Your guide to... Motorway etiquette - Introduction

If more people obeyed the law, we'd all get there a lot more quickly. No-one wants to spend their summer holiday sweating it out in a queue on the motorway, only to find that it's caused by some dozy driver dawdling in the central lane.

That's not the only sort of inconsiderate - and incorrect - driving that could bring your holiday to an unfortunate and early end, either. Tailgating, speeding or simply failing to check your mirrors can cause accidents.

With the Department of Transport recently reporting than more than 1700 people killed on major roads during 2005, it's time to pay full attention to our guide to safe motorway driving.