The Master Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 Just now, nsr said: It's not an excuse and you need to stop doing it. What's not an excuse? Knowing what "merge in turn" means? If other drivers are too thick to understand that using both lanes reduces the overall length of the queue and is the most efficient method of merging two lanes into one, that's not my problem. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nsr Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 Shameful. I bet you kick old people out of the way in the post office too. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whiskychimp Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 1 hour ago, The Master said: Is the street on a hill? It's standard advice to turn your wheels when parking on a hill (into the kerb facing downhill, away from the kerb facing up). All streets. Flat, uphill, downhill. Wheels always turned out as they've obviously just reverse parked. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auldashy21 Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 1 hour ago, nsr said: Shameful. I bet you kick old people out of the way in the post office too. I assume you're just fishing in this thread now? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeWhoWalksBehindTheRows Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 1 hour ago, senorsoupe said: That's called Zipper Merging, it's actually the most efficient way for traffic to go from two lanes down to one and it is what people should be doing. The folks who merge too early are the ones who make traffic worse This. The amount of absolute Debs and Plebs that sit in the inside lane, 2 miles back from a roundabout or whaever when the outside lane is empty is unreal. Love the look on the fuckwits faces as you fire past at 70mph plu...eh 70mph tops is a joy to behold. Here's a wee tip for the dumb fucking gas heads sitting waiting for ages- if they didn't want people doing this they wouldn't put f**k of big white arrows on the road telling you where to go, and signs up saying merge in turn. Fucking cretins. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ONeils4Oyarder Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 2 hours ago, nsr said: Perhaps, but that doesn't make it less bawbaggish behaviour. The thing that irritates me most in that circumstance (and it generally happens at rush hour) is the fucknuggets that stop at the slip road when there are literally acres in front of them...in turn, causing a longer tailback than would really be necessary, and hampering junctions and roundabouts at the top of the slip road in the process. You should literally drive all the way to the end of the slip road, as thats what they are for 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ONeils4Oyarder Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 2 hours ago, nsr said: Yeah, they're equally bad. "Haw but you're supposed to merge at the end" doesn't excuse it. They're using the space that the authorities clearly want us to use...otherwise they would have closed the road further back 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 5 hours ago, JamieT1314 said: Is it classed as undertaking if you are going faster in the slow lane than some clown hogging the middle lane? Is it not only undertaking if you change lanes to do it then rejoin the middle lane after? Im always passing the clowns in the slow lane, am i expected to change lane into the fast lane to pass even when the slow lane is clear? Yes it is. No it's not. Yes you are. There are many reasons why people might be going slower than supersonic in the middle lane. For example if they have just passed the middle lane crawler like a normal member of society. We don't expect selfish twats to be bombing up the left. Kindly cut it out. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itzdrk Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 A taxi deemed it necessary to overtake some cyclists at a blind corner up near Luss on Saturday, fortunately we did not go head on into him. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy. Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 8 hours ago, Jacksgranda said: In the last week nearly got hit by some idiot who thought it was a good idea to come round a corner - over the speed limit - and then try to overtake a cyclist on a bridge that is only wide enough for vehicles going in opposite directions. 14 minutes ago, itzdrk said: A taxi deemed it necessary to overtake some cyclists at a blind corner up near Luss on Saturday, fortunately we did not go head on into him. Further proof cyclists should be banned from the road IMO. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itzdrk Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 7 minutes ago, RandomGuy. said: Further proof cyclists should be banned from the road IMO. No disagreement here. -2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 1 minute ago, itzdrk said: No disagreement here. Or here, either. Although on this occasion the cyclist wasn't really to blame. -2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieT1314 Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 Yes it is. No it's not. Yes you are. There are many reasons why people might be going slower than supersonic in the middle lane. For example if they have just passed the middle lane crawler like a normal member of society. We don't expect selfish twats to be bombing up the left. Kindly cut it out. If you have just passed the middle lane crawler and the inside lane is clear why would you be sitting in the middle lane? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 15 minutes ago, JamieT1314 said: 1 hour ago, coprolite said: Yes it is. No it's not. Yes you are. There are many reasons why people might be going slower than supersonic in the middle lane. For example if they have just passed the middle lane crawler like a normal member of society. We don't expect selfish twats to be bombing up the left. Kindly cut it out. If you have just passed the middle lane crawler and the inside lane is clear why would you be sitting in the middle lane? Because you're pausing before switching to the left lane in case some arsehole is steaming up it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 Get in the furthest inside lane you can for your speed relative to the otehr cars ont he road. It's not fucking hard. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmic Joe Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 9 hours ago, senorsoupe said: If everyone zipper merged then the motorway would not be crawling as much The idea that folk indulging in this queue jumping isn't so they can save themselves two minutes on their journey time is fucking laughable... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
senorsoupe Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 8 minutes ago, Angusfifer said: The idea that folk indulging in this queue jumping isn't so they can save themselves two minutes on their journey time is fucking laughable... Of course, and I never said that it was but why wouldn't you take advantage of the fact that other people can't zipper merge to save yourself some time? It's a bit of road that is there to be used. If everyone merged properly then all drivers would save those extra few minutes 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FairyBaws Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 The worst road for c***s is where the A737 northbound joins onto the M8. The merge lane is treated as a give way, particularly by BMW, Audi, Merc drivers who have a clear outside lane but refuse to move over. Took great pleasure in beating a BMW on the M8 and merging before he got there before he proceeded to fly the digit and w****r signs...needless to say when he over took with his mrs in the front seat I just made the hand sign and mouth you’ve got a baby dick mate 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PB1994 Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 Of course, and I never said that it was but why wouldn't you take advantage of the fact that other people can't zipper merge to save yourself some time? It's a bit of road that is there to be used. If everyone merged properly then all drivers would save those extra few minutesThe people that cause the problems are the arseholes who have queued for 10 minutes instead of using the empty outside lane, who then refuse to let anybody to merge in cause they are pissed off that they never thought of it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddiemunster Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 (edited) Ended up in a lovely wee Mexican standoff with a daft old guy last night. There's one road that connects where I live with the rest of the village, up a very steep hill which has traffic calming in place and so goes down to one lane about two thirds of the way up before opening back up to two lanes almost at the top. Traffic coming up the hill has priority and there's a give way for cars to wait when coming down. A car was coming up the hill and I slowed right down and he passed me at the giveway with a friendly wee flash of the lights. I continue my descent and can see this car at the very bottom of the hill flooring it and speeding towards me. I should add that there are parked cars on his left, meaning he's driving on the wrong side of the road. I maintain my speed and we come bumper to bumper, about halfway down the hill with him on the wrong side of the road. I give a big beaming smile and wait to see how the situation develops. He's gesticulating wildly at me then jumps out the motor, at which point I also get out as I have my son in the car and don't want him being freaked out by some stranger shouting or hammering the car. He is absolutely convinced that cars have priority from the bottom of the hill. He's wrong. I point back up the hill to the sign which I am 50 yards past, which gives cars coming up priority. Explain this only applies (like every road sign) when you're at/passing the sign. You can see in his face he knows he's made a c**t of it but has gone too far and digs in. His proposed solution was for me to reverse 50 yards back up the hill to allow him to pass on the wrong side of the road. I politely decline his offer and instead get back in the car, turn the ignition off and smile. After a long 3 minutes or so, he manages to pull his car into a space between parked cars on his left and I pass slowly with a friendly wink and a wave. Edited June 4, 2019 by eddiemunster Sausage fingers 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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