I just sit in the outside lane following the speed of the car in front. If there is no car in front, or if it's doing nutty speeds then I'll sit in the outside lane until someone appears like they want to get past. If this is the case I'll move over before they reach me.
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I'm usually in lane one but I move into lane two say approaching an entry slip road as long as it won't drastically slow somebody down or totally box somebody in in lane one. I rarely venture into lane three, I don't tend to do more than 80 on the motorway. Also I don't like exposing myself to complete knobs who think that sitting on my rear bumper is the best way to make progress.
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I get in it from time to time, if I come across someone who's travelling slower in it than I am, I will match their speed. If they're doing silly slow speeds I will consider filtering out and passing them. No funny gestures or anything, I'll just pass them! No need for that!
I also pretty much instantaneously pull out and filter into the middle if someone is approaching fast from behind, I do not like to stop their progress!
I also pretty much instantaneously pull out and filter into the middle if someone is approaching fast from behind, I do not like to stop their progress!
NickXX said:What the hell are you on about????? There is NO such thing as the fast lane, god you people irritate me sometimes.
It's called the BMW lane.
damn you, in before me :/
there are 4 lanes on the motorway (most), hard shoulder for the crap cars that dont work, slow lane for the lorries / coaches and old people, middle lane for the idiots and for generally overtaking the old people and others in slow lane. last lane is the BMW lane. going fast in the lane isnt a requirement, just need to drive a bmw :]
ive noticed a few strays in the bmw lane before, after flashing them they move over and salute me as i drive past. i see the wife (in the passenger seat of course) shout at the husband, im sure shes saying 'wtf you doing! when you earn more money then we can have a car like that and drive in that lane', atleast thats what it looks like :O
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Lashout_UK said:
Very nearly had an accident doing that once!
Had some twit in a chavved up Merc 190 coming up in the fast lane at 100mph+ on the 50mph limit section of the A3 (Hog's Back near Guildford) so I indicated to pull into the left hand lane (only two lanes) to let him past. Luckily I looked again as he just swerved to undertake me as I was indicating and moving across! Cue me getting rather annoyed and yelling at the guy through the windscreen!
Generally I tried to observe lane disclipline but you do meet "middle-lane drivers" who stay in the middle lane at 70 when the left hand lane is clear.
Nozzer said:
No, you aint m8.
Its all subjective. If traffic is slow and everyone on the road in question is on an "even keel", fair enough.
If some asshat sits at a constant speed and refuses to budge over from the fast lane because they consider themselves to be some sort of motorway-civvy-police, then it's their tough luck if they are undertaken IMO.
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Draeger said:
I've met those before!
Thankfully only once or twice but it's dangerous and annoying!
Thing that bugs me is the asshats, how you pleasantly put it, who sit in the outside lane making ever.. so.. gradual.. progress.. past the cars in the middlelane. You can't undertake as there's cars there, so you've swearing to yourself at these people but then a car comes behind you and you just know that the person behind you is thinking exactly the same thing about you 
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I sepnd a lot of time in the outside lane, but I'm considerate and pull in at the first opportunity if someone is going quicker then me.
However, I also undertake those who are not as considerate as I am. I'll only do it in relatively light traffic and on 95% of occasions I only have to start doing it slowly before the person realises and indicates to pull in.
What really bugs me thoguh are folks who sit in the middle lane; seem to spend my motorway life weavinging from the inside lane all the way over to the outside just to over take one car and then having to weave back again. I feel like a spitfire pilot peeling off his wing man
These days I have been known to be childish enough to overtake them on the outside, come back to the slow lane and let them past me, only to repeat a couple of times.
However, I also undertake those who are not as considerate as I am. I'll only do it in relatively light traffic and on 95% of occasions I only have to start doing it slowly before the person realises and indicates to pull in.
What really bugs me thoguh are folks who sit in the middle lane; seem to spend my motorway life weavinging from the inside lane all the way over to the outside just to over take one car and then having to weave back again. I feel like a spitfire pilot peeling off his wing man
These days I have been known to be childish enough to overtake them on the outside, come back to the slow lane and let them past me, only to repeat a couple of times.
FincH said:
Whatever happened to 'Stay left unless overtaking'?
To be honest, I rarely even venture into the middle lane...I'd rather get 55-60mpg by tucking in behind a lorry than get to my destination 5-10 minutes earlier.
*n
[Edit: if I'm caning it, that drops to 18-20mpg. Ouch.]
At night, when iv got my fogs on, people tend to move out of the way pretty quickly (there not blinding fogs before anyone starts trying to flame me like an ignorant woman)
During the day, well, thats another matter, around here theres a 50 limit with speed camera's (the yellow ones at the side of the road, Gatso's?) on all motorways, so people sit doing 50 in each lane, some doing 52, some doing, god forbid, 54. Now, i know where all the speed camera's are, so it does get annoying sometimes, but theres not a lot i can do.
During the day, well, thats another matter, around here theres a 50 limit with speed camera's (the yellow ones at the side of the road, Gatso's?) on all motorways, so people sit doing 50 in each lane, some doing 52, some doing, god forbid, 54. Now, i know where all the speed camera's are, so it does get annoying sometimes, but theres not a lot i can do.
Hmmm I only overtake if I want too. I don't do it just because I can.
It also depends what car I am in. If I am driving mine then I will overtake as and when I want. If I am driving my dads which has cruise control I stick it at about 67mph and cruise. If someone is going slower I will overtake but not otherwise.
It also depends what car I am in. If I am driving mine then I will overtake as and when I want. If I am driving my dads which has cruise control I stick it at about 67mph and cruise. If someone is going slower I will overtake but not otherwise.
It does my swede in when car's sit in the middle/'BMW' lane when it's completely clear or if two car's are side by side travelling at the same speed, madness.
I'm in with the undertaking crowd if it appears to be all clear. I'll also try to make middle-lane morons aware what they are doing with a prod of hazards as I return to the slow-lane following an overtake.
Complete rubbish the UK motorists discipline.
I'm in with the undertaking crowd if it appears to be all clear. I'll also try to make middle-lane morons aware what they are doing with a prod of hazards as I return to the slow-lane following an overtake.
Complete rubbish the UK motorists discipline.
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