Things that annoy you beyond reason...(Vol 4)

[WD39]

Europa1 said:

2 things this weekend:

The M11 between the A11 and Stansted junctions. So many times you spot a slowish-moving HGV in the inside lane way off in the distance, with no traffic behind it. Meanwhile the outside lane is one long queue of traffic waiting their "turn" to overtake. Keep left until you get to the overtake point, you retards.

Surely lane two would be fairly free flowing and to pass the HGV in lane one would be relatively smooth. Unless you are referring to 'elephant racing', when a long queue forms behind the overtaking HGV. Then it seems to take forever.

[Europa1]

WD39 said:

Europa1 said:

2 things this weekend:

The M11 between the A11 and Stansted junctions. So many times you spot a slowish-moving HGV in the inside lane way off in the distance, with no traffic behind it. Meanwhile the outside lane is one long queue of traffic waiting their "turn" to overtake. Keep left until you get to the overtake point, you retards.

Surely lane two would be fairly free flowing and to pass the HGV in lane one would be relatively smooth. Unless you are referring to 'elephant racing', when a long queue forms behind the overtaking HGV. Then it seems to take forever.

Nope, no elephant racing, and no, lane 2 isn't free flowing. It's odd. And as I say, the long queue of sheeple in lane 2 is annoying.

[anonymous-user]

Europa1 said:

WD39 said:

Europa1 said:

2 things this weekend:

The M11 between the A11 and Stansted junctions. So many times you spot a slowish-moving HGV in the inside lane way off in the distance, with no traffic behind it. Meanwhile the outside lane is one long queue of traffic waiting their "turn" to overtake. Keep left until you get to the overtake point, you retards.

Surely lane two would be fairly free flowing and to pass the HGV in lane one would be relatively smooth. Unless you are referring to 'elephant racing', when a long queue forms behind the overtaking HGV. Then it seems to take forever.

Nope, no elephant racing, and no, lane 2 isn't free flowing. It's odd. And as I say, the long queue of sheeple in lane 2 is annoying.

Lane 2 is the "inside" lane, if we must use inside and outside.

But yes the long uphill sections of M11 are a bloody nightmare for making progress.

[WD39]

Europa1 said:

WD39 said:

Europa1 said:

2 things this weekend:

The M11 between the A11 and Stansted junctions. So many times you spot a slowish-moving HGV in the inside lane way off in the distance, with no traffic behind it. Meanwhile the outside lane is one long queue of traffic waiting their "turn" to overtake. Keep left until you get to the overtake point, you retards.

Surely lane two would be fairly free flowing and to pass the HGV in lane one would be relatively smooth. Unless you are referring to 'elephant racing', when a long queue forms behind the overtaking HGV. Then it seems to take forever.

Nope, no elephant racing, and no, lane 2 isn't free flowing. It's odd. And as I say, the long queue of sheeple in lane 2 is annoying.

The last time this happened to me the HGV in lane one was hauling a Portacabin and was over the centre line, hence the delay in overtaking.

[WD39]

OpulentBob said:

Europa1 said:

WD39 said:

Europa1 said:

2 things this weekend:

The M11 between the A11 and Stansted junctions. So many times you spot a slowish-moving HGV in the inside lane way off in the distance, with no traffic behind it. Meanwhile the outside lane is one long queue of traffic waiting their "turn" to overtake. Keep left until you get to the overtake point, you retards.

Surely lane two would be fairly free flowing and to pass the HGV in lane one would be relatively smooth. Unless you are referring to 'elephant racing', when a long queue forms behind the overtaking HGV. Then it seems to take forever.

Nope, no elephant racing, and no, lane 2 isn't free flowing. It's odd. And as I say, the long queue of sheeple in lane 2 is annoying.

Lane 2 is the "inside" lane, if we must use inside and outside.

Bob, you are still confusing us. As the traffic police always say, from the left, lane one, lane two etc. It is immediately apparent what lane is being referred too.

[V8mate]

WD39 said:

OpulentBob said:

Europa1 said:

WD39 said:

Europa1 said:

2 things this weekend:

The M11 between the A11 and Stansted junctions. So many times you spot a slowish-moving HGV in the inside lane way off in the distance, with no traffic behind it. Meanwhile the outside lane is one long queue of traffic waiting their "turn" to overtake. Keep left until you get to the overtake point, you retards.

Surely lane two would be fairly free flowing and to pass the HGV in lane one would be relatively smooth. Unless you are referring to 'elephant racing', when a long queue forms behind the overtaking HGV. Then it seems to take forever.

Nope, no elephant racing, and no, lane 2 isn't free flowing. It's odd. And as I say, the long queue of sheeple in lane 2 is annoying.

Lane 2 is the "inside" lane, if we must use inside and outside.

Bob, you are still confusing us. As the traffic police always say, from the left, lane one, lane two etc. It is immediately apparent what lane is being referred too.

Nearside lane = inside lane = lane 1

[WD39]

V8mate said:

WD39 said:

OpulentBob said:

Europa1 said:

WD39 said:

Europa1 said:

2 things this weekend:

The M11 between the A11 and Stansted junctions. So many times you spot a slowish-moving HGV in the inside lane way off in the distance, with no traffic behind it. Meanwhile the outside lane is one long queue of traffic waiting their "turn" to overtake. Keep left until you get to the overtake point, you retards.

Surely lane two would be fairly free flowing and to pass the HGV in lane one would be relatively smooth. Unless you are referring to 'elephant racing', when a long queue forms behind the overtaking HGV. Then it seems to take forever.

Nope, no elephant racing, and no, lane 2 isn't free flowing. It's odd. And as I say, the long queue of sheeple in lane 2 is annoying.

Lane 2 is the "inside" lane, if we must use inside and outside.

Bob, you are still confusing us. As the traffic police always say, from the left, lane one, lane two etc. It is immediately apparent what lane is being referred too.

Nearside lane = inside lane = lane 1

Three terms for lanes? No wonder MLM don't realise what they are doing.

[V8mate]

WD39 said:

V8mate said:

WD39 said:

OpulentBob said:

Europa1 said:

WD39 said:

Europa1 said:

2 things this weekend:

The M11 between the A11 and Stansted junctions. So many times you spot a slowish-moving HGV in the inside lane way off in the distance, with no traffic behind it. Meanwhile the outside lane is one long queue of traffic waiting their "turn" to overtake. Keep left until you get to the overtake point, you retards.

Surely lane two would be fairly free flowing and to pass the HGV in lane one would be relatively smooth. Unless you are referring to 'elephant racing', when a long queue forms behind the overtaking HGV. Then it seems to take forever.

Nope, no elephant racing, and no, lane 2 isn't free flowing. It's odd. And as I say, the long queue of sheeple in lane 2 is annoying.

Lane 2 is the "inside" lane, if we must use inside and outside.

Bob, you are still confusing us. As the traffic police always say, from the left, lane one, lane two etc. It is immediately apparent what lane is being referred too.

Nearside lane = inside lane = lane 1

Three terms for lanes? No wonder MLM don't realise what they are doing.

Not three terms. It's the nearside lane. The others are things people say when they mean nearside lane.

[Munter]

V8mate said:

Not three terms. It's the nearside lane. The others are things people say when they mean nearside lane.

I don't believe I've ever heard the term "nearside lane" in my life before now.

I've incorrectly heard inside and left hand to describe lane 1 though.

[anonymous-user]

Lay 6 shoelaces down, parallel to each other. Far left lace is L1 northbound, far right is L1 southbound. (disregard hard shoulders in this example)

No way can you say laces 3 and 4 (both L3 in their respective directions) are the outside, and laces 1 and 6 are inside.

It's a common, common mistake, and one which I'm not too proud to admit making before getting in to my game, but it is still a mistake.

ETA You all know I'm right, you just don't want to be the first one to admit it

Edited by OpulentBob on Monday 10th October 13:42

[McAndy]

Slow lane.

[Munter]

OpulentBob said:

ETA You all know I'm right, you just don't want to be the first one to admit it

But I said it in the post above yours...just used less words

[anonymous-user]

Munter said:

OpulentBob said:

ETA You all know I'm right, you just don't want to be the first one to admit it

But I said it in the post above yours...just used less words

My mistake, you did indeed.

Please graciously accept my most humble apologies.

The rest of you can GTF though.

[LivingTheDream]

What if there's only 4 lanes, 2 northbound and 2 southbound?

Where do the MLMs go then?

[yellowjack]

LivingTheDream said:

What if there's only 4 lanes, 2 northbound and 2 southbound?

If you're intending to drive from London to Cardiff, it probably means you've taken a wrong turn...

[Shakermaker]

Is it not "inside" because you are on the "inside" of another vehicle on your respective carriageway?

You might well be on the "outside" edge of the road itself, but your shoelace example is slightly inaccurate, as they should be two sets of three, not one set of 6, with each set of 3 having its own lanes 1, 2 and 3.

[Munter]

Shakermaker said:

Is it not "inside" because you are on the "inside" of another vehicle on your respective carriageway?

You might well be on the "outside" edge of the road itself, but your shoelace example is slightly inaccurate, as they should be two sets of three, not one set of 6, with each set of 3 having its own lanes 1, 2 and 3.

So in your version, which is the inside lane on a roundabout? The lane near the inside of the roundabout, or the lane near the outside of the roundabout?

[Shakermaker]

Munter said:

Shakermaker said:

Is it not "inside" because you are on the "inside" of another vehicle on your respective carriageway?

You might well be on the "outside" edge of the road itself, but your shoelace example is slightly inaccurate, as they should be two sets of three, not one set of 6, with each set of 3 having its own lanes 1, 2 and 3.

So in your version, which is the inside lane on a roundabout? The lane near the inside of the roundabout, or the lane near the outside of the roundabout?

Hadn't considered that point.

Confuses the matter somewhat, doesn't it?

[Munter]

Shakermaker said:

Hadn't considered that point.

Confuses the matter somewhat, doesn't it?

Which is why I think we're agreed if people stuck to lane 1, 2, 3 etc, the whole thing would be a lot less confusing.

[Halmyre]

OpulentBob said:

Lay 6 shoelaces down, parallel to each other. Far left lace is L1 northbound, far right is L1 southbound. (disregard hard shoulders in this example)

No way can you say laces 3 and 4 (both L3 in their respective directions) are the outside, and laces 1 and 6 are inside.

It's a common, common mistake, and one which I'm not too proud to admit making before getting in to my game, but it is still a mistake.

ETA You all know I'm right, you just don't want to be the first one to admit it

Edited by OpulentBob on Monday 10th October 13:42

I know what you're saying, and what you're saying is correct but you're wrong, right?

I've always said 'inside' lane for lane 1, or 'nearside' if I'm talking to someone who knows WTF is meant by 'nearside' and 'offside' - not many do. If someone's undertaking me I'll refer to him as 'coming up my inside' (oo-er matron).

Coincidentally there was a lorry in front of me earlier with a sign on the back warning cyclists not to pass on the inside of this vehicle...