Middle Lane Hoggers

hubert_cumberdale

Get a thinner car then

pinkteapot

hubert_cumberdale wrote: »

i like the left hand lane on the m25 its always the quickest as truck drivers dont do the stupid brake dancing that the other guys in 2 & 3 do

I like being in the left hand lane, sandwiched between two trucks, when there's a traffic jam on the motorway. Truckers know how to roll along at a constant very low speed. Car drivers do the constant rev up to 20mph, slam on the brakes, repeat.

hubert_cumberdale

if you get close enough to the new euro lorrys at 56mph and knock you car out of gear they actually suck you along saving lots of fuel it only seemed to work and small light cars doesnt work on my audi

i used to do it in my mini clubman only down side is you cant see naf all and you have to be ready on the brakes

i think its do do with the new side body kits they put on behind the rear wheels it creates a loop of air a few meteres behind the lorry you just need to get this loop behind you car hence why you need a thin short car if your in a big car it must disrupt the airflow and break the loop of air down.

i need to get my mini back on the road as i see a great oportunity for getting sucked along by the new national express buses

my record is about 2 miles of suction travel

Inactive

oscarward wrote: »

There is a reason why some people drive in the middle lane , myself included.

The inside lane is frequently grooved by HGV vehicles which cause my car to oscilate up and down the grooves. Cars with a smaller track or narrower tyres don't suffer from this. The effect is I am continually having to make small steering corrections so if that is the case I go to the middle lane which is usually smooth.

Despite it being against Highway Code guidelines?

I do hope that you don't have an accident doing it, your insurers will not be happy with you.

anotherbaldrick

hubert_cumberdale wrote: »

if you get close enough to the new euro lorrys at 56mph and knock you car out of gear they actually suck you along saving lots of fuel it only seemed to work and small light cars doesnt work on my audi

i used to do it in my mini clubman only down side is you cant see naf all and you have to be ready on the brakes

i think its do do with the new side body kits they put on behind the rear wheels it creates a loop of air a few meteres behind the lorry you just need to get this loop behind you car hence why you need a thin short car if your in a big car it must disrupt the airflow and break the loop of air down.

i need to get my mini back on the road as i see a great oportunity for getting sucked along by the new national express buses

my record is about 2 miles of suction travel

You need a tow rope and grappling iron

hubert_cumberdale

not allowed to tow on motor ways

but then your not allowed to follow at less about a meter away

reeac

Hokey Cokey drivers [I like the term] obviously don't share my view that every lane change in dense traffic carries with it a slight risk of collision e.g. two cars may change lanes simultaneously into the same space - one from lane 1 and the other from lane 3. Only a slight risk but one that adds up if you do a lane change every few hundred metres.

Rolandtheroadie

Strider590 wrote: »

My favourite is what my fireman buddy does, he come up behind them, slams on the blue & two's and leans on the horn. Then overtakes and cuts right across in front into the left hand lane.

No he doesnt.
All that training and he drives like an !!!? Risking the lives of his collegues and others?
Taking an HGV into the third lane of a motorway when theres no requirement to do so?

anotherbaldrick

scotsman4th wrote: »

No he doesnt.
All that training and he drives like an !!!? Risking the lives of his collegues and others?
Taking an HGV into the third lane of a motorway when theres no requirement to do so?

It' all different north of the border

Lum

hubert_cumberdale wrote: »

i used to do it in my mini clubman only down side is you cant see naf all and you have to be ready on the brakes

So what you are saying is you like to sit in your Mini and be sucked by a truck driver?


As for middle lane morons. Here's a shameless plug for the page I wrote about them.