The Angry Motorist Thread

[Peoplesoft bloke]

It won't work as people are kinda shocked when they find restrictions or diversions in the place they are not use to even if they've had loads of advanced warning.

Where the A3 goes from 3 lanes into 2 outside the school holidays it normally works as commuters wait their turn, know they get home faster if they cooperate and don't switch lanes randomly. In the school holidays nobody gives way so the journey takes an extra half hour.

Bah! That's the problem with ideals

[lexington_spurs]

The copper who gave evidence at the inquest into the death of my father-in-law who was killed in a collision with a lorry couldn't even get the make and model of the truck right (it was totally different so I assume just a guess later) so I doubt it.

Condolences, in case they haven't been conveyed already.

[Royston Vasey]

Selfish stupid chavs who drive right up to the cones blocking off a lane and then slow traffic to a crawl having to be let in, when they could join the back of the next lane like everyone else so the traffic would move much faster.

Corollary: Slow-witted idiots in front of you who let said chavs in (accidently or otherwise) before even reaching the cones, so yet more idiots can zoom past them.

Ever heard of "merge in turn". The queue would then be half the length.

Edit: Oops...Just seen someone's already said this.

[threaded]

Wouldn't the ideal be to have full lanes right up to the restriction and then have everyone merge in turn?

Yes, but the problem then is 'professional drivers' i.e. lorries, have accidents with them, so it's a little psychological trick thing to have a 'slide in'

[expat]

I think you'll find, it's like a really really old fashioned English mannnerism that travelled from the north to the south of England like via the US.

I guess.

[Peoplesoft bloke]

Condolences, in case they haven't been conveyed already.

Thanks - it was 13 years ago.