> My girlfriend believes that it was as recently as the late 80s or early 90s,
> but I can't remember seeing HGVs in Lane 3 ever since I started driving in
> 1981. Googling on "year when HGVs were banned from Lane 3" doesn't produce
> any matches. I doubt whether I've still got my original edition of the
> Highway Code which I bought at the time, as I've probably updated it
> periodically.

> No deai , but I wish they'd ban 7.5 tonners from the outside lane as
> well. They can be a right pain in the @arse.
>

> On Thu, 04 Sep 2008 03:28:57 -0700, Boltar wrote:

>> No deai , but I wish they'd ban 7.5 tonners from the outside lane as
>> well. They can be a right pain in the @arse.

>
> Speed limited ones are. But considering unlimited ones mostly are doing
> the legal limit, why is there a problem?

> On Sep 4, 12:00 pm, Conor hotmail.com> wrote:

>> On Thu, 04 Sep 2008 03:28:57 -0700, Boltar wrote:

>>> No deai , but I wish they'd ban 7.5 tonners from the outside lane as
>>> well. They can be a right pain in the @arse.

>>
>> Speed limited ones are. But considering unlimited ones mostly are doing
>> the legal limit, why is there a problem?

>
> And how many cars stick to 70 in the outside lane? None.

> 7.5 tonners
> are just another moving roadblock. Plus a lot of them are very badly
> driven.
>

> In article <314b5ffd-4cf9-43a6-a875-d8cdf7a4d735
> @z11g2000prl.googlegroups.com>, Boltar says...

>> On Sep 4, 12:00 pm, Conor hotmail.com> wrote:

>>> On Thu, 04 Sep 2008 03:28:57 -0700, Boltar wrote:

>>>> No deai , but I wish they'd ban 7.5 tonners from the outside lane as
>>>> well. They can be a right pain in the @arse.

>>> Speed limited ones are. But considering unlimited ones mostly are doing
>>> the legal limit, why is there a problem?

>> And how many cars stick to 70 in the outside lane? None.

>
> Indeed. The majority I see aren't managing to reach 70.
>
>

>> 7.5 tonners
>> are just another moving roadblock. Plus a lot of them are very badly
>> driven.
>>

> That's because most of them are driven by car drivers who've not had to
> pass a test to drive them. ...

>> And how many cars stick to 70 in the outside lane? None.

>
> Indeed. The majority I see aren't managing to reach 70.

> That's because most of them are driven by car drivers who've not had to
> pass a test to drive them.

> My girlfriend believes that it was as recently as the late 80s or early 90s,
> but I can't remember seeing HGVs in Lane 3 ever since I started driving in
> 1981. Googling on "year when HGVs were banned from Lane 3" doesn't produce
> any matches. I doubt whether I've still got my original edition of the
> Highway Code which I bought at the time, as I've probably updated it
> periodically.
>
>

> Mortimer wrote:

>> My girlfriend believes that it was as recently as the late 80s or early 90s,
>> but I can't remember seeing HGVs in Lane 3 ever since I started driving in
>> 1981. Googling on "year when HGVs were banned from Lane 3" doesn't produce
>> any matches. I doubt whether I've still got my original edition of the
>> Highway Code which I bought at the time, as I've probably updated it
>> periodically.

>
> No point in mentioning the Highway Code on here, mate. Most of them will
> think it's a new board game from Matel.

>My girlfriend believes that it was as recently as the late 80s or early 90s,
>but I can't remember seeing HGVs in Lane 3 ever since I started driving in
>1981. Googling on "year when HGVs were banned from Lane 3" doesn't produce
>any matches. I doubt whether I've still got my original edition of the
>Highway Code which I bought at the time, as I've probably updated it
>periodically.