£100 on the spot fine for careless drivers come into force today

[The Mighty Elvi]

Keep Left!   

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/10246176/New-on-the-spot-fines-for-careless-drivers-come-into-force.html

[Shady Pioneer]

It's about f**king time the police had the power to put these kind of fines and points on people.

There are too many people who drive like dicks and get away with it. I CAN NOT stand people on their mobiles, it's the stupidest f**king thing I see people do. How they think it's ok is beyond me.

Middle lane hoggers and people who cut you up are just as bad. The only people complaining about these changes are the people who know they will get caught.

I look forward to the first nobhead posting on here about how he just received a £100 fine and 3 points for driving like a douche.

[JC]

this is all well and good, but when was the last time you saw a copper on a motorway 

[Shady Pioneer]

this is all well and good, but when was the last time you saw a copper on a motorway 

More reason for them to be on the motorway now with these new fines.

[RandomJord]

this is all well and good, but when was the last time you saw a copper on a motorway 

.*retro*......theres an unmarked R32 on the M6 Toll

[bobbarley]

Around Manchester I can't remember the last time i DIDN'T see a cop on the motorway.  The stretch near my house there are always two parked up.  The middle lane rule is going to be very subjective and hard to enforce I think.

BTW, these two fine-able offences are complete bollocks.

Overtaking and pushing into a queue of traffic
Being in the wrong lane and pushing into a queue on a roundabout

There's nothing wrong with overtaking as long as you've not an idiot about it.  And being in the wrong lane happens, we're all done it, the problem is dicks not letting you in.

[RedHP]

Keep Left!   

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/10246176/New-on-the-spot-fines-for-careless-drivers-come-into-force.html

Audi drivers and White-Van-Men take note 

Red

[Len]

So if you are in the middle lane and all the idiots are lane hogging the outside lane all suddenly brake hard and my way ahead is clear who is in the wrong if I dont brake and "overtake" them in the middle lane.

[RedHP]

So if you are in the middle lane and all the idiots are lane hogging the outside lane all suddenly brake hard and my way ahead is clear who is in the wrong if I dont brake and "overtake" them in the middle lane.

iirc from my driving test days, there are only 2 or 3 occasions where you can overtake vehicles in the outer lane..........

1. If the vehicles in the outer lane are turning (i.e. traffic lights)
2. If the flow in the outer lane is stationary/slowing down (like your example)
3. (Can't remember !!)

These rules may have changed in the past 18 years, however !

Red

[dubber36]

I was under the impression that you were not allowed to "deliberately" undertake. i.e. drive from lane 3 into lane 1 to undertake a lane 2 hogger (and most probably get further up the line in lane 3 at the same time)

If you are in an otherwise empty lane one and there is a car hogging lane 2, I'm pretty sure that you can undertake him as long as you maintain your constant speed. That is far safer than going out into lane 3 then cutting his nose off on your way back to lane 1. (we've all done it)