Keeping up with the traffic on motorways....

[d9f1c7]

We've all seen them, doing 45 in the left hand lane forcing all the trucks and coaches to overtake them. Far more dangerous than speeding, is it time to enforce a minimum speed of 60mph on motorway traffic so that they do not impeede the trucks etc.

[EcclesCake]

It is really quite fascinating following these motoring threads and getting into the heads of other drivers.

It reinforces what I was taught, 'assume every other road user is an idiot'.

[shoota]

Joko - If the inside lane is clear, you should use it.
If it has a vehicle every 50yds or so in it then it is OK to stay in the middle lane as long as you are actually overtaking them.
If you argue against that you are wrong and going against the convention that all drivers sign up to when they pass their test.
There is no logical reason to stay in the middle lane if the inside lane is clear.

[joko]

oh shoota... yes thats obvious...the whole point is that the left lane isnt clear!

there'd be no need to weave in and out of lorries and other cars if they werent actually there would there...?!

the point i am making is if the left lane has a lot of traffic, i am not going to keep going in and out of it to get round slower moving vehicles, just to make some speeder happy.
i will just carry on in the middle and pass them all in one go.