Why can't people understand roadworks?

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Excuse me whilst I vent a moment..

I've just spent 40 mins travelling 2 miles because of morons who don't have a basic grasp of how roadworks work and what the signs mean. I was at one point seriously on the verge of leaping out and beating someone around the head with a traffic cone.

This sign:

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Apparently doesn't mean that lanes are closed 800 yards ahead any more.

Apparently it now means if you drive any further in those lanes you'll die a firey death and you must sit stationary with your indicator on until someone feels sorry for you being such a moron and lets you into the queue you and your other moron friends have created.

*breathes*

I'm thinking of starting a campaign to ban those signs, obviously the general public is far too dense to be trusted with them.

Who's with me?
 
this sign means boot it to the end of the closed lane and then cut someone up at the last possible opportunity iirc
 
A truck driver pulled out to block both lanes the other day when I was approaching roadworks...

SIX HUNDRED YARDS BEFORE THE END OF THE RIGHT LANE

Listen, ****head, if they wanted everyone in the left lane HERE, the cones would be HERE

BUT THEY'RE UP THERE

**** aaargh

I was on the bike though so I went past anyway and alerted him to the fact that he partakes in frequent self abuse.
 
had this on the southside of the Thames heading through Blackwall tunnel...

I was on last slip road before the tunnel, which was 2 lanes. The A102 or whatever it is, is 3 lanes at this point, however its only 1 lane through the tunnel as the other was closed, so they have signs up saying in 800yards 2 lanes shut.

so what did everyone on the A102 do? yes thats right, they had all gone into lane1 2 to 3 miles early and were nose to tail blocking the onslip and not letting people out (so the queue had gone right into local roads etc), while lane 2,3 stood completely empty. When i finally managed to get out i popped straight out into lane 2/3 and did the final 800yards at normal pace, then merged in turn at the end like it should be done. If people merged in turn it would work like clockwork never having to stop, but some people were purposely blocking people from coming in because they "jumped the queue" :mad:
 
Most of the general public when it comes to motoring are retards, you see them everyday!
 
yep this annoys me no end. Stupid ***** wits, use all lanes available. That way you at least half the que and as such block up less junctions behind you. As such the rest of us can get on with our lifes and not be stuck in stupid no need traffic jams.. GRRRaaagghhhh!!!!!
 
I hate it when I have this:

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and they have this:

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95% of the time they never seem to wait an let me through. I have to wait for the whole ****ing tailback.
 
Your instructor is a **** then. My instructor forced me into a situation just because some idiot woman driver didn't know the rules of the road. It was fun.
 
Yeah, I've currently got this on my way to work. I can either:

1) Use the left-hand lane and sit in a queue for a mile or

2) Use the right lane and do the mile at normal pace before merging in turn.

Obviously I choose option 2 every time, and usually get looked at by all those in the left lane with the kind of disgust normally reserved for paedophiles. This morning was all the more exciting when some **** decided he was a traffic officer and proceeded to try to stop me from going down the right lane by straddling his MINI across both lanes. Fortunately he failed to realise that his car isn't particularly wide, and I had space to squeeze passed.
 
Right, I will probably get flamed for this but it really ****es me off when people shoot up the right hand lane (right turn only) and then force a merge at the end.. Don't mind if both lanes are for straight ahead (do this myself) but DO mind when one is clearly 'right turn only' and the queue isn't going to tailback up to any junction (thus a long queue in one lane not causing any problem).

On the way into St Helens off the Rainford bypass there are two lanes, one with 'left and straight ahead' marked and the other 'right turn' marked. There are also signs up saying 'Get in lane - traffic surveillance in operation' etc. People run up the outside lane all the time and push in at the front (normally BMWs I might add!). Not only does this **** me off but also block traffic from turning right...

So does this make me a knob or am I justified?? :p

With regard to roadworks signs like in the OP, I personally will merge whenever I see a gap, if this is at the 800, 400, 200 or 0 yard mark then so be it... should I be waiting til the last possible minute?
 
Nah if the lanes are directional then its a different story, thats just nobbish.

It works the other way around too, there's a few dual carriageway type roads around here that are a few hundred yards long with roundabouts and directional lanes at the end. It really pees me off when someone pootles along at 30 in the right hand lane all the way down because they're turning right at the end...
 
asim18 said:
I hate it when I have this:

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and they have this:

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95% of the time they never seem to wait an let me through. I have to wait for the whole ****ing tailback.
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Got one of these near me, if they do that I just sit and sound my horn constantly, some of the other people look at ME like they don't think they've done anything wrong. :mad:
 
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