Not disputing the legality. It's when given the choice between causing a traffic jam, and going a few hundred more metres up the road thereby NOT causing a traffic jam, she, just like many have before, chose the former. Perfectly legal, but oh so frustrating when it's you sitting stationary in the ever growing snarlup her choice has caused.
OK that's enoughI have just flipped this morning. Living in a rather quiet residential estate, which has a...
Nice theory. In practice however, if you need to turn right at the upcoming roundabout - as I do - during busy times, finding someone willing to let you into the right hand lane is not a guaranteed certainty; Two lanes of nose to tail trains of traffic, ridgidly sticking to the 30mph limit, and not 1mph more or less - SPEC cameras hovering above, remember. No, best to get yourself in the right hand lane at ealiest opportunity, regardless of possibility of right turner bringing your lane to a halt for several minutes. That's actually the lesser of two evils.
E.g. On that very stretch some time ago, I'm in the right hand lane. I'll need to turn right at the roundabout further up the road. It's dark and raining heavily. An ambulance comes up behind. There's a gap in the left hand lane, so I move over to let it past. Unfortunately, not only did the ambulance go past, but right behind it was a never ending stream of traffic, nose to tail, and not one of them would let me back into their lane. So, indicator blinking away, roundabout approaching, wing mirror a whiteout of rain dropletts and headlight glare, no decernable gap to move into, what do you do? (a) Take a significant detour up the wrong roundabout exit towards a very busy motorway junction, or (b) dive for a gap you hope is big enough and hope whoever you may have to cut up isn't prone to roadrage?
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