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From: Chris Bartram on 24 Jan 2010 05:40 JNugent wrote: > Zaz wrote: > >> On some roundabouts the exit is two lanes which quickly merge into >> one. I've noticed some drivers going straight on like to, at the >> roundabout, use this road design to pointlessly overtake other drivers. > > The overtaken often regard overtaking as pointless. > Indeed. But if it takes you another step to getting past a dawdler...
From: Mr. Benn on 24 Jan 2010 06:09 Chris Bartram <news(a)delete-me.piglet-net.net> wrote in news:hjh82t$1ft$4 @news.eternal-september.org: > JNugent wrote: >> Zaz wrote: >> >>> On some roundabouts the exit is two lanes which quickly merge into >>> one. I've noticed some drivers going straight on like to, at the >>> roundabout, use this road design to pointlessly overtake other drivers. >> >> The overtaken often regard overtaking as pointless. >> > Indeed. But if it takes you another step to getting past a dawdler... But these systems get abused when stacked traffic is queuing and people use them to queue-jump.
From: Chris Bartram on 24 Jan 2010 06:21 Mr. Benn wrote: > Chris Bartram <news(a)delete-me.piglet-net.net> wrote in news:hjh82t$1ft$4 > @news.eternal-september.org: > >> JNugent wrote: >>> Zaz wrote: >>> >>>> On some roundabouts the exit is two lanes which quickly merge into >>>> one. I've noticed some drivers going straight on like to, at the >>>> roundabout, use this road design to pointlessly overtake other drivers. >>> The overtaken often regard overtaking as pointless. >>> >> Indeed. But if it takes you another step to getting past a dawdler... > > But these systems get abused when stacked traffic is queuing and people use > them to queue-jump. You're going to start a queue-jump/merge/use available road argument, but yes, they sometimes get misused- see the OP's post.
From: tim.... on 24 Jan 2010 06:26 "Chris Bartram" <news(a)delete-me.piglet-net.net> wrote in message news:hjh82t$1ft$4(a)news.eternal-september.org... > JNugent wrote: >> Zaz wrote: >> >>> On some roundabouts the exit is two lanes which quickly merge into one. >>> I've noticed some drivers going straight on like to, at the roundabout, >>> use this road design to pointlessly overtake other drivers. >> >> The overtaken often regard overtaking as pointless. >> > Indeed. But if it takes you another step to getting past a dawdler... I think you misunderstood the post that you replied to tim
From: JNugent on 24 Jan 2010 06:29
Mr. Benn wrote: > Chris Bartram <news(a)delete-me.piglet-net.net> wrote: >> JNugent wrote: >>> Zaz wrote: >>>> On some roundabouts the exit is two lanes which quickly merge into >>>> one. I've noticed some drivers going straight on like to, at the >>>> roundabout, use this road design to pointlessly overtake other drivers. >>> The overtaken often regard overtaking as pointless. >> Indeed. But if it takes you another step to getting past a dawdler... > But these systems get abused when stacked traffic is queuing and people use > them to queue-jump. "Abused" means "used", does it? In any case, the OP mentioned nothing about congested traffic. |