Quote Originally Posted by Barry Shitpeas View Post
This gets on my tits more than anything on the road. Why are people such arseholes? You get two lanes going into one, and of course the idea is that each car leaves enough room for another to get in, whether from the the left or right. Some understand this but unfortunately many people are so aggressive and territorial that they will purposely drive as close as possible to the car in front so that no one can get in, as this may make them potentially a half a second later than they were.
Are we all supposed to drive in just the one lane (usually the left) leaving the other one empty?

This is a particular pain in the arse on dual carriageways when one lane is signed as being closed in 2 miles, so everyone quickly gets over to the left, creating a queue twice as long as it needs to be, snarling up roundabouts and junctions behind.
Take the opposite view here as I always get in lane early to avoid making cars stop to let me in later.The people who can't be arsed to get in lane before they absolutely have to are the ones that cause the traffic to stop/start at the point of the bottleneck.I try to remain calm but most see these people as arseoles that deserve what they get.I've been told by many traffic cops that leaving it late to get in the appropriate lane is the no 1 reason for delays