You beat me to it as well RonanC, this type of behaviour is astonishing.It amazes me how many people I see on a daily basis driving in the middle lane (of 3) on the M50 and also N7 and are clearly not overtaking anybody in the inside lane (lane 1).
This sounds like a small offence but when you think that you are not allowed undertake (unless driving in heavy traffic and all lanes are moving at the same speed) and if you are coming up behind someone in the middle lane and you are in lane 1 (inside lane) you have to move out to the outside lane (lane 3) to pass them legally. Pretty dangerous.
Also, I cant get over the amount of trucks that drive well over their legal speed limit (80kph) and also drive in the outside lanes of motorways.
I take it from your comments that you are a permanent fixture in Lane 3, drive on a learner's permit and haven't familiarised yourself with the Rules of the Road yet? If you do have a full licence, I shudder to think what that says about the quality of our driving test.If you are driving at the legal limit in the third lane, why should some want want to overtake? is there a need to pull over?
If you are driving at the legal limit in the third lane, why should some want want to overtake? is there a need to pull over?
You beat me to it as well RonanC, this type of behaviour is astonishing.
I drive quite a bit in France and Spain and although it can be a bit frightening when you're overtaking and someone comes up at speed behind you, they all know they have to drive on the right and overtake on the left. They move over straight after they've overtaken and the traffic flows really well.
I recently drove south on the M1 where a driver was in the overtaking lane doing 50mph and the tail of drivers backing up behind the offending vehicle was amazing. They ended up all dangeroursly undertaking.
Maybe the roads authority should place large signs on the side of the motorways 'drive on the left unless overtaking' until drivers get the message or threaten to issue penalty points to drivers who drive dangerously by obstructing traffic in the fast lane.
If you are driving at the legal limit in the third lane, why should some want want to overtake? is there a need to pull over?
I merely asked a common sense question, if you are doing the legal limit in the third lane, only law breakers will want to overtake, is this you Mathepac?
I do not hog the 3rd lane but common sense must prevail, there is about a 6 mile stretch around the Cork bypass that require you to keep to the right because there is a constant filter of traffic joining the bypass from the left at the junctions, if you pulled to lane 1 and 2 you would be constantly changing lanes to allow them to enter from the left, I have even seen Garda doing this, it makes sense.
... We do know that the markings on a lot of roundabouts do not make sense, we only know which lane to go in because we do it every day, these were made by the same higher authority.
It is mind boggling and it appears the only logical reasons are they have either a bomb on board that goes off below 60 and above 80 or they only have two gears.
And with regard to joining motorways and dual carriageways why do Irish drivers do the following:
a) when on the motorway in light traffic refuse to move out onto overtaking lane so that traffic can join smoothly ?
b) drivers joping motoway almost come to a stop at joining point of motorway, why aren't they up near motorway speeds at this point ?
You sound just like my other half who was recently pulled over by the Guards on the Stillorgan Dual Carriageway doing 60kph in a 60kph zone in the right hand lane!If you are driving at the legal limit in the third lane, why should some want want to overtake? is there a need to pull over?
Another annoying thing, is drivers constantly touching their brakes when something is coming the otherway, do they think it is going to make their car more narrow.
In the USA where I was, they constantly pass on the inside, I don’t know if it is legal but it’s accepted.
Agreed, the number of people you see slowing down when coming down the ramp is unreal - you should be at a similar speed to the traffic before you join and blend in.
Answer to Liaconn. You cannot use it as an overtaking lane if the overhead signs tell which lane to get in to, to go a certain route or direction.
or the start if you happen to be driving on the wrong side of the road, like they do in America.But that only happens when you're coming to the end of the motorway.
It does. 1890 205805. Report him or her.Wonder does that traffic number still work. Person was going way to fast and even faster to get away.
Trouble with common sense......its very rare!!I merely asked a common sense question, if you are doing the legal limit in the third lane, only law breakers will want to overtake, is this you Mathepac?
You are NOT REQUIRED to stay on the right on this stretch. People (like you) who feel that they are required to stay in the outside lane cause mayhem and reduce the options for other traffic. I drive this section every day and find the lane discipline appalling, even worse than the N7 into Dublin - and that's bad! There are three lanes along a good section of this particular stretch. I drive on the inner lane whenever possible, usually at the legal limit. Very often I pass a slower moving 'convoy' in the outer lane, with one completely empty lane in between us.....there is about a 6 mile stretch around the Cork bypass that require you to keep to the right because there is a constant filter of traffic joining the bypass from the left at the junctions, if you pulled to lane 1 and 2.....
That's exactly what you're supposed to do, however I would hardly call it constant, even on the stretch you mention. What I find really annoying along this stretch is driving at 100kph on the inside lane and coming up against someone doing 60-80 in the middle lane, having to move out into the outer lane and back again - a 4 lane changeover because some plonker feels that by moving left he'd have to be "constantly changing lanes"....you would be constantly changing lanes to allow them to enter from the left, I have even seen Garda doing this, it makes sense..
Yes it is. And it works well when it is (very rarely) done. I did it last night for the first time in years.Our rules of the road are not consistent with other countries and may not be always correct, but someone in higher authority made them,we must follow them, for example when I was driving to the American rules, Turning left you passed the car coming from the opposite direction turning to their left on your right. (note this is for driving on the right of the road, on the left obviously the opposite applies here) The Irish rules of the road stated that each car waltzed around each other or crossed each others path to turn right, I could not believe it, is it the same now?
Sounds like you do your own thing?As I have been driving for 40years I have not looked at it recently. We do know that the markings on a lot of roundabouts do not make sense, we only know which lane to go in because we do it every day, these were made by the same higher authority.
Explains a lot. Have a read of it. Things HAVE changed in 40 years!As I have been driving for 40years I have not looked at it recently."
I see you profess not to be familair with the US Highway Code either!In the USA where I was, they constantly pass on the inside, I don’t know if it is legal but it’s accepted.
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