> so that those in the continuing lane feel morally obligated to let those queued up in. I'm pretty well convinced that we'd never hit critical mass of drivers

> so that those in the continuing lane feel morally obligated to let those queued up in. I'm pretty well convinced that we'd never hit critical mass of drivers that feel morally obligated to even moderately inconvenience themselves to benefit the merging of others. That merge pattern is a recipe for stalled traffic in the right hand lane. First one seems workable, though.