u/41VirginsfromAllah

I live in a state with a high population density and one particular highway takes an extra 15-20 minutes on a good day to take the southbound exit at the end of the road while the northbound one is usually only a minute or two total slow down. So much of the wait is because so many drivers stay in the northbound lane and cut over at the last minute. There is a sign about it being illegal and resulting in some type of ticket but that does nothing for deterrence. If it was up to me, it would be at least 4 point ticket, maybe death penalty for repeat offenders. The cutoffs result in cars stopping to not get in an accident and adds 10-15 minutes to thousands of drivers commutes a day. This occurs on a county road that is patrolled by town police. I almost never see police sitting there pulling people over that do this. Is there any reason the town doesn’t have an officer stationed there most of the time. It’s in an affluent town of about 35,000 with a huge police force, the few times I have been to town hall, the police force photos have about 40-50 officers on them and on an average 10 minute drive through town you are likely to see 3-4 police cars sitting around waiting for speeders or just sitting parked yet they are never on this highway. Am I missing something here, please make it make sense. It’s not jurisdiction. Is it the town’s chief of police failing at deploying resources appropriately or something else? In 20 years of driving I lose at least 10 minutes a day, 5 days a week along with so many others with traffic usually backed up about half a mile at this exit.