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Originally Posted by MSS
Simon - the issue is that their efforts are usually futile because the speed differential isn't sufficient to get one lorry quicker to its destination than the other. Most of the time it would be far better to dial the cruise back a couple of notches and match the speed of the lorry in front than to overtake.
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Well that's just plain wrong. You may be surprised to know just what difference a speed gap of 2 or 3 mph will make on a long tramp, say from London to Manchester. It can make the difference between arriving at your time-booked destination on time or late (entailing getting put to the back of the queue or even being turned away) or making it there within your 4.5 hour maximum driving time without having to take a 45 minute break en-route.
And if you really think lorry drivers are going to rank up behind the slowest lorry forming a miles-long train of HGV's, l suggest you give your head a prolonged wobble.
That's not to say that there are no bl**dy-minded lorry drivers out there, that won't give way when being overtaken by a slightly faster truck but you have to take the rough with the smooth when vehicles are speed-governed. And when they start speed limiting vans too, you'll be recalling with nostalgia the days when it was just the lorries holding you back.
And the comment on middle lane hoggers is particularly relevant too. Personally, these days when it is so endemic amongst the driving public, l simply pass on the inside without a qualm.