Middle Lane Hogs Face £100 On-The-Spot Fines

[leemarkadams]

http://news.sky.com/story/1099507/middle-lane-hogs...

Will it work though?

Lee

[Poison Tom 96]

No insurance to £200? Make it £1k, then watch the numbers fall

Anyway, yes 'tis about time but enforcing maybe hard.

[james280779]

Poison Tom 96 said:

No insurance to £200? Make it £1k, then watch the numbers fall

Anyway, yes 'tis about time but enforcing maybe hard.

what they dont state is that legislation is already in place for uninsured vehicles to be seized. I have personally seized over 400 vehicles for no insurance, the owners have to then get insurance, pay the charges (circa 300 quid IIRC) the fine, storage fee's within X amount of days. Failure to do so meant vehicle was crushed unless worth over 5k where it would be auctioned.

Most uninsured were because the drivers did not have licences etc which were also dealt with.

Not sure exactly how police will be dealing with this- numbers are being slashed and when I was there at highest ever number- we struggled to do anything other than a stern word, just didnt have the time to deal.

Edited by james280779 on Wednesday 5th June 06:43

[lescombes]

Without the Police numbers then it's more Government spin. I would be nice to see, after my M25 run on Sunday....seemed like a Mercedes Middle Lane at 65 mph convoy....
Ironic how when the BBC were reporting this story from the M5 tha amount of Middle and Outside Lane hoggers in the filming was shocking....Lane 1 was in the main..... EMPTY..
Off to Peterborough later up the A1M.... apart from wagons and Caravans(not exclusive these days) I will probably be the only driver in Lane one from Alconbury to the Parkway

[robinessex]

Won't work. Police patrols are virtually non existant. Despite many regular motorway runs, I really can't remember the last time I saw a police patrol. That is, patrolling, not on their way to something else. In reality, it is impossible to sort out the middle lane hoggers, there are just to many of them. Middle lane hoggers could be easily detected with the spin off technology from speed camera speed detection equipment, and sent fines through the post. And it'll not miss anyone!

Edited by robinessex on Wednesday 5th June 07:46

See also:-

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22770064

Edited by robinessex on Wednesday 5th June 08:10

[StefanVXR8]

They would have earned about £1,000 alone on my 40 drive up the M27/M3 this morning at 06:00!

Stef

[Lordbenny]

This thread would Have Got A LOT more views if the title reflected the subject!

[DonkeyApple]

These changes are racist as well as a breach of civil liberties.

[lestershaw]

I see a potential problem here
they are going to fine middle lane hogs AND tailgaters, i can see a few people being forced into the outside lane or having to hang right back when they come up to a middle lane hog, for fear of being accused of tailgating.

[dozydavenport]

Will this affect me?
I drive in the middle lane constantly as it appears safer in my muddled head! I am constantly doing 70 and pull over(where clear) into the slow lane to let others pass and then pull back, is this ok? I am fully insured and taxed and mot'ed and have a full license?

[madbadger]

dozydavenport said:

Will this affect me?
I drive in the middle lane constantly as it appears safer in my muddled head! I am constantly doing 70 and pull over(where clear) into the slow lane to let others pass and then pull back, is this ok? I am fully insured and taxed and mot'ed and have a full license?

Where is the 'not sure if serious' jpg?

[david_h]

It'll be about as effective as banning handheld mobile phone use. Everyone flouts this as there's no policing of it, this middle lane law will be exactly the same.

[robinessex]

Right. If I record all the middle lane hoggers on my road cam on the way home, and pop it into the local police station with the evidence, will they follow it up?

[mrmr96]

Gaz. said:

Lordbenny said:

This thread would Have Got A LOT more views if the title reflected the subject!

Agreed & amended.

It's also a repost of this thread:
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

[dozydavenport]

madbadger said:

dozydavenport said:

Will this affect me?
I drive in the middle lane constantly as it appears safer in my muddled head! I am constantly doing 70 and pull over(where clear) into the slow lane to let others pass and then pull back, is this ok? I am fully insured and taxed and mot'ed and have a full license?

Where is the 'not sure if serious' jpg?

I was being deadly serious....
Night have helped if I had opened the link first?
I'm lazy though

[robinessex]

Sort out MLH with this:-

http://www.techtransfer.berkeley.edu/newsletter/08...

[HannsG]

I never see any police out an about on main roads. My wife used to be a copper......and trust me I know first hand.

So....how on earth do they think they will man this? With coppers being told to leave left right and centre the numbers are small enough as they are. Not only this...I would rather they concentrated on something a tad more important.

[LouD86]

Its going to break the bank at our local police force. The biggest culprits of middle lane hogging at 60mph, and then tailgating everyone are the local BiB. Oh dear, they will be a little skint!

[PAULJ5555]

There will be no extra police on the road anyway, I hardley see any.

Whats needed is better education, a 5 year mandatory theory test on the highway code would be better. Loads of people have not even seen a higway code since they passed their test 30+ years ago.

[Captain Muppet]

dozydavenport said:

madbadger said:

dozydavenport said:

Will this affect me?
I drive in the middle lane constantly as it appears safer in my muddled head! I am constantly doing 70 and pull over(where clear) into the slow lane to let others pass and then pull back, is this ok? I am fully insured and taxed and mot'ed and have a full license?

Where is the 'not sure if serious' jpg?

I was being deadly serious....
Night have helped if I had opened the link first?
I'm lazy though

Try keeping to the left unless overtaking. There should have been a bit about it in the book you had to read before getting your licence.