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Everyone hates the driver who merges at the very last second. Why are traffic engineers begging you to do exactly that?

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Everyone hates the driver who merges at the very last second. Why are traffic engineers begging you to do exactly that?

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Everyone hates the driver who merges at the very last second. Why are traffic engineers begging you to do exactly that?
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