Originally Posted by
LTNman
Also as already pointed out, drivers will sit in a drop off zone indefinitely while waiting to pick up passengers if they can. Luton used to have a real problem where all the kerbsides were occupied by long stayers. That problem no longer happens.
This is exactly the point. The people using Glasgow have brought this on themselves. People sitting at the drop off area waiting for people for a silly amount of time. Double,triple and quadruple parking whilst dropping off blocking both lanes. No where near as bad as at Luton but the traffic is untenable at peak times.
If people were sensible and waited off airport until their pickups were actually outside then the problem wouldn't exist. I heard from someone at the airport involved in the traffic project, that the charged area was a last resort and they had tried everything else to manage the traffic flow.