Middle Lane Hogger

[granny grump]

We have just travelled almost 80 miles with a plonker in the middle lane who was travelling at about 65 mph would this annoy you It certainly did me

[Baldric]

If he/she was doing 65mph why did you not overtake?

[Baldric]

Assuming you were on a Motorway of course!

[paddywak]

Not really,I'm sure that in 80 miles I could have found the chance to get by him.

[Obiter]

What a stupid question! The term middle lane suggests there is an outside lane, perfect for overtaking.

[granny grump]

Yes I did but had to keep on doing it as I returned to the inside lane & this slowed down again. I don't like travelling in the outside lane and don't want to hog the middle lane or undertake

[sunny-dave]

GG may have a caravan or other reason for not being able to use lane 3?

[Baldric]

I'm out of here!

[Sipowicz]

Is that a can of worms I can hear being opened?

[granny grump]

It was a genuine question and had no intention of irritating anyone

[Mamyalynne]

I think was is interesting is that the 'Plonker at 65 mph' seemed always to be ahead of you.

So they made decent time on the journey then.

[Mamyalynne]

^ What is interesting...

[Baldric]

I've popped back,
He's doing 65, so you overtake him then go to the Left hand lane and slow down, so he overtakes you, again at 65, so you overtake him then go to the left hand lane and slow down, so he overtakes .... . . . .
if you wanted to drive at less than 65 in the left hand lane, why did you keep overtaking him then slow down, doesn't make sense?

[Obiter]

I was trying to say that, though not in so many words.

[granny grump]

The traffic on the inside lane would then slow me down do need to over take - I'm sorry I mentioned it - good night all

[Obiter]

Get the bus next time.

[Baldric]

Then surely you would have stayed in the middle lane rather than pull back into the noticeably slower left hand one, perhaps he wasn't such a plonker after all?

[EDDIE51]

It is not 'middle lane hogging' if you are passing a constant stream of slower moving traffic in the inside lane. granny grump should have overtaken and then stayed in the middle lane until she was clear of slower traffic in the inside lane before moving back in.
Sorry Granny but it is you that was in the wrong.
The inside lane is often so full of slow moving lorries that it is effectively 'out of bounds' for faster traffic.

[Old_Geezer]

It would be annoying, but as others mentioned, unless your car can only manage 66mph it should have been a short lived annoyance. What intrigues me is others who get het up because they've caught up with someone staying in the middle lane only going 85mph, or similar.

[douglas9401]

Be grateful that you have three lane motorways and not glorified dual carriageways like here in Caledonia.

[Old_Geezer]

Having read the thread now I can see the situation better. It seems you each had different driving styles where one felt it important to return to the left lane at every opportunity whilst the other thought it more prudent to return only when a decent sized gap was available. Other driving styles can be irksome. But in fairness I find those drivers who are clearly trying to be an ass much more annoying.