It doesn't matter. People will never learn to zipper merge correctly anyway. There will always be a percentage of people who do not know how to do it , or people who are anti social and never let people in or people who are just so nice that they let everybody in. That fact alone makes it impossible. So, just be patient and go with the flow. You think you have it bad in Michigan? You ain't seen nothing. Try NYC or LA.
2006-08-09 09:33:07
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answered by BRUZER 4
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It is better for everyone to get over as soon as possible.
I was once stuck in traffic for an hour because other drivers in the closed lane were driving up to the final merge point, creating a bottleneck. Interestingly, once I got past the bottleneck point, traffic flowed a 50+ miles per hour, even though it was just one lane. It would have flowed that way all along if the bottleneck causing drivers had merged earlier.
2006-08-10 03:46:33
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answered by AF 6
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It sounds like you're looking for an answer to only a single lane closure. The best merge practice is to fill both lanes all the way to the merge point, but approaching the merge point (within a couple hundred feet), cars must arrange themselves in what I call a zipper merge. Envision the way teeth on a zipper interconnect as you pull the zipper up. Each car in both lanes must leave 1-2 car lengths in front of them to allow only one vehicle to enter that space. As soon as one driver decides to not play nice, someone has to stop and the pattern is screwed up, but can be corrected quickly so long as others don't decide to screw it up more.
If I was in charge of the laws, I'd introduce the public to the concept of a zipper merge, place cameras at those points, and give out tickets to those failing to allow cars to "zipper merge". Our highways would clear up quickly.
2006-08-09 15:00:29
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answered by chris m 3
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Usually, plenty of warning is given so that people can merge as soon as possible. But of course no one thinks that means them, so they continue until the very last minute and cut someone off. So they probably should make standard practice to fill up both lanes and then take turns. (but of course, those people will still be there not wanting to wait their turn because the signs, and laws don't apply to them)
2006-08-09 07:50:10
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answered by tweetymay 6
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at the same time as "ontheroad" says he's in Mexico, i'm no longer confident if he ability the actual Mexico or Victoria! over the finest few years i have spoke of that persons the following in Little Mexico are turning out to be fairly reliable at merging, besides the shown actuality that there'll continuously be self-major pr!cks who do not. i theory it can be the case in all busy cities, yet curiously no longer or you'll not be asking this question. i have continuously been an particularly courteous driving force and love giving and receiving kindness on the line. I see site visitors as a kind of huge caterpillar that could in straightforward words flow suitable if all and distinctive performs the game - no room for ego or aggression. besides the undeniable fact that, there is no longer something i love more effective than pretending to pull a youthful punk off on the light fixtures if he (or she further and extra at present) ducks into the left hand lane and then races to get in the front of me - you recognize at the same time as there are 2 or 3 vehicles contained in the right lane patiently waiting at light fixtures, and some non-caterpillar form screams up in the back of and jumps for the length of to the left lane, even besides the undeniable fact that there are vehicles parked on the different area of the intersection. I faux i have not considered them yet because the light fixtures substitute I change into the 50 3 hundred and sixty 5 days previous woman in a Tarago who can carry her position on the line. i appreciate wondering about the deflation i have led to. it truly is those human beings and the right-lane sitters on freeways that really annoy me. If I wasn't so prepared on courtesy, i could get an attack of highway rage on the mere sight of them.
2016-11-23 17:58:23
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answered by ? 4
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As a driver who's spent way too much time on the road, I think it's important to remember that people don't play well together on the highway.
It doesn't matter which state you're in, people refuse to merge in a logical, polite manner.
I don't think you will see a difference between the two options because you'd simply be moving the merge point or bottleneck.
2006-08-09 07:50:19
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answered by Boomerang Child 2
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In Utah people dash up the lane that's about to close and then try to squeeze in at the front. It plugs up traffic for miles. Your current system sounds much more effective as traffic keeps moving. It sounds like the proposed system would cause confusion similar to what happens at a 4-way stop.
2006-08-09 07:49:21
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answered by Daphne 3
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here in Connecticut it funnels into one lane. What a nightmare at times. Often there may be a city cop or trooper doing traffic control but for the most part, you're on your own. Oh...courtesy isn't a know word here when that type of traffic pattern is in effect
2006-08-09 07:47:31
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answered by Quasimodo 7
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i think that getting over as soon as possible is better, if all people would do that it would be more effective and continually move. who is gonna be there to make people take turns?
2006-08-09 07:52:58
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answered by always thinkin 5
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