GJD wrote:Which law? There's no law that explicitly prohibits it is there? I think martine got it right - if they tried to nobble you for something it would presumably be careless driving so it would be down to jurors' or a magistrate's opinion. Evidence that you'd contravened the highway code might not help your case, but the highway code not accommodating something is not the same as the law not accommodating it.
True - although the two are closely linked in terms of DWDCA.
GJD wrote:The most frequent situation where I find myself passed on the left (imagine just two lanes to keep the example simple) is when I'm a few cars back in the line in lane 2 overtaking a slower vehicle ahead in lane 1. That situation comes up daily on my drive to and from work and seeing someone in L2 move left and use lane 1 to pass, moving back to lane 2 once they're closer to the slow vehicle is not uncommon.
Although I can appreciate the reality is rarely this simple, to me this begs the question: what are you doing there? Why can't you change to L2 later? If you're not part of the solution etc...