Lane hogging.

Housey said:
Closing speed is the key, not closeness I find. Close on them at pace and they **** it and bail out the way :D
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That's usually my approach, make it clear that I am doing considerably more speed than they are and slow down at the last safe moment so they register that they're in the way.
 
Worst are the new 4 lane sections, I swear 99% of drivers don't use lane 1, including trucks. Makes progress extremely easy, just use lane 1 sit at 70 and pass most of the other 3 lanes.
 
Another think that riles me is when I stick the cruise control on at 70 and people overtake, then go in front of me and slow down. Or when you're set at 70, go to overtake and the person in the left speeds up.
 
This is one of my biggest hates! You'll get someone doing 45mph down a slip road, go immediately into the middle lane and then accelerate to whatever speed the car in front is doing. Its quite funny when you see a conga line of zombies in the middle lane who will vary their speed by 10+mph to match the zombie-leader instead of overtaking if they're too fast or moving to the left if they're too slow. These days I just undertake the line of them or if its a single car and im in the inside lane make a point of overtaking (I.e. going over three lanes and back) quite close to them.
 
Housey said:
Closing speed is the key, not closeness I find. Close on them at pace and they **** it and bail out the way :D
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This, I had a lane 3 (fast lane) guy sat there today on the way to leamington spa and I was coming up on him at a rate of knots, bear in mind lane 2 was completely clear for him but he pulled over, waited for me to zip past and then pulled back into lane 3

I was genuinely puzzled for 5 seconds before not caring :D
 
I certainly don't lane hog but if I'm in lane 2 and there are more slower moving vehicles just ahead I'm not going to weave into lane one just to get straight back into 2 a couple of seconds later.
Its all about being reasonable and considered I recon!
 
Fluke? said:
I certainly don't lane hog but if I'm in lane 2 and there are more slower moving vehicles just ahead I'm not going to weave into lane one just to get straight back into 2 a couple of seconds later.
Its all about being reasonable and considered I recon!
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I'm sorry, but you are one of them.
 
Don't think anyone is complaining about the people who stay in lane 2 when they are catching up with people at a decent rate. But people like the white van man I followed for 5 mins on Sunday both doing 70 on a nearly empty motorway yet I was in lane 1 and he was in 2. Decided to pass him after a while and he was say with both arms resting on the top of the steering wheel on Facebook on his phone. Nice.

70 is a terrible speed to do on the motorway using cruise control. Too many people speed up to overtake then slow back down and it takes too long to overtake people doing 68 so people get antsy behind. 65 or 75 is the way to go.
 
I drive an Audi, therefore I drive in the Audi lane come-what-may (preferably no more than an inch away from someone's rear bumper). Simples. :)
 
I think some of them are doing it on purpose because they are butt hole types.

But have come to the conclusion that the majority of them *actually* think it is the correct thing to do.

It's just got to be that. I simply cannot fathom any other reason.
 
Funny when you have to undertake and they then try and speed up, but you have over 2x their car's power but because its an Audi or BMW they seem to think it makes it quick. Some tool in and A4 tried doing it to me the other day when I overtook him on dual carriageway.
 
I like lane hoggers on the managed motorway from Leeds>Huddersfield and back. It means when the hard shoulder is active I get my own personal lane as everyone else seems allergic to it, especially HGV drivers.
 
Fluke? said:
I certainly don't lane hog but if I'm in lane 2 and there are more slower moving vehicles just ahead I'm not going to weave into lane one just to get straight back into 2 a couple of seconds later.
Its all about being reasonable and considered I recon!
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This pretty much
 
UK roads are full of them, I'd say 1/3rd of all traffic on a motorway is sitting in lane 2 or 3 with nothing in lane 1 or 2 for miles.

I'll happily sit in lane 1 and undertake them all.


Europe has DC lane discipline down to a ****ing T - on a 5 day trip through France/Belgium/Luxembourg and Germany this summer there was a handful (4-5 at very most!) of lane hoggers over probably 400 motorway miles.

They overtake something and within 3 seconds, indicator on and back into the correct lane. If they don't they get a white van 3 inches from their bumper with full beam on, while doing 130kph. :D

After coming off the Eurotunnel and onto the M20 I counted 5 middle lane morons in the space of 2 miles. :rolleyes:

The general standard of driving here is downright scary.
 
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