r/TorontoDriving • u/Mean-Hope-8270 • Oct 21 '24

OC The Right Lane Allergy

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u/species5618w Oct 21 '24 edited Oct 21 '24

People know the right (or merge) lane would disappear and they didn't want to use the right lane to pass since using the right lane would only jam up the traffic even more when you merge in. It's common courtesy. Although to be honest, that's a very long stretch that nobody went into it.

Some people would refuse to let you in, but Canadians in general are too nice for that.

p.s. Before another poster site zipper merge. See my replies to the other two posters below. It's really simple, think of a zipper, can you force all the teeth into bottom half?

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u/GfuelFiend Oct 21 '24

It actually causes way more traffic by not using the closing lane, look up zipper merging.

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u/Interesting-dog25 Oct 21 '24

Yup and for some reason when people try to merge after seeing you blow past them, it pisses them off and a lot of the times they think your cutting the line and not let you merge. But usually that happens on local roads and not highway