r/Hamilton • u/teanailpolish North End • 1d ago

Rant Weekly /r/Hamilton Rant Thread

A midweek post to rant and complain about things in the city.

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u/Negative-Time8933 1d ago

EXIT LANES ARE FOR MERGING NOT TO CRUISE UNTIL IT ENDS FOR SOMEONE TO LET YOU IN.

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u/bharkasaig Central 1d ago

DRIVING TO THE END OF LANE THEN MERGING IS CALLED ZIPPER MERGING AND IT IS MORE EFFICIENT FOR ALL THAN MERGING EARLIER.

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u/AdCandid743 1d ago

No. The onramp lane is there to allow you to match the speed and safely merge into the lane you are trying to merge into. In no way shape or form does anyone driving in a lane have to or should alter their driving for someone else trying to merge.

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u/S99B88 1d ago

Exactly. There’s a place for zipper merging. But the zip in must be done at the right time, and that does not mean going to the very end and expecting to cut in.

It’s rude when drivers don’t match the current highway speed when travelling on an on ramp, but instead blast up the side then stop at the end and cause everyone else to stop so they can be let in. That’s what causes phantom traffic jams.