OT: You don’t see this everyday...
08-02-2018, 10:40 AM
#32
Burning Brakes
Originally Posted by Jimmy-D
What this shows me is people too high to care to get any where in a hurry. 
08-02-2018, 10:43 AM
#33
Race Director
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08-02-2018, 12:24 PM
#34
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In LA - both lanes would be full.. The slow clueless guys would be in the left lane and the fast guys would be weaving in and out. Very little etiquette - its every man for themselves.
08-02-2018, 02:11 PM
#35
Nordschleife Master
Ugh, I know how you feel, we lived in Tennessee where the late merge was considered very rude! Traffic would back up for miles like your picture all the time.
NPR had an article about the Zipper merge- it's counter intuitive but the Zipper merger (waiting to merge over until the last minute) helps traffic flow more freely and benefits everyone, including those in the lane that people you are merging into. Basically it increases the capacity of the highway.
I take this information as a 'hall pass' to do the Zipper merge as often as possible. I know it seems anti-social and Tennessee 'rude', but that is just for the unenlightened and I do it now all the time, LOL.
NPR had an article about the Zipper merge- it's counter intuitive but the Zipper merger (waiting to merge over until the last minute) helps traffic flow more freely and benefits everyone, including those in the lane that people you are merging into. Basically it increases the capacity of the highway.
I take this information as a 'hall pass' to do the Zipper merge as often as possible. I know it seems anti-social and Tennessee 'rude', but that is just for the unenlightened and I do it now all the time, LOL.