Coffeeholic:
M1 southbound tonight just south of Watford Gap at 03:00
Up ahead is a truck in lane 1 being overtaken by a Pall-Ex decker with an MJD and Sons artic behind the decker. The Pall-Ex decker is locked in a willy waving contest with the truck in lane 1 and is taking forever and a day to pass so the MJD driver thinks, “For that reason I’m out,” into lane 3. The motorway is dead quiet at this point so no big deal and I’m about 100 metres back waiting for them to sort themselves out. MJD isn’t doing much more than the other two so is also taking an age to get past so we have a wall of trailer doors across the motorway and a car is now behind MJD in lane 3.
The car waits for about a minute but nothing is changing so suddenly everything is strobing blue as he hits his lights. Did I mention it was a marked Police vehicle? One of those BMW 4x4’s they have.
As soon as the lights went on the truck in lane 1 braked, Pall-Ex shot into lane 1 in front of it and MJD went from lane 3 to lane 1, I imagine while suffering either a minor heart attack or involuntary bowel movement. At which point the Police vehicle killed the lights and [zb]ed off, no doubt much to the relief of the MJD driver.
I’m sure we have a couple of MJD drivers on here and I just wondered if it was one of them and if you are on here what went through your mind when it all went blue and again when the copper just cracked on?
i’ve got to say it even at the risk of getting my head bitten off .
being a night driver i’ve seen this quite a few times and i’m sorry if it offends anyone but i find it quite funny . hell ive even been tempted myself …
Since I started doing nights I’ve seen it quite a lot, and done it a couple of times but only when I could get past a bit sharpish. About 20 minutes ago I glanced up from watching a video and found my co driver tonight was sampling lane 3. We also saw a Scottish livestock haulier using it tonight.
Some of you will remember when there were two hills on the then two lane M5 northbound where lorries were banned from the outside lane
I remember the 2 lane M5, they started widening to three lanes in about 88. May have been before, I was up and down there from 85 in a 7.5 when it was 2 lanes before I passed my class 1. ■■■■■■ many a driver off up those hills in a 4 cyl non turbo TK bedford
ady1:
why should the driver in lane 1 back off,hes doing nothing wrong,the two [zb] overtaking should have realised when they were out there going nowhere that it was time for them to knock it off and drop back inside the driver in lane 1 ,
Highway Code, that you’ve all been tested on to get your licenses:
Rule 168
Being overtaken. If a driver is trying to overtake you, maintain a steady course and speed, slowing down if necessary to let the vehicle pass. Never obstruct drivers who wish to pass. Speeding up or driving unpredictably while someone is overtaking you is dangerous. Drop back to maintain a two-second gap if someone overtakes and pulls into the gap in front of you.
Coffeeholic:
M1 southbound tonight just south of Watford Gap at 03:00
Up ahead is a truck in lane 1 being overtaken by a Pall-Ex decker with an MJD and Sons artic behind the decker. The Pall-Ex decker is locked in a willy waving contest with the truck in lane 1 and is taking forever and a day to pass so the MJD driver thinks, “For that reason I’m out,” into lane 3. The motorway is dead quiet at this point so no big deal and I’m about 100 metres back waiting for them to sort themselves out. MJD isn’t doing much more than the other two so is also taking an age to get past so we have a wall of trailer doors across the motorway and a car is now behind MJD in lane 3.
The car waits for about a minute but nothing is changing so suddenly everything is strobing blue as he hits his lights. Did I mention it was a marked Police vehicle? One of those BMW 4x4’s they have.
As soon as the lights went on the truck in lane 1 braked, Pall-Ex shot into lane 1 in front of it and MJD went from lane 3 to lane 1, I imagine while suffering either a minor heart attack or involuntary bowel movement. At which point the Police vehicle killed the lights and [zb]ed off, no doubt much to the relief of the MJD driver.
I’m sure we have a couple of MJD drivers on here and I just wondered if it was one of them and if you are on here what went through your mind when it all went blue and again when the copper just cracked on?
i’ve got to say it even at the risk of getting my head bitten off .
being a night driver i’ve seen this quite a few times and i’m sorry if it offends anyone but i find it quite funny . hell ive even been tempted myself …
Since I started doing nights I’ve seen it quite a lot, and done it a couple of times but only when I could get past a bit sharpish. About 20 minutes ago I glanced up from watching a video and found my co driver tonight was sampling lane 3. We also saw a Scottish livestock haulier using it tonight.
i think its devilmeant more than anything , i do believe a lot more have done it than will admit .
i meant no harm when i said irish , i really did’nt , its just i saw one do it a few weeks ago in broad daylight and it was funny , anyone would have put money on that he was going to do it and he did . M62 west bound just after the M60 crossover , he was getting more and more frustrated and went for it . pmsl
Coffeeholic:
was about half-way past him when he sped up and held me there.
I find switching the left indicator on and starting to slowly move accross often cures that tendency.
makes me laugh your quoting the highway code to me,then your on about putting your indicator on and moving over on the bloke on the inside,very proffesional i must say,not.
you can move over,stick your indicator on, itll just make me more determined than ever to make sure you spend another 2/30 miles looking a ■■■■,intimitate me, ,i really dont think you will
Sound the klaxon for an Uncle Albert Language Alert.
Although being a popular term hanging on from British days of Commonwealth & Empire, etc, ‘…common sense…’ is a historical term without a commonly agreed definition or meaning - unless anyone has one appropriate & accurate for 21st century UK?
Why so? Because it’s what our politicians have accurately told us: Also, perhaps appreciate that we’ve moved on from the mythical Golden Age (blitz spirit?) of commonality and that we now live in a post-modern, post Cold War, ‘open-doors’ and liberalised era that - apart from the Isle of Wight & Frinton and like it or not, proves it so.
Meanwhile, and because we’re aware that ‘anticipation’ is key for today’s need to drive well:
a) Anticipate the previously un-expectable, and that which we previously considered as being un-acceptable - as being today’s ‘…common…’
b) Anticipate pillocks to behave oddly among us to either spoil or amuse our working lives.
c) Anticipate more of the same to continue.
The Plod clearly did their bit by not pulling the parties ‘at fault’ - so lets hope that we too get cut some slack when we push the boundaries of the Highway Code …or as I now call it ‘The Highway Top-Tips, Ideas & Suggestions Book’.
bigvern1:
I said it last week…It’s the ridiculous British attitude. I AM gonna be there before you syndrome.
You watch the Brits all over the world. A flight gets announced. Whoosh! Brits diving headfirst to the gate. It grinds my gears big time.
Well it was an McArdle tipper that owned lane 3 going through the average speed roadworks at 1100 today, clockwise m25. And a montgomery wagon roaring down the hill in lane 3 of s/bound m6 yesterday evening. Not that I give a ■■■■.
Coffeeholic:
M1 southbound tonight just south of Watford Gap at 03:00
Up ahead is a truck in lane 1 being overtaken by a Pall-Ex decker with an MJD and Sons artic behind the decker. The Pall-Ex decker is locked in a willy waving contest with the truck in lane 1 and is taking forever and a day to pass so the MJD driver thinks, “For that reason I’m out,” into lane 3. The motorway is dead quiet at this point so no big deal and I’m about 100 metres back waiting for them to sort themselves out. MJD isn’t doing much more than the other two so is also taking an age to get past so we have a wall of trailer doors across the motorway and a car is now behind MJD in lane 3.
The car waits for about a minute but nothing is changing so suddenly everything is strobing blue as he hits his lights. Did I mention it was a marked Police vehicle? One of those BMW 4x4’s they have.
As soon as the lights went on the truck in lane 1 braked, Pall-Ex shot into lane 1 in front of it and MJD went from lane 3 to lane 1, I imagine while suffering either a minor heart attack or involuntary bowel movement. At which point the Police vehicle killed the lights and [zb]ed off, no doubt much to the relief of the MJD driver.
I’m sure we have a couple of MJD drivers on here and I just wondered if it was one of them and if you are on here what went through your mind when it all went blue and again when the copper just cracked on?
i’ve got to say it even at the risk of getting my head bitten off .
being a night driver i’ve seen this quite a few times and i’m sorry if it offends anyone but i find it quite funny . hell ive even been tempted myself …
Since I started doing nights I’ve seen it quite a lot, and done it a couple of times but only when I could get past a bit sharpish. About 20 minutes ago I glanced up from watching a video and found my co driver tonight was sampling lane 3. We also saw a Scottish livestock haulier using it tonight.
CALL YOURSELF A PROFESSIONAL…
Have to admit I’ve done it on a couple of occasions too. I was coming down Loughborough Bank n/b doing about 65-70 past another ‘racer’ and some idiot in a bread artic pulled out to overtake another just on the flat bit half way down. Quick glance in the mirror and nowt doing for 800 yards behind me so lane 3 it was. No harm in it really…
<waits for ROG and driveroneuk to start preaching Highway Code at me and “what ifs”>
ady1:
why should the driver in lane 1 back off,hes doing nothing wrong,the two [zb] overtaking should have realised when they were out there going nowhere that it was time for them to knock it off and drop back inside the driver in lane 1 ,
Highway Code, that you’ve all been tested on to get your licenses:
Rule 168
Being overtaken. If a driver is trying to overtake you, maintain a steady course and speed, slowing down if necessary to let the vehicle pass. Never obstruct drivers who wish to pass. Speeding up or driving unpredictably while someone is overtaking you is dangerous. Drop back to maintain a two-second gap if someone overtakes and pulls into the gap in front of you.
What has this got to do with motorway driving? This overtaking malarkey is aimed and intended for people actually overtaking someone. Its not aimed at people driving on a three lane motorway. If it is, then you shouldn;t be attempting to overtake if you can;t do it safley/quickly and with minimum/no inconvinience to other road users. Its all very well to say the guy in lane one should knock it down, but i’m also seeing that the desperado attempting what he can;t complete should also be answerable, if you can’t do it, and you know you can;t then don;t try it and expect everyone to make allowances for ya.
The last thing i would do is to sit in lane two trying to pass someone and blaming them for me not being able to pass them. Thats plain stupid. But anyway, you like rule 168 !!!
Coffeeholic:
was about half-way past him when he sped up and held me there.
I find switching the left indicator on and starting to slowly move accross often cures that tendency.
makes me laugh your quoting the highway code to me,then your on about putting your indicator on and moving over on the bloke on the inside,very proffesional i must say,not.
you can move over,stick your indicator on, itll just make me more determined than ever to make sure you spend another 2/30 miles looking a ■■■■,intimitate me, ,i really dont think you will
Here’s a comment I received re my above post by PM from a regular poster, reproduced with his full permission:
Apart from physically conflicting with other road users, that’s a sound suggestion and occasionally works for me too: It signals ‘intent’ - which is what many of us would have even if we’re actively being denied it. It also communicates to those following what we’re intending/wishing/wanting to do and often illustrates to them what a muppet the speed-up miscreant is.
Coffeeholic:
was about half-way past him when he sped up and held me there.
I find switching the left indicator on and starting to slowly move accross often cures that tendency.
makes me laugh your quoting the highway code to me,then your on about putting your indicator on and moving over on the bloke on the inside,very proffesional i must say,not.
you can move over,stick your indicator on, itll just make me more determined than ever to make sure you spend another 2/30 miles looking a ■■■■,intimitate me, ,i really dont think you will
Here’s a comment I received re my above post by PM from a regular poster, reproduced with his full permission:
Apart from physically conflicting with other road users, that’s a sound suggestion and occasionally works for me too: It signals ‘intent’ - which is what many of us would have even if we’re actively being denied it. It also communicates to those following what we’re intending/wishing/wanting to do and often illustrates to them what a muppet the speed-up miscreant is.
Why didn’t you just say it’s from your banned chum Rog?
into lane 3. The motorway is dead quiet at this point so no big deal and I’m about 100 metres back waiting for them to sort themselves out. MJD isn’t doing much more than the other two so is also taking an age to get past so we have a wall of trailer doors across the motorway and a car is now behind MJD in lane 3.
Sound the klaxon for an Uncle Albert Language Alert.
Quick glance in the mirror and nowt doing for 800 yards behind me so lane 3 it was. 
