What's Your Thoughts on Zipper Merging? Options

[narly_charley]

I * * * * I N G hate it. I think that in THEORY it would work, but with humans in the mix, it NEVER works. I'm always the person trying to smooth things out by splitting the two lanes and trying to block off the lane closing traffic because they try to but themselves in and it just creates a bigger and slower line of vehicles. I LOVE pissing people off this way, because they think that they're in the right. Again, this is a great way to cycle cars into one lane on paper, but in reality, it never works, especially in slow construction.

[richee3]

Here in Denver, I’ve learned that I have the option of merging over into the lane that stays open well in advance or stay in the lane that ends right up until it ends. Merging early means I’ll be sitting in one really long line of traffic filled with idiots that have no business whatsoever being behind the wheel of a potentially deadly chunk of metal, or I can pass literally hundreds of cars and save myself literally hours of sitting in traffic by staying in the lane until it ends, as designed.

Fun fact- Colorado has by far the worst drivers I’ve ever seen. They like to blame out of staters, but I’m just saying I don’t see any Texas or California plates come to a complete stop on the interstate for no reason whatsoever, or go 35 in a 75 for literally no reason whatsoever, or center their cars perfectly on the lines in the road for literally no reason whatsoever. Probably has something to do with legal weed but regardless of the reason, people here have absolutely no business getting out on the road. So give me the option to try to properly merge using the zipper method, merge well in advance, or pass countless morons and save a ton of time, I’ll be that guy that uses the lane until there’s no more lane to use. The right lane is always the fastest lane here.

I agree, the zipper method SHOULD work, but this is America and everyone is free to be as stupid as they possibly can be.