@Ergates Audi, BMW, VW 'hot hatch' and, to a slightly lesser extent, Volvo drivers have a reputation - deserved or otherwise - for thinking they own the road. Never indicate, tailgate, try to force their way into non-existent gaps etc, etc. As with most situations, it's a minority who give the majority a bad name
It is amazing how many people all move into the same lane hundreds of yards before one lane ends instead of using both lanes until the choke point, as recommended by the Highway Code. As a result the queue is twice as long as it need to be and the resulting congestion is far worse. Recently I came across such a situation, and I was able to go past a queue of countless cars before merging at the front with no difficulty. I can only assume that all the other drivers had not read the HC since they passed the test.
A friend had an Aston Martin DB5 and he said he was treated wonderfully by other drivers, yet his wife said male drivers were very doscorteus when she was driving it
But in my experience that isn't what happens and you get the queue jumpers who don't even try to merge before they're forced to. A bit like any queue
You're supposed to have two lanes of traffic moving at the same speed and merging like a zip. I've always thought it's a problem with the way they lay out the roads. If they started off with a bottle neck in the middle of the two lanes you'd get less territorial behaviour of the 'it's my lane I have to allow you to merge' type. It's not queue jumping because the queue is supposed to be spread over two lanes. Sadly it's become a queue jumping situation because hardly anyone actually does it correctly. There's often road signage now that says 'use both lanes and merge in turn' to try and correct this behaviour.
But that isn't what happens is it? I worked with someone whose view was to get down the closing lane as quickly as possible and only attempt to merge when he couldn't get any further in that lane. That is queue jumping - and you see it time and time again irrespective of signs.
How can it be queue jumping if the queue is supposed to be in both lanes according to the Highway Code? The only problem is caused when the person in the clear lane doesn't match their speed to the other lane in good time before merging. It's not a queuing problem, it's a merging problem. Driving Instructor Ashley Neal does some great videos about it on Youtube, although he does have one where the traffic police cautioned someone for complying with the law which was a bit strange. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpZ-xWxHA-8
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
How can it be queue jumping if the queue is supposed to be in both lanes according to the Highway Code? The only problem is caused when the person in the clear lane doesn't match their speed to the other lane in good time before merging. It's not a queuing problem, it's a merging problem. Driving Instructor Ashley Neal does some great videos about it on Youtube, although he does have one where the traffic police cautioned someone for complying with the law which was a bit strange. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpZ-xWxHA-8
Because they don't match speed.. that is my point. They (ubiquitous - not all people, but a fair proportion) use the clearer 'closing' lane to continue at a higher speed, then merger when they can go no further. They make no attempt to merge until conditions force them. In an ideal world all people would be nice and follow rules - but they don't do they?
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But that isn't what happens is it? I worked with someone whose view was to get down the closing lane as quickly as possible and only attempt to merge when he couldn't get any further in that lane. That is queue jumping - and you see it time and time again irrespective of signs.