Merging lanes - hyperthetic question

almillar

But we still haven't heard back from the OP as to why he didn't pull in after he had passed the other driver - he said he was ahead for some time.

I guess you're elongating the situation from the way I read the OP (but we won't know without clarification) - I take it he was a nose or a bit more ahead and was about to merge when she sped up, and never far enough ahead to move in safely or without inconvenience in his opinion.

Prothet_of_Doom

arcon5 wrote: »

Yes. Whethe deliberate or not I don't know.



The 'if we collided' bit is hyperthetical.
The 'I had to brake to avoid a collision' happened.

It ended well but got me thinking about the what ifs

The hypothetical What if I rammed him? So many times I've had that feeling, but then for 6 years I commuted over the runcorn to widnes mersey crossing, where going south east, it takes 6 lanes and turns them into 2 (over about 1/2 a mile) :eek:


The trick is to own a nasty looking dented heap, and they'll concede every time. :rotfl:

custardy

aileth wrote: »

I had always thought this too, but when I moved to my city I found a merge point where a bus lane and normal lane merge into each other. However, the bus lane on the left is given priority and the markings on the road indicate the right hand lane has to give priority to the left merging (the way the road is set up, the left merges into the right)

This has caused so many near misses as cars who don't frequent the area don't expect it and the buses and taxis are always really aggressive about it and will frequently try to push cars into the other side of the road rather than everyone 'slotting in' together. Yes, the merge might indicate they have priority, but surely the point of a merge is traffic slotting in together rather than people racing to try and block each other, even if there is a space.

In your example they aren't merging.
They are driving along their lane