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You mean 20 people who were trying to merge finally get to merge because someone came past who wasn't a massive asshole?

lazide 8mo ago
That person then gets screwed. Screwed person: WTF? People doing the screwing: ‘oh thank god’ The really irritating part - society saying ‘oh, that’s not happening you should continue to be screwed’
- bluGill 8mo ago
  Nobody is getting screwed. I've been the person making the gap many many times. You just ignore them, it isn't hard - they are way up there and I'm way back here, plenty of space. I just keep on with my business of safely driving. Sure I often wish I could go the speed limit - but in reality I'm going almost as fast as they are so it isn't like a few feet lost costs me anything. Odds are I'll be stopped at a red light and lose a lot more time once I get off the highway. Besides, there are only a few people who ever merge in front of me (and then those who don't merge block their lane so nobody else can get in).
  - lazide 8mo ago
    In high traffic you’re definitely being screwed - both by the continuing lack of a proper safety gap, and by not being able to go a normal speed. Which does add up in many of these situations. But I guess we should just all self gaslight to feel better about it?
    - bluGill 8mo ago
      In heavy traffic nobody is going "normal speed". I'm not going significantly slower than anyone else.
      - lazide 8mo ago
        In Bay Area traffic I’d literally be not moving at all for most of the time if I followed you advice, in heavy traffic. That’s the exact situation I’m talking about.
maerF0x0 8mo ago
To be completely clear the conversation is entirely not about zipper merging, but about people who are using safety gaps as opportunities for them to traffic weave attaining a faster than average travel speed at the cost of every one else's average travel speed and safety
- direwolf20 8mo ago
  That sounds like a recipe to crash into someone. Let natural selection work.

lazide 8mo ago

That person then gets screwed. Screwed person: WTF? People doing the screwing: ‘oh thank god’ The really irritating part - society saying ‘oh, that’s not happening you should continue to be screwed’

bluGill 8mo ago
Nobody is getting screwed. I've been the person making the gap many many times. You just ignore them, it isn't hard - they are way up there and I'm way back here, plenty of space. I just keep on with my business of safely driving. Sure I often wish I could go the speed limit - but in reality I'm going almost as fast as they are so it isn't like a few feet lost costs me anything. Odds are I'll be stopped at a red light and lose a lot more time once I get off the highway. Besides, there are only a few people who ever merge in front of me (and then those who don't merge block their lane so nobody else can get in).
- lazide 8mo ago
  In high traffic you’re definitely being screwed - both by the continuing lack of a proper safety gap, and by not being able to go a normal speed. Which does add up in many of these situations. But I guess we should just all self gaslight to feel better about it?
  - bluGill 8mo ago
    In heavy traffic nobody is going "normal speed". I'm not going significantly slower than anyone else.
    - lazide 8mo ago
      In Bay Area traffic I’d literally be not moving at all for most of the time if I followed you advice, in heavy traffic. That’s the exact situation I’m talking about.

maerF0x0 8mo ago

To be completely clear the conversation is entirely not about zipper merging, but about people who are using safety gaps as opportunities for them to traffic weave attaining a faster than average travel speed at the cost of every one else's average travel speed and safety

direwolf20 8mo ago
That sounds like a recipe to crash into someone. Let natural selection work.