circumstantial and can be based on local knowledge. And it depends on how one does it. When there's a long, mostly stopped line of cars and some yahoo comes charging up on one side and forces his way in, I think he's being a jerk.

OTOH, when you have a line of steadily moving traffic with decent spacing and someone moves up and gently merges in that's a different thing. I do this if it seems that it won't be obnoxious, but otherwise just get in line. It depends on the situation.

Then there's local habits. I was in Oregon, heading south out of Portland on I-5 a few weeks back in medium traffic. There were signs about construction 3 or so miles ahead and that the road would go to 1 lane on the left. Almost immediately, all the Oregon drivers pulled into the left lane, resulting in a conga line with speeds ranging from 5-25 mph with random sitting and waiting. The right lane remained empty. What's up with this?

Maybe I was being rude, but I understand time-speed-distance, so I went to the right lane and drove almost all the way down to the merge, eased into the long, well-spaced queue and went through the construction area at 30 mph with the rest of the cars. I somehow don't see anything wrong with that. As an aside, I noticed that Oregon drivers stick very closely to speed limits. 5 mph over seems to be going fast for them. Maybe they are just really law-biding.

• Saab drivers jerks ????, steven, Sat, 5 Sep 2009 11:42:53
  • In NYC, boramiNYC, Fri, 11 Sep 2009 08:40:44
  • Saab's vs, other cars, nwas, Mon, 7 Sep 2009 16:07:56
  • Re: Saab drivers jerks ????, dtech, Sun, 6 Sep 2009 17:34:38
    • Re: Saab drivers jerks ????, Josh, Tue, 8 Sep 2009 11:30:26
    • Exactly!, AdamB , Mon, 7 Sep 2009 01:06:03
  • Re: Saab drivers jerks ????, simul8guy, Sun, 6 Sep 2009 10:14:18
  • I missed that, but late merging, IMHO is entirely, Noel, Sun, 6 Sep 2009 06:43:09 <-- Viewing This Message
    • As an Oregonian..., Charlie K., Sun, 6 Sep 2009 15:43:59
      • Re: An unwritten rule. I wondered about that., Noel, Mon, 7 Sep 2009 06:16:10
      • That doesn't sound optimal..., AdamB , Mon, 7 Sep 2009 01:01:58
        • Re: That doesn't sound optimal..., Erik919kt, Mon, 7 Sep 2009 13:34:06
          • Re: That doesn't sound optimal..., AdamB , Mon, 7 Sep 2009 17:41:22
            • Agree with Adam. The night I referred to, Noel, Tue, 8 Sep 2009 10:19:00
    • Re: I missed that, but late merging, IMHO is entirely, oldsaab, Sun, 6 Sep 2009 11:14:59
    • that sounds nice, actually, zef95, Sun, 6 Sep 2009 08:43:06
    • if you become a 'late merger' prepare to take the flack, JohnA , Sun, 6 Sep 2009 08:35:06
  • Geezer Talk, No Snaab, Sat, 5 Sep 2009 22:32:20
  • Must be the SS guys...., zef95, Sat, 5 Sep 2009 16:38:33
    • jk, but seriously,, zef95, Sat, 5 Sep 2009 16:49:08
      • In Pennsylvania..., BlaaSaab, Sat, 5 Sep 2009 20:59:15
        • Re: In Pennsylvania..., zef95, Sun, 6 Sep 2009 08:41:44
          • Re: In Pennsylvania..., BlaaSaab, Tue, 8 Sep 2009 07:11:36
  • Weird..., B Millar , Sat, 5 Sep 2009 12:47:47

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