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Return_of_Chippy@lemmy.world 1 month agoDoesn’t make sense
AlfalFaFail@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
Return_of_Chippy@lemmy.world 1 month ago
What does that mean
AlfalFaFail@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
Which part?
Return_of_Chippy@lemmy.world 1 month ago
The word, idk what it means.
rumba@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
Return_of_Chippy@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Trolling and ragebaiting in shitpost??? Seems like I’m a badguy
HeHoXa@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
Oh, well the teeth are the cars and the zipper is the merge point (lane closure)
Both lanes use all available space and take turns joining into a single lane at the merge point, minimizing congestion
Return_of_Chippy@lemmy.world 1 month ago
But how does my car fit
HeHoXa@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
I guess it depends on where you are.
Let’s take the scenario where there are no other cars on the road, you’re in the lane that stays open driving next to a car in the closing lane, and you arrive at the merge point. In this case, you should keep going as normal, and the other guy should fall in behind you. (Ideally he slows down to fall out of sync before getting there. Less ideally he speeds up. Least ideally you both speed up and make chaos.)
If both lanes are fully used and there’s a line in both, same situation. First car in the open lane goes, then first car in the closed lane, then second car in the open lane, etc.
Now the controversial case where a bunch of well meaning souls have lined up preemptively (causing the congestion to press back further) and some asshole just takes the closing lane all the way to the end and winds up next to another car. That car should proceed and the car behind it should wait to let the asshole in before proceeding.
It feels wrong, but it’s the least problematic flow. Effectively closing the lane prematurely pushes the congestion back further and starts disrupting other intersections
Return_of_Chippy@lemmy.world 1 month ago
But if i have too many passengers I wont have enough seat belts
Dearth@lemmy.world 1 month ago
1 car from the left lane, 1 car from the right lane. merging together in an alternating pattern. like the teeth in a zipper. a ‘zipper merge’ if you will.
you acting like the meme is the problem. the car wasn’t ignoring the signs, they were using all of the available space to move forward down the road before merging into the lane.
Return_of_Chippy@lemmy.world 1 month ago
That doesn’t explain why my air bags wouldn’t work.
Banana@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Not beating the potato allegations.
Return_of_Chippy@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Hee hee
possumparty@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
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