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My method is a mix of both! I merge "pretty late" but not right at the limit so I stay polite, and then I put my car in the middle so you can't have an Audi dri
by buserror 9y ago
My method is a mix of both! I merge "pretty late" but not right at the limit so I stay polite, and then I put my car in the middle so you can't have an Audi driver try to wedge themselves and annoy everyone else.
Where's the limit? I'd say 10 cars or so, blink, if someone is unhappy about you, let them go, and find the next polite guy who realizes you are not trying to be a pain...
- NickBusey 9y agoPutting your car in the middle is such a dick move. You are not the police. Stay in your lane. Someone you think may be 'annoying everyone else' could be in a legitimate hurry for any number of hundreds of reasons. Even if they aren't, using both lanes till merge point is still far more efficient as the article says, and the actual law. By taking up two lanes you are not only preventing people from following the actual law and driving more efficiently, but you are yourself breaking the law and creating a potentially dangerous situation.
- buserror 9y agoAren't personal attacks frowned upon on HN? By the time I'm merged, I am at the junction point, and I'm not preventing anyone with flashing lights from passing, that's why people use 'mirrors' -- well, most of them anyway, especially those who aren't standing on high horses.