dangerous motorway driving
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hi, i was doing my usual monthly trip from cornwall to aberdeen today. on the M6/74 i experienced the worst case of lane 3 hogging ever. young lad refusing to move into lane 2 or 1 on a quiet daytime road. i would like to be travelling about 5 or 10 mph faster than him but he would not shift. personally, i dont undertake unless it is slow moving lanes / roadworks / filters / etc. several times i moved to lane 2 at the same speed and to improve my sight lines and he pulled in front and slowed down about 10 mph.after about 30 miles of this i pulled into a service area. REALLY all the way through Cumbria in lane 3?????? Dangerous git in white fiesta st reg SY16 PRX.
Sheepshanks said:
On quiet roads I don't even try to move them, just pass in lane 2, or even 1 if it's that quiet.
Yup. I only do the London - Aberdeen trip maybe 2-3 times a year but without fail there will be either middle-lane or outside-lane morons on the quietest stretch of the M74 with zero traffic around them. I'll usually be in L1 already doing 70 or thereabouts; I just stay in lane and pass them so I can get on with it. I've seen others doing the orbit move around them but if you have that much time and gall to do that with them you're no better than the MLM in my opinion. I can't quite get my fat head around the fact that the OP has encountered a hazard on the road and actually made it worse by 'doubling the odds' for 30 miles(!) Call me old fashioned but when I encounter a hazard on the road I do my level best to get away from it, not make it worse by hanging on to it for 30 miles.
Daft, really.
Daft, really.
My general rule is that undertaking is OK when you have a clear lane between the muppet and yourself. Him in L3, you in L1, L2 empty, go for it.
I made this the rule after some idiot tried to kill me (and himself) on the M40 one night. He was dawdling in the outside lane, very late at night/ early morning, I gave him a quick flick of the lights from > 100 metres behind, he brake tested me (not really a brake test as I had 100 yards...), then tried to swerve into me as I was going past. Much easier just to pass on the inside with a clear lane.
I made this the rule after some idiot tried to kill me (and himself) on the M40 one night. He was dawdling in the outside lane, very late at night/ early morning, I gave him a quick flick of the lights from > 100 metres behind, he brake tested me (not really a brake test as I had 100 yards...), then tried to swerve into me as I was going past. Much easier just to pass on the inside with a clear lane.
sammyboy77 said:
hi, i was doing my usual monthly trip from cornwall to aberdeen today. on the M6/74 i experienced the worst case of lane 3 hogging ever. young lad refusing to move into lane 2 or 1 on a quiet daytime road. i would like to be travelling about 5 or 10 mph faster than him but he would not shift. personally, i dont undertake unless it is slow moving lanes / roadworks / filters / etc. several times i moved to lane 2 at the same speed and to improve my sight lines and he pulled in front and slowed down about 10 mph.after about 30 miles of this i pulled into a service area. REALLY all the way through Cumbria in lane 3?????? Dangerous git in white fiesta st reg SY16 PRX.
Should have just gone past on the left and been done with it.A few years ago I was driving along the M3 away from London, just after the Sunbury section. Clear motorway I came behind two cars in L3. Think it was a Volvo being followed by a BMW 3 series. I was in a rush to get to Reading for a surprise party so after a few seconds of sitting there I pulled over into into L1 and booted it to about 90 mph. I continued in L1 but dropped to about 80. After a few seconds, maybe a minute I looked behind to see the BMW coming up behind me. Hmm, I wonder if that's a police car? Then the blue lights.
Lone policewoman pulled me over. She asked if she knew why I'd been pulled over - lied and said that I did know, and that I was very sorry - no excuse other than I didn't like being held up in L3 at less than 70. She said that it was true that the Volvo was hogging the lane but it doesn't excuse my driving. She then asked for my licence and asked me to get back in the car with the family.
She came back to me and after showing me a photograph of a crashed car and allowed me to go on my way with a warning. I still don't know exactly why I got pulled - the undertaking, the excess speed, or something else. I suspect undertaking at speed.
Even after this pull I maintain that undertaking is OK as long as:
1. It's a one way street (like a motorway)
2. The action can only be performed by not exceeding the speed limit
3. I do not then move directly in front of the car I was behind previously
4. Keep 'em peeled for the boys (and girls) in blue
Lone policewoman pulled me over. She asked if she knew why I'd been pulled over - lied and said that I did know, and that I was very sorry - no excuse other than I didn't like being held up in L3 at less than 70. She said that it was true that the Volvo was hogging the lane but it doesn't excuse my driving. She then asked for my licence and asked me to get back in the car with the family.
She came back to me and after showing me a photograph of a crashed car and allowed me to go on my way with a warning. I still don't know exactly why I got pulled - the undertaking, the excess speed, or something else. I suspect undertaking at speed.
Even after this pull I maintain that undertaking is OK as long as:
1. It's a one way street (like a motorway)
2. The action can only be performed by not exceeding the speed limit
3. I do not then move directly in front of the car I was behind previously
4. Keep 'em peeled for the boys (and girls) in blue
baldy1926 said:
I've noticed recently as well cars just sat in lane 2 on dual carriageways.
I know it's poor form, but i tend to hog the right line of the A41 near me in order to keep the left lane clear for people that want to join - saves having to swerve around people that merge and take too long to get up to speed. Everyone else is welcome to [try to] undertake if they want Gassing Station | General Gassing | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff