VERSION|0.5.1|NAME|Matt|DATE|1376905676|CONTENT|Dinah: You should not need to &quot;build up your speed again&quot; when overtaking a string of lorries, because you should not need to have slowed down.

This again is a common mispractice on the motorways - people don&#039;t actually decide that they need to overtake until they have travelled for some distance at the same speed as the thing in front. In fact, it is accepted practice to pull out to overtake *before* you get so close to the thing in front that you have to slow down. Only when you are prevented from doing so by a heavy stream of traffic to your right will you be prevented in doing so.

And the speeding up should ideally be done in the same lane that you are in, before you pull out into the lane to your right. (You will of course have ample room between yourself and the vehicle in front as to allow this to happen, otherwise you&#039;re tailgating.) After all, there is rarely more than about 10mph difference in speed between the lane you&#039;re in and the lane you want to be in. If you *are* stuck in a lane behind something going at 50mph or slower, you&#039;ve either got yourself into an unnecessary pickle, or traffic on the road today is just nasty and you&#039;ll have to do your best.

TL;DR: Yes, if there&#039;s a string of slow lorries on the left hand lane, *certainly* go past them all in one go. Doing that is *not* &quot;lane hogging&quot;, it&#039;s prudent driving. It&#039;s also worth mentioning that truck drivers don&#039;t like cars pulling in between them and the truck in front. They prefer to drive in convoy.

Hope this helps. This post is not intended as a &quot;Let&#039;s kick the lane hogger&quot;, it is a genuine desire to be educational.|EMAIL|Westwood|URL|prime.mover@proofwiki.org|IP-ADDRESS|90.214.210.91|MODERATIONFLAG|