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jjsaul:
Going back to the middle lane theme...its even more frustrating if you are towing, and someone is sat in the middle lane at say 55mph...nothing in lane 1 or 3.

Do you
a) go up the inside
b) sit behind em flashing your lights etc til they move over
c) use the outside lane

given that b could be viewed as aggressive driving and c is illegal, a seems the most logical.

i was always under the impression that you can stay in the inside lane and go up the inside of someone providing you are within the speed limit and didnt move in to their inside from another lane.
you would be simply following the rules of driving on the left...

Range Rover Blues:

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Hi Rob, I'm not bashing young drivers in particular, my views of further training apply equally to newly qualified drivers of all ages. :)
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I think it's about time most licence holders had to bring their driving up to the standard of a newly qualified driver.  THAT would be a good start.

CaptainColourful:

--- Quote from: "littlepow" ---May be they should start to use the motorbike principle. A basic test to get restricted access to the roads, then a more advanced to remove restrictions once you have passed a certain age.

For driving Instructors, do they cover dual carriageways and motorways in driver training and testing?

Didn't when I did mine, but then my examiner got lost and I had to give him directions back to the test center! :lol:
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Learners ( cars and bikes) are not allowed on motorways even under instruction.

 When I was teaching, I offered a free motorway hour  after they had passed their test (usually persuaded them to book at least an hour extra too) Fast dual-carriageways were often used pre-test but real motorways somehow frightened newly qualified drivers and they end up avoiding them as much as possible.

As far as I know, nobody else in the area offered this free tuition, but I felt it was at least a start for new drivers to get a taste of them. I had already made a profit on the lessons, so for the sake of one hour I thought it was a good selling point for my driving school.

I do wonder how new drivers in remote areas manage though... some people don't have a local motorway and end up driving on them for the first time miles from home in a strange place on strange potentially dangerous roads. Scary !

Range Rover Blues:
They say that's why you can tell drivers who are from Hull (or Norfolk for that matter) as they don't know which lane to be in on their way, well anywhere that's not Hull really :lol:

These days motorway driving is one of the six module on the pass pluss course.  Problem is most pupils don't want to pay for any more tuition unless it will save them money on their car insurance.  I only had a couple of pupils who's parents made them take it regardless.

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