I've paid a lot of attention to the merits of different lane speeds, and my conclusion (not desperately scientific but I *believe* it works) is in a three-lane motorway with fairly frequent junctions, if you want to pick one lane and stay in it, pick Lane 2. If it's four-lane (e.g. much of M25), pick Lane 3.
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Lane 1 gets very slow around junctions - a bit faster on the lead-up, a lot slower just after. Many new joiners (especially those in BMWs, Mercs and 4x4s), discovering snarled traffic, almost immediately move to Lane 2 and then the outside lane. Other impatient people in Lane 1 move from Lane 1 to Lane 2.
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The important bit comes when lots of people already in Lane 2 notice this, and start moving to Lane 3. I don't, and generally find I will get through the congestion at least as quickly as any lane-changer by staying in the middle, or next-to-outside, lane.
If you really want to lane-hop, get in Lane 1 on the lead-up to an off-ramp, and move across to another lane as you approach the on-ramp. But I bet I'll get there as quickly as you.
Hamish
