There isn't a regular traffic queue on my commute, closest I get is traffic sometimes backs up at the roundabout immediately before the Tesco roundabout on the A281.
I have to use a couple of miles of the A281 which can get busy as it is the main road to Guildford however there are some decent straight sections where it is easy for drivers to overtake cyclists, and there is a layby I can pull in to if there is a significant queue building behind me.
A272 is usually nose to tail from outskirts of Cuckfield to centre of Haywards Heath during term time. People get very frustrated and cyclists (and I'm not alone, three of us ride in from the 'sham) are a 'soft' target to vent their frustrations on, especially when dropping the kids off at school has taken longer than expected, their late and they need to get to, say, Uckfield.
This morning 'my' roadworks were backing up all from Cuckfield Village centre to the temporary lights and folk were getting v. frustrated. I was, of course, heading the other way and thus spared the honking. Though chummy did pass me on the way home last night.
I suspect another factor is simply Surrey. Or at least your part of it. Folk round there are used to cyclists. The network of lanes keeps you off the main roads and there are several alternatives. Round here there is less route choice, cyclists are an endangered species, though numbers are on the increase, and more conflict as a result.
) and we thought we would catch the bus . mistake. after getting less than a 1/4 of the way we got off and walked and still beat it !! queue from harrow green all the way past Broadway.
