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Originally Posted by katex

Problem is most motorways are so congested these days, that it is very rare that you can get a decent gap in the inside lane to make it worth your while before you have to exit into the middle lane to overtake the slower lorries, and then you can't get out because of the middle lane drivers.

I can't see what the problem is if driving a car, you just move out into the outside lane to overtake and back again .. again if you can find a decent stretch to continue at the speed you like to travel .. over 60 m.p.h. of course.

I have a great respect for lorry drivers and understand that they may wish to overtake the slower larger one in front (particularly going down hill) and so easy to spot when they wish to do this and automatically move into outside lane .. so many drivers cannot anticipate this at all.

I am quite bemused, on the rare occasions, you have a good stretch of clear motorway (only on the M65, M40, M54, north M6 during the day,does this rarely happen) by the ones that do hog the middle lane .. came up against one this week travelling around 60, and you have to move out to middle,then outside to overtake .. do not undertake or could find yourself with a police siren up yer backside.

This undertaking issue isn’t really an issue. If you are in the inside lane doing 70 mph, which you are allowed to do, and you come up against someone in the middle lane doing 60 mph you do not have to slow down to match their speed nor do you have to move out to the overtaking lane to pass them and get back into the nearside lane. You just keep on going as you were. No cop will ever pull you for that. And if he did he would have hard time explaining to the Magistrate why he pulled you.

It is only undertaking if you are in the middle lane and come up behind a middle lane hogger and you peel off to the inside lane to overtake and then get back into the middle lane.