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In <364e170d.283340522@news.powersurfr.com> grimrod@mindless.moc
(Brandon Sommerville) writes:

>Rahul Dhesi wrote:

>>I think we are talking about two different things.  You are saying
>>"stay to the right", I am saying "change lanes only when needed".
>>There is no contradiction.

>It works similarly, but in your case if someone changes lanes into the
>left lane they have no motivation to get out of it.  In my proposed
>scenario, an individual would change lanes to pass, complete the pass
>then change lanes back which is the part your proposed scenario
>appears to avoid.

Lazy lane-changing simply means that you make no gratuituous lane
changes.  It doesn't prevent you from changing lanes to the right if you
you are substantially holding up faster traffic and if there is
sufficient room on the right and if moving to the right will not block
merging traffic.

Contrast this to the "stay to the right" fetish (STTRF), which requires
you to squeeze to the right even if there is insufficient space in the
lane to the right.  STTRF leads to everybody jammed into the rightmost
lane, thus tailgating and blocking merging traffic, while remaining
lanes are idle and wasted.

An ideal distribution of traffic is when all lanes are in use, with
vehicles evenly spaced apart and with slower traffic to the right and
faster traffic to the left.  No lane is left unused and wasted.  No lane
changes are needed except to enter and leave the highway.  No special
"passing" manouvers are needed:  Traffic in each lane is automatically
passing traffic in the ajacent lane to its right.

STTRF prevents this sort of efficient and safe use of highways.
-- 
Rahul Dhesi <dhesi@spams.r.us.com>
a2i communications, a quality ISP
    "Any idiot can avoid automobile accidents that are his own fault.  It
     takes skill to avoid accidents that are the *other* person's fault."