I do this all the time going from the A14 to the M6, if I tried to cut in at the last minute and go straight onto the M6, then fair enough that is inconsiderate. However by going round the houses, back down to the A14 island and then back up to the M6 that way, who am I inconveniencing exactly?
Did the same last week into Bracknell, off the motorway past waitrose to the twin bridges roundabout, herds of cars in the inside lane, pulled out down to the island indicated right, all the way round and under the bridge job done lol 
Glen A9:
But your basically being an inconsiderate {whatever] by doing that. If everybody (or even half the people) did it, you just be sitting in a queue that takes equally long in the other lane, and the people in the left lane would never move.
If you’re doing it in a car it might be inconspicuous enough, but in a truck is going to be fairly obvious and hardly serves to improve the image of professional drivers.
Oh dry your eyes 
It’s hardly “unprofessional”
Sitting in the queue of traffic is hardly going to repair the damage done by the Iceland driver,the ones chucking bottles of ■■■■ out the window,the ones blasting their horn at 4am or whatever.
steelgoon:
I do this all the time going from the A14 to the M6, if I tried to cut in at the last minute and go straight onto the M6, then fair enough that is inconsiderate. However by going round the houses, back down to the A14 island and then back up to the M6 that way, who am I inconveniencing exactly?
+1 me too.
Although to be fair I only do it when going home, during the working week I hapily sit in the que but will help a fellow damsel out who is pulling this manouvre as a like minded soul.
Also been pulling the right hand lane trick to turn left or go 360 (possibly 420 if I was being pedantic)onto the M6 southbound at J5 by avoiding the inner two lanes that merge into one just get in the outside lane and get a bit of roundabout practice in.
steelgoon:
who am I inconveniencing exactly?
The traffic waiting in the correct lane has to give way to the traffic that has come around after doing a full lap. While your vehicle alone might not make much difference to their wait, if many drivers pulled this stunt then the other lane would barely move with a stream of looping vehicles,
I worked this “trick” out a few months after passing my car test out. Its better than the ones that stay in lane two and force themselves in at the end.
Glen A9:
steelgoon:
who am I inconveniencing exactly?The traffic waiting in the correct lane has to give way to the traffic that has come around after doing a full lap. While your vehicle alone might not make much difference to their wait, if many drivers pulled this stunt then the other lane would barely move with a stream of looping vehicles,
Although thats a point the A14 interchange in question is traffic light controlled which stops this happening to some extent (well unless some numpty blocks the island in which case the M6 traffic will ■■■■ through), so using the outside lane there is a possibility of being stuck at all the lights, probably still quicker though. In fact if anything it delays those going onto the M1 and balances out the traffic flow a bit so eventually the M1 and M6 lanes are moving at the same speed so theres little benefit perceived when joining the que so being in the correct lane becomes the better option.
Course if your in the outside lane and the opportunity is there to sneak (dare I say bully) oneself into the nearside / correct lane at the roundabout if going M6 bound then I will take it but the primary option is to go all the way round and accept my fate. I find when turning left a little wiggle can unnerve the odd BMW driver allowing a nice cut in, doesn’t work on trucks though as we all know full well what this numpty is trying to do.
The only people it really annoys are those that didn’t think of it 
Here’s another bit of blatant cheating. Ok it’s not a roundabout, but still… M4/M25
Personally I think plod should throw the book at this guy.
DaiDap:
Here’s another bit of blatant cheating. Ok it’s not a roundabout, but still… M4/M25
Personally I think plod should throw the book at this guy.
Nice bit of driving. Loads of gaps appearing and he picked a big one to seamlessly move into, just making progress albeit with a bit of local knowledge perhaps.
DaiDap:
Here’s another bit of blatant cheating. Ok it’s not a roundabout, but still… M4/M25
Personally I think plod should throw the book at this guy.
Wtf for man, it was strategic driving, and reacting to the traffic situation and conditions, he caused nobody to stop, did not cut in on anybody, block his carriageway by starting a queue to get in the lane or any other pedantic potential bloody stupid thing you can think up 
Instead he made progress and pulled in to his required lane in a safe manner 
Honestly! some ‘drivers’ today.
Where in law does it say that You must join any queue at the back?? and by your way of thinking how manyvvehicles must he pass before he gets 'the book thrown at him 2, 22, 127? we need to know this
DaiDap:
Here’s another bit of blatant cheating. Ok it’s not a roundabout, but still… M4/M25
Personally I think plod should throw the book at this guy.
Can’t see the problem. The queue was caused by people desperately trying to get over to the left as soon as possible. Along comes someone with a bit of common sense, he carries on flowing with the rest of the traffic and manages to get where he wants to be without any drama or inconveniencing anyone else and you want the book thrown at him? Get a grip.
I have a feeling that might have been Daidap himself 
Nice driving by the way! With people looking at their phones while “in traffic” these gaps in a queue appear often.
peirre:
Ok fess up … who does it when they approach the Mottram roundabout at the end of the M67 heading towards the Woodhead pass??
I have done when late or running short of driving hours, or sometimes I will turn off at junction 3, turn right at top of slip road and left by Morrisons on to the A57. Watch for the cameras though.
As for the cutting through the service stations this is done most mornings to jump the queue at Woolley Edge,not by me though.
F-reds:
I have a feeling that might have been Daidap himselfNice driving by the way! With people looking at their phones while “in traffic” these gaps in a queue appear often.
OK, maybe he was being ironic, let’s hope so, but if he is serious, …well it looks like I have been a bad driver for bloody years, what, with this, and the 360° round about thing. I’d better tell my boss tomorrow that I will be booking more hours for all this queuing I am going to do from now on 
Contraflow:
Freight Dog:
Stick in the muds quoting regulations are just jealous… You snooze you loose+1
I did this at the end of the M50 once. There was a crash on the A449 towards the M4 and a queue about a mile long at the end of the M50 on the inside lane. I ran straight down the outside fully intending to take the A449 northbound but half way round the island I changed my mind and went south instead
robroy:
F-reds:
I have a feeling that might have been Daidap himselfNice driving by the way! With people looking at their phones while “in traffic” these gaps in a queue appear often.
OK, maybe he was being ironic, let’s hope so, but if he is serious, …well it looks like I have been a bad driver for bloody years, what, with this, and the 360° round about thing. I’d better tell my boss tomorrow that I will be booking more hours for all this queuing I am going to do from now on
Indeed, it was me behind the wheel. I’m sorry, just a little Sunday morning fishing.
Thanks for the compliments from you and the others.
DaiDap:
robroy:
F-reds:
I have a feeling that might have been Daidap himselfNice driving by the way! With people looking at their phones while “in traffic” these gaps in a queue appear often.
OK, maybe he was being ironic, let’s hope so, but if he is serious, …well it looks like I have been a bad driver for bloody years, what, with this, and the 360° round about thing. I’d better tell my boss tomorrow that I will be booking more hours for all this queuing I am going to do from now on
Thanks for the compliments from you and the others.
I walked right into that …you ■■■■!
DaiDap:
Here’s another bit of blatant cheating. Ok it’s not a roundabout, but still… M4/M25
Personally I think plod should throw the book at this guy.
All that queue caused by one moron in a car at 2:35. It’s him they should throw the book at. While speed limits are just that, limits and not targets these clowns cause more aggro that speeders IMO.
Dipper_Dave:
Course if your in the outside lane and the opportunity is there to sneak (dare I say bully) oneself into the nearside / correct lane at the roundabout if going M6 bound then I will take it but the primary option is to go all the way round and accept my fate. I find when turning left a little wiggle can unnerve the odd BMW driver allowing a nice cut in, doesn’t work on trucks though as we all know full well what this numpty is trying to do.
The only people it really annoys are those that didn’t think of it
Man after my own heart… It’s not just me then!
robroy:
I walked right into that …you [zb]!
Coffees are on me