Overtaking
Overtake only on the right, unless traffic is travelling in slow moving queues and the traffic queue on your right is travelling more slowly than you are. If you intend to move from a slower lane to a faster lane, adjust your speed first.
It is fact Irish people don't know how to drive on motorways. if someone is in the middle lane and they are going slower than you THEY should move to the left hand lane. You see on the M50 every day someone going 60/70km in the middle lane and there is no one in the lefthand lane.
I tend to use the inside lane and just overtake slower drivers in an outside lane. I keep an eye on them to make sure that they don't suddenly turn in. But I suppose if they did turn in, I would be at fault?
It's probably a lot safer than switching over three or four lanes and switching back again.
If you're in the inside lane and you can pass them without breaking the speed limit then C) relax in the inside land and pass them out.
No doubt. And I accept that it's technically incorrect to pass on the inside but I'm not crossing two lanes to pass some clown who's dawdling in the middle lane. I don't think the Rules scale up well to 3 or 4 lane roads . . in practice lanes 2 and 3 aren't overtaking lanes, they are to soak up volume . . if everyone were to drive in the inside (driving) lane the M50, N7, N4 etc would grind to a halt.Rules of the Road say otherwise and Gardai have been known to pull people over for overtaking on the left.
I think it would be their fault. In any event I always do it swiftly and am prepared to veer into the hard shoulder if they obliviously switch lanes.But I suppose if they did turn in, I would be at fault?
if everyone were to drive in the inside (driving) lane the M50, N7, N4 etc would grind to a halt.I think it would be their fault.
I disagree. If everyone drove in the leftmost lane and moved out to overtake slower vehicles, our motorways would move much more efficiently.
But don't forget the advice from the RSA (in their ads) is that you should never be in the left lane approaching a merge from the left as this impedes cars merging from the left. It's a big problem if you go on the M50 Southbound from the N3, the merge is short but the left lane is always full of trucks who want to go off at the N4 exit.
Lane 1 – You should always use this lane for normal driving. Stay in this lane unless you are overtaking.
Lane 2 – You should only use this lane for overtaking. You must move back to lane 1 once you have finished overtaking and it is safe to do so. You can also move into lane 2 to allow vehicles coming from your left to join the motorway.
Legally & for obvious Safety reasons - ALegally - A ...
Ah yes one of the infamous defences of the knowing law-breaker, the "technically incorrect" defence. Sorry but I think it's irresponsible, illegal and dangerousNo doubt. And I accept that it's technically incorrect to pass on the inside ...
Here we have two more typical defences combined, the "the other guy is an eejit" defence and the "rules don't apply to me" defence.... but I'm not crossing two lanes to pass some clown who's dawdling in the middle lane. ...
Another infamous ploy is the "the rules need changing to suit my behaviour" defence and the "deny the road designers intentions" defence... I don't think the Rules scale up well to 3 or 4 lane roads . . in practice lanes 2 and 3 aren't overtaking lanes, they are to soak up volume . ...
This is "the extrapolation from a false premise" defence where the defendant predicts dire consequences for the general population for ignoring his flawed thinking.... . if everyone were to drive in the inside (driving) lane the M50, N7, N4 etc would grind to a halt....
This is not so much a defence as a "pre-emptive I told you so". The "See I warned ye, but would ye listen to me?" scenario.... I think it would be their fault. ...
This is the known as the "illegally proactive" defence where the defendant has a a get-out plan for his illegal actions based around another illegal action, in this case driving on the hard-shoulder.... In any event I always do it swiftly and am prepared to veer into the hard shoulder if they obliviously switch lanes.
Legally & for obvious Safety reasons - A
So the driver in car "A" is driving along in the left land at 100Kmph, obeying the law, when you start to catch up with a slower moving car "B" (or other mechanically propelled ve-he-kel) in the middle land.
Are you suggesting that driver "A" should cross two lanes in order to pass out car "B" rather than continue to drive along at 100Kmph in the inside lane?
If so then that's just silly and quite dangerous.
It's far more dangerous to pass on the left because the vehicle in lane 2 could pull into lane 1 at any time.
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