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Driver in overtaking lane at 65mph
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~#61 I do appreciate the situation but bear in mind,it isnt me who is doing anything wrong. It is the centre lane owners club member.Feudal Britain needs land reform. 70% of the land is "owned" by 1 % of the population and at least 50% is unregistered (inherited by landed gentry). Thats why your slave box costs so much..0
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C_Mababejive wrote: »~#61 I do appreciate the situation but bear in mind,it isnt me who is doing anything wrong. It is the centre lane owners club member.
Has it never occurred to you that to other drivers you, by your actions, are part of that club???? Ever heard of two wrongs don't make a right, and who appointed you to the "traffic police" anyway?0 -
WickedWolfie wrote: »Has it never occurred to you that to other drivers you, by your actions, are part of that club???? Ever heard of two wrongs don't make a right, and who appointed you to the "traffic police" anyway?
How could i possibly be a member of the centre lane owners club when i am in the left hand lane,driving at below the speed limit since my day vehicle is constrained by a speed limiter? Are you saying that i am preventing people from undertaking the centre lane owners club (CLOC) member? I am doing nothing wrong.Feudal Britain needs land reform. 70% of the land is "owned" by 1 % of the population and at least 50% is unregistered (inherited by landed gentry). Thats why your slave box costs so much..0 -
If you are sitting in the outside lane and not actually overtaking (e.g. causing a 'roadblock') then you are definitely adding to the problem not helping it.
I often have trouble in situations where I am driving at say, 70mph in the inside lane of a 2 lane dual carriageway with empty road ahead of me but for some reason there is a queue of slower moving traffic in the outside lane. Should I slow down to the speed they are doing? If I stay at my speed am I undertaking illegally? What about if by nature of going the speed limit and wanting to overtake another vehicle half a mile down the lane I then move into that queue of traffic - is that wrong?
Slow drivers in the outside lane drive me nuts, if people moved over to the innermost lane available when it was safe to do so rather than pootling along in the middle or outer lanes for no reason traffic would move much smoother. I never zoom up behind or flash though, I just stay at a safe distance, glare at them and moan to myself.Savings target: £25000/£25000
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SHIPSHAPE - I disagree - trust me - you don't know what you're on about.
Flashing your headlights is done to indicate your presence to someone. Like this example, when they haven't noticed you're behind them. The Highway Code AND the IAM both advocate using headlights for this purpose. Not all rules of the road have to be LAW! Any IAM instructor WILL tell you this.
People CAN take a flash of headlights to mean different things, but the use above is the only one you should do - ie you shouldn't flash to allow someone out of a junction, as you're not permitted to direct traffic.
I'd love to hear your reasoning behind why the horn is better. Is it THE LAW?! Before posting, I suggest you pick up your up to date copy (you do have one of course) of the Highway Code, which does indeed tell you when to, and when not to, use your headlights or horn.
Flashing your headlights is NOT an agressive act, but aggressive people (and that sounds like you) may interpret it as such. We've been over this already in this thread, I think Strider was posting about it.
Simply incorrect.
For a start, and what this thread is about, one should never flash headlights, or beep a horn, on a motorway at someone driving at 65mph in front of you!
Where in the Highway Code you read that? Sounds like you've been reading The Beano, not The Highway Code!
And beeping your horn is more effective, in other circumstances, as it will always gain a reaction from any driver who should be alert at all times.
A flash does not, an MG would be pretty ineffective flashing a 4x4, for example. Or driving down a tight, winding country lane in the day.
This is beside the fact a flash can mean anything.
If it was lawful to flash your lights whenever you feel like it then drivers wouldn't be getting fined using them to warn other drivers of speed traps, it has been deemed 'improper use.'
After one case, a traffic cop stated lights are for using when needed, ie at night, poor visibility due to weather in the day etc and for no other reason!
It is not your job to alert other drivers to being alert, which they should be anyway.
Again, no (good) instructor will ever advocate flashing of headlights.0 -
mildredalien wrote: »
I often have trouble in situations where I am driving at say, 70mph in the inside lane of a 2 lane dual carriageway with empty road ahead of me but for some reason there is a queue of slower moving traffic in the outside lane. Should I slow down to the speed they are doing? If I stay at my speed am I undertaking illegally?
Undertaking is a specific action. What you describe above is not. Your lane is clear and you are driving in it. You are not undertaking, why would you wish to undertake to join a slower moving lane?
I have driven late at night on motorways, keeping to the left in lane 1, no other traffic but every few miles I come across some dope who is doddling along in lane 2.
I continue past them in lane 1 at 70mph, they continue in lane 2 at 60mph.
That's not undertaking, as I have no intention of going into lane 2, that's using the road as one should.
It is the idiot in lane 2 who is driving without due care and would be ripe to be pulled over needing a good excuse.0 -
Where in the Highway Code you read that? Sounds like you've been reading The Beano, not The Highway Code!
Probably in the same part of the highway code that uses lane numbers as identification.I continue past them in lane 1 at 70mph, they continue in lane 2 at 60mph.
Lane 1 could just as easily be the inside or the outside, which is why numbers are not the correct identification.
If you are going to correct others, at least get your own facts correct.0 -
Hermione_Granger wrote: »
Lane 1 could just as easily be the inside or the outside, which is why numbers are not the correct identification.
Lane 1 could be either but only for those with a thick head.0 -
Lane 1 could be either .
Well at least you've admitted that you made a mistake and that your road knowledge is lacking.but only for those with a thick head
Why only those with a thick head?
If there is nothing to state lane 1 is on the left, what is there to stop someone assuming that it is on the right?0
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