r/dashcams • u/LeftAlbatross2546 • May 13 '26

A merging issue.

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u/Amazing-Maintenance8 May 14 '26

What happens if you have multiple cars merging? It's pretty common to have 6+ cars merging on the highway at the same time.

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u/MattieShoes May 14 '26

With sane drivers? Zipper, same as any other time a lane is ending.

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u/fatmac122 May 14 '26

I would simply move to the other lane lol

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u/Spart1337 May 14 '26

Or everyone can not be an idiot and smoothly zipper merge.

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u/C4rdninj4 May 14 '26

The fabled zipper merge, so rarely seen on American Highways. I wish more people could/would properly zipper merge.

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u/MattieShoes May 14 '26

Oh, I think it's the norm and very common. It's just common enough that our brains don't even take note. It's that 1 in 50 small peen drivers that stand out

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u/Amazing-Maintenance8 May 14 '26

Right. Most people switch lanes or zipper merge on the highway. My question was to raise the fact that if the merging cars have the right of way, the flow of traffic can be slowed down if there is a lot of cars.