As we head towards the UK’s motorways for day trips and lengthy breaks, members of the “Middle Lane Owners Club”, oblivious to the inconvenience and danger they are generating by hogging the centre lane on motorways, could face disqualification and an unlimited fine if their ignorance is found to have led to a serious road accident.
And about time too, you’re probably thinking.
It’s not a new law, but leading traffic offence lawyer Nick Freeman (aka Mr Loophole) says he can’t ever remember a prosecution for the plague of lane hogging on UK motorways in an era when the Road Haulage Association says jams and delays costs drivers £968 each a year… More here (you will need Apple News+ or a subscription to The Telegraph).
Disqualification and an unlimited fine are good, but perhaps life imprisonment or execution would be more appropriate? Maybe a bit strong, but boy are they annoying.
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We don’t really talk about that very much. Most of our highways are just two lanes each way for the most part. We just talk about left-lane drivers. I mostly drive at the speed limit nowadays in the right lane – annoyed at the speeders in the left lane. We have take aggressive speeders in Colorado – going 10 or more miles above the limit. The pandemic broke me of being late and speeding and being anxious.
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I think we drive much quicker in the UK and it’s more frantic, and likely aggressive. Three lanes are normal for us, the middle laners do cause big delays.
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