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re: Zipper Merging will be the downfall of civilization
Posted on 8/18/26 at 2:21 pm to Chad504boy
Posted on 8/18/26 at 2:21 pm to Chad504boy
a correct merge is using all available space until you can safely merge over, most of the time the issue is selfish people bunched up because god forbid someone merge in front of you, so you end up running out of lane. Then some low T pansy makes a limp wrist'd post on a message board about it.
This post was edited on 8/18/26 at 2:23 pm
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Posted on 8/18/26 at 2:21 pm to JimTiger72
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You might be the dumbass if you sit there not moving while the other lane is
i'll sometimes use the open. but 2 things i don't do.
I don't race up the line like nascar. I'll calmly drive down the lane.
I don't cut someone off at the front like i have a right of way. I'll ease my way into the merge when its being offered like a courteous civilized human being.
Posted on 8/18/26 at 2:25 pm to Chad504boy
The people that are really stupid in all this zipper merge nonsense is the people who try to merge 500-1000 feet before the merge point.
They back up the open lane of traffic and when they get in the people waiting in the open lane zip to the merge point and make the OP pissed off.
If people in the merging lane would use the entire lane to the merge point, the zipper could get established
They back up the open lane of traffic and when they get in the people waiting in the open lane zip to the merge point and make the OP pissed off.
If people in the merging lane would use the entire lane to the merge point, the zipper could get established
This post was edited on 8/18/26 at 2:26 pm
Posted on 8/18/26 at 2:26 pm to Chad504boy
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cut you off.
This never happened.
No one cut you off.
A merge occured.
You lost your perceived "place in line" and you're upset about it.
Drivers in both lanes are expected to facilitate the merge.
Your "right of way" at that moment doesn't exist.
Posted on 8/18/26 at 2:30 pm to DustyDinkleman
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The people that are really stupid in all this zipper merge nonsense is the people who try to merge 500-1000 feet before the merge point.
This is precisely why I don't let those people in. I want them to go all the way to the merge point. i want everyone behind them to go all the way to the merge point.
When I get to the merge point, I let one care in and then keep going.
Posted on 8/18/26 at 2:32 pm to Roman Candle Tag
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This never happened.
No one cut you off.
A merge occured.
You lost your perceived "place in line" and you're upset about it.
Drivers in both lanes are expected to facilitate the merge.
Your "right of way" at that moment doesn't exist.
None of this is actual legal reality. The continuous lane has the right of way. A merging vehicle has no right of way to cause an accident.
Posted on 8/18/26 at 2:33 pm to Roman Candle Tag
It’s the assholes who fly up behind you using the ending lane when there is 0 traffic that I have an issue with. I have no problem with folks in the primary lane gunning it and blocking those douchebags. It’s the ending lanes responsibility to merge safely.
But sadly the majority of this country are brain dead idiots and don’t know proper driving etiquette.
But sadly the majority of this country are brain dead idiots and don’t know proper driving etiquette.
Posted on 8/18/26 at 2:33 pm to DustyDinkleman
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If people in the merging lane would use the entire lane to the merge point, the zipper could get established
you are talking a lot of non sense about different aspects of the merging system other than the a-hole being non courteous racing to the front and thinking they have legal establishment to cut off and hit any vehicle they deem they want to get in front of.
Posted on 8/18/26 at 2:35 pm to Chad504boy
Ok.... Ill be your huckleberry.
This post was edited on 8/18/26 at 2:35 pm
Posted on 8/18/26 at 2:36 pm to Roman Candle Tag
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You lost your perceived "place in line" and you're upset about it.
Posted on 8/18/26 at 2:36 pm to Chad504boy
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Zipper merging is a suggestion, not a law or a right of way IMO. IT IS A SUGGESTION YOU DUMB frick.
Okay, since you know so much. What is the law then?
Posted on 8/18/26 at 2:37 pm to fightin tigers
quote:let me guess..... next your going to tell us its also a litmus test.
Zipper merge is like socialism. On paper it makes sense and could be a good thing for all involved.
In practice it involves humans who have no regard for everyone else.
Posted on 8/18/26 at 2:37 pm to Chad504boy
First time I saw a sign for zipper merging was last March in Sedona, AZ.
Posted on 8/18/26 at 2:38 pm to UnluckyTiger
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It’s the ending lanes responsibility to merge safely.
Now, how are they gonna do that if…
quote:
folks in the primary lane gunning it and blocking those douchebags.
???
Some of y’all are psychopaths.
Posted on 8/18/26 at 2:39 pm to LSUDAN1
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LSUDAN1
No
You are the dumb frick
Zipper merging is meant for interstate or hwy merging only
Not construction zones and people skipping the line
Not for city streets when two lanes go to 1
In the prior two cases, by all means block the jackasses skipping the line
Posted on 8/18/26 at 2:39 pm to Chad504boy
alter
Posted on 8/18/26 at 2:40 pm to Old Money
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What is the law then?
absolutely responsibility is on the lane ending side to merge safely to the other side.
Posted on 8/18/26 at 2:40 pm to Syd
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alter
He's an authentic dumbass
Posted on 8/18/26 at 2:43 pm to Chad504boy
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Chad504boy
You're just pissed because your wife damn sure knows how a zipper works and you have to sit in the corner and watch.
This post was edited on 8/18/26 at 3:34 pm
Posted on 8/18/26 at 2:44 pm to Chad504boy
Had a guy follow me all the way to my driveway after he tried to stick to the vehicle ahead of him and squeeze in rather than zippering behind me correctly. He tailgated me all the way to my neighborhood then to my driveway then left when I stopped at the end of my driveway and got out of my truck to pick up my garbage cans.
That old bastard lives in my neighborhood and I see him every now and then. Haven’t had the opportunity to return the favor and tailgate his arse all the way to his driveway yet.
That old bastard lives in my neighborhood and I see him every now and then. Haven’t had the opportunity to return the favor and tailgate his arse all the way to his driveway yet.
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