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Zipper merge. Do you block the cars behind you?
Posted on 10/29/23 at 6:40 pm
Posted on 10/29/23 at 6:40 pm
From cutting ahead in line? What's the proper etiquette.
This post was edited on 10/29/23 at 6:40 pm
Posted on 10/29/23 at 6:41 pm to The Scofflaw
75% of Louisiana drivers lack the intelligence to understand this concept
Posted on 10/29/23 at 6:42 pm to The Scofflaw
No, let them in. Why risk they don’t see you and run into you? There is no win, lose driving.
Posted on 10/29/23 at 6:43 pm to The Scofflaw
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Zipper merge. Do you block the cars behind you?
Seriously? Been covered a dozen times.
More importantly, what is the OTs watch of choice when in a zipper merge?
Posted on 10/29/23 at 6:46 pm to The Scofflaw
People never fill both lanes and it irritates me. Yesterday there was a lane closure and everyone moved over long before the lane closure began, causing traffic to back up into the previous intersection and back up the red light. Meanwhile there's about half a mile of empty lane that no one is using. I took the empty lane all the way until the closure began as you're supposed to and people were trying to prevent me from getting over and "cutting the line."
Posted on 10/29/23 at 6:47 pm to The Scofflaw
Once people start taking advantage absolutely. They are what cause gridlock
Posted on 10/29/23 at 6:48 pm to Beessnax
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75% of Louisiana drivers lack the intelligence to understand this concept
I'm one of them.
Posted on 10/29/23 at 6:50 pm to Beessnax
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75% of Louisiana drivers lack the intelligence to understand this concept
Too low
Posted on 10/29/23 at 6:51 pm to The Scofflaw
Usually a lot of small dick energy in a zipper merge
Posted on 10/29/23 at 6:58 pm to The Scofflaw
One of the bigger issues is the SDE from a jacked up truck driver. These SD drivers will completely go off-road to bypass every car. Then proceed to merge back into traffic and create a lot of anger.
Posted on 10/29/23 at 7:05 pm to Jyrdis
Monday morning on range at I-12 is the strangest/most beautiful time of the morning commute. 6, 18-wheelers lined up on the on ramp shoulder with hazards on, sleeping off the late night Sunday booze.
And one particular Jeep that literally drives all the way to the end plus 300 feet of the merge lane to get ahead of 12 vehicles and in to grid lock.
I usually enjoy the marge lane up until about 600ft before the end where I casually merge into traffic with traffic speed.
That Jeep.
They win every single time. All the awards. All the moneys.
And one particular Jeep that literally drives all the way to the end plus 300 feet of the merge lane to get ahead of 12 vehicles and in to grid lock.
I usually enjoy the marge lane up until about 600ft before the end where I casually merge into traffic with traffic speed.
That Jeep.
They win every single time. All the awards. All the moneys.
Posted on 10/29/23 at 7:05 pm to The Scofflaw
Not this shite again.
One of the OT’s odder obsessions.
One of the OT’s odder obsessions.
Posted on 10/29/23 at 7:07 pm to Yeti_Chaser
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People never fill both lanes and it irritates me. Yesterday there was a lane closure and everyone moved over long before the lane closure began, causing traffic to back up into the previous intersection and back up the red light.
The other day I was driving on I16 where's there's a ton of construction going on right now. There were several signs stating that the right lane was ending/merge etc. You see a ton of people getting over to the left lane prior to the merge.
Turns out, there was no merge. They had finished construction for the day and hadn't picked all of the signs up. So all those people were getting into the left lane for no reason, causing traffic to be worse than it needed to be rather than just staying in the right lane until it was time to "merge".
Posted on 10/29/23 at 7:12 pm to Pandy Fackler
This explains a lot.
Posted on 10/29/23 at 7:14 pm to Beessnax
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75% of Louisiana drivers lack the intelligence to understand this concept
I’m convinced it’s actually over 90%
Posted on 10/29/23 at 7:14 pm to The Scofflaw
I only block when it’s not an approved area for merge, often people will drive down to cross white or double white and try to merge in, in which case frick them. At a legal merge, no let them in
Posted on 10/29/23 at 7:17 pm to The Scofflaw
I just let them in if i have the ability to.
Posted on 10/29/23 at 7:29 pm to Yeti_Chaser
Yes, always use all of the road available.
The idiots that stop traffic trying to merge 1/2 mile early are the worst.
If you’re in the lane that’s about to end then you need to commit and drive to the end of it.
People are so stupid.
The idiots that stop traffic trying to merge 1/2 mile early are the worst.
If you’re in the lane that’s about to end then you need to commit and drive to the end of it.
People are so stupid.
This post was edited on 10/29/23 at 7:29 pm
Posted on 10/29/23 at 8:27 pm to The Scofflaw
There is always a grandma or a texting idiot leaving a big gap. Just have to merge then watch they don’t hit you.
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