Merge in turn aka zip merging

[peniole]

This is something I learned here in the UK a long time ago and is recommended in the highway code but not at speed. I still remember the signs just outside of Edinburgh airport stating "use both lanes, merge in turn". However decades later some people are still oblivious and downright stupid. HGV driver today, and I've seen similar morons in Germany (where btw it's called the zipper maneuver, and is taught religiously to new drivers), decided to straddle both lanes blocking anyone from merging in turn and causing the tailback to be unnecessarily long into multiple past traffic lights/junctions. Didn't honk at him, beam him or anything, just took a long breath and swore internally at the moron playing policeman/que monitor.

https://www.rac.co.uk/drive/advice/driving-advice/zip-merging/

opinions?

[Pielight]

I recently used Sport+ on my GSF for a quick standing start to pass a lane blocker/straddler in a car on the A1 motorway recently! Lol. His attempts to move further into lane 2 to block me were in vain (the tarmac central reserve was there as a back up if needed!). We were literally still around a mile from the road works at the time!

[Boxbrownie]

It happens at two particular spots down here on the A38 one on particular just before you enter the tunnel for the Tamar Bridge, clearly marked “use both lanes until merging” road markings are clear as well but still you get (usually) trucks and vans moving over to straddle the lane divider lines at least 200/300 metres before the the merging area.

 

Total *****…..