teaching it says he will ticket guys straddling the lane like that every time he sees them. He also told us that the merge lane should be used clear up to the point of merging. You shouldn't be forcing yourself over way early and cutting off other cars just because you don't want to butt in front. BOTH lanes are meant to be used in high traffic areas like that. Blocking the merge lane by hovering in both lanes just creates a bigger mess and doesn't allow both lanes to be fully used when traffic is bad.