felly100 Posted March 3, 2015 Report Share Posted March 3, 2015 Christ , I bet that made your eyes water He might be used to things up his bum! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felly100 Posted March 3, 2015 Report Share Posted March 3, 2015 And they are generally in a van of some sort and usually a works one at that. It's simple bullying, no more no less, by a 'geeza'. That's just like saying all Audi drivers are........err......well they are though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
activeviii Posted March 9, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2015 (edited) Just had update, spoke to the company and turned out he had a warning 6 months ago for 94mph in the van. They reviewed the tracker and average over the time it happened was 86mph with an acceleration to 90mph. That was where he was in lane 3 with the trailer. They sacked him. Edited March 9, 2015 by activeviii Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartynGT4 Posted March 9, 2015 Report Share Posted March 9, 2015 Just had update, spoke to the company and turned out he had a warning 6 months ago for 94mph in the van. They reviewed the tracker and average over the time it happened was 86mph with an acceleration to 90mph. That was where he was in lane 3 with the trailer. They sacked him. Good result, hopefully it'll teach the idiot a lesson and hopefully save someone's life.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keg Posted March 9, 2015 Report Share Posted March 9, 2015 No trailer towing allowed in lane 3 i think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisherman Mike Posted March 9, 2015 Report Share Posted March 9, 2015 Send Hot Tub Superstore a link to this topic... I was considering buying one from them...not anymore I'm afraid there are some complete Neanderthals driving these days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keg Posted March 9, 2015 Report Share Posted March 9, 2015 I see it most days and it's in every make of car/truck/van. Whilst being far from perfect myself, the general standard of driving out there is poor. Saying that, we don't always make allowances for other drives not knowing town centre layouts etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subsonicnat Posted March 9, 2015 Report Share Posted March 9, 2015 Well Done Young Man, Would Have Done The Same. Had Truckers playing with me on a MOTORWAY.. M6. Only been opened half an hour, They both Squeezed me Either Side, The wheels were above my head, TRIUMP HERALD I was Driving. We Were The ONLY Vehicles on the road, in either direction, They were on CB so they could talk to each other . Today I would have tried to take there numbers, but the forward camera will do that now. They do not seem to notice them, its a good tool in the box I say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arjimlad Posted March 9, 2015 Report Share Posted March 9, 2015 Good result getting Captain Numbnuts fired and glad you were not in an accident because of his oafish driving ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
activeviii Posted March 9, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2015 Send Hot Tub Superstore a link to this topic... I was considering buying one from them...not anymore I'm afraid there are some complete Neanderthals driving these days. In all fairness to the bosses. They have not taken it lightly. Couldn't do enough apologising. No room for a hot tub or I would have tried my luck. Sort of felt sorry for them really as now their a worker down, I did say this to them but he siad not to wpry as there's always someone to fill the gap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny thomas Posted March 9, 2015 Report Share Posted March 9, 2015 I'm really struggling with this middle lane hogging thing if I'm in the middle lane at lets be honest here around 80 mph Why do I have to keep changing lanes, nobody can overtake me legally anyway As soon as I pull into the inside lane there will either be an old punto or a lorry in front of me If we're going to moan about motorway driving we should tackle the kings of the road who constantly try to overtake each other at 56mph when they simply cannot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaun4860 Posted March 9, 2015 Report Share Posted March 9, 2015 I'm really struggling with this middle lane hogging thing if I'm in the middle lane at lets be honest here around 80 mph Why do I have to keep changing lanes, nobody can overtake me legally anyway As soon as I pull into the inside lane there will either be an old punto or a lorry in front of me If we're going to moan about motorway driving we should tackle the kings of the road who constantly try to overtake each other at 56mph when they simply cannot Because they cant get into the middle lane because of people hogging it at 80 mph..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilts#Dave Posted March 9, 2015 Report Share Posted March 9, 2015 I'm really struggling with this middle lane hogging thing if I'm in the middle lane at lets be honest here around 80 mph Why do I have to keep changing lanes, nobody can overtake me legally anyway As soon as I pull into the inside lane there will either be an old punto or a lorry in front of me If we're going to moan about motorway driving we should tackle the kings of the road who constantly try to overtake each other at 56mph when they simply cannot I totally agree....how on earth can lanes 2 and 3 be overtaking lanes only when you're only allowed to do 70mph legally (we all change this to 80mph). When you're in a van for example where it's harder to nip between 60 and 80mph, doing at least 70mph where is the sense in constantly swapping back to the inside lane to do the same speed until you get stuck there and can't pull out to overtake again? Lorries should be banned from overtaking if anything, the cause of so many hold ups! I see no issue with using the middle lane when the outside lane is clear if someone really wants to do 100+ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keg Posted March 10, 2015 Report Share Posted March 10, 2015 Some people get on the motorway, settle into the middle lane at 70 and switch off which is all fine and legal.. unless lane 1 is empty. No awareness of what is around them. The current record is following someone for 5 miles with a totally empty lane to their left. I've seen sat navs right in the middle of the screen, steamed up windows with no visibility. I just stay calm and get out of their way, they are an accident waiting to happen. No one is saying keep swapping lanes but if lane 1 is clear for at least 30 secs upwards then pull back in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mungler Posted March 10, 2015 Report Share Posted March 10, 2015 I do so love the 'I'm doing 70 mph in the outside lane, why should I move this isn't an autobahn' mentality. It just justifies all the undertaking I do Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul223 Posted March 10, 2015 Report Share Posted March 10, 2015 I'm really struggling with this middle lane hogging thing if I'm in the middle lane at lets be honest here around 80 mph Why do I have to keep changing lanes, nobody can overtake me legally anyway As soon as I pull into the inside lane there will either be an old punto or a lorry in front of me If we're going to moan about motorway driving we should tackle the kings of the road who constantly try to overtake each other at 56mph when they simply cannot Look at it another way, keeping an watchful eye way ahead means you'll be moving lanes much more so your less likely to fall asleep, and your overtaking manovers will become slick rather than rushed with less than 100 yards gap to the vehicle to be passed, plus it allows other drivers to do the same with you IF they so wish, regardless of your speed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keg Posted March 10, 2015 Report Share Posted March 10, 2015 I do so love the 'I'm doing 70 mph in the outside lane, why should I move this isn't an autobahn' mentality. It just justifies all the undertaking I do I have been known to as well... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaun4860 Posted March 10, 2015 Report Share Posted March 10, 2015 Lorries should be banned from overtaking Have we forgotten to take our medication this morning? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
activeviii Posted March 10, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2015 Some people get on the motorway, settle into the middle lane at 70 and switch off which is all fine and legal.. unless lane 1 is empty. No awareness of what is around them. The current record is following someone for 5 miles with a totally empty lane to their left. I've seen sat navs right in the middle of the screen, steamed up windows with no visibility. I just stay calm and get out of their way, they are an accident waiting to happen. No one is saying keep swapping lanes but if lane 1 is clear for at least 30 secs upwards then pull back in. Think you may fine that middle lane hogging it illegal. Laws changed 2 years ago. Alsocfine put up to £100. Same goes on tail gating Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keg Posted March 10, 2015 Report Share Posted March 10, 2015 It is and that is the point i'm making, sorry if it wasn't clear. People seem to switch off and sit in Lane 2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
activeviii Posted March 10, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2015 Yes, with you on that. Surely, it would make sense that all lorrys were GPS restricted. As they are all using GPS loggers anyway. If they were all GPS restricted then they would all be doing 60, or less and not 1 mph faster than the on in front just because they have new tires. Just a thought really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grrclark Posted March 10, 2015 Report Share Posted March 10, 2015 To the point about lorries being banned from overtaking, I recall seeing in parts of Germany, I think, areas of dual carriageway/two lane motorway where HGV overtaking was prohibited during certain hours, 7-9am and 4-7pm. I could see an argument for this on some sections of roads where elephant racing is a real problem, but whether it is a good argument or not is open to debate. It is the stretches of long incline where the really heavy wagons slow down and bunch up and it takes a mile for the slightly lighter wagon to overtake 1-2mph faster, then the long decline when the really heavy wagons build momentum and scoot past the rest at a mighty 1-2mph faster. At least in my head this theory makes some sense, but no idea of how it would actually work in the real world, just as often I see HGV's overtaking cars sitting at 50 and even if you do have to sit in line behind an overtaking elephant once it moves over you can recover speed easily in a car, but not so in a wagon where you would burst your MPG bonus. It's an interesting argument. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brown Sauce Posted March 10, 2015 Report Share Posted March 10, 2015 Best never venture on to the M25 then! Had the misfortune to travel back along it from visiting family in Kent and regularly had to change from lane 1 to lane 4 to get past a numtpy in lane 3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbo9t9 Posted March 12, 2015 Report Share Posted March 12, 2015 Lane discipline is a pet hate off mine, been driving cars and riding motorbikes for the last 16 years and now going through the process of my class C. The amount of times I've been going around the M25 and some numpty has sat in the outside lanes doing 50-60mph for no reason that's what causes accidents, if the n/s lane is clear use it don't just sit in the middle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilts#Dave Posted March 12, 2015 Report Share Posted March 12, 2015 Have we forgotten to take our medication this morning? Did you conveniently not quote the whole sentence (or cut off the rest to justufy your reply)? Read it again, that's not exactly what I said, or meant and I'm guessing you knew that too. I was using the point about lorries and their constant quest to maintain that extra 1mph to emphasise the fact that if things need changing when it comes to lane discipline they're as much a pain in the *** as anything else on motorways pulling out and taking half a mile or more to creep past one another. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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