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Yeah people like this are fucking idiots. Just let the dude over it’s not going to slow you down it’s not going to stop you shit if it cost you 15 seconds oh my god what the fuck ever. People are fucking retarded when they think that they have the right to own a lane.

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wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
The thing is that selfish people trying to skip to the front of the line and cut in front of the people in the through-lane right behind another merging vehicle instead of taking their turn alternating with through-lane vehicles absolutely do create congestion which can back up a long way.

Zipper merges only work when people in the merging lane aren’t being selfish assholes and trying to do that.

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- titanicx@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Thing is that’s exactly how zipper merge works. The people in the lane that’s closing should go and continue to the end of the lane if there are more people behind them they’re more people behind them. You are not entitled to your place in line there is no your place in line. There is simply traffic and you are part of that traffic. If you’re not participating nicely in that traffic you are the asshole. Plain and simple that’s how it works.
  
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  - wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Let me put this visually for you, because you don’t seem to be getting it.
    
    This is what zipper merges are supposed to be:
    
    (Leading up to the merge; ignore the period):
    
    . - - - - - - - - - - - -
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    
    As you can see, each one alternates at a regular interval.
    
    This is what happens in reality:
    
    … - - - - - - - - - - - -
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    
    The cars in the merging lane all push to the front, and try to merge in twos and threes instead of alternating like they’re suppose to.
    
    You are not entitled to your place in line there is no your place in line.
    
    In a zipper merge, there literally is a “your place in line.” It’s right after the guy who merges behind the car in front of you. A second or third car shouldn’t be forcing their way in there, because it’s supposed to alternate. That’s how the whole thing is supposed to work.
    
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    Clasm@ttrpg.network ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Zipper merging also always seems to assume that there are no trucks/buses/trailers and that everyone isn’t tailgating so closely that they can read the Vin# of the car in front of them…
    
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Banana@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Right! People get so crazy impatient and entitled when they enter a vehicle.

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