What are they thinking?
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The outside lane. The one with all the faster cars travelling past. Have you never driven on a motorway?
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When you drive fast (faster than other cars), which lane do you tend to be in? Typically when you need to overtake or progress on the roads, the only legal way of doing so is to be in the faster (outside) lane, which I and many others call the fast lane.
Hence "Fast lane". Why are we bickering over a simple term/phrase, are you going to shoot me for calling Ketchup "red sauce"?
Hence "Fast lane". Why are we bickering over a simple term/phrase, are you going to shoot me for calling Ketchup "red sauce"?
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People who sit in the outside lane or the middle lane for no valid reason should be shot. Repeatedly. Along with those who overtake then slow down. Can we take out the idiots who perform overtakes on blind bends or with oncoming traffic visible and misjudge it while we're at it ? Oh and the 35mph in a NSL brigade, we've got to get them!
I honestly think we should have some form of mandatory refresher course for everyone say every five years. Or at least a voluntary system that results in an insurance discount. Far too many people seem to forget how to drive once they pass the test.
I honestly think we should have some form of mandatory refresher course for everyone say every five years. Or at least a voluntary system that results in an insurance discount. Far too many people seem to forget how to drive once they pass the test.
When you drive fast (faster than other cars), which lane do you tend to be in? Typically when you need to overtake or progress on the roads, the only legal way of doing so is to be in the faster (outside) lane, which I and many others call the fast lane.
Hence "Fast lane". Why are we bickering over a simple term/phrase, are you going to shoot me for calling Ketchup "red sauce"?
[anal ] It's called a passing/overtaking lane, not 'the fast lane' [/ anal]
Agree
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The only thing that bothers me is when its people in small hatchbacks. Not Clio 172's etc but properly small hatchbacks. Happens all the time on the A38 - usually girls under 25 as well, they go absolutely bombing past at what must be right on the ragged edge of their cars performance in Ford Ka's, 1.2 Clios, Fiesta 1.25's etc etc. I suspect that because their cars are hardly fast they literally do drive flat out.
Then when they need to react to something quickly they don't have the skill or ability and their little trolley designed for popping to Tescos is right on the limit so doesn't have the braking performance to safely shed the speed either.
It's actually quite scary.
But people in normal cars? Couldn't care less, I just move over and let them past. It does nark me that I know very well the first time I ever tried it I'd get nicked, though
Then when they need to react to something quickly they don't have the skill or ability and their little trolley designed for popping to Tescos is right on the limit so doesn't have the braking performance to safely shed the speed either.
It's actually quite scary.
But people in normal cars? Couldn't care less, I just move over and let them past. It does nark me that I know very well the first time I ever tried it I'd get nicked, though
Drove from Teesside to London over the last few days and whitnessed some crazy and incredibly annoying stuff.
Car travelling well in excess of 100mph+ (I love driving too much to risk it)
Saw two or three people in the third lane just pull infront of the car in the second infront of me and make them swerve into the left lane lane
People just dont check!
MOST ANNOYING! - Lorry driver, taking over a lorry driver, taking over a lorry driver. Dont know if they were playing some fun game to **** off the other drivers but got i was fuming.
Although saying that, The amount of considerate drivers on the road is really reasuring. Letting others out and in.
Car travelling well in excess of 100mph+ (I love driving too much to risk it)
Saw two or three people in the third lane just pull infront of the car in the second infront of me and make them swerve into the left lane lane
People just dont check!MOST ANNOYING! - Lorry driver, taking over a lorry driver, taking over a lorry driver. Dont know if they were playing some fun game to **** off the other drivers but got i was fuming.
Although saying that, The amount of considerate drivers on the road is really reasuring. Letting others out and in.
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HGVs are not even allowed in lane 3!
nah, they need to be able to overtake, else they would all end up clumped together. maybe on certain sections of road, but not everywhere
I sometimes feel the need to overtake if the car in front is hideous/excreting something dodgy from the exhaust. Otherwise I overtake because I want to travel at a higher speed, and i'll overtake as quickly as possible to avoid a)tedium and b)holding up any mental fast people that may catch up whilst i'm going.
If you're in the middle lane and there's something in the nearside lane about 3 miles down the road though, then it's a different matter.
If you're in the middle lane and there's something in the nearside lane about 3 miles down the road though, then it's a different matter.
I think it was in Belgium on some of the automoway things they had sections where HGVs are not allowed to overtake. No idea if it helped what with only going along that stretch of road once in my life!