Motorway driving

cyclonebri1

picklepick wrote: »

Bit off topic this but i thought the 'baby on board' signs were there to alert emergency services to the possiblilty of a baby car seat being thrown clear of a car in an accident so they know to look for it???

Whenever I see one of those stickers I asume the baby is driving;)

davetrousers

picklepick wrote: »

Bit off topic this but i thought the 'baby on board' signs were there to alert emergency services to the possiblilty of a baby car seat being thrown clear of a car in an accident so they know to look for it???

The Emergency Services are TRAINED PROFESSIONALS, they don't need some ridiculous little sign to check for people/babies.

Note: Baby car seats are fastened securely, so how on earth would it be 'thrown clear'?

hewhoisnotintheknow

davetrousers wrote: »

The Emergency Services are TRAINED PROFESSIONALS, they don't need some ridiculous little sign to check for people/babies.

Note: Baby car seats are fastened securely, so how on earth would it be 'thrown clear'?

Yup.

The other thing that always makes me laugh is mums and dads who are too lazy to take the L Plates off their car from when they have been giving their brats a DIY lesson.

Ive seen the same moron on the motorway each morning with them on his car, driving like an idiot. No wonder its taking so long to pass if dad is teaching them. I wonder whats going through their mind when they leave them on

MrsE_2

Chocolate80 wrote: »

Thank you Hintza.

I only used those terms because I don't know which is offside and which is nearside.

Neither do I & it drives me mad when hubby starts telling me something & won't use slow-middle-fast to describe the lanes.

Mark_Hewitt

waynedance wrote: »

Lorries should not be only allowed in lane 1, there are loads of large vehicles like cranes etc going less than 50mph and lorries should be aloud to overtake.

Which is why lorries are allowed in lane 2? Have you ever driven on a motorway?

hewhoisnotintheknow

Mark_Hewitt wrote: »

Which is why lorries are allowed in lane 2? Have you ever driven on a motorway?

or indeed a 4 or 5 lane motorway

DrScotsman

Can I ask what you guys think about this when it's a 50 average speed zone?

I commonly seem to find myself stuck in the middle lane when I enter one of these (bad planning, I know). I can't merge back into the slow lane because there's not enough space and because everyone's undertaking me! (And both my speedo and Satnav read 50mph!)

And when I am in the slow lane, I end up having to do 40 :rolleyes:, and then can't get back into the middle lane. The overtaking principle just doesn't seem to work in these zones...

MadArticDriver

picklepick wrote: »

Bit off topic this but i thought the 'baby on board' signs were there to alert emergency services to the possiblilty of a baby car seat being thrown clear of a car in an accident so they know to look for it???

Off topic too, It's not really conducive to accident prevention when the idiots put them (and occasionally it's two) on the back window making a lovely blind spot. Because they don't know what mirrors are for either.

cyclonebri1

DrScotsman wrote: »

Can I ask what you guys think about this when it's a 50 average speed zone?

I commonly seem to find myself stuck in the middle lane when I enter one of these (bad planning, I know). I can't merge back into the slow lane because there's not enough space and because everyone's undertaking me! (And both my speedo and Satnav read 50mph!)

And when I am in the slow lane, I end up having to do 40 :rolleyes:, and then can't get back into the middle lane. The overtaking principle just doesn't seem to work in these zones...

I would find that very unusual.

My local section of the MI has been subject to a 50 limit due to raod widening for almost 2 years now, notts/derbys, some will know it.

The wagons in lane 1 do 50+ and often more by the sat nav,

Lane 2 does similar and is fequented by the wagons that do an actual 50mph

Lane 3?.,the nutters that want to do 45mph inspite of their speedos and the fact that the satnav states 8mph under what their speedo states

Chippy_Minton_2

cyclonebri1 wrote: »

The wagons in lane 1 do 50+ and often more by the sat nav,

The waggons may well be doing 50 of their speedo/tachos which will be calibrated.