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Re: lack of courtesy Re: A Left Lane Laggard Wants to Know



Steven Ruggiero [TEMP] (srugger@Sun.COM) wrote:
: And yet another that angers me.....

: Scene: Traffic jam with cars merging onto the freeway from an on ramp.
: Most merging cars attempt to get into traffic in a reasonable interval. 
: There is always at least one person who feels his/her time is more important
: and they traverse the entire merge lane and attempt to muscle in just
: as the lane terminates at the last possible moment.

: --steve

But the opposite happens too. People crossing the solid line (illegally)
at the very beginning of the on-ramp.

At least the first scenario doesn't break the law and as long as the person
merges before the merge lane ends and becomes a shoulder, then there really
isn't anything wrong with it--sometimes people in the through lanes feel that
ANYONE merging MUST get in behind them.

What IS bad (and illegal) are people in the through lanes moving into the
merge lane, passing a bunch of cars on the right, then trying to merge
back on. I was so happy when I saw the CHP catch someone for that on 680
(and it was a Yugo doing it!).


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