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CarGuru > Driving > Re: 'Middle lane hogging' is Law of the Jungle 11 February 2005 22:46:43

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Re: 'Middle lane hogging' is Law of the Jungle

Guest 8 February 2005 23:18:48
 
2. Middle-lane hoggers - one-third of motorway capacity is lost due> to poor-lane discipline. This frustrating behaviour is a major cause
road-rage on motorways.


Is that the equivilence of left lane hogs in this country?

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Mjt 8 February 2005 20:03:31 permanent link ]
 donquijote1954 wrote:
1. Tailgaters - over 40 per cent of drivers are guilty of tailgating> on the motorways. This is annoying to other drivers and dangerous as it> limits motorists' ability to react to events ahead.>
2. Middle-lane hoggers - one-third of motorway capacity is lost due> to poor-lane discipline. This frustrating behaviour is a major cause of> road-rage on motorways.>
3. Non-indicators - people who don't use their indicators to signal> their intentions are both a nuisance and a danger to other motorists.>
4. Swoopers - who cut across lanes with little regard for other> motorists.>
5. Chatterboxes - who talk on hand-held mobile phones while driving.> Despite being banned, the Foundation's traffic survey found this is> still common practice.


... here in houston, tx, usa, we get folks that drive
slow in the left lane while tailgating, then at the last
second, they swoop off the freeway without signaling
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Paul Calman 8 February 2005 23:26:42 permanent link ]
 
Is that the equivilence of left lane hogs in this country?>

That depends on what "this" country is.
Hogging the left lane is illegal in California, but they don't enforce it.
It's more fun to promote road-rage, I guess. In Oregon they will write a
citation.
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Paul Calman, Hathaway Pines, California


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Jason 9 February 2005 00:05:54 permanent link ]
 I believe it is referring to six lane roads. The middle and right lane
in the US is for overtaking however many people drive in those lanes at
lower speeds than the rest of traffic. I know here where I live it is a
major problem, especially when semis group up across the lanes while
going about 45 in a 65 zone blocking traffic and slowing everything
waaaay down.

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Laura Bush murdered her boy friend 9 February 2005 00:17:39 permanent link ]
 
donquijote1954 wrote:>
The police have the power to pull over motorists for poor lane> discipline and also can prosecute if they consider a driver's> behaviour amounts to inconsiderate driving. With an 11 per cent> decrease in traffic police in England and Wales since 1997, however,> and a lack of visible police presence on the motorways, many
motorists> are left to get away with their selfish 'lane-hogging' behaviour.>

Yeah but how are the cops gonna prove anything?

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Robert Briggs 9 February 2005 00:48:51 permanent link ]
 [NGs severely pruned]

"Laura Bush murdered her boy friend" wrote:> donquijote1954 wrote:>
The police have the power to pull over motorists for poor lane> > discipline and also can prosecute if they consider a driver's> > behaviour amounts to inconsiderate driving. With an 11 per cent> > decrease in traffic police in England and Wales since 1997,> > however, and a lack of visible police presence on the motorways,> > many motorists are left to get away with their selfish> > 'lane-hogging' behaviour.>
Yeah but how are the cops gonna prove anything?

Believe it or not, UK motorway cop cars have video cameras onboard.

Heck, I've seen quite a bit of their footage courtesy of Sheriff John
Bunnell!
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Larry Bud 9 February 2005 01:04:07 permanent link ]
 
Laura Bush murdered her boy friend wrote:> donquijote1954 wrote:> >
The police have the power to pull over motorists for poor lane> > discipline and also can prosecute if they consider a driver's> > behaviour amounts to inconsiderate driving. With an 11 per cent> > decrease in traffic police in England and Wales since 1997,
however,> > and a lack of visible police presence on the motorways, many> motorists> > are left to get away with their selfish 'lane-hogging' behaviour.> >
Yeah but how are the cops gonna prove anything?

Who says cops have to prove anything?

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Tim Kreitz 9 February 2005 01:57:57 permanent link ]
 donquijote1954 wrote:
America has a crisis but chooses a different approach: Ignore> it.

Well of course. You see, enforcing lane discipline and eliminating
tailgating in the States would demonstrate that highway speed limits
are largely unneccesary -- and the cops and politicians don't want
that. After all, safer highways mean less revenue for the government.

Instead, they allow unskilled nincompoops in 6,000-pound SUVs to drive
like the inattentive morons they are, nabbing them in droves for going
5-over at $150 a pop. Easy money.

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Tim Kreitz
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2000 ZX6R
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Jason 9 February 2005 02:49:29 permanent link ]
 Doh, yeah got my countries mixed up, major brainfart.

Does anyone know how to make google groups automatically quote when you
reply? It keeps taking mine out.

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Darren Stuart Embry 9 February 2005 02:49:58 permanent link ]
 [misc.transport.road, etc.] On Tue, 8 Feb 2005 11:26:42 -0800, Paul
Calman <spam@trap.com> wrote:
Hogging the left lane is illegal in California,

And in any state that has the white "KEEP RIGHT EXCEPT TO PASS" or
"SLOWER TRAFFIC KEEP RIGHT" signs, etc., as those signs are
*regulatory*.
but they don't enforce it.

That's also true of most states. :(­

Also when I think of "middle lane" I think of the middle lane of a set
of eastbound lanes at least three lanes wide, for example. The other
lanes are the "right lane" or "left lane" of course.

[rec.motorcycles removed from followups]

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Arif Khokar 9 February 2005 02:56:56 permanent link ]
 Jason wrote:
Does anyone know how to make google groups automatically quote when you> reply? It keeps taking mine out.

Click on show options at the top of the message you wish to reply to and
click the reply link there.
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Donquijote1954 9 February 2005 08:53:19 permanent link ]
 
pinckney02@hotmail.­com wrote:> > 2. Middle-lane hoggers - one-third of motorway capacity is lost due> > to poor-lane discipline. This frustrating behaviour is a major
cause> of> > road-rage on motorways.>
Is that the equivilence of left lane hogs in this country?

I guess. Though here the hog all over the place. ;)

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Paul Calman 9 February 2005 21:41:39 permanent link ]
 
Having said all this, Californian drivers are, on the whole, a lot more> polite and courteous while driving than their European, British, or> East Coast equivalents.

Except on "gun day".

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Paul Calman, Hathaway Pines, California


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Alan Moore 10 February 2005 05:45:20 permanent link ]
 On Wed, 9 Feb 2005 09:41:39 -0800, "Paul Calman" <spam@trap.com>
wrote:
Having said all this, Californian drivers are, on the whole, a lot more>> polite and courteous while driving than their European, British, or>> East Coast equivalents.>
Except on "gun day".

Ever gotten a ticket for using a .45 in a .38 zone?

Al Moore
DoD 734
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Robert Briggs 11 February 2005 22:46:43 permanent link ]
 [NGs pruned]

donquijote1954 quoted:
"Too many drivers impede safe traffic flow by failing to match> their speed when entering or slowing down on the motorway instead> of using the slip road for this purpose ...">

And it's not as if UK slip roads aren't (almost always) quite long
enough - and with adequate views of the motorway proper - for it to
be remotely difficult to do it properly.
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