Irish and UK car drivers question
So what happens if you're cruising along in the left (slow) lane with nothing in front for miles and you eventually come upon a car in the right (fast) lane. Are you supposed to change lanes and sit behind this idiot until he wakes up and takes his hand off his Richard and moves over? Or can you continue to cruise along in the left lane?
Larry.
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loosescrew
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Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2005 9:48 pm Post subject:
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I can fully appreciate Undertaking, but are we breaking the law
...according to the UK highway code YES you are breaking the law by overtaking on the inside!!
though in the US some local areas have legalised 'undertaking' 
VTR1000KAZ Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2005 10:18 pm Post subject:
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but aren't the 'hogs' breaking the law too.....by staying out there in the first place???
...and 2 wrongs make a right, Kaz..???
an agressive and asertive 
bike instructor once told me.."the only time you should be in the 'overtaking'/right lane is to overtake or preparing to turn right & the only time the highway code justifies 'undertaking' is when you are passing someone turning right ....so if you come up behind someone in the outside lane 
and they are not overtaking they must be preparing to turn right therefore you are justified in passing on the inside 
!!
this would apply to dual carriageways (where there are exits to the right) in the uk but not on the motorways
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VTRgirl Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2005 12:31 am Post subject:
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Lets them know they might be bigger, but they aint in charge .
...typical female...has to be in control!!
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I can fully appreciate Undertaking, but are we breaking the law
...according to the UK highway code YES you are breaking the law by overtaking on the inside!!
though in the US some local areas have legalised 'undertaking' VTR1000KAZ Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2005 10:18 pm Post subject:
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but aren't the 'hogs' breaking the law too.....by staying out there in the first place???
...and 2 wrongs make a right, Kaz..??? an agressive
and asertive bike instructor once told me.."the only time you should be in the 'overtaking'/right lane is to overtake or preparing to turn right & the only time the highway code justifies 'undertaking' is when you are passing someone turning right ....so if you come up behind someone in the outside lane and they are not overtaking they must be preparing to turn right therefore you are justified in passing on the inside !!this would apply to dual carriageways (where there are exits to the right) in the uk but not on the motorways
!!VTRgirl Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2005 12:31 am Post subject:
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Lets them know they might be bigger, but they aint in charge .
...typical female...has to be in control!!
Had a disscussion on the Blackbird site about this.
Apparently if youre already in the inside lane you can overtake but slowly, you will get pulled for switching lanes to overtake on the inside especially if you go racing past.
But the with the amount of twats sitting in the outside lane not even doing the limit it's about time there was a clampdown on them and more concentration on lane discipline, than the rediculus situation where speeding is claimed as the biggest evil in all chrisindom.
Apparently if youre already in the inside lane you can overtake but slowly, you will get pulled for switching lanes to overtake on the inside especially if you go racing past.
But the with the amount of twats sitting in the outside lane not even doing the limit it's about time there was a clampdown on them and more concentration on lane discipline, than the rediculus situation where speeding is claimed as the biggest evil in all chrisindom.