Police continue crackdown against Trowbridge anti-social drivers (From This Is Wiltshire)

Well done to the Police for tackling this issue that many people see as avoiding 'real crime'. Can i sugest that they then turn their attention to the idiots that hog the middle lane of the motorways or outside lanes of dual carriageways at 40 - 50mph regardless of other road users, that really is anti-social!

The police need to start issuing the drivers of these cars with notices under Section 59 PRA 2002 ('vehicle ASBO'), that will allow the vehicle to be seized if the driver re-offends. Those with no insurance can have the vehicle seized immediately under S165 RTA 1988.

Dummer_Frauenfahrer wrote:
The police need to start issuing the drivers of these cars with notices under Section 59 PRA 2002 ('vehicle ASBO'), that will allow the vehicle to be seized if the driver re-offends. Those with no insurance can have the vehicle seized immediately under S165 RTA 1988.

Enforcing laws? Don't be daft.

Oh, unless your bin lid doesn't close.

yeold6x wrote:
Well done to the Police for tackling this issue that many people see as avoiding 'real crime'. Can i sugest that they then turn their attention to the idiots that hog the middle lane of the motorways or outside lanes of dual carriageways at 40 - 50mph regardless of other road users, that really is anti-social!

Hogging middle lanes of motorways is not antisocial behaviour; it is not contrary or injurious to the interests of society in general. It is simply bad driving.

yeold6x wrote:
Well done to the Police for tackling this issue that many people see as avoiding 'real crime'. Can i sugest that they then turn their attention to the idiots that hog the middle lane of the motorways or outside lanes of dual carriageways at 40 - 50mph regardless of other road users, that really is anti-social!

Took teh words right out of my mouth..

Maybe they could use the money to repair some of the roads also...

OhThisIsFun said: Maybe they could use the money to repair some of the roads also...

"the money"! What money?

Donnyfly followed up a yeold6x comment with
"Hogging middle lanes of motorways is not antisocial behaviour; it is not contrary or injurious to the interests of society in general. It is simply bad driving".

It depends on the circumstances. on a busy motorway if you are not a slow mover or a speeder it is common sense to stay in the middle lane if you need to make any reasonable progress. if you apply the rule of moving into the left lane it wont be many seconds before you need to get out again and that is not always easy. In fact if you did it all the time it would do your nut in.
so it is not bad driving though in some cases it might be, nor are those that do it idiots, although some may be

beetawix wrote:
Donnyfly followed up a yeold6x comment with "Hogging middle lanes of motorways is not antisocial behaviour; it is not contrary or injurious to the interests of society in general. It is simply bad driving". It depends on the circumstances. on a busy motorway if you are not a slow mover or a speeder it is common sense to stay in the middle lane if you need to make any reasonable progress. if you apply the rule of moving into the left lane it wont be many seconds before you need to get out again and that is not always easy. In fact if you did it all the time it would do your nut in. so it is not bad driving though in some cases it might be, nor are those that do it idiots, although some may be

Had to register just to comment on beetawix. You admit to being a middle lane hog, and try to justify it?!? Read the highway code! Specifically code 264: You should always drive in the left-hand lane when the road ahead is clear. If you are overtaking a number of slower-moving vehicles, you should return to the left-hand lane as soon as you are safely past... etc etc. Please take note!

With regards anti-social drivers, are the police unable to impound cars which produce excessive exhaust noise - european directive or something? Ridiculous number of 'sports exhausts' on decidedly unsporty cars in Trow.

*Astronaut* wrote:

beetawix wrote:
Donnyfly followed up a yeold6x comment with "Hogging middle lanes of motorways is not antisocial behaviour; it is not contrary or injurious to the interests of society in general. It is simply bad driving". It depends on the circumstances. on a busy motorway if you are not a slow mover or a speeder it is common sense to stay in the middle lane if you need to make any reasonable progress. if you apply the rule of moving into the left lane it wont be many seconds before you need to get out again and that is not always easy. In fact if you did it all the time it would do your nut in. so it is not bad driving though in some cases it might be, nor are those that do it idiots, although some may be

Had to register just to comment on beetawix. You admit to being a middle lane hog, and try to justify it?!? Read the highway code! Specifically code 264: You should always drive in the left-hand lane when the road ahead is clear. If you are overtaking a number of slower-moving vehicles, you should return to the left-hand lane as soon as you are safely past... etc etc. Please take note!

With regards anti-social drivers, are the police unable to impound cars which produce excessive exhaust noise - european directive or something? Ridiculous number of 'sports exhausts' on decidedly unsporty cars in Trow.

Well done for registering just to comment. Here is your 'registering just to comment' badge

Astronut, i didnt admit to anything.. I will now admit to having driven in the middle lane quite a bit along with thousands of others, though not to being a hog, nor when the road àhead is clear.
Sorry, we are at cross purposes as I understood the topic to be the continuous stream in middle lane

I am fully aware of the code thanks - it doesnt help much in certain conditions. The vast majority of motorway users exceed the speed limit and this appears to be tolerated with only extreme speeds being charged.

Am with you on the chaps who equate unnecessary noise with good car maintenance.

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A sergeant said “We stopped a number of people for driving whilst using their mobile phones, speeding on Bradley Road and adjoining roads, driving without insurance or ignoring the no right turn out of the retail park.


Is the law doing anything about their litter. Whilst they are probably not t he only litterers, there is always a huge amount of rubbish right where the retail park gatherings were parked.

*Astronaut* wrote:

beetawix wrote:
Donnyfly followed up a yeold6x comment with "Hogging middle lanes of motorways is not antisocial behaviour; it is not contrary or injurious to the interests of society in general. It is simply bad driving". It depends on the circumstances. on a busy motorway if you are not a slow mover or a speeder it is common sense to stay in the middle lane if you need to make any reasonable progress. if you apply the rule of moving into the left lane it wont be many seconds before you need to get out again and that is not always easy. In fact if you did it all the time it would do your nut in. so it is not bad driving though in some cases it might be, nor are those that do it idiots, although some may be

Had to register just to comment on beetawix. You admit to being a middle lane hog, and try to justify it?!? Read the highway code! Specifically code 264: You should always drive in the left-hand lane when the road ahead is clear. If you are overtaking a number of slower-moving vehicles, you should return to the left-hand lane as soon as you are safely past... etc etc. Please take note!

With regards anti-social drivers, are the police unable to impound cars which produce excessive exhaust noise - european directive or something? Ridiculous number of 'sports exhausts' on decidedly unsporty cars in Trow.

He's right ya know. Also you might want to get checked for dyslexia.

With regards to the middle lane comment I made earlier I appreciate that it is not always necessary to move over to the left, I was trying to identify the people that join the motorway and then proceed to the middle lane until they exit. These people then sit there even if there is a large gap into which they could safely move. Perhaps it is time to make motorway driving an additional and manditory driving test for all new drivers.. As an Approved Drivng Instructor (ADI) I know that a lot of my collegues agree.

I use the middle lane a lot more often these days, as the inside lane's very uneven from HGV's and doesn't make for a comfortable drive.

I didn't realise Trowbridge had a motorway.