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NiceCupOfTea

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120 months

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Sunday 29th April 2012 quote quote all
But then you have to merge at the slow speed - or even worse, the dawdler gets slower and slower and gives way at the lines! Do you stop just behind to their left? yikes

R0G

3,238 posts

24 months

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M4cruiser said:
This is a no-brainer for me, definitely option C - i.e. "something else".

What I do (it often happens on my journeys) is to stay in lane 1 and slow down (it's probably illegal to go past on the left anyway), leaving a gap in front. The problem you describe then transfers to somebody else. Job done.

That "sombody else" may zig zag round us and go past. No problem.
Not illegal to pass on the left

If safe to use lane 1 then do so - providing everything has been taken into consideration

Red Devil

4,239 posts

77 months

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simoid said:
I passed in L1 after they had began to indicate, once I was satisfied they weren't going to return to the left lane.

For my trouble I was given the pleasure of audible and visual warning devices from the driver.

I didn't cut them up, I was past them by where the black 206 is in this picture, and stayed well out of their way by keeping to the left of the slip road until it ends.
I see this every day. A freight train hogging the right hand lane, often at below optimum joining speed, leaving a completely clear road to their left.

The reaction of the other driver was the usual one of someone who drives in their own little bubble. At 50mph he/she should have been in the left hand lane leaving the other free for faster traffic (i.e. you).

simoid said:
P.S. the 206 crossing the hatchings... naughty!
A not unusual occurrence either.

R0G said:
With good visibility as shown in the OPs link I would use lane 1 every time making full use of the slip road

I have done this safely many times

It seems too many want to join the main carriageway at the start of the slip instead of the end and are therefore not using it as it was designed for
^^This^^

If people used all the available road correctly, the existing motorway carrying capacity would be utilised more effectively. They don't, so extra lanes are added and STILL the muppets hog the two right hand ones. banghead
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