Soldato
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But... that will eat into my gaming time.....!!!Follow them home and politely explain to them the error of their ways
But... that will eat into my gaming time.....!!!Follow them home and politely explain to them the error of their ways
Then go all Pride FC on them?Follow them home and politely explain to them the error of their ways
Then go all Pride FC on them?
What difference does it make to you?
In practice, they floor it and then try to hoof their way in at the front, forcing all the traffic they've just passed to slow down and make room for this one car... and yes, it's usually some BMW driving twonk called Nige with the in-ear bluetooth headset and their "outDOOR, REflective, sun-GLASSES"!!
At best, it slows the traffic down, at worst they sideswipe someone or nip into an HGV blind spot and get squished.
I think people do that though because it is easier. The more you match your speed and try to merge in the flow of the traffic the more people close the gap. Diving in before they have a chance to close the gap may make you look like a tool but it does stop the game of silly buggers before it has a chance to start.Getting the balance is important. I do get annoyed when people sit in a 40 mile queue approaching a merge or lane closure, but also hate people that bomb it down lane 2 then try to force their way in 2 meters before a cutoff.
I used to do this in my hgv as its infuriating when the vast majority merge in turn but there's always some tit who won't and insists on cutting in (and often up) at the last minute, I've watched said **** even collide with cars and trucks so determined are they to get in...Pretty sure they do this deliberately to remove the risk of some plank trying to get past at the last second and ending up under their wheels, I see buses do it all the time too, @Scania care to comment?
I am one of these "bombers", the only reason it seems like I am bombing, is because every other "moron" is sat nose to tail in L1, which L2 is clear so I can do a normal speed.Getting the balance is important. I do get annoyed when people sit in a 40 mile queue approaching a merge or lane closure, but also hate people that bomb it down lane 2 then try to force their way in 2 meters before a cutoff.
It all flows because you are all doing 56mph and can't actually overtake one anotherI used to do this in my hgv as its infuriating when the vast majority merge in turn but there's always some tit who won't and insists on cutting in (and often up) at the last minute, I've watched said **** even collide with cars and trucks so determined are they to get in...
These days I let them get on with it predominantly but, if I do see someone who's he'll bent on behaving like a tit, I won't help them in and won't worry if my trailer gets in their way.
Put it this way, nobody would assume they could barge into a queue at a shop or cinema yet within the confines of a vehicle they think it ok, I and many other truckers disagree and won't stand for it, especially in the early hours where the predominant traffic is commercial which flows just fine until the early morning car drivers appear and screw things up!
True enough, and why variable limits work on motorways (most of the time!) I doubt it'll be that long before speed limiters become something found in cars as well as commercials, we are at capacity in and around major cities and the infrastructure isn't going to get the expansion and investment needed, the technology exists and it'll soon be in use, mark my words...It all flows because you are all doing 56mph and can't actually overtake one another
True enough, and why variable limits work on motorways (most of the time!) I doubt it'll be that long before speed limiters become something found in cars as well as commercials, we are at capacity in and around major cities and the infrastructure isn't going to get the expansion and investment needed, the technology exists and it'll soon be in use, mark my words...
but it does seem to be more the oldies who do it. Chances are they haven't been educated in the art of merge in turn though
The "barging into a queue at a supermarket" analogy is not entirely valid. You wouldn't barge into a supermarket queue, because there is only one queue. The whole point of a merge in turn, however, is that traffic is split into side by side queues in order to reduce the overall length of the traffic stream and reduce the possibility of junctions, further back being blocked by said traffic stream. Also, if traffic is merging in turn properly, and people are allowing others to merge, no one is deprived of a resource as you all keep flowing smoothly, whereas pushing into a supermarket queue, you deprive someone of use of a single asset (ie, a till/cashier).
It is specifically mandated that you should merge at the merge point (not 500 metres before it), otherwise you negate the entire point of the process, which is to reduce the overall queue length. Anyone who specifically goes out of their way to "not let people in" just because they think they should be merging earlier is part of the problem and causing wasted road capacity.