My experience with ROW merge fail was the following:
I was driving a class A motor home north on Highway 99 in the central valley of California around Exeter. This is a 4 lane divided highway with #1 and #2 lanes heading north. I was following a semi about 4 lengths back at 60-65 MPH. Without warning the rear of the trailer is sliding into #1 lane; the front is heading for the shoulder; and the trailer is listing ominously. I laid on the brakes and resigned myself to hitting the underbelly of the trailer. Miraculously, the tractor driver was able to collect the trailer to the shoulder of the road.
As I passed the semi rig, i was immediately behind a pickup doing 30 MPH. My mother in the shotgun seat exclaimed that the pickup moving a the stately speed had merged right in front of the semi tractor causing the abrupt maneuver. I spent the next half hour limping along at 30 MPH; a steady stream of traffic passing me in #1 lane; and no opportunity to merge left to pass.
I have always wondered how many vehicles behind me were cursing “that motor home ahead” cruising along at 30 MPH.
Canada somehow manages to invalidate his Canadian passport/citizenship
The timing would have to be such, that this occurs while he’s in an airport
Then Bieber will be forced to remain in an airport . . .
But that wouldn’t work for long, because one of his LOSER cronies would hook him up with a phony passport, so that he could get out of the airport/limbo
Several years ago I was in need of some part time employment. I was immediately accepted for CDL training to become a morning (only) school bus driver. We won’t mention any names, but it’s a world wide company that rhymes WORST PRUDENT. During my training, I was told that when I was driving on a six lane (three each way) limited access interstate highway I was to STAY IN THE OUTSIDE LANE even when passing a crowded on ramp. I asked the instructor why, since there was a perfectly good center lane with little traffic. He said “It’s their problem”.
Then there were the outright lies from management.
I was told by CHP to merge over to the right most lane while towing my 27’ camp trailer.
I was in the left lane of three zooming along keeping up with the common speed of traffic with the intent of staying out the mele’ that the right two lanes presented as massive numbers of buzzing bees merged into and out of the freeway.
Being over to the left meant a smoother drive with little to no braking, accelerating, braking and accelerating over and over as yayhoos pressed their rear bumbers to my face over and over again.
BUT NO
the CHP told me on their PA speaker that I could tow the trailer over there, I had to move over.
Logic ???
heck no !
Just the letter of the law regardless.
Speaking of the letter of the law.
Here at work , to the west on 8th street where I park during work, There is legal parking on both sides of the street striped and marked that way. … IF… there are vehicles parked on both sides, the driving lanes are too narrow for two vehicles to pass by each other…one has to wait back till the other passes through.
So I thought I’d do everyone a huge favor and park for the day with one side if my truck up on the 14’ wide sidewalk ( I could park the entire truck up there and not block a soul. ) allowing for the smooth flow of passing traffic on the street.
BUT NO.
The letter of the law says ‘‘sidewalk’’ only with no mention of the remaining space.
It’s fully legal to BLOCK the flow of traffic on the street.
But not legal to leave enough space for traffic flow.
Being over to the left meant a smoother drive with little to no braking, accelerating, braking and accelerating over and over as yayhoos pressed their rear bumbers to my face over and over again.
YOU driving in the LEFT…meant it was a much harder drive for everyone else. Drive right except to pass…That’s the LAW in most states. NH finally passed that law 3 years ago. NY has had since I’ve been driving.
In this case…I was constantly passing !
( as were all the others in this line I was keeping pace with. )
In this area of L.A. there’s an on/off ramp every mile and our destination was still twenty to go.
If you were there…it made 100% logical sense.
Those right lanes were a mad house of switching, changing, slowing, going, vehicles entering and leaving the freeway all jockying for positions .