Motorway driving

DirectDebacle

Strider590 wrote: »

Agree'd

I was simply making reference to how motorway overtaking is no different to any normal road.
People don't generally race on motorways in the same way they do on any other road....... It comes down to our queueing mentality, from the retards POV motorways have 3 lanes, or 3 queues. Regular roads have 1 lane, 1 queue and if your at the back your at the back and should stay there.

There is a difference in the planning requirements for executing overtakes on motorways, compared to other roads. This will become evident when you have a licence which allows you to drive on motorways.

Strider590

DirectDebacle wrote: »

There is a difference in the planning requirements for executing overtakes on motorways, compared to other roads.

There's no difference at all, only laziness stops people using the correct procedure on regular roads. Where I might add, accidents occur quite often where bikers in particular are overtaking a line of cars when one car pulls out to overtake without checking his/her mirrors.

DirectDebacle wrote: »

This will become evident when you have a licence which allows you to drive on motorways.

Huh?

Inactive

DirectDebacle wrote: »

There is a difference in the planning requirements for executing overtakes on motorways, compared to other roads. .

Care to explain?

King_Nothing

Inactive wrote: »

Care to explain?

I'd imagine on a motorway you're not going to encounter an oncoming car in the far right hand lane compared to if your performing an overtake on a single carriageway road would be the main point. And as such it's not really that much of a problem if you can't immediately get back into left hand lanes of a motorway, whereas on a single carriage way it could become somewhat hairy very quickly.

DirectDebacle

Inactive wrote: »

Care to explain?

No. Go on a motorway driving course and find out for yourself.

C_Mababejive

Tilt wrote: »

That would suggest that the left lane (lane 1) would be empty so why would you be in the middle lane?

I can think of several scenarios,,for example..I am in lane one..i am approaching a slip on,i perceive that in order to assist the safe flow of traffic,i need to move to middle thus allowing the onflowing traffic to join the mway in lane one safely. I expect them to flow behind me and allow me to move back to lane 1 in a timely manner.


Another example..its rare but on a motorway where you join the motorway in lane three,you are faced with lane 1 and 2 traffic going faster and have to pick an opportune moment to move across to 2 then 1. Knob heads refuse to appreciate that you are constrained and insist on undertaking thus leaving you marooned in lane 3 longer than is necessary .

Drivers of cars need to remember that large vans and goods vehicles are often constrained.

Tilt

C_Mababejive wrote: »

I can think of several scenarios,,for example..I am in lane one..i am approaching a slip on,i perceive that in order to assist the safe flow of traffic,i need to move to middle thus allowing the onflowing traffic to join the mway in lane one safely. I expect them to flow behind me and allow me to move back to lane 1 in a timely manner.


Another example..its rare but on a motorway where you join the motorway in lane three,you are faced with lane 1 and 2 traffic going faster and have to pick an opportune moment to move across to 2 then 1. Knob heads refuse to appreciate that you are constrained and insist on undertaking thus leaving you marooned in lane 3 longer than is necessary .

Drivers of cars need to remember that large vans and goods vehicles are often constrained.

Fair point(s).

boliston

Mark_Hewitt wrote: »

2 lane motorways are even worse. You've basically got a long stream of traffic in Lane 2, with a smattering of lorries in Lane 1.

Occasionally a Lane 2 driver will get fed up and decide to scoot down Lane 1, however 9 times out of 10 they don't end up making any progress up the queue.

This is a classic example of poor lane discipline, as if there are large gaps between lorries the drivers should be returning to lane 1 after overtaking, but are too "scared" that no on will let them out into lane 2 again so they just sit there.

Inactive

DirectDebacle wrote: »

No. Go on a motorway driving course and find out for yourself.

Where would I find a Motorway Driving Course?

Of course the truth is you are talking utter twaddle.

DirectDebacle

Where would I find a Motorway Driving Course?

http://www.theaa.com/driving-school/improve-your-driving/motorway-driving.html

Make sure the course isn't too advanced for you. There are plenty to choose from if you don't like the AA.

Of course the truth is you are talking utter twaddle.

When you have received further driver training you will be better placed to make such judgements.