Comments on: Merging http://chris.neugebauer.id.au/2008/10/25/merging/ Indeed it is. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:08:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Chris Smart http://chris.neugebauer.id.au/2008/10/25/merging/#comment-854 Chris Smart Sun, 26 Oct 2008 23:20:30 +0000 http://chris.neugebauer.id.au/2008/10/25/merging/#comment-854 Timc is right and yes, I've seen that lots. Except that in Canberra the grass is more of a brown dead colour :)<br /> <br /> -c Timc is right and yes, I’ve seen that lots. Except that in Canberra the grass is more of a brown dead colour :)

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]]> By: Chris Samuel http://chris.neugebauer.id.au/2008/10/25/merging/#comment-853 Chris Samuel Sun, 26 Oct 2008 05:08:40 +0000 http://chris.neugebauer.id.au/2008/10/25/merging/#comment-853 Yup, seen something similar in Melbourne on Ferntree Gully Road near the junction with Stud Road where 4 lanes merge down to 2.  Standard zip merge.. Yup, seen something similar in Melbourne on Ferntree Gully Road near the junction with Stud Road where 4 lanes merge down to 2.  Standard zip merge..

]]> By: Brad Hards http://chris.neugebauer.id.au/2008/10/25/merging/#comment-852 Brad Hards Sat, 25 Oct 2008 08:50:41 +0000 http://chris.neugebauer.id.au/2008/10/25/merging/#comment-852 There is a part of the M5 southbound in Sydney (north of the Campbelldown exit) that looks a lot like this. Consistently causes traffic problems. There is a part of the M5 southbound in Sydney (north of the Campbelldown exit) that looks a lot like this. Consistently causes traffic problems.

]]> By: Leo http://chris.neugebauer.id.au/2008/10/25/merging/#comment-851 Leo Sat, 25 Oct 2008 07:32:40 +0000 http://chris.neugebauer.id.au/2008/10/25/merging/#comment-851 That looks like half of a section of Bass Highway a few tens of km west of Launceston. If so, real-life experience is that confusion does indeed run rampant amongst the participants. That looks like half of a section of Bass Highway a few tens of km west of Launceston. If so, real-life experience is that confusion does indeed run rampant amongst the participants.

]]> By: Jackson http://chris.neugebauer.id.au/2008/10/25/merging/#comment-850 Jackson Sat, 25 Oct 2008 05:57:45 +0000 http://chris.neugebauer.id.au/2008/10/25/merging/#comment-850 2 lanes merge into 1? Yeah, that's not uncommon to come across. As for what to do in such a situation, I'm not completely sure (I have not yet obtained a driving license). 2 lanes merge into 1? Yeah, that’s not uncommon to come across. As for what to do in such a situation, I’m not completely sure (I have not yet obtained a driving license).

]]> By: Chris Neugebauer http://chris.neugebauer.id.au/2008/10/25/merging/#comment-849 Chris Neugebauer Sat, 25 Oct 2008 04:51:05 +0000 http://chris.neugebauer.id.au/2008/10/25/merging/#comment-849 So the question is have you seen it outside Tasmania? So the question is have you seen it outside Tasmania?

]]> By: TimC http://chris.neugebauer.id.au/2008/10/25/merging/#comment-848 TimC Sat, 25 Oct 2008 04:47:41 +0000 http://chris.neugebauer.id.au/2008/10/25/merging/#comment-848 That's just a standard "2 lanes merges into 1", along with the associated Australia-wide unified road rule which states the vehicle behind must give way to the vehicle in front, no matter which lane either is in. That’s just a standard “2 lanes merges into 1″, along with the associated Australia-wide unified road rule which states the vehicle behind must give way to the vehicle in front, no matter which lane either is in.

]]> By: Thomas Karpiniec http://chris.neugebauer.id.au/2008/10/25/merging/#comment-847 Thomas Karpiniec Sat, 25 Oct 2008 04:37:52 +0000 http://chris.neugebauer.id.au/2008/10/25/merging/#comment-847 I'm pretty sure that it's a local thing. Not that locals generally know the correct procedure anyway. I’m pretty sure that it’s a local thing. Not that locals generally know the correct procedure anyway.

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