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mell
2025 Jul 25, 10:36pm
MolotovCocktail says
That's actually a poor misconception on the part of Americans who often don't know how to drive properly. The so called zipper algorithm optimizes throughput and minimizes congestion by making everyone drive as close to the narrowing as safely possible while mandating that each driver on the right continuing lane lets one person from the left in. Never understood the boorish aggressiveness, not letting any cars in, therefore maximizing congestion as everyone gets into a single file 2 miles ahead. This should be taught in driving school.
That's actually a poor misconception on the part of Americans who often don't know how to drive properly. The so called zipper algorithm optimizes throughput and minimizes congestion by making everyone drive as close to the narrowing as safely possible while mandating that each driver on the right continuing lane lets one person from the left in. Never understood the boorish aggressiveness, not letting any cars in, therefore maximizing congestion as everyone gets into a single file 2 miles ahead. This should be taught in driving school.
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ForcedTQ
2025 Jul 28, 12:28pm
mell says
Zipper merge, exactly correct, but the stupid assholes will close up their following distance to nothing. Everyone should follow the 3 second following distance rule and then zipper merge ideology would be possible.
MolotovCocktail says
That's actually a poor misconception on the part of Anericans who often don't know how to drive properly. The so called zipper algorithm optimizes throughput and minimizes congestion by making everyone drive as close to the narrowing as safely possible while mandating that each driver on the right continuing lane lets one person from the left in. Never understood the boorish aggressiveness, not letting any cars in, therefore maximizing congestion as everyone gets into a single file 2 miles ahead. This should be taught in driving school.
Zipper merge, exactly correct, but the stupid assholes will close up their following distance to nothing. Everyone should follow the 3 second following distance rule and then zipper merge ideology would be possible.
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mell
2025 Jul 28, 3:04pm
ForcedTQ says
Agreed. It's the law in Germany to obey the zipper merge or get a ticket, part of what makes the Autobahn so fast even during significant ongoing construction.
driving school.
Zipper merge, exactly correct, but the stupid assholes will close up their following distance to nothing. Everyone should follow the 3 second following distance rule and then zipper merge ideology would be possible.
Agreed. It's the law in Germany to obey the zipper merge or get a ticket, part of what makes the Autobahn so fast even during significant ongoing construction.
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Al_Sharpton_for_President
2025 Jul 29, 6:08am
Al_Sharpton_for_President
2025 Jul 29, 6:08am
ForcedTQ says
Semi drivers are the worst. They will intentionally straddle both lanes to block drivers in the merging lane way before the merge.
Zipper merge, exactly correct, but the stupid assholes will close up their following distance to nothing. Everyone should follow the 3 second following distance rule and then zipper merge ideology would be possible.
Semi drivers are the worst. They will intentionally straddle both lanes to block drivers in the merging lane way before the merge.
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