Return_of_Chippy@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 5 months agoThat's a nolemmy.worldimagemessage-square97fedilinkarrow-up1449arrow-down1130
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minus-squaredisorderly@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down3·5 months agoI’ve been reading this for years, and the hypothesis always seems to be that zipper merging is good because it maximizes road usage. You know what else maximizes road usage? Bumper to bumper gridlock.
minus-squareBoomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·5 months agoGridlock doesn’t maximize it. Bumper-to-bumper at 80mph does, though
minus-squareKrelis_@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-25 months agoZipper merging, when done properly by enough people, prevents (selfish) others from racing past People cramming in at he last moment on a jammed highway exit is a different story
I’ve been reading this for years, and the hypothesis always seems to be that zipper merging is good because it maximizes road usage. You know what else maximizes road usage? Bumper to bumper gridlock.
Gridlock doesn’t maximize it. Bumper-to-bumper at 80mph does, though
Zipper merging, when done properly by enough people, prevents (selfish) others from racing past
People cramming in at he last moment on a jammed highway exit is a different story