Suggestions OT

[Mike Barnes]

David.WE.Roberts :

Quite so.

People who habitually leave a lane to their left that no-one is using or about to use are effectively occupying two lanes. That's selfish behaviour.

[dennis]

I expect that I would want to see his warrant card and then report him for harassment. However you would be better off paying the fine.

[polygonum]

And I would expect you to get done for driving on the hard should when cocking up the process of joining a motorway.

I have noticed at least one M3 junction has the hard shoulder all diagonal lines for, at a guess, 50 metres from where the slip road ends.

[dennis]

I've done 90+ on the M6 before now and the cop car behind me didn't care a bit.

[Chris Bartram]

Isn't there also a 50 mph limit for vans that are not car-drived vans with a weight over 1 ton on SC roads?

[polygonum]

Had a wonderful experience just a bit earlier today - on the M26 (I think!). Two lanes. Several trucks in first lane all with bricks on accelerators. Fine. One pulls out and level pegs with the one it tried to overtake for miles. Eventually managed and pulled in. As the tailback he caused was making its way past, he damn well pulled out again simply because a motorcyclist left a decent gap! And sat there for several more miles.

If he got to his tea, depot, drop five seconds earlier by doing this it would be a miracle.

[alan]

If the speedometer is reading 72.5mph you are probably only doing 65mph.

[Grimly Curmudgeon]

The driver of the prison wagon you were in didn't care, either.

[John Williamson]

I thought that had been abolished years ago. The rule used to be that

*all* vans were limited to 50, the defining feature of a van being no side windows behind the driver's seat, which was also the defining feature for a vehicle that wasn't subject to pourchase tax.

[Huge]

Why? Did you want to be laughed at by people other than those on this n/g?

[Brian Gaff]

I suffer from OCD and my habit is hogging the centre lane. I don't need a ticket, just an appointment with a brain consultant. Bring in the disability card and equality card.

Brian

[The Natural Philosopher]

IIRC it is in fact anythi8ng over a certain weight.

Pertty sure my camper has to follow that restriction.

seems to say that anything that can be loaded up over 2 tonnes is restricted.

[fred]

snip the Sofa of Brian Gaff Reply address is active

In Ireland passing on the inside is pervasive. Not legal but pervasive. I s at behind a w****r for a long distance on a motorway one day and eventually lost patience and passed him and the car in front of him, on the inside. T he car in front of him saw the error of his ways and pulled into the inside lane. The w****r put on his blue flashing lights and pulled me over. He di d his level best to provoke me into an argument but I was having none of it . Finally he said 'How did you know if I knew you were behind me and wasn't about to pull over.'

'Because I could see your eyes watching me in your rear view mirrors'

Completely floored him.

He dropped all talk of arresting me on the spot and dragging me to a local court. Let me go one my way. Plonker. Should have reported him.

[ARW]

Were you the driver of the vehicle doing 90+?

[The Other Mike]

[Roland Perry]

In message , at

09:40:46 on Wed, 5 Jun 2013, Tim Streater remarked:

And anywhere with "variable speed" signage is usually accompanied by requests not to change lane.

Surely, if it's good enough for our busiest sections of motorway, why not for the rest as well?

[Roland Perry]

In message , at

20:05:52 on Wed, 5 Jun 2013, "dennis@home" remarked:

I think most people who have thought about this issue will have checked their speedo with a satnav. I know I have.

[Mike Barnes]

Roland Perry :

Because drivers should adapt their driving style to the conditions?

[Roland Perry]

In message , at 07:51:58 on Fri, 7 Jun 2013, Mike Barnes remarked:

If we are told not to change lanes (on the busy sections) then the logical conclusion is because it's either safer or helps the flow of traffic. I can adapt that same idea to slightly less busy conditions.

But, once there's a 1km (or whatever) gap to move into, I can adapt to that as well.

[Mike Barnes]

Roland Perry :

Well, that answers your own question about why not changing lanes isn't good enough outside the busiest times. And incidentally it provides support (not that any support is needed) for the idea that any sentence beginning with the word "surely" should arouse suspicion.

I'd say that 1 km was well more than enough, though obviously some drivers don't think so.