Motorway Lane Discipline...

[ophic]

Not sure at all

Originally Posted by Speedy Claire

Usually I`ll overtake them properly then dramatically pull over the inside lane

Me too!

Highway Code rule 268 advises against undertaking: "Do not overtake on the left or move to a lane on your left to overtake." On other roads you can "only overtake on the left if the vehicle in front is signalling to turn right" (rule 163). On all roads, undertaking is permitted if the vehicles in the lane to the right are queueing and slow moving. Undertaking in an aggressive or reckless manner could be considered Careless Driving or more seriously Dangerous Driving, both of which are legally enforceable offences.

The only legally enforcable offences applicable, are those above. Everything else is advice.

I frequently undertake, and in fact have undertaken numerous police cars (both marked and unmarked), without retribution.

But like Red Hering says, do so at your own risk!!

Oh Dear.....

Fizz, I've been on the M5 today, from Worcester down to Weston Super Mud! You may have passed me!
But at one point I was overtaking and the outside lane was clear but this big red van came storming up behind me and the cheeky git actually flashed me. Err, where can I go there is a car to my left, but you can go into the outside lane.

[fizzwheel]

Originally Posted by Lou M

Fizz, I've been on the M5 today, from Worcester down to Weston Super Mud! You may have passed me!

What sort of time ?

I cant believe who quiet the motorway was today. I've seen it busier on weekdays...

Originally Posted by fizzwheel

What sort of time ?

I cant believe who quiet the motorway was today. I've seen it busier on weekdays...

We were driving down between 11 and 12.30, and coming back around 5. Had a lovely day walking around the old town.

[fizzwheel]

I probably past you on the way back, But I was going South Bound as you were going North...

I get this a lot to be honest on my commute to work , there will be a massive truck in the slow lane on the Dual carriageway and I will be zipping along at "a nice speed" . Some dolt will burn right up to the back of the truck and sit there , I have already moved to the outer lane in anticipation of having to overtake in advance . They will suddenly decide , after about 40 seconds of sitting behind a truck , to overtake it on a hilly part of the road and crawl along barely managing with their tiny 1 litre engine .

There is nobody behind me for miles , nobody ahead but these spam javelins in a Nissan potato , why they couldn`t wait and be courteous by letting me waft past first and then overtake the truck after I pass is beyond me . I decided a long time ago not to gun it past them to get my overtake in first otherwise I`ll be treated to a glancing blow from a SMIDSY type accident which will be at motorway speeds and not pretty . Patience is key to all of this but it is very hard to sit there and not use the full potential that our machines have .......

BUT , I am going to admit I rode like a complete tool last Wednesday as I was late for work after the Dog decided to redecorate the Kitchen floor with half chewed biscuits and Vomm . I did 2 undertakes as people were plainly dawdling at 60 in the outer lane with jack all in front of them and had loads of room to get into the inner lane . It was done in the manner that Red Herring mentioned by watching them for a bit and assessing that they were "unlikely" to just pull back into the inner lane , I did feel like I had broken the law in some massive way and was expecting a SWAT team to abseil from a helicopter and empty a brace of M16`s into my face .

[yorkie_chris]

Bunch of pri(ks the lot of em.

Originally Posted by xXBADGERXx

I get this a lot to be honest on my commute to work , there will be a massive truck in the slow lane on the Dual carriageway and I will be zipping along at "a nice speed" . Some dolt will burn right up to the back of the truck and sit there , I have already moved to the outer lane in anticipation of having to overtake in advance . They will suddenly decide , after about 40 seconds of sitting behind a truck , to overtake it on a hilly part of the road and crawl along barely managing with their tiny 1 litre engine .

There's always a gap between the truck and the car if you're really in a rush

Originally Posted by xXBADGERXx

and was expecting a SWAT team to abseil from a helicopter and empty a brace of M16`s into my face .

Nah you don't look nearly foreign enough! You'd get a baton across the legs when you weren't looking

Originally Posted by fizzwheel

WHY OH WHY OH WHY OH WHY

Is the shape of my chromosones. (See if anyone get's that )



ONTOPIC : yes motorway discipline is terrible. Love the government, and blame them infact for not teaching you how to drive on it before you pass your bloody test.