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Originally Posted by valo403
I used to agree with you, but after careful thought (partially through the fear based teachings of 4x4, and partially through driving in extremely heavy traffic a lot recently) I've come to find that you are in fact 100% incorrect.
I will attempt to paint you a picture of why it is you that needs to learn, here it goes:
Picture a 10km stretch of 4 lane road, with a lane closure in the right lane between km's 6-8. So this stretch of road now has 8km's of 4 lane road, and 2km's of 3 lane road.
Option A: This is the approach you seem to favor. Upon seeing signs for the lane closure 2kms before the lane closure (at km 4) everyone should merge into the left 3 lanes. This effectively means that the road closure has been extended to include 4kms of the right lane, resulting in only 6kms of 4 lane road and 4kms of 3 lane road.
Option B: Instead of everyone merging well before the actual lane closure the right lane is utilized, thereby limiting the closure to the lanes actually closed, not the imaginary closure of the above choice. Here you still have 8kms of 4 lane road and only 2kms of 3 lane road. Clearly this option maximizes the space on the road, and is therefore more efficient. So long as people don't pull stupid moves, like not letting people merge, everyone is able to get through the closure faster.
It's really not that complicated, but lots of people have somehow been conditioned to think that extending a lane closure is a good idea. Heck I used to be one of you.
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Lane closures are a little different in my opinion. Merging 2 km's before the closure is one thing. Once you can see the actual closure, start moving over.
Honestly if everyone tried to merge at the very last second it would be a huge mess as well... No one will convince me otherwise I will not let the person in if they try that crap...