A driving question.

[Jimmy the Jock]

Re: A driving question.

I regularly undertake the middle lane hoggers, , the most disappointing thing to me is most of them are in dream world , oblivious to their surroundings and other vehicles .

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

Re: A driving question.

I think going past slower moving cars then indicating to pull carefully in front of them is safe and sensible

I also think on a Sunday when the boys on the Hondas and Truimphs are in a convey slowing down in that left lane and letting them all pass safely by waving them on is the way to go

You can't do much about idiots on the road and I am amazed some people have passed their test but in general keeping your distance and awareness of your speed is the best option

[North Cardiff Blue]

Re: A driving question.

Middle lane hoggers. Passed about 9 in the left lane Saturday night going to work, as I reached the front of team lane hog the nearest vehicle ahead of me was a lorry some half a mile up the Motorway, there was one more car to my right to pass. I didn't leave the left lane and had the car on cruise control doing the limit 70mph. Absolutely no reason for any of them to be in the middle lane, the one leading them all tried to pull in front of me without indicating, they were just going to swerve in front of me so I give a single beep. If they'd come over I'd have to slow down to 60 and be boxed in by the other 8 cars following the idiot...the second time they moved over they did then use their indicator but I was ridiculously close to them at this point and it was dangerous. They still went for it, for some reason.
At this point I hit the horn hard and long and left my full beams on so they could see me. They swerved back, utterly unaware I was even there (even after the first friendly beep)


I don't generally moan about middle lane hoggers, usually move around them if its safe to do so, or on occasion I'll stay in the left lane and undertake but its usually only the one vehicle plodding along so its never really an issue.

Got thinking to myself once I'd stopped beeping at them for 30 seconds straight and they'd got back into their lane, was I in the right or wrong to be undertaking? I wouldn't have got past the 9 cars in the right doing 70 before someone wanted to pass me doing 80+ and thought the safest way to pass was doing the road limit in the left lane.

This was not too far after the change back to 70 after the 50 averages, so cars in the right were obviously speeding up to make up for the 2 minutes they'd lost doing 50.

Opinions?

Sounds like ten idiots all on the road at the same time, amazing there wasn't an accident.

[North Cardiff Blue]

Re: A driving question.

I regularly undertake the middle lane hoggers, , the most disappointing thing to me is most of them are in dream world , oblivious to their surroundings and other vehicles .

So annoying and idiots, but passing nine in a line on the inside, lots of accident like that every day

[jon1959]

Re: A driving question.

Why? It’s a long time since I learned to drive (fifty years November in fact), so things may well have changed since then, but I was told at the time I should always use my indicators when changing lanes. That’s what I’ve done all my life, so I don’t get why indicating left why changing lanes on a motorway is now considered unacceptable.

Me too.

The cars behind always appreciateva polite left signal when I move in front of them - if they happen to look up from their texting!

[Dembe]

Re: A driving question.

Me too.

The cars behind always appreciateva polite left signal when I move in front of them - if they happen to look up from their texting!

Theres a hospital near me and the amount of staff that drive out of there looking at their phones amazes me, its not just kids like people will have you believe, a lot of them are old enough to know better. What is so important it cant wait the 30 minute journey home?