I truly believe the "middle lane huggers" think they will never be able to get out of the inside lane were they to have a sudden lapse of their stupidity and actually use it.

I have flashed "middle laners" to move into the inside lane when I have been making progress (and the outside lane has been congested). Those that actually pull-over almost always pull back out again after I have passed, even though the inside lane is clear!!!

Yesterday drove down M1 then M25 clockwise J21 to J5, 8-9am; astonishingly busy but no speed restrictions or delays. Spent much time in lanes 1 and 2 gently undertaking slowcoaches in lane 3 rather than repeatedly swerving out to lane 4 then back again. It's high time we got some clarity on the acceptability of 'undertaking'. Why is it the nearer London one gets, the more stupid the drivers? I presume it was jammed up later in the day.

(And the stupid ones all seem to be of, er, a certain characteristic.....makes me wonder if they themselves have ever passed a test or whether they paid someone to take their place...)

Late evenings normally are quiet on the M25, barring major accidents/incidents.

Was on the road as well yesterday, on the way home from holiday in Cornwall - quite impressed in the main as to how (for once) they kept us moving across all lanes from the M4 jn to jn 21a for St. Albans (just after the M1). Normally, despite the variable limit, horrendous queues (I was there about 4.30 - 5pm, an hour or so later than usual due to a 1.5 hr delay in Cornwall stuck in a jam when a car overturned on the A30) abound around the M4 - M40 section.

As usual, the M5 (Bristol - Exeter section) and M4 were ok, with the exception of the usual hold ups just as the M5 crosses the river Avon. The signage operators are useless (in my view) on these roads - regularly displaying the slow to 60/50/40 well after any incidents/traffic jams have disappeared (everybody whizzing down at 70+). The HA needs to teach them better.

Still amazed (as many others are here) at how many idiots think being in the outside 'fast' lane gets them to their destination quicker in a jam - many people even change to that lane despite the 'slow' lane being practically empty for long periods, made more annoying when you get 60mph lane hoggers in the middle lane or people doing the same at 70 on clear roads (the left two lanes being free), which is often the indirect cause of holdups and accidents (drivers getting frustrated and doing stupid manouvres).

Saw quite a few of them (surprisingly not many caravan owners) on the M4/M5/A30 yesterday, probably the same folk who potter around at 30 on 60mph roads (where you can safely do min 40, more like 50+) and appear to have lost the ability to use their mirrors to check whether they have a 2 mile queue of traffic behind (some even slower than farm vehicles, who have the common sense to pull over if they are doing so over a longer journey).