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   On Wednesday, November 6, 2013 11:16:02 PM UTC-8, Daniel W. Rouse Jr. wrote:   
   > "Brent"  wrote in message    
    news:l5f483$a19$1@dont-email.me...   
   > > On 2013-11-07, Daniel W. Rouse Jr.  wrote:   
   > >> "Brent"  wrote in message   
   > >> news:l5e3d4$mf7$1@dont-email.me...   
   > >>> On 2013-11-06, Daniel W. Rouse Jr.  wrote:   
      
   > >>>> I state that slower traffic should keep one lane to the left of the >    
   > >>>> right lane on any road with three or more lanes in one direction.   
   > >>>> The reasons are because the rightmost lane often becomes exit only or   
   > >>>> thereis a lane reduction closing the right lane anyway. Then slower >   
   >>>> traffic has   
   > >>>> to merge into faster traffic anyway.   
       
   > >>>> Discuss.   
      
   > >>> Typical backasswards american driving. People can't merge so create   
   > >>> social rules suspending keep right except to pass thus making more   
   > >>> problems. Teach people how to merge properly and keep right except to   
   > >>> pass as is done in civilized driving countries.   
      
   > >> Merging properly: BGE mirror guidelines suggest a safe merge is one   
   > >> headlight in the rearview mirror and one headlight in the side mirror.   
   > >> Through traffic should be leaving that much of a gap so that a merge can   
   > >> occur safely. Of course, they don't.   
      
   > > Finding a gap is usually not an issue. The problem is people don't   
   > > accelerate early enough. Thus they are going slower than traffic they   
   > > are to merge into. That is the root cause of the problem. At too slow of   
   > > a speed it requires a huge gap not to force traffic on the road to   
   > > brake. One should be going slightly faster than the traffic being merged   
   > > into. Brakes are more powerful than the engine for most cars and thus   
   > > braking can be used for fine adjustment to time a gap properly while   
   > > acceleration won't be there to do it for most people.   
      
   > This conflicts with slower traffic keep right if they have exit only or lane    
   > reduction scenarios in the rightmost lane, and if they have to accelerate    
   > into faster traffic by force. Exactly why I say one lane to the left of the    
   > rightmost lane.   
      
   One hat size doesn't fit all.  Your suggestion is workable in areas that have   
   heavy traffic AND numerous exit/exits. Once out of urban areas there is no   
   need, and in fact results in a decrease of carrying capacity as the right lane   
   would be mostly empty.   
      
   Spokane, WA is a particulary bad example of poor planning.  I90 through it was   
   built on abandoned RR right-of-way mostly on viaducts resulting in steep,   
   short entries, dense heavy traffic and only three lanes.  To get through the   
   city center, one lane    
   left is the only feasible method.   
      
   Harry K   
      
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