m1 on the way home from classic ford show

[Guest cortinamad-gonetoo]

i was driving north on the m1 after the cfs doing 90mph and a traffic cop pulled out (dunno which junction) everybody slowed down

 

i was in the middle lane passed him at 74mph with a car in the fast lane beside me

 

then suddenly a car speeding up to my rear undercut me then swerved into the fast lane then between two more cars back into slow lane and across again

 

what a twat

 

the traffic cop went after him tailed him for a mile or two and pulled him

 

 

deserves all he gets

[Pipster007]

I bet he won't be driving like that for a while

[Retromotorsport]

Technically I belive the police car should have pulled you too... as if the car could undertake you then you should have been in the left hand lane .

 

I know i shouldn't do it but i tend to spend a lot of time in lanes 1 and 2 undertaking cars in lane 2 and 3. is it against the law, cant be as it states you can undertake if your in queues of traffic, define queues???? If i was stopped for doing it then i would ask the nice policeman to stop all the cars that i undertook aswell, as they broke the law too. and if they wasnt breaking the law then i'm affraid i wasnt either as we all must have been in a queue.

 

But i must say the ammount of cars that I undertake that continue in the middle lane after they have flashed and tooted me and shook their coffee beans at me (older members may remember Gareth Hunt doing this) as i continue for a few miles before overtaking the next truck.

 

Motorways would flow so much better if people just moved over instead of continuing at their own speed in their own lane.

 

That said, it does sound like that idiot was speeding and therefore dangerously driving by weaving in and out.

[Vista]

Whilst I agree with you on the irritation that people cause by driving in a lane when they could have pulled over I can't agree with undertaking. There are many times I've wanted to do it myself but don't because of the risk it involves.

 

The chances are if I driver is ignorant enough to sit in the middle lane then he's also ignorant enough to pull over into the inside lane without checking it's safe to do so, principally because he assumes that because it's illegal to undertake then no-one will be there.

[Guest cortinamad-gonetoo]

Technically I belive the police car should have pulled you too... as if the car could undertake you then you should have been in the left hand lane .

 

I know i shouldn't do it but i tend to spend a lot of time in lanes 1 and 2 undertaking cars in lane 2 and 3. is it against the law, cant be as it states you can undertake if your in queues of traffic, define queues???? If i was stopped for doing it then i would ask the nice policeman to stop all the cars that i undertook aswell, as they broke the law too. and if they wasnt breaking the law then i'm affraid i wasnt either as we all must have been in a queue.

 

But i must say the ammount of cars that I undertake that continue in the middle lane after they have flashed and tooted me and shook their coffee beans at me (older members may remember Gareth Hunt doing this) as i continue for a few miles before overtaking the next truck.

 

Motorways would flow so much better if people just moved over instead of continuing at their own speed in their own lane.

 

That said, it does sound like that idiot was speeding and therefore dangerously driving by weaving in and out.

 

i think youve not quite understood my exact position i had safley just over taken the police car and a couple of cars in front of him i checked my mirrors as i always do and on seeing this idiot fly up behind (in my rear veiw mirror) then on checking my ns mirror he was already there to undercut me

 

 

it is ileagal and King stupid

 

i dont do it and i would also flash my lights and stick fingers up at anyone who does it to me

 

your points of view on this are up to you but in my opinion you are wrong and the police would just laugh at you if you asked them to pull up the cars in the other lanes

[Guest cortinamad-gonetoo]

Whilst I agree with you on the irritation that people cause by driving in a lane when they could have pulled over I can't agree with undertaking. There are many times of wanted to do it myself but don't because of the risk it involves.

 

The chances are if I driver is ignorant enough to sit in the middle lane then he's also ignorant enough to pull over into the inside lane without checking it's safe to do so, principally because he assumes that because it's illegal to undertake then no-one will be there.

 

 

well said i totally agree with you

[Burns]

a couple of years ago now, i was driving down to brighton with my uncle in a car in front, we were going down the m23 doing about 80 in the middle lane (loads of lorries we kept overtaking at about 400 yard intervals) and this idiot in a merc shot from the fast lane, behind me and undertook me doing about 120

 

my uncle (in his battered old 205) saw this and promptly moved into the slow lane to cut the guy up, the guy had to use his abs to the best of his ability on that one, i think they actually touched

 

was dead funny in the pub afterwards

[Retromotorsport]

like i said ... that bloke needed to be pulled.. but i'm saying there are so many idiots who dont know how to drive and the rules of the road that they cause jams and frustration .. and middle laners are just my particular pain in the arse.

 

Now you may move over to left when you should , but thousands dont

[Mr Sam]

totally off subject people that sit in fast lanes at slows speeds piss the hell out of me some rover kindly pulled in for me then hopped back into the fast lane after i had passed WTF

[bmxdave]

The problem is that people arent taught how to drive on motorways.

 

I know many people say tests are too hard, but i found it way too easy (not being coky at all). The standards where too low in my opinion.

 

Motorway driving should also be compulsory.

 

After you pass your full test, you shouldnt get your licence until youve done your pass plus too. The roads would be much safer.

[Guest cortinamad-gonetoo]

The problem is that people arent taught how to drive on motorways.

 

I know many people say tests are too hard, but i found it way too easy (not being coky at all). The standards where too low in my opinion.

 

Motorway driving should also be compulsory.

 

After you pass your full test, you shouldnt get your licence until youve done your pass plus too. The roads would be much safer.

 

i agree

 

i always pull into the inner lanes if not over taking but i spend alot of time overtaking (correctly)

 

it should definatly be in the test

[Smudger105e]

The problem is that people arent taught how to drive on motorways.

 

I know many people say tests are too hard, but i found it way too easy (not being coky at all). The standards where too low in my opinion.

 

Motorway driving should also be compulsory.

 

After you pass your full test, you shouldnt get your licence until youve done your pass plus too. The roads would be much safer.

 

I agree with the sentiments, but some Test Centres are miles from the nearest motorway...

[Trevmk3]

The problem is that people arent taught how to drive on motorways.

 

I know many people say tests are too hard, but i found it way too easy (not being coky at all). The standards where too low in my opinion.

 

Motorway driving should also be compulsory.

 

After you pass your full test, you shouldnt get your licence until youve done your pass plus too. The roads would be much safer.

 

I agree with the sentiments, but some Test Centres are miles from the nearest motorway...

 

they will have to build more motorways then

[andygfc]

It's only illegal to undertake if you change lanes and accellerate to pass a car in the lane outside you. if you are travelling on the inside lane at up to 70 mph and there happens to be a slower car in the centre lane it is not down to you to pull across two lanes to overtake, they are in the wrong (as I see it anyway)

And I hate it when people call the outside lane the 'fast' lane!! It's a motorway all lanes are 70 mph