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>Oblivious or selfish It's not selfish to use the road to its full potential. We should all be merging at the last moment, and using zipper merging to allow sm
by dublinben 12y ago
>Oblivious or selfish
It's not selfish to use the road to its full potential. We should all be merging at the last moment, and using zipper merging to allow smooth traffic flow.
- mikeash 12y agoZipper merging is good when a lane ends, but that's not what I'm talking about. Attempting a zipper merge into a turn lane at the last moment is a really bad idea, because by attempting to do so you will block a travel lane that other people will want to use for going straight. This slows them down at best, and causes crashes if you're unlucky. Merge at the last moment when your lane ends. Do not merge at the last moment when you need to get into a turn lane. These are different scenarios.