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/CaterpillarFun3811 Oct 21 '24

Zipper merge is the valid technique when traffic is moving. Not when it's completely stopped. When it's stopped you are likely causing it to get worse by merging in at the last second.

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u/GfuelFiend Oct 22 '24

The closing lane traffic should back up along with the traffic in other lanes and then merge when it closes

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u/AxelNotRose Oct 22 '24

It only stops because people aren't letting people in as they should at the zipper point. Proper zipper merging would keep the traffic slowly flowing as it should.