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

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P3kingDuck · 24/05/2024 19:55

Dh thinks not.

So I’ve had to do a speed awareness course a while ago so do my best to keep to speed limits at all times.

Driving home on a curving dual carriage way on a slight tilt. 50 limit signs every few yards and a speed camera sign. The lane on the right turns into a fly over which I needed to keep on. So I was in the right hand lane driving at 50. A car came right up to my bumper and kept flashing. I stayed in the lane and pointed at the signs. He kept flashing then overtook me in a dramatic fashion, zoomed off( so breaking the speed limit) then slowed down so ended up driving not that faster than me but still over the limit.

Dh said I should have pulled over. I don’t understand why. Nobody on that road should be doing over 50 so what would be the benefit of me pulling over if I’m doing 50?

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P3kingDuck · 24/05/2024 20:24

spannered · 24/05/2024 20:22

I must have missed the posts where people were saying drivers should speed 🤔 two things can be true at once.

  1. Drivers shouldn't speed (with few exceptions)
  2. You should drive in the left hand lane unless overtaking or directed to by road signage
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So he should have then have have moved back into the left, except he didn’t.

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DistinguishedSocialCommentator · 24/05/2024 20:23

Sirzy · 24/05/2024 20:22

so your a lane hogger but your accusing other drivers of being arseholes……

Typical

DistinguishedSocialCommentator · 24/05/2024 20:22

Rainbowshit · 24/05/2024 19:56

Ah you're a speed Marshall. Yes you should have pulled over.

Correct - one of the signs of a good driver!!

Tetreb · 24/05/2024 20:22

I don't think you've been clear here OP. Was there overhead signs telling you to be in that lane? Eg left lane North, right lane South and you were going South? If that's the case for that period of time the carriageway is no longer a two lane road with an overtaking lane but two separate roads to two separate places. If that's the case you should not have moved over.

If that wasn't the case, you should be in the left lane unless you were actively overtaking.

Topofthemountain · 24/05/2024 20:22

BobnLen · 24/05/2024 20:17

You will never be right on here on a driving thread, MN is full of drivers that think they are perfect.

That is very true.

DistinguishedSocialCommentator · 24/05/2024 20:22

DelurkingAJ · 24/05/2024 19:56

The outside lane should be for overtaking. You were wrong.

Correct - one of the signs of a good driver!!

NoSnowdrop · 24/05/2024 20:22

P3kingDuck · 24/05/2024 19:58

But why did anybody need to overtake if I was doing the speed limit? We would both be getting off at the same place.

That’s the most obtuse answer I’ve read on here.

You were in the wrong OP and your driving is dangerous if you choose not to move over to the left when you could have done so. You’ll cause an accident if you insist on behaving like that on the road.

spannered · 24/05/2024 20:22

BobnLen · 24/05/2024 20:13

When someone is caught speeding on here people call them everything and say of course no one should speed but on this thread posters are saying people should speed, how very odd

I must have missed the posts where people were saying drivers should speed 🤔 two things can be true at once.

  1. Drivers shouldn't speed (with few exceptions)
  2. You should drive in the left hand lane unless overtaking or directed to by road signage
Sirzy · 24/05/2024 20:22

so your a lane hogger but your accusing other drivers of being arseholes……

StormingNorman · 24/05/2024 20:22

This is a wind up isn’t it?

MrsTerryPratchett · 24/05/2024 20:21

BobnLen · 24/05/2024 20:17

You will never be right on here on a driving thread, MN is full of drivers that think they are perfect.

You think you're a terrible driver and will admit it then? Refreshing.

DistinguishedSocialCommentator · 24/05/2024 20:21

Rainbowshit · 24/05/2024 19:56

Ah you're a speed Marshall. Yes you should have pulled over.

Correct - one of the signs of a good driver!!

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P3kingDuck · 24/05/2024 20:20

MrsTerryPratchett · 24/05/2024 20:17

This is also not true. There's obvious ones like emergency vehicles. But also sometimes a safety reason to speed. The clearest example is a lorry changing lane into your lane without looking, you have someone close behind you, nothing in front, no lane to the other side. Accelerating out of the way is safer than the alternative.

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This wasn’t a lorry or an emergency vehicle it was an arsehole. He clearly had no reason to overtake, he just wanted to be in front. He then stayed in the right hand lane!!! Why did he have more right to be there than me?

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Pollipops1 · 24/05/2024 20:20

I often drive in the right hand lane on the motorway but I will always move over if I am going at a similar speed to the left or middle lane, and even if I’m not, I’ll move over if someone comes behind me who is faster.

but it’s the overtaking lane

Tryingtokeepgoing · 24/05/2024 20:20

P3kingDuck · 24/05/2024 19:58

But why did anybody need to overtake if I was doing the speed limit? We would both be getting off at the same place.

To which the obvious question is why did you need to be in the right hand lane if you weren’t overtaking? Surely you should have been in the left lane and let other people do what they want…you’d have both got to the same place…

SoupDragon · 24/05/2024 20:18

Lightfrost · 24/05/2024 20:09

Whether the other driver was or wasn't adhering to the speed limit isnt relevant.

  1. Had you been instructed by signs to move to the right lane for the flyover?
  1. Were you actively overtaking?

If the answer to both of the above is no, you were in the wrong. It's that simple.

This.

StMarieforme · 24/05/2024 20:18

Everyone is explaining why. You are choosing not to listen.

BobnLen · 24/05/2024 20:17

You will never be right on here on a driving thread, MN is full of drivers that think they are perfect.

MrsTerryPratchett · 24/05/2024 20:17

Tinyhattinycat · 24/05/2024 20:06

Speeding is never acceptable

This is also not true. There's obvious ones like emergency vehicles. But also sometimes a safety reason to speed. The clearest example is a lorry changing lane into your lane without looking, you have someone close behind you, nothing in front, no lane to the other side. Accelerating out of the way is safer than the alternative.

RubySloth · 24/05/2024 20:17

No, it's an overtaking lane ffs. Always keep to the left.

fieldsofbutterflies · 24/05/2024 20:16

Of course you're wrong.

It doesn't matter if the other driver wanted to speed, it's not up to you to control that.

Meadowfinch · 24/05/2024 20:16

You broke the highway code. Unless you were overtaking, you should not have been in the right hand lane. You should always return to the left hand lane where possible.

What speed others do is none of your business.

You really need to take your test again if you think you are competent, because you certainly aren't.

AgnesX · 24/05/2024 20:16

P3kingDuck · 24/05/2024 19:58

But why did anybody need to overtake if I was doing the speed limit? We would both be getting off at the same place.

What the other person was doing was none of your business. You should have been back in the left lane where you belonged.

WithIcePlease · 24/05/2024 20:16

NashvilleQueen · 24/05/2024 19:59

It's not your job to police others. Unless you are overtaking stay left.

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Its dangerous
If people want to speed, it's up to them not you. They may overtake on inside after tailgating you. Not good.

Also, your speedo may say 50 and speedo's under read speed

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