It's weird when people think getting places fast or first is the point of driving.

"Safe" is the word you're looking for. Then, as fast as safe will calmly allow.

I don't know about you guys, but the teeth an my zipper are lined up ahaid of time and "traveling" the same speed. I would be fine with zipper merge if that where the case, but every time i am in the open lane and the other one closes there are 10 jerks who sped to the end and now feel i should have to come to a full stop and let all 10 get in front. Also, my zipper gets joined at the botom and the "merge" point travels back up the the path. we are all going to sqeeze into one lane anyway. Don't care where it happens as long as everyone maintains speed. If you expect me to stop my lane so 10 can come from yours we have a problem.

In addition to the zipper merge arguments, also note that MOT (management of traffic) guys tend to not be the sharpest crayons in the box, nor the most diligent and responsible. I’ve seen enough “lane closed ahead” signs left up in situations where the lane was absolutely not closed, that I don’t even bother reacting until I see some cones or other indication that it actually is closed.

Zipper is solid in a situation where an entire lane merges into another. There are different situations where it doesn't make sense. I'm a big believer in zippering where it works, but then there's the 6-lane highway where one exit lane is backing up into the through lanes. Then someone blows past that line in the other through lanes and cuts into the very front of the line. I'm sure some of those people are saying "zipper!" as they do it, but if everyone conventionalized a zipper point at the end of an exit lane, we would impede the through lanes, too. The point of the zipper is to smooth traffic flow and use the full capacity of the roadway; applying it broadly to highway lanes mixed with through traffic is antithetical.

I’m a tax payer and I’m going to drive in all the lanes I paid for then zipper merge when needed. If we all pile up in one lane because we are too collectively stupid to use all our lanes and zipper merge then we are the traffic we deserve.

Just merge and move on with your life

Oh they read it, they just think they're special

My favorite are the people in large vehicles who decide to be the police of this bullshit methodology and straddle the lanes.

Zipper merge mther fcker!

Thus might be the best rage bait I've even seen on Lemmy. o7

Wow who would have thought that this would be such a divided topic

OK people, this is not a hard concept but apparently I have to spell it out: It's the same as an on-ramp.

If you're racing up an on-ramp just to slam on your brakes and merge with a highway that's already slow... you are part of the problem! Period. Full stop. Fuck you.

"Fill the lane"? Why? It's going away. Again: same as an on-ramp. If you're speeding up past what the traffic is already going, you're not practicing a zipper merge!

That sign was for him and for you to prepare to leave the room for a car to zipper merge when the time comes, dummy.

Jesus, the only thing worse than incorrect is confidently incorrect.