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Middle of the road drivers.


Dee Woffaz

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Having done quite a bit of driving long distances recently i have been right royally frustrated at the drivers who sit in the middle lane of the motorway when the left hand lane being totally free of traffic. No amount of flashing or indicating behind them will shift them from doing 70 or less in a lane designed to overtake slower vehicles in the left hand lane. The only response i got was anger or total lack disbelief that they are doing anything wrong. They are causing other drivers to break the law by undertaking. Ooh im getting quite angry thinking about it now.

Are you a middle lane driver, if you are, can you tell me why? (6)

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Middle lane drivers don't force you to undertake, that's your choice and is, I believe, illegal.

And I do it myself, usually timed for when the middle-lane lemon is being overtaken by a car in the fast lane also.

Sometimes they realise they're clogging up the road, but yes often they're totally oblivious. From my observations recently it's either unconfident/new/foreign drivers (ie. not used to the rules here) or it's people busy texting or surfing on their smartphones.

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Alan Medic Wrote:

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> Have you a problem with people doing 70 in the

> middle lane Dee? If so why? It's the max speed

> limit.


It is against the highway code, though.

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Afraid so.


Lane discipline

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You should always drive in the left-hand lane when the road ahead is clear. If you are overtaking a number of slower-moving vehicles, you should return to the left-hand lane as soon as you are safely past. Slow-moving or speed-restricted vehicles should always remain in the left-hand lane of the carriageway unless overtaking. You MUST NOT drive on the hard shoulder except in an emergency or if directed to do so by the police, HA traffic officers in uniform or by signs.


[Laws MT(E&W)R regs 5, 9 & 16(1)(a), MT(S)R regs 4, 8 & 14(1)(a), and RTA 1988, sects 35 & 186, as amended by TMA 2004 sect 6]

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Posted by: maxxi Today, 06:39PM: I prefer to weave all over the shop - just to keep others awake.


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Seriously though, I loathe being a passenger with my other half driving - he becomes ridiculously angry and will undertake if he can't overtake. Hate it - if they are dippy enough to be cruising along in the middle lane regardless of whether the inside lane is clear as a bell then they aren't going to notice someone racing up on their inside should they choose to drift into the inside lane.

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