Horrific MLM'ing

[DaveH23]

So I'm working down in Leamington Spa this week and currently in the car on the way down with a new lad at work driving.

From our office to the hotel is 222 miles. I'm sat here constantly looking over my left shoulder at an empty inside lane. We have just joined a motorway with nothing infront and nothing behind and he went straight for the middle lane.

So far we have been passed on the left 17 times and this is no joke. 1 hour 45 mins of this fun to go.

Not sure how many more subtle hints I can drop before I ask him what the fk he is doing.

[Jim AK]

Don't wait. Just ask him why he's being such a Bellend..... Oh & you take over & drive properly & safely.

[Boobonman]

Forget subtle, tell him he is a c##t.

[DaveH23]

Ive already asked if he wants me to drive.

[Motorrad]

Ask him why he's doing it without appearing critical. You're stuck in a confined space with him for a long time. He also might tell you to get out of his vehicle and leave you stranded.
At the end of the journey suggest he reads the highway code.

[FourWheelDrift]

I'd suggest stopping at a services, both of you going in, saying you forgot your wallet in the car, so asking for the keys then going back out and driving off without him.

Bonus points if he sees you driving off, double bonus points if you wave.

[DaveH23]

Motorrad said:

Ask him why he's doing it without appearing critical. You're stuck in a confined space with him for a long time. He also might tell you to get out of his vehicle and leave you stranded.
At the end of the journey suggest he reads the highway code.

Its a Pool car so not his and I'm training him this week so he kind if needs me. Might suggest we stop and buy a highway code at the services.

[FourWheelDrift]

Ps. pull over at the services and show him this thread and this polite request.

WILL YOU PLEASE PULL THE fk OVER WHEN THE LANE IS CLEAR!

Ask him to post his reply.

[cj2013]

Saw a young lad on the M25 doing this yesterday, but he was in the 3rd lane (4 lanes available) doing ~65 mph.

Overtook then moved back into the lane in front, then over to the 1st lane as a hint.

He carried on, dropping into the distance behind me (I was doing less than 70!)

[FourWheelDrift]

Quick question, have you observed him blinking at all? Or even breathing?

He might be dead.

[djfaulkner]

Print this out and put on his windscreen tonight.....

http://www.shotdeadinthehead.com/pistonheads-keep-...

[DaveH23]

Only 2 more to pass on the left so far.

In the average 50 on the M1 at the moment and we are in lane 1 so all good at the moment.

[Himself]

DaveH23 said:

I'm training him this week

You're not very good.

[soad]

"Pah! I read in The News of the World that the inside lane is for lower class people and lorry drivers. It's full of degenerates, I'm not going there. The people behind me can wait."

http://www.howmotorwayswork.co.uk/arguments.htm

[JonRB]

Many years ago when I had not long passed my test, I asked my mum why she never got out of the middle lane and into the inside lane. She said it was because changing lanes was dangerous and also because she was worried that if she pulled into the inside lane then she might get stuck there and be unable to get out again when she encountered a slower vehicle in the inside lane.

There was so much fundamentally wrong with that, I didn't know where to begin.

I think some drivers just get into the middle lane and go onto mental cruise control.

[DaveH23]

Ok so just found ourselves in the outside lane and he has just pulled back in to lane 2 after 5 continuous cars passing on the inside. Lane 1 still relitavely empty.

[anonymous-user]

Are you scared of him?

I only ask because if I were in your position I would tell him to move to the inside lane as that's where he should be. It will also stop him getting pulled over should he be spotted by the police.

It's not exactly difficult!

[GarryDK]

Be blunt for crying out loud!

[croyde]

My Dad always sat in the middle lane and always went on about these idiots moving from lane to lane. I know many, mainly women, who go straight for the middle lane as they feel safer.

OK my dad passed his test in the 50s but what with a far stricter driving test these days, how come they have allowed so many idiots to pass amd why isn't there a motorway part of the test, or at least a written test after a long talk.

BTW I passed my test first time even when the instructor asked me what the outside lane on a motorway was for?

My genuine answer was "It's for high speed cruising".

[Triumph Man]

It seems younger people now are awful drivers, especially on the motorway. I am only 23, but I see loads of people my age or slightly younger either looking completely terrified, or completely distracted.