Trailers
Another minor rant as much as anything but having spent much of Yesterday on the road and knowing we're neither of us good at keeping the beastie under 60 and keep having to ease off when we notice, we were surprised at the number of of people towing dinky trailers, often with top boxes or bikes on the top of a presumably laiden trailer, at speeds well over 60 if not over 70. They obviously don't think the 60 law applies to them!!!
would they be the same ones who think they can tow in lanes 3 & 4 of the motoray network ?
of course.they are
No but there was an avondale in Lane three during the storms around tamworth!!!
No but there was an avondale in Lane three during the storms around tamworth!!!
Funny it was an Avondale that passed me on Friday on the M62 in the THIRD lane 
just past J36 just before the Ouse Bridge, & then came off at Howden one car in front of us ( I can only think he needed a run at it 
) & again on the way back just coming up to Ferry Bridge services. A twin axle travelling at warp factor seven in the outside lane .....
And it's that side of the bridge that the cross winds catch people out as well!!! There were loads of vans coming by us at an alarming rate Saturday and as I've already said we don't exactly hang about. Often the ones driving with no care at all also seem to be the ones with their noses either right down or reaching for the sky and a poor weight match as well. At least tomorrow's trip for the week won't involve anything but people sat behind us all the way to Flamborough!! Oh and swmbo will be stuck behind too as she'll need to take her car for work Friday!!
No but there was an avondale in Lane three during the storms around tamworth!!!
That's not illegal - as we only have two lane motorways round here - and trailers aren't banned from the outside lane of 3-lane dual-carriageway A-roads.
On our very first caravan holiday over 30 years ago using the wife's sister's 10ft glass windowed sprite, we were going south on the M5 near Exeter when a volvo estate came howling past us with a dinky 4ft x 3ft camping trailer jigging and tip toeing behind it at about 80 Mph. then just 15 mins later, we were reduced to a crawl and what did we pass? You guessed it an accident. The volvo had been smacked on the backside by it's dinky trailer doing a "tank slapper". It had swung into both rear quarters of the car almost creating the first Volvo 240 twin cab pick up truck. All I can say is it was lucky that there weren't the usual two kids in the rear facing boot seats!!!!!!
As I understand the highway code and motoring law, trailers and vans of 3500Kgs or trucks are banned from using the lane farthest to the right on any dual track road unless specifically directed to do so.
Trouble is these days people have their heads so far up their ar*e, that they just do what the hell they like and then plead ignorance.
Middle lane hogger is a typical example.
I'd rather drive at 56 to 60 mph with the trailer on, in lane 1 and get there 30 mins later on a 200 mile journey and feel comfortable rather then all tenssed up with road rage afte lane dodging and speeding past everyone and their auntie.
Anyway these days, we all need to watch the pennies on the diesel.
As I understand the highway code and motoring law, trailers and vans of 3500Kgs or trucks are banned from using the lane farthest to the right on any dual track road unless specifically directed to do so.
Highway Code, rule 265 applies to motorways only - there is no equivalent rule on non-motorway dual carriageways.
in addition, goods vehicles 3501kg to 7500kg which are NOT required to have speed limiter are permited to use the outside lane of any motorway.
Cant see the problem,it seems its ok to do 65mph in lane 2 but when people do it in lane 3 everyone turns their nose up.What do people do when they come across lane 2 hoggers travelling at 55mph?I know what i do use lane 3 to over take them for fear of someone running into me for being stuck behind them.
hi Martin,
it doesn't mate, afterall if you can't see the trailer it isn't there so you don't have to worry about it,