Middle Lane Hoggers - I hate them!

C_Mababejive

Cornucopia wrote: »

Unless they can get a camera to do it, it ain't gonna happen.

Surely all the police need to do is observe for a reasonable distance...but then there are few cops on the motorways now let alone on urban streets.

I think we should just adopt the US highway system where there is no lane discipline and people can feel free to undertake, overtake or whatever.

In my day job i drive a van which has been limited to a shade over 65. The problem comes if i move to overtake the centre lane hogger.

I am now in the outside lane creeping past slowly, lane 1 is free, the hogger is oblivious or knows he is a knob but doesnt react, and there is a slow queue of people behind me not aware that i have a restriction.

wba31

nobbysn*ts wrote: »

Can't rejoin the main carriageway if it's full, he has to wait for a gap in the traffic overtaking him.

That's the thing, the hardshoulder moves quicker than lane 1, and the main carriageway backs up coming up the hill toward junction 7. in many cases these people pull into the hard shoulder when the main carriageway slows up, under and aroun the sign saying "hard shoulder for junction 7 only" because they see the hardshoulder moving quicker

I'm not saying its a law issue, it's a lack of respect for anyone else issue

musafir05

suziemoon wrote: »

Why do you hog the middle lane? I hate you for it.

The middle lane is only for overtaking slower moving vehicles travelling in the inside lane so why oh why do so many drivers spend almost all their journey in that lane.

:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:

Calm down G, It ain't that deep.

nobbysn*ts

wba31 wrote: »

That's the thing, the hardshoulder moves quicker than lane 1, and the main carriageway backs up coming up the hill toward junction 7. in many cases these people pull into the hard shoulder when the main carriageway slows up, under and aroun the sign saying "hard shoulder for junction 7 only" because they see the hardshoulder moving quicker

I'm not saying its a law issue, it's a lack of respect for anyone else issue

It's the poor way UK roads are managed. The inside lane changes use, so everyone has to get out. It will never work in practice. It's the same way crawler lanes merge back into fast lanes, and all the slow traffic has to re-integrate in the UK. Look at Europe. By contract the inside lane always continues, if a change of use is needed, the lane is guided over, a new lane created, and the outside lane is merged into the slower one next to it. Same with crawler lanes, they become the first lane, the outside fast lane is merged back in. So traffic slows to the speed of the slowest vehicle, with is possible, as opposed to trying to speed up the slowest vehicles, which isn't.

skivenov

The upside is, occasionally, karma wields its hand.

Quite a lot of years ago, I was driving a Transit, towing a long trailer with a car on. When I was doing this, I used to have my speed limiter turned on at 60mph, and generally just move with the wagons.

It was a long, quiet, stretch of motorway, I was sat in lane one at 60, minding my own business, way, way in the distance, I could see a car doing about 50-55mph in lane 2. Over quite a long period of time, I caught up with it, and was faced with a dilemma. Can't use lane 3 with a trailer on, didn't want to wake them up, so I just left the limiter on and did a very long, slow undertake. Halfway through this manoeuvre, they reached their junction, I think the satnav woke them up, and they put their left indicator on.

Not having the intelligence to brake at all, or the bravado to go much past 60. They couldn't find a way past me (my speed may have fluctuated slightly ).

Nice little 9 mile drive to the next junction for them.

Joe_Horner

[quote=[Deleted User];65885335]Steady on, it's not like they're stealing your first born child!


I don't find them that annoying, far less annoying than the idiots in BMWs who come up behind you in the fast lane when you're going the same speed as the cars in front of you but leaving a sensible safety distance between yourself and the car in front. When I let them past they get about 30 metres further ahead and start harassing the next driver.


With middle lane hogs, at least you can get past them by going in the FAST lane - it's not rocket science.[/QUOTE]

Definitely this!

We get it a lot round here, especially when the Holyhead ferry is leaving or just arrived. Cars to the horizon and they still think that driving on your bumper to bully you out the way will get them moving faster.

It's one of the very few times that I absolutely won't move over but may close my safety gap if they try to nip past on the left in a short gap. It's surprisingly satisfying to see them then trapped between the lorries because no-one else is leaving room they can get out into

Avoriaz

sk240 wrote: »

Anyone doing less than 56mph on a motorway needs their licence taking off them, they are a danger to themselves

Can I use that defence for being caught doing 60 in a temporary 50 zone?

I'm sorry your honour but I thought I would have my licence taken off me if I drove slower than 56.

Which reminds me, I have to send off the form for my speed awareness course.

UsernameAlreadyExists

Joe_Horner wrote: »

It's one of the very few times that I absolutely won't move over but may close my safety gap if they try to nip past on the left in a short gap. It's surprisingly satisfying to see them then trapped between the lorries because no-one else is leaving room they can get out into

If there's a short gap that they can undertake in ... you should be in it


(EDIT: and the person in front of you, and the person in front of them, etc etc ... It's people hanging out for too long to overtake "the next thing" that causes all the restrictions)

nobbysn*ts

UsernameAlreadyExists wrote: »

If there's a short gap that they can undertake in ... you should be in it


(EDIT: and the person in front of you, and the person in front of them, etc etc ... It's people hanging out for too long to overtake "the next thing" that causes all the restrictions)

Yep, and the BMW should be in his own gap, clearly not blocking the car behind him.

UsernameAlreadyExists

nobbysn*ts wrote: »

Yep, and the BMW should be in his own gap, clearly not blocking the car behind him.

Did you not read the post?
They usually are ... undertaking