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Same in the US
Nice to see stupid drivers are a universal constant 😂
They do this in San Antonio, too. I end up staying in the far lane that still moves freely, pass all the cars stopped trying to merge, and then get over at the end.
I had a woman, learner driver, try to merge from a parking spot! Luckily I was on my "A" game, because I was almost next to her when she pulled out, without looking!
Easy way to stop it is for cops to give everyone a fine for crosing the solid line 😊
Unfortunately, not a problem unique to Japan. My biggest peeve is the more or less opposite of this. When one lane is clearly marked as ending a few kilometers ahead, but drivers want to stay in the ending lane. They zip down the more or less empty ending lane, passing everyone who has merged politely, then want to forcibly merge at the last instant when the lane ends.
Like Boston.
BMW owners in LA are the worst. They always sneak in without signaling almost crashing
Peculiar
couldn't it be solved by removing the signs at the merge point?
This is happening in straya too mate. 😂
Interesting 🤔. Here where I live there are some parts of the freeway/ highway where you have to merge as soon as you get on because if you don't, the freeway on ramp will end and turn into an off ramp within a few 300 feet or less. What is the kanji written on the lanes? What dies it say?
The example at 0:44 might be a positive feedback loop: The lane that the cammer's car is in is going visibly slower than the others, and the situation looks like a traffic jam. Therefore people want to get into that lane as soon as possible (because they assume that they would have problems merging later). But them all cramming into the lane in the same spot is actually what causes the lane to be slowed to a crawl in the first place. It's only at 1:23 that you see that it's actually clear up ahead.
I don't really get the examples before that, though.
We have the same issue in Auckland
The best is when you have a green light and the car in front of you decides to stop to let a car in. The the light turns red when you get to it.
I still don't get, what's the problem? I mean it's better then waiting until the last moment before their exit. That is what happens in Vietnam, way worse. I don't know, I still dream of driving in a place like Japan
I take it that the solid white line is to prevent lane-changing? To be fair though, I have on a few occasions missed my turn off because of heavy traffic. If one of those drivers experienced that, maybe that would hasten their switching to the lane they want to be in sooner. Or it could be just a quirk of Japanese drivers…
it's gonna be sooo much better when the robots do ALL of the driving. Humans are so much worse at it—especially in places that got cars and modern roads later in history.
Is it legal in Japan to change lanes if there's a solid line?
And if they wouldn't be so polite, only one road would be slowed down, since they have no right of way when merging in this case. Assuming same road rules apply as in my country.
Where are the robot cars in Japan?