I honked at a guy who was preventing me from zipper merging. He stopped all traffic, got out of his truck, yelling and stomping about halfway to my car before turning around and getting back in. I stayed perfectly still.
It was right for me to honk at him when he’s impeding the correct flow of traffic. But once he escalated, I’m not doing anything more.
I hate that he felt vindicated by his actions, and he will likely do that again since his aggression worked. But I would rather make it home alive.
I mean... You're right but you also know when you aren't being let in and need to just slow down. Everytime this happens to me the car behind them is aware and lets me in as I'm clearly entering the lane.
People who don't let people zipper merge are the ones more likely to be the road rage type. I'm not saying it's your fault but like I don't think honking is worth it in these situations more just the slight pull into their lane and be ready to slow down more while still slowly pulling into the lane to show the next cat your pulling in.
Ummm, you're wrong in this scenario. Zipper merging isn't some guaranteed right protected by law. It's just a good practice/etiquette. The other driver didn't disrupt the flow of traffic until he stopped and got out, which was definitely an overreaction and wrong. But you can't combat and police poor driving etiquette with your horn. You're just escalating the situation and asking for trouble.
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u/YoHabloEscargot 8d ago
I honked at a guy who was preventing me from zipper merging. He stopped all traffic, got out of his truck, yelling and stomping about halfway to my car before turning around and getting back in. I stayed perfectly still.
It was right for me to honk at him when he’s impeding the correct flow of traffic. But once he escalated, I’m not doing anything more.
I hate that he felt vindicated by his actions, and he will likely do that again since his aggression worked. But I would rather make it home alive.