alt Hacker NewsIt's frustrating when it eats into your safe following distance. The driver merging in ahead of you is being dangerous and not leaving a safe following distance for themselves (or you).
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idiotsecant • today at 4:13 AM
It takes almost no effort to restore your safe distance again.
MPSimmons • today at 1:30 AM
The buffer exists to be used. Allowing people to merge into it makes the lane that they came from safer. Build a new buffer.
When traffic is heavy, everyone is likely following at [what they perceive to be] a minimum following distance.
It's simply not possible to merge during heavy traffic without eating into someone's safe following distance.