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To wonder how so many people are comfortable breaking the speed limit?

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AngeloMysterioso · 16/08/2024 10:50

Is it just me? I’m pretty vigilant about sticking to the speed limit but more and more I’ve noticed recently that I’ll be doing 70 or just below on a dual carriageway or the motorway and someone will go flying past. God forbid I be driving at the limit on the outside lane, even if I’m going faster than everyone in the middle lane it’s only a matter of time before some knob is either flashing their headlights at me or driving up my arse (or both) while I wait for a big enough gap to move across so they can shoot off before doing the same to the next car in front.

It tends to be most often 4x4 drivers or Mercedes/BMW/Jaguar etc types. Maybe they just don’t think they should have to see the back of a 16 year old Fiesta!

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TimeForTeaAndG · 16/08/2024 11:04

Oh my god, it's not the fast lane! It's lane 3...4..5 and is a 70mph limit the same as lanes 1...2! If people didn't hang about in the middle lanes OP might not need to be in the furthest right lane at all.

OP, you are not BU. People are arseholes and I've begun to wonder if red lights are optional now also. Everyone is so important and in such a rush. Bring back the public service adverts for "amber gamblers" and "if you hit me at 40mph..."

IcecreamWhatSandwich · 16/08/2024 11:02

When driving at 70 mph on the motorway I have never had a situation where I had to be in the third lane for more than a few seconds.

AngeloMysterioso · 16/08/2024 11:01

Itsjustmeheretoday · 16/08/2024 10:57

And I drive a Fiesta! I'd be giving you the evils!

For what?

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YellowphantGrey · 16/08/2024 11:01

Well your first mistake was driving in a lane that is designed for over taking.

How slow does everyone else drive if you've got to skip the middle lane and go straight to the outside lane to overtake, whilst sitting firmly at 70mph?

AngeloMysterioso · 16/08/2024 11:00

Itsjustmeheretoday · 16/08/2024 10:56

You're dangerous if you aren't keeping to the left OP! If you're going to be slow, get put of the way

70 mph is slow now?

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SiobhanSharpe · 16/08/2024 11:00

Yeah, you shouldn't hang about in the overtaking lane -- just get past whoever it is you've pulled out to pass then pull back in as soon as it's safe to do so.

AngeloMysterioso · 16/08/2024 11:00

As I said in my OP- when I’m in the outside lane it’s because I’m going faster than the cars in the middle lane.

When there’s nobody to overtake I move across.

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Growlybear83 · 16/08/2024 10:59

Of course you're going to get flashed if you stay in the outside lane - it's for overtaking only.

Branleuse · 16/08/2024 10:57

You shouldn't be in the outside lane just for driving st speed limit. Its an overtaking lane and you were preventing others from overtaking

Auburngal · 16/08/2024 10:57

Or drive through red lights when there is a camera. On Sunday morning, I was driving to the group litter pick and three cars jump the red light by a camera. About three quarters of a mile further up the road, I saw these cars behind other vehicles at another set of lights - mainly lorries as near to the M1/M69 entrances. They achieved nothing bar getting 3 points and £100 fine.

Driven for 22 years with no speeding or jumping red light convictions.

Itsjustmeheretoday · 16/08/2024 10:57

And I drive a Fiesta! I'd be giving you the evils!

Itsjustmeheretoday · 16/08/2024 10:56

You're dangerous if you aren't keeping to the left OP! If you're going to be slow, get put of the way

IcecreamWhatSandwich · 16/08/2024 10:55

Just get out of the fast lane.