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A zipper merge is only effective if everyone is doing it

Posted on: November 20, 2019 at 15:49:17 CT

kmawv8 MU

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Otherwise, it causes cars in two lanes to basically come to a complete stop to let people in and slows everyone down. Merging whenever you can within the flow of traffic, before it's bottlenecked to a standstill, is the best course of action.

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**** the police - cnk ATL - 11/20 15:37:34

I agree with the cop. Douches that do that can lick my balls - tigerNkc MU

- 11/20 17:43:38

Good. Stay in a mile long line to the right & watch some - Gary P. MU - 11/20 18:19:18

You don't ****ing understand a zipper merge you pig - MrBlueSky MU - 11/20 17:48:03

a zipper merge requires BOTH lanes be at the same speed - tigerinhogtown STL - 11/20 18:13:21

Zipper merge does not speed up traffic(nm) - tigerNkc MU

- 11/20 17:48:45

Yes it does (nm) - pickle MU

- 11/20 19:23:05

Traffic engineers would disagree with you - Grasslands MU - 11/20 19:00:14

It absolutely does during busy traffic - MrBlueSky MU - 11/20 17:49:16

Ever see a highway merging onto another highway during rush - tigerNkc MU

- 11/20 17:57:58

you must be the dumbest mfuker that exists (nm) - TigerJackSwartz MU

- 11/20 18:13:14

LMFAO (nm) - MrBlueSky MU - 11/20 18:11:59

brilliant! - SwampTiger MU - 11/20 18:11:22

do you not understand what's goin on when a lane is closed? - phrejd MU

- 11/20 18:02:03

Three lanes bottlenecking into two is not faster than two - tigerNkc MU

- 11/20 17:52:04

stay in the backup and out of my way then (nm) - phrejd MU

- 11/20 17:58:59

I never liked the Police - XRob MU

- 11/20 17:31:46

agree (nm) - SwampTiger MU - 11/20 17:39:38

That would be highway patrol and yeah, **** that (nm) - MrBlueSky MU - 11/20 17:20:12

Every policeperson bad. Please don’t ask for their help - TigerFan92 MU - 11/20 17:04:03

zipper? (nm) - McMuffin MU - 11/20 15:58:52

I HARDLY KNOW HER - kmawv8 MU - 11/20 16:08:24

I'm always torn - Joeboo MU

- 11/20 15:43:43

took me a while, but I zipper merge the hell out of merges - TigerJackSwartz MU

- 11/20 16:48:21

Same (nm) - pickle MU

- 11/21 09:20:29

once you get past all the retards in the backup, everyone - phrejd MU

- 11/20 18:09:11

🍻 - Gary P. MU - 11/20 18:24:10

Well ****ing said (nm) - MrBlueSky MU - 11/20 18:12:36

I just get in line and then yell at everyone rushing to the - Mizzmi27 MU - 11/20 16:02:37

That's pretty much what a zipper merge is. - kmawv8 MU - 11/20 16:07:54

Last possible moment but not by force. - Mizzmi27 MU - 11/20 16:28:13

A zipper merge is only effective if everyone is doing it - kmawv8 MU - 11/20 15:49:17

correct - the key is to get a smooth merge and then travel - tigerdb MU - 11/20 16:18:49

WRONG(nm) - cnk ATL - 11/20 15:50:54

RIGHT. (nm) - kmawv8 MU - 11/20 15:51:43

NO(nm) - cnk ATL - 11/20 15:52:15

i use velcro merging - colonel angus beef KC - 11/20 15:47:24

just zipper it, bro(nm) - cnk ATL - 11/20 15:46:55

*tha (nm) - Cosmo MU

- 11/20 15:39:01

yeah, **** them too(nm) - cnk ATL - 11/20 15:39:28