middle lane hoggers!!

hids_2

drives me mad!
people who drive down the motorway in the middle lane, never switching lanes, even when theres a clear run on the inside lane.
I blame a lot of traffic jams on these people, how many times have you hit a traffic jam and at the end of it there was no crash, accident, or roadworks.
frustrating!
These lanes are for overtaking! :-/

bridiej

I know EXACTLY what you mean!!

I think this is surely the most frustrating thing on the UKs roads, and it seems to be getting worse.
>:(

Nile

Middle lane hoggers are irritating but my pet hate is JCB's, mobile cranes and tractors on the road.........especially if they are followed by a HGV so you have no chance of overtaking.

Tony_H_3

The only reason I now keep left is that it gives you vital seconds to avoid being "snapped" if you happen to be travelling in excess of the speed limit. Unless of course your one of only a few vehicles on the road at the time ;D or the other drivers think like you & also maintain the lefthand lane :-/

Lucie_2

Yup, Middle lane hoggers are definately one of my pet hates too. My drive to work consists of about 25 motorway miles, so I get to see a lot of them. On my stretch of the M6 before christmas they had "don't hog the middle lane" up on the overhead signs, but I don't think it did much good.
What's more worrying is that these people are so clearly not concentrating on what they are doing, just drifting along & could so easily cause a serious accident.

Poppy9

They can hog what ever lane they want but I hate people (nearly always men - sorry chaps) who harass you to go faster. On the motorway if you are doing 70 they are so close they could never stop if they needed to and are flashing at you to speed up in your overtake. I am not a slow drive but with children in the car I don't think its responsible to go charging down the road over 70 miles per hour. I only pull out to overtake and make sure there is sufficent space so no one has to brake because I have pulled out.

Then there are men who just want to play silly beggars. You know they will not let women overtake them. Had one the other day. If I pulled out to over take he pulled out sharply in front of me. When I pulled back into the slow lane to let him go he pulled in again sharply. Next time I indicated to pull out and he pulled out only I didn't and overtook on the inside!!!

bridiej

In once had a white van man do that to me, in the end I overtook him and sped off, thought it safer to do 90mph than wait around for him to cause an accident!!

I also hate people that flash if you're overtaking something, although must admit I do flash idiots who sit in the middle lane when there is nothing in the inside lane.

bosey

the person doing 70+ is more likely to have his wits about him and less of a danger than some retard sitting in the middle lane who has no idea what is going on around him. These blissfully unaware people are the real killers on the roads.

favorite choice of car for idiot blokes:

Volvo (any pre '98 model is best)
Rover 216

favorite choice of car for idiot women:

Nissan Micra (any year but nice colour preferable)

Poppy9

the person doing 70+ is more likely to have his wits about him and less of a danger than some retard sitting in the middle lane who has no idea what is going on around him. These blissfully unaware people are the real killers on the roads.

favorite choice of car for idiot blokes:

Volvo (any pre '98 model is best)
Rover 216

favorite choice of car for idiot women:

Nissan Micra (any year but nice colour preferable)

Sorry I totally disagree about the speeding motorist especially since the introduction of speed cameras. They go hell for leather and then brake for the camera. They totally ignore safe stopping distances. On motorways even if a car is speeding well over the speed limit there is always another idiot behind harassing because they want to go even faster.

Worst offenders drive:

Vectra's
BMW
Porsche
Saxos
White Vans

Agree about middle lane hoggers. Worst offenders drive:

Fiestas
Lorries
4 wheel drive tanks

Can't say you see many Micras on the motorway. Old people don't tend to like them!! LOL

Wonga

Yup, Middle lane hoggers are definately one of my pet hates too. My drive to work consists of about 25 motorway miles, so I get to see a lot of them. On my stretch of the M6 before christmas they had "don't hog the middle lane" up on the overhead signs, but I don't think it did much good.
What's more worrying is that these people are so clearly not concentrating on what they are doing, just drifting along & could so easily cause a serious accident.

How dare they put signs up like that, don't they realise is is difficult enough for these people to drive and talk on the phone without unnecessary signs to distract them. :-X

Wonga

They can hog what ever lane they want but I hate people (nearly always men - sorry chaps) who harass you to go faster. On the motorway if you are doing 70 they are so close they could never stop if they needed to and are flashing at you to speed up in your overtake. I am not a slow drive but with children in the car I don't think its responsible to go charging down the road over 70 miles per hour. I only pull out to overtake and make sure there is sufficent space so no one has to brake because I have pulled out.

Then there are men who just want to play silly beggars. You know they will not let women overtake them. Had one the other day. If I pulled out to over take he pulled out sharply in front of me. When I pulled back into the slow lane to let him go he pulled in again sharply. Next time I indicated to pull out and he pulled out only I didn't and overtook on the inside!!!

My pet hate is those that overtake on the inside....... ::) Only kidding, I agree with you 100% (and I am male)