Middle Lane Hogs

Nitefly

Nitefly

Nitefly

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I did a bit of motorway driving on Saturday in the evening and encountered an unbelievable amount of middle lane hogs on the M40. The most common was the type to stay in there with almost no visible traffic in front of them (not approaching any cars) and the next was the equally irritating 'stay neck and neck with a car in the slow lane'.

I confess, that it does wind me up something rotten. I usually make a point of making sure I pull into the inside lane after overtaking them and if I'm feeling particuarly naughty I hover behind them (not too close) for 10 seconds before flashing then overtaking them - this usually causes them to pull over, but it is a bit cheeky.

How do you deal with them? Ignore them and carry or do anything to make a point of it.

Just to cause commotion, 90% of the time they are either a woman or an elderly driver, from my experience.
 
I don't deal with them. I usually tut or just think bumbaclart and then proceed to overtake them and carry on my merry way, feeling smug that I am a reliable citizen who knows how to drive correctly.
 
It's mostly women who have been told to stay in the middle lane to avoid the lorries in the slow lane and keep out of the way of the bad men in the fast lane.

Actually I have been known to hog the middle lane where the tram line ruts in the slow lane causes the car to be pulled about a bit especially when you're tanking it.
 
I take Clarksons view on middle lane hoggers

"If there's room for me to undertake, there's room for you to get out of the way"

And you get such funny looks when you undertake people, as if it's your fault they're in the middle lane.

Makes me want to fit a snow plow to my car so I can push them across into the left lane
 
I’m not bothered about them and there is no point in getting any rage. Overtake, drift across back into the slow lane and disappear at a vast rate of knots. Then have a chuckle as they are still sitting in the middle lane.
 
Taking it to the next level. When on blue lights, most of them still don't move over, in fact the amount of people who are surprised and then do a jerk reaction/manoeuvre just as you pass them is unbelievable.

It's been a lot more fun since we had the new Volvo RRVs mind, the amount of people that $&!" a brick when there speeding and your coming up with lights and sirens, or even better have to turn them on when your behind them as your being deployed :p
 
Jay794 said:
I take Clarksons view on middle lane hoggers

"If there's room for me to undertake, there's room for you to get out of the way"

And you get such funny looks when you undertake people, as if it's your fault they're in the middle lane.
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Pretty much this view. Many times late at night people just sit in the middle lane so I just undertake them. Sadly it makes us equally wrong as them but its damn annoying every few miles going from inside to outside and all the way back in :rolleyes: Then some have the cheek to flash their lights at you just to let you know you shouldn't undertake :mad:
 
Doesn't bother me any more. I see too many everyday on the M40 and if it got to me, I'd be having a nervous breakdown my now :p
 
As I just posted in the motorway thread, this ****** me off no end. Mainly because in Edinburgh we don't have any 3-lane motorways, so the option of giving them a dirty look as you sail past in the 3rd lane isn't there.
 
I've come to realise that doing as many miles as I do, the only way to deal with them is to not let them bother you. Keeps the stress levels low.

Continue to drive correctly and remind yourself that no matter how bad somebody else's driving is it's not a personal dig at you.
 
Randell Floyd said:
Taking it to the next level. When on blue lights, most of them still don't move over, in fact the amount of people who are surprised and then do a jerk reaction/manoeuvre just as you pass them is unbelievable.

It's been a lot more fun since we had the new Volvo RRVs mind, the amount of people that $&!" a brick when there speeding and your coming up with lights and sirens, or even better have to turn them on when your behind them as your being deployed :p
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The behaviour of some drivers when there's a car with sirens on behind them is completely baffling. I've see people stop dead on a single lane road with traffic in the other direction because an ambulance/police car etc is behind lights a flashing.
 
Whereas lane 3 is reserved for people that don't care about fuel costs, such as the rich and those that steal fuel from their company's fuel card scheme.
 
simulatorman said:
I’m not bothered about them and there is no point in getting any rage. Overtake, drift across back into the slow lane and disappear at a vast rate of knots. Then have a chuckle as they are still sitting in the middle lane.
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As with lots of things I agree entirely with simulatorman. :p
 
This for me is becoming more frequent recently. I tend now to flash my lights and get them to move over but face the ****** sign as I drive past or I undertake them.
 
Robbie G said:
Whereas lane 3 is reserved for people that don't care about fuel costs, such as the rich and those that steal fuel from their company's fuel card scheme.
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I see what you did there :p

Its wound me up for years but getting to the stage now where I just don't care. I undertake, simples.

Let's be honest, it's usually women. I cannot understand why they find driving so completely incomprehensible.

Went to mcdonalds late last night(I know, desperate times!) and this blonde in a C class couldn't get around the drive through despite the thing having no barriers, a lane marked only with lines and wide enough to fit a lorry. To cut the story short she sat revving the engine, creeping forward and backwards before she drove onto the kerb and smacked her wing mirror off a menu sign.

How do these people get through life and manage to afford such luxury vehicles. :confused:
 
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