About the zipper merge…
Nothing diffuses road rage quite like the Thank You Wave. We are big fans, especially when you’re driving in an unfamiliar area or when things get heated, you know, like when a driver has clearly misunderstood the assignment of lanes in a “zipper merge”.
Proper execution of the zipper merge is to use every inch of lane space in ALL open lanes, until the moment of merge. At the point of the merge, each lane forwards one driver into the single lane, thereby equitably reducing both lanes through the bottleneck, reducing wait times for all drivers.
If your name is Karen or Richard, or you own a dually, you may have missed this memo and scooted your vehicle halfway between lanes to block the perceived cutter-offer. If so, it’s never too late to scoot back over and apologize to those behind you with a great big Thank You Wave!
Happy serving!