Undertaking on motorways

LandyAndy

phoodless wrote: »

I tend to signal and overtake them correctly - but flash my lights when behind, beep my horn when alongside and then pull back into the inside lane. This is England - we drive on the left !!

Another pet hate is when, quite correctly, if the inside lane is full of traffic and trucks doing say 55-60mph and I am in the second lane and some muppet comes tearing up behind and sits on your bumper when the outside overtaking lane is perfectly clear. Even worse is when, due to traffic in the second lane, I pull out and overtake them, and then pull back in - and the muppets who come tearing up the second lane STILL don't overtake correclty and start to flash their lights at people in the second lane as if they are driving wrong - lol

The world is full of ignorant, braindead people - usually found on the motorways of England.

I have never understood why folk do that. I wind the window down and give them a 'please pass' hand signal.

Heliflyguy

Hammyman wrote: »

Oh. My. God. Have you got a licence?

Yes your god I do full car and motorcycle 38 years and 40 years.

SHE WAS TRAVELLING IN THE NEARSIDE LANE BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO DO UNLESS YOU ARE OVERTAKING SOMEONE.

But she was overtaking on the inside (undertaking)

Lane 1, the left one, is for driving in. ALL OTHER LANES ARE FOR OVERTAKING.

So she should have been in the outside lane then.

L1 isn't just for lorries and "Gordon McGyver, Sunday Driver", L2 isn't just for 60MPH and the outside lane isn't just for those wanting to do 70MPH+. ALL LANES OTHER THAN LANE ONE ARE FOR OVERTAKING.

As above...

All the people who were in the lane to the right of her WERE IN THE WRONG. They should've been in L1.

And so was she, it is dangerous to undertake and if the cars in the middle lanes were doing 60 mph I doubt that can be considered congested.

PEOPLE LIKE YOU are why the motorways are so congested. If everyone drove correctly in L1, only using the other lanes to overtake, the effective reduction in congestion has been said to be the equivalent of building an additional 800 miles of motorway.

I rarely travel on motorways nowadays as have no need too (wait for the thank god statements) and I thank god that I dont have too, but I have covered many many a happy and safe mile over the years and continue to see muppets undertaking fast moving traffic and the only thing I do agree with you is that the drivers in the middle lanes were driving badly.
So you are stupid to think you know how I drive..and STOP SHOUTING !!!!!! I not visualy deaf.

see above..............and I know a motorcyclist (Honda goldwing on the M4 LHR section if facts are needed so practically a car but missing 2 wheels) who was booked for undertaking so I guess that does make it against the law.

tr3mor

In my view, if there's room to safely undertake then I'm not in the wrong.

davetrousers

Too many people have their views, which they think supersede the rules of the road!

lucylucky

phoodless wrote: »

I tend to signal and overtake them correctly - but flash my lights when behind, beep my horn when alongside and then pull back into the inside lane. This is England - we drive on the left !!

Another pet hate is when, quite correctly, if the inside lane is full of traffic and trucks doing say 55-60mph and I am in the second lane and some muppet comes tearing up behind and sits on your bumper when the outside overtaking lane is perfectly clear. Even worse is when, due to traffic in the second lane, I pull out and overtake them, and then pull back in - and the muppets who come tearing up the second lane STILL don't overtake correclty and start to flash their lights at people in the second lane as if they are driving wrong - lol

The world is full of ignorant, braindead people - usually found on the motorways of England.

This is the internet - not England;)

Paradigm

Heliflyguy wrote: »

and I know a motorcyclist (Honda goldwing on the M4 LHR section if facts are needed so practically a car but missing 2 wheels) who was booked for undertaking so I guess that does make it against the law.

But he wasn't "booked" for undertaking, there is no such offence! He may have been prosecuted for DCA though.

It is perfectly legal to pass traffic on the inside if the lane you are in is moving more freely, weaving from one lane to another is a different thing altogether.

missile

Paradigm wrote: »

Sorry?

It is perfectly legal to pass traffic using the inside lane under the circumstances posted by the OP.

I never said it wasn't .

Paradigm

missile wrote: »

One car in the outside lane with no other traffic. You have no legal alternative but to sit behind him

I apologise then if I've misread this?

iolanthe07

It is not technically illegal to undertake, but plod can have you for driving without due care and attention. I lived in the US for five years where undertaking is perfectly OK and routine - I never understood why it is frowned on here. I do it quite often these days with middle lane hoggers, but you have to be quick otherwise they panic.

Flearoy

The world is full of ignorant, braindead people - usually found on the motorways of England.[/QUOTE]

Calm down dear. If you find the world a bit much, I believe the moon is rather empty.