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I think he's saying that people don't expect cars to be undertaking them, regardless of their speed. So if you undertake them and they then pull in to the lane, you will get hit.
Speaking of undertaking MLM's how many clockwise orbits have you managed before they cotton on? So we are clear that's:
1) Undertake
2) Move to lane 3 and allow them to undertake you
3) Move back into lane 1 and undertake them again
That counts as one orbit. Best I've managed clockwise is one orbit. Going anti-clock is too easy. 10 orbits plus easily achievable.
Tell me I'm not the only one playing this game?
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1) Undertake
2) Move to lane 3 and allow them to undertake you
3) Move back into lane 1 and undertake them again
That counts as one orbit. Best I've managed clockwise is one orbit. Going anti-clock is too easy. 10 orbits plus easily achievable.
Tell me I'm not the only one playing this game?
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Haha but undertaking to over take a lane hogger means that I'm probably going way faster than them to orbit me
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The orbit game only works if you're driving at a slow pace. I always play on a Sunday evening when driving back from Kent to Reading on the M25. Keeps me entertained and alert whilst doing boring motorway miles.
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that by undertaking you are breaking the law and wouldn't have a leg to stand on if they hit you...
Rule 267
Do not overtake unless you are sure it is safe and legal to do so. Overtake only on the right. You should
- check your mirrors
- take time to judge the speeds correctly
- make sure that the lane you will be joining is sufficiently clear ahead and behind
- take a quick sideways glance into the blind spot area to verify the position of a vehicle that may have disappeared from your view in the mirror
- remember that traffic may be coming up behind you very quickly. Check all your mirrors carefully. Look out for motorcyclists. When it is safe to do so, signal in plenty of time, then move out
- ensure you do not cut in on the vehicle you have overtaken
- be especially careful at night and in poor visibility when it is harder to judge speed and distance.
Do not overtake on the left or move to a lane on your left to overtake. In congested conditions, where adjacent lanes of traffic are moving at similar speeds, traffic in left-hand lanes may sometimes be moving faster than traffic to the right. In these conditions you may keep up with the traffic in your lane even if this means passing traffic in the lane to your right. Do not weave in and out of lanes to overtake.
Personally I regard my safety and that of my passengers higher in my list of priorities than my ability to get from A to B quickly
At the end of the day other drivers cause annoyance, be it tailgating, undertaking, talking on the phone, indicating to go round corners - but I prefer to maintain a good driving standard by not letting other's bad behaviour affect my own - i work in an area where the majority of road users probably didn't even take a UK test, so it's best to concentrate on keeping myself out of trouble than adding to it
Fair play. But if I can I would move right over as far as I can
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*sigh*...OK I'm out..if you can't grasp the fact that making spurious correlations between two irrelevant factors and suggesting causation is both foolish and incredibly flawed logic, then I don't think there is much point in discussing this further with you....
In other news..increased cheese consumption means you are more likely to die by becoming tangled in your bedsheets....Don't say I didn't warn you....
Bye.
What a rather odd thing to say. Why wouldn't I have a licence? Had no issues in the past 10+ years of driving.
Think some of these lot have been. The brains certainly turned to mush in some of them.
Yeah, totally. We need a lot of unmarked police on the motorways to enforce this kind of business.
Haha, that is so accurate regarding the 'stupido/cretino' routine. This often happens with a companion of mine over there. It's usually a bit more 'tasty' than that shall we say... Anything seems to be a challenge for them, which they embrace full on. Here, they just give up and get angry.
On the flip I've been caught speeding and let off because I was only endangering myself (empty road) - this is where the Germans get it right, no speed limit, but if you drive like an idiot (tailgating/weaving) then you get slammed by the police
Germany is a brilliant country. Laws are well thought out.
Even got a better green city policy
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I get tailgated all the time on the 7 mile 60mph B-Road to work! One time some pensioner in a fiesta tailgated me, I came to a sharp bend that required 3rd gear and speed drop to 20-30mph, Once around the corner I floored it up to 70mph and the old man behind me did the same!!!!! He floored it and sat up right behind me again! Crazy!
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Ah no worries, lol.Oops, apologies mate didn't mean you at all, I was also posting on the S3 'undertaking' thread and it seems I've got my replies/threads mixed up.
Sorry once again, in my defence I'd had a couple of malts!!!
These are the middle aged incompetents I talked about in my OP. I know exactly what you mean.
Brilliant isn't it. Lead by example, right? If the police can't even get it right, what hope have we got for anyone with no brain cells that look to the police for a decent example of driving.
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Yes you do apparently unless congested conditions or the car is turning right which on a motorway doesn't factor in,I go european and undertake
I get tailgated... until my exhaust blows a load of soot and god knows what in the car's direction 
I get tailgated... until my exhaust blows a load of soot and god knows what in the car's direction
I do miss having a remapped car that could store soot in the back boxes
