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I may be wrong (memory not what it once was) but wasn't that in the Highway Code back in the 1960s or early 1970s. I have a vague recollection of seeing that type of lane speed limit in some official information (I think the Highway Code but could have been a public information film) when I was learning to drive - 40 years ago. It isn't what the code says now - but at the time there was a shared 'understanding' by police and drivers that 70 mph was the top speed allowed and that was only for overtaking.
If overtaking in the outside lane was supposed to be at no more than 70 mph then by definition drivers in the middle or inside lane should be going slower. Up to 50 mph for the inside lane, up to 60 mph for the middle and up to 70 mph for the outside lane - but that was at a time when many motorways were new and fairly empty and half the cars on the road would struggle to reach the speed limit going downhill with a following wind.
Then again, I could have imagined all of that.
Because I was responding to the bit in Kris's post that I highlighted. About recommended speeds for different motorway lanes. My recollection from a long time ago is that this was similar to guidance/advice in the Highway Code at the time (but not now) or possibly in a public information film. kingbillyboy replied to my post, not to the thread, but ignored the content and context.
I hope this helps.
Really? I quoted Kris's post and highlighted the bit I was responding to whilst kingbillyboy quoted my post and then came out with a comment that was no response at all. If he'd just replied to the thread it would have been a fair comment - as a come-back on my post it wasn't.
Anyway, do you have any recollection of motorway lane speed guidance from the 1970s? Just to whet your appetite, I think Russell Slade might have been studying the Highway Code back then.
If someone is hogging the middle lane with nothing 200 yards in front or behind (apart from you) beep and flash them like feck until they get the message to get into the left lane. Thick kents.
It should be some sort of rule to have a quick 25-30 minute refresher test after a year or two for young drivers or those who are recently passed. The current test obviously doesn't allow learners on the motorway, and many kids I've spoken to don't have a clue why it's wrong to hog the middle lane. "I don't drive in the slow lane" is usually the answer.
Those seen consistently hogging the middle/outside lane (especially so called experienced drivers) should get fined immediately imo.
Don't get me started.
Hardly any car journey goes by now without witnessing at least one unnecessary incident ranging from 'mere' discourtesy or ignorance to full-on lunacy! And quite usually multiple - even in a relatively short run.
I have not become Victor Meldrew. The driving experience has definitely changed. Attitudes have definitely changed. Definitely not for the better!
Ban them!!!! And only allow the smokers to smoke with their dirty smelly cancer sticks with the windows fully up.