On 20/04/2021 13:28, Andrew wrote:
On 20/04/2021 12:47, Martin Brown wrote:
On 20/04/2021 12:38, Scott wrote:
On Tue, 20 Apr 2021 04:09:03 -0700 (PDT), fred
wrote:

Two lanes merging into one. Arrows clearly define which lane merges
into which. At the merge point who has the right of way ?
I only ask because in certain parts of the country if a lane is
closing and prior warning is being given all the sheep immediately
abandon the about to be closed lane. Same sheep take great umbrage
if one tries to merge at the head of the queue as recommended.
(i..e) Zip merge as opposed to a comb merge)
To me the obvious choice should be a one to one merge at the merge
point but lots of pillocks take offence.

I am one of these pillocks.Â* I don't expect you to push past a queue
at the supermarket so why should you do so on the road?

Because at least round here on major roadworks it says:
"Use *both* lanes, merge in turn"

The germansÂ* do it automatically :-

Reisverschlussverfahren

Reißverschlussverfahren is the Germany word for late merge or zipper
method. This is a convention for merging traffic into a reduced number
of lanes. The idea is quite good and actually law in Germany.

That's the problem. It is not law here and the road layouts usually have
one lane merging into the other, not two lanes both moving together into
a single one.

The sensible thing would be for signage to tell drivers to merge in turn
or, for long term roadworks with temporary markings, to equally merge
the lanes; and for roads remaining marked with one lane merging into the
other maintaining a requirement for the merging driver to give-way, as
zip-merging and expecting other drivers to make a gap is perhaps not
such a good idea on a high speed road.