What is it about three traffic lanes that drivers don't understand?

Perhaps they think it's a cunning wheeze to take the right hand lane when they need to be in the left?

Not to worry though, they can always cut up a few motorists on their way.

Every night, heading out of Warrington at the Bridge Foot lights, opposite Mr Smith's, I have a near miss - or at least it seems that way.

Some buffoon will decide that they need to sneak ahead of you and the best way of doing it is to lane hop.

Now I can understand that out of town drivers might find our complicated traffic systems a bit confusing - fair enough.

Anyone can get it wrong, so you signal, wait for a decent gap or a kind soul to let you in and you move over.

No, it's not those people I have a problem with.

The queue jumpers don't bother with signals - they're too arrogant.

You're in their way and they want you to disappear.

If, for some reason they don't get their way - and they won't if I have anything to do with it - they'll try to freeze you out with nasty glares or worse still, swearing or gesticulating at you.

It's not much better coming down Mersey Street where the two lanes become four at the lights.

It's a veritable free for all with people switching lanes all over the show.

What makes these people lose all control when they get behind the wheel?

It all adds up to far more trauma than is necessary.