I'm 17 and for me to get insured on a 1 liter corsa is over £3500
I'm 17 and for me to get insured on a 1 liter corsa is over £3500
kalniel (27-11-2012)
except when the left hand lane has some one doing 50mph.....
It all depends on conditions, if I have overtaken someone in the slow lane and see someone else further on that I am going to overtake slightly later then I will tend to stay in the middle lane. Unless it is particularly busy and there are numerous faster cars behind me.
As long as sitting in the middle lane isn't hurting anyone then it's fine. Just be aware of other drivers and be courteous.
That's fine - you're already planning your overtake on a car not too far ahead.
No it's not fine. Unless you are overtaking there's no reason to be in it. You vastly reduce the visibility and space for other drivers. Someone approaching fast in the nearside lane might come across you and then have to perform a more dangerous manoeuvr that takes much longer going from lane one to lane three, and back again. Alternatively they have to wait for you to notice and move back into the nearside lane before they move out into lane two. Whatever the option it requires extra time and more dangerous manoeuvring than had you correctly been in the nearside lane.As long as sitting in the middle lane isn't hurting anyone then it's fine.
Put it another way, if you drive in the nearside lane then you don't have to have your eyes glued to the rear view mirror and you are already in the right position for others to safely overtake, saving time, manoeuvres and increasing everyone's safety and observation.
Some of the issues are already covered above, but ones stuck in the middle lane in my experience are in a world of their own. They seem less likely to check mirrors before moving and seem a lot less alert (which isn't supprising really as they are already breaking the highway code).
I guess it depends what you mean by darting in and out. There is no way you should be doing it for every car (assuming a normal busy motorway), but if you're not overtaking someone or are travelling at a speed to be overtaking someone in the near distance, you should not be in the middle lane.
If anything, it causes more swerving from the ones using the motorway correctly. Imagine you have someone doing 60 in the middle land (I see it all the time), and then someone in the first lane approaches at 70. They need to go across 2 lanes, overtake and cross back 2 lanes again. It's crazy.
You're not being courteous by hogging the middle lane though. You're breaking the highway code while others are following it.
Sorry for the DM link here, but it looks like fines and points could soon be on the way for it: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...ailgating.html
JimmyBoy (27-11-2012)
I think its sensible to fine people for being in the wrong lane of the motorway or tailgating, but i think its unfair to get too strict on roundabouts. I try so hard to get into the right lane for a roundabout as early as possible but there are so many times you get closer and the lane indications prove that you were wrong. I always mirror signal manouver to correct and thank anyone who lets me in but sometimes its still a little erratic or could be construed as illegal. Some roundabouts are just plain tricky at busy times
JimmyBoy (27-11-2012),Workaholic (07-01-2013)
I agree with you if you are correctly looking and signalling etc. But every other day I'm in involved in a near collision at dual lane roundabouts where a car enters the roundabout in the right hand lane and then proceeds to try and transpose themselves into my car in the left hand lane, either as we're going around the roundabout to the second exit (straight on), or on the exit itself. Worst thing is there is no need to as the exits are mostly dual lane as well.
In all cases they've come up from behind me and started to overtake, so should know that I won't have magically vanished, but it's a sadly predictable occurrence.
I guess the basic failing here isn't that of not knowing a particular roundabout layout, just not knowing that you can (and should if single carriage exit) use the left hand lane to go straight on (second exit) on a roundabout. That is elementary and should be brought up.
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