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jamie_duff
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Johnnytheboy wrote:
Part of the problem (I think) is that beacause some people merge very early (like 600yds early for roadworks :? ), drivers who were always in L1 have probably already each let quite a few people in by the time they get to the merge, and consequently think "Well, I've let five people in, why should I let anyone else in?"
I'm in no way blaming early mergers, but they probably use up L1 residents 'generosity ration'.


I can relate to that......

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So the idea that it couldn't work in the UK is clearly nonesense.


Don't know about other areas , but A444 heading north at J3 of M6, has 3 lanes mreging into 2, with sign in great big letters "merge in turn" - get in the outside lane and try - the attitude seems to be "you're q jumping" ---try to merge reasonably on the M6/M1 - same attitude - perhaps it's a southern thing - i don't know , only that the attitude here and south sems to be that it's all about not letting a car in front of you.


The ones I have seen have several "use both lanes" signs leading up to the merge. The actual merge in turn sign is fairly small.
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Having been up the M6 this weekend I have a radical proposal which could work in roadworks. Three lanes were gonig down to one, and L1 was full of stationary HGVs - goodness they must have been pissed off. Middle lane was moving at a snails pace and the outside lane had the BMWs and Volvos going down it at 20+ (probably a load of you guys :wink: )

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Lanes set up to merge L1 into L2, (then into L3 if necessary) then cones to take the traffic where it is going to go. Thus the slower traffic travels in the lane that is most likely to have gaps created in it, and if the HGVs wish to move at the same speed as the other lanes they can, without having to pull across to 'block' L3. It would soon become clear that is was practically impossible to 'queue jump' at situations like this, and the merge point would gradually drift up towards where the lanes physically merged.
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