Poll: Merge in turn - why does nobody get it?

[Diagro]

Everyone else has managed to get in lane.

It frustrates me so much that people fly down empty lanes in these sort of situations and then expect to be let in. It's not the incorrect merge that annoys me, it's just people's sense of entitlement on the roads.

Kudos to the driver for slowing him down, I'd have probably gotten out.

Go away

 

[Tummy]

It's not about being 'let in', it's about respecting the process in place. If you can't or are unwilling to do that then sell your car and walk.

Absolutely it is. It's a mentality.

 

[Howard]

Everyone else has managed to get in lane.

It frustrates me so much that people fly down empty lanes in these sort of situations and then expect to be let in. It's not the incorrect merge that annoys me, it's just people's sense of entitlement on the roads.

Kudos to the driver for slowing him down, I'd have probably gotten out.

Do you get equally as annoyed when you're queuing for a checkout at the supermarket and someone else goes for another checkout with a shorter queue, instead of joining your one?

 

[Tummy]

People merge too soon, that's fine. I'm just not going to let in people whom want to 'push in' similarly in the city centre there are several turns with traffic lights and a single lane carrying on. The amount of people that 'skip' the queue for the turn and expect to be let in at the front while holding a lane of traffic up. *****.

 

[Diagro]

People merge too soon, that's fine. I'm just not going to let in people whom want to 'push in' similarly in the city centre there are several turns with traffic lights and a single lane carrying on. The amount of people that 'skip' the queue for the turn and expect to be let in at the front while holding a lane of traffic up. *****.

Eh??

NO ITS NOT FINE, ITS STUPID TO MERGE TOO SOON!!

 

[George Hincapie]

Absolutely it is. It's a mentality.

It isn't. It's a process - take your misplaced emotion out of it.

 

[Tummy]

Do you get equally as annoyed when you're queuing for a checkout at the supermarket and someone else goes for another checkout with a shorter queue, instead of joining your one?

No, but I would be mildly frustrated if someone walked down the line and tried to cut in to the queue. I would, not so politely, tell them to join the back of the queue.

 

[George Hincapie]

People merge too soon, that's fine. I'm just not going to let in people whom want to 'push in' similarly in the city centre there are several turns with traffic lights and a single lane carrying on. The amount of people that 'skip' the queue for the turn and expect to be let in at the front while holding a lane of traffic up. *****.

Oh dear...

 

[George Hincapie]

No, but I would be mildly frustrated if someone walked down the line and tried to cut in to the queue. I would, not so politely, tell them to join the back of the queue.

Compare like with like. Your analogy is wrong.

 

[Yaayuh!]

Everyone else has managed to get in lane.

It frustrates me so much that people fly down empty lanes in these sort of situations and then expect to be let in. It's not the incorrect merge that annoys me, it's just people's sense of entitlement on the roads.

Kudos to the driver for slowing him down, I'd have probably gotten out.

Nice and hypocritical there..

 

[Six6siX]

People merge too soon, that's fine.

No its not, its wrong.

I'm just not going to let in people whom want to 'push in'

They're not pushing in, they're merging at the merge point like you're supposed to do.

similarly in the city centre there are several turns with traffic lights and a single lane carrying on. The amount of people that 'skip' the queue for the turn and expect to be let in at the front while holding a lane of traffic up. *****.

Completely different and yes, annoying because the queue in a turning lane is for a purpose.

There is no legitimate need to queue in one lane when merging in turn.

 

[Diagro]

No, but I would be mildly frustrated if someone walked down the line and tried to cut in to the queue. I would, not so politely, tell them to join the back of the queue.

This is not the same. There are TWO lanes that become one.

If no one is useing one of the Lanes this in turn increases the length of the Que,
if both lanes were used the SAME amount of people in the QUE would fit with less length. Causing less disruption.

You and many others who can't seem to engage their brain don't realise that Sitting in one lane and moaning about others is the WRONG thing to do.

 

[Rroff]

No. They decided to merge to soon; they can't have it both ways.

Sure they merged too soon - however that doesn't change the reality of the situation right or wrong.

 

[Tummy]

To be fair, this entire situation depends on the type of sign up for the lane the Merc driver is in.

 

[Diagro]

To be fair, this entire situation depends on the type of sign up for the lane the Merc driver is in.

No it doesnt

 

[snips86x]

There were 2 lanes to merge. Had the left lane been closed, it would be a different matter. The Renault driver should get points and & driving suspension for being such a ****! I hope he was reported!

 

[Tummy]

No it doesnt

Yes it does. If the red cross is up, he should not be in that lane.

 

[pioneer2000]

I had some idiot in a Golf go over a three lane roundabout on the inside lane, and raced off to cut in front of the two lanes going straight on so he could get ahead. It's usually the people trying to race around that cause the issues.

 

[pepsilol]

Sometimes I wish we had no rules like other countries and it was a very simple, the more expensive car gets priority.

 

[pioneer2000]

With that sort of thought process it'd be better to base it off of IQ.