Cretins and @rseholes.

Steve_b

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On the second roundabout (heading South, obvs) the left hand lane quite clearly has a curving-to-the-left arrow and BASWICH LANE in great big letters.

Does this mean everybody in the left hand lane is turning left onto Baswich Lane?

Probably not.
If their in the Left hand lane then they should be heading down Baswich Lane, the Right lane if for the A513 Milford etc
 

Withnail

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... should ...
should
ʃʊd/
verb
  1. used to indicate obligation, duty, or correctness, typically when criticizing someone's actions.
    "he should have used the left hand lane only to turn onto Baswich Lane"
  2. used to indicate what is probable.
    "probably not"
 

Goldilox

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Exactly so.

This is why i too adopt a policy of 'don't road rage other road users at any time ever' - for all you know this is the first time they've had to decipher it, they need all the help they can get.

As my music career often leads me to explore new one way systems I can attest that attempting to get in lane at the point where the road markings & signs tell you to, as opposed to 200 yards before as regular travellers of the route inevitably do, will provoke the ire of drivers everywhere.
 

Gramaisc

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As my music career often leads me to explore new one way systems I can attest that attempting to get in lane at the point where the road markings & signs tell you to, as opposed to 200 yards before as regular travellers of the route inevitably do, will provoke the ire of drivers everywhere.
Indeed, as seen here, on the Queensway, where 90% of drivers not going to the Weston Road have been in the right-hand lane since they passed the Masonic Lodge.
 

Noah

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There is the point that in heavy traffic it can be difficult to see markings on the road.
 

Goldilox

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Indeed, as seen here, on the Queensway, where 90% of drivers not going to the Weston Road have been in the right-hand lane since they passed the Masonic Lodge.

Even more so going the other way on that stretch, where most people take the right or left hand lane off the Asda roundabout according to whether they want Chell Road or Foregate Street when they get to Goal Square & indeed to get the right lane at the Stone/Eccleshall road roundabout you need to choose it when entering Foregate Street from Goal Square or no bugger will let you in....
 

Gramaisc

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or no bugger will let you in....
That is half the problem - I have seen people maintain position in the right-hand lane, even in light traffic, all the way from leaving the Kwikfit roundabout to ensure that they are in the correct lane when approaching the choice for Eccleshall Road / Stone Round at McDonalds.
 

kyoto49

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Just met a cretin and an arsehole as I crossed the crossing at the start of the Eccleshall Road. To be precise 2 cyclists who carried on cycling when the lights were clearly on red despite the fact I was just about to step in front of their route with my big dog. Obviously I gave them a piece of my mind in my gutteral vernacular and pointed at the red lights. They just carried on cycling muttering in whatever language they spoke, (certainly not English)- they looked Romanian but who knows :(.
 

kyoto49

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That is half the problem - I have seen people maintain position in the right-hand lane, even in light traffic, all the way from leaving the Kwikfit roundabout to ensure that they are in the correct lane when approaching the choice for Eccleshall Road / Stone Round at McDonalds.

I don't get what is wrong with this? It prevents a whole load of lane crossing carnage from those who leave it until the last minute/aren't sure what lane they need due to being new to the area.
 

Gramaisc

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I don't get what is wrong with this? It prevents a whole load of lane crossing carnage from those who leave it until the last minute/aren't sure what lane they need due to being new to the area.
It's OK if you're already in the right lane queue, but if you have joined half-way round and find it impossible to legitimately enter the correct lane at the indicated point because these lane-panickers won't let you in, then it becomes a problem.

The general rule is, and has always been, that you should drive in the left-most available lane, unless you are actually approaching a lane separation, or are overtaking.

Those who are 'new to the area' won't be the ones doing it, they'll be the ones being blocked out.
 

EasMid

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It's OK if you're already in the right lane queue, but if you have joined half-way round and find it impossible to legitimate enter the correct lane at the indicated point because these lane-panickers won't let you in, then it becomes a problem.

The general rule is, and has always been, that you should drive in the left-most available lane, unless you are actually approaching a lane separation, or are overtaking.

Those who are 'new to the area' won't be the ones doing it, they'll be the ones being blocked out.
She's probably the sort that gets in the outside lane of the A34 by the old Crispin because she's turning right at Walton roundabout.
It's about time those other drivers realised that the outside lane is mine.
 

shoes

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for the same reason she singled out the "Asian taxi drivers" for not lifting her suitcase. Of course all the white, Stafford born & bred taxi drivers are a really friendly, helpful bunch.

Ah yes, how could I forget that the 'indigenous' people are sooooo superior.
 

Theresa Green

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I am going to have to quote Banksy at you I am afraid.. ( nothing personal of course )

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