"Use Both Lanes Until Merge Point"
You've seen it. Road construction with a lane closed and traffic needs to merge from two lanes into one. Construction companies are now posting signs for traffic to "Use Both Lanes" up to the merg...
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TurnThePage wrote:If it's bumper to bumper, where, exactly, are all those people going to go in that "open lane"? It ends up ahead and the other lane is bumper to bumper, i.e. no place for those people to go once they reach the end. That's why you're merging in the first place.Cummins12V98 wrote:
When people have opportunities to move over and they don’t and speed past to the end THAT is the problem. When I pulled in like most have and are in the thru lane we are bumper to bumper near the end. Why should I hit my brakes to let someone in that clearly does not think they should wait like everyone else???
You are bumper to bumper backed up potentially for miles, blocking offramps behind you. All while a perfectly open lane is sitting there empty.
