No its not. If all the cars are in one lane and you drive past all of those cars in the empty lane and then expect all those cars you passed to let you merge, you’re a piece of shit.
I’d you’re talking about doing it at 60 you can still use both lanes as long as you aren’t following the car in front of you dangerously close there’ll already be enough room to merge. Cutting to one lane early is like people who don’t use the on ramp to accelerate and slow everyone down when they merge them accelerate
No, it doesn’t. It never would, because NHTSA knows that utilizing all lanes during a lane closure reduces backups. Show me a sign where it tells drivers to merge now that isn’t at the actual merge and I will eat a hat
Tempus_Fugit@lemmy.world 21 hours ago
No its not. If all the cars are in one lane and you drive past all of those cars in the empty lane and then expect all those cars you passed to let you merge, you’re a piece of shit.
whotookkarl@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 hours ago
Why would all of the cars be in one lane before the lane closes? That’s silly
LurkingLuddite@piefed.social 20 hours ago
I hate to break it to you, but you have to merge before the lane closes. If it’s 20 feet or 200 feet, you’re still merging before the lane is closed.
Guess how fast you eat up hundreds of feet at highway speeds? In seconds.
If you want traffic to stay at highway speeds, you ALWAYS merge before you HAVE to leave your lane.
It’s the same principle with on ramps. The people racing up an on-ramp just to wedge into slower trafdic are helping no one.
whotookkarl@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 hours ago
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I’d you’re talking about doing it at 60 you can still use both lanes as long as you aren’t following the car in front of you dangerously close there’ll already be enough room to merge. Cutting to one lane early is like people who don’t use the on ramp to accelerate and slow everyone down when they merge them accelerate
TheJesusaurus@piefed.ca 15 hours ago
Hate to break it to you but literally every other country on earth zipper merges and it’s far more efficient
Tempus_Fugit@lemmy.world 20 hours ago
Because the sign clearly says “lane closure ahead merge now.”
chuckleslord@lemmy.world 19 hours ago
No, it doesn’t. It never would, because NHTSA knows that utilizing all lanes during a lane closure reduces backups. Show me a sign where it tells drivers to merge now that isn’t at the actual merge and I will eat a hat
TheJesusaurus@piefed.ca 15 hours ago
Yeah you dumbass. So use both lanes and then zipper merge where they merge
Tempus_Fugit@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
In sorry, but if all the cars are in the open lane and you zoom passed in the closing lane, I’m not going to let you merge. Deal with it.
chuckleslord@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
Lane shouldn’t be clear. That’s the issue, here.
TheJesusaurus@piefed.ca 14 hours ago
Why is the other lane open, that’s the problem.