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Originally Posted by Millay
I thought the M25 was different to most motorways i nthe way that all lanes are treated the same so no lanes for overtaking etc no slower lanes, and with the variable speed limits 60mph sounds about right.. better to make slwosteady progress rather than no progress at all because ofweight of traffic caused by speeding up and slowing down and people changing lanes etc..
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No the principle of drive in the left hand lane, unless overtaking still applies.
In the variable speed limit areas, signs try to discourage frequent lane swapping, just to gain a notional advantage. When the variable limits are active, even the slow limited lorries maximum speed can be above the road limit. Thus all traffic in all lanes should be moving at a similar pace, with only safe gaps in front of each vehicle, as the limit is active to maintain free flow with road capacity having been reached.
In practice, it becomes a free for all.