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Black DBX on a private plate heading west on the A13 around 12:30pm today. Stuck in the middle lane, after the accident at the Stanford-le-Hope bypass, in pouring rain, with the right hand indicator flashing for roughly three miles, before it finally pulled in left at the M25 exit. Well done.
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Minglar
Best Regards
Minglar
Minglar said:
... Stuck in the middle lane, ...
Can be most annoying when driving in lane 1, especially if the speed is well below what would be expected. Need to move out not one, but two lanes for an overtake.
However, I might now be accused of also being a 'middle laner'.
Have now joined the huge number of other drivers, who are refusing to use the nearside lane on dumb (smart?) motorways.
The nearside lane is the hard shoulder, so should only be used by motorists in an emergency (and by oil protestors, who somehow have established their rights to walk on motorways).
A few years ago, the government knew that the 'extra running lane on the cheap' motorways, had become an unpopular subject and might lose votes. They therefore announced, that there would not be any more new Smart Motorways.
In the technical sense they were being truthful, but we subsequently realised as the openings continued, that all they had done was change the name to Digital Motorways.
Jon39 said:
Minglar said:
... Stuck in the middle lane, ...
Can be most annoying when driving in lane 1, especially if the speed is well below what would be expected. Need to move out not one, but two lanes for an overtake.
However, I might now be accused of also being a 'middle laner'.
Have now joined the huge number of other drivers, who are refusing to use the nearside lane on dumb (smart?) motorways.
The nearside lane is the hard shoulder, so should only be used by motorists in an emergency (and by oil protestors, who somehow have established their rights to walk on motorways).
A few years ago, the government knew that the 'extra running lane on the cheap' motorways, had become an unpopular subject and might lose votes. They therefore announced, that there would not be any more new Smart Motorways.
In the technical sense they were being truthful, but we subsequently realised as the openings continued, that all they had done was change the name to Digital Motorways.
Tbh the driving in the middle lane didn’t bother me too much. It was the continual flashing of the right hand side indicator that was the problem. It was pouring down with rain, and as a result I was very reluctant to overtake. How can someone drive for almost three miles and not realise their indicator is still flashing? I guess perhaps it’s all the time spent interacting with the screen, or god forbid the driver had his AirPods in his ears. Who knows nowadays.
Best Regards
Minglar
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