"Daniel W. Rouse Jr." > wrote in
:

> "Scott en Aztlán" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On Tue, 11 Jul 2006 10:45:52 GMT, Dave Head > wrote:
>>
>> >Had an unreal moment a few years ago on I-95. I wanted to get off
>> >at Woodbridge. Woman comes hauling up on me in the merge lane, and
>> >dispite
> tons
>> >of room behind me, sits herself down exactly beside me and paces me.
> Apparently
>> >expects me to move left. I would have simply missed the exit before
>> >I
> would
>> >have let her in. Finally she gets all ****ed off (honks the horn)
>> >and
> falls
>> >back and gets in behind me like she should have done in the 1st
>> >place. I
> then
>> >exit. But dang, what's wrong with people?
>>
>> Some people seem to think that the word "merge" means "you MUST let
>> me into the lane IN FRONT OF YOU." Merging in BEHIND someone is
>> simply unthinkable.
>>
> Merging means that if the merging car is in front of you, yes, you
> must allow the merging car to merge in front of you.

Not if it would be an unsafe lane change.(being too close to you)

So...how much "in front" must the merging car be?


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