When is a 2-lane road not a 2-lane road?

[Twilkes]

I got caught out on the road below - a sign for parking a quarter of a mile ahead, and the road turning into two-lanes, like having a crawler lane on an uphill. I went to the right lane to overtake a car that was travelling at 50mph, and then if you click down the road in Google Maps you'll see what caught me out:

http://goo.gl/maps/c50uV

Was I careless, unlucky, or both?

[Twilkes]

Okay yes, not enough information. I knew it wasn't a dual carriageway because I've been reading PH for long enough that I knew not to use the phrase 'dual carriageway' where there is no central reservation.

I got caught out because I was overtaking in the right hand lane which lasted all of approximately a quarter of a mile, or 15 seconds at national speed limit, so had to brake and pull back in behind.

[Twilkes]

No I think they turned off a few minutes up the road. I wasn't even that fussed about passing them, was just a bit taken aback when I was level with them and the road started to disappear. Apparently this kind of thing causes a lot of accidents on the A9 up to Inverness, even people driving on the wrong side of the road because they thought it was still dual-lane (sometimes the carriageways are not visible from each other during the dual-lane sections), but yes should have spotted the arrows earlier.

[Twilkes]

Moonhawk said:

....and I drive a slow arsed car

I'll have you know that our Honda Jazz can go from 0-60.

[Twilkes]

TooMany2cvs said:

So you tried to overtake when there wasn't enough space to do so?

If you mean I pulled into the 2nd lane because there was a slower car in the 1st lane, and when I reached the arrows 200 metres later I had to decide whether to plough on ahead or brake and tuck in behind, so I tucked in behind, then yes.

First time on the road, and Scotland has a few roads that alternate between single and dual lane so I assumed that was the case here.

[Twilkes]

zedx19 said:

Drive Blind said:

...it always catches out the doddlers not paying attention in the way described by the OP.

So to confirm, OP is a dawdler and should be banned from PH?

I've never owned my own car or had my own insurance so I'm surprised I got registered in the first place.