On 10/7/2015 8:18 PM, rbowman wrote:
On 10/07/2015 07:37 AM, Moe DeLoughan wrote:

The ones who drive me mad are those who simply will not merge until the
merge lane ends. They don't look, they don't try to fit in, they just
follow the white line on the right until there ain't no merge lane
anymore. Doesn't matter that the other drivers already made an opening
for them, they're just following the white line.

Better than that are the construction areas where one lane is closed
ahead and the signs give everyone time to merge into the remaining
two. Some idiots always go as far as they can on the closed lane
figuring they can force their way in. With a little coordination
truckers can create their own rolling roadblocks to put an end to that
game.

Actually, you're screwing up traffic when you do that. To maximize
traffic flow, everyone's supposed to use all open lanes as far as they
can, and then perform what's called a zipper merge, where the cars in
the lane next to the closed lane take turns letting the cars in the
closed lane merge. When people are accustomed to doing that, it goes
very smoothly. There's a left-hand zipper merge spot on my evening
commute, and it's no trouble. If you resent other drivers merging in
ahead of you, move into their lane and move on up.