How Do You Avoid The Cul-De-Sac Formation On A Four-Lane Highway (Two Lanes Going Each Way)?
The cul-de-sac formation is where you have two cars, one in each lane. The one on the left is going only slightly faster than the one on the right. There’s a huge line of cars behind the left car in the left lane. There are no cars behind the right car in the right lane. It’s tempting to move into the empty right lane. Approaching the cul-de-sac formation from behind, it looks like you can drive faster if you do, and pass the big line of cars in the left lane. Maybe you think that you can go up to the front and then cut back into the left lane, bypassing everyone else. Suppose you succumb to the temptation and move into the right lane. For a short while you are indeed moving faster than everyone else. But then you end up behind the slow car at the front of the cul-de-sac. The cars on the left are going slower than you were, but faster than the car you are now behind – and (very slowly) they are passing you. Worse, few people are willing to let you back into the left lane. They are just
