How motorways work
 

Saw this on another site and i thought i would share.

http://www.howmotorwayswork.co.uk

You know, I'm sure the people who rant on about people hogging the middle lane of the motorway never use the inside lane themselves...

I wonder if the author of that site is brave enough to have a hidden camera in his car so we can all see his no doubt exemplary lane discipline?

On a busy road, the inside lane is a horrible place to be, you are stuck in a row of HGV's, can't see a thing, and if you want to travel at anything more than 56mph you have to keep accelerating and pulling out into a line of traffic every 30 seconds.

I do use the inside lane when appropriate, and middle lane drivers don't bother me in the slightest. I'll just pull out and pass them.

People that sit in the outside lane, now that DOES bother me.

i just undertake...lol

i kno i kno its illegal! but some peopel are tools

Lmao

"A queue ahead! A gap! I am a tool, I am a tool, I am a tool, I am a tool, I am a tool."

huh?

That website is so funny!

The middle laners which wind me up, are those between 11pm and 5am when the motorway is dead, I'll gain on them who are in the inside lane for no reason as the motorway is otherwise empty, and then flash at the utter-dick to pull in, they don't, I slow down 10mph but then undertake with a good long horn blast.

Danny McGee will vouch for my driving, he loves it... ha ha.

yeah, i sometimes undertake cars just to prove a point that there's no need for them to be in that lane. it really p1sses me off!

Its not just me who hates empty motorway middle lane w****ers....

Why the hell do they drive down the middle lane, not overtaking anything when its empty!! Undertake them when its like this, or get close when overtaking and cut them up(when you pull in)!! Thats what I do (only when motorway is dead)

Mark

Yeah sunday mornings is best for that one they sit in the middle lane @ 60mph so you overtake then go form lane 3 to 1 in about 2 seconds to give them a hint, but you look in your mirrors and they are still doing 60 in the middle lane.


Tossers:D

ha ha its not just me then that does that , i quite often approach then from lane one come behind them and into the lane 3 overtake and back into lane 1 all in the space of about 3 secs !!!!

and there completely oblivious to everything around them ...

We had one on the way to Worksop on Saturday, on the M1, Toyota Scarlet, wouldn't pull in to the empty lane 1 when I flashed and so I pulled out went past, pulled in and foot off accelerator down to 50mph til he pulled out to overtake, then accelerated with him a little, then left him stranded on the outside lane. He pulled over to inside lane then.

I hate middle laners too, but only a little more to impatient people overtaking on the left, sorry guys, thats just how I see it, motorways are mad enough places as it is.

A friend of mine actualy though that the inside lane was only for lorries and coaches. I don't expect people to be in and out like a yoyo but if there is a reasonable gap, move over, the motorway flows far better.

Oh, just for info, never sit on my bumper on the motorway, or I will slow you right down, it is the only thing I will react to on a motorway.

I agree with alot of those too

Although its not a motorway, the A52 between the A453 and nott'm Knight roundabout is about 2 or 3 miles long, dual carriage way, two lanes on both sides, and people sit in the outside lane because its the lane they need 3 miles up the road!!:mad: sooo annoying

..Nail and head springs to mind here.

This is exactly why they sit there. Because its easier for them to just plod along in their own little world without having to move the steering wheel. My Girlfriends sister does it. She pulls onto the motorway and IMMEDIATELY pulls into the middle lane, wether she's overtaking something or not! Apparently "It's easier to just sit in the middle lane than keep waiting for a gap to pull into."..........THATS THE WHOLE POINT OF HAVING THREE LANES!!!!! They're there for OVERTAKING!!

Personally, I hate these people. I don't mind when there is a full 1st lane, but when its clear for as far you can see...YOU DON'T NEED TO BE IN THAT LANE!!!

It really annoys me when I pull out to overtake something....and then cant go anywhere because there is a lorry on my left, an IDIOT in front of me and the 3rd lane is full of people actually going SLOWER than me!!!
If the IDIOT in the middle lane pulled in after overtaking the lorry (seeing as he isn't going any faster than it), then it would leave the 2nd lane open for some of the trafic in the 3rd lane to pull back in and release the train of cars queing up behind it to move on.

There should be a law against it. If the person in the middle lane is sat there fro more than half a mile when the 1st lane is free, then they should get points for 'not paying attention to their surroundings'.

I was travelling home from cornwall the other year, and I could see a police car charging up behind us. I had just overtaken a few cars and so was in the middle lane. I moved back into the 1st lane to let him past as he was undertaking the cars in the 3rd lane (as the middle lane was the clearest). I'd already noticed an IDIOT in the middle lane further up the motorway with traffic next to him in the 3rd lane and no 'immediate traffic' to his left (but there was a car in the 1st lane further up but the IDIOT had been sat there for ages with no traffic to his left).
So naturally the police car came bearing down on him and.........he just sat there.with the police car behind him for what seemed like ages. it took the cars in the 3rd lane to actually move to let the police car through.
He got past and charged off for a few seconds, then slowed down, lights still flashing, unitl he got behind the IDIOT again...who was still sat in the middle lane. He eventually pulled them over and I assume, gave them a severe peice of his mind for getting in the way and not paying attention.

So if you're getting in the way and causing an obstruction I assume you can actually get pulled over and given a warning for it.

Personally I do as others do if the 3rd lane is full and first empty, and just undertake. If you sit in the first lane long enough the IDIOT will slow down and you can undertake at your own pace. It isn't illegal to undertake if the cars in the other lanes slow down and you are continuing with the speed of the traffic in your lane. :)

got to disagree about the undertaking, unless you are in a que of traffic and your lane is moving faster than the one to your right.....

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/TravelAn...code/DG_069862

Fair point.

But middle lane hoggers need to have there testicals removed and shoved up there bottom, so everytime they poop, the poop all over there own testicles. that'll do it...

Durka durka durka!

I keep thinking I must get one of the scrolling LED signs for my back window and key in "IN THIS COUNTRY WE DRIVE ON THE LEFT" for when I pass 'em

hee hee, I like your thinking.....

And for the tailgaiter 'Hey, open the boot and I carry you down the motorway too'

:confused:I'm sorry but I just don't see the need for all this hostility which I encounter on a regular basis whilst driving my Rover 420D diesel at it's most economic speed and manner.
If I'm continually required to change lanes simply to accomadate some selfish hot head who can't allow themselves enough time for their journey my optimum fuel consumption will suffer. Not only this but the constant mirror checking and manouevring required would mean conversations with my wife would be disjointed and my enjoyment of Radio 4 spoilt.
If you were to allow yourselves a little more time for your journey's then you too could have a nice relaxing trip. You wouldn't need to constantly change lane's or destroy the enviroment needlessly burning the extra fuel braking and accelerating all the time.
Instead of arriving at your journey's end feeling stressed and agitated you would arrive as I do, calm and relaxed. And on your return home you'll have a quiet self satisfaction as to how much less fuel you've used than those maniacs that want to pass every car in sight.:)

I think you are misunderstaning this thread....

I drive along the inside lane doing 70-75mph... when I come to a lorry,rather than just slow down and follow the lorry (like a sheep) I want to keep going at 70-75 so I have to pull into the middle lane to overtake it.. (I do not accelerate or brake heavily ever on the motorway, or to go into the middle lane when overtaking!!)

What annoys me is when you are easily making progress in the inside lane, and are getting to the point of undertaking some fool dribbling along at 60-65mph in the middle lane, who has no-one to their left and should be in the inside lane (even though they "may" come across a lorry 10 miles further down the motorway). You should have pulled in years ago!!! This means that I then have to change 2 lanes (and back again) just to overtake MR Sleepy Head!!

Rant over!
M.

I agree with you there, those should be done for driving without due care and attention, but undertaking is reckless driving. It does my nut in those in the middle lane all the time, but I gone past the phase of life of tail gating and gestures, just accept it and move along isn't it.

Mark,

I think gramey's post was a joke?

I really hope so, i wouldnt wish driving a rover on anyone:D


Sorry rover fans;)

Lol, I hope so too! Next time I see one on the motorway....

Doesn't apply to anyone on this site I believe :D

:DI'm sorry I just couldn't resist it!!!
Personally I've got to the stage where I don't even really think about flashing, tailgating, gesticulating, if the offisde lane is free I'll overtake there, if not I'll use which ever is free. Love them or loathe them I think the yanks have got it right in that it's legal to pass in any lane. It just means that you have to check both mirrors before pulling out. I realise this is tricky for most of the 'middle lane morons' who never bothering to change lanes don't look in any of them!
And no I haven't really got a Rover thank god, might have to consider one of those oil burners in future though as diesels seem to be getting better these days.:)

Middle lane hoggers? I dream of coming up the side of them on my bike(either side, it may not matter), Hoisting the front in the air and kicking off their wing mirror with my Sidi clad foot and giving them the bird at the same time:D....

...least I would do if I could wheely for toffee.:D