i do a lot of motorway driving and dont enjoy it,but its part of the job.
The numbers of drivers that "cruise" in lane 2 while there is nothing to pass in lane 1 is phenomenal. They will sit there mile after mile,passing no one ,even when lane 1 is empty,they just sit in lane 2.The best place to see this is the M18 and M180 which can be very quiet in the evenings and they just sit in lane 2
Then there the "joiners",they race down the slip road, expect everyone to make a gap then jump straight in to lane 2.
The theres the 60mph brigade, again just sitting in lane 2,mile after mile head down in a hypnotic daze....
( this all tends to increase at the start of school holidays where people not used to the speeds or motorways suddenly hit the road network)
What i have noticed and this is just empirical is that the lane 2 hogs seem to be predominantly female and elderly drivers.
Perhaps they feel safer in Lane 2.
On Tuesday coming up the M5 from Gloucester to come back to Sheffield ,all the traffic suddenly slowed,why ,it was a motor caravan, 30mph in lane 1 being overtaken by a lorry going up hill at 50 ,being overtaken by another motor caravan in lane 3 struggling top get to 55.
The worst drivers i have found are youngsters in Corsas who seem to think that they need to sit on your tail pipe and the big beamer drivers who obviously have lane 3 reserved for them,and them alone ,( and yes i was driving a beamer , a reps black one,and my jacket was hung up in the back)
Motor caravanners seem to start out well but soon drop into lane 2 and stay there,while towing caravanners on the whole seem to be quite disciplined and tend to drop into lane 1 as soon as they have passed the slower vehicle.
However,at least the traffic is usually still flowing....just.