Martin
08-14-2004, 03:21 PM
>>AIUI, the restriction is in one direction only, on an *uphill* section of
>>the motorway. The rationale seems to be that cars pulling trailers won't
be
>>able to maintain the permitted 60mph on this uphill stretch, and will
cause
>>congestion if they're in the middle lane. Nothing to do with losing
control
>>through going too fast!
I did this last Saturday and I have a load of comments about this!
Firstly a lot of the congestion is caused by lane hoppers, people coming off
the M4 pushing their way into lane 3 slows down all the lanes, so I stay
middle lane all the way through (inner is M4 middle and outer M5) to drag my
outfit across lanes would invovle cutting someone up!
This hill in question, I was overtaking up the hill following another
trailer stuck behind a long line of MLOCs doing 50mph. These 50mph MLOCs are
the problem not towers.
Forcing caravanners into lane one will create more congestion than letting
them use lane two - are we supposed to force our way through? Yes that is it
I come to a halt in L2 to force my way into L1!
Everyone who does this knows that 2/3 lanes of very slow moving traffic
takes a while to clear.
>>the motorway. The rationale seems to be that cars pulling trailers won't
be
>>able to maintain the permitted 60mph on this uphill stretch, and will
cause
>>congestion if they're in the middle lane. Nothing to do with losing
control
>>through going too fast!
I did this last Saturday and I have a load of comments about this!
Firstly a lot of the congestion is caused by lane hoppers, people coming off
the M4 pushing their way into lane 3 slows down all the lanes, so I stay
middle lane all the way through (inner is M4 middle and outer M5) to drag my
outfit across lanes would invovle cutting someone up!
This hill in question, I was overtaking up the hill following another
trailer stuck behind a long line of MLOCs doing 50mph. These 50mph MLOCs are
the problem not towers.
Forcing caravanners into lane one will create more congestion than letting
them use lane two - are we supposed to force our way through? Yes that is it
I come to a halt in L2 to force my way into L1!
Everyone who does this knows that 2/3 lanes of very slow moving traffic
takes a while to clear.