Overtaking on a slip road

[vwdan]

Off course you do.

You can even drive at 80mph pass them (on your inaccurate car speedo not any other device) and they don't stop you.

Indeed, pretty sure that when they're just travelling they're asked to go slow in the middle or left hand lane to maximise their exposure as traffic goes past.

Can't say I've ever taken any flack for overtaking at reasonable motorway speeds, but I guess it's down to the individual on that particular day.

[TheFaQQer]

What?

As interesting as your reference to undertaking is, I was merely questioning the relevance to the OP overtaking someone.

Your post (and then those subsequent to it), neatly deviated from the topic. I could have used the smile, I suppose.

[SueEllen]

That's why it's an AUTHORITAH! thing. Otherwise they would have done something other than give me an earful.

I've had friends' who have been given earfuls from police for just setting of quickly at traffic lights.

Some crappy looking cars are faster than most people think and vice versa.

[Troll]

Wot about when a 4 lane motorway has the first lane flagged as the exit for the junction in an overhead gantry

All the HGV's have moved over to the second lane to continue on the motorway

The lane markings are the same for all 4 lanes

A: You have to stay at same or lower speed as the traffic in the second lane until the lane turns off
B: Good to undertake after the gantry sign announcing the exit
C: Good to undertake after the lane markings change
D: Stay in the 4th lane and then brake hard and get onto the exit slip with 100ft to spare (aka M25 protocol)

[sasguru]

Wot about when a 4 lane motorway has the first lane flagged as the exit for the junction in an overhead gantry

All the HGV's have moved over to the second lane to continue on the motorway

The lane markings are the same for all 4 lanes

A: You have to stay at same or lower speed as the traffic in the second lane until the lane turns off
B: Good to undertake after the gantry sign announcing the exit
C: Good to undertake after the lane markings change
D: Stay in the 4th lane and then brake hard and get onto the exit slip with 100ft to spare (aka M25 protocol)

C for me. But then I'm a sensible driver.

[BoredBloke]

If the car in front was going so slow then why didn;t they pull thart driver? I hate it when you are stuck behind somebody who seems to think that 45 is the correct speed to join a motorway when the traffic is moving significantly faster!

[TheFaQQer]

C for me. But then I'm a sensible driver.

I've always put you down as a bit of a C.

[pjclarke]

You can even drive at 80mph pass them (on your inaccurate car speedo not any other device) and they don't stop you.

The inaccurate speedo thing (aka you can do 10% over the limit and they won't touch you) is a myth, I'm afraid. It's illegal for a car speedo to under-report the actual speed.

I've just done a Speed Awareness course as alternative to licence points (38 in a 30 zone, before you ask, I missed the limit change sign, thought it I was still in a 40) and this came up. There is no such exemption, one girl on the course was there for getting caught on camera doing 43 in a 40 zone. There is nothing to stop you being done for 31 in a 30 zone, if the plod is feeling mean, and whatever you reckon your speedo says.

The reason the police turn a blind eye to Motorway speeding, up to a point, is statistics. Only 4% of fatal incidents happen on a motorway, which are of course designed to remove as many of the normal hazards of driving as possible. BTW here's something else I learned - the survival rates for pedestrians hit by a car at various speeds:

Hit by a car at 20 mph, 97% will survive

30 mph, 80%.
35 mph, 50%.
40 mph, 10%.

Guess where the police focus their activities?

[MyUserName]

As interesting as your reference to undertaking is, I was merely questioning the relevance to the OP overtaking someone.

Your post (and then those subsequent to it), neatly deviated from the topic. I could have used the smile, I suppose.

I thought my post directly addressed whether the OP's actions were illegal?

Although now rereading it I might have misunderstood. I thought that the OP meant the car he overtook was on the RHS but it might be that he was on the RHS of the other vehicle?

[lilelvis2000]

I once had a guy try to undertake me as I was on the motorway but just before a entry slip where the left had lane became the left hand lane on the motorway. There I am just about to move over left after the slip marking finished..and there is this car behind me wanting to undertake! And get this. the left lane was clear, not a car in sight.

Why?