Washington, Minnesota officially endorse a “safer, faster” traffic merge

Re:Washington, Minnesota officially endorse a “safer, faster... by nhaehnle on Friday July 25, 2014 @05:05AM (#8084312)

Hmm, probably we don't disagree by much anyway. Perhaps it's clearer if we put some numbers to it: Suppose that the occupied lane is doing stop-and-go (due to the natural waves occurring in traffic), with a maximum speed of 20km/h.

What should the speed be for somebody in the unoccupied lane? Certainly 80km/h is far too much. On the other hand, it also doesn't make sense (IMHO) to come to a complete stop in the free lane just because cars in the occupied lane have to stop. I feel that a steady 30km/h is a good compromise.

Does that sound reasonable to you?

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Re:Washington, Minnesota officially endorse a “safer, faster... by tedsanders on Friday July 25, 2014 @12:48PM (#8086154)

If the left lane is going an average speed of 10 km/h, then I believe the right lane should drive at 10 km/h. Doing otherwise is being selfish and unsafe, with no global benefit. It feels weird, but it makes the most sense as far as I can reason.

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