# Why do car drivers queue **URL:** \ **Category:** Off-topic\ **Created:** [3 February 2009 12:40 UTC](https://londonbikers.com/t/why-do-car-drivers-queue/77894 "2009-02-03T12:40:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bluelagos](https://londonbikers.com/user_avatar/londonbikers.com/bluelagos/32/30388_2.png) [@bluelagos](https://londonbikers.com/u/bluelagos)\ **Post date:** [3 February 2009 12:40 UTC](https://londonbikers.com/t/why-do-car-drivers-queue/77894/1 "2009-02-03T12:40:28Z")
for petrol on the same side as their petrol cap…has no one pointed out that the hoses can stretch around their cars? Answers on postcard please. ---
**Author:** ![Tiggi](https://londonbikers.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/ed655f/32.png) [@Tiggi](https://londonbikers.com/u/Tiggi)\ **Post date:** [3 February 2009 12:54 UTC](https://londonbikers.com/t/why-do-car-drivers-queue/77894/2 "2009-02-03T12:54:26Z")
I’ve always wondered this too, they obviously are lacking a bit in the brain department!! ---
**Author:** ![dlchatel](https://londonbikers.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/3ab097/32.png) [@dlchatel](https://londonbikers.com/u/dlchatel)\ **Post date:** [3 February 2009 12:57 UTC](https://londonbikers.com/t/why-do-car-drivers-queue/77894/3 "2009-02-03T12:57:07Z")
Not a postcard, but I have pulled up to pumps that I need to stretch the hose around the car, and some of them do not reach, they are too short. Sainsburys have started putting on their hoses saying these ones are extra long, and therefore they will stretch to the other side! ---
**Author:** ![Digger](https://londonbikers.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@Digger](https://londonbikers.com/u/Digger)\ **Post date:** [3 February 2009 12:57 UTC](https://londonbikers.com/t/why-do-car-drivers-queue/77894/4 "2009-02-03T12:57:11Z")
After scratching the bootlid of my new Mondeo to buggery with the b\*stard hose while parked the ‘wrong’ side I can fully understand why folks do it!! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![burty](https://londonbikers.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/49beb7/32.png) [@burty](https://londonbikers.com/u/burty)\ **Post date:** [3 February 2009 13:10 UTC](https://londonbikers.com/t/why-do-car-drivers-queue/77894/5 "2009-02-03T13:10:31Z")
I squeezed up close to the wrong side of the pump in order to get the hose to reach round, but caught my tyre on the metal edge of the curb at the bottom of the pump and ripped a 2 inch hole in the sidewall. ---
**Author:** ![Giuliano](https://londonbikers.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/ec9cab/32.png) [@Giuliano](https://londonbikers.com/u/Giuliano)\ **Post date:** [3 February 2009 13:50 UTC](https://londonbikers.com/t/why-do-car-drivers-queue/77894/6 "2009-02-03T13:50:14Z")
I agree - most of the hoses are not long enough unless you drive a Smart Car or similar, and if they are long enough the hose scratches the paintwork on the roof. ---
**Author:** ![nivag](https://londonbikers.com/user_avatar/londonbikers.com/nivag/32/32342_2.png) [@nivag](https://londonbikers.com/u/nivag)\ **Post date:** [3 February 2009 14:57 UTC](https://londonbikers.com/t/why-do-car-drivers-queue/77894/7 "2009-02-03T14:57:54Z")
The other problem is that when you pull far enough forward to get the hose around to the other side it blocks the exit at some of the smaller stations. ---
**Author:** ![solamanda](https://londonbikers.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/8baadc/32.png) [@solamanda](https://londonbikers.com/u/solamanda)\ **Post date:** [3 February 2009 15:06 UTC](https://londonbikers.com/t/why-do-car-drivers-queue/77894/8 "2009-02-03T15:06:43Z")
I think it’s a good thing, allows smart people to take advantage of free filling spaces. ---
**Author:** ![Mike](https://londonbikers.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/58f4c7/32.png) [@Mike](https://londonbikers.com/u/Mike)\ **Post date:** [3 February 2009 16:05 UTC](https://londonbikers.com/t/why-do-car-drivers-queue/77894/9 "2009-02-03T16:05:45Z")
> [@](#): > > ## **solamanda (03/02/2009)** > > I think it’s a good thing, allows smart people to take advantage of free filling spaces. I agree!! The same with people not using bus lanes when it’s allowed - it’s great for the rest of us!! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![exr1](https://londonbikers.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/ea666f/32.png) [@exr1](https://londonbikers.com/u/exr1)\ **Post date:** [3 February 2009 16:47 UTC](https://londonbikers.com/t/why-do-car-drivers-queue/77894/10 "2009-02-03T16:47:22Z")
I queue because its a British tradition and the one thing we do bloody well!😃 ---
**Author:** ![Grimbusa](https://londonbikers.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@Grimbusa](https://londonbikers.com/u/Grimbusa)\ **Post date:** [3 February 2009 17:07 UTC](https://londonbikers.com/t/why-do-car-drivers-queue/77894/11 "2009-02-03T17:07:22Z")
> [@](#): > > ## **exr1 (03/02/2009)** > > I queue because its a British tradition and the one thing we do bloody well!😃 As above, it damages paint and I have been told off for stretching hoses that should not be stretched 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Wigglemethis](https://londonbikers.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/9dc877/32.png) [@Wigglemethis](https://londonbikers.com/u/Wigglemethis)\ **Post date:** [3 February 2009 17:11 UTC](https://londonbikers.com/t/why-do-car-drivers-queue/77894/12 "2009-02-03T17:11:32Z")
paint work scratches so i try not to stretch the hoses across whats wrong being paitent 😛 ---
**Author:** ![continental](https://londonbikers.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@continental](https://londonbikers.com/u/continental)\ **Post date:** [3 February 2009 18:08 UTC](https://londonbikers.com/t/why-do-car-drivers-queue/77894/13 "2009-02-03T18:08:44Z")
No way would i drag that filthy grit covered hose over my paintwork,:pinch: ---
**Author:** ![Choo\_Choo](https://londonbikers.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/c4cdca/32.png) [@Choo\_Choo](https://londonbikers.com/u/Choo_Choo)\ **Post date:** [3 February 2009 18:50 UTC](https://londonbikers.com/t/why-do-car-drivers-queue/77894/14 "2009-02-03T18:50:43Z")
I tried that trick once, not only didn’t the hose reach, i had to drive out the station and join the back of the queue again :crazy: wot a pr1ck !! ---
**Author:** ![Digger](https://londonbikers.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@Digger](https://londonbikers.com/u/Digger)\ **Post date:** [3 February 2009 22:06 UTC](https://londonbikers.com/t/why-do-car-drivers-queue/77894/15 "2009-02-03T22:06:04Z")
> [@](#): > > ## **continental (03/02/2009)** > > No way would i drag that filthy grit covered hose over my paintwork,:pinch: Nor me, well never again! 😊 ---
**Author:** ![oldguy](https://londonbikers.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/o/3bc359/32.png) [@oldguy](https://londonbikers.com/u/oldguy)\ **Post date:** [4 February 2009 00:05 UTC](https://londonbikers.com/t/why-do-car-drivers-queue/77894/16 "2009-02-04T00:05:34Z")
Like so much in life, it’s size thing. Even the longer hoses wont stretch around the back of a Renault Epace but it’s pretty easy to hold the hose clear of the back of Mrs. O’s Saxo. The bikes best though. Love riding past the queue to get to that vacant but blocked to other cars pump. ---
**Author:** ![Jetstream](https://londonbikers.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/8797f3/32.png) [@Jetstream](https://londonbikers.com/u/Jetstream)\ **Post date:** [4 February 2009 00:08 UTC](https://londonbikers.com/t/why-do-car-drivers-queue/77894/17 "2009-02-04T00:08:50Z")
Like so much in life, **it’s size thing.** :D:D:D:D ---
**Author:** ![SP](https://londonbikers.com/user_avatar/londonbikers.com/sp/32/30735_2.png) [@SP](https://londonbikers.com/u/SP)\ **Post date:** [4 February 2009 00:13 UTC](https://londonbikers.com/t/why-do-car-drivers-queue/77894/18 "2009-02-04T00:13:22Z")
> [@](#): > > ## **oldguy (04/02/2009)** > > The bikes best though. Love riding past the queue to get to that vacant but blocked to other cars pump. With you on that one! … Isn’t it great!! ---
**Author:** ![Andrei](https://londonbikers.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Andrei](https://londonbikers.com/u/Andrei)\ **Post date:** [11 February 2009 16:16 UTC](https://londonbikers.com/t/why-do-car-drivers-queue/77894/19 "2009-02-11T16:16:40Z")
Right this is why: [https://www.youtube.com/v/ygtBxhFc24A&hl=en&fs=1](https://www.youtube.com/v/ygtBxhFc24A&hl=en&fs=1) \*\*Look at 2:51 \*\* :):)🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Busa55](https://londonbikers.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/74df32/32.png) [@Busa55](https://londonbikers.com/u/Busa55)\ **Post date:** [11 February 2009 16:21 UTC](https://londonbikers.com/t/why-do-car-drivers-queue/77894/20 "2009-02-11T16:21:00Z")
> [@](#): > > ## **Nivag (03/02/2009)** > > The other problem is that when you pull far enough forward to get the hose around to the other side it blocks the exit at some of the smaller stations. And whats wrong with that?:):P;) [Next page](https://londonbikers.com/t/why-do-car-drivers-queue/77894.md?page=2)