When I see a sign indicating a lane is closed ahead, I usually take this to mean I should merge out of the closed lane as soon as practical (and keep moving away from it if it looks like there's going to be congestion). However, I have a friend who claims that the legal and proper thing to do is to go up to where the lane closes and merge there. His argument is that when there is a lot of bumper-to-bumper traffic, things move best if the cars in the closed lane go right to the end, then alternate with the cars in the next lane. Furthermore, he says this is the law in Florida.
Any FL residents ever heard of this? Does it seem to make sense? What do you do?
Any FL residents ever heard of this? Does it seem to make sense? What do you do?