>If you have a circumstance where 2 lanes are merging into 1 lane, merge as late as possible. It sounds counterproductive, but it's actually best for traffic as a whole.
I think it's important to stress the caveats of that recommendation.
It applies to heavy, congested (as opposed to flowing or merely partially congested) traffic with a merge that is orderly, zipper-like.
So, don't just merge as late as possible. Rather, when faced with heavy, congested traffic perform an orderly merge, as late as possible.
except when presented with a chance, someone would attempt to disrupt this order in order to get ahead themselves. The pure selfish (or greedy?) method doesn't lead to the optimal result.
As i mentioned in some other comment, self-driving cars taht you "hail" are the best compromise between public transport and private transport.
I think it's important to stress the caveats of that recommendation.
It applies to heavy, congested (as opposed to flowing or merely partially congested) traffic with a merge that is orderly, zipper-like.
So, don't just merge as late as possible. Rather, when faced with heavy, congested traffic perform an orderly merge, as late as possible.