To think I had every right to be in the right hand lane when driving the speed limit on a dual carriage way

You know an awful lot about other drivers, all gained from towing a caravan?

Those speeding types

Like OP

You're clearly the bestest driver ever! 🥉

But self praise is no recommendation!

Keep left unless overtaking.

Those speeding types?
What we do know for certain is that OP has been done for speeding in the past

She may not have known if they had cut someone up, hopefully she had her eyes on what she was doing rather than what had been going on behind her with other drivers maybe cutting others up. Those speeding types are usually the ones that cross lanes at the last minute for a junction regardless of others on the road so regularly cut people up so it's their normal driving usually.

@Itloggedmeoutagain snap!! We cross posted!

She mentioned every other bloody detail!

But @BobnLen tows a caravan so knows better

@BobnLen we know that OP has a previous speeding conviction, we know that she was intent on slowing the other driver down, we know that she indicated to the driver behind her that the speed was 50, we know that she was intent on making the other driver look like a bad driver, we know that she informed us that the other driver sped off, but then slowed down, so she's trying to put them in a bad light.

Do you not think she would've mentioned if they'd have cut someone up 🤔!

I think so, don't you?

I'm not sure that towing a caravan has any relevance to how people on MN drive, not sure of the correlation there.

Then OP would have mentioned this.
But she didn't.

I don't think OP has said how busy the road was which makes a lot of difference but obviously you know as you can see the scene, we don't know if the speeding driver cut someone up moving in, you seem to know it was safe to move over though. We tow a caravan so spend a lot of time in the left lane at 60, the amount of cars cutting us up moving lanes is quite a lot. They are probably all the excellent MN drivers

@BobnLen no one on this thread apart from OP was there, obviously!

But @Itloggedmeoutagain describes how I see the scenario as well.

Plenty of tone to move into the left hand lane and get into the right closer to the turnoff they wanted.

Typical "I'm dining the speed limit", so I'll stay where I want driver.

Just follow the Highway Code regarding dual carriageway and motorway driving. It's quite simple,

A safe bet😂😂😂

Were you there? we don't know this at all, the other driver may have very dangerously moved in front of another car cutting it up when it was undertaking, do you know how busy the road was?

He zoomed off because he was angry. I have done this before.

Was the 50 a circle sign? We have a slip road that has a bend and it has a recommended 50

We know it was far enough for another driver to undertake after having been behind her for a bit. We know he then sat in front of her for a bit. So it's a safe bet it was enough distance for her to have been in the correct lane.

In the wrong bloody lane ffs!
Your driving clearly leaves much to be desired.

OP wasn't on the outside lane of a motorway though, she was on a dual carriageway that was splitting off and she was on the lane to turn right, we don't know how far from the junction it was but your post isn't the same situation, maybe read the OP

Is it though? Or is it people tailgating and speeding that cause accidents?

Nah, I’m with OP on this one. She needed to be in the right lane to turn. It can be important to change lanes in good time, otherwise you risk not being able to change lanes due to the volume of traffic in the right hand lane so end up missing your turn. So unless she was changing lanes ridiculously early then she’s right. However if I was driving I would have moved over, assuming it was an option without missing my turn, because I wouldn’t want that kind of driver tailgating behind me.

Have you really never seen an idiot pull a dangerous manoeuvre just before a slip road/ road splitting? Just because someone who clearly had no interest in following the laws of the road managed to complete the manoeuvre doesn't mean you, who was not there, know what the distance was.

I have seen people pull this kind of move literally on a slip road.

Your DH is right, you’re wrong.

This 100%

For all those blaming the op for the pricks illegal manoeuvre - that is NOT her responsibility. That is the sole responsibility of the person who decided who speed/undertake

A lot of people replying here should not be driving at all if they don't have the patience to wait (at the speed limit!) for someone turning off to the right.

Why have you asked the question if you are so convinced you're right?

You need to google ASD black and white thinking.

This was a grey situation. Yes he broke the speed limit, but people do weird stuff all the time. You can't control the world.

YABU...

It doesn't matter, the person behind signalled they needed to get past. Whether they were an arsehole or a parent trying to get to the hospital.

You had enough time to do it safely.

You were in the wrong

The speed limit thing is a red herring here. If OP has passed signage like this indicating that left lane is for X and right hand is for Y then they should be getting into the correct lane, not shuffling back and forth to accommodate overtakers. (Yes, even if the sign didn't specifically warn "Get In Lane")