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In the evening heading Northbound on the A1, around Stevenage there is a merge in turn for the third lane into the second. Progress is always very slow here for obvious reasons.
Anyway, what with the levels of imbeciles that wanted to barge as far forward as possible before merging, instead of using a readily available spot further back and causing things to slow because of arguments, the Police were taking measures to prevent this. I got my passenger to snap this picture.
Go.
Anyway, what with the levels of imbeciles that wanted to barge as far forward as possible before merging, instead of using a readily available spot further back and causing things to slow because of arguments, the Police were taking measures to prevent this. I got my passenger to snap this picture.
Go.
Countdown said:
Himself said:
Why waste the empty tarmac in front of the Police van?
Encourages people to merge earlier rather than driving up to the merge point and then finding there isn't sufficient space for a safe merge.Countdown said:
Encourages people to merge earlier rather than driving up to the merge point and then finding there isn't sufficient space for a safe merge.
"merge point" So you're suggesting that one should merge before the merge point? Surely by definition, the merge point is just that?Well done plod, I do this myself on occassion - I know this will ruin the day of many a PH'er who thinks its ok!
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k everyone else it does my head in when people just drive up the outside and barge in at the end, it slows me down aswell as everyone else just because some helmet thinks that they have priority. If there is genuinely no gap anywhere further back then fair enough, not that i've ever seen that happen but the amount of people you see who drive past all the gaps and just squash themselves into one that isn't there at the end is ridiculous.
Yes you can say "but then the queue would be longer if they all joined the back" but it really wouldn't as the traffic would flow far better as it wouldn't have people squashing in at the end so everyone would just be moving and not having to let people in.
Down with merge in turn!
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k everyone else it does my head in when people just drive up the outside and barge in at the end, it slows me down aswell as everyone else just because some helmet thinks that they have priority. If there is genuinely no gap anywhere further back then fair enough, not that i've ever seen that happen but the amount of people you see who drive past all the gaps and just squash themselves into one that isn't there at the end is ridiculous.Yes you can say "but then the queue would be longer if they all joined the back" but it really wouldn't as the traffic would flow far better as it wouldn't have people squashing in at the end so everyone would just be moving and not having to let people in.
Down with merge in turn!
davepoth said:
Countdown said:
Himself said:
Why waste the empty tarmac in front of the Police van?
Encourages people to merge earlier rather than driving up to the merge point and then finding there isn't sufficient space for a safe merge.
I was guessing as to why the Police were doing what they were doing.
Do people really drive up and barge in at the end?
Or are they driving up to the end and merging when and where theyre supposed to when some numpty tries to prevent it?
The system seems to work best when they merge traffic from the inside to the outside lane. What about 'stay in lane' signs along the road with a 'merge in turn' sign at the merge point?
Or are they driving up to the end and merging when and where theyre supposed to when some numpty tries to prevent it?
The system seems to work best when they merge traffic from the inside to the outside lane. What about 'stay in lane' signs along the road with a 'merge in turn' sign at the merge point?
I'm guessing this is at Welwyn, it is a bottleneck as it goes down to 2 lanes just before a slip road joins the A1. I think the problem is that people move into the outside lane after it goes from 3-2 before the slip to avoid the traffic joining.
It's just a crappy layout, best bet is try to get through there by 4pm
It's just a crappy layout, best bet is try to get through there by 4pm
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