10-11-2017, 08:17 PM
(This post was last modified: 10-11-2017, 08:18 PM by panamaniac.)
(10-11-2017, 07:33 PM)jamincan Wrote: A zipper merge is not something that only happens where indicated. It is how all merges should work. People do it all the time with highway on-ramps with no issues. For some reason though, when a normal lane ends, people get into a queue mentality. I have found that zipper merges do seem to be used effectively on the Hwy 8-401 bridge.
I agree and it's the way I usually try to merge, unless the lane I'm merging into is free of traffic. The other week on the 401 east of Kingston, however, I attempted to do so in a place where the two lanes were reduced to one due to construction. As I was proceeding toward the merge point, a woman pulled partly out of her lane to try to block me from passing and gave me the finger as I passed her (having had to move partly into the shoulder to avoid hitting her). The stretch of the Conestoga Parkway between University and Bridgeport Rd is renowned for that manoeuvre.