Anyone else find that if you’re in your wagon you just go with the flow, but if you’re in your car you become impatient?
Sumsmeister:
Anyone else find that if you’re in your wagon you just go with the flow, but if you’re in your car you become impatient?
I can sympathise with that point. Probably because every minute I’m sat in the truck I’m getting paid, but in my car I’m doing it for “free”.
One of my favourite moves. I love to smile at the cabbages in the queue when I come round and slot in ahead of them.
Mind you, tonight in the extensive queue for the Woolwich ferry, spotted some manouvres which were eithrr inspired or criminal. …
<pass queue on right, pass cross roads and iskand on wrong side, continue on wrong side of road, before turning right into residential street>
Sumsmeister:
Anyone else find that if you’re in your wagon you just go with the flow, but if you’re in your car you become impatient?
I don’t drive cars for that very reason, I do as much of my travelling including my trip to work on a motorcycle, every lorry driver should own at least one bike, 56 all day and 170 on the way home, very satisfying.
mike68:
56 all day and 170 on the way home
■■■■■■■■. Ive never seen a motorcyclist do anything less than 190. Stop trying to sugar coat it! 
Contraflow:
dieseldog999:
its called…using your inititive instead of sitting with the lemmingsBut he still sat with the lemmings, he just jumped in front of some of them first.
It’s called being a ■■■■.
Depending on where he’s going and the aggro on the A34 northbound I’d say initiative would be A34 southbound to M40 northbound at 8A. 
Carryfast:
Contraflow:
dieseldog999:
its called…using your inititive instead of sitting with the lemmingsBut he still sat with the lemmings, he just jumped in front of some of them first.
It’s called being a ■■■■.
Depending on where he’s going and the aggro on the A34 northbound I’d say initiative would be A34 southbound to M40 northbound at 8A.
Its a long way around to to M40 if you go south from the A420
Carryfast:
Depending on where he’s going and the aggro on the A34 northbound I’d say initiative would be A34 southbound to M40 northbound at 8A.
yeah , all the socialists go that way 
Whenever I do it I always turn right off the roundabout and drive 50-100 yards down the road then do a uturn in the middle of the road then go back up and straight across the roundabout… Keeps the haters at bay and the big wheels rollin 
My old depot in Abingdon was on Ashville Trading estate…off the 34 at Marcham, traffic was always queued up under the bridge…sit in outside lane, down to roundabout (right hand lane was right turn only (into Tesco store etc)…all the way round and arrive at depot 1 minute later or sit in the traffic for half hour…yes they honked at me and I honked back…and gave a cheeky little or a thumbs up…nothing wrong in using a roundabout for its design…I could’ve spent all day going round in circles if I’d wanted but didn’t like the dizziness! If I was heading South and heading back and it was queued up the slip road, I’d go all the way round Marcham Interchange and do as above…that could save 45mins easy. Sit with the lemmings and do gooders? Not that far from base I won’t! Have even done it coming out of Worton Grange at the Tesco r’about when the football traffic is in n/s lane to join main flow up to j11…round I go, outside lane, straight up to top and head West, all without carving anybody up or crossing lanes… If I can keep my shift down to 5hrs, lovely jubbly! Being salaried, I have no interest in sitting for hours on end looking at a car/coach load of goons pulling faces…I do like them banging on the coach window though when I open up the hotspot on my phone and they wanna jump on for their iPads etc…especially as my hotspot is called 'Free ■■■■!!
Quackers:
Only problem is that that slip road is backed up. That’s the reason for the queue in lane one of the approach road!
There are two lanes all round the roundabout, unmarked and there are two lanes on the North sliproad, part way down the left merges into the right. Virtually everybody going down the sliproad was in lane one (no doubt doing the “after you” queueing mentality). I came off the roundabout, passed all the lemmings sitting in line and down the slip.
Sorry for knowing the road layout, I didn’t realise we have to all pretend we’re in a supermarket queue and take a number.
Someone’s gonna say in a bit about coming off and rejoining at every junction on the 25 in the Staines/Heathrow area in a bit…saves an absolute age…allegedly 
Actrosman:
Someone’s gonna say in a bit about coming off and rejoining at every junction on the 25 in the Staines/Heathrow area in a bit…saves an absolute age…allegedly
Yeah I heard about that one too . Apparently it’s acceptable because at no point do you, err your friend, inconvenience anybody as you aren’t changing lanes at all.
^^^
I have heard it alleged that some scamps do this on the M5 south bound, past Bristol… 
That’s disgraceful…hope this kind of behaviour doesn’t happen around the country…think of the children
I sometimes cut through the stockroom in Ikea to get to the checkout instead of " following the yellow brick road " Is this acceptable behaviour ?
Regards John.
old 67:
I sometimes cut through the stockroom in Ikea to get to the checkout instead of " following the yellow brick road " Is this acceptable behaviour ?
No. Going to IKEA is never acceptable behaviour.
MrFlibble:
old 67:
I sometimes cut through the stockroom in Ikea to get to the checkout instead of " following the yellow brick road " Is this acceptable behaviour ?No. Going to IKEA is never acceptable behaviour.
But what if you only go for the meatballs?
I think you get disqualified for a low punch
Regards. John
Quackers:
For you “out of the box thinkers” and “initiative users” can’t you see that by extension your antics will eventually block the whole roundabout up?
A couple of artics and a van driver and 2 or 3 cars think it’s a good idea to run down the right hand lane, go round the roundabout then take the first exit.
Only problem is that that slip road is backed up. That’s the reason for the queue in lane one of the approach road!
So, you get to the exit and you can’t continue - because it’s BACKED UP! So you wait there with the other artic behind you and the van and the cars and ultimately block the whole roundabout.
Nice move guys! Very “professional” driving that is.
If I were a copper I’d prosecute the lot of you.
Under what offence exactly would you prosecute■■? Serious question if you have the balls to respond. Your example is pure guess work, what if traffic coming from the opposite side was already blocking, maybe traffic from the right was blocking too?? We should lock them all up eh?
Let me help with some charges for you to ponder while you wait to be shouted down by mummy for your cookies and milk…
The offence of changing your mind on a roundabout?
The offence of wanting to turn left when the route straight on is blocked however the filter to turn right would allow you to come round the roundabout, gain priority and exit right, any delay actually would be caused by traffic from the right already blocking the roundabout?
The offence of using the laws of the road to keep moving?
Using your logic, if I approach a four way roundabout with a delay for traffic going straight on, but a clear right filter lane to let me go left then I should just add to the delay and stay in the queue waiting to go forward or I must be prosecuted, you utter t o o l.
Sorry Quackers, I get it that you are trolling but please try harder, no swearing, no antagonising, just a display of idiocy. 1 out of 10.
However, 10 out of 10 for being a pillock so every cloud, silver lining etc etc…
I take it the half terms are staggered across the country so hopefully only a few days left for you boy.