Good drivers - Please read Re: Merging

The BBQ Pit
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Unfortunately, any “system” is doomed to failure if everyone isn’t aware of it. And the signs rarely, if ever, make it clear what the actual procedure is supposed to be.

[HYPOTHESIS] Neither merging early or merging late is the best route to take. If everyone merged early, it would create a longer bottleneck of single-lane traffic. If everyone merged late (which we’re all familiar with) you get infuriating butting-into-line-at-the-last-possible-minute-causing-the-50-cars-behind-you-to brake-for-your-ass maneuver.

The best rule IMHO, is for cars to use both lanes without passing; with the continuing-lane-driver leaving space for the other driver to merge right before the lane ends. You may see professional drivers (truckers) doing this maneuver from time to time: two abreast without passing until the merge actually occurs. [/HYPOTHESIS]

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Finally a flicker of hope.

But I must take some objection too:

Because not all truckers are professional drivers and not all professional drivers are truckers. There are a good deal of what I would consider to be professional drivers who drive trucks, but unfortunatly there are still many who should not be allowed to drive a yugo on a public road. Making such a blanket statement just goes to convince the bad truck drivers that they are pros, and the true pros don’t need the complement.