mcpickems

mcpickems OP t1_itwua21 wrote

Reply to comment by odinplatz in 95 to route 3 north. Wtf is wrong with people by mcpickems

Ya i do consider those who don’t realize what the line is, but i feel like any experienced driver who’s using GPS and knows their exit is next and sees a line on the right hand lane it’s pretty difficult to not think the line is for the exit. I feel if u setup a camera its mostly gonna be repeat offenders. Plus it was a guy going 60 and abruptly comes to a complete stop for no reason other than to take the exit, semi’s are heavy af and dont slow down as quickly. If that guy got hit i could see the semi not being at fault only cuz its a highway

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mcpickems OP t1_ittcd1s wrote

Reply to comment by Logstar in 95 to route 3 north. Wtf is wrong with people by mcpickems

Zipper merging makes complete sense when its the exit merging to first lane or vice versa when its an exit with 1+ lanes. People coming to a complete stop in the 2nd lane because they think after passing a huge line that there’s magically going to be an opening and will sit there for 15+ seconds backing up the entire second lane and in turn slowing down the other lanes albeit not as much drives me insane.

Zipper merging is the best way to optimize the flow of traffic, but its MERGING. A single main road of traffic with an exit/ramp/one way that connects to brings un additional traffic that ends very quickly after the merge. These arr people who are technically zipper merging, but in an extremely irresponsible way that is a massive net negative to the flow of traffic. Normal zipper merging is a net positive.

I have no idea why people think they’re the main characters on the road and its safe/logical to come to a complete stop for no reason on the highway. Should be able to record these people with my dashcam and email their plate numbers in. Dangerous, stupid, and creates more traffic. Also, people travel in the break down lane coming up to exit 50 AB fairly often aswell. It clearly ends but they just keep going.

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