Nate Nagel > wrote in
:

> 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.

Actually,they did;they IGNORED the signs warning them the lane is closing
ahead;the ones *meant to give them time to merge BEFORE they come to the
end*.(otherwise,there'd be no need for advance warning signs)

> 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
>

Of course,the NG has been thru this merge topic before.

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