Why did this driver block a closing lane ahead of roadworks on a dual carriageway?

I pick up the grandchildren from school and travel on a two-lane dual carriageway. Yesterday, one lane was blocked for roadworks and the usual signs showing "Lane closed 800/600/400/200 yards” were in place. As soon as we reached the first sign a car in the lane that was not going to be closed moved over to block the other lane and proceeded parallel to that lane. That left us with (a diminishing) 800 yards of empty road in front of us.

Asked on 14 October 2010 by GT, via email

Answered by Honest John

That driver was deliberately obstructing everyone else out of bloody mindedness. In these circumstances, cars should use both lanes up to the merging point, then 'zip-merge' in turn. But some Brits have a weird mentality of ‘forming orderly queues’ and preventing anyone else from jumping that queue.

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