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Why Do Motorcyclists Drive Between Lanes 2 and 3?
- Thread starter Murray 17
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SIMMO SAYS
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DarrenFreemansPerm
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I'd imagine there wouldn't be the need to do it if people didn't cruise along in the middle and outside lane whilst leaving the inside lane vacant.
vegster
Sanity Clause
- May 5, 2008
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Indeed, most drivers are unaware that Motorcyclists are allowed to travel at an extra 20 mph more than the speed limit in all conditions and should manoeuvre out of the way accordingly.
DarrenFreemansPerm
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It would seem most drivers fail to understand that if you're not overtaking you should be in the furthest left lane, not driving ignorantly in the middle lane or better still the fast lane, no lets just blame the bikers.
GingerBeerMan
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- Dec 29, 2011
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If all lanes were full then cars from the 3rd lane couldn't pull into the 2nd lane (and vice versa) so it isn't too dangerous. Hardly 'life in their hands' territory. How fast were the lanes of cars moving? More than 40 mph and then it's starting to get dangerous.
Murray 17
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- Jul 6, 2003
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We were getting close to the junction with the A27 so people were beginning to change lanes. I guess we were doing 30-40 mph. For me the acid test is, could you imagine a police motorbike performing the same manoeuvre? If the answer is no, then it is not good road craft.
Garage_Doors
Originally the Swankers
What was the speed of the traffic in lanes 2 & 3?
If less than 30 they were filtering and perfectly legal and encouraged in most countries to reduce congestion.
If above this speed they were idiots.
severnside gull
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They drive between lanes 2 and 3 when there is a central barrier or reservation to prevent them driving on the wrong side of the road. Obvious really 
Garage_Doors
Originally the Swankers
So borderline.
There's an Australian public service video showing how it's the safest way to travel for motorcyclists in slow moving traffic .
It stops them being re ended by other vehicles when traffic slows and not everyone reacts.
As said its activly promoted for safely.
Hillian1
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I shall be sure to use the term "strawberry jam" when I meet the wife and children in anhour of my mate who was killed on his motorbike two weeks ago.
Classy.
Classy.
vegster
Sanity Clause
- May 5, 2008
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Oh I see, so it's car drivers that are causing Motorcyclists to take excessive risks in order to maintain their excess speeds. Thanks for the clarification.
SIMMO SAYS
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They will be strawberry jam on the hard shoulder so who cares
I rode a Yamaha 175 Trail Bike in 1973---first one in Brighton-------so to the two thumbs down posters good luck if you think riding like that is
vegster
Sanity Clause
- May 5, 2008
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I rode a Yamaha 175 Trail Bike in 1973---first one in Brighton-------so to the two thumbs down posters good luck if you think riding like that is
As a youngster I had a TS185 and then moved up to a CB500, I did some incredibly stupid things on the road but grew up fast and stopped doing those things. Some of my acquaintances didn't grow up and so they didn't grow up, end of.
Lincoln Imp
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- Feb 2, 2009
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I'd estimate that the skill and intelligence of one average motorcyclist is equivalent to that of about 40 of the thrusting sales executives who every day swoop across three lanes of the A23 at the very last moment in order to make the A27 exit, pausing only to brake randomly just after they've cut in front of some hapless driver processing straight ahead for central Brighton. We should about them - they're much more likely to kill other people than a motorcyclist is.
Garage_Doors
Originally the Swankers
I rode a Yamaha 175 Trail Bike in 1973---first one in Brighton-------so to the two thumbs down posters good luck if you think riding like that is
Do you think being a learner rider 42 years ago qualifies you on how to tell full licenced motorcyclists how to ride in today's traffic?
Barrel of Fun
Abort, retry, fail
It puzzles me as to why motorists join the second lane whilst driving back to Brighton from the M25. Without fail, the car in front goes to sit in lane two. Why?
