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

[P3kingDuck]

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?

How is she wrong when she was turning right?

In multi-lane motorways often there are very long stretches of 50mph, and the cars don’t all move over to the leftmost lane, they stay in 3-4 lanes all going 50. (I find it really nice and relaxing)

If flashed I would have probably moved in in case it was an undercover cop or something. But I wouldn’t rush over.

Again, Rule 266

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.

No wonder there such rubbish driving around if people feel it's 'good driving' to move lanes 1or2 miles before an exit!!

No it isn't.

The right lane was a slip road!!!

You need to adhere to the speed limit. You also need to adhere to the rule about sticking to the left hand lane unless you are overtaking or, as in your example, you need to be in the lane because the road is about to split.

You are not justified in breaking one rule (about the use of overtaking lanes) purely because you are complying with another (about speed limits). That's just basic.

Middle lane joggers "find it relaxing"

That's fine then 🙄

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Is this one of those instances where an OP asks if they were unreasonable. Is told by 98% that they were, but then argues with everyone that they weren’t?

You can't have been that close if there was time for everything you describe in your OP to happen before you pulled onto the flyover. It sounds very much like you could have moved into the left hand lane when you saw the car approaching behind you and moved back again in good time before the road split.

Don’t be daft. You think it’s safer to change lanes 250 yards from an exit? Good grief. So many of you are all caught up with this stay left mantra that you can’t see the wood through the tree.

Because he actually wanted to overtake, you didn't, and it's an overtaking lane.

No, you should have stayed in the left hand lane till you actually needed to move over.

Given the marker signs start at 300 metres……. You know, 3-2-1.

They’re pretty much a last warning. And tend to only be when exiting a slip road rather than a lane split on a du carriageway.

YABU for not giving us enough information and DH is BU for judging you without that information (or was he with you at the time?).

There are two possible extreme scenarios and a range of scenarios in-between.

One. Both lanes are full of fast-moving traffic, most, but not all, of which are already in the lane they need for the imminent lane divergence, and everyone needs to be on the lookout for dozy last-minute lane-changers. Because the two lanes are going to different destinations, the normal speed differential between lanes may have begun to break down.

In scenario one, I would sit tight.

Two. The road is empty as far as the eye can see. Nor am I yet on top of the lane divergence. I would pull over to allow passing.

What was your scenario @P3kingDuck ?

How can it be everyone's job to control the speed limit, especially on a dual carriageway or motorway?

It most emphatically is not everyone's job to control it by ignoring other important safety rules under the Highway Code.

So what? How does that affect your decision at the point when you were refusing to move over?

The highway code says Use the right lane for overtaking or turning right.

Most motorway junctions have a one mile and half mile advance direction sign. This is to give drivers time to get in the correct lane. Once you've passed a sign showing lane 2 for your slip road or whatever you are fine to use that lane.

Ah, another AIBU where the OP just wants validation, doesn't get it and just keeps insisting she's right. YOU ARE WRONG OP. ACCEPT IT AND MOVE ON. I see women driving like you on motorways every fucking day and the INDEFENSIBLE driving of these women makes me ashamed to be a woman.

On OP's own description of events, she had more than enough time to move over, particularly if she was checking her mirror properly so that she could have started moving when she saw the car behind approaching.

Yes you do need to adhere to the speed limit, but it's not up to you to control others.

If they want to drive like w#nkers it's up to them to deal with the risk. If you aren't overtaking you stay in the left lane.

Yet the car behind you managed to get into that lane safely and back into yours, despite the fact that when he started the manoeuvre he can't have been going any faster than you.

Yet the car behind you managed to get into that lane safely and back into yours

We have no idea how safely that other driver managed to do this. Given the manner of his driving until that point I wouldn't be certain enough to state that he did it safely.