Zipper Merge

"You can reduce collisions, speeds, and traffic jams by improving the driver's awareness of the combination of fasteners in the building."

When the lane is closed within the construction area, when using the two lanes until the driver reaches the defined junction area, the zippers merge and then alternate into the lanes opened in "zipper" fashion.

When most drivers see the sign of the first "front lane closure" in the work area, they decelerate too quickly and travel through the construction area to the continuing lane. This driving behavior can cause accidental and dangerous lane switching, serious car accidents, and road riots.

However, zipper integration has advantages for both individual drivers and the general public. Studies show that these risks decrease when the driver reaches a designated joint area using two lanes and then alternately enters a vacant lane in a "zipper" fashion Has been done. Watch a short video on how it works

Yes, when the sign of "Front lane off" and the backup of the traffic volume are displayed, keep the current lane to the confluence point. Then please turn and other drivers safely and smoothly into the remaining lane. Please do not worry "Minnesota is nice". If the traffic is heavy and the speed is very slow, the driver can keep the current lane safer until the traffic volume regularly joins.

If traffic moves at highway speeds and there is no backup, it is reasonable to move quickly to the lane that remains open during construction. The most important thing is to merge in a safe situation.

Driver psychologist at Buffalo State University, Dr. Dwight Hennessy understands why zipper integration is so difficult for most of us. As integration of zipper depends on everyone who follows the rules, when someone is driving along a merged lane, we think that they will break the rules by trying to exceed all of them. In our opinion, the rule destroyer should not reward traffic, so it begins - trying to stop the dirty appearance, complain and rule the destroyer

When the lane is closed within the construction area, a zipper merge occurs when the driver uses two lanes to the defined junction area. Then each lane turns "alternately" and alternately into an open lane "zipper way". The Ministry of Communications recommends combining zippers to reduce potential accidents at construction sites and increase effective traffic volume. However, although that theory deserves praise, this approach has its own flaws, ie human intervention, rights and ignorance

Since the car changes into a lane in the same way that zipper's teeth gather, the maneuver is called late merge, or zipper merge. In this work, experts will reduce traffic congestion and drivers' frustration by stopping at a lane where closely-crowded late cars are closed and then running a car to another lane at the confluence point It helps. Christie Erickson, a workspace engineer at the Kansas State Transportation Authority, said in an e-mail that "officials are often seeing significant differences in traffic speeds in the workplace (mostly within lanes, adjacent roads)." Speed) Lane and anger of road (rude gesture, resolution of gap, lane blocking)