Talk:Merge (traffic)

http://www.dot.state.mn.us/zippermerge/ has some info on this. - ʄɭoʏɗiaɲ ^τ _¢ 20:24, 9 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, I just added the link to the article! Melchoir (talk) 00:41, 10 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

It's a reliable source to use as a reference and for additional content as well. - ʄɭoʏɗiaɲ ^τ _¢ 03:42, 10 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Low Traffic[edit]

Someone wrote something about low traffic. I deleted it. Late merging should occur pretty much every time. In low traffic it doesn't make any difference as there is no one to yield to, however the concepts of zipper merging still apply - don't get over early.

Zeppelin55 (talk) 16:36, 10 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

top section of article[edit]

I'm not really aware of all the Wikipedia article rules/conventions, but it seems weird that there is a list of instructions followed by a note that following them may be illegal. Please review.

"The appropriate late merging behavior consists of the following code of conduct: Continue as long as possible on the merging lane; At about 300 meters before the bottleneck (marked with a traffic sign), adjust to the speed of the vehicles driving on the adjacent lane; Vehicles driving on the adjacent lane deliberately make room for the merging vehicle; At about 50 meters before the bottleneck, without braking or disturbance of the created space, the vehicle merges. Thus the merging vehicle and the vehicle behind it can continue their ride. Please note that this system of traffic management is not in accordance with the laws of many jurisdictions and can, in fact, earn one a "failure to yield" or "unsafe merge" citation, as continuing traffic always has the right of way." — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.65.113.187 (talk) 14:55, 7 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]