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?

Stop talking nonsense about how your choice was between hogging the outside lane or 'weaving in and out of traffic on approach to a bridge.' If he undertook you, there was room for you to pull in safely and then safely pull back into the outside lane as you approached your junction.

You were controlling the limit by not allowing him to overtake. It's not your job to police the speed limit. You were both being ridiculous. I really really hope you haven't got a similar mindset about speed limits if you drive on motorways.

It’s not your problem if he’s speeding. Literally nothing to do with you. You seem hung up on the ‘WHY is he speeding?’ but it’s of no relevance really. It’s none of your business. How can you be so very certain there was no good reason for it - and even if he was speeding for no reason, it’s not your problem.

@DistinguishedSocialCommentator I gave an example earlier.

@P3kingDuck

When you drive it's best to chill and not get het up by other drivers. Getting into spats with other drivers is pointless and can be unsafe. If other people want to speed and hustle I just get out their way and let them crack on with it. If people want to push in or queue jump I let them and I don't let it worry me. 🧘🏻‍♀️

Also your original post says overtook, presumably he had to undertake you because you didn’t budge and kept gesturing at signs instead? Undertaking is horribly dangerous. Please just move over. Everyone has told you now including your DH.

Obviously you're in the wrong. It's fine to get in the lane early if traffic is conducive to that, but you can't deliberately prevent other vehicles from using it for the correct purpose - overtaking. It's blatant lane hogging. Other people's speed is irrelevant.

Yes, it is almost as if people never actually drive on stretches of road like this.

Sounds like the South Devon Highway. The bane of my commute.

Knobheads People like to dawdle along at 40mph in the right-hand lane the entire way from Torquay to the flyover at Newton Abbot. They shouldn’t be driving on the dual carriageway if they’re not comfortable with staying left until they need to move over.
It causes a hell of a lot of congestion and frustration, which isn’t the recipe for safer roads.

So yes, you were being unreasonable. But seeing as you keep arguing that you weren’t, I’m not sure why you posted!

@Topofthemountain hard work, isn’t it? It’s not as conveniently black and white as the pile on suggests. OP, you can clear up your unreasonableness by quantifying how close your required exit/lane split was.

It was waaaay less than a mile.

Outside lane is very overtaking...once down you pull in. The other cars speed isn't your problem...that's for the police or cameras to sort out. You should have pulled over...

Whats that word with the line through😂 it??

It was waaaay less than a mile.

A mile would have been 1.2 minutes. Waaaay less is what, 40 seconds? In which time he had to time to reach you, you had time to notice him, get peeved, gesticulate, more over, let him past, get back into the lane and leave safely.

Not everyone wants to stick to the speed limit and that's their choice and risk to take, if you hog the overtaking lanes on a motorway like you did on this road, you'd be liable for a ticket for careless driving.

surely it is everyone’s job to control the speed limit - it takes a village to raise a child and all that.

In what other situations are we perfectly content to accept that people should be bystanders to lawbreaking? Do you step aside to let someone be mugged?

That’s not for you to police you just needed to move out the way

But then he just sat in front of me.

Outside lane is for overtaking. Overtake. Move back into the left lane unless overtaking more cars and then moving back into the left lane.

You should be in left lane unless overtaking. Simple as

It’s not, but don’t let facts get in the way, eh?

If it was less than a mile then you were right and he was wrong. You needed to be in that lane in order to exit and you hadn't got into it too early.

But her way of trying to control others was her also breaking the law!

Sounds like a lot of people are just happy to witness lawbreaking without feeling any need to intervene. Isn’t that when society begins to crumble?

The Daily Mail would be appalled surely - where are the have a go heroes who are ready to stand up to law and order and stop these law breaking hooligans from breaking the traffic laws? Law breaking scum.

No, you stay in the left lane until you need to move over.