[jambutty]

Middle Lane Hoggers - Blasted!
And so they should be. Read and obey the Highway Code.

The Motorway rules of the road are fine as they are. Where it goes wrong is with the motorist who thinks the rules apply to everyone except themselves and they think that they are the greatest drivers that ever lived.

People complain about relatively slow moving HGV’s and taking a couple of miles in the middle lane to overtake another one. Tough! They have as much right to be on the road as the flash impatient drivers.

A thought. If the EuroStar can take HGV’s over to France and Belgium and bring them back why can’t a similar system move HGV’s from major town/city to major town/city in the UK? Now that WOULD empty the motorways. Too simple I guess. But imagine the saving in diesel – a massive reduction in atmospheric pollution. No more tired drivers.

Sorry Gayle but you couldn’t have a minimum speed. If you did everyone could be booked when the traffic slowed to a crawl, which it does quite often these days. Then again what about when conditions are so bad that to go above say 50 mph would be suicidal. You would end up with a mass of ‘if’ rules.

People still blame Dr Beeching for the state of the railways today but all he did was close down unprofitable branch and secondary lines. The real problem was government underfunding and restrictive practices by the various unions and intransigence of management.