Zipper merging, when done properly by enough people, prevents (selfish) others from racing past
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disorderly@lemmy.world 20 hours agoI’ve been reading this for years, and the hypothesis always seems to be that zipper merging is good because it maximizes road usage. You know what else maximizes road usage? Bumper to bumper gridlock.
Krelis_@sh.itjust.works 13 hours ago
Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 20 hours ago
Gridlock doesn’t maximize it. Bumper-to-bumper at 80mph does, though
LurkingLuddite@piefed.social 20 hours ago
Good luck getting humans to do that, though. Bumper to bumper only makes people slow down due to discomfort, so cramming to the front and increasing density to bumper to bumper will only slow traffic further.
It’s the same reason rolling stops happen on highways even without traffic accidents or lane closures. When density gets too high, people will slow down, and the assholes thinking bumper to bumper at the last second is zipper merging are indeed assholes slowing traffic down.