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Spread the word - Middle Lane Morons


michael

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Oh dear I think I may be guiltily some times! Left lane has caravans, lorries and OAP's doing 50mph, middle lane has me doing 75mph and right lane has reps and white vans doing 100mph.

 

Rather than changing lanes every time I come up behind a slow car or other cars are joining from sliproads I can stay in the middle lane, doesnt seem that bad?

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Well it is, stop doing it please.

 

It is really annoying. I think a really loud horn would do the trick. Or a big flashing neon sign!!!!!

 

I only end up undertaking in the end which is very dangerous I know.

 

But in my defense, I think the police should be "punishing" the people who cause the problem not those who act as a result of the cause :swear:

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Oh dear I think I may be guiltily some times! Left lane has caravans, lorries and OAP's doing 50mph, middle lane has me doing 75mph and right lane has reps and white vans doing 100mph.

 

Rather than changing lanes every time I come up behind a slow car or other cars are joining from sliproads I can stay in the middle lane, doesnt seem that bad?

 

Nothing wrnog with that at all mate.

The highway code states

'On a three-lane dual carriageway, you may use the middle lane or the right-hand lane to overtake but return to the middle and then the left-hand lane when it is safe. '

 

the key word here is SAFE

 

Clearly if they are all doing 50mph and yoo are in lane 2, overtaking them, then it would not be safe to enter lane 1 and have to slow down to 50mph to avoid hitting the next car. Or if you do slow down enough, you then have to potential to cause another problem when pulling out into lane2 again ...

 

I think the site is really just having a pop at the idiots that stay out in lane 2 when lane 1 in empty for miles... What your doing is perfectly acceptable

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I hate Middle lane hogs, but hate the 3rd lane hogs more!!

 

For years I have followed the "move to the left rule" all the way from the Welsh M4 sliproad to London and arrived in London at the same time as the merc/bmw that sat in the 3rd lane the entire bloody journey. What makes this worse is that due to my 'following the highway code' I move the 2nd/1st lane and then all the cars in the 3rd lane bunch up and don't let me back in when I reach a slower moving vehicle in front.

 

My patience for these lane hogs has completely run out and I now mostly just cruise the 1st/2nd lanes leaving the 3rd lane hogs to their business... problem is its just a matter of time until I get pulled over for undertaking... :looney:

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