sludgeguts
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More likely to say: "lane closed 1 mile ahead, use both lanes", to try and stop people doing that....but they wouldn't say "lane closed 1 mile ahead, merge now". The reason for the long queue in the right lane is simply the sheep mentality.
Here, in my part of the UK, normally people use both lanes until the end and then take turns, one car from one lane followed by one from the other, that works very well and nobody gets .Here you are not expected to merge before the 1 lane actually go missing, the signs before the actual spot is just information signs and do not mean you have to pull into the open lane right here and now.
I must i and most ppl seem to merge into the open lane as quick as possible, and therefor ppl passing me to ( in my eyes ) force ther way into the que up ahead is
And i dont get why the law is this way, surely if you wait to the last second to do somthing there is a higher chance of somthing going wrong.
Trouble is, it would cost a fortune to produce the millions of signs required (based on the number of roadworks we see here every day!) so Transport simply assume that the sensible drivers would realise how daft it is to be sat a mile from the closed lane with an empty lane next to them!More likely to say: "lane closed 1 mile ahead, use both lanes", to try and stop people doing that.
Everyone has to merge at some point, if they are all doing it a mile back when traffic is flowing, it'll stop far too quickly - you then get this scenario where you have a mile of crawling traffic sat looking at an empty lane next to them - so people will use it - why not? it's empty, it's not closed for hundreds of yards. In fact, as cars approach the cones in lane 1, they will be slowing right down (aided by countdown markers) and so will be at similar speed to those in lane 2 when it comes to merge whereas someone who panics at the first "lane closed 1 mile ahead" sign will want to get into lane 2 - maybe slowing following vehicles to their speed - and so everyone else behind slows too much - you end up with 2 sets of standing traffic in 1 lane.Here you are not expected to merge before the 1 lane actually go missing, the signs before the actual spot is just information signs and do not mean you have to pull into the open lane right here and now.
I must i and most ppl seem to merge into the open lane as quick as possible, and therefor ppl passing me to ( in my eyes ) force ther way into the que up ahead is
And i dont get why the law is this way, surely if you wait to the last second to do somthing there is a higher chance of somthing going wrong.
the thing i noticed is that nobody came up behind the angry car the whole duration of the video.
Do you have links to the relevant section of the highway code?He probably just got fed up of ignorant selfish drivers running up the inside lane and pushing in at the front of queue, the fact that the last car to do it was a posh git in a Bentley just caused him to act
Do you have links to the relevant section of the highway code?
And how much consideration was the knob in the Renault showing?Why is it that some people have to have something in black and white to behave with common decency towards their fellow man?.. If you must have it written down then try looking at law referenced in Rule 144 of the Highway Code;
You MUST NOT
Law RTA 1988 sects 2 & 3 as amended by RTA 1991
- drive dangerously
- drive without due care and attention
- drive without reasonable consideration for other road users.
Happy now ?