People not knowing how to use motorways properly.

Pembroke

Tigger123 wrote: »

Okay, here is what you do. You overtake them and pull back into lane 1. Slow down and allow them to overtake you. You then speed up and over take them again and return to lane 1. Repeat this process until either they pull in or you get bored. Simples.

Heard of this before, a 'game' for bored motorists. I've also heard of it being done the other way round but that's a lot more dodgy.

In answer to your question OP some way needs to be found to train and include motorway or fast dual carriageway driving in the driving test. Perhaps the basic test can be done as it is at the moment but with a 'no motorways' endorsement until further training and another test is taken.

This would then mean that those people who don't want to drive on motorways or don't have the need to can still drive on local roads without being excluded altogether.

Mk14:37

arcon5 wrote: »

I don't care about people hanging around in the middle lane in most cases -- what annoys me is when you have a middle-land car going about 70mph and somebody overtaking in the third lane at 75mph, thus holding up the third lane!

On our way to Blackpool yesterday on the M55, on too many occasions the third lane was brought down to speeds as low as 60mph because some numpty is travelling at the same speed as the middle lane and isn't doing anything to get back to that lane. Leaving you with a Lorry in lane 1, cars in lane 2 doing 70, numoty in lane 3 doing 71 :mad:

Horror! Imagine being forcibly prevented from breaking the law! What can be done about these "numoties" adhering so closely to the speed limit?!

Harry_Flashman

What's gripping me at the moment is that, over the large stretches of the M62 covered by roadworks, you always get some inadequate trundling along in the middle lane doing 45 or so (50MPH limit) with nothing on the inside of them. Do they move over to let an HGV (travelling at 50MPH according to GPS and not permitted to use lane 3) pass them and get on his way? Do they bubbles!

And why does there never seem to be anyone working on these roadworks!!!!

Wellery82

Impatience is the biggest danger on roads.

You have inexperiened drivers, you have drivers who have just received bad news and their mind isn't on the road, you have nervous drivers, you have drivers stressed from a bad day at work.

Flashing lights, undertaking, driving too close behind etc are all what causes the accidents. People aren't concentrating and these things suddenly cause a crash. If we had more tolerance, realised someone isn't driving perfectly but concentrated on being safe ourself then there wouldn't be one tenth of the accidents.

Harry_Flashman

Or if they simply got out of the way?

citypaul

Can't we all just agree that cyclists are the biggest nuisance on the road and move on? :-)

Harry_Flashman

They're certainly a nuisance - but not the biggest

adouglasmhor

citypaul wrote: »

Can't we all just agree that cyclists are the biggest nuisance on the road and move on? :-)

I do most of my driving on motorways, in 30 years I have only seen 2 cyclists trundling along the hard shoulder and they were soon rounded up and escorted of the motorway.

Though I did get caught and fined for cycling up a locked emergency off ramp on to the Autobahn Service area in between Herford and Bad Salzuflen on a mission from god to get more beer late at night on a weekend. I did get the beer though.
I was told if I chained the bike to a tree and walked up off the road surface on the verge it wasn't really an offence, so to do that next time.
30DM spot fine - and the beer was dearer than in a supermarket.

Dave_C_2

citypaul wrote: »

Can't we all just agree that cyclists are the biggest nuisance on the road and move on? :-)

There's something about this post that tells me you aren't a cyclist.

Dave

jackieb

I've been driving for 24 years. I drive about 10/12k a year. I've never driven on a motorway though because there are none anywhere near here.