How do you stop the queue jumping motorists ?

[Isabelle 10]

When you get to the 50mph road after Grenoside you often find that the drivers who go in the outside lane of Halifax road & push their way in (invariably without using indicators to show they want to move into the inside lane), also don't drive over 40-45mph until they get to where the road has two lanes going up the hill towards the Stocksbridge bypass.

 

Also, I must be driving driving with blinkers on, because at this road narrowing I've never noticed the road signs that say merge in turn, just the arrows on the road that tell the outside lane to get into the inside lane.

 

Tonight on my drive home, I kept an eye on the arrows painted on the road, and as I thought, the arrows show straight on up until the very point of the merge where the road becomes too narrow for two cars, not any further back.

[RootsBooster 24]

Tonight on my drive home, I kept an eye on the arrows painted on the road, and as I thought, the arrows show straight on up until the very point of the merge where the road becomes too narrow for two cars, not any further back.

 

This came up on another thread a while back. These arrows are not telling drivers to move into the left lane, as BluePolo mistakenly believes, they are actually telling drivers to keep to their side of the central divide, usually when the road layout ahead is about to change.

[Bodie 11]

When this section goes into 1 lane WHY??? do people leave massive gaps to the car in front making the queue behind longer for no reason

 

I suspect they like the 'power' of holding everyone behind up due to the solid white line

[Lindseyw 10]

Which junction is this? I can't picture it in my head.

 

Hi, the junction where you come off the Parkway before the ASDA turn off, where you go up & there is that new little fire station in the dip, you go around to the right & drop down to Coisley Hill roundabout

[Berberis 10]

The one that gets my goat is the Parkway Central retail park queue jumpers. The ones that shoot down the slip-road into their carpark and out the other end. Man I hate those people.

[sgtkate 10]

The one that gets my goat is the Parkway Central retail park queue jumpers. The ones that shoot down the slip-road into their carpark and out the other end. Man I hate those people.

 

They are doing some building work in that retail park, not sure if it will change that road layout though.

 

I try to assume that anyone who pushes in or queue jumps has a valid reason for doing it, perhaps they have their pregnant wife in the car whose waters have broken etc. Helps me to not worry so much about it while I'm actually seething.

[geared 317]

It's hard to imagine that when it's a single bloke in a massive Audi holding a phone to his head.

[El Cid 220]

I try to assume that anyone who pushes in or queue jumps has a valid reason for doing it, perhaps they have their pregnant wife in the car whose waters have broken etc. Helps me to not worry so much about it while I'm actually seething.

 

And council vehicles? It will help to keep your council tax down

[RootsBooster 24]

When this section goes into 1 lane WHY??? do people leave massive gaps to the car in front making the queue behind longer for no reason

 

I suspect they like the 'power' of holding everyone behind up due to the solid white line

 

On this particular road it doesn't matter, there's nowhere to go to, the traffic is always built up again toward the end. I think the people doing this more than likely just see no point in wasting fuel by accelerating to fill the gap. Or maybe just texting.

[sgtkate 10]

It's hard to imagine that when it's a single bloke in a massive Audi holding a phone to his head.

 

If he drives an Audi then his journey is more important than mine and yours. Show some respect.

[TimmyR 10]

The thing is if everyone takes that view then some people will always get ahead by taking advantage of others. !

 

Our entire society is based on people getting ahead by taking advantage of others. There are hugely rich people cutting the wages of their workers. The entire system of government is largely driven by the lobbying of wealthy business owners so that they can take advantage of people and get ahead. And you're getting upset because someone queue jumps? Open your eyes!

[Obelix 11]

Our entire society is based on people getting ahead by taking advantage of others.

 

This has been the case since the Stone Age... its really nothing new...