Quote Originally Posted by dml1954 View Post
Rubbish. These situations are entirely caused by the people in the blocked lane not pulling in soon enough. If everyone pulled in correctly to the open lane when indicated by the signs then there wouldnt be any blockage and traffic would move freely. The people who cut in are not doing it because they believe have the right of way, they are doing it because they cant be bothered slowing down a bit and couldnt care less about delaying everyone else and 'cutting up' other traffic. As to the 'rules of the road' as you put it - these are presumably made up in the minds of people like you to suit your own ends. If you ask the police what they think I am sure they would confirm that the behaviour of who ignore the signs and cut in is dangerous and inconsiderate and would constitute an offence of driving without due care and attention, if an incident occurred. I have no objection to traffic 'merging in turn' at a reasonable distance from the blockage but this does not include the last 200 metres at speed. The warning signs are put there to get people into the one lane as soon as possible and are not there to encourage people to accelerate and race to the bollards which is a common occurrence.
If everyone used the full length of road, there would be no space for any driver to accelerate into. The 800m, 600m etc signs are there so drivers aren't suddenly caught out by a lane being coned off.