QUOTE (dannyboy @ Nov 4 2011, 01:57 PM)
So you push them out of the lane they are in and up the A34?
No, I simply drive alongside them (as in, I'm in the correct lane, they are in the lane going up to the A34). They would have been in the correct lane but they try to jump the queue. How would I be able to push people out of the lane? I am not a transformer or something.
It's probably better to explain by pictures.
Here's where I'm talking about.
Heading back towards Thatcham, I would be in the same lane as the Fiesta (the CORRECT lane for my journey). Clearly labeled on the road and there is a big sign by the turning on the left before the Fire Station back entrance.
A car will then come up in the right hand lane, normally jumping the queue of traffic, and try to "jump" everyone off the lights and cut across. This is dangerous, not only is it a willful disrespect of the road layout but can also cause a collision between vehicles as the car in the right hand lane (A34 lane) collides with the car in the correct lane when merging.
Now I am understanding people who are new to the area and out of protection of my own car rather than caring about anyone else, I will generally be the one to back off in a confrontation - if I spot they have a sat nav I will always hang back, however 95% of the people who do this live in Newbury, and I know this either because I recognise their car, or because they manage to get ahead and end up turning into one of the estates to the left, opposite the Mercedes dealer.
So anyway I would be the big black 4x4 and the moron who can't read the road sign will be the silver car, and I would simply slow down/speed up in order to keep alongside the vehicle so it is not able to come across. Childish and immature, yes. Does it prove a point, which is my *point* - well I'd think that person wouldn't do that again - dangerous? Not really.
QUOTE (Nothing Much @ Nov 4 2011, 02:09 PM)
Sorry XJ. I was simply talking of etiquette in slow moving main road single lane traffic.
Giving a gap to someone to cross over at a junction is not too hard.
I have often ended up in the wrong lane in strange towns and been treated well.
As I do to those racing to the end of the M11 with the well known camera.
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Oh I agree.
in terms of junctions, blocking turnings etc is stupid, gaps should always be left, for example in traffic, even if nothing is turning at that time.