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Originally Posted by STeeLy
Doing it RIGHT... is to slowly and steadily move towards the end of the merge lane and merge... that way the traffic keeps flowing in both lanes as you will have room to merge... If you fly down the merge lane, it's more likely that you will have to STOP to get in... and even if you don't have to, the person flying down the merge lane right behind you will... and he's going to hold up the traffic.
(I'm speaking of something like a lane closing in a construction zone here for the most part, because I see that almost daily)
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This ongoing debate shall be settled once and for all with this post. Anyone who disagrees with me is wrong. Here goes...
There are three different situations where this comes up: First, when two lanes merge into one with a relatively short amount of merge distance, and high volumes of traffic in both lanes. Example: SB Deerfoot on to WB 17th. Any idiot that stops at the end of the converging white line V and flips on his signal is a ###### and I will pass him on the right and force my way in at the very end where the two lanes actually become one. Everyone behind me should do it too, and the traffic should criss cross. If you are in the WB lane of 17th and you take offence to this, you are an idiot and a ######.
Second, when two lanes merge into one with a relatively long merge and there is considerable traffic in both lanes. Example: 50th Ave on to SB Crowchild. Any person that stops at the end of the white converged V is an idiot. There is a long lane that you should be able to merge into along the way. Stopping anywhere along the wall of cars is stupid. Go to the end and criss cross if necessary, but if the opportunity arises to get in along the way, take it. Most people in the wall of traffic can see that you're not trying to take advantage of your glorious open lane and will leave a gap for one car to scoot into to keep traffic flowing.
Third is when a lane is closed down for construction and there is high volume of traffic on the road. This lane must be used to it's maximum freaking potential. Let the traffic build up in all the lanes and criss cross at the VERY END of the lane. People who lose their mind and stop and try to nose their way in 500 meters before the lane ends screw everything up by causing half the cars behind to freak out and do the same thing, and the other half to get pissed off and fly down to the end, only to be greeted by a-holes that are now ticked that some people tried the early merge and now these end-of-the-laners are "cheating". It's not cheating. It's proper traffic flow.