On Thursday, October 8, 2015 at 11:07:43 AM UTC-4, Vic Smith wrote:
On Thu, 8 Oct 2015 04:14:08 -0700 (PDT), DerbyDad03
wrote:

On Wednesday, October 7, 2015 at 9:17:00 PM UTC-4, 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.

You don't need truckers. I do the road block thing all the time. I just hang out in the closed lane next to the spot where I belong in the open lane and move along with the traffic. No one gets past me. 99%+ of the drivers in the open lane know exactly what I'm doing and keep my spot open for me.

They don't even need to be trained.

All you're doing is creating a different merge point. Once traffic is
heavy enough to start backing up, the logical and safe way is fill
both lanes and take turns merging where the lane ends.
But if you want to be the traffic cop, have at it.

Picture a left entrance onto a highway. The highway is backed up but the
entrance ramp is not. Is it fair to the drivers that are already on
the highway and who have experienced the back up for a while to be further
impacted by someone entering the highway and passing 20, 30 or more of the
backed up cars? I think not.

So, as I approach the early merge point, I hang to the left and move with
the traffic next to me. I do this enough during our morning "rush minutes"
that I know the impact:

Rarely do I end up with anyone behind me, so I am not "creating a
different merge point". In most cases, I'll see someone begin to creep
up, then realize that they aren't going to get past me, and then typically
slide over way before they even get close. In other cases, when they keep
on coming, I've seen drivers a few or more cars back move left and take
up the same position as me.

When there is heavy traffic in both lanes, then a merge point closer to
end of the disappearing lane makes perfect sense. It's those one or two
drivers that aren't courteous enough to wait like everyone else that
I object to.