Stupid traffic question ...

[Wisha Haddan H3]

I was driving to lunch today and the right lane was blocked off with cones. Meanwhile the left lane was backed up through a traffic light, leaving the right lane empty for half a mile before the cones started.

slalom course maybe

[Wisha Haddan H3]

I hate to see a stretch of perfectly good lane go to waste, so I always merge a short distance before the lane actually ends. It earned me (and a few other drivers) plenty of dirty looks tho. Two drivers wouldn't even let me in.

Why can't people use all the space available and then take turns. Didn't they learn anything in kindergarten?

[h2co-pilot]

So you are one of those pricks.

You merge when you see there will be one so there will be no "taking turns" and everything goes through smoothly.

The only reason there is waiting and confusion is because we have to stick close to avoid cut-ins because we are the good ones and then finally hault to unwillingly let one of you pricks in.

[Wisha Haddan H3]

If traffic was moving smoothly, I would have merged as soon as I saw the cones up ahead. But in this case, traffic was at a snail's pace because of the stoplight at the end.

Three open intersections and one other stoplight were blocked by this line of cars. If everyone had only filled both lanes and taken turns merging, it would have opened the light plus at least one intersection to cross-traffic.

I think it's easy for people to get grumpy and jealous when they sit in line next to an empty lane, even though they could have been sharing the other lane too. It's fair when you share. Don't blame me if you choose not to

[KenP]

But nobody takes turns.

I like it when the on the highway there's a merge and the big rigs block the merging lane so the "four wheelers" can't run up and cut in.

[dеiтайожни]

I love blocking people who try to cut in line, but I mean like they go in the left turn lane when the right turn lane is backed up just to sneak right at the very last moment.

People who don't allow others to merge when it's a must and traffic is backed up are just asses. But I've learned... people will let you in if you are about to crush their car.

[DennisAJC]

Originally Posted by dеiтайожни

But I've learned... people will let you in if you are about to crush their car.

Fact.

[Hmmm2]

Originally Posted by DennisAJC

Fact.

LOL ... it's a fact.

[frenzy1]

^^

[Agriv8r]

after the third cone is under the truck...

[HummerHippy]

Originally Posted by h2co-pilot

So you are one of those pricks.

You merge when you see there will be one so there will be no "taking turns" and everything goes through smoothly.

The only reason there is waiting and confusion is because we have to stick close to avoid cut-ins because we are the good ones and then finally hault to unwillingly let one of you pricks in.

Yea, what she said!
<can I say woosh just once?>

[Wisha Haddan H3]

Originally Posted by KenP

But nobody takes turns.

True, and that's a big part of the problem. We aren't following the same set of rules.

Minnesota (with other states) is trying to help people take turns by installing dual lights in construction zones. The lights use radar to sense traffic and alternates red and green to help drivers merge easily while using all available road space. Sounds good to me.

http://www.dot.state.mn.us/newsrels/03/10/29merge.html

[BKLYNH2]

The answer is e) I bought a hummer to ignore all forms of traffic manipulation. If my lane ends I just keep going.

[h2co-pilot]

Originally Posted by HummerHippy

Yea, what she said!
<can I say woosh just once?>

Yes, but just this once.

[ShaggyX]

FWIW...I believe that traffic would run the smoothest if you utilized all available "legal" lanes of traffic. I have a tendency to move over as soon as I realize the lane is ending, but as long as the traffic in the closing lane is nice enough to "match" the traffic of the lane that doesn't end I see no problem with letting them in. Moving over sooner just causes that lane to back up sooner...I see no real benefit to it. But that is just my .02

[K9sH3]

I just accidentaly throw the switch for all the strobes I have to the on position. And somehow everyone seems to let me in. It either that or the Airhorns that makes them part the path for me...



Its wierd too, most of them think I am number one. They keep pointing one finger at me as I go by.

[ssgharkness020147]

Well I guess I'm an ass. Oh well, when people try and cut in on me they learn quick that I'll hit you for it. So far no luck, but I did force a couple off the road.

Originally Posted by dеiтайожн

People who don't allow others to merge when it's a must and traffic is backed up are just asses. But I've learned... people will let you in if you are about to crush their car.

[ChiHummer3]

Originally Posted by ssgharkness020147

Well I guess I'm an ass. Oh well, when people try and cut in on me they learn quick that I'll hit you for it. So far no luck, but I did force a couple off the road.

[Agriv8r]