Is this bad behavior from lorry drivers?

theoretica

The lorry drivers are certainly finding your driving inconsiderate and google tells me:

'Under section 3 Road Traffic Act 1988 (“RTA 1988”) it is an offence to drive a motor vehicle on a road or public place ... without reasonable consideration for other persons using the road ...'

Petriix

Alanp said:

I guess wind resistance, weight, and aerodynamics count for nothing if the op is rear ended by a 30 tonner because he’s driving like a Richard.

It's actually really fuel efficient to be rear ended... 

Ibrahim5

In Germany when you are towing a caravan you are limited to 80km/h (50mph). During certain hours lorries are not allowed to overtake. So I often have a 10 mile tailback of lorries. Never seen any bad behaviour from them.

maxmycardagain

Oh the joys of a vehicle restricted to 56mph, 20 ton of pallets on the back, a very restricted delivery window and a car doing 52mph in the way... I dont miss that

oh, and the boss asking where you are every 15 minutes

Spies

Sit behind a HGV if you want to improve fuel economy. 

sienew

theoretica said:

The lorry drivers are certainly finding your driving inconsiderate and google tells me:

'Under section 3 Road Traffic Act 1988 (“RTA 1988”) it is an offence to drive a motor vehicle on a road or public place ... without reasonable consideration for other persons using the road ...'

Driving at 55 on a motorway wouldn't be considered an offence. Driving 30 might be depending on the circumstance. It's just a little slow and slightly annoying.

Iceweasel

Ibrahim5 said:

In Germany when you are towing a caravan you are limited to 80km/h (50mph). During certain hours lorries are not allowed to overtake. So I often have a 10 mile tailback of lorries. Never seen any bad behaviour from them.

There are exceptions / exemptions depending on the weight of the towing vehicle and the trailer / caravan.
Unless you have a very small car and a very big trailer /caravan the speed limit is quite likely to be 100km/h

https://fr.humbaur.com/en/useful-information/100-kmh-regulation/#:~:text=The maximum speed for a,up to 100 km/h.

Grey_Critic

Spies said:

Sit behind a HGV if you want to improve fuel economy. 

Not as silly as some might think. When I was doing outdoor pursuits and towing a trailer loaded with Canoes and such getting behind an HGV doing a steady 56mph was a hell of a lot easier than fighting traffic in Lane 2 - As long as I kept up with him there were no problems, I also arrived at the event whatever less stressed out.

prowla

When I took a driving holiday in the US I found that sitting behind a lorry truck was a good way of ensuring you were to the (55) speed limit.

[Deleted User]

Try getting behind a truck. If you have traffic aware cruise control it's quite easy.

As well as lower speed, you will benefit from slipstreaming from the truck.