> Or, more correctly: Maybe if people stopped doing stupid things like this 
> and just waited their turn

Err, the whole point of having two lanes is so that you can overtake slower 
cars if you want to.

> there wouldn't *be* a huge queue of waiting traffic in the first place?

Incorrect.

The most efficient way is for everyone to stay in their lanes until the 
closure, then zip merge one car at a time from each lane.  In fact at some 
places in the UK (I've seen them around Reading) they even have big signs 
telling you to do this (to prevent the queue going back too far), and it 
seems to be how everyone here in Germany behaves by default (IME).  The 
queue will be half the length then, and there will be no concept of "pushing 
in" or "waiting your turn", so everyone is happy.

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