I’ve hijacked Mr B’s computer to say a big thank you to the two “BOC” lorry drivers on the M180 this evening heading in the direction of the M18 who jointly did a rolling roadblock to hold the tossers up who of course wanted to wait until the last minute to pull in.
I was watching them in my rear view mirror with a smile on my face and hoped they’d make it to the cones before I did so I could let them in. Yes they made it and I flashed em in but didn’t get a thank you as I like the truckers thank you!!
Thanks for reading Mrs B 
Maybe you and your BOC mates can become policemen - you’d fit right in. 
What time was this as I was travelling back from motor racing near Gainsborough towards Donny services at about 6.45pm.
Ken.
It’s an irritating and idiotic manovure by people who childishly can’t stand anyone getting in front of them. Ever heard of or know the meaning of ‘merge in turn’? It’s what’s suppose to happen.
switchlogic:
It’s an irritating and idiotic manovure by people who childishly can’t stand anyone getting in front of them. Ever heard of or know the meaning of ‘merge in turn’? It’s what’s suppose to happen.
Couldn’t agree more, morons who behave like that only prove that they’re not responsible or adult enough to be driving large vehicles.
If theres a 3rd lane use it.
Ever been stuck in a queue for no reason other than idiotic car drivers who have no concept of merging in turn?
If it enables me to carry on my journey with the least amount of disruption, and not having to keep an eye on the numpties in cars, who are so desperate to get infront of ‘That stinking slow juggernaut’, I will , and have moved over to block the zb’s from doing it. I must make it clear, I only do it if the car drivers wanna be dicks, If i see them merging in turn properly i dont do it.
switchlogic:
It’s an irritating and idiotic manovure by people who childishly can’t stand anyone getting in front of them. Ever heard of or know the meaning of ‘merge in turn’? It’s what’s suppose to happen.
It could be argued that they were “merging in turn” one would have gone in front of the other when they reached the lane closure ! What gives smaller vehicles, or other trucks for that matter, the right to overtake everything and squeeze in right at the last minute anyway. This is infuriating and on occaisions dangerous. I’ve seen cars doing this in motorway congestion by using an on slip to scoot forward and then barge in again at the end of the slip road. Merge in turn is ok but the meaning of that is IMO is ambiguous. What it allows is a few numpties to take advantage of other drivers who see and respond to a developing situation, select the right lane early and then get pushed back because some twit who sees a gap and then thinks its his turn barges in. Truth is its not there turn.
The new highway code recommends to ‘merge in turn’ and there is a good reason for this -
If the planners had meant for the outer lane (in most cases) not to be used then they would have coned it off earlier.
The idea is to use all the available tarmac and then merge in turn at, or just prior to, where the lanes actually merge.
CULTURE -
This seems to be against the UK culture of the liking to queue and consider it ‘rude’ to pass others that are waiting 
- USA drivers are brought up with ‘zip merging’ as part of their driving culture 
This culture thing is now why more places such as busy post offices have a single line that leads up to many open counters - does not happen in most supermarkets though…
BigJon:
Ever been stuck in a queue for no reason other than idiotic car drivers who have no concept of merging in turn?
If it enables me to carry on my journey with the least amount of disruption, and not having to keep an eye on the numpties in cars, who are so desperate to get infront of ‘That stinking slow juggernaut’, I will , and have moved over to block the zb’s from doing it. I must make it clear, I only do it if the car drivers wanna be dicks, If i see them merging in turn properly i dont do it.
Hear hear matey I’ve ‘teamed up’ with other drivers before to stop these [zb’s]
Mr B:
I’ve hijacked Mr B’s computer to say a big thank you to the two “BOC” lorry drivers on the M180 this evening heading in the direction of the M18 who jointly did a rolling roadblock to hold the tossers up who of course wanted to wait until the last minute to pull in.
I was watching them in my rear view mirror with a smile on my face and hoped they’d make it to the cones before I did so I could let them in. Yes they made it and I flashed em in but didn’t get a thank you as I like the truckers thank you!!
Thanks for reading Mrs B
this one of the many things me and mrs b disagree on. if i’d have been in the car they would’ve had to write my car of before i let them in. if they’d done rolling road block without over taking anyone that would be differant but to stop other motorists getting ahead whilst passing queueing motors is totally out of order.
the thing that gets me though is why some drivers refuse to acknowledge when a car gives way to them, if a truck lets them in the indicators are like a xmas tree on the 24th but a car does it there’s nothing.
paulfromwire:
BigJon:
Ever been stuck in a queue for no reason other than idiotic car drivers who have no concept of merging in turn?
If it enables me to carry on my journey with the least amount of disruption, and not having to keep an eye on the numpties in cars, who are so desperate to get infront of ‘That stinking slow juggernaut’, I will , and have moved over to block the zb’s from doing it. I must make it clear, I only do it if the car drivers wanna be dicks, If i see them merging in turn properly i dont do it.Hear hear matey
…, teamed up
go to front and merge in simple, all the pretend police lory drivers do is jam it up behind and let everyone in front sail on.
If i get some [zb] try to “team up” with me i Ignore the pleb and let him play alone .
All you end up doing is looking a ■■■■ but in your simple hiz viz world you probley think ya superman bring justice to the world 
anyone use the A419 heading towards gloucester where road goes from2 lanes to the roundabout then one see the idiot drivers trying to cut you up on roundabout just to get in front
also in rush hour 2 lanes trying to merge into one plus navergation of said roundabout carrying steel etc
i would and have many times set up a rolling road block just to navigate the roundabout safely
after posted this reply cant wait for the abuse that follows
graham schroeder:
anyone use the A419 heading towards gloucester where road goes from2 lanes to the roundabout then one see the idiot drivers trying to cut you up on roundabout just to get in front
also in rush hour 2 lanes trying to merge into one plus navergation of said roundabout carrying steel etc
i would and have many times set up a rolling road block just to navigate the roundabout safely
after posted this reply cant wait for the abuse that follows
A rounabout is a different matter , playing big bad hi viz wearing trucker in road works is just being a silly little prick
I can’t understand one thing.
If you don’t want others to whizz past you while you queuing on the right lane, why you don’t go to the left lane yourself?
Then both lanes will be filled equally and at the end of them there will be merge in turn. There will be no overtaking of the queue.
This behaviour is stupid:
- It only moves the problem backwards. Altough in front of you the traffic goes faster, behind you the problem persist.
- Thanks to this blockades, people are taught to change lanes earlier instead of going to the end of it. Therefore this queuing lane is going slower, becouse if you would be vehicle nr 100 on it, and everyone will merge in at the end, you will have only cars merging on the roadworks or whatever reason is to disapear of the one lane. If you don’t have it like that, you have to let in cars, who are pulling into your lane on whole stretch of the road - before car number 1, 24, 35, 62, 75, 82 etc at one time. This is much more cars then if they merge one-to-one at the end
- By blocking the lane, you are making the queue longer. And you can waste my time: if the roadworks are after the junction, full use of the both lanes up to the end can make queue shorter. If you block the lane, wasting space for, say, 200 carsqueue can be longer and get past the junction. If I want to leave motorway on that junction I will have to queue this 200 car lenght…
I am against it. Two lanes are open for a reason, and I think both should be used. If you want to queue on one of them, it’s your right to do so, but I can’t see a reason why I should join you.
If you are in supermarket, and you have 15 people waiting to your till and only two people waiting to the other, will you block the other till and call this people “[zb]'s” becouse they use less busy till or rather move your cart and go to this shorter one?
The only time trucks should be used to form a “rolling roadblock” is if there is an emergency situation, e.g. animals loose on the roadway or at the request of the police to stop a criminal.
Creating a “rolling roadblock” at roadworks just plays into the hands of the “Anti-lorry brigade” as if they are not enough fully paid up members as it is 
A true “Knight of the road” will lead by example and merge in turn
switchlogic:
It’s an irritating and idiotic manovure by people who childishly can’t stand anyone getting in front of them. Ever heard of or know the meaning of ‘merge in turn’? It’s what’s suppose to happen.
What a[zb], yes we just sit back and let all the cars force there way to the front of the q…THINK NOT YOU CLOWN
bedgar047:
switchlogic:
It’s an irritating and idiotic manovure by people who childishly can’t stand anyone getting in front of them. Ever heard of or know the meaning of ‘merge in turn’? It’s what’s suppose to happen.What a w*nker, yes we just sit back and let all the cars force there way to the front of the q…THINK NOT YOU CLOWN
Maybe is not too clown thing, but why you don’t just use the other lane as well instead of sitting back and calling more thinking people [zb]
Orys, the problem here is that there are those that drive in the ‘open’ lane well before the cones and then there are those that rush to the cones in what becomes a closed lane.
Thats ok as long as long as they are patient enough to wait thier turn to move over, but they dont, so many that ‘rush’ to the cones just barge in.
Lets face it, if you are in your car and someone is pushing enough, you’ll let them in just to save your own car. They know it and thats why they do it. It’s BULLYING the other motorist to get thier own way.
If I’m in a car or a truck, it doesn’t work with me and I have had abuse several times for it.
There’s a simple message here, GET IN LANE. The signs count you down from 800 yards, so there’s no excuse for not knowing how far you have left to move over. It just needs to be done in plenty of time.
Darby Flyer:
There’s a simple message here, GET IN LANE. The signs count you down from 800 yards, so there’s no excuse for not knowing how far you have left to move over. It just needs to be done in plenty of time.
Yes but you are supposed to merge at the cones. If they wanted you to merge 400 yards back, they would have put the cones 400 yards further back. Simples.