The question has to be, How many drivers on motorways today, have been "Professionally" taught to drive on them; and not by some relative / friend who thinks "I have been driving on motorways for years, so I know what I do is right". For all they know, the could have been doing things wrong for years; without knowing it. Only the HGV drivers, Emergency vehicle drivers; and those who have taken advanced driving courses will know the "Motorway Driving Craft". I still hear and see terms like slow lane, trucks only lane, fast lane and cruise lane being spoken, and written in press reports. I see people braking, while still in lane one; rather than when they are fully in the off slip deceleration lane section. People in the acceleration lane, who just put their indicator on and move right; thinking that an indicator gives them the legal right to move. And the "Left Turn" people, who are in lane three when they pass the 100 countdown board; and virtually turn left to exit the motorway. But most of all, the maddening Centre Lane Owners Club. CLOCs.
Motorway driving should be part of the driving test, and taken within the two years after a provisional full licence is issued. I.M.O.

MK

There are so many brainless mad drivers on the road these days i'm sure if they had to re take their driving test based on how they drive they would fail.

Yet another major accident just past an acceleration lane. Truck weights have increased but none of these acceleration lanes have been increased in length, add a bit of fog and it's a recipe for disaster as slow trucks enter the nearside lane.

Fog ! How many accidents were there today? The day is approaching when all vehicles will be fitted with satellite linked governors. Speed will be restricted by remote, when traffic or weather conditions dictate. Very big brother maybe, but should be interesting...... 20+ tonnes travelling at 56mph is too fast. Sensors should be fitted to stop tailgating There should be a 40 mph limit on HGV's, and no overtaking, with statutory driving bans for texting, sat nav, and map reading whilst moving..

to all the clever dicks that have responded to my first post ,i never said that i hogg the fast lane doing 70 mph ,i said the speed limit is 70 mph i drive at the same speed and keep up with everyone else,but theres alway some idiot that wants to pass on the inside lane and then cut in front of you,please read my comment properly before making stupid replys

It is really annoying when people attack foreign drivers in the UK. I spent my working life "on the road" (no, not a lorry or a van) driving all over the world, driving between 50-80K per year. As much on the right as on the left hand side of the road (I have been living in France for the past 9 years). We British are NOT the best or safest drivers in the world, especially our HGV and LGV drivers. I would say that those that drive "long" distances are very good but the "short drop" drivers are dreadful bully-boys. They use their size and weight to "push" cars and smaller vans out of their way even in dangerous situations. I must also add that most car drivers are totally selfish in their attitude towards the HGV & LGV problems on the road/motorway. They will not allow lorries out to over-take they will not allow HGVs or LGVs out into the main road, they will not allow an HGV room on bends or junctions, they will not wait for HGVs to finish their reversing or positioning and then they wonder why they get badly treated by the HGV drivers. It is all down to road manners and, I am sorry to say, common sense. We have no option but to share the road, one vehicle is much slower and less easy to drive than the other so we both need to compensate and assist the other.

this is about good driving v bad driving not lorry v car.BOTH sets of drivers are guilty of tailgating,driving too fast and sticking to the middle lane.For some reason the belief that the lorry/car is a formula 1 /battle tank on entry.So please lets all stop the blame game and take more responsibility for our actions,and more considerate to each other.

I travel on motorways often, also often at night. During the night the vast majority of traffic on the motorways are lorries, the lorries are usually being driven in the nearside lane but in convoy's these vehicles are usually being driven very close together (tailgating). From my view of the convoys, it is dangerous, so why do the drivers do it? I believe it is to save fuel as only the lead lorry has the full drag of the air that the lorries are driving through so the others do not use so much fuel.
So why do the drivers risk so much.
Are the drivers being pressured by companies to reduce costs.
Owner drivers trying to keep the ever increasing costs down.
UK Companies trying to keep costs down to so that they can compete with foreign drivers that fill their tanks with fuel at European channel ports so they come over to the UK and work on cheaper fuel for some time possibly up to a week.
So who is to blame. Perhaps the government tax strategies!!!!!!!!!!!

At least there were no deaths! No kids hurt!

I haven't got over yesterday yet!

Yet more appalling driving by car drivers, i see it every day, people who think they're invincible in their little cars, swerving in and out of the traffic just to try and get that extra few yards and knock a couple of minutes off their journey...

the logs and tacos need to be examined driver of these vechiles are cutting corners with saftey the haulage firms need to be held accountable

Too many people drive on the middle lane in the UK when they should be in the inside lane forcing cars to go out into the outside lane to overtake and get back into the inside lane. Most drivers on motorways have no idea how to drive. This is one factor of accidents the rest is carelessness speeding. Every day it is the same.