Why don't people understand filter lanes?

[8potdave]

Driving to work (Sheffield) this morning along the a57 there is a dual carriageway which eventually turns into a single carriageway just before you get into the city centre. There is always a huge queue of cars in lane 1 leaving lane 2 empty. I use lane 2 - its perfectly legal, helps with traffic flow and means i dont have to queue. However, people take a disliking to this to the point where it can get dangerous. I've seen motorcyclists almost knocked off, cars being swerved into etc. This morning i had 2 of them trying to force me into oncoming traffic where i admittedly lost my rag and just barged in in the end after putting up with this for 5 minutes. I did all the right things, indicated in at around the 100yd mark and waited for a gap. I refuse to sit in the queue just to keep these morons happy and would have been interested to see what the police would have done if they had seen this, Ive seen police cars doing exactly what i did today!

This sort of behaviour seems to be increasing all over the place, what is wrong with people!! Crap rant i know but lets hear other peoples stories...

[8potdave]

littlebasher said:

Are we talking about the stretch from the Coisley hill roundabout up to the parkway?

Always been like that there, and yes I agree that both lanes should be used and then merge in turn at the end. IIRC Sheffield council were going to get Merge in turn signs put up, but couldn't get DOT approval for them (or something like that)

Although, to be fair there are a minority of drivers that come up that stretch like loonies, drive over the hatchings and barge their way in right at the front. IMO that's the cause of all the hostility on that road.

Yes thats the one. Yeah ive seen people do that which is daft but it could be a result of not bein let in so many times thus why i barges in after many attemps to be polite.

[8potdave]

Judging by the responses, 90% of people are on my side with this one. Now all we need to do is persuade all the non PHers! I was actually on that same road this morning and this time in Lane 1. Someone came up in L2 indicating in so I flashed. The guy seemed that shocked someone had actually let him in he looked stunned and just sat there looking at me. Others around looked confused but he merged in and we all kept moving. Wonder how many traffic jams could be avoided if people weren't such aholes!