Quote Originally Posted by Rjk View Post
If everyone used the full road you would have 800m / 600 m etc to match the speed of the other lanes and merge smoothly, at the merging point, like you are supposed to.
Whereas the fella above has taken it upon himself to try to exclude anyone who tries to merge closer than 600m, which is definitely not going to help with congestion.
I think dml has missed the point a bit. I don't think anyone on this thread has ever advocated or suggested tearing up the empty lane and swerving in at the last minute! It's all about drivers in BOTH lanes keeping a reasonable distance apart and reducing their speed as the lane closed ahead markers reduce from 800, 600 etc allowing people to merge, hopefully keeping the traffic flowing and avoiding unnecessarily blocking up junctions and roundabouts for hundreds of yards or even miles behind. I prefer using common sense rather than some misguided sense of righteousness.