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Not in heavy traffic. As soon as cars start queuing then the best way to merge is a simple one for one at the point where the obstruction is. All cars will at some point have to move to the lane that isn't blocked, if they do that early then all that does is cause an even longer queue in the free lane and block the lane where the obstruction is.
What difference does it make at which point the cars merge into a single lane? If everyone does it as soon as the obstruction is seen, how does that make any difference to merging at the place of the obstruction? Surely what makes the queue longer is those who don't merge as soon as the problem is identified but who zoom up the free lane in order to beat the queue? I remain to be convinced by the argument that the place the merging occurs makes a difference to the length of time to get through the obstruction.