To tell the driver of the Silver VW Golf

[HereBeFuckery]

That she is a rude entitled bitch and needs to learn to fucking queue like a human being, not shove her way to the front of the (long boring massive) tailback we were stuck in. Oh, and the reason my car has a scrape up the side is a thing like you doing exactly what you just did, so take your aggressive driving and FUCK OFF.

Rant away I hate dickhead drivers. What did she do though when she got to the front of the queue?

How did she get to the front of the queue tho?

On the wrong side of the road, or a merge lane?

I read somewhere that people are meant to do this. I could be confusing what situation you mean though.

Are you still driving?

The rules say that if you are on a 2 or 3 lane road and one lane is closed, you are supposed to use the full length of the remaining lanes before you reach the start of the closed-off lane.

This is to avoid tailbacks getting even longer which happens when drivers filter into the remaining open lane(s) too soon. (Thereby reducing the lane and traffic flow even more.)

As an aside @HereBeFuckery how are you on your phone if you are in traffic? Even if it's stationary you are breaking the law by using your phone.

I have to drive all day each week day for work. The amount of twats I come across is ridiculous.
Only yesterday, going around a mini roundabout and the man on my left just decided to pull out in front of me 🙄

There's another roundabout I have to use often, there is a sign saying what lane to get into for your direction, the road has painted signs telling you which lane you are in, yet daily I am almost crashed into even though I am in the right lane and they are not.

There is nothing worse than drivers filtering into remaining lanes too soon and leaving a mile or more of unused road which will (eventually) be closed up ahead. THIS is what causes long tailbacks.

If everyone allowed one car to filter in ahead of them, rather than getting annoyed like the OP, the traffic flow but speed up.

Queue properly using both lanes and no one can push in.

Was it a zip merge?

Merging applies at slow speeds but not on motorways. This came up on here a week or so ago in another thread and I checked the Highway Code at the time.

She is BU if it’s a slip road
YABU if it’s a merge

OP we need more details. I have been in many situations where i have been driving along an 'A' road or motorway planning to get off at a junction and the slip road to that junction is fully backed up to the preceding onramp. In other words, there is no possibility of going the rear of the queue. The rear of the queue is the preceeding on ramp that I am not on - I am already on the motorway. SO the only way to get off at my junction is to move to the left and indicate and hope someone will let me in. I can't just stop in the middle of the road miles up from my off junction so I cruise along with my indicator on hoping for a space. If no one (like you) lets me then I will end up right up at the junction and am forced to 'push in' as you describe. It's not a perfect science. It's just a situation caused by too much traffic on our roads and rude people who won't let people intron of them.

Merging applies at slow speeds but not on motorways.

Given that when lanes are closed there is usually a 30, 40 or 50mph speed limit in place, it does apply on motorways.

There is also the rule that if the inside lane is moving more quickly than lane 2 or 3 it is legal to go faster in lane 1 and merge when safe to do so.

@HereBeFuckery I hope I never meet you on the road as you sound very aggressive. And on your phone in the car?

It is also possible to merge safely without scraping another driver's car. maybe you were being stubborn and didn't hold back to allow them in?

here we are.

merging is the way to go.

www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/motoring/motoring-news/you-know-drivers-jumping-queue-13431925

and yes, the cars will be going slow- they will have stopped!

I agree with JinglingHellsBells your car got scraped because you wouldn't let someone in. THAT IS THE PROBLEM. People not letting people merge further back until people end up at the front. YOU are the aggressive one. Back off and calm down!

Damnthat don't feel pressured to push in if there is a roundabout at the end, unfortunately I live near two 'queue' problems but luckily they have roundabouts so you can use the right lane and go all the way around.

What’s the point of these open letters on the internet. Do people think these people will be reading

I don’t mind people merging in. However, what gets on my nerves is that people merge wherever they want and by the time you get to the end of the slip road you’ve let about five different cars in.

I wish there was a universally known way to merge and everyone stuck to it.

Why are people having a go at OP? She says 'we WERE stuck in', so she's probably reached her destination.

The rules say that if you are on a 2 or 3 lane road and one lane is closed, you are supposed to use the full length of the remaining lanes before you reach the start of the closed-off lane.

OP doesn't day the lane was closed.

This sounds like something from our local Spotted FB page complete with aggressive tone.

I think any driving related threads have to have a diagram, and without one the OP is obviously in the wrong.

How did she get through?

Drivers who merge using two lanes are correct, rule 134 Highway Code.

Not merging correctly is often what causes the long tailback.

There should be loads more signs saying ‘merge in turn’ when lanes are coming to an end, because so many people are unaware that that is what they are supposed to do.
Also, the arrows on the road surface signalling the end of a particular lane start well before the lane actually ends, so people think that’s when they should move over.

Good point @category12