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How To Merge In Traffic (Seattle, You're Not Going To Like This)
- callesgg 12y agoI find that pretty obvious. One example: I am sitting in a car and will turn to a side road a bit ahead where the road splits in to several lanes. But due to the fact that the que is longer I can't turn on to the second lane. And it have to sit in the que and make it even longer.
- chenelson 12y agoIt was wild riding with a Chicago coworker visiting Seattle. Sam used the entirety of paved surfaces knowing other drivers would make way (and often apologize). Both an embarrassing and enlightening experience.
- nicarus1984 12y agoThis seems to fail when people do whatever they can to keep that person from merging and, sometimes, resulting in minor accidents.
- pc86 12y agoThe key is not to force yourself in. If someone is staying 3" away from the person in front of them and is making every effort to keep you out, just get in behind them.
- bjfish 12y agoThe article didn't mention this is called a late merge, zipper method, or zipper merge: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Late_merge http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Late_merge
- mindslight 12y agoOf course, it's much worse for the people that want to take an exit before the merge, who have to now sit in two lanes of stopped traffic (or drive on the shoulder, depending on the traffic temperature). That being said, merging as late as possible is the Nash equilibrium. Embrace it! (although it's clearly better for me if you don't).
- _lce0 12y ago+1 for Nash
- junto 12y agoIn Germany this is enshrined in law. It is called the Straßenverkehr Reißverschlusssystem or Reißverschlussverfahren. Basically translates to the traffic-zipper-system. http://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rei%C3%9Fverschlussverfahren http://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rei%C3%9Fverschlus...