Re:Magic Roundabout (Swindon)
by frosted-flakes on Thursday January 23, 2020 @08:49PM
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There's a difference between late merges and late lane changes, which is what OP meant. When all vehicles are merging into one lane, sure, the zipper merge is superior. But when you realise you're in the wrong lane right before an intersection and try to force your way over, that's the problem.
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Re:Magic Roundabout (Swindon)
by Sohcahtoa82 on Thursday January 23, 2020 @09:00PM
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> There's a difference between late merges and late lane changes
Starting to go off topic, but I'm starting to feel I'm the only person the never refers to a lane change as a merge when it isn't a part of a lane ending. IMO, a "merge" should only refer to lanes ending. Otherwise, fighting about "late merging" becomes ambiguous.
Re:Magic Roundabout (Swindon)
by jiveturkey on Friday January 24, 2020 @12:40PM
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Correct. I mis-spoke. I guess I picked up on 'late merge' term from someone else and that's how I call it. But indeed I meant a last-minute lane change.
Folks commenting on this, thanks for the correction but also you should have picked up from the context (of a tornado roundabout) that I was referring to a lane change.