• titanicx@lemmy.zip
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    13 hours ago

    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.

    • wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz
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      10 hours 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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      12 hours ago

      Having to come to a complete stop to let them in is why the lane gets backed up for a mile plus.

      I always leave 2 car spaces (unless a semi needs to merge, then it’s 6) and it’s rare for the person up front to merge in without me fully stopping, flashing my lights, and emphatically waving them in.

      The problem is that most people don’t know what zipper merging is, including those who need to take advantage of it.