Nearly Normal Jimmy
Add This One to the ListScott en Aztl‡n I'll f***ING How about this: A Yellow Cab (aka Mr. Cab Driver, or MCD) pulled onto SR-163 S in San Diego, CA at the Robinson Street ramp...
The right most lane of a freeway is *not* the merging lane. When we're talking about driving in the right most lane, we're referring to driving in the right most through lane (not merging area, nor a lane that ends in an exit within the next half mile).
In any case, the onus is on you to watch for other vehicles. If you plan ahead, you can easily time lane changes as necessary to avoid "merge impaired" traffic. There's no legitimate reason for you to remain in the middle lane based on the buttumption that merging traffic will appear in the right lane sometime in the future. IOW, they don't just appear out of thin air. You'll see them ahead of time.
Your opinion doesn't justify driving in the center lane when the right lane is empty.
Do you have a cite that states that the right most lane of a freeway is the most dangerous? I spend roughly 85 to 100 percent of the time in the right most lane of a freeway while driving. I've never had a close call because of that.
Come to think of it, lanes closer to the left would be more dangerous since you're more at risk of becoming the victim of a cross over collision.
