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[platty]

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., why not have the signs displaying:

"STAY IN LEFT LAND UNLESS OVERTAKING" ......

I'm sure I've already seen that ...... A1/M1?

Regularly used on the M/ways up here....  

Brilliant! I have never seen it myself, but I don't see any reason why it shouldn't be on every sign unless there is something more important to display!

[Andy B]

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To think that middle lane hogging is encouraged in order to increase camera revenue is as sad as it is deluded....
  

I have seen someone pulled, presumably, for hogging the middle lane of the M4 ..... that was looooooong before Gatsos.  

I should have said for any revenue purpose, not just static camera's....  

I was agreeing!It was before fixed penatlies & points system too!      

[JesterRT]

I was recently travelling in moderate to heavy traffic on the M6 when I watched a Volvo saloon go from Lane 1 across to Lane 3 where I was.  I was making steady progress on Lane 2 traffic and was under 70mph with a reasonable braking distance (probably not the full highway code, but by no means was I sitting on someone's tail).  How do I know - well the Volvo just about took the back end of the guy slightly ahead of me in Lane 2 and was fogging my front bumper with the cloud of black smoke coming from his exhaust.  You could probably have just about slid a sheet of A4 between his bumper and mine.

Impressive move, NOT.  I flashed the guy twice and then held them on for a couple of seconds.  No hand gestures, no horn, and probably a good job because a couple seconds later they flashed a little light of their own. I'd just twigged that it was two up, and had a branch of Maplins stuck to the dashboard and windscreen.

POLICE in nice red LED's popped up in the back window.  No Blue/Two's (unless they don't have rear facing blue strobes) and they floored it.

There's more and more of these unmarked motors flying about the place.  Glad I kept relatively calm and didn't give them the finger or anything  

[Varche]

Saw  an unmarked Fiat Croma estate yesterday here in Spain all kitted out with the latest video gear for catching motoring miscreants. It even had two "ugly baby" screens in the rear side passenger window so you couldn't see in! Bet they didn't use it to catch the English guy in his Ferrari doing 160 mph on the motorway here the other day!

As far as middle lane hogs are concerned there are a number of factors
1. Some people are lazy and drive on autopilot in the middle lane.
2. Some people think they have paid their whack so they can drive how they like.
3. Some people don't care a damn about others ( learnt from Thatchers day I am afraid)
4. Roads have too much traffic on them.

Spanish drivers in the main only use the outside lane for overtaking and then get back in promptly.

El varche

[Andy B]

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Spanish drivers in the main only use the outside lane for overtaking and then get back in promptly.  

IME so do the French

[STMO123]

if i come to a car that is only doing 50/60mph in the middle lane and the slow lane is clear i get the lights flashing to get them over
i hate it having to break for people doing 50mph on the motorway
if they can't do the motorway speeds they should not be on the motorway in the first place

You ever stopped to think they may be doing 50 for a reason?

For example....
They could have just passed their test, and are possibly nervous at higher speeds.
They could be elderly, and have therefore adjusted their driving style to suit their reactions.
etc, etc.

If people worried more about themselves instead of trying to issue summary justice in the form of "getting right up their arse, headlights on main beam, and hand pressed firmly on the horn for 3 minutes non stop", I expect there would be considerably less accidents than what there are at present.


PS

The above ain't a pop at you by the way Nick, but some of the $hit I've read on this thread really gets on my tits.
 

And nice tits they are too.

[STMO123]

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In that case they should be sitting doing 50 in the left lane

Or even the local A or B road!  

Or even pedalling their trike round the garden.

[Omega man 2]

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In that case they should be sitting doing 50 in the left lane

Or even the local A or B road!  

Or even pedalling their trike round the garden.

 

[KillerWatt]

if i come to a car that is only doing 50/60mph in the middle lane and the slow lane is clear i get the lights flashing to get them over
i hate it having to break for people doing 50mph on the motorway
if they can't do the motorway speeds they should not be on the motorway in the first place

You ever stopped to think they may be doing 50 for a reason?

For example....
They could have just passed their test, and are possibly nervous at higher speeds.
They could be elderly, and have therefore adjusted their driving style to suit their reactions.
etc, etc.

If people worried more about themselves instead of trying to issue summary justice in the form of "getting right up their arse, headlights on main beam, and hand pressed firmly on the horn for 3 minutes non stop", I expect there would be considerably less accidents than what there are at present.


PS

The above ain't a pop at you by the way Nick, but some of the $hit I've read on this thread really gets on my tits.
 

In that case they should be sitting doing 50 in the left lane

For whatever reason, nobody is perfect Ron.
If you truly believe that driving like a schmuck in order to prove (or make) a point to another road user is acceptable....then you are nothing less than a schmuck yourself.

[KillerWatt]

if i come to a car that is only doing 50/60mph in the middle lane and the slow lane is clear i get the lights flashing to get them over
i hate it having to break for people doing 50mph on the motorway
if they can't do the motorway speeds they should not be on the motorway in the first place

You ever stopped to think they may be doing 50 for a reason?

For example....
They could have just passed their test, and are possibly nervous at higher speeds.
They could be elderly, and have therefore adjusted their driving style to suit their reactions.
etc, etc.

If people worried more about themselves instead of trying to issue summary justice in the form of "getting right up their arse, headlights on main beam, and hand pressed firmly on the horn for 3 minutes non stop", I expect there would be considerably less accidents than what there are at present.


PS

The above ain't a pop at you by the way Nick, but some of the $hit I've read on this thread really gets on my tits.
 

And nice tits they are too.

As above.
If you pulled the old "right up my ar$e, horn on for 3 minutes" trip with me, I'd bury you at the first available oppertunity.
This wouldn't be because I'm an unreasonable animal, it would be because you are nothing short of a cu[ch329]t who obviously no consideration for the shortcomings of others, as well as no respect for the safety or well being of anybody else around them.

[AndyVXR300]

This is one of these threads that will go on and on, as so many people have different view's on the old middle lane hogger we could be here a very long time....

All the same it makes a interesting read  

[KillerWatt]

This is one of these threads that will go on and on, as so many people have different view's on the old middle lane hogger we could be here a very long time....

All the same it makes a interesting read  

Regardless of views on the "middle lane hogger" Andy (they annoy me just as much as the next person), driving like a cu[ch329]t just to make a point simply makes the aggressor the bigger cu[ch329]t IMO.

EVERYBODY fooks up more than once in their driving career, but putting others at risk to prove they know better makes them the biggest cu[ch329]ts ever.

The ironic thing is, anybody with more than one working brain cell knows that the truly good driver just deals with the perceived problem rather than trying to impress a point upon others.

[Lazydocker]

killerwatt, the word censor is there for a reason... Whilst it's perfectly clear how you feel this is a public forum and we really would prefer it if you let it do it's job and not cheat it so you can use a certain 4 letter word which many people, including myself, find very crass and unnecessary!

Please can you modify your above posts to remove it before this thread gets locked/deleted for the use of it

[ScottieMV6]

KillerWatt - why so angry?

Don't think there is any need for the "c" word so many times if at all. I swear just as much as the next man but never ever use that word.

I think you are being a little aggressive. Don't want to start an argument, just friendly advice!  

EDIT: Beaten to it by Lazydocker!

[AndyVXR300]

This is one of these threads that will go on and on, as so many people have different view's on the old middle lane hogger we could be here a very long time....

All the same it makes a interesting read  

Regardless of views on the "middle lane hogger" Andy (they annoy me just as much as the next person), driving like a cu[ch329]t just to make a point simply makes the aggressor the bigger cu[ch329]t IMO.

EVERYBODY fooks up more than once in their driving career, but putting others at risk to prove they know better makes them the biggest cu[ch329]ts ever.

The ironic thing is, anybody with more than one working brain cell knows that the truly good driver just deals with the perceived problem rather than trying to impress a point upon others.

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Could not agree with you more, but to change someone's view that it is cool to drive the middle lane is the hard bit.