Lootman wrote:
Agreed. It might be true on some remotely used motorway in Scotland. .
Would you like to tell us where that remotely used motorway is in Scotland? I'd like to try it out.
In the initial motorway building era, Scotland was sparingly provided with a motorway which covered part of the route between our two major cities. But unlike the English motorways, it had two lanes - not three. Its true that more motorways have been added, and generally speaking, they seem to have upped the number of lanes. But on Perth to Inverness there is no chance of a motorway, and still long sections of single carriageway - however it is being gradually upgraded in sections to (2-lane) dual carriageway. So you can guess what would happen on a short dualled section if someone ambled along in the outer lane, while the remainder are desperate to catch up and get past the heavy lorry which has been creating a long tailback on the preceding single carriageway section.
But back to the M25 - with so many lanes I never thought that "rules?" regarding returning to the inside lane were intended to operate, nor did I imagine that undertaking was frowned upon. I.E. I always that that the philosophy of Scottish common sense should apply. Or is it in short supply down there?
Incidentally In the urban motorway through Glasgow, there are entries and exits for traffic on both the left and the right , so there is effectively no "outside" lane.