Why are people so determined for me to pull out in front of them?

[smelliecat]

I was driving today and it's a usual road. It reaches a road where visability is low and there is a bride. I always stop and have a good look before putting out. There are traffic lights in the distance and a in front of a hatched "keep clear" sign.

On the opposite side of the road lots of cars will stop and let me out - even when the road is empty..

I just don't get it.

Why.

I just don't know why someone would see a car and stop.

Have you actually read all the posts where people are asking you to clarify? Nobody understands what you mean by bride.

1. My reading comprehension and spatial visualisation are pretty good, but I also cannot follow what is going on in the OP.
2. I agree that one needs to take care when polite drivers offer to let you turn in front of them - you still need to assess whether there are other risks that prevent you from safely executing your manoeuvre. If you don't want to take that risk, you don't need to accept the polite driver's offer. They'll soon get the message if you just hold tight and don't move.
3. In many places (I live in one), the traffic is sufficiently heavy that without polite drivers there would be regular gridlock. For example, turning right into a side-street with an endless stream of cars (all doing 20) coming the other way ... it's so nice when someone slows and flashes to give you the chance to get around and let the traffic on your side flow again.
4. As such, while I get the purity of the Highway Code / driving instructor rules about no flashing, no waving at other drivers, no sticking your finger up to acknowledge them, etc, I'm glad to live in an area where this sort of cooperation is commonplace.
5. I've also started FLASHING MY HAZARD LIGHTS to say thank you. I love that, it's one of the few things that makes this country great. I suppose this is not an issue for the OP, given presumably he or she isn't polite to anyone on the road and hence doesn't get illegally thanked.
6. YABU to the OP for being so cranky.

I think different things are getting conflated.

Yes, it is very kind, polite and helpful for drivers to let others out of side roads or to change lanes in heavy congestion/slow traffic. I don't think that's what OP is describing though. If the traffic is moving freely it just creates confusion for someone to stop and effectively try to change who has right of way.

The bride shouldn't be standing where visibility is low then, should she? I bet she's one of those entitled ones who had an abroad hen and a child free wedding. I give it 12 months. Tops.

All very good points and I also do the hazard lights thing.

There's a problem if the car that's slowed/stopped is obscuring the view of another lane (in which case I just wave them along) or if the driver behind it is an idiot who tries to overtake it (I've seen this happen!).

In short, letting people out adds new considerations/hazards to the situation.

However it's still potentially useful to maintain traffic flow, and my little town would be at permanent gridlock if nobody ever did it.

Which is why I wonder what the road layout is where @smelliecat encounters it.

There are junctions near me where this would mean you sitting there for an hour if you adopted this stance at rush hour. There is no gap unless someone lets you out.

Have you never found yourself in this position?