Australian drivers’ apparent lack of skill while merging is a frustration shared by expats and locals alike. But an unlikely group of people have an innate ability to pull off this manoeuvre, writes Drive consumer editor Jemimah Clegg.

Effortlessly uniting from two lanes into one is something many Aussie drivers think no one knows how to do. Ironically, though, most think they themselves are great at it.

You only have to look at the comments on any of Drive‘s previous articles about merging.

“Too many drivers just come to a stop at the end of merging lane,” one commenter wrote.

“The golden rule of merging is never stop,” asserted another.

“Everyone with a driving licence should know the answer to this,” another wise reader pointed out.

I’ll go one further and say: everyone with a dri

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