New approach to speeding offences announced

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1385702/100-fines-idiot-drivers-After-years-speed-cameras-penalties-ordinary-motorists-ministers-switch-focus-aggressive-boy-racers.html

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MaFt · Posted: Wed May 11, 2011 9:23 am Post subject:

mikealder · Posted: Wed May 11, 2011 11:24 am Post subject:

Not too impressed with the undertaking idea, they need to get the idiots that hog the middle lane on the motorway, I don't like having to go across three lanes to overtake some inconsiderate moron - Mike

MaFt · Posted: Wed May 11, 2011 11:32 am Post subject:

Darren · Posted: Wed May 11, 2011 2:31 pm Post subject:

And I cannot see this new initiative having any impact on the use of speed cameras for speed enforcement.

So now, instead of a police officer having to consider if there is sufficient evidence to support a careless driving charge, he van instead issue a fixed penalty.

And as we already know, it's nigh on impossible to argue these, it's pay up and shut up. So much for innocent until proven guilty eh?
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Andy_P · Posted: Wed May 11, 2011 2:53 pm Post subject:

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Guivre46 · Posted: Wed May 11, 2011 4:47 pm Post subject:

More ConDem smoke and mirrors. We'll see £100 tickets flying everywhere.
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sussamb · Posted: Wed May 11, 2011 5:02 pm Post subject:

BigPerk · Posted: Wed May 11, 2011 6:50 pm Post subject:

I'm not sure, but I think where undertaking is permitted abroad, it is in areas where it is illegal to change lanes.

What makes me nervous about using this maneauver is that because the lane-hoggers are usually unwary, they are very likely to suddenly decide to move into the left lane without checking or warning, if they suddenly do wake up or feel bullied by someone behind them - uncomfortable if you're alongside. (Many people seem quite unused to using their near-side mirror - in fact, I was once told by an officer that this fact makes surveillance quite easy!)

But some drivers are absolutely b-minded, not just stupid, and knowingly hog the outside lane happy to hold everyone up for as many miles as possible. I have to admit that in those extreme circumstances I do sometimes move right over to the inside lane, which is often less congested anyway, and then undertake AQAP, while there is an empty lane separating us. They don't usually spot me anyway.
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exportman · Posted: Wed May 11, 2011 7:15 pm Post subject:

I thought it was now the law you drive in the right hand lane no matter what Very Happy

Certainly seems to be the way some road users think they should behave

How many vehicle do you see enter a motorway and immediatly go to the outside lane no matter what the traffic is like and equally when the want to exit they go from the right lane across the chevrons into the slip road.

If these drivers are targeted I for one would be very happy

sussamb · Posted: Wed May 11, 2011 7:19 pm Post subject:

theripper · Posted: Wed May 11, 2011 11:16 pm Post subject:

Overtaking on both sides also allowed on Aussie roads as well I believe.

DennisN · Posted: Thu May 12, 2011 1:09 am Post subject:

Centre lane hoggers are a nightmare. I remember hearing one woman driver on the radio saying she deliberately sticks to the middle lane because the inside lane is worn out by lorries.

My preferred treatment of these hoggers would be a large, 40 ton twenty wheeler with a loud horn and a front full of lights. Pity I haven't got one.

However, there's very little likelihood of police action unless they deliberately adopt a policy of hunting for cash - you can't get the staff these days, or in other words, where's the policeman when you want one?
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Andy_P · Posted: Thu May 12, 2011 1:37 pm Post subject:

Isn't this the sort of thing the Highways Agency Traffic Officers were invented for?
I know they have limited powers, but don't they have authority to stop cars and advise them of driving rules such as lane discipline?

Or if not, I'm sure if they just just cruised along behind or beside the lane hogger in one of their HA Landrovers, it would tend to wake them up!

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