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'slow' lane/inside lane

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  • 09-01-2009 2:24pm
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    driddler
    Registered Users Posts: 26 ✭


    Do drivers not like to think they are 'slow', ie not using the slow lane, is that why they stay in the outside lane, on a primary road, not on a dual or motorway, ie 'slow' does not mean mentally slow?
    Is it time to change slow lane to inside lane, and outside lane to overtaking lane?


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    Gone Drinking
    Registered Users Posts: 2,809 ✭✭✭Gone Drinking


    driddler wrote: »
    Do drivers not like to think they are 'slow', ie not using the slow lane, is that why they stay in the outside lane, on a primary road, not on a dual or motorway, ie 'slow' does not mean mentally slow?
    Is it time to change slow lane to inside lane, and outside lane to overtaking lane?

    What?


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    preilly79
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    Gone Drinking wrote: »
    What?
    I think what the OP means is that drivers might be afraid to drive in the left-most lane for fear of being considered a 'slow driver'?


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    Mitch Connor
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    How many non dual carraigeways/motorways are two lane?


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    onemorechance
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    Mitch Connor wrote: »
    How many non dual carraigeways/motorways are two lane?

    Not many.


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    Mitch Connor
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    onemorechance wrote: »
    Not many.

    The only ones i can think of are roads the have two lanes to facilitate turning (Dundrum/Churchtown has a few) but they wouldn't be 'slow' and 'fast' lanes regardless.


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    McSpud
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    Mitch Connor wrote: »
    How many non dual carraigeways/motorways are two lane?

    Good few on the old Cashel-Cork N7. I believe Irish signs still call them 'slow lanes' or 'climbing lanes'.

    IMO there is only left & right lane & maybe a middle.


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    driddler
    Registered Users Posts: 26 ✭driddler


    I am not talking about dual carriageways or motorways, I am talking about all other major roads in ireland where there is parts of the road that have an extra lane for overtaking, and clearly marked on the road it says slow lane on the inside lane, ronaldo is the dribbler


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    peasant
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    MOD NOTE
    deleted a few nasty remarks ...give the man a chance, he's only new :D

    Now ...slow lanes / climbing lanes please ...thank you


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    jor el
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    Mitch Connor wrote: »
    The only ones i can think of are roads the have two lanes to facilitate turning (Dundrum/Churchtown has a few) but they wouldn't be 'slow' and 'fast' lanes regardless.

    If you only drive in the cities, you won't see many. But outside, you'll often find climbing lanes, where there is a hill, though only if the road is wide enough to allow three lanes in total. There are hundreds of sections of roads with climbing lanes, all around the country, on pretty much all the national routes.

    You can also find plenty of these new "Experimental 2+1" roadways. Pilltown/Fidown bypass outside Waterford City is one, Cahir bypass, on the Waterford road, is another. And yes, the inside lane should not really be called "Slow". I also believe that some motorists have an aversion to driving in it, in case they get labeled "slow". There's a driving lane, and an overtaking lane, not a slow and fast lane, just like a dual-carriageway or motorway.

    There should be a sign saying "keep left, except when overtaking", but that would be too much to hope for, I suppose.


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