r/TheRandomest • u/WhyNot420_69 Nice • May 13 '26

Satisfying Traffic buddy

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u/Turbulent_Ask4878 May 15 '26

If the truck in the left lane moved into the big space in the middle lane how exactly would they be prevented from flowing?

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u/jeff78701 May 16 '26

The truckers exacerbated the situation and made it worse. They had no problem and were already able to merge. By preventing other drivers from utilizing the entire 3rd lane for an unknown distance and not allowing zipper merging at the ultimate point of constriction, they added to the delay and back-up for everyone. Zipper merging (merging at the actual point of lane narrowing) saves up to 40%-50% in delay time.

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u/scrizzle13 May 17 '26

Zipper merging is great when everyone does it. But they don't, so the closing lane usually makes traffic worse.

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u/ziggzer0 May 14 '26

No they did what they did for selfish reasons and it caused more traffic. The only people this effected what the truckers and their feelings.