A bit tenuous this one but bear with me
My car has cruise control. It also has 6 forward gears. I have read somewhere that 63MPH is the most economical speed for such a vehicle. I don't pay for fuel - company car - but the amount of miles I travel and my lazy attitude toward filling up means that when on a motorway, 63 is the speed at which I drive.

So when driving on a 3 lane motorway, I regularly find myself in lane 1 gradually catching upto a truck that is limited to 56(60) MPH.

A casual glance in my mirrors confirms that there are vehicles in lane 2 that are travelling faster than 63MPH. However, lane 3 is completely empty.

when the gap between me and the truck gets down to 100 yards or so, I turn on the indicator and look for a safe opportunity to move into lane 2.

Do the people already in lane 2 move into lane 3? DO. THEY. FUCK.

It must be me, but I swear they slow down so that I cant't pull into lane 2 without first braking and allowing them to pass me.

This fills me with instant rage and I usually drop into 4th gear, and accelerate rapidly in lane 3 just to pull in front of my nemesis.

So for anyone posting about how annoyed they are when someone flies past them and then cuts in front of them, there's a chance it was me. you cunt.
(Frample Tromwibbler climbs an obstacle like old people fuck, Sat 6 Oct 2012, 15:24, 17 replies)

you sound like a terrible combination of both a slow and angry driver.
i hope you crash.
( janet aylia y'all motherfuckers need jesus, Sat 6 Oct 2012, 16:14, closed)

yeah I should probably just do 90+ in lane 3 constantly
Much safer.
(Frample Tromwibbler climbs an obstacle like old people fuck, Sat 6 Oct 2012, 16:27, closed)

Biggest problem on the roads...
So trucks are limited to 60? Except they're not. Some are flat out at 59, some can do 62. So when a 'fast' one wants to overtake, it takes 2 minutes to get past, causing a mile-long queue.

Take off the limiters, let them boot it up to 70 to get past, check the tachographs to make sure they don't do it all the time. Simple.
(Razors, Sat 6 Oct 2012, 17:17, closed)

to be honest, it actually would be much safer than driving at 63mph
then getting rage and swerving into lane 3 only to then cut back across to lane 1 and drive like a blind pensioner some more.
( janet aylia y'all motherfuckers need jesus, Sat 6 Oct 2012, 22:19, closed)

You might want to consider a job that doesn't involve driving as you're clearly shit at it.

( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Sat 6 Oct 2012, 17:19, closed)

Clearly

(Frample Tromwibbler climbs an obstacle like old people fuck, Sat 6 Oct 2012, 17:55, closed)

Glad we agree.
Perhaps shelf stacker. Your inability to judge distances and speeds shouldn't be too much of a handicap.
( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Sat 6 Oct 2012, 18:40, closed)

Or maybe it's you
Have a look at previous postings about lorries grinding slowly past each other. If you want to travel significantly slower than the rest of the traffic in the middle lane it is only courteous to keep your time there to a minimum. at the moment you've just got a bunch of people thinking "Oh god, look at that slow car, he's going to try a geriatric overtake, I'm not going to let him out."
(ubergeekian, Sat 6 Oct 2012, 19:38, closed)

If lane 3 is empty, why cant they move over and continue on their way?

(Frample Tromwibbler climbs an obstacle like old people fuck, Tue 9 Oct 2012, 21:48, closed)

Prick. I hope you don't kill anyone. maybe you should take some more driving lessons? do an advanced motoring course?
(MayorBoris, Sun 7 Oct 2012, 10:10, closed)

I make is sound much more dangerous
Than when I actually do it. That being said, I recognise that I suffer from road rage.
(Frample Tromwibbler climbs an obstacle like old people fuck, Tue 9 Oct 2012, 21:49, closed)

click
I concur wholeheartedly.
(justin(e), Sun 7 Oct 2012, 14:13, closed)

You realise that if you had the vaguest idea how to drive
you could get better fuel efficiency and drive faster? Cruise control is excellent for being lazy or driving half-way across the US on a freeway. It's more or less redundant in the UK and it's a stupid and ineffective way of trying to save fuel.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 9:57, closed)

I disagree

(Frample Tromwibbler climbs an obstacle like old people fuck, Tue 9 Oct 2012, 21:47, closed)

The UK goes up and down a lot.
Cruise control does not understand that. Therefore it wastes large amounts of fuel trying to maintain pace up hills whilst completely failing to take advantage of the downhills.

I personally don't give a flying shite how much fuel anyone uses but claiming you use cruise to improve your fuel economy is an indication of having no idea how the whole thing works.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 10 Oct 2012, 14:34, closed)

I disagree

(Frample Tromwibbler climbs an obstacle like old people fuck, Wed 10 Oct 2012, 17:03, closed)

Or lane 3 is empty, and someone pulls into lane 2 to overtake
And the car that is in lane 2 already and travelling a little faster, instead of moving to lane 3, brakes. WHY?
( parttimedogfish is a Born-Again Reincarnationist, Tue 9 Oct 2012, 14:47, closed)