But that's not how it works in practice, at least not in Michigan.
Cars start merging a mile before they have to, and the line comes to a
standstill a mile before it must. In NJ and NY, the last minute merges
are much more efficient. Everyone should have to take a trip through
the Lincoln tunnel from NY to NJ. That's where you learn to merge.
On May 8, 2009, at 1:35 AM, Joseph McAllister wrote:
Sure. for everyone except those who merged earlier to avoid you
"look at those loonies merging now!" drivers. If everyone merges
while there is still plenty of room between vehicles, the slowdown
of the traffic will be minimal. When drivers stay in those other
lanes until they have to cut in to line, all lanes are slowed to a
near stop to accommodate them.
And, if the merging is done at speed long before the constriction,
the traffic need not slow much at all, other than as a safety factor
if the constriction is caused by an accident or construction.
Back off.
On May 7, 2009, at 10:46 , paul stenquist wrote:
But the distance you travel in a single, slower lane becomes less
if you wait to merge. So if the single lane is slower than the two
double lanes, efficiency is gained by merging at the last
opportunity.
Paul
On May 7, 2009, at 11:08 AM, Bob Sullivan wrote:
Bob,
That's not really true.
Make the pipe as big as you want (as many lanes) before the
constriction (to one lane).
Traffic flow will not improve.
Regards, Bob S.
On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 2:29 AM, Bob W <[email protected]> wrote:
If everyone merges early they still need to know the rule to
avoid huge jams
in one or both lanes, but the unused lane is no longer serving
traffic, so
the total speed of the traffic is much slower.
Joseph McAllister
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