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Originally Posted by Ultramaroon
If the lane exists, fill it. It's inefficient and naive to think that somehow the point at which drivers merge is a measure of their courtesy. If I merge a hundred feet earlier than someone else does that make me a better person? Hell no, that's just chaos.
What's dangerous is having an emotional attachment to this kind of behavior. Blocking a lane because you chose to merge early and don't want to be passed is not only childish, it's illegal.
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I'll wait till later to give my assessment of the DOT "article" they mention.
But this whole thing started by me explaining:
I see 100 cars that are perfectly performing
the zipper merge @ 5 MPH 50 yards before the physical barrier that is the onramp to a highway that is ALSO moving at 5 MPH.
And only one or two people decide they don't want to zipper merge where everyone else is doing it so they drive AROUND the merge point passing 20 cars in the process and THEN TRY to get into the ALREADY MERGED flow.
And guess WHAT? No-one wants to let them in, so they try to force their way in.
What do you call those type of people? Considerate souls just trying to help?
No - they are trying to bully their way into the flow instead of waiting their turn like everybody else.
And me blocking said ASSHOLES is not a hazard in any way since traffic is moving at a walking pace.