Lorry loonies.

After driving along many miles of dual carriageway yesterday to a funeral, I decided that certain drivers of lorries and large vans must be awarded a sackload of LoonyTunesWatch coconuts.
These are the ones who, when finding themselves in the left hand lane behind another slow-moving vehicle, decide to overtake EVEN WHEN THEIR ENGINE HAS INSUFFICIENT POWER TO ACHIEVE THIS!

The consequence is 2 vehicles crawling side by side for mile after mile until something eventually happens. This may mean that the outer lorry finds an extra mile an hour and after perhaps 4 minutes completes the futile exercise.

Extremely rare is the situation when the driver recognises and accepts the mistake before pulling over.

This is serious business - queues of a mile or more of traffic can find themselves backed up.

I have never heard of a prosecution for this and it really must fall under several statutes. Come on you motorway cops - clear the M18 at the very least!