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Has anyone seen zipper merging work in America? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 9 months ago by pelespirit@sh.itjust.works to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I went on a trip yesterday and I tried it, it sure didn't seem to work at all, one person who is stubborn, slow or whatever can mess the whole thing up.

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[–] Talaraine@kbin.social 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Honestly this is one of the few things that have improved in driving over the years. There's still the occasional douchecanoe who rides in between both lanes to keep anyone from getting by, but that is now the exception as far as I've seen.

[–] joshfee@kbin.social 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

When 99% of traffic has already formed a single lane then the guy trying to go past a bunch of people and cause an extra unnecessary merge is the asshole and I'm not letting him by.

[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

That used to be my old daily commute. Everyone had already "zipped up" were now in a bumper to bumper column, yet people just fly down the right and then cutoff the whole column to get in. Delaying everyone. Anytime I bring up this "problem" I am told it's actually not a problem, it's the way it's supposed to work, and apparently I am the asshole for complaining about 2 dozen people cutting me off every morning, before I can move past one choke point.

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 1 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I might be wrong about this, but I think you're supposed to wait until the last minute to zipper merge. That way, everyone gets the benefit of it.

[–] Talaraine@kbin.social 2 points 9 months ago

This is correct.

[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Idk about any of it. All I know is after they redid the highway and made those two lanes merge at that point, there is now a 10-15 minute backup, when previously traffic in that area was hit or miss. If there is actual traffic it can take almost 30 minutes to go through that one point.

And the trucks are so darn fed up with it that they just block off the end of the lane end now, as they can get caught cutoff by cars for seemingly endless time, they become sitting ducks.