Are driver assist systems practical or just gimmicks?

Are driver assist systems, like lane keeping, adaptive cruise control, speed sign recognition, practical aids or gimmicks? I wish to buy a car to prolong my safe driving years (approaching 80 years and...

How will the new laws regarding undertaking be enforced on the motorway?

So we now have specific offences listed that were already covered by the likes of 'due care and attention' or 'careless driving' but overtaking on the left apparently is listed now. Imagine in the, rare...

Why has the Highway Code been changed in relation to lane discipline?

There has been much in the press recently about the Centre Lane Owners Group on motorways. The 1999 edition of the Highway Code stated in Rule 238 on Lane Discipline: "If you are overtaking a number of...

Please warn motorway drivers to keep the slow lane free for my motorhome this weekend.

Just a reminder to motorway drivers. I will be driving my motorhome down from North Manchester to Folkestone terminal on 12 May. I hope you will be as good as in previous years when you have emptied the...

Is speeding on the motorway just as selfish as lane hogging?

I am not a frequent motorway driver, but when I use the motorway system I endeavour to keep to the leftmost lane whenever possible. Sometimes this is not practical because as I catch up with slower vehicles,...

Why do drivers hog the middle lane on motorways?

Returning from overseas I read the police plan to prosecute drivers who are 'hogging' the middle lane (lane 2) of our motorways. I have not seen anything else on this subject, or how the police propose...

Why isn't 'zip merging' adopted when approaching a lane closure?

Please can you give some publicity to the benefits of zip merging, which occasionally at long-term roadworks is encouraged with signage. But this is the exception to the norm. For example, when roadworks...

Does the Highway Code include advice for driving on motorways in thick fog?

As a result of seeing the horrendous pictures of the crash on the M5 at Taunton, I have read through the section of The Highway Code relating to motorways. In the back of my mind, I have either heard or...

I agree that overtakers in the outside lane should be fully aware of traffic in other lanes.

You are very right when stating that the outside lane overtaker should be fully aware. You might have added that the inside laner has the responsibility to also look not only into his mirrors but the blind...

Why do some drivers get angry when being overtaken on the motorway?

I commute each day between Bath and Bristol and on reaching the M4 I slip into cruise control mode at a steady speed just below 70mph. I endeavour to use the inside lane as much as I can, especially as...