K27:
jakethesnake:
I strongly suspect it’s because cars don’t like being forced down to 56 ish when they can do 70.
.not when they tootle along doing 50 or 53. One company I was at,trucks were maxed to 50…and when gradually approaching a car in lane one doing 45 and I get the opportunity to go into lane two,the car driver decides to match my speed
I can’t comment from driving a truck recently but have recently driven twice from the south to north UK in a van and trailer and the majority of cars were in lanes two and three doing 70+ I am afraid some of the worst driving came from trucks, changing lanes with very little prior warning and travelling far too close to the vehicles in front. Some look like if they put a signal on they expect to come out or be let out. I found my self constantly breaking the speed limit just to get away from the mayhem. I know they don’t all do this but far too many do.
It worries me the way drivers drive so close together, all bunched up leaving no room for error. the A1M seemed particularly bad for this. I just wonder if it’s complacency, driving like this day to day and not realising the danger they put themselves and others in? Just a big pile up waiting to happen.