Re: Lorry drivers not moving forward in a queue of traffic

On 3 Nov, 17:50, Lobster <davidlobsterpot...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Ret. wrote:
Martin wrote:
I've seen this behaviour before: in a queue of traffic, an HGV will
sometimes remain stationary when the traffic in front moves ahead,
remaining like this while a large gap builds up ahead of them.
I think you will find that it is a deliberate ploy to stop drivers
'jumping the queue' by overtaking queueing drivers in lane 1 and then
pushing in ahead of them when they get up to the obstruction in lane 2.
It's a favourite trick of truck drivers.

Indeed.  Often combined with the other trick of closing up very close to
the adjacent lane, for no other purpose than to stop bikes travelling
down the gap between the miles and miles of stationery traffic


Quite right. Bike shold take their place in queuing traffic like every
other vehicle.

McKevvy

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