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?

The left hand lane is for driving. It matters not one jot what the speed limit is.
The right hand lane is for overtaking.
If you were not overtaking you should have been in the left lane
If you were immediately about to come off you should have been in the right lane

Pig headed drivers like you actually cause accidents

How far from the Lane change were you and were you actively overtaking? If you were ages from the flyover and no one was in the driving lane (which your OP suggests as the faster car wouldn't have been able to undercut you if a car was in this lane) then yes, you're wrong. It is an OVERTAKING lane for a reason and you should always seen to return to the driving lane once you have completed your manoeuvre.

And actually your staying in lane at 50mph and pointing at signs in a passive aggressive way is likely to create a more dangerous situation whether you like it or not.

This is one of those times when everyone is in the wrong! Him/her being wrong doesn't mean you are right.

You were preventing the car from overtaking. Therefore controlling the speed limit

But why did anybody need to overtake if I was doing the speed limit?

That's not how it works. The right-hand lane is for overtaking. You weren't overtaking. Your choice of lane is not based on how fast or slowly you think anyone else should be going or what the speed limit is.

Loads of people sit in that lane because it’s a feeder lane over a road. Why would you need to overtake of the speed limit us being kept to?

Just move over next time. Don't sit in the right hand lane OP. No matter how justified you feel. It's that sort of attitude that can cause accidents. It's not worth it.

As far as I am aware, @P3kingDuck, the right hand lane is for overtaking, so if you are not overtaking, or have finished your overtaking manoeuvre, and you do not need to be in the right hand lane because it is about to split, then you should move back to the left hand lane.

If the dual carriageway was about to split, it was OK for you to stay there, but if you could have returned to the left hand lane until you needed to move back to the right, you should have done that.

The other driver was an arse, no question about it, and he was driving badly, but you should have moved over and left him to his bad driving.

If it was safe to do so and easy to pull back into the right lane after, I’d just pull over and let the twat go ahead. I wouldn’t say you were technically wrong though.

But anyone speeding is a much bigger walker than lane hoggers

So we don’t need to adhere to the speed limit?

It doesn't matter
Loads of people are wrong
In this country we drive on the left.
If you parked on a double yellow with loads of others you'd all get a ticket. Loads of others don't set the rules

Speeding is acceptable for whatever reason but you should stay left until you turn off unless the left lane was jammed.

How far from the flyover were you?

Irrespective of anyone’s speed you should stay on the left unless overtaking or in a lane where the road forks.

The other driver was an arsehole, no doubt about it, but unless the fork was close you were in the wrong, and he was speeding.

Speeding is never acceptable

Pig headed drivers like you actually cause accidents

in my experience it’s the ones who speed and/or are on their phones.

Agree with the consensus. You should stay in the left hand lane until you NEED to be in the right hand lane.

If someone else chooses to speed, that's up to them.

You were both in the wrong. You for being in the wrong lane and not adhering to the highway code, and them for speeding.

Old duffers in flat caps resolutely in the middle lane with no car in sight in the left hand lane springs to mind. Other annoying drivers are also available, but this is the type I keep encountering.

"So we don't need to adhere to the speed limit"

You literally completed a speed awareness course not that long ago.. So which one are you, so against speeding you won't move lanes or got caught speeding so now you want to control the speed everyone else can drive?

If the right hand line had either overhead or on the road signage indicating the need to be in that lane to utilise the flyover then you were in the right. If you hadn't yet reached the signage, then you were in the wrong. You have avoided answering their question.
The speed is irrelevant

Quite close. Would have had to cross back very quickly and the lane turns into a one lane bridge ie you need your wits about you so really don’t think anybody should be approaching it over the limit.

.The right-hand lane is for overtaking

And yet I see just as many right hand lane hoggers as middle lane ones. Often the inner lane is the clearest on the moterway.

Your actions were passive aggressive and wrong.
You should have been driving in the left lane (speed limit or not) until the point of turning off, or until you needed to overtake someone yourself.

It depends how close you were to the split in the road so it's hard to judge if you should've been in that lane or not. However, you may actually have been going under the speed limit depending on how accurate your car is. When the needle is on 50 in mine, I'm only doing 43-44. So he could've been doing 40-45 whilst stuck behind you which would be annoying although doesn't give him the right to drive aggressively.