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From: GT on 6 Aug 2010 05:56 "Ian Dalziel" <iandalziel(a)lineone.net> wrote in message news:0adm561c8594mvpgmtln5b212jktcbsdd2(a)4ax.com... > On Mon, 2 Aug 2010 11:58:40 +0100, "GT" <a(a)b.c> wrote: > >>"Chelsea Tractor Man" <mr.c.tractor(a)hotmail.co.uk> wrote in message >>news:8hyv4bjag0mj.lvhtso0ve2cm$.dlg(a)40tude.net... >>> On Mon, 2 Aug 2010 11:26:20 +0100, GT wrote: >>> >>>>> It is neither illegal nor dangerous./ >>>> >>>> It is illegal to overtake on the left, unless you are on a 1 way street >>>> or >>>> the car is turning right. >>> >>> or where heavy traffic on dual happens to move faster on left >> >>Ah - similar point to Brimstone's - I think the official line is 'slow >>moving' traffic, not 'heavy traffic. If the traffic is flowing along at a >>decent speed, then I don't think undertaking is legal, although nobody >>bothers! Also, I don't know how we define 'slow moving' or 'decent speed'. > > You don't actually know very much, do you? > > What you think doesn't actually consitute law in this Country. I've fixed your typo, but you haven't made any sort of point here - what was your point?
From: bod on 6 Aug 2010 06:10 GT wrote: > "Ian Dalziel" <iandalziel(a)lineone.net> wrote in message > news:0adm561c8594mvpgmtln5b212jktcbsdd2(a)4ax.com... >> On Mon, 2 Aug 2010 11:58:40 +0100, "GT" <a(a)b.c> wrote: >> >>> "Chelsea Tractor Man" <mr.c.tractor(a)hotmail.co.uk> wrote in message >>> news:8hyv4bjag0mj.lvhtso0ve2cm$.dlg(a)40tude.net... >>>> On Mon, 2 Aug 2010 11:26:20 +0100, GT wrote: >>>> >>>>>> It is neither illegal nor dangerous./ >>>>> It is illegal to overtake on the left, unless you are on a 1 way street >>>>> or >>>>> the car is turning right. >>>> or where heavy traffic on dual happens to move faster on left >>> Ah - similar point to Brimstone's - I think the official line is 'slow >>> moving' traffic, not 'heavy traffic. If the traffic is flowing along at a >>> decent speed, then I don't think undertaking is legal, although nobody >>> bothers! Also, I don't know how we define 'slow moving' or 'decent speed'. >> You don't actually know very much, do you? >> >> What you think doesn't actually consitute law in this Country. > > I've fixed your typo, but you haven't made any sort of point here - what was > your point? > > I got pulled (and warned) for undertaking a veeeery slooow car who was chuntering along at about 15-20mph in the outside lane of a dual carriageway. Bod
From: GT on 6 Aug 2010 06:16 "bod" <bodron57(a)tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message news:8c25bnF5s2U2(a)mid.individual.net... > GT wrote: >> "Ian Dalziel" <iandalziel(a)lineone.net> wrote in message >> news:0adm561c8594mvpgmtln5b212jktcbsdd2(a)4ax.com... >>> On Mon, 2 Aug 2010 11:58:40 +0100, "GT" <a(a)b.c> wrote: >>> >>>> "Chelsea Tractor Man" <mr.c.tractor(a)hotmail.co.uk> wrote in message >>>> news:8hyv4bjag0mj.lvhtso0ve2cm$.dlg(a)40tude.net... >>>>> On Mon, 2 Aug 2010 11:26:20 +0100, GT wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>> It is neither illegal nor dangerous./ >>>>>> It is illegal to overtake on the left, unless you are on a 1 way >>>>>> street >>>>>> or >>>>>> the car is turning right. >>>>> or where heavy traffic on dual happens to move faster on left >>>> Ah - similar point to Brimstone's - I think the official line is 'slow >>>> moving' traffic, not 'heavy traffic. If the traffic is flowing along at >>>> a >>>> decent speed, then I don't think undertaking is legal, although nobody >>>> bothers! Also, I don't know how we define 'slow moving' or 'decent >>>> speed'. >>> You don't actually know very much, do you? >>> >>> What you think doesn't actually consitute law in this Country. >> >> I've fixed your typo, but you haven't made any sort of point here - what >> was your point? > I got pulled (and warned) for undertaking a veeeery slooow car who was > chuntering along at about 15-20mph in the outside lane of a dual > carriageway. Not according to Nick Finnegan - he said the police won't stop you and you are doing nothing wrong. Of course, he is wrong and you have just proven it.
From: Ian Dalziel on 6 Aug 2010 07:52 On 6 Aug, 10:55, "GT" <a...(a)b.c> wrote: > "Nick Finnigan" <n...(a)genie.co.uk> wrote in message > > news:i3famu$63e$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > > > GT wrote: > > >> Ahh - but the police probably won't stop you and charge you for breaking > >> a law if you bang your head on the wall, > > > They will stop you, if they see you. > > > but they will if you undertake, thereby breaking the dwdca law. > > > No they won't, and no you aren't. > > Er - yes they will! And you are. Rubbish. Only if you are driving without due care and attention. You might be, but they would have to make a case.
From: Ian Dalziel on 6 Aug 2010 07:54
On 6 Aug, 09:40, Chelsea Tractor Man <mr.c.trac...(a)hotmail.co.uk> wrote: > On Thu, 05 Aug 2010 22:47:34 +0100, Nick Finnigan wrote: > >> Didn't you see Chelsea's post - dwdca. > > > Which does not mention overtaking, undertaking, passing, inside, outside, > > on the left, on the right, exceptions nor anything remotely connected. > > do you think ignoring the highway code is driving with due care and > attention? > It can be. Do you think? |