If I am in the inside or middle lane and the traffic or cars in the outer lanes are going slower, I continue on (undertake).
What I don’t do is move from behind slow traffic to undertake it .........
Taken this approach for 30 odd years and never been stopped, although technically is probably illegal, I would like to think they would go for those asleep in the other lanes first !
BMWs are in the 4th lane within 500m of the slip road , you've more chance of them indicating than boycotting the bmw lane
Indicators are an optional extra on Beemers.....BMWs are in the 4th lane within 500m of the slip road , you've more chance of them indicating than boycotting the bmw lane
They know they're not worthy enough to be in your lane so get out of the way, plus you might be a copperThe thing that always baffles me is why anyone is in the other 3 lanes when they see my BMW in the 4th one.
That’s putting it mildly!! It’s an unbelievably bad idea.. what the f@ck were they thinking!Have to say, they seem very bad to me
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That’s putting it mildly!! It’s an unbelievably bad idea.. what the f@ck were they thinking!
First hand experience of how dangerous smart motorways are
Approaching J15 SB M6 in the motorhome, signs read, report of stranded vehicle , nothing else , could be a mile away but I move to lane 2 , as we pass the junction the truck in front returns to lane 1
It's a LH bend after the junction , trucker needs an eye test , experience has taught me not to sit alongside an artic , that experience probably saved my life because 10 seconds after returning to lane 1 he swerved round a stopped car
Missed it by inches , i'm amazed he didnt hit it ,had I overtaken him he'd have taken me out
The smart motorways really are not fit for purpose, the guy who'd broken down was walking back to his car quite a way from it so it must've been there for at least 10 minutes and STILL no red X closed lane
At least you've got a chance of getting out of your car alive with a hard shoulder , there are long sections of smart motorway where it's a metal barrier then a fence , the disabled have no chance as they're unlikely to be able to exit the passenger doorSupposedly, the whole length of a smart motorway is monitored by cameras, and either automated systems or humans are meant to detect an incident immediately. But in practice it is (under)staffed by minimum-wage people working double-shifts to make end meet, so they are not exactly as attentive as air traffic controllers. And even if they did spot incidents, people would still miss or ignore the warnings. Also the number of inaccurate warnings and false alarms cause drivers to be sceptical about any warnings that are given.
Basically if you are stopped anywhere on the motorway (to be fair, the normal hard shoulder is incredibly dangerous too), just run away from your car up the embankment as fast as you can!
If you are driving along a motorway, expect almost any hazard to appear instantaneously. I was driving my first ever Maserati home from the dealer in Scunthorpe when a car directly in front of me in lane 3 swerved very suddenly into lane 2. Right in my path was a television aerial that had, presumably, fallen off a pick-up truck or something. Fortunately, I had left enough of a gap to see it and drive round it, but it was a bit of a drama for my first day in a 'new' and 'huge' QPV, rather than the very familiar little Jaguar X-type I had been driving for 5 years.
That’s putting it mildly!! It’s an unbelievably bad idea.. what the f@ck were they thinking!
But even if they had put the red cross on too many numpties still drive in that lane and don't stop, maybe the rules have changed but I thought a red cross above a lane meant stop
Correct. A red cross across all lanes means STOP at the sign - motorway closed effectively. Normally after the catastrophe has already happened !!I think it means "don't use this lane".