One would assume that since the merging lane seems empty, you can use it to pass all the stalled traffic up ahead. While it sounds like a foolproof plan, however, the merging lane is made especially ...

Have you seen the road sign “Right lane closed ahead, merge left,” but while you move to the left lane, other cars fly by you in the right lane? Then they duck into the left lane ahead of the cars in ...

In my May 21 column, Richard Huber, a man whose name will live in traffic infamy here, suggested that in a merge situation, line-cutting is the way to go. "As long as a lane is available, use it until ...