This is one piece of Amrican legislation I don't think anyone would mind being introduced here unless you are a CLOG member, mimser or, new one on me, slowpoke !
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I don't think it will though.
Surprised to read some US States have similar keep right(/left) rules as used throughout Europe.
Edited by Honestjohn on 13/12/2008 at 10:13
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Bring it on............PLEASE
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I vote yes, lane hogging is just plain bad, dangerous, or antagonistic driving isn't it?, we drive on the left in this country - end of story. Either wake up, or stop annoying other road users by "controlling" their speed, it's not your job ! (and no - that's not me trying to get past you, i am happy to keep my M/way speed, traffic allowing, to indicated 70-75mph, if it does go over it won't be by much, and is because i am a human, not a robot, and i will correct it the next time i glance at my speedo).
Driving back "down south" from Sheffield recently, M/way, quiet night, and me doing aforementioned speed in left lane, i have to confess "undertaking" cars sailing along in centre lane at (estimate) 55-60mph on three seperate occasions, and that is after hanging back waiting for them to move into the left lane. I didn't want to join the 80+_ brigade in the right lane, so maybe i am the bad guy ? After passing, i kept a close eye on my mirror, and each one of them stayed resolutely in the centre lane, even though i was followed through on the left lane by - one car, once, and three cars once, (and twice i wasn't the first driver through).
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To do this in this country you'd have to put traffic police back on our M ways and in greater numbers, some thing I would like to see. This isn't going to happen because such officers have been removed by various forces to man road side ANPR units , units which are still controversial for reasons previously discussed on this forum or to be hidden behind hedges with laser gun in hand.
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So who acts on the ANPR hits then ?
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Most of the ANPR in my area is carried out off the M Ways unless one off specials are being carried out on the bridges over them.. While the ever depleting traffic units are tied up around the city, they are not on the regions M ways. These have been abandoned to the toy soldiers of the Highways Agency, good with a brush and shovel but not enpowered to deal with lane hogs.
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I must confess to having been sorely tempted on more than one occasion, when Ive been travelling a long distance on a dead motorway in the evening and coming up against one of these morons, to sit in the inner lane just behind them so as to make their lives as difficult as possible when they come to leave the carriageway.
Wouldn't work though. What we need is some lorries to box the blaggers in.
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To do this in this country you'd have to put traffic police back on our M ways and in greater numbers some thing I would like to see. This isn't going to happen because such officers have been removed by various forces to man road side ANPR units units which are still controversial for reasons previously discussed on this forum or to be hidden behind hedges with laser gun in hand.
The ANPR units are entirely separate from Motorway Officers. Certainly in my region, we have a very active Motorway unit. (Especially on the M6 this morning!!). Lane hoggers are dealt with as and when appropriate (time permitting). Generally, it's a tug and words of advice. Most are entirely ignorant of where they should be and the 'rules' of m/way driving.
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This is one piece of American legislation I don't think anyone would mind being introduced here unless you are a ....... slowpoke !
Dang-blasted Americanisms! tinyurl.com/5uwcez
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Is there a special exemption to let lorries undertake? I'm thinking of the situation where a lorry in the inner lane is trying to maintain speed as an incline approaches, but a middle lane hogger is stubbornly doing 55.
Obviously the lorry isn't supposed to go out into the 80mph outer lane, but equally stupidly if it hung back just behind the hogger it would probably lose momentum and end up crawling up the hill with a long tailback of other lorries.
Sensibly, the driver would carry on and undertake. Is this allowed/condoned?
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It is not, AFAIK, illegal to maintain a constant speed in one lane when there is slower traffic in the lane outside of you. If it was, we'd soon have total gridlock!
I've noticed a bit of this in recent months; whether it's the knock-on effect of high fuel prices or what I don't know, but there do seem to be more mimsers about than ever.
The ones that really irritate me are those who let you overtake,get alongside or just ahead then deliberately increase their speed to stop you completing the manoeuvre. So you let off the gas, drop back and pull back in.... and the silly (pink fluffy dice) slows down again! Both lorries and cars are equally guilty of this; lorries have speed limiters (although that doesn't totally excuse the behaviour) but cars don't.
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I used to do a daily commute where I would join the M8 motorway at Shotts, and leave at Livingston, around 20 miles IIRC. Those who will have driven this will recall that (bizarrely) its 2 lanes.
I didn't have cruise control, but used to sit in the left-hand lane and never let my speed err above 55. You would be surprised at a)the amount of fuel I saved, b)how unstressed I was at my destination and c)how many crashes or near-crashes I saw in the right-hand lane from drivers accelerating then braking harshly.
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And I bet the inside lane is empty most of the way!
Nice section of road though - I love looking at the Old Kirk (of Shotts) when travelling that road.
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I must confess that sometimes rather than moveout into the third\lane to overtake a MLOC member, if it's a really bad example, I'll give him a dose of the main beam. Nice and friendly, like. I think sitting on their left hand side to make leaving difficult is a bit extreme even for me.
I try to stay immune from road rage. I don't like wasting my psychic energy, like they did on Rentaghost.
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An alternative view that I am sure that I will be flamed for, CLOG recruited thousands of new members after the creation of the WLYOC (Won't Let You Out Club).
How many times do you see a dual carriageway with nothing on the inside lane, but a whole string of cars in the right lane full of WLYOC members. With thoughts of "mustn't let them out, mustn't let them out" running through their minds.
And when a slower car on the inside lane does need to overtake, what do the WLYOC members do. Yep, make life as difficult as possible by closing up the gaps or tailgating.
So what is such a person likely to do when they have managed to get out and there is a short gap and then another HGV a little way ahead? Correct, the WLYOC has recruited a new member to the CLOG.
And you only have to happen a few times for that to become ingrained and people just get in the habit of avoiding the inside lanes.
Edited by Honestjohn on 13/12/2008 at 10:16
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