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Hogging the outer lanes is only an issue when there are cars behind you.

I was traveling with an advanced driver a few weeks back on the M6 and I questioned his road position in the outside lane whilst the traffic ahead was a few hundered meters away.

The motorway was gently turning to the left and he said that whilst nothing was behind him wanting to overtake, the outside lane gave him a much better view of the road ahead.

....the problem arises when there is traffic behind people hogging the middle / outside lane when they are not overtaking, and have cars waiting to pass - its just lazy, inconsiderate and could be described as driving without due care and attention.

Agree with your entire post but this is the bit I'm on about.

You are effectively making a 3 lane motorway into a 2 lane carriageway. People are overtaking the idiots in the middle lane and impeding your progress or people behind you that want to go faster.

Oh bugger, That's me.

Haha, which bit?

Or all of it?

chavved-up cars, usually base model 1.0 Saxos with shitty tinted windows and a tin can stuck on the exhaust.
Middle lane hogs.
Selfish gits who block the road to go to the cash machine/get fags/whatever. Putting your hazards on doesn't make it OK.
But I dont drive fast, It scares me driving fast, I dont want to get any points. and i dont want to end up dead.

i hate middle lane drivers (98% of the time women!)and people who dont pay attention!

Ah well. That road's infested with them, I asked 'cos I thought if you had got a tug from a copper he might have showed some discretion seeing as it was late at night and the road was quiet, and let you off with a talking to. Problem with those blasted cameras is, there's no leeway.

This is the answer: CLICKY

You run a garage, and you don't know the Highway Code?

I know. Common sense policing is dead.

While I'm on me soapbox:

Tossers in BMWs, Audis and chavmobiles who think use of indicators is optional.
Idiots who park on zig-zags, especially outside schools.
Women in big feck-off 4x4 SUVs which they only use for the school run.
People who turn right at roundabouts from the left lane.

The thing that gets me most nowadays is . . . on a NSL road 2 lanes and a HGV thinks it's a good idea to overtake another HGV, so lane 1 HGV is doing 54mph and lane 2 HGV is doing 54.5 mph and takes about 2 days to get past, then at next junction leaves NSL road.

I agree.

Do you think if the HGV 1 stayed behind HGV 2 for the journey then HGV 1 would save fuel due to lack of wind resistance?

If they're limited to certain speeds, do those drivers literally cruise along with their foot to the floor doing the top speed they can?

I'd love to hear from an HGV driver.

As of 10 mins ago... people who look at you as they pull out in front of you...

Let's get this straight, I need a new NSF headlight and I DID try to collide but you were too quick, ya git.