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Originally Posted by stomachmonkey
There is plenty of space at the merge if people stop with the entitlement crap, pay attention to the cars around them, and cooperate while driving.
I find the same anti zipper mindset are typically also the ones who don't accommodate for speed and distance when approaching on ramps and don't make space for traffic merging onto a highway.
It's not difficult, you see the cars on the on ramp, do a quick speed comparison and figure out if you need to speed up a bit to let them drop in behind or slow down a bit to give them space in front.
It's just common courtesy.
Same concept applies to the zipper.
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I'm not arguing that it's not plausible and not a good idea, I'm just saying that in practice it never works.
You always have that one person who sits at the merge (or worse, a mile back) until the thru lane stops for them to merge or you have the person in the thru lane tailgating the person in front of them to prevent others from merging into their lane.
It's stupid because we're all going nowhere fast. It wouldn't kill ya to let someone in. But that's not the way this society works. It's me, me, me and screw you because I need to be nowhere first.