My favorite are the people in large vehicles who decide to be the police of this bullshit methodology and straddle the lanes.
Zipper merge mther fcker!
That's a no
Submitted 21 hours ago by Return_of_Chippy@lemmy.world to [deleted]
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BallShapedMan@lemmy.world 20 hours ago
AlfalFaFail@lemmy.ml 14 hours ago
homes@piefed.world 20 hours ago
Just merge and move on with your life
anon_8675309@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
Oh he read them. He just don’t give a fuck about anyone but him.
FatVegan@leminal.space 18 hours ago
So you believe people should merge into one lane 2 miles ahead instead of using both lanes and tgen zipper merge? I love when people can’t drive but get angry at people who can.
anon_8675309@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
I believe people should 1) not be assholes trying to get ahead of everyone. 2) merge appropriately given the current conditions.
Nobody said shit about some2 mile limit.
Zipper merge is great. But we all know we’re not talking about the person who even knows what that is. We’re talking about that privileged fuck that thinks he can take it.
bitjunkie@lemmy.world 19 hours ago
They read them just fine, but they are special
FrChazzz@lemmus.org 15 hours ago
I don’t know what it is, but in my experience, Hawai’i driving is just so much better than anywhere else I’ve lived–especially when it comes to this exact scenario. When there’s a lane closure, most people just… get over. Give a shaka, get a shaka, done. When you do have someone blast past everyone to try and merge at the last possible minute people just… let them in. Might get stink eye for do it. Maybe “one finger shaka.” But it’s either some tourist who doesn’t know better and we all feel smug knowing that they have to go back to where they came from or it’s someone in a genuine hurry and just let em go.
I think it’s partly due to Hawai’i having a more collectivist mindset. Everybody is just trying to get to where they need to be, everyone kind of understands that traffic can suck and so no one is too concerned with “being on time” (again, my experience). Plus there aren’t any billboards on the roads (at least not that I’ve seen) and you pretty much have something pretty to look at the whole time you’re in traffic. Lower speed limits too. It’s peaceful. You rarely hear someone honk. Though I will say that I’ve noticed drivers getting more aggressive as more local kine people move away.
I went back to Florida a few years ago to visit my mom while she still lived there and it was miserable to drive anywhere. I got the sense that no one wanted to be where they were–they didn’t want to be in their car so they raced off to work, where they also did not want to be, so they raced home, where they also did not want to be; all in Florida where I feel like most people who live there don’t want to be tbh. I used to be an angry and impatient driver. In Hawai’i I’m like one grandpa. I stay in slow lane and drive the speed limit.
Grail@multiverse.soulism.net 18 hours ago
Hey look, the noisy smelly car drivers are arguing. Have fun risking your lives every day!
SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 hours ago
I don’t entirely agree with you, but I laugh with you and applaud your humor and can’t disagree with you.
Return_of_Chippy@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
Grail@multiverse.soulism.net 18 hours ago
VROOM VROOM LOOK AT ME I DRIVE A CAR. I SMELL LIKE GASOLINE FUMES AND I GIVE ASTHMA TO LITTLE KIDS.
Thunderbird4@lemmy.world 19 hours ago
In addition to the zipper merge arguments, also note that MOT (management of traffic) guys tend to not be the sharpest crayons in the box, nor the most diligent and responsible. I’ve seen enough “lane closed ahead” signs left up in situations where the lane was absolutely not closed, that I don’t even bother reacting until I see some cones or other indication that it actually is closed.