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...at least if my journey back from the Lakes on the M6 yesterday is anything to go by.
Went up to the Lakes on the bike over the weekend (stayed at the Patterdale Hotel on the southern end of Ullswater fwiw) and had a great time. Only one wet day out of the three we were there, so can't even complain about the weather
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Coming back yesterday, we left at about 10am, headed up to Penrith and then rode the A6 over Shap to Kendal in brilliant sunshine. Life's good sometimes.
Then we picked up the M6 for the haul south. What a fiasco. Lane three full of tailgating tin boxes, mostly due to lane two being populated by morons who insist on using that lane when lane one is almost totally devoid of traffic. When will they actually learn to drive???? These people reduce the capacity of our roads by huge margins and yet we do absolutely nothing about them. The most spectacular display of this incompetence was on the M6 Toll which, despite being nearly empty, was reduced to one lane for all traffic that wanted to travel at > 60-65mph by the imbeciles at approximately half-mile intervals who seem completely oblivious to the fact that their hogging of the middle lane causes faster traffic to traverse from lane one to lane three and then back to lane one to overtake them
Never mind overtaking on the inside being a 3-point offence, I'd give anyone who uses lane 2 or 3 unless overtaking six points and a mandatory Driving Improvement Course.
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Ahh... I feel better now
Went up to the Lakes on the bike over the weekend (stayed at the Patterdale Hotel on the southern end of Ullswater fwiw) and had a great time. Only one wet day out of the three we were there, so can't even complain about the weather
[Rant Mode]
Coming back yesterday, we left at about 10am, headed up to Penrith and then rode the A6 over Shap to Kendal in brilliant sunshine. Life's good sometimes.
Then we picked up the M6 for the haul south. What a fiasco. Lane three full of tailgating tin boxes, mostly due to lane two being populated by morons who insist on using that lane when lane one is almost totally devoid of traffic. When will they actually learn to drive???? These people reduce the capacity of our roads by huge margins and yet we do absolutely nothing about them. The most spectacular display of this incompetence was on the M6 Toll which, despite being nearly empty, was reduced to one lane for all traffic that wanted to travel at > 60-65mph by the imbeciles at approximately half-mile intervals who seem completely oblivious to the fact that their hogging of the middle lane causes faster traffic to traverse from lane one to lane three and then back to lane one to overtake them
Never mind overtaking on the inside being a 3-point offence, I'd give anyone who uses lane 2 or 3 unless overtaking six points and a mandatory Driving Improvement Course.
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Ahh... I feel better now