Taught to hog middle lane!!!!

[myvision]

A lad at work just passed his test and says he was taught that on a three lane section of road to use the middle and right lane only, his instructor told him the left lane is for lorries and slow moving vehicle's. Has anyone else been taught this? What hope have we got if this is now being told to learners.

[rb5er]

What a cock.

[Du1point8]

myvision said:

A lad at work just passed his test and says he was taught that on a three lane section of road to use the middle and right lane only, his instructor told him the left lane is for lorries and slow moving vehicle's. Has anyone else been taught this? What hope have we got if this is now being told to learners.

That instructor needs a smack.

Always use the inside lane unless overtaking slow moving traffic, before returning to inside lane.

[Matt UK]

If true, we should find this instructor and go for a 5 mile drive in L1...

...having first tied his feet together and hitched the rope onto his rear tow-eye.

[KingNothing]

Sounds like a particularly st driving instructor, but due to the sheer number of the fly-by-night driving instructor operations going now, can't say I'm surprised in all.

[lightthefuse]

I've heard it all now...

[vixen1700]

What a tt.

[HTP99]

My daughter insists it's the "fast" lane, when I corrected her she said her driving instructor told her it was the "fast" lane.

[Bonefish Blues]

If ever there was a need for the repeal of the don't name and shame rule...

[catman]

There have always been dodgy Driving Instructors! I observed one in the 1980's "demonstrating" a turn in the road.

She hit the kerb going forward AND in reverse. The road was so wide, you could almost do a u-turn to get round...

Tim

[lankybob]

HTP99 said:

My daughter insists it's the "fast" lane, when I corrected her she said her driving instructor told her it was the "fast" lane.

In all fairness, car are faster in that lane.

[EmmaJ]

Unbelievable! How do these instructors get qualified

[Bonefish Blues]

lankybob said:

HTP99 said:

My daughter insists it's the "fast" lane, when I corrected her she said her driving instructor told her it was the "fast" lane.

In all fairness, car are faster in that lane.

How come I do so much overtaking on the left these days

[Lotusevoraboy]

Du1point8 said:

myvision said:

A lad at work just passed his test and says he was taught that on a three lane section of road to use the middle and right lane only, his instructor told him the left lane is for lorries and slow moving vehicle's. Has anyone else been taught this? What hope have we got if this is now being told to learners.

That instructor needs a smack.

Always use the inside lane unless overtaking slow moving traffic, before returning to inside lane.

What if, as there often is, lorry after lorry after lorry 300-500 metres apart in the inside lane, surely rather than weave in out, in out, in out, you'd stay in the middle and cruise past = predictable, you don't get boxed in between lorries, safer, better for fuel, tyres etc. Also, if it pisses anyone off behind you they can still come past in the outside lane. There is nothing worse than some idiot (who no doubt thinks he's an ace driver) driving faster than everyone else, unpredictably weaving in and out of traffic going from outside to inside lanes and back again every few hundred yards...you see this often.

[DannyScene]

I had 3 diffeent instructors while learning, the first 2 were from well known companies and both told me the left hand lane was for lorries and slow stuff, middle lane for normal motorway driving and right hand lane for people who want to go quicker than middle lane and for over taking before pulling back into the middle lane, suppose thats far from right then?

[Six Fiend]

Lotusevoraboy said:

What if, as there often is, lorry after lorry after lorry 300-500 metres apart in the inside lane, surely rather than weave in out, in out, in out, you'd stay in the middle and cruise past = predictable, you don't get boxed in between lorries, safer, better for fuel, tyres etc. Also, if it pisses anyone off behind you they can still come past in the outside lane. There is nothing worse than some idiot (who no doubt thinks he's an ace driver) driving faster than everyone else, unpredictably weaving in and out of traffic going from outside to inside lanes and back again every few hundred yards...you see this often.

I suggest using some common sense regarding gaps between vehicles and observing traffic conditions. If it's not possible to do so please hand in your licence

[FamilyDub]

Bonefish Blues said:

lankybob said:

HTP99 said:

My daughter insists it's the "fast" lane, when I corrected her she said her driving instructor told her it was the "fast" lane.

In all fairness, car are faster in that lane.

How come I do so much overtaking on the left these days

YOU MEAN UNDERTAKING!!!!!!111!!!1!

[vixen1700]

DannyScene said:

I had 3 diffeent instructors while learning, the first 2 were from well known companies and both told me the left hand lane was for lorries and slow stuff, middle lane for normal motorway driving and right hand lane for people who want to go quicker than middle lane and for over taking before pulling back into the middle lane, suppose thats far from right then?

Jesus!

[groomi]

Since when have driving instructors taught anything about motorways?

[DannyScene]

groomi said:

Since when have driving instructors taught anything about motorways?

Pass plus you do motorway driving