increase in cars doing 50 mph on motorways

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I drive a 44 ton artic and recently seem to be spending more and more time in the middle lane on motorways overtaking cars doing 45- 50 mph in the inside lane. It has become more common since the fuel has become dearer. I'm sure it annoys faster car drivers as they go round me. What is the answer is it time for a 60mph minimum speed limit for cars on motorways?

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They cant be saving that much fuel either, just annoying people and making the motorways more dangerous

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Cock Womble 7 said:

It's the ones that speed up because they can't bear the thought of being overtaken by a lorry that get on my tits.

That's a good point well put, I've come across a few of them between Kettering and grangemouth today

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rumple said:

Got to laugh at this thread, but only when im not in a truck, had this today, from leicester to nottingham, busy m1, 44 and a bit tonnes lol, 480 daf, golf estate, everytime i tried to overtake, either traffic slowed or i hit a hill, funny how these little things can really wind you up

A1 was a pain in the arbe today Peterborough to scotch corner 2 lanes fairly hilly lots of fuel savers and fully Laden trucks trying to get past them on hills. I only had 8 ton of freezers and dishwashers on today with 480 ho I should have been at 56 mph all day, and breath

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philmots said:

What i find is most who are sat at a constant 50mph or similar are well aware what they're doing so when you pass them they flash you back in... No issue passing them, only the same as passing another HGV.

It's the ones that are sat at around 50mph then you go to pass them they put their foot down and leave you hanging so have to pull back in. Half a mile down the road you've caught them up again. Repeat process. Drives me mental tbh.

My point exactly