FYI: Little known fact: it is actually more efficient, and it reduces traffic congestion to merge as late as possible. All of those people that you describe who are merging at the last moment are actually making traffic flow better! You should thank them, and you should do it yourself!
FYI: Little known fact: it is actually more efficient, and it reduces traffic congestion to merge as late as possible. All of those people that you describe who are merging at the last moment are actually making traffic flow better! You should thank them, and you should do it yourself!
FYI: Little known fact: it is actually more efficient, and it reduces traffic congestion to merge as late as possible. All of those people that you describe who are merging at the last moment are actually making traffic flow better! You should thank them, and you should do it yourself!
Where did I speak to the efficiency of where to merge? Again, I do not set my morals based on traffic efficiency. I set them on the right thing to do and what I would want to be done to me.
You do not merge at the very end to help releive traffic congestion. You do it to cut everyone waiting in line and you justify it with the efficiency claim.
When there is construction, I leave earlier. I plan for delays and understand when there are lane closures it will take some adjusting on my part.
I'm relatively certain drivers who do this are not thinking of me and my improved traffic flow as they blow on past.
Suppose you are on a four-lane (two lanes in each direction) highway with no construction. Do you think the "right thing to do" is for everyone to only drive in the right lane? Is anyone who chooses to pass in the left lane doing something "immoral"?
I can predict the future of this thread:
1) 90% of respondents will say "no, I've never done it and never will"
2) 10% will say "I do it all the time, what's the big deal"
3) Name-calling and general mayhem will ensue, with accusations of various major character defects.
4) Someone will report the thread.
5) Some poor moderator will have to stop work or whatever else they were doing to close a thread on this topic for the 47,342rd time.
6) Someone will stir the very same pot next week.
This also works for posts on sneaking kids into theme parks, re-using refillable mugs, pool-hopping, cramming extra people into resort rooms....did I forget anything?
FYI: Little known fact: it is actually more efficient, and it reduces traffic congestion to merge as late as possible. All of those people that you describe who are merging at the last moment are actually making traffic flow better! You should thank them, and you should do it yourself!
and this was covered in the manual. They tell you NOT to merge early and instead to wait until the "point of merger" in order to relieve traffic congestion. So, now I wait to merge, per the DOT's guidance. It's not my fault if everyone else doesn't know that traffic congestion is relieved by waiting to merge. I guess more people should read DOT publications. 
then be defensive that answers seem a little aggressive? In fact, this topic, thus far, is EXTREMELY tame as to how it could (or would be) otherwise. It's just ungood, and a simple search for related threads would have yielded the information you (allegedly) seek. 
We just moved to a different state, and I'm a big dork so I was actually studying for my driver's license exam
Here's a question for you in return.
You're a DVC member, right? Say that you drove into your DVC resort at Boardwalk or Bay Lake and the Security guy said to you, "Oh ... I'm sorry sir, but all of the parking spaces are full with people who chose to park here for the theme parks today in order to avoid the parking fee. You'll have to find somewhere else to park."
How likely are you to be okay with that? You've paid extra money to stay at that resort. You're a DVC member and paying extra for that. But you can't park at your resort because a bunch of other people are using your lot for free parking.
Does that affect your POV at all?
They tell you NOT to merge early and instead to wait until the "point of merger" in order to relieve traffic congestion. So, now I wait to merge, per the DOT's guidance. It's not my fault if everyone else doesn't know that traffic congestion is relieved by waiting to merge. I guess more people should read DOT publications.
