can safely say there's some shockingly bad drivers out there!
There are...But! Some of the very people glaring at those making errors are making just as many mistakes.
Driving is great...everyones suddenly an expert witness on what everyone else should be doing, but isn't too keen to admit their own mistakes.
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I am witnessing it on a daily basis though & with quick reactions because I've read the situation I've managed to avert quite a few accidents, scary stuff!
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"Then they give you a shitty look as you undertake them..
Undertaking someone is as cunty as any driving habbits"
You're allowed to undertake a middle lane hogger, as long as you didn't purposely moved into lane 1 to do so. But it's much safer to overtake in lane 3. |
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Eventually - not too long now - you'll drive in the lane position assigned to you - potentially paying a premium for a faster journey / use of overtaking lanes.
Like budget tickets, the longer in advance you book a journey - say Birmingham to Manchester - the cheaper it may be, with cheaper optional extras, such as arrival time that's closest to requirements, permitted deviations etc.
We - or our vehicles - will drive in the lane that the algorithm deems appropriate for us. |
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By *omez42Man
over a year ago
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M5 northbound yesterday. A fourth lane opens up on the left, yet most stay where they are, even the professional drivers.
I moved to the new lane, have a good mile of clear road to the next vehicle, and yet I'm the naughty one for staying in the left most lane, under the speed limit, but faster than them. |
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"The worse undertakers are motorbike riders and cyclists (passing cars on the inside in traffic queues is undertaking), thats probably why so many of them end up in an Undertakers."
Except you're totally wrong. It's called filtering and is perfectly legal for those on two wheels. Maybe time you reread the Highway Code before venturing out on the road again. Rule 160 applies |
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By *evaquitCouple
over a year ago
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Will be traveling down south later in the week at 1am and expecting as always to see the middle lane hoggers even on a clear motorway. So annoying having to cross all three lanes then back again, get in the left lane ffs!!
Him |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"The speed isn't the issue with middle lane hoggers.
Lane hogging is illegal no matter what speed you are doing. If you are not overtaking, move left, it really is that simple
All this "well if I'm doing 70 I shouldn't be holding anyone up" is absolute bollocks. Move left and if anyone wants to go faster than the speed limit, let them, it's not your job to govern the speed limits "
But that's a problem in itself, speeding.
The highway code is to make people safe drivers so the roads are a safe place to negotiate. Since we can a billion opinions about driving, it's the highway code that filters these opinions to one set standard.
Always remember about your driving, "If you just did that on your driving test, would you have passed?".
So if motorway driving was part of the test and you hogged the middle lane or ignored the speed limit, would you have passed your test? No.
So motorway or not, just remember that deviating from the highway code, whether you like it or not, makes you a dangerous driver because that's how the authorities deem such drivers.
The problem with the roads is that many people just need to calm down and slow down. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"The speed isn't the issue with middle lane hoggers.
Lane hogging is illegal no matter what speed you are doing. If you are not overtaking, move left, it really is that simple
All this "well if I'm doing 70 I shouldn't be holding anyone up" is absolute bollocks. Move left and if anyone wants to go faster than the speed limit, let them, it's not your job to govern the speed limits
But that's a problem in itself, speeding.
The highway code is to make people safe drivers so the roads are a safe place to negotiate. Since we can a billion opinions about driving, it's the highway code that filters these opinions to one set standard.
Always remember about your driving, "If you just did that on your driving test, would you have passed?".
So if motorway driving was part of the test and you hogged the middle lane or ignored the speed limit, would you have passed your test? No.
So motorway or not, just remember that deviating from the highway code, whether you like it or not, makes you a dangerous driver because that's how the authorities deem such drivers.
The problem with the roads is that many people just need to calm down and slow down."
Slow drivers can cause accidents as well |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Norfolk drivers are by far the worst kind of drivers
Is that because they don't have a motorway to practice on? "
Roundabouts seem to be a problem for them |
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"Norfolk drivers are by far the worst kind of drivers
Is that because they don't have a motorway to practice on?
Roundabouts seem to be a problem for them "
A roundabout near to where we live has signs explaining the lanes and writing on the road in each lane but they're still all over the place. So if they didn't see or read the signs or road markings, what on earth are they looking at!!
Oh, they beep at us when we use the correct lanes!! |
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"Then they give you a shitty look as you undertake them..
Middle lane so there's an outside lane isn't there?
If I'm driving at an accurate 70mph in the middle lane while slowly but constantly overtaking slower moving traffic on the inside lane why should there be a problem because I can't be holding people up, can I?
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Most speedometers under read and can legally under read by up to 10%. So when you think you are doing exactly 70 mph you could in fact be doing as little as 63 mph and quite possibly holding people up. It's not your job to try to control or police the speed of other drives on the motorway; the highway code is clear KEEP LEFT. |
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By *ussiesCouple
over a year ago
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"The worse undertakers are motorbike riders and cyclists (passing cars on the inside in traffic queues is undertaking), thats probably why so many of them end up in an Undertakers.
Except you're totally wrong. It's called filtering and is perfectly legal for those on two wheels. Maybe time you reread the Highway Code before venturing out on the road again. Rule 160 applies"
Silly your absolutely correct, if car drivers used their mirrors before lane jumping, because they think the other lane is moving faster, then there wouldn't be any bike accidents, filtering IS legal.
As for middle lane hoggers, do want you want, I really don't care, but what is so dangerous is the 60mph driver, then when a lorry pulls out to overtake, the hogger then decides to suddenly jump to the outside lane, into faster moving traffic, because they are daydreaming and not using their mirrors, arrrrrrrr, |
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By (user no longer on site)
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The number 1 most dangerous driver on the road, is always the person who is angry about all the other drivers on the road.
If I can get past another driver, or they are travelling at somewhere close to the speed I wish to travel at, they never annoy me. Just an obsticle to not come into contact with. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Lane hoggers, those who switch lanes last minute cutting infront of u & those who don't indicate grind my gears!!
Lucky we don't drive Bulldozers in the motorways |
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"Norfolk drivers are by far the worst kind of drivers
Is that because they don't have a motorway to practice on?
Roundabouts seem to be a problem for them
A roundabout near to where we live has signs explaining the lanes and writing on the road in each lane but they're still all over the place. So if they didn't see or read the signs or road markings, what on earth are they looking at!!
Oh, they beep at us when we use the correct lanes!!"
An old lady drove up the wrong way on the slip road the other week. We beeped at her and she still carried on with no care in the world. A sat there in amazement at what I was seeing. |
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