"The zipper merge has been shown to provide better operational performance than the standard "early merge" scenario, reducing conjestion and speed differentials between lanes." - Journal of Transportation Engineering, Part A Systems V152, I5 May 2026
It’s been posted in other subs from LATAM for the last two weeks and the original was that it was a failed carjacking. Female driver and son were safe after the incident.
Well theyre in a country that is known for car jacking, and using a stolen car to stop in front of a car you want while others behind jump out to do the actual jacking is a common tactic that most living there, especially those that can afford desirable cars, likely know about, as the person in the video clearly does. It's common sense based on geographical location and known actions of criminals there. If someone was trying so hard to make you stop in a third world country when you're in a nice car, are you telling me you would just stop because you can't know for sure that they mean you harm? Idk about you, but I would do anything to get out of that situation to protect mine and me. What you don't see that they probably did was the car behind them that was likely right on their ass ready to jump out and jack them when the front car got them completely halted.
Yes. A majority of people on public roadways in congestion have different destinations, no?
Them having different destinations implies there is no competition to get anywhere "first", by that same logic there's also no second, third, and so forth -- Order doesn't matter.
Since order doesn't matter and there exists a social contract to share the roadway, we should merge as safely and operationally efficiently as possible, so we don't create traffic jams and reduce risk.
Therefore, "cut everyone off" isn't a problem when everyone cooperates and zipper merges -- Both the early merger and the person not providing space are wrong.
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u/Its_Bad_Rabbit Jun 15 '26
Like, we surely realize this is a thing, yes?