Returning from overseas I read the police plan to prosecute drivers who are 'hogging' the middle lane (lane 2) of our motorways. I have not seen anything else on this subject, or how the police propose to enforce it. Having been unfortunate to be on a motorway during a bank holiday, Sunday or any Friday afternoon, I have come to the conclusion that (we) motorists only have ourselves to blame for motorway congestion.

The number of drivers using our roads is ever increasing, particularly our motorways. The vast majority of those drivers passed only a basic driving test that does not include any motorway driving. I fear many simply do not understand the basic rules. For example, the media constantly refer to the outside lane as the 'fast lane'. We need to use terminology applied by the police, i.e.: lanes 1-2-3. By far the biggest problem is the lane two 'hogger'. They turn a three-lane motorway into a dual carriageway. At peak times on motorways the traffic will be bumper to bumper in lanes two and three, with very little in lane one save HGVs. When this happens something is clearly wrong, as all three lanes are not being utilised.

We need an education programme, preferably through TV to educate us all how to correctly drive on a motorway, sadly I fear the government will not fund this. In the long term we could introduce measures to force drivers to use all the lanes. Make lane three overtaking only and stop drivers hogging lane two at peak times or bank holidays