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This will live in things up... Merge lanes
For all you idiots who merge 3 miles before the merge point and sit in traffic for 45 minutes while I zip by and slide in at the merge point.
https://www.mlive.com/public-interes...ans-roads.html Today I saw these signs in Michigan for the first time when there's a merge it says to use the zipper method. |
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Yup
Zipping takes an instant whereas unzipping seems to take forever |
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Good luck in most areas with somebody letting you over is the issue.
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Zip merging in today's angry environment will create a lot of road rage.
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Idiots? Funny, that's what I once thought when driving in traffic was a regular occurance.
Looking back, I don't know wtf I was thinking sitting in that crap for what amounts to days, when adding up all the hours. It sucked 20yrs ago. I cannot imagine what it must be like today with even more self-indulged stupid people distracted on the highways. |
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Once motorists recognize it is OBC, they wave me in.
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my most favoritest thing is when I'm zipper merging and a smol pp douche in a large pickup has to get ahead on the shoulder.
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for those that don't merge early and try to cut-in-line at the last moment...
here is how I signal them: |
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What I see, and have sometimes been guilty of, is people trying to get into a turn only lane at the last minute from the "go straight" lane, like a swoop and squat. Having said that, if I misjudge things and there's no space big enough to merge into, I'll just admit defeat and go to the next exit, and try another way.
As i get older, though, I usually just sit it out, knowing well ahead of time the lane I need to be in. |
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Good luck aceing me out that way.
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The related move is drivers on the on-ramp to a crowded freeway bypassing multiple merge opportunities in order to queue-jump as many cars as possible before finally merging in at the last possible moment.
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another supporter of the zipper method
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Motorcycles are a cheat code for traffic.
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There are two kinds of drivers: Those who know how to zipper merge, and those who are wrong.
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