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Rolf
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I said it before and I say it again .... Cape Town drivers :thumbdo:
.... and I live here
.... and I live here
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Read the WELCOME ALL BMWFANATICS post.
To the ahole who cut me off on the n2
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UpNcOmiNg!
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Argh. :argh:
What a twat.
What a twat.
Clownshoe
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yunuso said:
Yes, undertaking (passing on the left) is illegal. I suspect he did not want to move over because there was a car in front of him. And he was leaving a safe distance that you then tried to move into.
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I wonder how many similar posts about aholes there are of me!!
You learn something new everyday. So the ahole was in the right.
Photokid
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dvst8 said:
Why did the OP then need to get into the RH lane?
What usually happens is that there is a truck with traffic behind it 50 m ahead in the LH lane travelling at 60km/h.
Entire RH lane travelling at 90km/h overtaking. OP sees a gap ahead of the 1er because he is in an emergency and takes it.
1er driver is not having it with this bimmer driver(OP) who wants to cut through and not follow in line like the rest of the RH lane.
That's just my assumption. OP could clear it up.
Two wrongs don't make a right, but:
When on the highway: If you are in the right-most lane, and there is room to move to the left and you don't, you are either a bit distracted, deur die kak (it happens), or you are a c*nt.
Sure, there might be a slow moving car 30m ahead of you that you will want to pass, and it's OK, but the minute that you don't see anything else you want to overtake, just move one lane to the left please.
Edit: it doesn't seem like this applies to what happened to OP, but that was my rant for tonight.
When on the highway: If you are in the right-most lane, and there is room to move to the left and you don't, you are either a bit distracted, deur die kak (it happens), or you are a c*nt.
Sure, there might be a slow moving car 30m ahead of you that you will want to pass, and it's OK, but the minute that you don't see anything else you want to overtake, just move one lane to the left please.
Edit: it doesn't seem like this applies to what happened to OP, but that was my rant for tonight.
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Jerez
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Have you guys heard that the new EGO BOOSTING LANES now the left lane- whats with trying to be a car length ahead of the next driver, not allowing another driver whose indicating the right if way, tapping off a bit and just chilling, not tail gating, not flashing drivers in front .... Life's too short guys , just CHILL on the roads.
And YUNUSO, im assuming that you were alerted through the armed response, so why were u trying to act line the main actor and racing to your home.
"Home insurance " my friend "home insurance"
And YUNUSO, im assuming that you were alerted through the armed response, so why were u trying to act line the main actor and racing to your home.
"Home insurance " my friend "home insurance"
Clownshoe
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The reason I jumped on this is because it happens a lot and thus yunuso's description was very familiar. Yunuso... lots of people do this and like you are not aware that they are in the wrong.
So putting myself in the shoes of the Bimmer driver (ahole1). I am driving along faster than any other vehicle on the road and there is a slower car in the right lane. I slow down and remain at a distance that insinuates that I want to get by but still a safe distance. Usually in this is due to a slow truck in the left lane and lots of cars passing it in the right lane. So all is good, I am slightly annoyed that several non-BMWs are using the BMW lane but I will tolerate their insolence for a short period.
Then a car undertakes me and tries to get into the safety gap i have left between me and the car in front. So I neatly close the gap. The guy throws his arms up and waggle my finger "Oh, no you don't". "If I have to wait so do you".
Undertaking is illegal/ considered dangerous driving/ frowned upon in most countries. The keep left pass right is a universal rule. The reason is: when undertaking you are passing vehicles on the side with the least visibility. Lets say Ahole1 had decided to move over to the left, you would have been passing him on his blind side and he would have connected you.
A common thing I see is a truck in the middle lane a car passes legally on the outside and moves over after passing the truck. Someone comes illegally up the inside of the truck and moves right. Now you have two cars moving into the same spot.
I might add that it is legal to undertake if there is a solid line between the lanes. Some offramps have this.
So putting myself in the shoes of the Bimmer driver (ahole1). I am driving along faster than any other vehicle on the road and there is a slower car in the right lane. I slow down and remain at a distance that insinuates that I want to get by but still a safe distance. Usually in this is due to a slow truck in the left lane and lots of cars passing it in the right lane. So all is good, I am slightly annoyed that several non-BMWs are using the BMW lane but I will tolerate their insolence for a short period.
Then a car undertakes me and tries to get into the safety gap i have left between me and the car in front. So I neatly close the gap. The guy throws his arms up and waggle my finger "Oh, no you don't". "If I have to wait so do you".
Undertaking is illegal/ considered dangerous driving/ frowned upon in most countries. The keep left pass right is a universal rule. The reason is: when undertaking you are passing vehicles on the side with the least visibility. Lets say Ahole1 had decided to move over to the left, you would have been passing him on his blind side and he would have connected you.
A common thing I see is a truck in the middle lane a car passes legally on the outside and moves over after passing the truck. Someone comes illegally up the inside of the truck and moves right. Now you have two cars moving into the same spot.
I might add that it is legal to undertake if there is a solid line between the lanes. Some offramps have this.
Real life incidences dont play itself off in exactly the manner described by clownshoe. Life on the street is dynamic & changes constantly because vehicles move & change lanes from left to right from right to left. Drivers make decisions as they experience the dynamic flow/movement at the time. The driver who gave yunuso the finger was deliberate & not (considerate) and that is the point of yunuso's story.
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