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

So you've been on a speed awareness course, presumably for speeding yourself, yet have now taken it upon yourself to police the speed limit and criticise anyone breaking it?

I think what my motorbike instructor used to say is also applicable here. 'there is no point in being right if you are also dead'. Whatever the rights or wrongs of you being where you were staying there in the face of an aggressive flashing driver is not a good idea.

And maybe read that in conjunction with point 266 that I posted above.

We don't know how far away the OP was from the junction, but it really isn't as simple as saying she was absolutely definitely in the wrong.

@Arlanymor possibly. But as we weren’t there I think we need to give op the benefit of the doubt. She’s clearly annoyed at the speeding thing, and I think most other than OP agree policing speed is wrong. But if there are signs telling you to get in lane, I don’t think OP is wrong to ignore our poor man’s Lewis Hamilton.

It's not up to you to decide on this, the highway code says right hand lane is for overtaking, and tells you to get out of it as soon as you've done that; you have to learn about it to pass your test, then obey it if u want to drive on uk roads:
https://www.highwaycodeuk.co.uk/multi-lane-carriageways.html#:~:text=A%20dual%20carriageway%20is%20a,reservation%20to%20separate%20the%20carriageways.&text=On%20a%20two%2Dlane%20dual,is%20safe%20to%20do%20so.

Interesting that you’re so keen on doing the speed limit, but less keen on following the Highway Code…. which is just as, if not more, important.

Well to be honest I’m playing devil’s advocate against the certainty of a lot of poster’s on here that the right to exceed the speed limit should trump all else!

How can you be hogging a lane when it would break the law for the person behind you to go faster? You - behind me - would already also be going as fast as you are permitted to go!

Why should anyone feel in any way obliged to facilitate lawbreaking by moving over, they would be effectively helping you break the law.

There is a strong sense that for some people the seed limit doesn’t really count as a law. I wonder how many of these same people get on their high horses when other laws are broken that they do think are important?

I suspect there is a lot of hypocrisy when it comes down to what laws are apparently ok to break and which aren’t.

Irrespective of whether the other driver should have been speeding or not, perhaps a better question for the OP is: whatever the guy's problem was, why did you decide to be part of it?

At that speed there is a big difference between a mile and half a mile. Half a mile is the bare minimum surely? But road signage has only come into it as the argument has gone on… if it was mentioned at the beginning it could have saved a lot of strife. Also thinking that as her DH said she should have moved across she would have told him the story in more detail and he probably knows the road well and thinks she was sitting in the lane far too early…

@Topofthemountain well said. It’s like these people have never seen a dual carriageway split. If keep left unless overtaking was absolute, how the f are you supposed to take the exit in the right?

Snore. Did you read the OP? Dual carriageway split in two. Right lane goes to her destination. Left lane doesn’t. Time to this split is the question. I take OP at face value that it was less than a mile. She didn’t do anything wrong.

Do we know that? She said it was less than a mile. Was it less than half a mile? What did the road markers say apart from 50? That’s not a directional sign.

Seeing that everyone is so happy to quote the Highway Code, so will I (in the Motorway section, but I guess would also apply to main dual carriageways where the same happens)

266
Approaching a junction. Look well ahead for signals, signs and road markings. Direction signs may be placed over the road. If you need to, you should change lanes well ahead of a junction. At some junctions, a lane may lead directly off the road. Only get in that lane if you wish to go in the direction indicated by signs or road markings.

I guess the debate is around what is meant by 'well ahead of a junction' but if the OP was less than a mile I would argue that this meets that standard.

The fact is you had no idea why that driver was speeding. Yes, he was most likely going to just be some aggressive dickhead but you had no way of knowing that. If a driver is clearly driving faster than you then do the grown up thing and let them pass when it is safe to do so. Passive aggressive driving is pointless. It's safer for you if you just let them pass too.

Exactly, that is what I do. And sometimes you have to move to the right which is a faster lane and there are faster cars around you. Which is exactly what the OP did.

How is stepping into a mugging remotely similar to hogging the outside lane? I was putting your ridiculous point back to you.

You’re arguing one point of the Highway Code against another - speeding is against the code, but so is sitting in the outside lane when not overtaking. So why are YOU saying that one bit of the Highway Code is more important than another? Because that is literally what you are doing.

Actually there is a while conversation to be had about things like civil disobedience, but given you are struggling with the Highway Code right now that’s probably a thread for another day…

YANBU, you shouldn't have moved over as you were in the correct lane for your turning and driving at an apprpriate speed. The other driver was an impatient arsehole. I would not have moved over in that instance either. I don't get why everyone's piling on and telling you to respect someone who wants to drive like an irresponsible moron, instead of agreeing that the other driver was an unsafe hazard and needs to learn some patience and to drive safely and respectfully.

I do the speed limit all the time - so 70 in motorways unless indicated otherwise. I'm not going to do 90 just because there is a faster car behind me for the 30 seconds or so I need to be in the fast lane to take a turn off.

How is flying to Columbia remotely similar to playing a part in preventing lawbreaking that is happening in your presence?

What do you think is so special about the law against speeding that people should be allowed to do it with no interference from society - given that the purpose of the law is to protect society?

What other laws should people be allowed to break where you think it is unreasonable for the public to interfere? I’m wondering if there is a list?

You get over when the road signs indicate to do so, that’s what they are there for. Side lanes you have a marker count down and split lines there are overheads with designated mile markers, so you get over when there is less than half a mile to go. I do wonder why people ask these questions sometimes, it’s all in the Highway Code.

Op: was I in the wrong lane ?
Everyone on MN: Yes
Op: no I wasn't

People here get into the right hand lane 2 miles before they’re going to turn right then sit at 40 in a 60 holding everyone up

I upload the dashcam footage of every one in hope of them getting their licence taken off them.

Don't drive so slow then! You won't get done at less than 10%+2, driving to slow is equally a hazard as to fast (which isn't necessarily the speed limit in either case). Your speedo also likely under reads!

There is always the danger that someone will over take you on the left.
(Undertakers need a undertaker)

Doing a speed awareness course is a bit like people who stop smoking, they become evangelistic about their previous sins and totally boring too and I speak as someone married to one who did both!