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Originally Posted by Bear Islander
When automobiles are limited to one lane on a road how do they alternate? Several cars go through one way, then several the other.
It might be more "courteous" to alternate one car at a time, but obviously it would back up traffic. In fact, that would be idiotic.
I believe in courtesy, except when it's completely stupid.
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The problem with that approach is all the people who can't see the logic in front of their faces. With the road scenario you describe there is often a person (or pair of people) flagging the vehicles at either end, and most likely communicating with each other to manage the queues on both sides.
Let's assume there is an infinite line of boats on either side of the bridge. How many go through at a time? How do you communicate that number effectively? What if all the boats on one side are 30'+ slow-moving vessels and the other side is all 17' ers that can glide through?
Yes, groups of boats through is the most efficient, but alternating sides is the most *practical* in a random setting with no management system in place.