We watched and observed. Lots of different types of drivers on the motorway. We did. And there were two. Experiences that really stood out for us. And it was to do with what lane you're on in the motorway. And we saw two very different examples. But actually neither were ideal or recommended. No. And I suppose the first one. I suppose I could call it. Hate is people that just stay in the middle lane or lane. To whatever you want to call it. It's it's the people that just stay in that lane. And they're only doing 60 miles an hour. Yeah. You know, and we had one of these people and it was a little bit busy behind us. It was clear in front. And we had to. Go from lane. Number one, we have to overtake this car. But. It made it really hard because there was cars going faster. And. We had to go from lane number one to lane. Number two. We have to slow down. Yeah. Allow cars to overtake us, which is it is okay. And then we have to accelerate, overtake him and come back all the way over to lane. Number one again. Yep. You know, And for me it's it's like what, what was the reason that person was staying in lane? Number two? Yep. Now I been the passenger. I was able to have a little look at the driver. And bless him. He wasn't. He wasn't young. He wasn't old. He was somewhere in the middle, but oh my God, he looked terrified. And he's body language was. I'm ripping the steer him. Well, his shoulders were up. He was just looking straight ahead. So completely tunnel vision. For his lane, not looking at anybody else and he looked terrified. Yeah, it didn't look. That he wasn't showing any confidence at all. And that showed. Potentially in the way he was driving. You know, Uh, for me, it's about rules, I suppose. Cause that's what I do. And, you know, he was staying in lane number two. But I don't aware of everything around him. I want to say chaos. But the confusion he was causing, because again, we had to go from lane number one to two to free back to two, back to one. But other people were coming up close behind us because this car was going so slow. And there was nobody in lane number one. So he wasn't overtaking anybody. And of course, what this means is some people like us follow the rules and we'll go. Lane one lane, two lane, three lane, two lane, one, but lots of people don't bother. They will just go straight up and. Undertaking. In lane one, and this is where the chaos comes in. And I could see why he was terrified because. He wasn't going very fast. We always go to the speed limit. So my guess is that he was doing something around 50. Um, somewhere in the fifties. Which means that even the lorries were going faster than. so when you've got all this traffic going at speed. Potentially on either side of you. It's sort of makes your car rattle and everything's coming up fast behind you. I'm guessing that the reason that he was driving in the middle lane was he felt that he was safe there, that he didn't have to overtake anything may be. He's maybe I'm making assumptions here, but maybe his thoughts were, if I go in lane two, I won't have to. Change lanes at all. And that will be easier for me, but actually it was having the opposite effect. It was making the journey more terrified. He would have been a lot happier. Driving in lane one. And then overtaken anybody that just happened to be going slower than him. And yeah, I mean, my, my thoughts were. Has this person been trained on motorways? You know, has this person. Cut to the driven on a motorway. Was this his first time driving and he'd just gone onto a motorway without realizing the rules or having the confidence to drive faster. We don't know. No, but it, from his body language and his driving behavior. I would suggest that it was. Almost alien to him to do that. Whereas if either. Training. Even just I found out that you can just stay in lane. Number one. I'm probably doing this 55 60 and he would have been fine. Yep. Absolutely. So. If you are one of those people that stay in the middle lane, because it's a bit scary. Get some lessons, you know, get some refresher lessons. We have loads of people. Come on this podcast. August send us messages. Saying that they are taking refresher lessons because they've never been trained. On a motorway. Or they were trained. Ages ago, and now they need to drive on a motorway and things have got a lot busier. So, my little tip is just seek some advice. Even if you ask someone, what should I be doing? What lane should I do? What lane should I be in? What is the ethical of driving on a road? Or motivation. And if you are somebody who drives in lane two drives in the middle lane. have a think about what your reasons are? What is the reason behind it. And if the reason behind it is to do with nerves, anxiety being scared, then our suggestion is that actually driving in the middle lane is probably making those nerves. And anxiety worse. I can guarantee. That that particular driver has now firmly reinforced his hate of driving on the motorways because that journey did not look. Pleasant. No, not at all. Not at all. And he's probably going to get to the end of his journey. Absolutely. shattered Yeah. Oh, definitely. Definitely. However far has gone.