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BMW rant
*rant on*
OK, so as I've got older I've tended not to race around too much or blast up and down the motorway as much, now prefering to keep an eye on te mpg rather than the mph, but there are occassions when the need to be a bit quicker (shall we say) arise. Today was in a bit of a hurry to get home, so why is it that BMW drivers just wont move out of the outside lane of the motorway. OK, so some beemers will be way quicker than me, in which case just off up the road and let me get on with it, but if not, just F******* move over as the big blue D4 in your mirrors wants to come past, and I can get well north of 70 much faster than you think.
*rant off*
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27th Sep 2017 4:53 pm
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unfortunately this is not just a BMW issue... I can't believe the number of people who will hog the middle lane (or lane 3 on the M25 where they have widened to 4 lanes)....
... rather than having the dot matrix displays say don't drive tired, etc why not get everyone to drive on the left, unless overtaking!
27th Sep 2017 6:12 pm
Mogwyth
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Lane hogs are a pain in the particularly when they cause you problems when you are driving within the limits, by far the worse are the 55-60mph in the middle lane ones, however if you are in a hurry and perhaps want to exceed the speed limit its might be seen as bit rich to complain about others breaking the law, because they are stoping you from doing so.==================================
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27th Sep 2017 6:29 pm
Canburne
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andy526rt wrote:
unfortunately this is not just a BMW issue... I can't believe the number of people who will hog the middle lane (or lane 3 on the M25 where they have widened to 4 lanes)....
... rather than having the dot matrix displays say don't drive tired, etc why not get everyone to drive on the left, unless overtaking!
Strangely enough that is what the Highway Code requires......
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27th Sep 2017 6:40 pm
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Try on unrestricted 2 lane Mways in Germany. You're driving along doing the usual 60mph, fast lane clear, boost it up to 75mph to get round a convoy or trucks sitting nose to tail, fast lane still clear so move out. That's when the lunatics doing double my speed come stonking up to my bumper and try and use the force to make you move out of the way, space or not. Sheer madness, almost as bad as Polish motorway drivers and makes the French & Italians look good.
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27th Sep 2017 7:05 pm
Mogwyth
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The Welsh take it as read that the English have, did or will insult them! ==================================
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27th Sep 2017 7:33 pm
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Mogwyth wrote:
The Welsh take it as read that the English have, did or will insult them!
Except I'm a Scot that lived a large slice of my younger days in Cardiff. That and I'm heading to Cardiff this w/end to watch my bruv and MrH do the half marathon.
27th Sep 2017 7:49 pm
Mole734
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It's kinda like we don't teach learner drivers to drive on motorways....
Oh wait a minute we don't!
27th Sep 2017 7:56 pm
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Not sure I'd want the motorways cluttered up with learners, unless you ban them from all bar Lane 1.
27th Sep 2017 7:59 pm
Mogwyth
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DSL wrote:
Mogwyth wrote:
The Welsh take it as read that the English have, did or will insult them!
Except I'm a Scot that lived a large slice of my younger days in Cardiff. That and I'm heading to Cardiff this w/end to watch my bruv and MrH do the half marathon.
In that case I should apologise for the insult but then I am English so the Scots are fair game too. ==================================
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27th Sep 2017 8:00 pm
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