[Mr. Brightside]

Ok, this is something that irks me--and it's not what you think. I'm driving on the freeway and I see signs saying left lane closed, 1 mile. If I'm driving in the left lane, at what point should I merge to the right?
I maintain that to the extent possible, as safely as possible, and for as long as possible, drivers should make use of the left lane.
It drives me nuts when some driver, often a truck, blocks off the left lane half a mile from the bottleneck.

Totally agree.

[3dognight]

The Minnesota State Patrol and Department of Transportation say the same thing - use both lanes until the last moment - traffic flows faster. In the land of Minnesota nice they have to encourage it. Here's what it comes down to - lots of passive aggressive people that want to play traffic cop by blocking lanes etc.