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To think the majority of England need retraining on how to drive on a motorway

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afternoonwater · 30/09/2025 15:01

So I've just been on a trip from Dover to the North and back again.
I learnt to drive in England but I have driven more of my life in Europe.
WHY THE HELL DONT PEOPLE MOVE OVER TO SLOWER LANES?!
Honestly, the amount of people that just sit in the middle when the left lane has about 2 miles of nothing in... or are driving slower in one of the middle lanes than the left lane over....
Or just sits in the right most lane for absolutely no real reason other than they can?
It stops people from actually being able to over take safely and just conjests the whole road. No wonder you all have road rage 🤣🤣

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LeaAndDer · 30/09/2025 15:12

It seems to me people that drive small cars, have poor driving skills.

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afternoonwater · 30/09/2025 15:10

But I learnt (not motorway I must admit) in England and yet I'm still capable of understanding basic common sense of lanes? 😅 I've always moved over because it just makes sense...
And seeing the different between where I live now vs England you can see the difference it makes in traffic (granted there is a higher volume of cars, however the point still stands)

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boulevardofbrokendreamss · 30/09/2025 15:10

don’t start me off. No one seems to know how to drive a roundabout, mini ones in particular. We have a main road with a run of 5, give way people GIVE WAY.

driving on motorways scares me now, in particular the M25. There don’t seem to be any rules follows. Much prefer it in France.

my theory for here is that people couldn’t get tests in covid, you’re still lucky if you can get a test at all so they just haven’t bothered.

Southshore18 · 30/09/2025 15:06

the issue is that drivers don't have motorway driving lessons in the first place. every civilised country makes motorway driving part of driving lessons. It's no wonder it's often so substandard here.

NetballHoop · 30/09/2025 15:05

It's not just on motorways. The standard of driving generally is awful. Everyone seems to have forgotten how roundabouts work and why it's good to indicate.

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