Does anyone ACTUALLY know why drivers sit in the middle lane with an empty nearside , has anyone ever spoken to a middle lane driver ???
I once travelled with an elderly member of my family, actually my Father

on the UK mainland and he insisted on only using the centre and outside lanes despite nothing being in the inside lane
The explanation was, and I quote 'he once had a puncture on the M1 and while parked on the hardshoulder changing the wheel the police arrived. In conversation with the officer he said he was suprised at getting a puncture on the motorway. Apparently the officer explained that the inside lane often has debris on it from the commercial traffic and he would be better off staying out of the inside lane and sticking to the centre lane.' I kid you not. As this is one of my pet hates on UK roads I have regularly given him sh*t for it but as you would expect he always quotes the officer from the motorway patrol car : :thumbsdown: : Theres nothing I can do or say that will make him mend his way. I said he should get a ticket for obstruction but as he has never even been pulled over and nor has he had another puncture on the motorways he genuinly believes the advice he recieved was good advice and no one is going to change that.
And he still does it to this day, motorway or dual carraigway, and more often than not well under the speed limit.
Please show pity in your responces as it's almost as embarrissing to tell you this as it is to travel any distance with him in the car, unless ofcourse he lets me drive

Then I get the sh*t. :roll: