20 replies to this topic

[rangitira]

Yeh I hog the middle lane, and I move over to the outside lane, an' I do 70mph cause thats the SPEED LIMIT!

Yeh! I don't care if there is five six seven miles of you speedsters banked up behind me, 'CAUSE 70 IS THE SPEED LIMIT!

Yeh I mouth obscenities when you undertake and flip the finger!

Yeh and when I deign to move back into the middle lane, and come up against Mr 69.99 mph, I will move over and take several miles to overtake him, AND you can flash yer lights all you like 70MPH is the law and I ain't breaking the law!

My name is Mr Self Rightious Road Hog As*******e so there!!!

[bi6als]

As I said earlier there has to be thousands of more deserving projects than this.

However, I was on the A1 yesterday (giving the new car a blast) and the number of times I got stuck behind one wagon doing 0.00000001 mph more than the wagon it was overtaking was ridiculous. I lost count and I only did 40 miles each way.

These are the "Professional" Lorry Drivers who curse Caravanners...............I cant recall ever being stuck for long behind a Caravan........I know it happens but not to me (either that or my memory is failing)

[Beejay]

Just done several hundred fret free miles, solo, on French and German motorways and not  lane hogger seen anywhere.

Close up fast from behind they soon move back to the right     including me doing 130kph when a large Deutch-mobile is closing on  my rear at around 180kph..

[FishyDave]

This is one of those things that's going to turn out not to be worth pursuing because it's subjective.

When it comes to speeding and drink-driving, you can just do the maths: Is one number greater than another number? Cool! You have yourself a guilty party. When it comes to mobile phone abuse: was it in your hand while the engine was running? Fantastic!

But when is/isn't it appropriate to stay in the middle lane rather than moving back over? When is/isn't it appropriate to have a less than 2 second gap between you and the car in front? When is/isn't it appropriate to turn on front/rear fog lights due to 'reduced visibility' (I'm sure light drizzle doesn't count, but it seems some drivers don't agree.) Can the police prove that you were doing any of these things inappropriately? As I understand it, you can already be prosecuted for 'driving without due consideration' for all of the above, but it isn't worth the time and effort to do it, because it's very difficult to prove 'beyond reasonable doubt.'

Or maybe this is just another excuse to hand out fixed penalty notices and claim their 80 quid, hoping it'll never go as far as court. Cynical? Me?

[bobnchris]

I had a chat with my brother in law the other evening regarding this.  I explained our trips to the caravan, a trip down the M56 and A55.  Both these roads have chevrons, now the signs say keep two chevrons apart.  Now we all know that this rarely happens.  So assuming I am on the A55 which is a dual carriageway and I am travelling in the outside lane I would need a gap of over 4 chevrons in order to return to the inside lane and that is never going to happen.
So whilst I agree with the idea in principle it would be very difficult to provide proof of the offence.
Let us assume that everyone abides by the rule and forces their way back into the first lane how many accidents would there be and how many irate drivers?

[gary]

I have a theory regarding fog lights, when I have difficulty seeing the car in fronts rear lights at normal distance, then it's time to switch on rear fog lights, seems a simple enough rule of thumb to me!
Similarly, if I'm in the middle lane and there is nothing to stop me moving over and nothing close enough that will need me to quickly come out again, then why am I still in the middle lane? it don't take rocket science to work it out!

Thing is and as does happen, if I'm in the inside lane and I come up behind a middle laner. What do I do?

What winds me up is moving over to the far right when nothing is there but the law stopping me passing on the inside of the dozy sod!.. that's if he/she even notices me!!