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   On 2013-11-07, 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   
   >>>>> there   
   >>>>> is 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.   
      
   It does not conflict at all. The slightly faster speed is only for the   
   purpose of timing a gap to enter the roadway, it is not the final speed.   
      
   Why reduce road capacity to serve those who refuse to merge properly?   
   The reason traffic is so bad is because the road capacity we have is   
   squandered for the benefit of lazy and sloppy drivers.   
      
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