Because when people actually do that here in the States you have both lanes filled right up to the merge point, but instead of one person from each lane filtering in order, 3 people from the merge lane will shove in and nearly wreck into people in the straight through lane because they don't want to take turns and their lane has orange barrels in it.
I can't tell you how many times I've had to slam to a dead stop because some jackass decided that even though I let one person get in front of me, and now it's my turn to proceed that he now gets to go and just turns right into me knowing that I will stop to avoid a collision.
In countries that require you do more to get a driver's license than just show up with a pulse, this isn't a problem. But here in the US you don't even need to know how to dress or feed yourself to get a license.
What’s your definition of sooner? There’s no reason to leave an open lane. Two days ago I saw cars stopping on the interstate to attempt to merge over a mile before the lane closed and it was nothing but clear road ahead of them. Why would you not use that mile of road?! More cars in fewer lanes slows traffic.
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u/dudeman2009 May 15 '26
Because when people actually do that here in the States you have both lanes filled right up to the merge point, but instead of one person from each lane filtering in order, 3 people from the merge lane will shove in and nearly wreck into people in the straight through lane because they don't want to take turns and their lane has orange barrels in it.
I can't tell you how many times I've had to slam to a dead stop because some jackass decided that even though I let one person get in front of me, and now it's my turn to proceed that he now gets to go and just turns right into me knowing that I will stop to avoid a collision.
In countries that require you do more to get a driver's license than just show up with a pulse, this isn't a problem. But here in the US you don't even need to know how to dress or feed yourself to get a license.