Undertaking MLOCers - pet hate
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From: Ian Dalziel on 3 Aug 2010 13:49 On Tue, 3 Aug 2010 12:43:57 +0100, Chelsea Tractor Man <mr.c.tractor(a)hotmail.co.uk> wrote: >On Tue, 3 Aug 2010 04:33:50 -0700 (PDT), Ian Dalziel wrote: > >>> I use the middle lane on *empty* motorways, you avoid the lorry ruts, you >>> maximise distance from any possible hazards and have equal ability to take >>> avoiding action left and right. If a car comes up behind I move left so it >>> can overtake (hopefully) with an empty lane between us. Should I fail to >>> see the car it still has a lane free. >> >> "I assume ignoring the HC constitutes carelessness or "delibrate bad >> driving" > >I'm not Ray, do not expect me to automatically support the word of the >current law* (well nearly always) sometimes I think for myself and as >nobody else is there..... even if I was filmed from a bridge, I would be >extremely surprised if anyone cared. >Unlike undertaking on a busy motorway. Where there is just the remotest >chance of being stopped. > Where did "on a busy motorway" jump in from? -- Ian D
From: Adrian on 3 Aug 2010 14:03 Ian Dalziel <iandalziel(a)lineone.net> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying: >>Unlike undertaking on a busy motorway. > Where did "on a busy motorway" jump in from? Three lanes of solid goalposts, all doing 70mph or so...
From: GT on 4 Aug 2010 05:54 "Nick Finnigan" <nix(a)genie.co.uk> wrote in message news:i39gdq$hip$2(a)news.eternal-september.org... > GT wrote: >> >> So the policeman who stops Nick for undertaking will have an answer when > > I do not undertake. Why not - you implied that it isn't illegal?
From: GT on 4 Aug 2010 05:55 "Nick Finnigan" <nix(a)genie.co.uk> wrote in message news:i39gbq$hip$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > GT wrote: >> "Nick Finnigan" <nix(a)genie.co.uk> wrote in message >> news:i36t5e$kvo$2(a)news.eternal-september.org... > >>> Which law do you think covers that? >> >> You mean there isn't one? So its legal? > > Er, yes. That's the way the law works. Funny, because one has been quoted here and the police will pull over anyone caught breaking it!
From: Ian Dalziel on 4 Aug 2010 07:30
On 4 Aug, 10:55, "GT" <a...(a)b.c> wrote: > "Nick Finnigan" <n...(a)genie.co.uk> wrote in message > > news:i39gbq$hip$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > > > GT wrote: > >> "Nick Finnigan" <n...(a)genie.co.uk> wrote in message > >>news:i36t5e$kvo$2(a)news.eternal-september.org... > > >>> Which law do you think covers that? > > >> You mean there isn't one? So its legal? > > > Er, yes. That's the way the law works. > > Funny, because one has been quoted here and the police will pull over anyone > caught breaking it! A law? I don't think so. You speak for the police, do you? |