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If we got rid of the inside lane, and called the first lane the 'driving' lane, and then the middle lane the 'overtaking' lane and the third lane the 'speeding' lane would that help?
That's nearly what it is, in truth. A lane for driving in, and then another 2 for overtaking.
Chuff me, I go home early and look what happens? Now to spend the next hour reading the posts...
Inside lane - lorry lane
Middle lane - car lane
Outside lane - premium executive lane
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P.S. Do pedantic posters that insist on staying on the same course of argument sit really far forward hunched over their keyboard, nose almost touching the screen?
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Maybe that should be the much talked about road pricing model? Charge by the lane.
Charlie, just wondering where you live
I'd put my money on "under a bridge".
No, I've never seen someone sit in the middle lane when there are no other cars around.
Sadly, despite the fact I rarely use motorways, as I don't normally do very long journeys, virtually every time I do I see some muppet sitting at around 55-60 regardless of what traffic is around them. On the M4 last week going to and from Oxford I saw drivers sitting there with a completely empty inside lane. It's really common. On the M4, anyway.
Regarding the ~10% speedo thing, my old Puma had a little diagnostic feature on the Odo, where you held the zero button in on startup you got a series of screens that included an accurate electronic tacho and speedo. Using that showed the analogue speedo was exactly 10% fast, 80mph being actually 72. I've used GPS on my phone to check my Octy's speedo, and it's around 10%, but that was a 3G iPhone, the 4G is more accurate but I haven't done a check with that yet.
I principally undertake middle-lane drivers whenever possible. I consider it an educational measure.
ditto. and overtake then cut them up. Pretty dumb but they are so annoying. And when I finally get level with them I hoot lorries that have sat there overtaking their mate by a margin of half a mile an hour.
I must be turning into a grump old man.
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What's worse than a middle lane driver? A middle lane driver who's not noticed there isn't a 3rd lane, and insists in driving in the right lane of 2 on a 2 lane motorway. Got one of these recently with nothing in sight in front, who eventually moved left when I'd sat behind flashing for ~30s, and as soon as I was past (and in the left lane) moved back to the right!