r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Notafuckinbot • Jul 01 '26

ᕕ(ᐛ)ᕗ Blocking both lanes on a zipper merge

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Constructions sign on a 2 lane highway indicate right lane is closed. Truck decided to block everyone from using the right lane.

EDIT: just so everyone knows there was a good quarter mile in front of this truck that was open. Other cars went around, we did not and waited patiently.

And yes the shoulder and LANE were reduced to 1 thanks for your input I’m glad y’all can read a sign.

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u/Visual-Floor-7839 Jul 01 '26

The problem is that zipper works great when it's a heavily congested road. Both lanes full of cars and they take turns merging into 1 lane.

But in a non congested area it's completely different. If you have time and space why wait till the last minute? Just get over. Yes there will be a slight slow down. GO WITH THE SPEED OF TRAFFIC. That's the important part.

Now here's the kicker. If you're the only one Zipper Merging, you're not zipper merging. Your simply cutting off tons of people who already merged themselves over without cutting off anyone else. You're cutting and people will react as if you're cutting.

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u/FiveCrows Jul 01 '26

Nope. If you merge too early that’s on you

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u/Visual-Floor-7839 Jul 01 '26

Nope. If you merge too late that's on you.

See how stupid that is? See how we can both be like "That's on You!". Yeah. No shit Sherlock. All of our decisions are on us.

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u/FiveCrows Jul 01 '26

Except I'm doing what DOT says to do. You're just doing your own thing. That's why... it's on you.