Teaching motorway etiquette

stakey

Couldn't find an appropriate thread to latch this gem onto, but I think it will be appreciated. This is what the Traffic Corps should be doing on our motorways (instead of parking perpendicular to traffic).

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELZQ-Z6lASI

-Corkie-

I love it!!:)

doolox

.....on the M1 south of Drogheda.

Chump ahead of me took LONG time to pull in and the cop eventually followed him ALL the way into the hard shoulder probably to tell him what rear-view mirrors are for and how to use them......

I was just waved on when I slowed down and pulled in one lane and made eye contact with the cop.

Seasoft

stakey wrote: »

This is what the Traffic Corps should be doing on our motorways.

If only....

Berty

Video is pretty funny but then again, what did the driver learn?

They are pretty thick to be in the furthest out overtaking lane without commom courtesy in the first place. They wont learn a thing. :rolleyes:

Anan1

stakey wrote: »

This is what the Traffic Corps should be doing on our motorways

You really think tailgating a dozy driver at speed in a marked patrol car is a good idea? I've seen the Gardaí do it in unmarked cars, and it's always struck me as dangerous, a marked car is worse again.

Anan1

Berty wrote: »

They are pretty thick to be in the furthest out overtaking lane without commom courtesy in the first place. They wont learn a thing. :rolleyes:

Do they even use our system in the US?

Berty

Anan1 wrote: »

Do they even use our system in the US?

No, not quite. You can use ANY lane except for the furthest out lane for normal cruising.Essentially I can be in the "slow" lane and still undertake/overtake people without changing lane but you cannot cruise in the furthest out overtaking lane.

You can cruise along, keeping above 55mph( i believe ) on an Interstate, in any lane except the outside lane which IS WHY tourists over here tend to hog the overtaking lane because their brains tell them the right lane is the inside/left lane. .

firefly08

I wish that was typical but sadly it's quite rare over here.

You can use ANY lane except for the furthest out lane for normal cruising

Unfortunately this is lost on 99% of American drivers. A couple of weeks ago I drove 1500 miles across 8 states and the whole way people were blocking the fast lane, driving alongside another car at the same speed, or maybe 1/10th of a mph faster. It broke my heart because there is nothing you can do about it. You'd typically see 4-5 cars flying right up behind the guy who's hogging the lane, as close as that cop was in the video...but they can sit there all day and it won't make any difference. They just will not pull over. The US has the worst "motorway" etiquette I've ever seen.

Colonel Sanders

Berty wrote: »

They wont learn a thing. :rolleyes:

Probably not

The ads on how to use 3 lane motorways by the RSA have had zero effect on the M50 & Naas Dual carriageway

I always flash cars sitting in the middle lane when I'm forced to cross from lane 1 to 3 to over take them. They still look around their dashboard thinking I'm warning them of a fault or something

Vertakill

Brilliant.

Pretty incredible that the idiot driving in front didn't cop (pardon the pun) what was behind them that entire time.

unkel

Anan1 wrote: »

Do they even use our system in the US?

Completely different over there. For starters people keep their lane and keep their speed. Overtaking or undertaking in whatever lane they are. And the speed differential between the fastest and the slowest vehicles (including trucks!) is incredibly small, not much more than 10-15MPH