marc_p Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 ..I'm gonna remember this... If i ever get peckish and i'm in your neck of the woods.. I'm gonna come find you and piss you off... windows down and see what the catch of the day is.. lol Well a pedestrian who shouted 'daddy's car' once got a half eaten yum yum, so you never know what you might get:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SBDJ Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 i dont mind if both lanes are blocked up but when one lane is backed up for miles and the lane that has been coned off is empty and people can see which lane they have to be in but they fly down the empty lane to cut in at the end that annoy me! and i only stop them when i get to the 200yrds sign so its not as if im stopping them miles from where the lane filters down It's called "Merge In Turn" and they've started putting signs saying that at some roadworks. The police have been known to pull people over for diy-policing this themselves. If they wanted you to merge 2 miles back, they would place the merge point 2 miles back. If everyone uses both lanes, and leaves sufficient space then the whole thing will run smoothly. When people start getting arsey about people "jumping the queue" is when it all goes tits up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Garfy Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 just been out to asda to get my girlfriend some hair dye and the usual a$$eho1es are out on the A1! They are doing the usual shut one lane of the A1 whilst nobody is working on the road and creating horrendous traffic for no reason. Why do these people, even though they can clearly see the signs ssaying that it is going to filter down into one lane, decide that everyone else has to go into the inside lane but they can cut the traffic out and just cut in at the end! I personally drive down the centre of the road so that these people who obviously need to be at home or wherever cannot get passed and create more of a traffic jam for everyone else once the road narrows! Nearly landed me up with no Supra though tonight when the 18yr old with his "rock hard" mates followed me down to the next roundabout where he thought it was funny to start swerving infront of me, shouting abuse and almost ramming me off the road However I drive a Supra and he drives a purple Focus Thanks for reading Rant is over and i feel much better Sorry but driving in the middle of the two lanes will earn you a hand full of my horn and un polite gestures, there are two lanes for a reason, use them!!!! if you don't want to thats upto you, but don't stop those that have good road sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 Well a pedestrian who shouted 'daddy's car' once got a half eaten yum yum, so you never know what you might get:) Well it was those little sauce tub things you get, they were exploding nicely over the car:D I have Rihanna albums ready and waiting for these instances. I do get rather angry with some people whilst driving and it usually does end up with me throwing something at the other car, there has been a few occasions, I remember once I overtook someone on a straight bit of road with no oncoming traffic visible, anyway, they flashed me for overtaking them, which I was really p1ssed off about as I had done nothing wrong and they were doing 45 in a 60, so I slammed my brakes on, came to a stop and started throwing McDonalds sachets at there car, I then set off at 20mph and each time they tried to get past I put my foot down. Another time invloved a block of butter, where some w@nker stole my space at ASDA so I proceeded to purchase a block of butter and smear it all over his car. I do tend to get road rage, but I don't get angry, I just take a calm and relaxed food throwing approach..........There was another involving Baked Beans, but that's a story for another day. I wouldn't do that if I were you. I remember once, when people were filtering stupidly early, so I decided to go down the empty lane along with a few other cars behind me, anyway, somebody pulled out to stop me getting past and I was not going to tolerate this, but also didn't want to damage my car by ramming them, so I dived into my shopping bag, found a tin of sardines, opened it up and threw it at the forementioned car which resulted in him swerving the other way and leaving the lane clear again for us happy motorists to be on our way Absolutely amazing. I would love to witness this. Marc_p, I salute you. Bow in your new found adulation, and cheer if you will. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevie_b Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 There was another involving Baked Beans, but that's a story for another day. Marc, sorry to do this but I really need to press you for details! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 Marc, sorry to do this but I really need to press you for details! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wilson Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 Don't have things like that here in Shropshire, traffic is light. If the need arises to travel to places where there's horrendous traffic problems I just send `er indoors and she picks me up from the pub on the way back. Sorted.... Throwing a tin of sardines, how very common, please select a more up market product, you have a Supra you know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marc_p Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 Absolutely amazing. I would love to witness this. Marc_p, I salute you. Bow in your new found adulation, and cheer if you will. It cures anger brilliantly without causing damage just extreme annoyance to the other party. Marc, sorry to do this but I really need to press you for details! Well this was a while ago, it was before I had my supra, I had a '99 BMW e36 coupe with all the trimmings(M3 Kit, 19's etc) and it also had very very dark window tints all round which made it look like, well, a drug dealers car, so anyway I pulled up outside quite an expensive nightclub and literally went to pick up a friend, I opened the door and obviously everybody was expecting a big bloke to get out.............and then I got out out who looked like a 16 year old, so one of the guy's waiting in the que started shouting abuse at me, anyway I just calmly ignored him, found my mate who then walked back out with me, so the guy shouted more abuse implying we were queer, anyway I told my mate to keep stum and get in the car, I then drove to the ASDA which was just round the corner, bought some baked beans and a tin opener, at which point my mate knew what was happening and bought some eggs, I then jumped back in the car, drove back around, to luckily see that the guy was still outside, I opened the tin, got out the car, chucked the beans all over the guy after which my mate threw 2 eggs at him, I then blew smoke in his face, and calmly called him a prick, got in the car and drove off. I then burst into histerics with my mate after seeing this gobsmacked face as we drove off, there was no way he was going to get into the club dressed like that:D Don't have things like that here in Shropshire, traffic is light. If the need arises to travel to places where there's horrendous traffic problems I just send `er indoors and she picks me up from the pub on the way back. Sorted.... Throwing a tin of sardines, how very common, please select a more up market product, you have a Supra you know Okay, I'll make sure it's duck next time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevie_b Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 Nice work Marc! Didn't the guy try to dodge it or defend himself? If I ever try that, with my luck I'll probably pick a guy who's up for a fight, and get my front teeth handed to me. Okay, I'll make sure it's duck next time. Caviar, daahling! Those little salty fishy eggs would leave a lingering aroma on the victim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheefa Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 I flipped the other day when there was congestion on the M42. I was in the car with the mrs in a rush for a doctors appointment and due to the congestion it said 'Use hard shoulder for Junction 5 only'. So I stayed in the middle lane until this was flagged up and moved across to the hard shoulder. Had a while to go. I found a good 20-30 drivers using the lane and then pulling back onto the main lanes at the last minute just so they could overtake cars and slow me down. This one BMW driver moved in front of me and the verbal and hand gestures that came out of my mouth were quite incredible, I do have an anger management problem at the moment and I felt like following the tw*t, but a prime example of sh*t, dislawful and arrogant drivers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marc_p Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 Nice work Marc! Didn't the guy try to dodge it or defend himself? If I ever try that, with my luck I'll probably pick a guy who's up for a fight. By the time I think he realised what my intentions were, the baked beans were already airborne, if your going to do this, it helps if the car is running behind you with doors already open and the victim on the opposite side of a rope:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marc_p Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 I flipped the other day when there was congestion on the M42. I was in the car with the mrs in a rush for a doctors appointment and due to the congestion it said 'Use hard shoulder for Junction 5 only'. So I stayed in the middle lane until this was flagged up and moved across to the hard shoulder. Had a while to go. I found a good 20-30 drivers using the lane and then pulling back onto the main lanes at the last minute just so they could overtake cars and slow me down. This one BMW driver moved in front of me and the verbal and hand gestures that came out of my mouth were quite incredible, I do have an anger management problem at the moment and I felt like following the tw*t, but a prime example of sh*t, dislawful and arrogant drivers. Throw food at them, you have no idea the satisfaction you can get from this without being done for criminal damage:). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevie_b Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 It's called "Merge In Turn" and they've started putting signs saying that at some roadworks. The police have been known to pull people over for diy-policing this themselves. If they wanted you to merge 2 miles back, they would place the merge point 2 miles back. If everyone uses both lanes, and leaves sufficient space then the whole thing will run smoothly. When people start getting arsey about people "jumping the queue" is when it all goes tits up. IAM merge in turn advice “Too often we see a long, empty lane leading up to roadworks, doing nothing, because drivers have been told to get in lane too early. Then there is a tension with people perceived as ‘pushing in’. The new recommendation to merge in turn in the Highway Code will encourage drivers to use all the available lanes – right up to the lane closure - and could make roadworks less of a problem” SBDJ, the Institute of Advanced Motorists agree with you. But I'm still surprised that they advocate it. It seems to me that traffic slows to a halt because people leave merging to the last minute (i.e. at the point where the closing lane gets physically coned off). A single lane of traffic is rarely stationary unless there's another hold-up like traffic lights. Just my thoughts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marbleapple Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 IAM merge in turn advice SBDJ, the Institute of Advanced Motorists agree with you. But I'm still surprised that they advocate it. It seems to me that traffic slows to a halt because people leave merging to the last minute (i.e. at the point where the closing lane gets physically coned off). A single lane of traffic is rarely stationary unless there's another hold-up like traffic lights. Just my thoughts. Ulterior motives isn't it.... Its why the government have so many traffic lights.... it wastes petrol and brings them more tax. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitesupraboy2 Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 IAM merge in turn advice SBDJ, the Institute of Advanced Motorists agree with you. But I'm still surprised that they advocate it. It seems to me that traffic slows to a halt because people leave merging to the last minute (i.e. at the point where the closing lane gets physically coned off). A single lane of traffic is rarely stationary unless there's another hold-up like traffic lights. Just my thoughts. ...and there is a very good reason, we have some dual carriagesway near me that have work done on them making them a single lane at one end, If everyone queued in one lane it would go back to the next roundabout and then block that blocking the single lane roads from town causing bad traffic all the way into town. Block a single dual carriageway letting all other roads flow, or block up to a roundabout and block 4 / 5 other roads as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Garfy Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 IAM merge in turn advice SBDJ, the Institute of Advanced Motorists agree with you. But I'm still surprised that they advocate it. It seems to me that traffic slows to a halt because people leave merging to the last minute (i.e. at the point where the closing lane gets physically coned off). A single lane of traffic is rarely stationary unless there's another hold-up like traffic lights. Just my thoughts. not really, what causes it is people that won't let people in, because they feel as though they are queue jumping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevie_b Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 they feel as though they are queue jumping And are they? It's a genuine question, I'm not being sarcastic. Many would say they are, but I can also see the other side of it (there is a lane there, after all). If they were driving along the hard shoulder or grass verge to get to the front, that would be different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benkei Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 It's only queue jumping if it's not you trying to push in Where it merges, just file in like a zip, one from the left, one from the right. That way everyone gets a fair turn, no one is waiting for ages holding everyone up. If the lane is free - use it. It's just road etiquette, which no one seems ot have anymore, it's all me me me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marc_p Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 If you really want to annoy people, chase emergency vehicles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Garfy Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 And are they? It's a genuine question, I'm not being sarcastic. Many would say they are, but I can also see the other side of it (there is a lane there, after all). If they were driving along the hard shoulder or grass verge to get to the front, that would be different. I see what you are saying, my opinion is that its not queue jumping, its simply using the road that is there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooter Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 The problem stems from the fact that there is usually far more cars cruising along in the inside lane, they all come across the start of the queue and the 10 or so cars previously spread over a mile are suddenly in a queue and 5 of them don't suddenly pull out to the outside lane to even the queue up. This can go on for quite some time the subsequent 11th 12th etc cars perhaps not wanting to 'push in' either, until you end up with a massive difference in the queue size and car no 20 something thinks fook this what are all those prats doing not using all the lanes and just goes down the outside, whilst a high % continue to refuse to be seen to 'push in' which creates the same cycle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 If you really want to annoy people, chase emergency vehicles You mean a la Bruce Willis in Die Hard: With A Vengeance? Although I don't remember him fast bowling any beans or sardines at gobby muscleheads Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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