Lane discipline!

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carl0s

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551 posts

233 months

Tuesday 11th January 2011
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I found this video and uploaded it to youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0fFyFIWNnY

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C2james

4,685 posts

170 months

Tuesday 11th January 2011
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A bit cheeky but strange nobody else seemed to do it, good in a way I suppose.

geeteeaye

2,369 posts

164 months

Tuesday 11th January 2011
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Comments: Utterly pointless thread & vid

carl0s

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551 posts

233 months

Tuesday 11th January 2011
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Do you not find it frustrating that people don't use the road properly? I realise the driver was breaking the law, but had they followed the law then they'd be stuck behind a load of idiots who're too stupid to move over.
It's over half a mile of an empty middle lane and full outside lane.

Edited by carl0s on Tuesday 11th January 01:24

Adam205

816 posts

187 months

Tuesday 11th January 2011
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In what way was the driver breaking the law here? Very sensible and exactly what I would do.

carl0s

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233 months

Tuesday 11th January 2011
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Adam205 said:
In what way was the driver breaking the law here? Very sensible and exactly what I would do.
I thought we were only allowed to overtake on the right.

Stedman

7,275 posts

197 months

Tuesday 11th January 2011
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carl0s said:
Adam205 said:
In what way was the driver breaking the law here? Very sensible and exactly what I would do.
I thought we were only allowed to overtake on the right.
No law broken there as they're queuing.

Adam205

816 posts

187 months

Tuesday 11th January 2011
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carl0s said:
Adam205 said:
In what way was the driver breaking the law here? Very sensible and exactly what I would do.
I thought we were only allowed to overtake on the right.
That isn't overtaking... its is maintaining the speed of the lane you are travelling in. Very different circumstances.

carl0s

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551 posts

233 months

Tuesday 11th January 2011
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Oh right, that's good then! smile
The outside lane was moving though, just pretty slowly. The motorway forks up ahead. The left lane filters off, but the middle and right lanes stay together.

PoleDriver

28,748 posts

199 months

Tuesday 11th January 2011
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FFS How fking many threads does it need to discuss this overplayed topic! rolleyes

carl0s

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233 months

Tuesday 11th January 2011
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PoleDriver said:
FFS How fking many threads does it need to discuss this overplayed topic! rolleyes
You don't have to read them! Anyway, I wanted to show off my new camera! biggrin

Hell27

1,564 posts

196 months

Tuesday 11th January 2011
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carl0s said:
PoleDriver said:
FFS How fking many threads does it need to discuss this overplayed topic! rolleyes
You don't have to read them! Anyway, I wanted to show off my new camera! biggrin
Do you live in Manchester? Looked familiar

cheadle hulme

2,468 posts

187 months

Tuesday 11th January 2011
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Its Simister Island approach. Not sure on the point of the video though??

carl0s

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Tuesday 11th January 2011
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cheadle hulme said:
Its Simister Island approach. Not sure on the point of the video though??
Camera just records all the time. I didn't specifically go out of my way to record it.

Hell27

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196 months

Tuesday 11th January 2011
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cheadle hulme said:
Its Simister Island approach. Not sure on the point of the video though??
Very local then. I take it you live in cheadle hulme?
I think OP is showing off his new toy!

cheadle hulme

2,468 posts

187 months

Tuesday 11th January 2011
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carl0s said:
cheadle hulme said:
Its Simister Island approach. Not sure on the point of the video though??
Camera just records all the time. I didn't specifically go out of my way to record it.
I was wrong anyway, its not Simister.

*Al*

3,830 posts

227 months

Tuesday 11th January 2011
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Fail! You should have drove to the front! Nice camera, how much are they and what make and model.

Mr Gear

9,416 posts

195 months

Tuesday 11th January 2011
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To the OP:

Were you turning off the motorway? If so, why did you take so long to join the queue of cars leaving the slip road?

This isn't a "merge in turn" argument, you simply jumped the queue, which means every single person you passed has to wait a little bit longer to exit.


markh1973

2,042 posts

173 months

Tuesday 11th January 2011
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carl0s said:
Do you not find it frustrating that people don't use the road properly? I realise the driver was breaking the law, but had they followed the law then they'd be stuck behind a load of idiots who're too stupid to move over.
It's over half a mile of an empty middle lane and full outside lane.

Edited by carl0s on Tuesday 11th January 01:24
So the driver in the video is you - a fact you seem embarrassed by given that initially you try and pass it off as just being something you found and referring to the driver as if he were someone else.

You want to turn off but because there's a queue you drive in a lane which is marked as not going where you want to and jump the queue. As someone says you can't claim it is any kind of merge in turn position. You just ignored the road markings and then later on moved into the queue.

carl0s

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Tuesday 11th January 2011
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markh1973 said:
carl0s said:
Do you not find it frustrating that people don't use the road properly? I realise the driver was breaking the law, but had they followed the law then they'd be stuck behind a load of idiots who're too stupid to move over.
It's over half a mile of an empty middle lane and full outside lane.

Edited by carl0s on Tuesday 11th January 01:24
So the driver in the video is you - a fact you seem embarrassed by given that initially you try and pass it off as just being something you found and referring to the driver as if he were someone else.

You want to turn off but because there's a queue you drive in a lane which is marked as not going where you want to and jump the queue. As someone says you can't claim it is any kind of merge in turn position. You just ignored the road markings and then later on moved into the queue.
The queue is going North and I am going South. I join their queue briefly and then I'm out of it just on the bend.
Why's it not a merge in turn thing? There's plenty of road that nobody is using.
Yes I was hesitant to say it was me because I thought I was technically overtaking on the left.