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Scary...in many ways..one for absolute coldness of it (but different people have different morals)...but also the phrase "young women and men are spending more on their mobile phones and the Internet than they are spending on food" did strike a chord..

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Sorry but I could never go on holiday over there, wouldnt even think about it
You should try it, the beach is fantastic. Unfortunately the tide was out the two weeks we were there.

 

Who the hell would go to Saudi on holiday anyway?

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I had an M3 driver driving like a complete idiot the other day (I was in the ZR). I regularly hop on and off the M54 up a junction to get to Telford. This fool was 6 inches from my bumper down the slip road, floors it past me (before the lines on the road officially joint the motorway IYSWIM), then heads for the outside lane just as the guy in the centre lane goes to overtake and does the same (understandably totally unaware of this complete nobber due to how he's suddenly appeared on the motorway). This causes the M3 to unbalance as he realises he needs to take evasive action otherwise go into the rear of that car. So instead, he cuts in front of us on the inside lane before undertaking and then flying back to the outside lane.

He then comes off the next junction the same as we do and makes it the round about about 5 seconds before we do and jets off again. Real stupid.

 

So yes...that avatar was totally suitable to that particular M3 driver.

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I had an M3 driver driving like a complete idiot the other day (I was in the ZR). I regularly hop on and off the M54 up a junction to get to Telford. This fool was 6 inches from my bumper down the slip road, floors it past me (before the lines on the road officially joint the motorway IFYWIM), then heads for the outside lane just as the guy in the centre lane goes to overtake and does the same (understandably totally unaware of this complete nobber due to how he's suddenly appeared on the motorway). This causes the M3 to unbalance as he realises he needs to take evasive action otherwise go into the rear of that car. So instead, he cuts in front of us on the inside lane before undertaking and then flying back to the outside lane.

He then comes off the next junction the same as we do and makes it the round about about 5 seconds before we do and jets off again. Real stupid.

 

So yes...that avatar was totally suitable to that particular M3 driver.

 

outside lane inside lane

 

The fast lane is the "inside" lane, contrary to popular belief :p

 

Scott =op

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outside lane inside lane

 

The fast lane is the "inside" lane, contrary to popular belief :p

 

Scott =op

I'd like to see evidence of that. (please not Wikipedia! :rolleyes:)

 

No, not really.

Well, you have lines from the slip road that guide you onto the motorway. He cut across at a point before where the lines merged..on the "do not enter" type area with all the diagonal lines in it.

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Ok central reservation is the center of the motorway. Both sides of the motorway have the same central reservation. If you look at it logically the closer you are to the center the further inside you are, and the further away the more outside you are.

 

Shouldn't need any proof, logic should be enough. It IS in the highway code book thing though.

 

Scott =op

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Originally Posted by Pete

IFYWIM

No, not really.

 

Well, you have lines from the slip road that guide you onto the motorway. He cut across at a point before where the lines merged..on the "do not enter" type area with all the diagonal lines in it.

 

I meant that I didn't know what IFYWIM meant. I guess it's "If x x What I Mean" along the same lines as IYSWIM

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Ok central reservation is the center of the motorway. Both sides of the motorway have the same central reservation. If you look at it logically the closer you are to the center the further inside you are, and the further away the more outside you are.

 

Shouldn't need any proof, logic should be enough. It IS in the highway code book thing though.

 

Scott =op

 

We're both wrong. Inside and outside lanes are not official terms it seems. They use Left hand land and adjacent lanes.

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/TravelAndTransport/Highwaycode/DG_069862

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Same goes with overtaking. Think about daytona, when you undertake you are passing on the inside. The reason for this is you are passing the car at the closest position to the driver therefor his inside. However over here when you undertake you are passing on the outside as you are at the furthest most point from the driver. I have heard some police officers describing it wrong also but most of them describe it correctly.

 

Confused yet?

 

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I meant that I didn't know what IFYWIM meant. I guess it's "If x x What I Mean" along the same lines as IYSWIM

I meant to be IYKWIM...If you Know what I mean...Sorry, your post totally flew over my head.

[edit] It took me 4 times then as well!

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We're both wrong. Inside and outside lanes are not official terms it seems. They use Left hand land and adjacent lanes.

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/TravelAndTransport/Highwaycode/DG_069862

 

 

Inside and outside comes from the perspective of the driver and the perspective of the central reservation. Whether its official or not i don't know but the Police do use the terminology when explaining undertaking etc.

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