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Re:Washington, Minnesota officially endorse a “safer, faster... by adwf on Thursday July 24, 2014 @06:57PM (#8082830)
Don't know why you're being downvoted; I've had too many people deliberately block my merge when I merge late, to ever try it at full speed in the UK :(
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Re:Washington, Minnesota officially endorse a “safer, faster... by danielweber on Friday July 25, 2014 @09:45AM (#8085115)
The solution is more late-mergers: if the other lane were already full, you wouldn't be "cheating" by passing all the cars who are "waiting patiently." You would just be waiting in a line the same as everyone else in your lane and the other lane.

I may be overly optimistic, but I think a sign saying "use both lanes and zipper merge at end" would do a lot.

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Re:Washington, Minnesota officially endorse a “safer, faster... by cdash on Friday July 25, 2014 @02:47AM (#8084026)
People block your merge because they think you cheated and should have merged earlier. If they were educated about zipper merge they would not have the same feeling.
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