Question

[Dukesdad]

Originally Posted by desertrat

Hey, I had to show ID to get out of the senior center the other day, I'll have you know!

It's OK buddy...

[atheos]

Still wondering...if I cannot use that lane as MERGE or ACCELERATION LANE....how do I leave St. Andrew's Church Road and enter 235 Southbound??

[lisa8439]

Originally Posted by atheos

Still wondering...if I cannot use that lane as MERGE or ACCELERATION LANE....how do I leave St. Andrew's Church Road and enter 235 Southbound??

You just close your eyes, stomp on the accelerator, and hope that you make it into the lane That's what most people do anyway...

I think that the first part of that lane is a merge lane... but when you get up to the shops (verizon, that eye place, etc.) it becomes a turn lane.

Honestly, I don't think anyone really cares - as long as you get to where you are going and you don't hurt anyone, you are good to go

[Dye Tied (Premo)]

Originally Posted by atheos

Still wondering...if I cannot use that lane as MERGE or ACCELERATION LANE....how do I leave St. Andrew's Church Road and enter 235 Southbound??

Next time check and see if there are broken lines, then solid in that lane.

[ylexot (Premo)]

Originally Posted by atheos

So - I can't use that lane as a merging or accelration lane? How in the heck do you suppose I make it onto 235 then coming off St. Andrew's???

Stop and wait for a hole in traffic.

[BernieP]

Originally Posted by atheos

Still wondering...if I cannot use that lane as MERGE or ACCELERATION LANE....how do I leave St. Andrew's Church Road and enter 235 Southbound??

the same way you would turn off onto rt 4, chancellors run, macaiurther or any other road - you yield until the right of way is clear, you don't keep moving.

On a highway the merge lane is designed for cars coming ON TO the highway, not slowing down to get off. Think of it this way, as you are trying to accelorate and match the speed of the travel lane, the car in front of you is slowing down to make a turn. Realize now that your focus is the traffic to your left and not the car in front of you.
With an on ramp, the you and the cars in front of you are all on the same page, trying to match the speed of the travel lane and merge left.
Again, the sign at the corner says yield, not merge.

[jrt_ms1995]

Originally Posted by libertytyranny

Yes you have to watch out for people coming over to go into wawa..but I have never had one bit of trouble looking..and then getting in to the lane to merge into traffic...I have never held anyone up..and have managed to do it safely hundreds of times..I see no reason for someone to sit there with their thumb up their ass.

They have to sit there with their thumb up their ass (or other orifice) until traffic clears and they can immediately safely proceed across every lane into the inside lane which they then travel in all the way to the base! Wouldn't want them unable to get over and turn in at Gate 1, would we?! (Yes, I was stuck immediately behind this b#tch.)

[aps45819 (Premo)]

Originally Posted by BernieP

the same way you would turn off onto rt 4, chancellors run, macaiurther or any other road - you yield until the right of way is clear, you don't keep moving.

Since you're legally required to turn right into the right most lane, how can that lane not be clear if the right most lane starts at the intersection?

[jrt_ms1995]

Originally Posted by Chrystee

What about when you are U-turning at the light at St. Andrews/235 to go from going north to going south on 235, and the people turning right don't yield? Do they think that the lights don't matter?

I have right of way making my U turn on a green light over the person turning into the yield lane.

If you're making a U-turn off 235 N onto 235 S there's no reason for you to ever enter the two outside (rightmost) lanes on 235 S, unless you happen to be driving a semi. You're not doing a "U-turn" you're turning left and cutting across lanes to get into WaWa. Go to another gas station! The county should never have permitted that type business (or perhaps any) in that location, and that's the root of the problems there.

[nightlife]

Because you are supposed to yield to oncoming traffic, and if you want to stop until you are 100% sure you can merge without accident, you have a right to do so. It is wiser to completely stop and wait for a clearance instead of darting out in front of traffic and taking a chance. If people would take there time, there would be less accidents. As a matter of fact, there was an accident there a few weeks ago, at 4 and 235 north, and apparently the guy did not stop, he chanced it and got smashed.