David Damerell wrote:
> Quoting Simon Dean <[email protected]>:
>> David Damerell wrote:
>>> Quoting Simon Dean <[email protected]>:
>>>> Simon Brooke wrote:
>>>>> No, it isn't. Firstly, random accidents are very rare. I know
>>>>> someone whose offside front stub axle sheered while they were
>>>>> in the fast lane of a dual carriageway
>>>> Bull! There's no such thing as a fast lane!
>>> Actually, the term is widely understood.
>> Doesn't matter. It doesn't exist.
>
> Actually, the lane referred to does exist.
>
What lane? the fast lane? Please go to Highwaycode.gov.uk and show me
where it is... It may be a colloquialism and the lane wrongly referred
to as a fast lane does exist, but it is not a fast lane because there is
no such thing as a fast lane.
Do you dispute this?
Government websites don't:
"Practice good lane discipline. ..... and remember that the right hand
lane is not 'the fast lane'."
>> Perhaps the earth is flat? That used to be widely understood too...
>
> That is not an issue of terminology.
Right... so the right hand overtaking lane being wrongly thought of and
used as a fast lane, IS an issue of terminology?
>
>>> There is a risk that its use leads to more aggressive driving,
>> There is a risk that there are people on the road who havent a clue
>> about lane discipline or other rules and regulations on the road.
>
> But of course Simon knows perfectly well what the intended use of the
> fast lane is, so that's irrelevant.
I know so it's irrelevent? What's irrelevent?
It's not a fast lane. Despite people wrongly calling it a fast lane,
it's not a fast lane. Care to point out to me where it says this in the
highway code?
If people get the highway code wrong on lanes, maybe they get other
things wrong? Signs, speed limits, warnings? If it's used for its
intended purpose, why should it lead to more aggressive driving?
You really are a fool aren't you?
>>> Your objection is as ridiculous as that of the chap who objected
>>> to the commonly understood use of "alloy" to mean "aluminium
>>> alloy".
>> Not so. I don't think I've seen references to alloys in the highway
>> code.
>
> Well, no. You probably won't find references to fast lanes in
> materials handbooks, either. So what?
Well... the highway code are a list of rules and regulations and
instructions for driving and driving safely on the road. Correct?
For the nth time, and surely you're not blind, but if people are getting
something as basic as that wrong, perhaps, they're getting other things
wrong?
The objection being that people who aren't aware of the highway code and
wrongly interpreting information could potentially be more dangerous.
Your comparison with Alloy wheels is poor.
