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On Thu, 27 May 2004 21:45:29 +0100, "Matzi"
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Just as a pint of professional interst..

Make that two pints of professional interst and a special pleading
shandy, if you would...


Witha quick "In excess of the speed limit" chaser

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(The poster formerly known as Skodapilot)
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On Wed, 26 May 2004 23:30:39 UTC, (SteveH)
wrote:

: Please point to the law / section of the Highway Code that outlaws
: 'undertaking'.

Paragraph 242: Do not overtake on the left or move to a lane on your
left to overtake.

Have a nice day,

Ian

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Ian Johnston wrote:

On Wed, 26 May 2004 23:30:39 UTC, (SteveH)
wrote:

: Please point to the law / section of the Highway Code that outlaws
: 'undertaking'.

Paragraph 242: Do not overtake on the left or move to a lane on your
left to overtake.

The Highway Code isn't the law.

--
Ben Blaney

Ian Johnston wrote:

On Wed, 26 May 2004 23:30:39 UTC, (SteveH)
wrote:

: Please point to the law / section of the Highway Code that outlaws
: 'undertaking'.

Paragraph 242: Do not overtake on the left or move to a lane on your
left to overtake.

That's the bit that stops people weaving in and out of traffic
overtaking on both sides.

However, if you're maintaining a constant speed in the empty left hand
lane of a motorway / dual carriageway, moving faster than the traffic in
the right hand / middle lanes, then you won't get booked for it.


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For Newsgroups, Gravity and Free Agent are both known to be good. For
email I use PocoMail (which I paid for, but a trivial sum); other
contenders include Eudora and the mail component of Mozilla (which of
course also does news). Others will have more recommendations (count
on it!), I use Agent and PocoMail, both paid for and both worth every
penny IMO.


Have a look at Mozilla Thunderbird if you want one package for both.

I use Thunderbird for Mail, and gravity for Usenet, but only because I
was using gravity long before I ousted OE for Thunderbird.
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Carl Robson
(The poster formerly known as Skodapilot)
http://www.bouncing-czechs.com

Ian Johnston wrote:
On Wed, 26 May 2004 23:30:39 UTC, (SteveH)
wrote:

Please point to the law / section of the Highway Code that outlaws
'undertaking'.

Paragraph 242: Do not overtake on the left or move to a lane on your
left to overtake.

Have a nice day,

Ian

Don't forget the rest of that paragraph which allows undertaking in specific
conditions:

"In congested conditions, where adjacent lanes of traffic are moving at
similar speeds, traffic in left-hand lanes may sometimes be moving faster than
traffic to the right. In these conditions you may keep up with the traffic in
your lane even if this means passing traffic in the lane to your right."

Interestingly the use of the magic MUST NOT wording is missing so presumably
Para 242 is advisory and not reflecting a legal requirement. As I understand
it the offence of nearside overtaking was removed many years ago and currently
the offences of careless or worse driving are used. Must go and rummage in
the law books to check.

Tony

On Mon, 31 May 2004 15:38:06 UTC, Ben Blaney
wrote:

: Ian Johnston wrote:
:
: On Wed, 26 May 2004 23:30:39 UTC, (SteveH)
: wrote:
:
: : Please point to the law / section of the Highway Code that outlaws
: : 'undertaking'.
:
: Paragraph 242: Do not overtake on the left or move to a lane on your
: left to overtake.
:
: The Highway Code isn't the law.

Good boy.

He asked for a law or a section of the Highway Code. I gave him a
section of the Highway Code.

Now we're all happy,

Ian

Ian Johnston wrote:

On Mon, 31 May 2004 15:38:06 UTC, Ben Blaney
wrote:

: Ian Johnston wrote:
:
: On Wed, 26 May 2004 23:30:39 UTC, (SteveH)
: wrote:
:
: : Please point to the law / section of the Highway Code that outlaws

^^^^^^^
: : 'undertaking'.
:
: Paragraph 242: Do not overtake on the left or move to a lane on your
: left to overtake.
:
: The Highway Code isn't the law.

Good boy.

He asked for a law or a section of the Highway Code. I gave him a
section of the Highway Code.

That's what I'm saying. The Highway Code doesn't "outlaw".

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Ben Blaney

On Mon, 31 May 2004 20:16:12 UTC, Ben Blaney
wrote:

: That's what I'm saying. The Highway Code doesn't "outlaw".

Whatever.

Ian
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In article ,
"Just zis Guy, you know?" wrote:
I always talk to the
riders as I approach (another advantage of not being in a tin box!)

Same here. I find "Get off the fooking road and use a bridle path" works
best.

It's going to be a close thing for post of the year this year, I reckon!