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From: Harry Bloomfield on 19 Nov 2009 14:22 Just where the M62 east bound splits into five separate lanes to go west (M62), north(M1), or south(M1) I was in L1 to go north. In L2 to go south and well ahead of me was a little Alpha. Five times he swapped from L1 to L2 and back again with no indications, settling (so I thought on L2). L1 by this time was moving faster, because L2 leads up to a roundabout and it was starting to queue. I caught him up, came alongside him and felt reasonably safe having already got well past the point where the thick solid line started - wrong, no indication he/she just yanks the wheel over, leaving me to try to avoid them. Before Silk pipes up.... Yes I was already aware from their previous conduct that they might still do something silly, but as L2 was stopping, plus the Alpha stopping and L1 was still going at full speed, it would have been even more risky to to slow down to the Alpha's speed and risk something piling into the back of me. It was also a reasonable assumption to make that no one would illegally cross a one yard wide solid line to drive into the side of my vehicle. You would also not expect the driver to be deaf and blind, for my headlights were on main beam and my horn blaring, the instant they started to cross the white line. -- Regards, Harry (M1BYT) (L) http://www.ukradioamateur.co.uk
From: Nick Finnigan on 19 Nov 2009 14:36 Harry Bloomfield wrote: > > It was also a reasonable assumption to make that no one would illegally > cross a one yard wide solid line to drive into the side of my vehicle. That's not illegal either.
From: Harry Bloomfield on 19 Nov 2009 14:38 Nick Finnigan explained on 19/11/2009 : > That's not illegal either. Think again. -- Regards, Harry (M1BYT) (L) http://www.ukradioamateur.co.uk
From: Nick Finnigan on 19 Nov 2009 14:42 Harry Bloomfield wrote: > Nick Finnigan explained on 19/11/2009 : >> That's not illegal either. > > Think again. Still not illegal. Quote the regulation you think is relevant.
From: Mike P on 19 Nov 2009 15:00
On Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:22:30 +0000, Harry Bloomfield grumbled: > Just where the M62 east bound splits into five separate lanes to go west > (M62), north(M1), or south(M1) I was in L1 to go north. > > In L2 to go south and well ahead of me was a little Alpha. Five times he > swapped from L1 to L2 and back again with no indications, settling (so I > thought on L2). L1 by this time was moving faster, because L2 leads up > to a roundabout and it was starting to queue. > > I caught him up, came alongside him and felt reasonably safe having > already got well past the point where the thick solid line started - > wrong, no indication he/she just yanks the wheel over, leaving me to try > to avoid them. > > Before Silk pipes up.... > > Yes I was already aware from their previous conduct that they might > still do something silly, but as L2 was stopping, plus the Alpha > stopping and L1 was still going at full speed, it would have been even > more risky to to slow down to the Alpha's speed and risk something > piling into the back of me. > > It was also a reasonable assumption to make that no one would illegally > cross a one yard wide solid line to drive into the side of my vehicle. How long have you been driving Harry? I see stuff like that regularly on and around the M25 and M4 towards London. Mike P |