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K_OS,Jun 5 2006, 01:05 PM Wrote:The other thing I hate is people that go to the end of a merge lane when everyone saw the sign 500m's back and have moved in I almost ran over a new MINI last week when at the last minute he decided that his car and life were worth more than being run over. :D
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hmmm ... but on the other side of that coin I hate people who see a merge 500 meters ahead, decide to stick their nose into the other lane but keep the a$$end blocking the lane they came from. Dive in if you want, but don't impede the other lane because now you think that everyone should do as you did.

In moving traffic I try to time my merge / speed so I don't interupt the flow of traffic - that might be 500 meters ahead but it might also be 50 meters ahead - and just like a merge onto a highway, you have to adjust your speed according to the traffic and the merge opportunities you see.

But in the case of stop and go traffic - sorry, logic says that both lanes should keep moving up to the merge-point and then you alternate. People who "dive" into the other lane 500 meters up in stop and go traffic, and then block the lane they came from, are creating way more problems than they solve; especially if their attitude is "now that I've moved over, I don't want any of you to pass me."