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entwisi · 13-10-2006, 11:31

Technically there is no law against 'undertaking'. at worst plod could do you for dangerous driving but they would have to prove what you did was 'dangerous' i.e. if you went past the offending vehicle at a reasonable speed in the left most lane then it quite simply wouldn't stand up in court.

As someone who spends at least 2 hours a day on motorways, teh standard of driving I see is horrendeous. The main reasons are twofold. 1) there is NO motorway training involved in passing your test. This alone is madness. 2) there has over the last 2 years been a massive drop in the number of Police vehicles on the motorways, instead we have speed cameras and the highway agency bods(who cannot do you for any driving offence) so all this bad driving quite simply goes unpunished.

To Kisser, your behaviour is tantamount to road rage and would be frowned upon most seriously by plod if they saw you doing it. I'd chill out and just get on with your own journey if I was you.

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entwisi God Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Up Bash Posts: 7,827 Blog Entries: 3 Liked: 44 times Rep Power: 4390	Re: under-taking on the motorway... Technically there is no law against 'undertaking'. at worst plod could do you for dangerous driving but they would have to prove what you did was 'dangerous' i.e. if you went past the offending vehicle at a reasonable speed in the left most lane then it quite simply wouldn't stand up in court. As someone who spends at least 2 hours a day on motorways, teh standard of driving I see is horrendeous. The main reasons are twofold. 1) there is NO motorway training involved in passing your test. This alone is madness. 2) there has over the last 2 years been a massive drop in the number of Police vehicles on the motorways, instead we have speed cameras and the highway agency bods(who cannot do you for any driving offence) so all this bad driving quite simply goes unpunished. To Kisser, your behaviour is tantamount to road rage and would be frowned upon most seriously by plod if they saw you doing it. I'd chill out and just get on with your own journey if I was you. __________________ Ian Technical God, No 1 Geek And Linux Guru Have you seen my Flickr pictures? Last edited by entwisi; 13-10-2006 at 11:33.