Chasing Down Middle-Lane Hoggers in the UK

"GTO62" (gto62) 09/15/2016 at 23:37 • Filed to: None

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Kind of fun to see how shocked the journalist is by mid-lane hoggers... They should take a detour Stateside to gawk at the fast-lane hoggers...

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For Sweden > GTO62 09/15/2016 at 23:56

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Ugh the lane-hoggers in Lexington are horrible.

bhtooefr > GTO62 09/16/2016 at 00:14

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Heh, Ohio’s on that list as “weak or no law”. Here’s my surprise:

*crickets*

So, the freeway that runs in front of my apartment has these fuckers posted:

Yes, that says through traffic keep left .

As in, you’re supposed to hog the passing lane, so that the travel lane can be used solely for merging.

Yes, really.

Thankfully, that’s not actually how people drive - usually people just get over when there’s someone merging, to let them in.

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > GTO62 09/16/2016 at 00:22

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I live in a hilly area and I think the biggest cause is poor merging conditions.

A) drivers wont hit the peddle to accelerated.

B) trucks end up merging doing only 45

this then mixed in self centered assholes and it just makes it worse.

Svend > GTO62 09/16/2016 at 02:41

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Unfortunately there are still so many people unaware about some British traffic laws, others that are known are cherry picked for the individual convenience of the drivers a lot of the time. Such as:-

‘It’s illegal to speed, but I’m in a hurry’,

‘It’s illegal to use a mobile, but I need to get this message’,

‘It’s illegal to smoke in a company car or with a miner in the car, but I’ve had a long day and need a cigarette’,

‘It’s illegal not to have children under a certain height not in a booster seat, but I couldn’t be bothered to take it out the other car this morning’,

etc...

duurtlang > Svend 09/16/2016 at 04:07

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I do like that the UK is standing up for the lungs of miners. They’ve come from a dark place and have been trampled upon way too much for many decades.

Svend > duurtlang 09/16/2016 at 04:24

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Sorry. I always forget ‘minors’ isn’t spelt miners.

GTO62 > bhtooefr 09/16/2016 at 07:49

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I know a thing or two about Ohio left-lane hoggers, but I’ve driven plenty in Mass. and Illinois, which supposedly have strict laws, and it’s pretty much the same as Ohio. Such laws are generally not enforced, and are also not taught in driving schools in the US, so one just has to undertake the hogger and move forward, with all the slightly increased risks of an accident that entails.

450X_FTW > GTO62 09/16/2016 at 08:07

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This is why I will always be in love with the German style of driving. I go there once or twice a year for work and am nothing short of amazed how in sync drivers are with each other. NO ONE drives in the left lane unless there’s no speed limit and they can haul ass. Otherwise pass on the left, back to the right. repeat.