I Wish I Could Clip This

Posted on May 26, 2006 in Responsibility

I wish that I could give this article to other drivers on the freeway, especially when I am trying to get off:

…in the absence of metering systems, simple politeness would go a long way toward thinning the sludgy traffic near on-ramps. But, letting people merge is helpful only if you don’t slow down too much to do so.

“If you can do it without slowing down very much, that allows the driver who’s entering to enter at a higher speed,” Davis said. “If they have to crawl along waiting for an opening, they slow down the other vehicles on the freeway.”

If you can safely move over a lane and allow a vehicle merge, that is even better, he adds.