"Harry Bloomfield" wrote in message
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They are bring in an overtaking ban, on the M11 up hill stretches.

good

'bout bloody time

Surely that is the wrong?

Nope

An heavily laden lorry versus a lightly loaded one, will make for a
quicker overtake on an uphill, because the heavily laden one will slow
down. On the downhill parts, the advantage is gone and all will be able to
do a similar speed.

The lorries that are in the right hand lane clog it up so that all of the
traffic is forced to trundle along at 65 mph for mile after mile after mile

I once sat in the left hand lane all the way and timed how long it took,
compared with another trip where I sat in the right hand lane behind the
string of overtaking lorries

and from J9 (where the A10 joins) to J8 (where it goes to 3 lanes) the
difference was 90 seconds.

ISTM that a rule that lets the cars zoom past uninhibited is worth asking
the lorries to suffer an extra 90 seconds on their journey time

tim