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whorning@pipeline.com (Walt Horning) wrote:

>I am puzzled, why do some merge 1/2 mile ahead of the merge point,
>some 1/4 mile, some 500 feet, some 100 feet, and some at the very end,
>when lanes merge (whether the road is built this way or its a
>construction zone).
>
I've always wondered about this.  I always felt very smug about merging
as soon as possible, and resentful of those people who sped ahead of me
to merge in front of me.  Then one day there was construction ahead and
*everybody* merged early.  The single *stopped* line of traffic
stretched back 3/4 of a mile and no one jumped the line.  But I wondered
if this was a good way to do it.  Wouldn't it be better for people to
merge at the merge point and take turns so as to lessen the backup?

Of course we have about as much chance of this happening as we have of
getting a bypass built.

>I have seen so much chaos. Perhaps a suitable merge rule should be
>formulated and made the law of the land. Today, as I was driving home
>I saw 3 lanes merging into 2. There was chaos! Why? Behind the merge
>point traffic was backed up and crawling. After the merge point, there
>was virtually open road. Only chaos causes this situation to exist.

grandma Rosalie