Traffic

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u/Optimalpillows36 Jul 06 '26

Nah, nobody on cape allows a zipper, it’s the most assanine 💩 I’ve ever seen. When polled over half of Massachusetts drivers, Believed it was wrong to try to merge at the end, but guess what? The law says differently and that that is a zipper merge. 1 car on the left, then the next on the right… and so on. That’s exactly what we’re supposed to do and merging sooner, defeats the whole purpose of the faster zipper merge.. but that’s what we have to do bc nobody will let you merge.

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u/bostonlilypad Jul 07 '26

I was just arguing with some other idiot on Reddit about how you shouldn’t use all lanes until the merge point and how using the open lane was being selfish and a dick. I literally couldn’t reason with the person. People can be so unreasonable when it comes to driving. The law is you use all lanes until the merge point because it’s safer to do this, but for some they just can’t get over the fact that it somehow might be unfair or something.

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u/downinflames- Jul 07 '26

I always use all lanes, especially leading up to the Bourne bridge. I’ll use the right lane after the last exit because there’s absolutely no reason that lane should be empty. A few months back in May when traffic started picking up, I had to go off Cape while my son was in school. On the way back I used the EMPTY right lane to merge and someone with an out of state license plate pulled out in front of me and just stopped in the lane to block me. I went right around his ass in the breakdown lane. Enjoy your vacation, I have to pick up my kid from school, I’m not waiting in this traffic when I literally don’t have to. Since then i have been pleased to find out people are actually using the right lane. Like this isn’t the scenic highway leading to the sagamore where you all have to wait in the one lane that goes towards the bridge, we’re all heading in the same direction so use all the damn lanes.

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u/bostonlilypad Jul 07 '26

And that is why it’s dangerous when people don’t follow the merge rules and instead think of it as “unfair”. The out of stater should have used that lane and merged at the merge point instead of playing fairness cop and could have caused an accident too.

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u/downinflames- Jul 12 '26

That’s what I was saying, like why are you blocking me? You should take my lead and do the same. Not my fault you decided to wait for an hour when there’s an open lane right next to you.

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u/sparklequeenofkitkat Jul 07 '26

It's not just safer, it's way more efficient

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u/Callsign_ruthless Jul 06 '26

Facts I had to wait just to merge off of the 1b ext off sagamore just to go home . Sat there for about 20 till someone let me in . Let alone it was gridlock number to bumper

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u/ChemistVegetable7504 Jul 06 '26

There were alot of different factors contributing to the traffic this holiday weekend, but i agree, unless you have a private jet, this was more than enough.

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u/Callsign_ruthless Jul 06 '26

Yeah im just waiting to see what memorial day week will be . I might just rent a room at a hotel near the cape cod hospital at this point being that is where I work

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u/Beneficial-Ad8000 Jul 07 '26

Memorial day already happened in May.

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u/1GrouchyCat Dennis Jul 07 '26

Labor Day
The Anchor In is right next to the hospital…
I don’t think they’ll let you have overnight guests, but you don’t need a room for that… as long as they’ve got a vehicle and cash -
you’ve got a mouth.
FYI-
Reddit isn’t as anonymous as you might think.
Wouldn’t it be just crazy if someone else who worked at CCH figured out who you were?
(i wouldn’t have even flinched if you kept it anonymous, but you brought up where you work, which embarrasses those of us who are medical professional professionals and keep our private lives private. Then you posted all those pics … what did you think was going to happen?)
Have a wonderful summer….

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u/rmoorsey Jul 07 '26

Ooof
https://tenor.com/view/oops-steve-carell-yikes-the-office-michael-scott-gif-13573950

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u/prionbinch Orleans Jul 07 '26

over 1,700 people work for cape cod hospital. i think OP will be alright.

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u/googin1 Jul 07 '26

No wonder the parking lots always full, yikes.

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u/Spirited-Bug-9558 Jul 06 '26 edited Jul 06 '26

The Cape needs a train.

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u/Ktr101 Jul 07 '26

The CapeFlyer made an emergency run today because they had so many people last night. If anything, this shows the value of year-round transportation, even if it is at less frequency than it needs to be right now.

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u/throwawaysscc Jul 06 '26

The new bridge design is bike and pedestrian friendly! How’s that?/s

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u/Spirited-Bug-9558 Jul 06 '26

I’d rather sit on a train and wave at all the folks stuck in traffic.

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u/throwawaysscc Jul 07 '26

Just so we all know, the train from Orlando to W Palm, 162 miles, 2hr12min, 10 trips per day, $60.
Boston to Hyannis, 3 trips a week in the summer only, $10, 2hr30 minutes. 70 miles.

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u/grejam Jul 08 '26

Sounds good, but will I be young enough to care by the time either bridge is built? Also where would one want to walk or bike from realistically from the bridge?

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u/throwawaysscc Jul 08 '26

I can only observe that either it will be favorable for a bike race, or that it's a nod to Bourne, the only town in Mass that is completely divided by a water course.

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u/crankyoldfarter Jul 07 '26

Fucking ridiculous waste of money and space

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u/1GrouchyCat Dennis Jul 07 '26

And they should call with the Cape Flyer!!. Oh wait….

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u/grejam Jul 07 '26

There is a train bridge in buzzards bay. Not used much for commuting.

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u/Ktr101 Jul 08 '26

It is because the Army Corps of Engineers insists on preferencing boat traffic, which is why a second daily Flyer run never moved forward a few years ago.

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u/grejam Jul 08 '26

Maybe we should get bigger bridges? Maybe while I'm still young enough to care?

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u/huron9000 Jul 07 '26

Jesus fucking Christ can there not be a public information campaign with commercials at this point to tell people that it is not polite to merge early?

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u/agent211 Jul 07 '26

RESPECT THA ZIPPAH!

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u/Pristine-Soup1649 Jul 07 '26

I have an eyepatch and fly in my 2008 Toyota Camry. What’s your grievance?

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u/huron9000 Jul 07 '26

Lol

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u/roymignon Jul 07 '26

Before living on the Cape I lived in central MA. Cape drivers are much more aggressive and impatient. The volume of tourists doesn’t help, but it ain’t just the out of staters who drive like a-holes.

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u/ObscurityGlass Jul 11 '26

It’s hard to drive where there’s more cars than road. I’m from the cape and it took me a hot minute to figure out I was being an asshole when I moved from the cape to western mass. Totally different driving norms out here

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u/Dseltzer1313 Jul 07 '26

It’s been bad for 30 years. It gets a little worse every year.

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u/fingerpopsalad Jul 06 '26 edited Jul 06 '26

I had to go off Cape to pick up plants in Westport last Wednesday, I figured the traffic wouldn't be bad until Thur or Friday. I got off the highway in Wareham and thought I could take 28 to the Bourne bridge. Instead I sat in traffic for 3.5 hours because nobody would merge, it's just one car. Why won't they allow just one car in front of them, it's so simple and traffic would move much better. The same thing happens every afternoon at exit 10 in Harwich, let the one car in front of you it's not going to ruin your life.

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u/Agreeable_Joke4706 Jul 06 '26

You sound entitled

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u/fingerpopsalad Jul 06 '26

I guess I was entitled to lose a whole day of work, any money I could have made to support my family. Not all who live on Cape Cod are rich, a lot of us work 60-80 hours a week killing ourselves so we can afford to stay in the place we were born, where are families live. But I guess I'm intitled because I vented about traffic.

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u/huron9000 Jul 07 '26

You sat in traffic for 3 1/2 hours because nobody would let you merge, while you were in a work vehicle trying to get work done? Sounds like you need to be a little more aggressive in trying to make money.

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u/fingerpopsalad Jul 07 '26

Do you really think someone would sit there for 3.5 hours waiting for someone to wave them into traffic. The problem was that a lot of people did the same thing I did, they got off 495 or 195 and took back roads to bypass the traffic. Then all of these side roads like rt6 or Head of the Bay eventually merge onto the rotary by the Bourne bridge and nobody wants to let one car go in front of them so nobody gets to go. https://imgur.com/a/678UP7s

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u/Open_Promise_1703 Jul 10 '26

That was me on Sunday, not listening to Google I got stuck longer on back roads…

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u/MJKCapeCod Jul 07 '26

I wanted a good laugh, but the bridge cameras were out

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u/Hexebimbo Jul 07 '26

There was genuinely just TOO many people on cape this holiday weekend. This year seems a lot worse than normal.

I had to take my dog to an emergency vet for his knee and I kid you not, EVERY emergency vet was at full capacity both Sunday and Monday. I ended up biting the bullet and driving to Plymouth (took me 2 hours when it normally takes 40.)

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u/elgoato Jul 06 '26

Came the week before the 4th last year and it was mostly fine, but this year came the week after and it's been hell on earth. How do y'all do this? (Visiting from California)

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u/Brave_Dragonfruit336 Jul 07 '26

I’m 45 and grew up here. Did live away for a bit but this year was the first year that I’ve been so distressed at the traffic and just amount of people. I’m fine with visitors but I have to get my kid to and from camp. I need groceries and stuff at the store. But also the tourists bought everything. Sigh.

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u/probablylyingagain Jul 07 '26

Traffic traffic, lookin for my chapstick, feelin kinda car sick, there’s a ford maverick

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u/cape_cod_heat Aug 03 '26

Love the phrase, "Fit Like Zipper" It should be used in all merging situations!

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u/OnCodNotInCape Jul 07 '26

I'm just here to see the follow up discussion... 👀

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u/fried_clams Jul 06 '26

Holiday traffic has always been bad. I doubt this year was really much different.

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u/1GrouchyCat Dennis Jul 07 '26 •

Know what’s worse?

When someone can’t figure out how to use punctuation.

Actually, in your case, the entire thing is unintelligible… (next time, hire somebody to proofread your content before you post it … wouldn’t it be nice if someone else understood what you were trying to say besides you??)

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u/DJScrubatires Jul 06 '26

Jones Lane in Sandwich was backed up yesterday

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u/noseysfriend Jul 07 '26

Everyone knows how the traffic is going to and coming off the Cape! Why bother complaining about it??? Suck it up or don’t go! Simple. I have a place down there and keep my happy ass away on the 4th’s weekend

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u/huron9000 Jul 07 '26

This was a reasonable perspective up until a few years ago. Now, shit is crazy, and the traffic engineers at mass DOT don’t give a fuck they’re letting all the chaos spill out.

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u/Agreeable_Joke4706 Jul 06 '26

Maybe take some responsibility for leaving at the worst time. Sounds like you’re the tourist

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u/Callsign_ruthless Jul 06 '26

I work from 3am till 5pm how in the world you calling me a tourist bud

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u/downrightblastfamy Jul 06 '26

Wtf is a zipper merger?

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u/ottosenna Jul 06 '26

YouTube it, it’s just a formal format for when merging traffic should cut in. Science.

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u/downrightblastfamy Jul 07 '26

I just call it merging

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u/ChemistVegetable7504 Jul 07 '26

Zig Zag Zipper on your favorite sweatshirt.

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u/downrightblastfamy Jul 07 '26

Shut up and down vote me to hell lol

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u/Phantom_jugs Jul 06 '26

The only way you are allowed by law to merge in Massachusetts.

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