Always be in the left most lane in roadworks?

[mac96]

Pica-Pica said:

mac96 said:

My recollection is that years ago 'stay in lane ' signage was much more common at roadworks than it is now, so people of a certain age (such as me!) may have it embedded in their subconscious.

It may perhaps have been designed to encourage compliance with the temporary speed limit when there was no camera enforcement?

It was to stop people keep swapping lanes, but has little effect on A282's QE2 bridge.

Well yes, but that did discourage overtaking!
I'll take your word on the QE2 bridge- not on my route to anywhere really.

[gtsralph]

Left hand lane is almost always fastest in traffic and oddly in roadworks as cars stay out of the way of trucks.

[jmorgan]

gtsralph said:

Left hand lane is almost always fastest in traffic and oddly in roadworks as cars stay out of the way of trucks.

It is where the lorrys go. the idiots go to the outside lane that cannot maintain a steady gap and keep braking. Any traffic ahead and I am heading to the inside lane.
Usually, not far apart when the blockage is past.

[anonymous-user]

Unless otherwise directed you should be in the left hand lane. I find it less hassle to be in the wider left lane and following a lorry.

[Jon39]

On motorways, I tend to use lane one for roadworks and also when in slow moving heavy traffic.
I just feel that only having moving vehicles on one side, might lessen the risk of incident.
When possible, I try to be ahead of a car rather than an HGV, for obvious reasons.

If I happen to be driving my sports car, it also gives a rare treat to other motorists.
Probably the only time they have ever seen a 180 mph car, being driven in lane one !

[hondansx]

Pica-Pica said:

mac96 said:

My recollection is that years ago 'stay in lane ' signage was much more common at roadworks than it is now, so people of a certain age (such as me!) may have it embedded in their subconscious.

It may perhaps have been designed to encourage compliance with the temporary speed limit when there was no camera enforcement?

It was to stop people keep swapping lanes, but has little effect on A282's QE2 bridge.

And the result? The inside two lanes are barely used.

To answer the OP, your old man needs a slap with a wet fish. He's the reason why those sections of roadworks are a ball-ache.

"in the United Kingdom ACPO guidelines recommend a tolerance level of the speed limit "+10% +2 mph" (e.g., a maximum tolerance in a 30 mph (50 km/h) zone of 30 + (30 × 10% = 3) + 2 = 35 mph)."

[Ross_T_Boss]

My recent experience is to stay in the middle lane at 55, cruising past the bumper-to-bumper brakefest in the right lane and lorries stacked up behind cars doing 40-45 in the left lane. Nobody else seems to use it on the M4 J12-13.

And I yes I use the left lane when free

[lyonspride]

therag3 said:

Funnily enough, I remember my old man saying a similar thing. I wonder whether this "rule" has been spread, erroneously, at some point in the past meaning people of a certain age have accepted it as truth...

I think we have far too much of that on the roads and i'm not sure how much is spread in error and how much is people applying emotional/socially derived "rules" over and above the highway code.

[98642.com]

£100 Fine for your old man - terrible driving by the sounds of it.

MLM was coined for this.

He seems to acting like a proper "road captain".

Drivers like this are the problem - Be part of the solution - take his licence away!

[foppo]

gtsralph said:

Left hand lane is almost always fastest in traffic and oddly in roadworks as cars stay out of the way of trucks.

Trucks should stay out of the way of cars.If they haven't got the patience to keep a distance from the car in front they are a liability for the sake of a few miles.