Why can people not drive on the motorway correctly?

Diagro

Diagro

Diagro

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In the UK we have a decent driving ability vs other locations such as thailand and the like.

Something that i have noticed happening a lot recently has annoyed me enough to want to ask if others have noticed this too?


When on the Motorway with 3+ lanes in the UK, You use the far left lane to Travel, and the middle and right hand lanes to overtake.

So why have I had to brake sharply 7 times this morning?

I'm in the Far left lane, and a Lorry is ahead doing its normal 56-60Mph, I'm approaching at 70Mph.
I have around 7 seconds before I MUST move over to avoid slowing down so I start indicating to move over at least 3-4 seconds before I plan to make this move.

So WHY, OH WHY do the cars in the middle lane who are doing say 72mph NOT MOVE INTO THE FURTHER RIGHT LANE?
Each time the far right lane was empty, NO cars overtaking the middle lane so they could simply move into it and let me out. BUT NO they simply ignore me and carry on staring blankly ahead whilst I have to apply the breaks and then accelerate again. Using my breaks and using a little extra fuel doing so.


WHY DO THEY NOT MOVE OVER LIKE THEY ARE SUPPOSED TOOOOOO?

/rant

p.s My indicators work fine.
 
most people in this country cant drive on any road let alone the motorway. No signalling, people being super agressive on roundabouts, people who should brake but instead use accellerate. I have come close to being ran over so many times due to people seeing their passed driving test as an excuse to be lazy with the rules.
 
Because many people are in their own little world, in their cars. Or on the phone. Or doing their makeup.

What they aren't doing is reading the road ahead to anticipate what might happen, like you needing to overtake, or cars joining the main road from a slip road. Or, worse yet, not seeing traffic several cars ahead slowing or braking.
 
Because people aren't allowed to drive on motorways until after successfully passing their test and so never formally learn how to drive on motorways?
 
There is a significant group of people who cope with the motorway by joining it like a retard (usually too slowly and stopping right at the end of the slip road), immediately going into the middle lane, stay in the middle lane for the entirety of their journey and then attempt to leave by blindly swerving through the left hand lane onto the slip road.

These people are your problem.
 
Just drive in the middle lane at 74mph and then you can crawl up behind them flashing your lights. Take the fight to them!
 
They don't have to let you out, maybe you should just lift off to let the car go past without having to brake and indicate and change lane when there is a gap rather than expecting people to move out of your way like you are the king of the road? :confused:
 
Because people aren't taught properly and you can pass your test without ever going near a motorway.

Recently I've noticed that 50% of road users can't join a motorway at more than 45mph and MLMs would rather brake test you than move over. Also people sat in the outside lane when there's 2/3 empty lanes to their left, they should all be thrown in a pit of burning tar.
 
It's simple, people generally do not like manoeuvring on the motoring they are scared they will hit something so they stay in their lane of choice. I have said it before they become moving road cones with nothing allowed to pass to the left of them, it's even worse on the 4 lane motorways is these people stay in the third lane.

We keep widening motorways at the cost billions of pounds but don't address the lane discipline issue which would be far cheaper and obviously aid all road users
 
Totally incorrect use of the motorway by the OP.

Correct procedure is to wait until you are 1 metre from the back of the lorry and just pull out into whatever gap there is.
 
chanjy said:
They don't have to let you out, maybe you should just lift off to let the car go past without having to brake and indicate and change lane when there is a gap rather than expecting people to move out of your way like you are the king of the road? :confused:
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It's much better for everyone if people in the middle lane allow outside-laners to pull out in the described circumstance. Literally nobody loses if they do. It's, frankly, pretty arrogant NOT to move over, when safe, if someone is indicating out like that.
 
cheesyboy said:
It's much better for everyone if people in the middle lane allow outside-laners to pull out in the described circumstance. Literally nobody loses if they do. It's, frankly, pretty arrogant NOT to move over, when safe, if someone is indicating out like that.
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The problem is more annoying if you're joining the dual carriageway and rapidly running out of room on the slip road.
 
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