Police stop over 5,000 drivers for lane hogging ,,,,

[JimmyTheHand]

I can't see this in any threads - Police stop over 5,000 drivers for lane hogging and tailgating

[anonymous-user]

[Terminator X]

“The encouraging thing is that this new law is being used by police. The long-term test is whether accident rates fall.”

I predict fine income will increase whilst accident rates will bounce around in a random fashion.

TX.

[StottyZr]

Titles a bit mis-leading is it not? 5000 people pulled over for driving without due car and attention with the possibility this was for lane hogging/tailgating etc..

[JimmyTheHand]

StottyZr said:

Titles a bit mis-leading is it not? 5000 people pulled over for driving without due car and attention with the possibility this was for lane hogging/tailgating etc..

It is rare they let things like the article or facts get in way of a good headline

[Hoofy]

Alright, so they got things muddled up but once it hits drunken pub debates, the false news will spread and people will do it less often. Maybe.

[Balmoral]

"there were 154 lane hoggers – the most (48) in Thames Valley. Undertaking offences were recorded 84 times"

Cause and effect, sort out the former and the latter disappears.

[iva cosworth]

On the way to last Sundays SS, I spent a lot of time in L1 of M40.

A lot of people spent all their time in L2.

I was going faster than most of them.

The MLM is alive and well,unfortunately and driving on empty Sunday mornings.

[anonymous-user]

Balmoral said:

"there were 154 lane hoggers

er, i think i pass about 154 lane hoggers (usually in the inside lane) every time i use a short (~10mile) stretch of Mway..........

[swisstoni]

I quite enjoy undertaking in L1 now. The higher lane the undertakee is the naughtier it feels. All under 70mph of course. Used to be an no-undertaking fundamentalist but when you have 4 lanes and someone is sat out there in lane 3 doing 60 there's no way I'm bothering to negotiate my way out into L4 just for an overtake.

[aw51 121565]

Balmoral said:

"there were 154 lane hoggers – the most (48) in Thames Valley. Undertaking offences were recorded 84 times"

84 undertaking offences recorded, 154 lane hoggers...

Out of how many??

Not even scratching the surface .