A single lane carriageway divides into two lanes for a few miles to allow for overtaking traffic (oncoming traffic remains on a single carriageway). This road is regularly used by holidaymakers, and many of them know that the carriageway will soon merge back into a single lane. As a consequence, a queue in the left lane, up to a mile or so, forms in advance of the re-merge to a single carriageway. Most drivers have decided to return to the left lane early...in fact very early....so leaving an unused stretch of carriageway.
About 10% of drivers decide to continue in the right carriageway, until it is close to merging. Their logic is that the road is there to be used, and both lanes should be used until the merge. They don't consider they're queue jumping.
One mobile home driver is so enraged by this behaviour that he straddles both lanes with about a mile to go, with some success.
End of scenario.
News: In order to avoid court action for motoring offences, new on the spot fines for bad driving are being introduced (source:BBC). One of the offences covered is queue jumping.
Do you consider those 10% of motorists in the example above to have commuted an offence? Are they making more efficient use of the road system by driving in such a manner? Or are they just being selfish?
About 10% of drivers decide to continue in the right carriageway, until it is close to merging. Their logic is that the road is there to be used, and both lanes should be used until the merge. They don't consider they're queue jumping.
One mobile home driver is so enraged by this behaviour that he straddles both lanes with about a mile to go, with some success.
End of scenario.
News: In order to avoid court action for motoring offences, new on the spot fines for bad driving are being introduced (source:BBC). One of the offences covered is queue jumping.
Do you consider those 10% of motorists in the example above to have commuted an offence? Are they making more efficient use of the road system by driving in such a manner? Or are they just being selfish?