Why are the overhead warning signs on motorways so often inaccurate?

Please can you tell me who controls the signs on the motorways that warn us about hold-ups, delays etc? I do not remember the last time that the warning on one of these gantries turned out to be up to...

Economical comfy motorway cruiser

I will be averaging about 20,000 miles an year in the foreseeable future commuting to work on the M40(70 miles round trip). Preferably need an automatic as left knee is dodgy post surgery. Current car...

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...