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Hang on, what's morally wrong with merging late? Speed is lower, and you're using the highway more efficiently.
by mattbee 5y ago
Hang on, what's morally wrong with merging late? Speed is lower, and you're using the highway more efficiently.
- sulam 5y agoIt’s only “wrong” in the sense that many people feel like it’s wrong with no objective basis for their beliefs. That said, when enough people feel a certain traffic behavior is wrong, it becomes true despite objective fact. Late merge when the lane you’re in is running 40mph above the lane you’re merging into and you are asking to be rear-ended or worse.
- mattbee 5y agoI'm thinking of busy British A roads going from 2 to 1 lane, usually the last merge point is at a standstill. I've witnessed insanely aggressive behaviour by drivers trying to block others' merges. My driving instructor always told me to behave selfishly, because "courteous" driving (flashing lights, slowing down, waiting for someone to emerge etc) is unpredictable by comparison! Courteous driving becomes its own form of aggression when another driver misunderstands.