michael Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 http://www.howmotorwayswork.co.uk Simple Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edd_t Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 thats cool. but everyone at work is calling me a middlelaner now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supragal Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 very good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pig Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 i F'ing hate middle lane drivers. Sometimes i suffer from road rage from them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edd_t Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 but i hardly ever get over taken! i always do the overtaking of the lesser people in the slow lane! haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 Rule 238: You should drive in the left-hand lane if the road ahead is clear. Return to the left-hand lane once you have overtaken all the vehicles or if you are delaying traffic behind you". Perhaps we should brand it with hot irons on the foreheads of the ignorant? ALL the vehicles? No wonder people stay in lane. You can't possibly overtake ALL the vehicles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edd_t Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 that would take quite a while on the M25! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raymanuk Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 Like the site, well done that man!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toyotasuprauk Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 I don't like that site and I really can't see what peoples problem is with driving in the middle lane!!! I've said it before and I'll say it again I often drive in the middle because the left lane has lorries, old people, caravans doing 45mph and people pulling out from slip lanes. The middle lane normally has a nice flow of traffic at about 70-80mph and the right lane has reps and white vans doing about 100mph. So what's wrong with driving in the middle lane then? Sure I would drive in the left lane if the road was totally clear but when is the road ever totally clear? Never! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osso Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 Another reason why not to drive in the left lane! or the middle lane for that matter! http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/northamptonshire/4530626.stm I always drive on the right lane, unless its clear in the middle lane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
attilauk Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 brilliant site middle laners really wind me up ITS CLEAR IN THE LEFT LANE PULL OVER MORON!!!!! and relax......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chiefvinso Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 Middle lane drivers are pratts, that site is spot on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael Posted December 15, 2005 Author Share Posted December 15, 2005 Nice attitude, congratulations on adding to the congestion problems. I don't like that site and I really can't see what peoples problem is with driving in the middle lane!!! I've said it before and I'll say it again I often drive in the middle because the left lane has lorries, old people, caravans doing 45mph and people pulling out from slip lanes. The middle lane normally has a nice flow of traffic at about 70-80mph and the right lane has reps and white vans doing about 100mph. So what's wrong with driving in the middle lane then? Sure I would drive in the left lane if the road was totally clear but when is the road ever totally clear? Never! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkyJawa Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 Middle laners get on my nerves, often see traffic bunched up because of them. T0ssers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 I don't like that site and I really can't see what peoples problem is with driving in the middle lane!!! I've said it before and I'll say it again I often drive in the middle because the left lane has lorries, old people, caravans doing 45mph and people pulling out from slip lanes. The middle lane normally has a nice flow of traffic at about 70-80mph and the right lane has reps and white vans doing about 100mph. So what's wrong with driving in the middle lane then? Sure I would drive in the left lane if the road was totally clear but when is the road ever totally clear? Never! The UK is becoming more and more like the US where people just pick a lane and stay there instead of using the outer lanes for overtaking. There it's legal, here it isn't: 227-247: Motorways Lane discipline 238: You should drive in the left-hand lane if the road ahead is clear. If you are overtaking a number of slower moving vehicles it may be safer to remain in the centre or outer lanes until the manoeuvre is completed rather than continually changing lanes. Return to the left-hand lane once you have overtaken all the vehicles or if you are delaying traffic behind you. Slow moving or speed restricted vehicles should always remain in the left-hand lane of the carriageway unless overtaking. You MUST NOT drive on the hard shoulder except in an emergency or if directed to do so by signs. MT(E&W)R regs 5, 9 & 16(1)(a) & MT(S)R regs 4, 8 & 14(1)(a) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lust2luv Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 Another reason why not to drive in the left lane! or the middle lane for that matter! http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/northamptonshire/4530626.stm I always drive on the right lane, unless its clear in the middle lane Except that lorry went through the central reservation and hit an oncoming vehicle... most likely in the right lane! The only excuse for driving in the middle lane when the left lane is clear as far as I'm concerned is when the left lane is deeply rutted from all the trucks, causing your car to tramline all over the place (like long stretches of the M4). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garethr Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 So what's wrong with driving in the middle lane then? Nothing at all........ unless lane 1 is clear and you are holding up traffic which is travelling faster than you are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobSheffield Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 The only excuse for driving in the middle lane when the left lane is clear as far as I'm concerned is when the left lane is deeply rutted from all the trucks, causing your car to tramline all over the place (like long stretches of the M4). id have to agree, and have done it a little before, but only late at night, or when there is NOTHING AT ALL behind me! otherwise i get in the left lane, tight hold of the wheel and hold on for my life!!! bloody ruts and tramlining! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DamanC Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 great site Good attitude! Pig knows that we do to middle lane numptys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raymanuk Posted December 16, 2005 Share Posted December 16, 2005 It does not matter what lane you are in when its empty does it. You can be in any lane but when it is rush hour and all the MLM just hang in the middle lane. Therefore overtaking is reduced to one lane lane but that is usually full of MLM cousins who think the outside lane is just for cruising and keeping up with traffic and cannot be arsed to move that big round wheel in front of them. I think it is called the stearing wheel. While all this going on there is hardly any traffic in the inside lane and the middle lane. shrug: These are the people who will also flash their lights at you for undertaking and praising your stylish move... Lets face it we can point out all the faults of the common sheep driver on motorways but nothing will change as they all think they are queueing to get to work. Hence why they don't let you overtake/undertake and they just sit there in the over taking lane/fast lane thinking there is someone dishing out tickets for your exit. As you can see I love these down to earth sheep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidd Posted December 16, 2005 Share Posted December 16, 2005 I don't like that site and I really can't see what peoples problem is with driving in the middle lane!!! I've said it before and I'll say it again I often drive in the middle because the left lane has lorries, old people, caravans doing 45mph and people pulling out from slip lanes. The middle lane normally has a nice flow of traffic at about 70-80mph and the right lane has reps and white vans doing about 100mph. So what's wrong with driving in the middle lane then? Sure I would drive in the left lane if the road was totally clear but when is the road ever totally clear? Never! not sure you're getting the point Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangerous brain Posted December 16, 2005 Share Posted December 16, 2005 Another reason why not to drive in the left lane! or the middle lane for that matter! http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/northamptonshire/4530626.stm I always drive on the right lane, unless its clear in the middle lane And thats why statistically you are more likely to be in an accident on the motorway than me. You look at the road surface on any motorway. Count the skid marks in the outside lane and watch which direction they head in. Theres hundreds of skid marks on the surface of the outside lane. Nearly all of them attempt to head into the middle lane, the ones that stop abruptly before the middle lane are the ones that smacked into the back of the car they were trying to avoid. The ones that head towards the middle lane and then head straight back at the central reservation are the ones that headed into the middle lane, met with some resistance ie another car and bounced off it into the central reservation. Then have a look at the inside lane and see how many skid marks there are on there. I used to do 50k miles a year and most of that was on the M27 and M3 with stints on the 25 and 1. I have seen stacks of accidents in the outside lane and drove right on by them unnaffected by them because I stay as much as possible in the inside lane. I also tend to get to my destination before all the outside lane hogs as well. Middle lane knobs generally don't bother me as I will continue along in the lane I'm in completely unnaffected (its not like its dangerous passing them on the inside as after all they've sat there for the last 100 miles they aint movin over now are they?) and they provide a usefull buffer between me and the muppets jammed literally up each others asses in the outside lane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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