Fast Lane Is The New Slow Lane

[manxkiwi]

I've found, by accident really. When you come up behind someone blocking the right lane, move left and slowly accelerate. Surprisingly often the right lane hogger doesn't want you to get past, so they speed up and bugger off. Problem solved, of course this doesn't really work if the motorway is chocka.

[Zedder]

I've found, by accident really. When you come up behind someone blocking the right lane, move left and slowly accelerate. Surprisingly often the right lane hogger doesn't want you to get past, so they speed up and bugger off.

Sadly, that's true.

[HenryDorsetCase]

just cos they slow down doesn't mean you have to

Are you the Humungous?

[pritch]

and to be fair the Ducati has a pathetic, scooter worthy horn, .

They don't fucking laugh at mine. Stebel Nautilus FTW.

[HenryDorsetCase]

They don't fucking laugh at mine. Stebel Nautilus FTW.

I think I have one in the shed. Allan do you want it? it was part of a KB group buy a while back

[5ive]

I spend an hour each day travelling on the Auckland Southern motorway, and when the traffic is freely flowing I've noticed that a lot of drivers will actually decrease speed as they pass another vehicle in the left lane.

So they'll be travelling 100-120 km/h in the right hand lane, all good, no worries, and then decrease their speed as they approach a vehicle in the left lane. Sometimes as low as 90 km/h...

This seems to cause a lot of the right hand lane queues, as once they've passed they'll stay in the right hand lane and speed up again, meaning no one gets to pass them.

I'm not too worried about it though, I spend most of my time in the left lane/s going my own speed, or passing.

[tigertim20]

If you saw my prior response you'd see I referred to him as a "FORMER" cop, so chill out. You a fucken cop too or something?

not a cop, just tired of seeing posts from someone who clearly overestimates the value and worth of their opinions.

Lovely rep comment too, thanks for that

[AllanB]

They don't fucking laugh at mine. Stebel Nautilus FTW.

I had a rowdy one on my Hornet and took it off when trading it but it's a big solid bugger and the Ducati is so compact with no hidden spaces I've found to hide it, Yet.....

Can't have something spoiling the lines of the bike you understand .........

[awayatc]

Hardly a surprise a cop...or ex cop being a hypocrite

Sums it up.....

Have seen cop cars in "fast" lane doing 90 ish the whole stretch while left lane was empty....

[rastuscat]

Sums it up.....

Have seen cop cars in "fast" lane doing 90 ish the whole stretch while left lane was empty....

Remember that 90% of the Police are not road policing. The are just as good or bad as the rest of us, as they are taken from the population.

And even road police can be bad drivers.

[awayatc]

Remember that 90% of the Police are not road policing. The are just as good or bad as the rest of us, as they are taken from the population.

And even road police can be bad drivers.

For which I have complete sympathy and understanding...

But I would expect leniency and understanding from both sides.

And that is where the balance has shifted......

Most traffic cops have zero tolerance for Joe average...
And therefor Joe average has also zero tolerance for cops ,especially if they are not being 100 percent correct themselves. ....


I would be quite happy with a lot less analness all round,
But that seems to go against cop headshed policies.

So it is be and get fucked to you and us all

Oh yes......

Happy new year

[russd7]

For which I have complete sympathy and understanding...

But I would expect leniency and understanding from both sides.

And that is where the balance has shifted......

Most traffic cops have zero tolerance for Joe average...
And therefor Joe average has also zero tolerance for cops ,especially if they are not being 100 percent correct themselves. ....


I would be quite happy with a lot less analness all round,
But that seems to go against cop headshed policies.

So it is be and get fucked to you and us all

Oh yes......

Happy new year

not my experience, been let off way more than ticketed and sometimes for more than i should, just sayin

oh and a happy new year to you too

[awayatc]

Thank god ....
Can only judge from my rather bleak perspective. ...

Years and years and years ago I've met a cop who didn't write a ticket before even leaving their vehicle....

[HenryDorsetCase]

Police have a great sense of humour. So when you get pulled over, have "Fuck tha Police" playing really loudly. Works better in a car, obvs.

But yeah, cops dig that shit, and you will totally get off whatever ticket they were gonna write because you are clearly a top dude with righteous taste in music

[R650R]

Remember that 90% of the Police are not road policing. The are just as good or bad as the rest of us, as they are taken from the population.

And even road police can be bad drivers.

And just like any workplace even the best at their jobs have bad days or errors of judgement....

For starters the recruitment process is wrong anyway as far as getting 'perfect' drivers.... Its all about life experience and communication skills, I don't think they even take people for a driving assessment as part of interview? yet any half decent transport company does. And then you have to be an ordinary cop for two years before becoming a highway patrol... or has that gone too....
But anyway the specialist aspect of the job is telling OTHER people how bad their driving is and the consequences... so really they should be recruiting sales people for the role....
Road policing is a mix of Cold Call direct marketing and Animal control, theres' no bonuses for fuel economy or tyre wear etc.....