§ Mr. Speedasked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will take steps to encourage more motorway drivers to drive on the nearside lanes of motorways by a publicity campaign and appropriate motorway signs.
§ Mr. Peter BottomleyThe Department takes every opportunity to remind motorists that they should use the outer lanes on motorways for overtaking only and return to the nearside lane as soon as it is safe to do so.
A total of 23 million leaflets on lane discipline have been issued with vehicle excise duty documents. We plan to issue a further 9 million this year. Experimental "keep left" signs have been installed on the M1. Their impact is to be monitored.