Of course, its not a REAL MG!

[T1 Terry]

1 is the lane you are supposed to occupy if you're not overtaking. You are supposed to overtake incrementally in lanes 2, 3 and 4.

However, most car drivers are ill informed and/or stupid and sit in Lane 3.

So, lane one is the gutter side lane, you'd get killed over here if you stayed in that lane, if the daredevil drivers didn't get you, the trucks would.
Lane 2 is where you drive if you just want to get there in one piece.
The traffic island lane by your description Lane 3, is for BMW drivers, emergency vehicles and for proper overtaking where the driver believes speed limit does not apply to them ....

T1 Terry

 

[stevedee]

1 is the lane you are supposed to occupy if you're not overtaking. You are supposed to overtake incrementally in lanes 2, 3 and 4.

However, most car drivers are ill informed and/or stupid and sit in Lane 3.

ALL lanes on a motorway are there to be used.

My #1 & #2 categories for dangerous & idiotic drivers on M-ways are; 1) those overtaking on the inside (its illegal), 2) those automatically pulling into the lane I occupy when they are just a couple of car lengths ahead of me, violating my safe braking zone. At 70mph I need AT LEAST 7 car lengths!

#3 M-way idiots are those who automatically pull into the lane I occupy after overtaking me, when they have no one behind them! Why do they do that? 30 seconds later they pull out again to overtake the next car. This is the bad practice of weaving.

Use M-ways sensibly. Use all lanes, don't try to all occupy the nearside lane, its unnecessary & dangerous. Don't weave in & out of lanes. Don't watch porn, unless you are sitting on the 'hard shoulder' (that's obviously what its for!).

 

[T1 Terry]

I'm guessing your motorways don't have no stopping signs at regular intervals and short break down sections with an extra lane close to the emergency phone

Stop on the side of an Australia freeway is a guaranteed way to cause an accident ..... with every chance you will be the first one at the scene .....

T1 Terry

 

[TimothyN]

The definition of a motorway includes no stopping except in an emergency.

Historically, we had an extra lane called the hard shoulder for stopping in an emergency (and to allow the passage of emergency vehicles if traffic is stationary), but some brilliant politicians decided that it was cheaper to redesignate these lanes as available to traffic on many motorways (which, ironically, were called "smart motorways").

Then people started dying for want of the hard shoulder and now there is a move back to having them.

 

[Everest]

ALL lanes on a motorway are there to be used.
...
Use M-ways sensibly. Use all lanes, don't try to all occupy the nearside lane, its unnecessary & dangerous.

^^^ is incorrect. Guess someone has forgotten Highway Code Rule 264

 

[T1 Terry]

The definition of a motorway includes no stopping except in an emergency.

Historically, we had an extra lane called the hard shoulder for stopping in an emergency (and to allow the passage of emergency vehicles if traffic is stationary), but some brilliant politicians decided that it was cheaper to redesignate these lanes as available to traffic on many motorways (which, ironically, were called "smart motorways").

Then people started dying for want of the hard shoulder and now there is a move back to having them.

In Australia, freeways use every scrap of prepared road base for driving on, emergency vehicle have X roads every so often to cross to the other side and scoot up along them. There are overhead Dot Matrix signs that sort of spell out with words and pictures what is up ahead. If there is an accident the speed is reduced 20kph at a time 5km before the accident site and that progressively moves back as the traffic comes to a stop.
If emergency vehicles need to use the centre lane, the traffic in both directions is shunted over into the other lanes ..... if the police catch anyone ignoring those directives, immediate licence suspended and likely a trip to the cells to wait for what the magistrate decides.

They have very good truck and car recovery crews that clear the road very quickly once the ambulance has departed with the last of the victims and the police have taken their photos and drone footage ...... some of these are massive truck carnage and sometimes, cars involved as well, that never works out well ....

T1 Terry

 

[T1 Terry]

^^^ is incorrect. Guess someone has forgotten Highway Code Rule 264

No writing inside the rule book covers?

T1 Terry

 

[TimothyN]

No writing inside the rule book covers?

T1 Terry

Are you saying the Highway Code is wrong or open to misinterpretation?

The trouble is that most M25 users think the same, which is why they (stupidly, in my opinion) drive in Lane 3 and why people are tempted to drive past them in the entirely empty Lanes 1 & 2.

We need fixed penalties for Inconsiderate Driving imposed on these Lane 3 drivers, then we wouldn't need more and more lanes, as we would use the ones we have properly.

 

[T1 Terry]

Are you saying the Highway Code is wrong or open to misinterpretation?

The trouble is that most M25 users think the same, which is why they (stupidly, in my opinion) drive in Lane 3 and why people are tempted to drive past them in the entirely empty Lanes 1 & 2.

We need fixed penalties for Inconsiderate Driving imposed on these Lane 3 drivers, then we wouldn't need more and more lanes, as we would use the ones we have properly.

No idea what your Highway Code is, but over here, if you are in the overtaking lane but not actually overtaking or about to overtake someone, cameras take a photo and send you in the mail, a revenue collection notice and how many points you just lost. This goes to the registered owner, from there, you can try to convince them you weren't the operator of the vehicle at that time .... if you weren't and can give licence details of who you think was driving, they will check the facial recognition between your licence photo and the driver's image in the offence photo, if it shows you were recognised as the driver, they send you a polite, are you sure you weren't the driver with the image from your licence and the offence photo .... at least giving you a chance to say you were mistaken and pay up, or if the image from the licence holder you claimed was driving doesn't match the image of the driver in the offence photo ..... you get a sort of "BRRRR, try again" notice ....

A judge actually went to jail for trying to pull a stunt about a female from overseas was driving, not him ...... they take their revenue and points collection very seriously over here

T1 Terry