Why did you write that people joining a motorway from a slip road should expect drivers on the motorway to give way?

Your reply in the Telegraph suggests that people joining the motorway should expect drivers already on the carriageway to give way when it is very clear that the responsibility for merging safely is firmly...

Why is undertaking still considered 'careless driving'?

What is this latest nonsense of classifying passing on the nearside as careless driving? On a journey from Inverness to Birmingham at the beginning of this week, I must have undertaken 30 - 40 vehicles...

Conceding, the truth

I saw your exchange with JH of Pickering, and agree with your comments about cooperating with other motorists, and your quote from the 1930 Highway Code. I wonder, however, if some of your readers might...

Why is it important for lorry drivers to be able to see me in their mirrors?

I frequently see lorries with signs on the back which read, "If you can't see my mirrors, I can't see you" and my first thought is always "So what?". How does the driver knowing of my presence affect the...

Why do some drivers cut across the motorway rapidly when joining from a slip road?

Rarely do I think you're not quite right, but your reply to JR, Pickering I think misses one point. I drive lots of motorways whilst delivering Mercedes-Benz cars, so I take care to assist the traffic...

Why aren't drivers taught how to drive properly on motorways?

The reason the public have problems driving on motorways, and which lane to use, is because motorway driving is never taught. Whatever lane a motorist is using, drivers should stagger their positions in...

Why don't motorway drivers take into account the needs of HGV drivers?

I entirely agree that the CLOGs are a menace on the roads because of their total lack of consideration for other road users, but one point that is never highlighted is that HGVs and vehicles towing trailers...

Should we penalise authorities who close motorways for long periods of time?

Some time ago I wrote to you about the arbitrary way that the authorities closed motorways without any regard for the appalling consequences to the motoring public. A critical reply was received from a...

Why don't drivers who complain about tailgaters just let other traffic pass them?

Reading the survey about top 10 motorists' complaints, the one that amazed me was that 70 per cent of people disliked having someone following too closely behind. I had always assumed these people never...

Your correspondent should consider driving on motorways at a slower, more relaxed speed.

May I suggest your correspondent NH, Salisbury, travels at a more leisurely speed of 60mph and in the nearside lane? This way the only real stress is overtaking (carefully) the occasional slow-moving trucks...