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"beergut" <dondoherty@canada.com> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 29 Oct 2002 06:49:03 GMT, Norman Gall <gall@spookyhill.net>
> wrote:
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> Merging is another story. It really does depend on road conditions. If
> I am to move over to the left, to let in a merging car, I must be
> certain that the lane I merge into is still open in 100
> yards.......this is not always the case on our perimeter. In winter,
> it is sometimes just one lane road. It is sometimes too dangerous to
> move over to the left, especially if you're going into a foot of snow.
>

For all the hay that is made about Winnipeg's supposedly inferior road
system, merge lanes are one area where Winnipeg is legitimately lacking. A
lot of on-ramps, even on highways like the Perimeter Highway where there is
a lot of wide-open space surrounding an interchange, tends to funnel traffic
onto streets in a way that is akin to making a right turn, with very little
room for merging. This inevitably ends up with people getting cut off, and
accidents happening. I understand that in cases like then notorious
Portage-south onto Rte.90 ramp there isn't much that can be done due to
space constraints, but in cases like the ramps at Inkster-PTH 101 there's no
excuse for those dreadful ramps that practically require you to stop before
getting onto the Perimeter. You seldom see merging problems on well-designed
ramps like Pembina-Bishop Grandin.

Addressing this problem would make life a lot easier for many...

Walter