Jim Yanik wrote:
> Nate Nagel > wrote in
> :
>
>
>>If someone in good faith goes into an open travel lane only to
>>"discover" (your word) that the lane closes after having passed other
>>traffic, it's hard to fault them. It's an open travel lane, after
>>all, and if everyone is merging correctly, they won't cause the backup
>>to worsen in any case.
>
>
> Except that it's usually very clearly marked that the lane closes ahead.
> IMO,it's *intentional* to try to use the "open" closing lane to get by a
> line of traffic.("jump the queue".)
> They do it because they can count on some enabler to let them back in.
>

um, it's a LEGAL TRAFFIC LANE. they are doing nothing wrong in that
example. In fact, a courteous driver would let in one person (but only
one!) from the closing lane at the merge point. In some places, that's
even a legal requirement.

nate

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