The Flickr Mergingtraffic Image Generatr

The highway engineers, county maintenance crews, and the road builder and repair contractors have learned the math for best font, pitch, color, and wording of signage. And the distances from first notice at high speed to later signs to reduce rate of travel until finally merging to a single lane work well. And while drivers take for granted unimpeded travel at highway speed, they all do acknowledge the need to repair the road in a same way without completely cutting off traffic flow. Perhaps there is a gender or generational dimension to driver behavior. People in the business of traffic studies might want drivers to use all lanes until the merge signs begin to appear. And yet, most drivers seem eager to vacate the lane well before the merge instruction appears on the signs. In other words almost from the first slow-down the merging begins so that the other lane is empty for 1/2 a mile or more. Another dimension of driver culture is the nonverbal negotiation between merging vehicle and the car that has left a gap to make possible the merge. Some drivers more graciously allow the merging car to enter the lane than do others. In particular, when a car DOES make use of the empty lane until the sign says to merge and the lane is narrowed by a long trail of traffic cones, then some of the slow stream of drivers who have patiently plodded along seem to resent the car now angling to break into the lane. After all, that car and its driver sped past the line of slow, orderly traffic; sort of like skipping the queue of people to go to the front.

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DOM: 2/89 (February 1989)

DOM: 2/89 (February 1989)

DOM: 2/89 (February 1989)

DOM: 2/89 (February 1989)

September 11, 2017 - The first sprinkles of rain my wife and I encountered, from Hurricane Irma. The mountain in the distance is Pilot Mountain.

Passing motorists were happy to see me standing on the bridge above them. Look carefully, somebody skywrote Jesus.

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Southwest of Orlando, Florida, on June 24th, 2016, State Road 528, a/k/a the Martin Andersen Beachline Expressway, a/k/a the Beachline West Expressway, as viewed from the west side of West Entrance Drive.

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Library of Congress classification ideas:
TE23 Express highways—United States—Pictorial works.
F319.O7 Orlando Metropolitan Area (Fla.)—Pictorial works.

At the 39 second mark, a black Lexus comes into frame. At the 1:00 mark, she puts on her indicator, and cuts into the blind spot of the semi (milk?) truck in front of me. The impact made no sound, but then she pulled over to the shoulder and got out of her car. The semi pulled to the shoulder as well. Had I stayed in the right lane, I would have had a perfect angle of the accident, I expect. This is just South of Baltimore where 695 and 95 intersect.

While travelling in Dubai last year, I was able to create some fun images with light trails.

This one is not far from our hotel in Bur Dubai. There was this really cool clock tower in the middle of a round about.

I shot this with a Canon 7d and 100-400 using a Vanguard Tripod.


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Older style 'Merging Traffic' text warning sign.

a 30 second exposure of traffic on the 6th Street entrance ramp to I-5 in Cottage Grove, Oregon merging with northbound traffic ....

Wish I knew what to do about the blinding southbound traffic headlights, any ideas anybody ???

Took this shot when stuck in traffic.

Suddenly the parts of the road that would normally be ignored at 80km/h start becoming interesting.

I thought that the tunnel is supposed to save time, that's the only reason you'd pay the $4.36. So when it gets jammed, shouldn't it be free??

A sign for the hospital.

Just having some fun with clouds and titles...have a great evening! :D

This shot doesn't do it justice. That plane was VERY close.