What point do you change lane?
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Imagine you're in lane 1 and you want to move to lane 2. At which point would you move to lane 2, based on what you can see?
Imagine you're in lane 1 and you want to move to lane 2. At which point would you move to lane 2, based on what you can see?
assuming I needed to turn right at the roundabout - then just before the roundabout - distance depending on pattern of other traffic...
assuming I wanted to overtake - then I would use the second lane to overtake assuming all else is safe and legal and then return to lane 1
just because I wanted to be in lane 2 - never
and of course waiting until the lane markings allow it...
as per the Highway Code!
assuming I wanted to overtake - then I would use the second lane to overtake assuming all else is safe and legal and then return to lane 1
just because I wanted to be in lane 2 - never
and of course waiting until the lane markings allow it...
as per the Highway Code!
Rawwr said:
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@52.3427618,-0.19794...
Imagine you're in lane 1 and you want to move to lane 2. At which point would you move to lane 2, based on what you can see?
is this a trick question? - after the 'do not cross' markings (amusing no obstacles in lane 2) ?Imagine you're in lane 1 and you want to move to lane 2. At which point would you move to lane 2, based on what you can see?
or
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Controlled oversteer all the way round the bend and straight across the markings as soon as humanly possible, kicking up all the stones and debris in the process ?
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Ah, so people DO understand road markings, then. I thought it was just me.
Every day. Every single goddam damn day, flocks of these giant flapping anuses change lanes as soon as they clear that concrete island, straight over the hatchings. It doesn't matter if the traffic is doing 60mph, 10mph or 0mph. And woe betide anyone who actually waits until the end of the solid white lines and wants to change lane, they've clearly left it too late and they're just pushing in. They should've changed lane sooner, the losers.
This is compounded when some feckless dunderhead parks on the hatching mid-change and then a fire engine, ambulance or police car needs to get through and you can see the look of sheer gormlessness on the face of the human balloon in the driving seat as they desperately try to squeeze their premium, executive hatchback into a space the size of pea in a tragic attempt to make it look like they're not there.
I sometimes concentrate my thoughts really hard in a bid to make their car burst into flames but it's yet to happen.
As you were, gentlemen.
Every day. Every single goddam damn day, flocks of these giant flapping anuses change lanes as soon as they clear that concrete island, straight over the hatchings. It doesn't matter if the traffic is doing 60mph, 10mph or 0mph. And woe betide anyone who actually waits until the end of the solid white lines and wants to change lane, they've clearly left it too late and they're just pushing in. They should've changed lane sooner, the losers.
This is compounded when some feckless dunderhead parks on the hatching mid-change and then a fire engine, ambulance or police car needs to get through and you can see the look of sheer gormlessness on the face of the human balloon in the driving seat as they desperately try to squeeze their premium, executive hatchback into a space the size of pea in a tragic attempt to make it look like they're not there.
I sometimes concentrate my thoughts really hard in a bid to make their car burst into flames but it's yet to happen.
As you were, gentlemen.
to be honest, it wouldn't bother me if someone crossed those solid lines - esp. in queueing traffic...
breaking the law is the same whether it is speeding at 62 in a 60 or crossing a solid white line, 2 factors:
- the actually breaking of the law
- does it affect safety
if this is in queueing traffic then I fail to see how it affects safety particularly (emergency services example excepted - though you could cross and not sit there) - breaking of the law - meh, that is for someone else to worry about, not my issue - if safety was being affected I would be more worried...
breaking the law is the same whether it is speeding at 62 in a 60 or crossing a solid white line, 2 factors:
- the actually breaking of the law
- does it affect safety
if this is in queueing traffic then I fail to see how it affects safety particularly (emergency services example excepted - though you could cross and not sit there) - breaking of the law - meh, that is for someone else to worry about, not my issue - if safety was being affected I would be more worried...
If I'm right on the location and somebody in the left lane has come from Huntingdon past the retail park with Halfords to join the two lane section up to the A14 roundabout.....
Then there is absolutely no reason ever to cross the solid lines. If I was intending to take the A14 to Cambridge then I would intend to stay in the left lane unless there was a good reason not to. If my intention was to do anything other than take the A14 to Cambridge then I would aim to get in the right lane as soon as possible after the hatched area because the A14 Cambridge first left exit from the roundabout is often a carpark.
I can sympathize with people that might cross the hatched area to get to the right hand lane because the left lane is stationary though, because the A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon is a grade A average speed camera cocked up carpark and that roundabout is a nightmare because of it.
Then there is absolutely no reason ever to cross the solid lines. If I was intending to take the A14 to Cambridge then I would intend to stay in the left lane unless there was a good reason not to. If my intention was to do anything other than take the A14 to Cambridge then I would aim to get in the right lane as soon as possible after the hatched area because the A14 Cambridge first left exit from the roundabout is often a carpark.
I can sympathize with people that might cross the hatched area to get to the right hand lane because the left lane is stationary though, because the A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon is a grade A average speed camera cocked up carpark and that roundabout is a nightmare because of it.
Edited by cmaguire on Thursday 4th May 23:12
Based on what you can see, never, because you can't see in the pic whether it's ever possible to get from L1 to L2.
Once you've gone a bit further you can see what happens later, so not until after the end of the solid white line. After that it depends on traffic speed and density so somewhere between there and the roundabout.
(Am I due a parrot? It seems like a silly OP question
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Once you've gone a bit further you can see what happens later, so not until after the end of the solid white line. After that it depends on traffic speed and density so somewhere between there and the roundabout.
(Am I due a parrot? It seems like a silly OP question
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