Its good to be polite when you drive and I like to flash or wave people in if they need the help at busy junctions. But I never let tradesmen in their vans in, cause the majority are evil dishonest cowboys. Who dont you let in?

Bus drivers (never let me out so why should I bother?)

These huge 4/4 Drivers with a 'I have a bigger and better machine than you'mentality.

Bus drivers definately, i've lost count of how many times they've just pulled out or came in the other lane and shoved me onto the other side of the road. :rant:

xxx

I'll generally let most people out, but tend to get really annoyed when they don't say thanks. A slow hand clap normally gets the message across.

Bus drivers are annoying though. They never let anyone out, and a pug 206 v a double decker is no contest.

Bus drivers definately, i've lost count of how many times they've just pulled out or came in the other lane and shoved me onto the other side of the road. :rant:

xxx

yeah, i understand motorists should give way to buses pulling away. if thats the rules, thats ok (although it does seem a bit bullish - size discrimination)... its side junctions and similar which aggrieve me mainly, especially when they park their bus right over your front (for example, when in a queue!). i tend to turn down the climate control to extra cool as i can feel the veins begin to pop up in my forehead as i sit their gritting my teeth gently tapping the steering wheel.

Its good to be polite when you drive and I like to flash or wave people in if they need the help at busy junctions. But I never let tradesmen in their vans in, cause the majority are evil dishonest cowboys. Who dont you let in?

Anyone whos not in a white van, as they are obvioulsly not tradesman and therefore must be honest and perfect, god dont u just hate that type :loopy:

I almost always let bus drivers out - and 8 times out of 10 they give me a thumbs-up out their window. I guess they do't get let out all that often so appreciate it more when I do it.

I let all sorts of people out, I don't distinguish any particular type for less polite treatment.
I do dislike people though who pull up on a main road in order to let someoen from a side road out. Someone did it for me this morning, if they'd used their common sense, they'd have seen that 5 cars later I could get out anyway, and then they wouldn't have had to delay their carriageway for 30 seconds whilst a gap appeared on the other side.

I once had an argument with a taxi, which resulted in me having a further argument....

with a lamp post.

I will generally let anyone out as long as I don't have to slow myself or others down in order to do so.

4x4 Drivers and Buses...You know the reasons!

Buses and the cocky sorts who try and "push" their way out... Nope... No way... I'm first. You won't push infront of me!

Other than that, I'll let anyone out :D

I generally let anyone out.

But if someone annoys me (usually by not thanking me for letting them out) then that is it, no one gets let in for the remainder of that journey.

Buses and the cocky sorts who try and "push" their way out... Nope... No way... I'm first. You won't push infront of me!

Other than that, I'll let anyone out :D
Completely agree. If someone is waiting patiently I'll be a LOT more inclined to let them out. But if they're trying to nose their way in, I'll do anything I can (whilst remaining safe and legal) to stop them doing so.

Completely agree. If someone is waiting patiently I'll be a LOT more inclined to let them out. But if they're trying to nose their way in, I'll do anything I can (whilst remaining safe and legal) to stop them doing so.

You sound exactly like me :P If someones too pushy, I get stubborn immediately... :P

I don't let the rude "I own the road" drivers out, usually the ones that don't stop at junctions and bully their way into a que of traffic then fail to thank you.

Do't let in or out:
Modified cars, can't be anyone I'd like to be associated with.
Cars with drivers no wearing tops, can't be anyone I'd like to be associated with.
Cars with football flags, nuf said.
White vans, speed, drive dangerously, tailgate.
Buses, live in their own little world.
Taxis, they speed, don't use taxi/bus lanes, overtake dangerously.

Do let in (or out):
Cars of no particular descript, with nice and friendly people in.

Another thing is when you let someone out and then the driver behind sneaks out aswell, even though there isnt enough room for them to do so! grrr!

I refuse to let in/out people who try force their way in front of me

Its good to be polite when you drive and I like to flash

20Pence (http://www.senocular.com/pub/asorg/flasher.gif) :hihi: :hihi:

Buses and the cocky sorts who try and "push" their way out... Nope... No way... I'm first. You won't push infront of me!

Other than that, I'll let anyone out :D

Only thing is, if you live in a cul de sac which turns out onto a very busy main road, and you have to turn right out of the street, sometimes the only way to get out is to edge out and hope that someone will take pity on you (or get to the point that they can't get past you and have to let you out while waiting for the other side of the road to have a gap). Especially in rush hour you can sit at the bottom of the road for 10 minutes while a slow moving queue stop across the junction without leaving room for you to get out- or you can get proactive and draw attention to yourself a bit.

I try to be a courteous driver and let people out whenever I can- but as someone else has said, the first person to not thank me ruins it for anyone else I may have felt charitable towards for the rest of a journey.

Do't let in or out:
Modified cars, can't be anyone I'd like to be associated with.
Cars with drivers no wearing tops, can't be anyone I'd like to be associated with.
Cars with football flags, nuf said.
White vans, speed, drive dangerously, tailgate.
Buses, live in their own little world.
Taxis, they speed, don't use taxi/bus lanes, overtake dangerously.

Do let in (or out):
Cars of no particular descript, with nice and friendly people in.

Have you got any friends at all?

'I own the road' types and poseurs in cars they can't handle, who, if you did decide to signal them to let go, they're too busy looking who's looking at them, posing in the mirror, etc, and don't notice you've waved them on anyway! Oh and people chatting on their mobile phones whilst driving, NEVER let them through.

Oh and people chatting on their mobile phones whilst driving, NEVER let them through.
I do. I'd rather be behind them than in front of them....

I'd generally let anyone out at a junction as long as it was safe to do so and did not involve slowing down or stopping and causing inconvenience to those behind me. I always wave when I'm let in too.

The only exception is mercedes benz drivers, I just hate those cars.

Don't really discriminate at junctions but only ever try and let one car go otherwise you're sat there all day. In other situations, I never let anyone in the overtaking lane back in when they know it's running out and they have to get back in my lane and they're going for the land speed record trying to get ahead of me, eg, Darnall/Prince of Wales Road :suspect:

I'll generally let most people out, but tend to get really annoyed when they don't say thanks.
Guaranteed to wind me up too :(
A nod or a gesture costs nothing.

A nod or a gesture costs nothing.

That's right.
You can have this Compliments of Vike. HERE (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v689/viking99/forums/roddin3.jpg) :hihi:

And you lot wonder why bus drivers can be grumpy and sometimes don’t let people out!!!!!

People have no idea what a crap job it is driving a bus with the aggression on the roads

But back to the OP

I tend to let everyone out especially busses, Lorries and really any other vehicle working because they have a job to do.

I never let 4x4’s out

I will generally let anyone out as long as I don't have to slow myself or others down in order to do so.

i'm with Meaks, i tend to let most out where i can.

I let out most people, except those who don't indicate and it isn't obvious which way they want to turn (just flick a lever, it's hardly going to hurt). And those who are overly pushy.

I agree with what several other posters have said - I will do anything in my power while remaining legal (and bearing in mind I drive a tiny car!) to stop ignorant people pushing their way in front of me. It's just rude. But I will let out most people as long as they are waiting patiently.

Only other group I tend to discriminate against are 4x4 drivers. I live in London, where there is absolutely no need to drive a 4x4!

It depends on my mood with bus drivers and taxi drivers. Usually I try to be couteous as they are just trying to do their job, and bus drivers often give really cheery thank-yous by sticking their arm out of the window and giving you a thumbs up. But if a bus driver has cut me up or tried to barge me off the road, then I take great pleasure in refusing to let them out if I overtaken them further down the road, which often happens. What goes around comes around, so it serves them right!

I let out most people, except those who don't indicate and it isn't obvious which way they want to turn (just flick a lever, it's hardly going to hurt). And those who are overly pushy.

pretty much the same for me.

****y ones!

I always said before i passed my test that i would let NO-ONE in bcoz nearly 99% of them dont say thank you!!

When i passed my test...well that was a different story lol...i let most people past but when they dont say thank you, i start ranting at them with my gob wide open so they can lip read what i am saying!!! LOL

that really, really, really gets my back up when they dont say thank you!!!! :rant: :rant: :rant: :rant: :rant: :rant:

Its good to be polite when you drive and I like to flash or wave people in if they need the help at busy junctions. But I never let tradesmen in their vans in, cause the majority are evil dishonest cowboys. Who dont you let in?

Why don't you just drive your car instead of judging every other road user? :confused: :loopy:

Makes more sense to me. :thumbsup:

'I own the road' types and poseurs in cars they can't handle, who, if you did decide to signal them to let go, they're too busy looking who's looking at them, posing in the mirror, etc, and don't notice you've waved them on anyway! Oh and people chatting on their mobile phones whilst driving, NEVER let them through.

How can you tell if they can 'handle' the car they are driving whilst they are stationary at a junction?

I don't let drivers in who try and force their way in.

If they wait I generally let them in.

Unlike the op,i go out of my way to let tradesmen in.Also,taxi drivers and bus drivers. Im a community nurse so spend a lot of my working day driving around sheffield.I always give way to anyone else who appears to be driving for a living.

I let people in whenever it's convenient. I don't distinguish between who or what vehicles I let in.
I find it intensely annoying when people brake to a stop from 40 mph on a clear road just to let someone in from a side road, that's dangerous.

i wouldn't let you in mr yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannnnnnnnnnggggggg!

I'm with most people, as in I'll let anyone sat nice and patient, or who's been waiting ages, but WILL NOT let out the 'creepers', 'nudges' and 'pushers'

I'm with redrobbo on this, I tend to let most people in but give priority to working drivers. Taxis, buses, van drivers, etc. Is it just another coincidence that we're both in the Labour Party and care about working people?

I refuse to let in/out people who try force their way in front of me

Same here. Otherwise I let anyone in/out depending on traffic flow, especially if it helps free a snarl up, it doesn't matter who they are or what they are driving, but I hate people who try to push in.

Sometimes I wish I was driving a tank without brakes, so that if they were two or three feet over the white line they would have to get out of the way quick. But if they push forward, then other drivers naturally pull up behind them leaving no escape route which is bad driving, plus they have put themselves in a dangerous situation by pulling out into the main road. Not only that it can stop right turners who have to wait and that blocks the traffic on the other carriageway, and because of one driver being pushy all the traffic comes to a standstill and it takes even longer to get sorted, leading to frustration for everyone. All caused by one person trying to push in.

I'm with redrobbo on this, I tend to let most people in but give priority to working drivers. Taxis, buses, van drivers, etc. Is it just another coincidence that we're both in the Labour Party and care about working people?

1. redrobbo hasn't posted.

2.What's this thread got to do with politics.

3.If the Labour party care for the working people why then did your future leader shaft them in the Budget by getting rid of the 10p tax rate resulting in effect, a tax rise for the lowest earners in society.

4.You're electioneering.

Its good to be polite when you drive and I like to flash or wave people in if they need the help at busy junctions. But I never let tradesmen in their vans in, cause the majority are evil dishonest cowboys. Who dont you let in?

I wouldn't let you in 'cos you might be an evil dishonest cowboy tradesman out in your car on your day off :hihi:

Actually I don't drive, but my wife, who does, lets all and sundry out; it's me, if I'm with her, has the hissy fit when there's no gratitude from the other driver. ;)

If motorists had any mentality letting alternate vehicles in at roundabouts would help traffic flow but the average British motorists is pig ignorant (apologies to pigs). The ignition on brain off syndrome rules.

I'm with redrobbo on this, I tend to let most people in but give priority to working drivers. Taxis, buses, van drivers, etc. Is it just another coincidence that we're both in the Labour Party and care about working people?

If that is the attitude shared by Labour councillors then not only does Sheffield win the award for "Pothole City" it will also be in the running for the title of "Discrimination City."

I'm with redrobbo on this, I tend to let most people in but give priority to working drivers. Taxis, buses, van drivers, etc. Is it just another coincidence that we're both in the Labour Party and care about working people?

Hang on Redrobbo hasn't posted on this thread. Unless he has another user name, which he wouldn't do surely ?

Hang on Redrobbo hasn't posted on this thread. Unless he has another user name, which he wouldn't do surely ?

No, he got that wrong as well. It was PatzB. Unless..............? :thumbsup:

it was actually me who said they let the 'workers' in,but hey,im not a politician,so i obviously dont count :rolleyes: :hihi:

it was actually me who said they let the 'workers' in,but hey,im not a politician,so i obviously dont count :rolleyes: :hihi:


One or two said something similar including PatzB and I think it was the Union Jack that caused the confusion?

Anyway apologies to you gnomi, :thumbsup: but who said politicians count? :|

Buses+lorries. Have to switch to in car circulation if I do let them in front,
Taxi drivers, as above. Private ones are too aggressive and the black cabs way too sloooow.
Tiny cars e.g. Nissan micras. Dont want to risk them being hopelessly slow in front of me and then regretting letting them in.

I'll generally let most people out, but tend to get really annoyed when they don't say thanks. A slow hand clap normally gets the message across.

Bus drivers are annoying though. They never let anyone out, and a pug 206 v a double decker is no contest.

i agree, being kind enough to let someone out then they don't even say thanks is so ignorant, i always say thanks if someone lets me out

i'am a white van Woman and i always let people come out of junctions (well most days)i have been known to let 3 or 4 cars pull out as they have been waiting ages to pull onto a busy main road.Puts my back up when you get impolite arrogant people who don't say thank you though.

Also can i say i have noticed that there seems to be this discrimmination about white van men where not all bad you know.

I tend to find its the drivers of flashy cars that are the worst offenders.(not all might i add)

i'am a white van Woman and i always let people come out of junctions (well most days)i have been known to let 3 or 4 cars pull out as they have been waiting ages to pull onto a busy main road.Puts my back up when you get impolite arrogant people who don't say thank you though.

Also can i say i have noticed that there seems to be this discrimmination about white van men where not all bad you know.

I tend to find its the drivers of flashy cars that are the worst offenders.(not all might i add)

I have a lot of respect for professional drivers, which white van people usually are. :thumbsup:

I don't care who I let in, although they better acknowledge my act of decency or I get a serious monk on. I tend to let people out in 500 yd bursts ie if I've let someone out once then I don't feel that I have to let anyone else out for a good while. They're on someone elses to do list.

I'm a really curtious driver, the way I see it is, if i let people out of junctions etc then maybe when I am in need of "being let out" someone will do the same.
I must admit though if I see a driver using a mobile phone it is a different story, I will drive past and shout "police car behind you" and immitate a phone with my hand. I know this sounds immature but if people are ignorant enough to use a mobile while driving, then why should anyone be anything but ignorant to them?

But I never let tradesmen in their vans in, cause the majority are evil dishonest cowboys. Who dont you let in?

I'm a white van driver and I never let smug sods in. :D
Others :

Buses
Women
disabled
anyone who fails to get into a gap I leave for them
learners
police
Anything else that will slow me down

As for getting out I just wait for any of the above and pull out. With me driving a white van they assume I don't care about a bump and stop.
The bad news is they are right.:hihi:

No one when I am driving through Manchester. Other than that I am very polite.

This question could be used as a psychological test, or at least a very efficient way of uncovering an individual's quirks of attitude. Letting someone out of a side road seems to be governed almost entirely by caprice, pre-conceived notions and strange personal morality issues. If the potential letoutee scratches one's mental scars they sit at the junction as one whizzes by. If not, they get waved out. Most odd.

Personally for instance, I will let out almost any motorist as long as traffic flow isn't overly impeded by it. So far, so sensible. But I don't seem to be able to raise my courteous hand for three distinct types of vehicle: SUVs, Mercedes and Volvos. Quite why, I can't really tell. The first is fairly obvious, I suppose. SUVs suck. They are offensively unnecessary in an urban environment, generally provide an awful driving experience and require anyone other than somebody who operates in a seriously extreme motoring activity to engage self-delusion of the highest order in order to run one. Mercedes? Hmm. I don't think I'm marque-jealous, having had more than my fair share of BMWs. I do wonder if I'm snobbish, as Mercs simply don't have the cachet they did before Benz's the mid-90s push towards volume sales. But Volvos? Other than the vague feeling that drivers who desire a Volvo secretly expect to have accidents and so are basically dangerous, I have very little to go on. I did live years ago in Stoke Newington, next to Europe's largest orthodox Jewish community. The steed of choice for the chosen people was the Volvo estate, driven with breathtaking lack of talent. Is this what prompts my dislike of Volvos? And does this make me anti-semitic? Oy oy oy...

A while ago I was asked why I had spent a decade as a motoring journalist. I replied that it was because the car goes to the heart of all of us, touches all of our lives. Show me a car, and I'll find a human story behind it. Car writing has brought me into contact with dreamers, adventurers, artists, philanderers, sportspeople, victors and victims. I continue to have a fascinating time, and I don't even particularly care about cars any more. Maybe it's time for the pshcholanalytic community to take a tip from my profession. Ladies and gentlemen, sit up on your couches and start your engines.

How can you tell if they can 'handle' the car they are driving whilst they are stationary at a junction?

A small young girl at the wheel of a large lamborghini convertible; it's a bit of a give-away really.

A small young girl at the wheel of a large lamborghini convertible; it's a bit of a give-away really.

I'm not sure I get it...do these cars need stronger arms to turn the wheel or something? :confused:

Nah, it's just that people who don't have fancy sports cars think that people only buy such cars to demonstrate manhood (lack of / size of / or other silliness / etc) :roll: (Though to be fair I wouldn't have Cyclone down for this)

Personally I love to see girls in sports cars and I'd always let them out! :thumbsup:

Buses are definitely less likely to give the usual :thumbsup: that they ALWAYS used to do; even so, I usually let them out for the reasons that there are lots of poeple going places as opposed to just us in the car; also environmental reasons and you inevitably overtake them within a short distance anyway.
I take exception to being classed as 'dishonest' when I'm in my van; I am no different than when I'm in the car; it wouldn't do my business any good at all if I was discourteous. And anyway, I find that it is often commercial vehicles that let me out whatever I'm in.
It doesn't seem fair to class ALL van drivers as louts any more than it would be to class ALL young drivers as tearaways or ALL women drivers as incompetant.

I'm not sure I get it...do these cars need stronger arms to turn the wheel or something? :confused:

They certainly need stronger legs to push the clutch and brake pedals. And they're very difficult to reverse too.

I'd never let anyone out of a junction driving a 4x4.

I let anyone out. :)

I don't generally let anyone out who drives an expensive car as logic indicates they can afford to wait longer than I can! :P I also don't let out supped up cars, 4x4's, buses etc and make a point of going very slowly past anyone using a mobile.

The point about buses is that they don't have a particular destination to get to as fast as possible like the rest of us. They just circle round and round and round, so don't need to be let out... besides when I used to have to use the bus daily it was hardly ever on time anyway - and that was when there was very little traffic holding it up!!

I always try and let bikers out though, specially since I am one, and they disappear past the cars in front 2 secs later and don't hold me up at all... :thumbsup:

Buses and the cocky sorts who try and "push" their way out... Nope... No way... I'm first. You won't push infront of me!

Other than that, I'll let anyone out :D

I posted this almost a year ago and I havent changed much... I will let the odd bus pull out, but only if I'm in no hurry and only if its going downhill as they take an absolute AGE to get up hill. :roll:

Don't - Tractors, private hire taxis, 4x4's, people forcing their way out.

Do - people who just look 'nice' :hihi: , people who wait patiently, motorbikes (though really they can manage it whether we let them or not:thumbsup: )


The bus thing varies - sometimes I do, sometimes I don't. I'm of the opinion that if you let a bus out it will generally pull in a nanosecond later at a bus stop so you can pass it anyway. I don't let them in if they just pull straight away from the stop and don't wait though.

I posted this almost a year ago and I havent changed much... I will let the odd bus pull out, but only if I'm in no hurry and only if its going downhill as they take an absolute AGE to get up hill. :roll:

So why aren't you driving to Glasgow? Frightened of getting stuck behind a bus?

I let most people out, although thinking back I have a block when it comes to 4x4's in the city centre.

However, what makes me mad is when you flash for someone to move out and it's ignored. You then hold up the traffic by waiting for the pleb to notice 'cause you're not sure if they have or not, flashing your lights like a maniac. And often when they finally move, they are the slowest moving vehicle EVER!

in no apparent order.

small car drivers,cinquecento etc - you can afford the fuel with what you save in tax.
women preening - i don't care if you think your gorgeous, i'm fat and ugly and got there first. so wait.
any body on old cars giving off excessive polluting fumes.
old codgers - 'cos it'll take me an hour to be able to get past them again.

I'm not sure I get it...do these cars need stronger arms to turn the wheel or something? :confused:

Some require a strong neck to carry the medallion.

A small young girl at the wheel of a large lamborghini convertible; it's a bit of a give-away really.

http://www.nikkiwelsby.com/

How wrong you could be though :hihi:

d*ckheads using their mobile phones whilst trying to manoevre round the junction.

If motorists had any mentality letting alternate vehicles in at roundabouts would help traffic flow but the average British motorists is pig ignorant (apologies to pigs). The ignition on brain off syndrome rules.

Eh?
Are you suggesting stopping on the roundabout to let people out... If so, that's the :loopy: ist idea i've seen in a long time. Roundabouts work because everyone knows who has priority, it's the people already going around.

One or two said something similar including PatzB and I think it was the Union Jack that caused the confusion?

Anyway apologies to you gnomi, :thumbsup: but who said politicians count? :|

Oops, yes it was the Union Flag that confused me. Apologies all round.

Eh?
Are you suggesting stopping on the roundabout to let people out... If so, that's the :loopy: ist idea i've seen in a long time. Roundabouts work because everyone knows who has priority, it's the people already going around.

Have you been on Brook Hill roundabout recently Cyclone? You know when you are going up the Ring Road from St. Philips Road and going straight forward towards Moorfoot, the traffic tends to stand still on the roundabout blocking people coming up from West Bar going towards Broomhill.

Well they have painted white lines on the roundabout for drivers to leave a gap so people can go straight forward. Have a look next time you are on there, they have only just done it. :)

Have you been on Brook Hill roundabout recently Cyclone? You know when you are going up the Ring Road from St. Philips Road and going straight forward towards Moorfoot, the traffic tends to stand still on the roundabout blocking people coming up from West Bar going towards Broomhill.

Well they have painted white lines on the roundabout for drivers to leave a gap so people can go straight forward. Have a look next time you are on there, they have only just done it. :)

I think I know where you mean, I do use the roundabout, but only once or twice a week.

That's a terrible bit of design though, the traffic off a roundabout should never be impeded because of the problem you just described, but it happens in every direction off this one. (Unless i'm confusing Brook Square with Brook Hill)?

Drivers should obstruct other traffic that could join the roundabout if they themselves are forced to become stationary, but that's not the same as saying that cars should deliberately stop and allow other cars out onto a roundabout, that's still a stupid idea.

http://www.nikkiwelsby.com/

How wrong you could be though :hihi:

I'm not sure that racing a Renault Clio quite counts, Cyclone.

Would Nikki even count as small?

lol i have a strict criteria for letting people in at junctions.....

It generally depends on my mood, whether or not I let people in, although might I add I am generally calm so let most people in. If someone has pi***d me off during the journey then no-one gets let in.

Similar to everyone else, if your sat patiently at the junction, then you my friend have just earned yourself a ticket to the main road - lol.

lol i have a strict criteria for letting people in at junctions.....

Me too. Depends on my mood and the time of day. I try to be nice but some people take the pee.

If I'm on my way to work you've pretty much no chance. If you're coming out of the Waitrose car park on Napier Street you've no chance - let one out and the next half-dozen cars think it applies to them as well, even if you're moving yourself. If you're pulling a stupid manoevre in the road, a U-turn or forcing your way out into the traffic, you've no chance. Oh, and in general, if your lane is running out and you have to pull in, unless I'm really not paying attention you will have to get in behind me. My kindness to buses depends on the general traffic situation, unless I'm being tailgated in which case obviously I will always let the bus in front of me pull out :hihi:

Eh?
Are you suggesting stopping on the roundabout to let people out... If so, that's the :loopy: ist idea i've seen in a long time. Roundabouts work because everyone knows who has priority, it's the people already going around.

No I am not suggesting stopping on the island but at any junction which is not give way.
Even at give way when coming onto a main road where the traffic is held up it will not make your journey any longer if cars are let in alternately. It is after all only one car = 10 seconds.
You must live on a knife edge.
I worked with a chap who was late for work if one set of traffic lights were against him. What a way to live!

By the way ,I bet your the type that will block the exit just because you were on the roundabout first.

I'm not sure that racing a Renault Clio quite counts, Cyclone.

Would Nikki even count as small?

It may be clio's that she races, but I reckon she could probably handle pretty much any car you asked her too.
I'm not sure how small you meant with small...

No I am not suggesting stopping on the island but at any junction which is not give way.
Even at give way when coming onto a main road where the traffic is held up it will not make your journey any longer if cars are let in alternately. It is after all only one car = 10 seconds.
You must live on a knife edge.
I worked with a chap who was late for work if one set of traffic lights were against him. What a way to live!

By the way ,I bet your the type that will block the exit just because you were on the roundabout first.

Actually I'm very careful not block exits and entrances and not to end up waiting in hatched areas.
I don't think what you'd said originally was at all clear.

I agree that in the case of queuing roads letting people out doesn't slow you down much.
Although I have sat in a queue and watched cars in front let out 5 or 10 cars... Which when the lights only allow time for 4 (snoozing) drivers through every 5 minutes definitely does delay everyone waiting in the main queue.

i usually let anyone out, but it only takes one ignorant gomeless driver to ruin my good spirit, then i turn mean and dont let anyone infront of me