M27 - Worst driven Motorway in the Country?
Discussion
I have driven all over the UK for the past 25 years and up to last year was doing 40k a year. (I'm IAM passed twice and RoSPA Gold.) I now only commute along to Fareham from West End and the standard of driving on the M27 in the mornings actually scares me at times! So much so I am going to change my route and go out through Botley & Wickham to avoid it.
Give me a fast moving M1, M4 or M25 any day. At least most of the drivers on these routes know what the heck they are doing!
Give me a fast moving M1, M4 or M25 any day. At least most of the drivers on these routes know what the heck they are doing!
+2. Bunch of no good numpties.
But then. The road designers going the other way to Portsmouth, who - who tell me - decided to have the new(ish) bit over Fareham have the 2 outside lanes merge? Surely, having the 2 'slower' lanes merging in turn would be more sensible, no?
Saves Mr. Audi/BMW hugeing it up from junction 10 on the outside trying to squeeze every other lesser mortal doing 70 or so.
But then. The road designers going the other way to Portsmouth, who - who tell me - decided to have the new(ish) bit over Fareham have the 2 outside lanes merge? Surely, having the 2 'slower' lanes merging in turn would be more sensible, no?
Saves Mr. Audi/BMW hugeing it up from junction 10 on the outside trying to squeeze every other lesser mortal doing 70 or so.
.Mark said:
+2. Bunch of no good numpties.
But then. The road designers going the other way to Portsmouth, who - who tell me - decided to have the new(ish) bit over Fareham have the 2 outside lanes merge? Surely, having the 2 'slower' lanes merging in turn would be more sensible, no?
Saves Mr. Audi/BMW hugeing it up from junction 10 on the outside trying to squeeze every other lesser mortal doing 70 or so.
Those extra lanes were a waste of tarmac purely because either an extra lane comes on at a junction, or L1 splits. In each case L1 is often empty while L2, 3 and 4 are used as normal.But then. The road designers going the other way to Portsmouth, who - who tell me - decided to have the new(ish) bit over Fareham have the 2 outside lanes merge? Surely, having the 2 'slower' lanes merging in turn would be more sensible, no?
Saves Mr. Audi/BMW hugeing it up from junction 10 on the outside trying to squeeze every other lesser mortal doing 70 or so.
I can't say the M27 is worse driven than others, though for some reason MLMs abound whewn driving west from J2 to J1, and everyone seems to be in the middle lane when L2 and 3 merge as it becomes the A31. Idiots.
minimatt1967 said:
The worst thing I find about the M27 is getting to it, the A31 is appalling, nobody will relinquish their right to be in the outside lane no matter how slow they are going.
Yeah this drives me mad, seems to be at its worst on a Sunday afternoon; I can't help but cruise on past using the inside lane sometimes! 
It's bad, but I've experienced worse on the M25.
On one part with 5 lanes (joining not far after Gatwick clockwise) only the outside two lanes were being used!!
I sailed up the inside with the cruise on at "some" mph. But f
k me the rest of the mongoloids on there were a waste of space!
On one part with 5 lanes (joining not far after Gatwick clockwise) only the outside two lanes were being used!!
I sailed up the inside with the cruise on at "some" mph. But f
k me the rest of the mongoloids on there were a waste of space! matc said:
minimatt1967 said:
The worst thing I find about the M27 is getting to it, the A31 is appalling, nobody will relinquish their right to be in the outside lane no matter how slow they are going.
Yeah this drives me mad, seems to be at its worst on a Sunday afternoon; I can't help but cruise on past using the inside lane sometimes! 
I do a lot of travelling between the south coast and the midlands and I agree the M27 is a nightmare (to the extent that I commute 15 miles each way on a pushbike just to avoid it!). Why is that nearly every car travelling east from J11 first thing in the morning is surprised to see sun in their eyes and puts their brakes on every time we have a clear morning?
Fg morons!!
However, it pales into insignificance next to the M40.
You'd swear it only had one lane- the outside one.
Never seen a road like it. Drives me insane every time I use it. Thank God I don't live anywhere near it!
F
g morons!!However, it pales into insignificance next to the M40.
You'd swear it only had one lane- the outside one.
Never seen a road like it. Drives me insane every time I use it. Thank God I don't live anywhere near it!
RosscoPCole said:
I find the A31 worse than the M27, outside lane is often chocablock and the inside lane can be empty for at least half a mile. So I cruise up the inside lane whilst everyone else is travelling at 50 to 60 mph.
I must admit that my reaction to getting to the M27 from the A31 is "thank goodness", not "oh no". Bloody hell! I was expecting one or two to be in agreement not the whole of the South Coast!
I think the main issue is that a high percentage of users only ever drive on the M27 and only travel a short distance. Maybe 1 or 2 junctions on their commute so they are not really experienced motorway users.
Looking forward to not getting wound up in the mornings and using the lanes instead.
I think the main issue is that a high percentage of users only ever drive on the M27 and only travel a short distance. Maybe 1 or 2 junctions on their commute so they are not really experienced motorway users.
Looking forward to not getting wound up in the mornings and using the lanes instead.
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