The philosopher Nick Bostrom has an interesting view about this question, based on the selection effect[1]: if you consider your presence in the traffic as a ra

The philosopher Nick Bostrom has an interesting view about this question, based on the selection effect[1]: if you consider your presence in the traffic as a random sample from "observation acts", then you are more likely to be in the wrong lane (and hence would benefit from switching), simply because it is denser, i.e. it entails a higher probability mass for obversations of that type. [1] http://plus.maths.org/content/cars-next-lane-really-do-go-faster http://plus.maths.org/content/cars-next-lane-really-do-go-fa...