[Genoa]

11. Wave another driver in front of a third driver who has the right of way.
12. Drive as far forward as they can in a lane that’s about to close and then expect to be let in.

[cornfedcowboy]

12. Drive as far forward as they can in a lane that’s about to close and then expect to be let in.

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Actually, the new normal is to keep traffic in both lanes until the road tapers to the single lane. It is the zipper effect and traffic flows much better. It also keeps from traffic backup that can cause further problems.

[conservativeharleyguy]

Sorry, but your #12 is the legal procedure in most jurisdictions - ‘’Maintain traffic flow, and alternately merge at the point of constriction’’ (paraphrasing, but close enough). Done correctly, it can be a beautiful thing.

The real hazard is the self-appointed ‘’lane monitor’’ who uses the bumper of a motor vehicle as a penis extension to force his personal traffic code on everyone else.

That, and all the hammerheads who merge so early that they create a single-lane traffic jam for 2 miles.

[CharlesWayneCT]

DIsagree with your number 12. The BEST way for traffic to merge with the least delay is if everybody stays in the merging lanes up until the merge point, and then mixes in an “every-other” fashion.

People pulling into the merged lane a half-mile before the end of the lane just slow down the merged lane at the expense of the merging lane.

There’s a reason the merging lane goes on to when it ends. If they wanted people to merge a half-mile earlier, they would have ended the road a half-mile earlier.

So I ALWAYS drive to the end of a merge lane, and then merge. And you know, in almost EVERY case, at that point the merged lane is starting to pick up speed, and there are natural gaps so I can get in without slowing anybody else down.

That said, I do somewhat dislike people who pull OUT of the merged lane into a merge lane that has been cleared, just to cut in front of 4-5 people and pull back in.

[TexasCajun]

12. Drive as far forward as they can in a lane that’s about to close and then expect to be let in.

Yes, idiot #1 used to make me so mad. ...as well as idiot #2 who let them in.

I realized that there were lots of idiot #2s who would happily smile and wave 'em in.

So, now thanks to all those #2s, I'm now a #1 idiot as well.

[plymaniac]

I used to believe that early compliance with a merge sign was the honorable and polite thing to do. But now I believe that traffic engineers want you to MERGE AT THE MERGER!