MLM gets comeuppance

[speedking31]

Searched but couldn't find a thread.

Mirror. Doesn't say whether he also got done for using his phone while driving.

[Magic919]

Maybe the phone bit would come under an exemption.

[Derek Smith]

Magic919 said:

Maybe the phone bit would come under an exemption.

I would suggest that complaining about police conduct is not an emergency. It is a hobby for some.

[ging84]

The story doesn't make it clear if the call was made at the wheel, or using a hand held phone.
I'm not even sure if he dialed 999, or the journalist has just jumpped to that conclusion.

[kowalski655]

Isn't calling 999 an exemption to the no phone rule?
Either way should have got an MLM ticket

[divetheworld]

Way too many MLM drivers. No wonder if there's no enforcement.
The article makes no reference to whether there was any in this case so I assume there wasn't any.

[telecat]

Just watch out. I do not like travelling in the inside lane of Managed motorways. Seen a few near misses. However a Transport Police Van decided to force all vehicles to use it last Saturday evening. Flashing and waving cars over. Great you think. However just 20 miles up the road there was a Broken down MPV with the Family bailing out over the barrier and no indication the lane was blocked. Luckily traffic was light.

[anonymous-user]

kowalski655 said:

Isn't calling 999 an exemption to the no phone rule?

It is, but it has to be a genuine emergency, too.

[4rephill]

telecat said:

Just watch out. I do not like travelling in the inside lane of Managed motorways. Seen a few near misses. However a Transport Police Van decided to force all vehicles to use it last Saturday evening. Flashing and waving cars over. Great you think. However just 20 miles up the road there was a Broken down MPV with the Family bailing out over the barrier and no indication the lane was blocked. Luckily traffic was light.

So you happily clog up the motorways by driving in the middle lane and refusing to move back to the empty left hand lane just in case there might be a broken down car in that lane?

[trackdemon]

4rephill said:

telecat said:

Just watch out. I do not like travelling in the inside lane of Managed motorways. Seen a few near misses. However a Transport Police Van decided to force all vehicles to use it last Saturday evening. Flashing and waving cars over. Great you think. However just 20 miles up the road there was a Broken down MPV with the Family bailing out over the barrier and no indication the lane was blocked. Luckily traffic was light.

So you happily clog up the motorways by driving in the middle lane and refusing to move back to the empty left hand lane just in case there might be a broken down car in that lane?

Tbf there *might* be a hazard 20miles up the road

[4rephill]

trackdemon said:

4rephill said:

telecat said:

Just watch out. I do not like travelling in the inside lane of Managed motorways. Seen a few near misses. However a Transport Police Van decided to force all vehicles to use it last Saturday evening. Flashing and waving cars over. Great you think. However just 20 miles up the road there was a Broken down MPV with the Family bailing out over the barrier and no indication the lane was blocked. Luckily traffic was light.

So you happily clog up the motorways by driving in the middle lane and refusing to move back to the empty left hand lane just in case there might be a broken down car in that lane?

Tbf there *might* be a hazard 20miles up the road

Sadly, whilst telecat seems to have somehow been aware of the impending hazard 20 miles ahead in the inside lane, at the same time he seems to have been completely oblivious to hazard in the middle lane some 20 miles back from that incident that was restricting the flow of the motorway!

We have a word for people like that where I work: Knob!

[herewego]

In what way did he get his comeuppance?

[WaferThinHam]

divetheworld said:

Way too many MLM drivers. No wonder if there's no enforcement.
The article makes no reference to whether there was any in this case so I assume there wasn't any.

There wasn't. Or they'd have pulled him over.

TBH this is standard procedure on the M1. It's great as it means I can use lane 1 as my personal get to work lane, and be there quicker.

[ging84]

herewego said:

In what way did he get his comeuppance?

The police shamed him annoymously on twitter
is that not enough?
Presumably they considered a driver awareness course but thought it would be unfair to force others to spend 3hours in the same room as such a massive wker.

[telecat]

It's a four lane "Managed Motorway" No Hard shoulder and the refuges are too far apart. As for the "middle lane" I was in the 2nd of four. If you feel safe using that inner lane please do so. If there is a Hard Shoulder I always travel as far over to the left as I can. Considering the short length of time these have been in use I have seen several near misses including one driver who continued down the "closed" inner lane until the orange lights of a HA vehicle forced him out.

[KevinCamaroSS]

Telecat, go and read your Highway Code. Lane 1 (of however many there are) is for normal driving, the rest for overtaking. Lanes 2&3 of 4 are the middle lanes, so therefore, yes, you are a middle lane moron. As a matter of interest, what do you do when a road has only one lane in each direction? Do you avoid the road because somebody may breakdown ahead of you? Or, do you drive correctly in lane one?

[Derek Smith]

KevinCamaroSS said:

Telecat, go and read your Highway Code. Lane 1 (of however many there are) is for normal driving, the rest for overtaking. Lanes 2&3 of 4 are the middle lanes, so therefore, yes, you are a middle lane moron. As a matter of interest, what do you do when a road has only one lane in each direction? Do you avoid the road because somebody may breakdown ahead of you? Or, do you drive correctly in lane one?

Doesn't the HC tell you not to drive on the hard shoulder because it is dangerous?

Managed motorways are a recipe for high speed accidents. I've had a puncture on the M20 and believe that allowing vehicles to drive on them is not a good idea to say the least.

[Blaster72]

Derek Smith said:

Doesn't the HC tell you not to drive on the hard shoulder because it is dangerous?

Managed motorways are a recipe for high speed accidents. I've had a puncture on the M20 and believe that allowing vehicles to drive on them is not a good idea to say the least.

I'm with you there Derek

[WaferThinHam]

Derek Smith said:

Doesn't the HC tell you not to drive on the hard shoulder because it is dangerous?

Managed motorways are a recipe for high speed accidents. I've had a puncture on the M20 and believe that allowing vehicles to drive on them is not a good idea to say the least.

You're only driving on the "hard shoulder" or the new lane 1 during times of congestion. The rest of the time the hardshoulder is alive and well.

[davepoth]

KevinCamaroSS said:

Telecat, go and read your Highway Code. Lane 1 (of however many there are) is for normal driving, the rest for overtaking. Lanes 2&3 of 4 are the middle lanes, so therefore, yes, you are a middle lane moron. As a matter of interest, what do you do when a road has only one lane in each direction? Do you avoid the road because somebody may breakdown ahead of you? Or, do you drive correctly in lane one?

Well, here's the interesting thing about managed motorways. The speed limit signs only come on when there's a need to manage the flow of traffic - i.e. when there's congestion. And the highway code says that in congested road conditions you may pass cars if your lane is quicker than another one, so long as you aren't weaving.

I'd say that the normal "stay in L1" doesn't apply on managed motorway sections - certainly that's how it tends to operate on the M4/M5 section.