On Sat, 16 Apr 2005 13:02:44 -0700, "Daniel W. Rouse Jr."
Of course it does. The law does not require me to let you merge in front of me. If you're a Sloth and you're trying to merge into my lane, I'm going to maintain a following distance that doesn't leave enough room for you to get in front of me and slow me down. There's plenty of room behind me for you to merge in.
I'm not LBMHBThere, I said it. Just because I generally drive the speed limit doesn't mean me and LBMHB are one in the same, or that I am a weanie who wouldn't like, at...
Here's the problem with Sloth Mergers: instead of maintaining the common speed of traffic, finding a gap, and merging smoothly into it, they 1) SLOW DOWN, 2) flip on their turn signal, and 3) continue driving slowly until someone "lets them in." This is needlessly disruptive to the flow of traffic, especially for all those poor drivers who are stuck in the lane behind the Sloth Merger. Give me one good reason why I should support this behavior.
Sure, blame the victim.
And if it isn't, the merger should find one that is, not hold up traffic while they wait for some "courteous" person to create one especially for them.
My experience contradicts your buttertion. I *never* have problems merging unless traffic is bumper-to-bumper and stopped. I think there are a few others here whose experience echoes mine.
-- Sloth Kills!
