[hdgvhicv]

I think Chelsea tractors belong in Chelsea, certainly not here in the country where they are completely unsuitable given the size

However he lost me at

> I was cruising in the fast lane, minding my own business

There is no fast lane in the U.K (including NI). There are overtaking lanes. If you are in this lane it’s because you are overtaking slower moving traffic in inside lanes.

If you aren’t, then you need to be losing your license

[jmkni]

There's a small caveat to this, technically in the UK the police are allowed to speed if they are heading to an emergency, they don't need livery on their cars or even sirens

So if you're in the outer lane and the person behind you wants to go faster than you and get past, get out of their way.

It's safer anyway, and also you don't know who they are or where they're going.

[hdgvhicv]

You keep left unless overtaking. If an unmarked police car is behind you then that doesn’t matter, you still only sit in lane 2/3/4 when overtaking slower traffic in lanes to the left.

There are a few exceptions of course - when lanes are diverging for example (so 12 going off one way and 34 going another).

[doublerabbit]

And to those who cruise in the middle lane at 60.

[hdgvhicv]

If they’re overtaking lorries doing 56 in the inside then that’s fine.