Lane Switching and You : A Driving Primer

I make the Chicago to Milwaukee trek at least twice a month, and every damn time I witness the same type of driving stupidity.

When riding I-90/94 heading out of the city, you will encounter a split, a choice of directions. Left is O'Hare Airport, right is Milwaukee.

They start warning you of this impending split two miles in advance. With huge green signs. Left three lanes go to O'Hare, right to Milwaukee. For two miles.

Yet every single time I run in to this -

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Really... REALLY?! Was smacking your signal and switching lanes just sooo difficult that you couldn't do it with two miles worth of warnings? And while yes, their are on-ramps within those two miles, keep in mind that traffic is going all of 30mph. It's not that hard to move over a few lanes in a half-mile distance. And it's usually not those people causing the problems anyway, it's morons who ride in the 4th lane from the left until the last available second before their brain thinks "Oh shit, maybe I should get into the third lane from the left!!!!"

Ugh. It's like the people who see "lane closing 1000 feet" signs, and then ride it till the last possible second before either nearly hitting another car, or plowing into the orange construction barrels. Believe it or not, the warnings can help you not look like a complete idiot.