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Originally Posted by squiggs96
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.
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You stopping and forcing your way in early is the exact same thing as going to the end and forcing your way if needed. Drive until you find a gap where you can fit without impeding anyone. Worst case scenerio you end up doing what you were going to do earlier anyways. It's the idiots that think someone is just "being a dbag" that cause this problem.
If everyone understood this and drove with a normal amount of space in between them and the car infront of them, as opposed to riding someones ass cause they have an "I let in 1 car only" rule or whatever, there would be no issue.