The entrance to the express lanes on N I-5 in downtown Seattle is a prime example of this. There, a lane becomes exit-only that many people want to take. Many of them apply late merge techniques, zooming up to the front of the line and then trying to merge. In doing so, they block an entire lane that would otherwise be open, and this sometimes carries over to slowing down even the next lane, as people dodge out around the blockage. This is the core of my objection to zipper merge -- it encourages people to be jerks.
Which lane are they blocking? The one they're zooming up in? Big deal -- there's nobody in that lane, that's how they zoomed up it.
"Encouraging people to be jerks" is begging the question. Best to design a system around human nature, so that something tempting and efficient (like right turn on red) is also the encouraged action.
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Which lane are they blocking? The one they're zooming up in? Big deal -- there's nobody in that lane, that's how they zoomed up it.
"Encouraging people to be jerks" is begging the question. Best to design a system around human nature, so that something tempting and efficient (like right turn on red) is also the encouraged action.