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My wife reckons that I am becoming a grumpy old man. Every time we go out in the car I seem to find something that irritates me.
You're still hogging tho, in contravention of the highway code
Or, in other words, a lane hogger could be called a Star Seeker
Police say motorists who sit in the outside lane, blocking other drivers are not just being thoughtless, but they cause accidents.
Probably why the country is in such a bloody mess, no consideration and nobody to enforce rules and discipline
Quote from: eye30 on August 11, 2011, 17:02:51Quote from: bumpkin on August 11, 2011, 16:30:49I guess the point though is that even if lane 1 is clear, a motorist in lane 2 sitting at 70mph is in my mind completely within his rights to be occupying lane 2 (despite it technically being an overtaking lane) on the assumption that sliproad traffic may cause excessive lane hopping.I disagree with this.They should move into lane 1 and then if the see traffic merging onto the road they can move over into 2.Don't forget, the traffic merging onto the road must giveway to traffic already on the road. They do not have a given right just to join without giving way to traffic already there.Am I the only one that thinks if you are at max speed of 70mph the whole point is that you can't be hogging since legally nobody can go past you???
Quote from: bumpkin on August 11, 2011, 16:30:49I guess the point though is that even if lane 1 is clear, a motorist in lane 2 sitting at 70mph is in my mind completely within his rights to be occupying lane 2 (despite it technically being an overtaking lane) on the assumption that sliproad traffic may cause excessive lane hopping.I disagree with this.They should move into lane 1 and then if the see traffic merging onto the road they can move over into 2.Don't forget, the traffic merging onto the road must giveway to traffic already on the road. They do not have a given right just to join without giving way to traffic already there.
I guess the point though is that even if lane 1 is clear, a motorist in lane 2 sitting at 70mph is in my mind completely within his rights to be occupying lane 2 (despite it technically being an overtaking lane) on the assumption that sliproad traffic may cause excessive lane hopping.
On a 3 lane highway you'll find me sitting in the middle lane....
I'll most likely be drivng a white Mazda 6......
People who use the entire length of an overtaking lane on the highway to go 5km/hr faster than the car in front.... which was already doing 30 under the limit.It seems to happen almost every day on my way home from work :S
In UK the emergency lane will only be found on motorways and is called the "Hard Shoulder".No vehicle is allowed to "run" in that lane ...
Agreed. How about this clown on my trip to work this morning? At least 2 rules broken:
What a w@nker! Just off topic for a moment....How come the letter "a" gets changed to an "@" in the word "twat" yet if I type "wanker" it gets changed to tosser?Is wanker more offensive? Not in my opinion...... Just one of life's little mysteries, I guess...... Carry on......
By the way I thought you were following him/her to give him/her a piece of your mind by darting into lane 1 ---- I take it you were just legal as you reached the lane split.
Quote from: eye30 on August 17, 2011, 11:40:05By the way I thought you were following him/her to give him/her a piece of your mind by darting into lane 1 ---- I take it you were just legal as you reached the lane split. I was actually intending to carry on in lane 2/3 following the split, but I darted into lane 1 to try and get more details of his van on camera - that didn't work. Yes I accelerated to around 80mph but he just floored it. I don't get angry on the road, just annoyed. It's yet another pet hate of mine... blatant disregard for the rules of the road
irony
