Get out of the fast lane!

smugchik

I would consider myself quite a placid and rational person, however, when driving on motorways - particularly the M1 into Dublin I get really annoyed that drivers don't understand the rules of motorway driving. The other day a car held up the whole network by driving at 100kph on the outside lane quite oblivious to the light flashing and beeping going on around her. The road ahead of her was clear, no one could get passed her. People like this should be dragged out of their cars and made to push them for the rest of their journey.

Does anyone else here get really angry at idiots hogging the 'fast' lane?

orourkeda

smugchik wrote: »

I would consider myself quite a placid and rational person, however, when driving on motorways - particularly the M1 into Dublin I get really annoyed that drivers don't understand the rules of motorway driving. The other day a car held up the whole network by driving at 100kph on the outside lane quite oblivious to the light flashing and beeping going on around her. The road ahead of her was clear, no one could get passed her. People like this should be dragged out of their cars and made to push them for the rest of their journey.

Does anyone else here get really angry at idiots hogging the 'fast' lane?

Excellent contradiction

swingking

Agree Op. I hate it. People are idiots

Killer Pigeon

smugchik wrote: »

I would consider myself quite a placid and rational person, however, when driving on motorways - particularly the M1 into Dublin I get really annoyed that drivers don't understand the rules of motorway driving. The other day a car held up the whole network by driving at 100kph on the outside lane quite oblivious to the light flashing and beeping going on around her. The road ahead of her was clear, no one could get passed her. People like this should be dragged out of their cars and made to push them for the rest of their journey.

Does anyone else here get really angry at idiots hogging the 'fast' lane?

Ah, there's your problem.

Mint Sauce

Check your rules of the road again. Theres no such thing as the fast lane.

Saila

you've jus contradicted yourself there, its an overtaking lane not a fast lane, if she thinks the same then thats where the problem lies

the irony!

Chuck Stone

Yes - they're fucking idiots of the highest order.

In before someone says it's okay to overtake them on the inside (illegal)

hondasam

start of a good argument I would say.

TheBunk1

smugchik wrote: »

I would consider myself quite a placid and rational person, however, when driving on motorways - particularly the M1 into Dublin I get really annoyed that drivers don't understand the rules of motorway driving. The other day a car held up the whole network by driving at 100kph on the outside lane quite oblivious to the light flashing and beeping going on around her. The road ahead of her was clear, no one could get passed her. People like this should be dragged out of their cars and made to push them for the rest of their journey.

Does anyone else here get really angry at idiots hogging the 'fast' lane?

Wouldn't this slow things down even more......?

But ya, it drives me f**king nuts and its bloody dangerous too.

hondasam

Chuck Stone wrote: »

Yes - they're fucking idiots of the highest order.

In before someone says it's okay to overtake them on the inside (illegal)

I am guilty of that on occasion.

shannon_tek

Im sorry but 100 is not bad seen as you can only do 20 extra if your law abiding.
i dunno what lane you exactly talking about. but if they were in the left lane i think they have a right to do the speed they wish providing its not snail pace 100 no less . least they will probably live if something horrible should go wrong up ahead. like the man who passed us out speeding, we caught upto him only to find he made shiz of him and his car.

sesna

People are retards. Welcome to the world.

stovelid

It's called an overtaking lane.

Which means if you stay in it at 600 miles an hour you are still misusing it.

Chris P. Bacon

hondasam wrote: »

I am guilty of that on occasion.

Yeah but your a woman

tightropetom

Saila wrote: »

you've jus contradicted yourself there, its an overtaking lane not a fast lane, if she thinks the same then thats where the problem lies

the irony!

Actually if you read the OP, they called it the 'fast' line (inverted commas) suggesting they know it's not what it's called

alwaysadub

shannon_tek wrote: »

Im sorry but 100 is not bad seen as you can only do 20 extra if your law abiding.
i dunno what lane you exactly talking about. but if they were in the left lane i think they have a right to do the speed they wish providing its not snail pace 100 no less . least they will probably live if something horrible should go wrong up ahead. like the man who passed us out speeding, we caught upto him only to find he made shiz of him and his car.

They were in the overtaking lane, which is the right hand lane.

ICE HOUSE

Driving on irish roads is bad for your health.

tightropetom

Chuck Stone wrote: »

Yes - they're fucking idiots of the highest order.

In before someone says it's okay to overtake them on the inside (illegal)

It is NOT illegal to pass on the left on a motorway if traffic on the right lane is moving slowly.

Here is a quote from the RSA website:

Overtaking

Overtake only on the right, unless traffic is travelling in slow moving queues and the traffic queue on your right is travelling more slowly than you are. If you intend to move from a slower lane to a faster lane, adjust your speed first.

epgc3fyqirnbsx

I for one really enjoy a bit of road rage. I'm a quiet person by nature but I scream verbal obsceneties from the top of my lungs at a perceived slight or bad driving on the road.
It gives me huge satisfaction and my roars are often followed by bursts of laughing. People look at me like I'm crazy when I drive and when I drive I am in fact crazy.
So I would kind of enjoy people driving in "the fast lane" just so I could let a few roars out and punch the roof a few times

Terry

What's the rush?
Motorway or not, you're going to see these people at the next set of lights when is turns back into an N road.

Chuck Stone

hondasam wrote: »

I am guilty of that on occasion.

Me too, but it's illegal - so by saying you're guilty it seems that you know it's against the rules*





*unless turning left or if the traffic in the overtaking lane is queueing.

stovelid

Kylan Scarce Corkscrew wrote: »

I for one really enjoy a bit of road rage. I'm a quiet person by nature but I scream verbal obsceneties from the top of my lungs at a perceived slight or bad driving on the road.

Me too, but unfortunately my son has tarted to rat me up to my wife when I do it.

smugchik

Saila wrote: »

you've jus contradicted yourself there, its an overtaking lane not a fast lane, if she thinks the same then thats where the problem lies

the irony!

Sorry, yes you are right. I should have said 'overtaking' lane instead of fast lane. The problem with drivers going slow and hogging it remains the same though!

hondasam

Chuck Stone wrote: »

Me too, but it's illegal - so by saying you're guilty it seems that you know it's against the rules*





*unless turning left or if the traffic in the overtaking lane is queueing.

Rules were meant to be broken. live dangerously once in awhile.

hondasam

Chris P. Bacon wrote: »

Yeah but your a woman

you saying I don't know the rules of the road. shame on you.

I just ignore them sometimes.

epgc3fyqirnbsx

stovelid wrote: »

Me too, but unfortunately my son has tarted to rat me up to my wife when I do it.

Time to bring him to a strip club for some male bonding and to instil the golden rule "Bros before Hoes"

stovelid

Kylan Scarce Corkscrew wrote: »

Time to bring him to a strip club for some male bonding and to instil the golden rule "Bros before Hoes"

Not until he can stand his own round. Those places cost.

smugchik

Lane Discipline

Video Lesson - Lane discipline on Motorways
When driving along motorways always remain in the left lane unless you are travelling faster than traffic ahead of you and it is safe to move over to the right lanes. If you use these lanes you must return to the left lane as soon as it is safe to do so.
It is bad practice to try and stay in the overtaking lanes for normal driving. This annoys other users because they can see that you are avoiding the empty lanes on the left, or never using your mirrors to see the tailbacks that you are causing. Remember the two-second rule. Four seconds will give you time to react easily and you will be more relaxed.

slimjimmc

tightropetom wrote: »

It is NOT illegal to pass on the left on a motorway if traffic on the right lane is moving slowly.

Here is a quote from the RSA website:

Overtaking

Overtake only on the right, unless traffic is travelling in slow moving queues and the traffic queue on your right is travelling more slowly than you are. If you intend to move from a slower lane to a faster lane, adjust your speed first.

Note the rule specifically requires you to be in "slow moving queues". That is very very different to just moving slower.
The meaning of 'slow' is not defined but is generally taken to mean crawling traffic, you passing at 110km/h while the other lane doing 100km/h is definitely not a slow moving queue.

sesna

smugchik wrote: »

Lane Discipline

Video Lesson - Lane discipline on Motorways
When driving along motorways always remain in the left lane unless you are travelling faster than traffic ahead of you and it is safe to move over to the right lanes. If you use these lanes you must return to the left lane as soon as it is safe to do so.
It is bad practice to try and stay in the overtaking lanes for normal driving. This annoys other users because they can see that you are avoiding the empty lanes on the left, or never using your mirrors to see the tailbacks that you are causing. Remember the two-second rule. Four seconds will give you time to react easily and you will be more relaxed.

Lane 1 on the m50 - are you joking me? It's full of stopped cars every evening trying to get to the off ramps especially between n7 and n3 exits.

maglite

Agree on so many levels.

Jut to throw it in there too are those who decide to do 30kmph on the motorway. Was almost part of a 4-6 car pileup yesterday by Cashel. Not Entirely sure what happened but the car 2 ahead of us jammed the breaks and que at least 4 cars trying to not collide while decelerating from 120 to 30. Old man in his tiny car cruising away oblivious to what happened.

And what the heck is with the 60kmph on the Mallow road. That is good for at least 100.



The standard of driving was Scary country wide.

slimjimmc

maglite wrote: »

Agree on so many levels.

Jut to throw it in there too are those who decide to do 30kmph on the motorway. Was almost part of a 4-6 car pileup yesterday by Cashel. Not Entirely sure what happened but the car 2 ahead of us jammed the breaks and que at least 4 cars trying to not collide while decelerating from 120 to 30. Old man in his tiny car cruising away oblivious to what happened.

And what the heck is with the 60kmph on the Mallow road. That is good for at least 100.



The standard of driving was Scary country wide.

Sounds like the car 2 ahead wasn't paying attention to what was in front of him and was forced to jam on instead of braking or overtaking in good time. Poor driving on his part which turned a risky situation into a dangerous one.

Cypher_sounds

OP that situation is highly frustrating, for some reason i get even more ticked off if its a foreign reg:pac:

johnmcdnl

hondasam wrote: »

Rules were meant to be broken. live dangerously once in awhile.

until you crash and kill someone else's best friend..

hondasam

johnmcdnl wrote: »

until you crash and kill someone else's best friend..

I have managed to avoid so far.

Chuck Stone

tightropetom wrote: »

It is NOT illegal to pass on the left on a motorway if traffic on the right lane is moving slowly.

Here is a quote from the RSA website:

Overtaking

Overtake only on the right, unless traffic is travelling in slow moving queues and the traffic queue on your right is travelling more slowly than you are. If you intend to move from a slower lane to a faster lane, adjust your speed first.

I wrote the below in anticipation of the above and posted it unaware of this response. (you missed the turning left bit but you're mostly correct)

Chuck Stone wrote: »

* [illegal] unless turning left or if the traffic in the overtaking lane is queueing.

Oranage2

as bad as a slow driver that hasnt a fcking clue to whats going on in the fast lane, the boy racers that tailgate about a foot away from them or the guys that bob and weive through traffic are by far more dangerous!!!

Chuck Stone

Oranage2 wrote: »

tailgate about a foot away

I've had two cars written off from tailgaters which has made me pretty sensitive to tailgaters.

I hate tailgating bastards and I make them back off by stabbing the brake pedal with my foot as a method of saying 'back the **** bitch'.

I don't give a fcuk what people think of my method - the fact is - the law is completely on my side. If I decide to slam on my brakes for whatever reason and someone hits the back of me - well fcuk you - pay up bitch.

:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:

OPENROAD

From my own observation very few people keep to the speed limit on N roads and Motorways. Some serious amount of speeding going on.

epgc3fyqirnbsx

OPENROAD wrote: »

From my own observation very few people keep to the speed limit on N roads and Motorways. Some serious amount of speeding going on.

Well the roads are so feckin dangerous these days that you have to drive as fast as you can to cut down on your journey time thereby decreasing the likelihood of an accident

everyday taxi

Chuck Stone wrote: »

I've had two cars written off from tailgaters which has made me pretty sensitive to tailgaters.

I hate tailgating bastards and I make them back off by stabbing the brake pedal with my foot as a method of saying 'back the **** bitch'.

I don't give a fcuk what people think of my method - the fact is - the law is completely on my side. If I decide to slam on my brakes for whatever reason and someone hits the back of me - well fcuk you - pay up bitch.

:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:

You are wrong.

Chuck Stone wrote: »

I've had two cars written off from tailgaters which has made me pretty sensitive to tailgaters.
Its no wonder you spastic.



mod:poster banned.

Chuck Stone

everyday taxi wrote: »

You are wrong.
Its no wonder you spastic.

No - you are wrong retard.


You hit the back of me? - Your fault - i'm gonna take your money off you to fix my car and my injuries.

You got a problem with that?
Tuff **** - pay me.
mod: poster banned.

everyday taxi

Chuck Stone wrote: »

everyday taxi wrote: »

You are wrong.


No - you are wrong retard.


You hit the back of me? - Your fault - i'm gonna take your money off you to fix my car and my injuries.

You got a problem with that?
Tuff **** - pay me.

You will find if you slam on the brakes with no hazard in front of you, the law will favour the person behind you. This is a fact, go check it out, before you make yourself look like an even bigger tit.

Chuck Stone

everyday taxi wrote: »

You will find if you slam on the brakes with no hazard in front of you, the law will favour the person behind you. This is a fact, go check it out, before you make yourself look like an even bigger tit.

Rubbish. You clearly haven't a clue what you're talking about.

There are many reasons why a person will slam on their brakes with no apparent reason.

If a person says in court 'a dog/cild/cat ran out in front of the car and I slammed on the brakes' or 'there was a wasp in the car and it landed on my face so I jammed on' then it's the peson behind's (you) fault if they hit the car.

Go learn it ya dumbass.

Sunnyisland

Come on lads ,bit early for the road rage :-)

everyday taxi

Chuck Stone wrote: »

Rubbish. You clearly haven't a clue what you're talking about.

There are many reasons why a person will slam on their brakes with no apparent reason.

If a person says in court 'a dog/cild/cat ran out in front of the car and I slammed on the brakes' or 'there was a wasp in the car and it landed on my face so I jammed on' then it's the peson behind's (you) fault if they hit the car.

Go learn it ya dumbass.

Whats your bag....... white male 17 -30 yr old, bullied at school, broken family? Your the reason the phrase "go play with the traffic" was made. Oh, and your STILL wrong, fagg.ot.

Chuck Stone

everyday taxi wrote: »

Whats your bag....... white male 17 -30 yr old, bullied at school, broken family? Your the reason the phrase "go play with the traffic" was made. Oh, and your STILL wrong, fagg.ot.

Lol, you mad there little fella? What's your problem there ya bitch?

Here's the thing - you hit the back of my car and I'm gonna have your balls for dice.

You understand bitch?

everyday taxi

Chuck Stone wrote: »

Lol, you mad there little fella? What's your problem there ya bitch?

Here's the thing - you hit the back of my car and I'm gonna have your balls for dice.

You understand bitch?

offline already.....................i musta hit a nerve.

Chuck Stone

everyday taxi wrote: »

offline already.....................i musta hit a nerve.

If you read the thread properly (or in your case get someone to explain it to you) then you will see that tail-gaters do indeed hit a nerve with me.

As I've said before I've had two cars written off and sustained considerable physical and psycological injuries from tail gaters.

That's why I have a zero tolerance approach to it.

You hit the back of my car?. Your fault - see you in court.

MarkR

Chuck Stone wrote: »

If you read the thread properly (or in your case get someone to explain it to you) then you will see that tail-gaters do indeed hit a nerve with me.

As I've said before I've had two cars written off and sustained considerable physical and psycological injuries from tail gaters.

That's why I have a zero tolerance approach to it.

You hit the back of my car?. Your fault - see you in court.

And if your actions cause a fatality on the road, maybe even someone in another lane who wasn't tailgating?

Roads are dangerous enough without people like you on it.

Chuck Stone

MarkR wrote: »

And if your actions cause a fatality on the road, maybe even someone in another lane who wasn't tailgating?

Roads are dangerous enough without people like you on it.

*rubs hands gleefully*

What do you mean by 'people like you'?

I find it tiresome having 'debates' with people who are obviously wrong but I really feel the need to educate the people who are blissfully wrong about simple issues.