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Originally Posted by Dave20046
I'm sorry (and I'll review in a few years!) but I bloody agree. I recently sat in the car with my mother and when asked why she was doing 33 in a 40 in the wrong lane she said 'because I'm turning right' and I had to point out she wasn't turning right for over half a mile and the limit was 40 and it was more than safe to be doing that (as two cars undertook her). Then she did 38 through the following 30!
I think the "I'm turning right" screw everyone else mentality comes with age, previously she would never have done that asa notably longtime nervy driver . My Dad's getting like that too. The ampount of accidents my grandparents had in their latter years was unbelievable, sad to remove those freedoms and I'm not sure a blanket rule is the way to go but certainly another layer of testing!
I've seen older people go the wrong way around a round about (pretty sure it was on a ride with people on here) , she had the audacity to shake her head and scowl at all the dirty bikers waving both arms at her. And also go the wrong way down a motorway. I know young people can be reckless but atleast they have some consciousness and ample cognitive resources to react or atleast inspect their own actions rather than presume they are in the right and scowl at everyone trying to warn them of the chaos.
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If a vehicle is in the right hand lane of a multi lane carriageway and they're turning right, it is legal to pass them on the left hand side.
Highway code 163
Overtake only when it is safe and legal to do so. You should
only overtake on the left if the vehicle in front is signalling to turn right, and there is room to do so