Post #3297373
2026-06-03 14:27 UTC
Replies (4)
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@plyth@feddit.org 2026-06-04 06:48
If there’s a lot of traffic it makes sense to try and find room to merge early though Not at all. You destroy a smooth process where both lanes drive at the same speed. It turns into a stop and go in one lane while the other keeps getting filled with new cars from the back that join at the last moment.
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@WhoIzDisIz@lemmy.today 2026-06-03 15:07
"Early" being relative to the specific vehicles involved. Lorries/tractor-trailers need a LOT more time to find an opening before a merge than a "four-wheeler" does, for example. Besides, it's long been proven that "zipper merging" - which is basically waiting up to almost the last second to merge - is the [more efficient method](https://arstechnica.com/cars/2014/07/the-beauty-of-zipper-merging-or-why-you-should-drive-ruder/).
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@prettybunnys@piefed.social 2026-06-03 16:45
It always makes sense to merge at the last safe moment, but only if everyone else is doing that which requires everyone to trust each other and I can trust myself but I can’t trust any of you fuckers, etc.
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@Grazed@lemmy.world 2026-06-04 12:18
Only because of dumbasses who won't let everyone zipper merge. If we could actually educate people on how to zipper merge, we wouldn't need to pull off a heist to get out of an ending lane.