Originally Posted by JamieMacdonald

The main thing that pi$$es me off is where a dual carriageway changes to a single carriageway meaning the traffic in the right hand lane has to merge with the traffic in the left hand lane.

Now although I spend most of my time in the ouside lane, if I see the above situation I will pull into the left hand lane and join the queue which has begun to form some distance before the lanes actually filter - a queue which has been caused by people staying in the right hand lane to overtake all the slow moving traffic, then coming to a standstill because a) they can't all filter in at once and b) no-one will let them in.

Does anyone else agree that these situations should be an enforced 'one for one' filtering - I am no traffic flow expert but to me this seems the optimum way to maintain some sort of flow of traffic. It's always the case that traffic starts to move freely immediately after the filter point, the hold up is purely due to the erratic stoppage of both lanes as opposed to a steady integration of both.

As I mentioned, I always pull into the left hand lane in plenty of time, and leave a large gap to let ONE car in from the right. If everyone did this I am convinced hold-ups would be reduced for all concerned!

I also find this situation a flash point for road rage incidents.

Phew, that feels better!