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Originally Posted by Canehdianman
I also do #2 and #3.
I am the inverse of you for #1 though. I ride the entire way up every time the lane is ending. I do so for two reasons:
1) it gets me farther ahead than I was; and
2) it is the proper way to ensure that the lanes are used optimally. It is the people who stop short of using the entire lane that cause the slow-downs in traffic. Over the years, I've had plenty of people try to block me out. I just move over anyways. This invariably leads them to honk and give me the finger, as though I am the one breaking traffic laws. I find it amusing actually.
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The slow downs don't come from not using the other lane, they come from the starting and stopping for letting people in. It's a phenomenon called bottlenecking. If everyone just got in the correct lane once they saw the lane is ending, the lane would run much smoother.
According to Alberta law, a person driving a vehicle shall not drive the vehicle so as to overtake and pass or attempt to overtake or to pass another vehicle when the act of overtaking and passing cannot be made safely.
If there is a car in that lane, and you are trying to wedge yourself in, that is not safe, and yes you are breaking a traffic law. Unless there is a merge, you don't have the right to that lane. You also are being a dbag. Everyone else was there before you, so just get in line like you would at a movie theatre or sandwich shop.