Overtaking using the turn right lane.
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Thejimreaper said:
No, but it is clearly for that reason as it comes to an abrupt end!
Can you put a link up to it on Google Maps?Based on my intermittant experience of driving in the South of England, I'm struggling to imagine that the other drivers would queue for a quarter of mile if there was any other alternative. I do the same as you at a set of lights near home (Chester) and so do plenty of other drivers if there's more than 3 or 4 cars stopped in the LH lane.
Deva Link said:
Can you put a link up to it on Google Maps?
Based on my intermittant experience of driving in the South of England, I'm struggling to imagine that the other drivers would queue for a quarter of mile if there was any other alternative. I do the same as you at a set of lights near home (Chester) and so do plenty of other drivers if there's more than 3 or 4 cars stopped in the LH lane.
Tarporley four lane ends? Based on my intermittant experience of driving in the South of England, I'm struggling to imagine that the other drivers would queue for a quarter of mile if there was any other alternative. I do the same as you at a set of lights near home (Chester) and so do plenty of other drivers if there's more than 3 or 4 cars stopped in the LH lane.
I see someone do this almost every single morning while I'm walking to work. I can't lie, I always think to myself "what a knob, clearly thinks he's too good to queue like everyone else"
Ok, you could be forgiven if it was an accident, but he does it every single day...then sits in traffic just ahead of all the people he just cut-up.
Personally, I think its a knobheads trick but to each their own.
ps - I don't supposed you drive a silver Astra do you?
Ok, you could be forgiven if it was an accident, but he does it every single day...then sits in traffic just ahead of all the people he just cut-up.
Personally, I think its a knobheads trick but to each their own.
ps - I don't supposed you drive a silver Astra do you?
on my commute, theres 2 roundabouts, first one with a straight and right exit.
The straight leads to the 2nd roundabout about 50yards, with a left and straight. Now this roundabout has lane markings.
Now, the norm is everyone that wants to go over both (which is about 90%) ques in the right hand lane, and goes straight on, so that you are in the correct lane for the 2nd roundabout.
There's normally about 10-15 cars and it all moves fairly quickly, no more than 20-30 second wait on a busy day.
until some twut goes in the LH lane, goes straight over, then cuts back into the RH lane. THis causes cars to break, and that causes the tailbacks.
Now there's nothing illegal about it, but it's always some dick that does it and doesn't indicate/cuts someone up/ holds up traffic.
Google map of said road http://g.co/maps/hgujt
The straight leads to the 2nd roundabout about 50yards, with a left and straight. Now this roundabout has lane markings.
Now, the norm is everyone that wants to go over both (which is about 90%) ques in the right hand lane, and goes straight on, so that you are in the correct lane for the 2nd roundabout.
There's normally about 10-15 cars and it all moves fairly quickly, no more than 20-30 second wait on a busy day.
until some twut goes in the LH lane, goes straight over, then cuts back into the RH lane. THis causes cars to break, and that causes the tailbacks.
Now there's nothing illegal about it, but it's always some dick that does it and doesn't indicate/cuts someone up/ holds up traffic.
Google map of said road http://g.co/maps/hgujt
Thejimreaper said:
Gun said:
Can't stand people who do this, happens here all the time when I'm driving out of Brighton, people cutting in from a left turn lane at traffic light to go straight ahead, t
ts.
'Cutting in' I agree is cock, but if it doesnt actually inconvenience anyone then I cant see the problem.ts.By that thinking is it also fine to go straight over on a roundabout from a left turn only lane that gets a bit busy?
veryRS said:
Yeah we can all stand (or drive) in one huge long line like a bunch of lemmings. Or we can use ths space available.
Precisely. Queuing mentality causes far too much friction and anger on our roads IMO. We're obsessed with being in the "right" lane.That Brighton one has caught me out so many times and of course no-one will ever let you in because you're clearly just being an a
hole 
veryRS said:
Yeah we can all stand (or drive) in one huge long line like a bunch of lemmings. Or we can use ths space available.
If there's only one lane through the bottleneck and the queue isn't backing up to the next junction then by "using all the available space" you're just getting there quicker yourself at the expense of everyone else. Using a right-turn lane to scoot past everyone, or merging after everyone else has when the the bottleneck is already at capacity and the queue is't backed up to the next junction are just dick moves.If the lemmings aren't using all the road through the bottleneck that's a different story. There's a roundabout near me which has two lanes to go straight on, but parked cars or a bus lane mean it merges back to one 100 yards after the roundabout. There's a huge queue for the roundabout, but after it traffic flows pretty freely. Everyone queues in one lane to go straight on, which is madness because you can get two cars at a time through the roundabout. There I will use the unfavoured lane because the roundabout is designed to have two lanes straight on and using both of them increases the throughput of the junction.
On a similar vein - Take your standard conventional roundabout. Four exits including the road you are on, a left, a straight on, and a right.
Its got a two lane approach, left hand lane is marked left & straight over, right hand lane is marked to turn right.
Long queue in left hand lane, right hand lane empty. You want to go left.
Use right hand lane to enter roundabout, go all the way around to the exit you want? Cheeky or not?
I should add, its not a practice of mine - but have been in a friends car when he did and even as a passenger I felt like a tool.
Its got a two lane approach, left hand lane is marked left & straight over, right hand lane is marked to turn right.
Long queue in left hand lane, right hand lane empty. You want to go left.
Use right hand lane to enter roundabout, go all the way around to the exit you want? Cheeky or not?
I should add, its not a practice of mine - but have been in a friends car when he did and even as a passenger I felt like a tool.
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