Re: Highway Engineering (was: Re: Pennsylvania Kicks ass)

[Orin Eman <orin@WOLFENET.com>]

> And in this thread, someone else made a lament about people who
> rush to the "end of the lane" before merging. Around here, we do that
> to get around the people who have come to a COMPLETE STOP on 
> the entrance/exist ramps as they "wait for a good time to go".

There is actually one merge here where I do come to a complete stop.
It is completely blind with a new jersey barrier blocking the view.
(I'm going uphill, the road I'm merging onto is downhill.)
Gives me an opportunity to test out the 0-60 times!
(522 east to I405 north for the locals.)

Otherwise, yes, too many around here seem to think 40mph or less is a good
speed to merge into 60mph traffic.

Orin.