Quote Originally Posted by sneggyblubird View Post
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
Agree totally with this. I have only just come across this thread and cant believe that the person who started this all off last March was bring serious. The 'idiots' are the ones who think driving in the blocked off lane until the last second is the correct thing to do. They are only doing it for one reason - to save themselves time and couldn't give a monkeys about anyone else. What they are doing is dangerous, as very often they cut in at speed in front of another vehicle at the very last second before they mash up all the bollards. I always get into the lane marked as open before the 800m marker, which everyone should do and my policy is to allow vehicles, who indicate correctly, into the lane I am in in front of me up to the 600m marker. Anyone trying to get in after this is obviously deliberately taking advantage and I dont let them in. I get frustrated by the people in front of me who do let people in at the last moment, as they are allowing the idiots to believe that their brain dead behaviour pays off and they will carry on blindly doing it in future. Perhaps if more people blocked lanes and didnt let anyone in late then they would finally get the message that this sort of behaviour is unacceptable. The traffic police should also take a more active role and sometimes place their vehicle in the blocked off section and pull over/book culprits who cut in late, as this action is undoubtedly illegal.