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Is there an illustration of how Americanβs merge? Or how the roads are designed for this?
I read this wrong... Let me see if I can find one.
This gives you an idea. Nothing special about the lane, it's like a lane anywhere else. We just overall merge early and at random distances causing chaos.
The pictures are correct, but they don't show how traffic can back up for miles before the merge point with everybody sitting in just one lane, and some guy who has taken it upon himself to police everyone else's "manners" swerving to block anyone who dares to the the open lane and "cut in line."
I try to be a patient and understanding person, and I hope that person stubs their toe, and right as it's about to heal they stub it again, and on and on until death.
I think there's an assumption in the illustrations.
The merge point can be singular, but not at the very last moment. If the giant flashing light sign that is visible long before the cutoff was considered the merge point, all of the benefits of the premise still hold.
In addition, in the real world the unused lane space is a buffer zone to help the merge to happen without completely stopping, reducing overall traffic.
Where both concepts fall apart is with the "me first" people that use the space to get ahead and cut in, forcing everybody to hit brakes and creates more traffic as nobody is moving, prompting more "me first" to not want to wait and cut in at the end.
one of those being from INDOT (indiana) is funny. That example would break a state traffic law^1 that says you must merge as soon as you pass the lane ends sign
That's interesting.
Ahh okay. Thanks for sharing