Do you make way in the fast lane?

Is it fair to expect someone to make way when they are averaging 120km/h in the fast lane?

  • Yes, always make way for the faster vehicle regardless of speed

    Votes: 353 83.1%

  • No, they are exceeding the speed limit

    Votes: 33 7.8%

  • Other

    Votes: 39 9.2%
  • Total voters
    425
Foxhound5366 said:
Brake checking someone is a fantastic way to have an awkward conversation on the side of the road and a lengthy insurance claim. It’s not worth it. That’s the best case scenario. Worst case is they rear end you and you lose control and get crushed under the 18-wheeler in the next lane.
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Most vehicles I have driven, the brake lights come on, before the vehicle starts braking ... , just touch the pedal, to flash the lights without actively braking ...
 
Zophos said:
So, I have done the following:

Car in right lane doing 90km/h (N1, Malibongwe), about 7 cars behind it. Me doing 120km/hr middle lane. Passed slow driver and moved over to right lane. Took foot off the accelerator, slowly dropping speed. Slow car decides to move over to left lane. Sped up again to 120km/hr and moved over to left to let cars behind me pass.

And I cn confirm, I am..
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I have a saying, if I overtook you on the left, you should not have been in that lane.

I also see how close I can change my lane to the car going 90.

It is usually followed by flashing lights and a oh, maybe I should go left lane by the car going 90.

I am also a d@@s, a reasonable one
 
This never really bothered me until one of my former business partners happily said one night that he had run 3 cars of the road for failing to get out of the way. Only once did the cops show up at his house about an incident, his argument was that he thought the person was trying to hijack him and he was only trying to get away. Not another peep.

There are some crazy people out there, so I rather just get out of their way.
 
ToxicBunny said:
I roll a 20D these days... but its just ever so slightly bigger and more scary than a BMTroubleU

Also I live in Durbs, we don't have a "Fast Lane"... its the "Fsck Everyone else I'm doing 90km/h lane" these days.
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Ja ja, I heard that you went to the 'Rok side...although I can't blame you with those dongas you guys call potholes.
 
PhireSide said:
Ja ja, I heard that you went to the 'Rok side...although I can't blame you with those dongas you guys call potholes.
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Yeah I did... after our last "interaction" with nature and the amazeballs ability of our city leaders to fix anything over a year later, I need a 4x4 to get out of my neighbourhood these days almost.


Though the honest answer to the question posed in the thread, I move out of the way, when I feel it is safe for me to do so and there is enough space next to me... I generally might just be a bit slower at this process than the gti drivers think I should be.
 
DrJohnZoidberg said:
Because most people do it when they shouldn't.

You should only do it if it's clear that the car in front of you is not making any effort to move over when it is clearly safe to do so and was given a reasonable amount of time to do so.
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I only flash people that are sleeping at the wheel.
 
ToxicBunny said:
Yeah I did... after our last "interaction" with nature and the amazeballs ability of our city leaders to fix anything over a year later, I need a 4x4 to get out of my neighbourhood these days almost.
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Such is life, I guess. I went the opposite and traded the platkar for an even platter kar, but my next move will likely have to be something with more ground clearance (but not an SUV). I believe on my car you can shim the subframes a bit to gain 2-3cm without throwing out the steering geometry too much.
 
When I was a youngster, I would tailgate you at 140, so close I could see the inside the whole of the boot, of your hatch, and did not mind playing "chicken" either, was lucky, never had an incident, driving either, E20 Nissan or Toyota Hi-Ace bus, and sometimes a VW kombi, with a Ford 3 liter V6
 
neoprema said:
If i've been coming up behind you at 170kph and you can see that gap closing fast and you still don't move i mean come on... you're wither blind, shouldn't have a license or aren't moving on purpose in which case you're going to get all 1 million watts of Matrix LEDs in your face :)
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If you do that while I'm overtaking, I'll just turn my rearview mirror down and take my foot off the gas. I don't mind being an ******* to an *******.
 
Craig_ said:
I've seen some fancy 320d's over the last few years, specced like an entry level polo. Shockingly so actually. Lowered sports suspension, low profile tyres, then you open the door...
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I hear you but I would prefer a standard e90 320d to a 316i with every option box ticked.

No replacement for diesel torque
 
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