Likely there was a lane closure up ahead and despite the right thing to do being a 'zipper merge', its hard to perceive when the lane actually ends and so lots of people often decide to queue up really early, making the whole thing way more congested than it needs to be.
Then when cars try to merge later on (within reason) its like they are cutting in line, and the lorry driver decided to try and stop that from happening, even though the whole thing shouldn't even be like that.
Maybe similar here as UK. Queuing in one lane almost always happens in UK as some people incorrectly think they need to get over ASAP and those that know better do it anyway so as not to get into the inevitable rage incident by those that don't know better. We end up with a long single line backing up on to the previous junction/roundabout causing gridlock on other roads. Guys like this truck driver like to play pretend cop and stop "queue jumpers" when if everyone just merged in turn in the first place like they were supposed to there'd be no problem and no queue jumping (and crucially no excessively long queue blocking other junctions). Most video clips on social media attract the clowns into the comment sections where they'll argue against using both lanes but these are usually the kind of driver that can only look 6ft in front of their own car. They need re-educating. Professional drivers like this truck driver should be fined or suspended as they should know better.
Professional drivers are often the worst. It feels like they're thinking "well I'M driving for a good reason unlike all those others" or possibly "I lose money by being nice to others "
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u/deathhead_68 22d ago edited 21d ago
Likely there was a lane closure up ahead and despite the right thing to do being a 'zipper merge', its hard to perceive when the lane actually ends and so lots of people often decide to queue up really early, making the whole thing way more congested than it needs to be.
Then when cars try to merge later on (within reason) its like they are cutting in line, and the lorry driver decided to try and stop that from happening, even though the whole thing shouldn't even be like that.