“ Morgan resembles John Wayne, except African-American and in a CHP uniform. Every time I tried to prod him into moral pronouncements about fairness, he assumed a serene Buddha face and reminded me that his job was to enforce the law. It is legal to use the exit-only lane for sidezooming — in California, at least — as long you do your cut-in before the lane line turns solid (meaning no more lane-changing permitted) near the end. It is legal to frontage-road sidezoom, as long as you observe the stop sign along the way. It is legal to be a full-on lineupper vigilante, for that matter, since you are ‘established’ and therefore have priority in your lane, as long as your refusal to let a sidezoomer in doesn’t rise to the level of unlawfully unsafe driving. ‘It’s not a matter of fairness or unfairness,’ Morgan said. ‘It’s a matter of there’s no violation, no one is being injured. Ergo, chill out. Enjoy life. You’re spending too much energy pounding the dashboard.’
— The Urge to Merge. Via the previously-mentioned How We Drive blog.
