Motorway undertake .. ?

[cvntdude]

Do you consider it dangerous on a powerfull bike to undertake slower outside lane cars ... ?

I have my views on the said to follow any comments given ... ta
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[The Tot]

If visibility is good and the offending vehicle is doing less than 70mph in the fast lane, with the middle lane free, then I don't consider it dangerous. It's always good practice to use the left lanes and leave the right lanes purely for overtaking, but some people persistently think it's nice to congest the fast lane... resorting to the rest of us undertaking. Wouldn't be undertaking doing the ton-plus though.
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[cvntdude]

It's around 90 mph, and im concerned with the cages coming back inside on you, and i also think you don't really make up much time, but thats my car mind working, maybe different for bikes ...
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[Kickstart]

Hi

Not comfy most of the time with "undertaking". If there is a clear lane between me an the centre lane owners club member then yes, and only then just pass, rather than scream past.

Too many barely check their mirrors before moving left, let alone look properly.

All the best

Keith
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[cvntdude]

[The Artist]

Tip from cop I know.

Approach from behind fast and make it obvious you want to get past them. If they do not move over to middle lane then flash lights.

If they still don't move well then middle lane is a possibility but pay attention I suppose.

[cvntdude]

[Wolfzx12r]

Highway Code states

268
Do not overtake on the left or move to a lane on your left to overtake. In congested conditions, where adjacent lanes of traffic are moving at similar speeds, traffic in left-hand lanes may sometimes be moving faster than traffic to the right. In these conditions you may keep up with the traffic in your lane even if this means passing traffic in the lane to your right. Do not weave in and out of lanes to overtake.

To me if the car muppets are doing 70mph in the third overtaking lane and you undertake you are breaking the law, not only that if you are on a bike you just give the rest of us a bad name.

[cvntdude]

I can't beleive you have quoted the highway code ... omg.. ffs
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[cajoe]

If I come up behind a car in the fast lane I usually slow down behind it, gives me a chance to get my head together and take a normal breath. Then when they do pull back in I get to drop it into 2nd and rag it up to speed again which is my most enjoyable part of motorway antics.
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[dodger]

I undertake all the time, motorway or not.

It might make me look like a d*ck but then slow cars should not be in the 'fast lane'. We really should take tips from the French and move the fcuk out of the way when someone is going quicker than you...
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[bacon]

i dont consider it that bad, though i understand the inherent risks

if im on a motorway, and someone is going slower than i want to go, il go behind them, if they dont get the hint and move over then ill undertake them happily enough

i find it most satisfying doing it to audi drivers , as they take it personally

[neil.]

Every day on the A13 there are tons of numpties sitting in the middle/outside lanes going slowly (anything between 30 and 50), leaving the inside lane free so I just swan along it, 'passing' huge lines of them. This is even when there are no exits for a few miles.

Edit: People do get done for 'driving without due care and attention' whilst sitting in the middle/outside lanes whilst the inside lane is clear. And what's with this 'fast lane' thing? There is no fast lane, they're overtaking lanes.
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[neil.]

[ReadySalted]

My answer would be the same as somebody (apologies for my ignorance), mentioned after hearing advice from a police officer.
If you want to make progress then just flash your lights and gesture, hopefully they'll move out of the way, or speed up allowing you to continue.
[Just to clarify, I see this as safe driving/ riding, if somebody is in the fast lane travelling at say 60mph]

I don't really agree with undertaking somebody hogging the fast lane, although in certain circumstances it can certainly be justified safely.

What winds me up is when I'm travelling at 70-75 (A perfectly adequate speed) in the fast lane, making steady and hasty progress past the traffic in the centre lane; and somebody comes up behind me flashing their lights telling me to move out of the way, or accellerate for their gain.
Usually I'll increase my speed slightly as not to be the cause of a backlog and potentially an accident. I understand that we all speed at times, and it doesn't bother me if somebody else is speeding, it's up to them. However it does anoy me when they're forcing me to alter my driving to allow them to break the law.

[cvntdude]

I remember slamming on my anchors many times when younger, when some cunts up my ass ...

Not sure i would do that now ...
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[johnsmith222]

[daemonoid]

[daemonoid]

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Personally, I've always considered flashing lights to be a bit rude.
If it's safe to get past, I'll get past, if not I'll wait.

Not that I've found others flashing me much of a problem... possibly a few times in the van or towing, but where possibly I always will pull in generally - unless I know I'm going to get trapped by a queue of cars when I get to the next car in the middle lane in thirty seconds.

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[Kickstart]

[bazza]

[daemonoid]