Motorway Madness

smashingyour...

Jamie_Carter wrote: »

You can blame local authority cut backs for that.

Nothing to do with local authority cuts. The highways agency traffic wombles were around long before the cut backs.

Sensemaya

rock-on

Throughly enjoyed reading your rant.

Having experienced an horrendous journey via M6 - J19-20 closed ( just a small section of motorway due to accident) to Oxford via the M1 as per motorway directions and setting off at 5am in my clapped out car to eventually arrive at 9.30am without a break and then back again the same day...OK not return journey via M1 but lots of hold ups nevertheless...I sympathise.

There appears to be no speed restrictions on the M40 at all. Lots of posh cars doing well over a ton, outside lane, no cars to overtake.Whoosh...

Jamie_Carter

smashingyour... wrote: »

You're just as bad as they are because you should be in the left lane too.

WRONG!!!

Not if you are waiting for them to pull over so that you can overtake.

You need to learn how to drive.

Jamie_Carter

smashingyour... wrote: »

Nothing to do with local authority cuts. The highways agency traffic wombles were around long before the cut backs.

The question was nothing to do with HATOs, it was about traffic police. And traffic police have been reduced due to cut backs.

Yet again you are getting your facts wrong, and making unconstructive posts.

Jamie_Carter

antrobus wrote: »

Yes, but technically speaking !!!!!! is correct. There is no specific offence of 'overtaking on the inside', so it is not illegal per se. It is merely cited as an example what a court could interepret as being Driving without due care and attention. As always, it would be up to a court to decide whether any specific driver was indeed driving without due care and attention when they overtook on the inside.

And as cited earlier, the Highway Code states,



Thus the Highway Code describes one set of circumstances when overtaking on the inside is perfectly OK, and therefore presumably does not constitute an offence. There might possibly be other circumstances when the same was true. It would all depend on the particular facts.

It doesn't matter if it is a specific offence or not. If you can be fined or prosecuted for doing it, then it is illegal.

There are many things that don't come under specific offences, but you can still be prosecuted under one bit of legislation or another. This is how the law works in this country.

But I do understand where you are coming from.

smashingyour...

Jamie_Carter wrote: »

WRONG!!!

Not if you are waiting for them to pull over so that you can overtake.

You need to learn how to drive.

Why would you be out in lane 3 if 2 is empty?

smashingyour...

Jamie_Carter wrote: »

The question was nothing to do with HATOs, it was about traffic police. And traffic police have been reduced due to cut backs.

Yet again you are getting your facts wrong, and making unconstructive posts.

Forces have been cutting back on traffic police for years before the cuts. Motorway policing isn't paid for by the local authority, so who are the two linked?

Can you provide anything to support your claim?

Sensemaya

smashingyour... wrote: »

Why would you be out in lane 3 if 2 is empty?

Lanes 2 and 3 and sometimes a 4th are for overtaking.

Sorry...stating the obvious.

Jamie_Carter

smashingyour... wrote: »

Forces have been cutting back on traffic police for years before the cuts. Motorway policing isn't paid for by the local authority, so who are the two linked?

Can you provide anything to support your claim?

Traffic police are paid for by local government as well as national, as they are local police authorities. And when they cut them back it is called 'cut backs'... get it????

The main cut backs are happening right now.

Jamie_Carter

Sensemaya wrote: »

Lanes 2 and 3 and sometimes a 4th are for overtaking.

Sorry...stating the obvious.

Just ignore Smashingyour... he just trolls, talks rubbish, and makes unconstructive posts.