RobinXe wrote:
Big Rod wrote:
Just to clarify, I don't necessarily have an issue with people leaving their merge till a little later, as long as they don't reach a standstill at the cones. I only merge earlier as I'm perhaps being a little more defensive. I do leave space for others to zip merge, but I'm not inclined to yeild for someone who in my eyes has been reckless and expects somone to corrupt the flow of traffic for them.
My bold. Not faulting you, its just interesting.
Pragmatism is all very well when analysing these things, but unfortunately altogether too many drivers allow emotions to invade their driving process. Some don't want people 'pushing in', others take great exception to a car 'less nice' than theirs overtaking them.
Its clearly a human factor, and as such cannot be prevented, only managed, but wouldn't it be nice if everyone's only motivation on the roads was to keep themselves, and everybody else, running smoothly.
Ah, I see. TBH, I'm not being beligerant for the sake of it Robin, I'm more concerned with defending the overall flow of traffic. The driver stopped in the redundant lane evidently hasn't considered the traffic flow and is in effect stuck mainly due to his lack of consideration. If he'd 'merged' while still on the move whether sooner or later then he wouldn't be stuck.
While I don't defend the 'bunchers', there is still a largely known propensity for that to occur and as such the late merger is guilty for not considering the prevailing conditions IMO.
For the record, I'm not using late mergers on the whole as an example here, it's the ones who take it to the extreme then either barge in or expect concession from other traffic to tap the flow of traffic.