Agreed. It's easy to model, and it works. In parts of the world where people haven't figured it out for themselves they should put signs up saying Merge Late, Let One Car Go First.
Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of paul stenquist > Sent: 07 May 2009 01:54 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: New Jersey Drivers (Was nutty Norwegians) > > I don't understand the advantage of merging early. In New Jersey and > New York, drivers always merge at the last minute. And they do it > seamlessly. One from this land, one from that. Bing, bang, > bing, bang. > By merging two miles ahead of time, you're not using all the > available > road. Doesn't make sense to me. I was shocked when I first came to > Michigan and found that everyone got all religious about merging as > soon as possible and leaving the other lane empty!! Weird. > > I think New Jersey and New York driver learn how to merge at the > tunnels. Entering the Lincoln or Holland tunnel, you have a dozen > lanes that eventually merge to one. The last merge takes > place within > twenty yards of the tunnel entrance. And if traffic isn't all > bottled > up, the merge happens at moderate speed. That's good driving, > and it's > the way it should be done. > Paul > On May 6, 2009, at 8:43 PM, Ken Waller wrote: > > > > > Kenneth Waller > > http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f > > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joseph McAllister" > <[email protected] > > > > > Subject: Re: New Jersey Drivers (Was nutty Norwegians) > > > > > >> Reminds me of when I moved to Seattle in 1988. The drivers here > >> were so polite that if there was a road construction sign > stating > >> the road narrowed to 1 lane two miles ahead, they would all start > >> lining up in that lane immediately. Traffic would flow smoothly > >> through the constriction at reasonable speeds. > >> > >> Now that I and a million others have arrived here from > other parts > >> of the world, it has become a contest to see who can get the > >> furthest down the road before having to merge, resulting in the > >> traditional glut of cars trying to occupy the same space, > leaving > >> the locals (and me, 'cause I'm nice and can see the advantage if > >> it were to work) strung out in their single lane, > unmoving, for a > >> long long time, and cursing the damn impolite asshole newcomers. > > > > FWIW, in Michigan it became illegal, a few years back, to wait for > > the last few car lengths before you merged down to the directed > > lane. I believe its worth a few points agaist your driving license > > which could result in higher insurance costs and in extreme, your > > driver's liscense. Seems to have helped. > > > >> > >> > >> On May 6, 2009, at 16:25 , Ken Waller wrote: > >> > >>> When I came to Michigan, in the mid 60's I couldn't believe how > >>> polite the drivers were. They would sit & wait at a light > for the > >>> traffic to clear, while in New Jersey it was 'he who > hesitates is > >>> lost'/every man for himself - it took me awhile to undo > my Jersey > >>> habits. > >>> I think some of Paul's observation about New Jersey drivers must > >>> be tempered by the fact that for the most part, the better roads > >>> there are toll roads, getting the attention of the > faster (maybe > >>> better) drivers. The rest of the schmucks stayed to the slower > >>> non toll roads. > >> > >> Joseph McAllister > >> [email protected] > >> > >> http://gallery.me.com/jomac > >> http://web.me.com/jomac/show.me/Blog/Blog.html > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >> [email protected] > >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above > >> and follow the directions. > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > > and follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly > above and follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
