The "S**t Driving Caught On Cam" Thread (Vol 5)
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LimSlip said:
saaby93 said:
Psycho Warren said:
i find it hilariously amusing how beat up and upset most drivers get when you merge in turn correctly.
What is correctly 
If your're passing a number of people to merge at the front you're not merging in turn.
The term says what it does on the tin.
You can get so many people skipping ahead to the front rather than waiting alongside in their turn that the back of the queue doesnt move
A zip jumping teeth wouldnt work either
saaby93 said:
If your're passing a number of people to merge at the front you're not merging in turn.
The term says what it does on the tin.
You can get so many people skipping ahead to the front rather than waiting alongside in their turn that the back of the queue doesnt move
A zip jumping teeth wouldnt work either
saaby93 said:
mcpoot said:
saaby93 said:
SmoothCriminal said:
PH favourite driving instructor has another viewer video.
What do we all think of this?
https://youtu.be/HDckqif01cM
Butt hurt copper flexing his muscles for someone daring to merge in turn after he had?.
Trouble is they didnt really 'merge in turn'.What do we all think of this?
https://youtu.be/HDckqif01cM
Butt hurt copper flexing his muscles for someone daring to merge in turn after he had?.
Everyone should have held station with the people alongside them until they get to the merge point.
Ok some people merge earlier but that's no reason to pass them all and push in at the front - thats not really 'in turn'.
Whats the point of saying 'merge in turn' when hardly anyone knows what it means?
I think you've just proven your point about not knowing how to use 'merge in turn'. Using all available road space up to the merge point then merge in turn is how it's supposed to work. That's why they they put the merge point where it is. It's not 'pushing in' if you merge like a zip.
But you knew that really didn't you?
Merging like a zip is one thing
merging by jumping ahead a number of teeth doesnt really work like a zip
Ultimately you can get enough people teeth jumping that the back of one lane hardly moves at all
Hold station against corresponding teeth - dont merge early and dont jump position
Merge in turn, merging 800 yds before the merge point isn't merging in turn...
To make it work , it doesnt matter where you merge so long as you merge in turn and dont try to skip ahead a few places.
You'll see a truck driver get fed up stuck in the inside lane in a queue with people skipping to the front in the outside lane.
They'll move out to the other lane and hold station so the inside lane begins moving again.
With any luck a queue build up behind the truck and you get two lanes of traffic merging at whatever is the obstruction.
If everyone did that, who would argue about 'merge in turn'?
You'll see a truck driver get fed up stuck in the inside lane in a queue with people skipping to the front in the outside lane.
They'll move out to the other lane and hold station so the inside lane begins moving again.
With any luck a queue build up behind the truck and you get two lanes of traffic merging at whatever is the obstruction.
If everyone did that, who would argue about 'merge in turn'?
saaby93 said:
LimSlip said:
saaby93 said:
Psycho Warren said:
i find it hilariously amusing how beat up and upset most drivers get when you merge in turn correctly.
What is correctly If your're passing a number of people to merge at the front you're not merging in turn.
The term says what it does on the tin.
You can get so many people skipping ahead to the front rather than waiting alongside in their turn that the back of the queue doesnt move
A zip jumping teeth wouldnt work either
saaby93 said:
To make it work , it doesnt matter where you merge so long as you merge in turn and dont try to skip ahead a few places.
You'll see a truck driver get fed up stuck in the inside lane in a queue with people skipping to the front in the outside lane.
They'll move out to the other lane and hold station so the inside lane begins moving again.
With any luck a queue build up behind the truck and you get two lanes of traffic merging at whatever is the obstruction.
If everyone did that, who would argue about 'merge in turn'?
Jesus titty fYou'll see a truck driver get fed up stuck in the inside lane in a queue with people skipping to the front in the outside lane.
They'll move out to the other lane and hold station so the inside lane begins moving again.
With any luck a queue build up behind the truck and you get two lanes of traffic merging at whatever is the obstruction.
If everyone did that, who would argue about 'merge in turn'?
king Christ! 
saaby93 said:
To make it work , it doesnt matter where you merge so long as you merge in turn and dont try to skip ahead a few places.
You'll see a truck driver get fed up stuck in the inside lane in a queue with people skipping to the front in the outside lane.
They'll move out to the other lane and hold station so the inside lane begins moving again.
With any luck a queue build up behind the truck and you get two lanes of traffic merging at whatever is the obstruction.
If everyone did that, who would argue about 'merge in turn'?
Say that bit out loud to yourself slowly. Say it again. And again. Keep going till it sinks in.You'll see a truck driver get fed up stuck in the inside lane in a queue with people skipping to the front in the outside lane.
They'll move out to the other lane and hold station so the inside lane begins moving again.
With any luck a queue build up behind the truck and you get two lanes of traffic merging at whatever is the obstruction.
If everyone did that, who would argue about 'merge in turn'?
saaby93 said:
To make it work , it doesnt matter where you merge so long as you merge in turn and dont try to skip ahead a few places.
You'll see a truck driver get fed up stuck in the inside lane in a queue with people skipping to the front in the outside lane.
They'll move out to the other lane and hold station so the inside lane begins moving again.
With any luck a queue build up behind the truck and you get two lanes of traffic merging at whatever is the obstruction.
If everyone did that, who would argue about 'merge in turn'?
Dear lord You'll see a truck driver get fed up stuck in the inside lane in a queue with people skipping to the front in the outside lane.
They'll move out to the other lane and hold station so the inside lane begins moving again.
With any luck a queue build up behind the truck and you get two lanes of traffic merging at whatever is the obstruction.
If everyone did that, who would argue about 'merge in turn'?
Centurion07 said:
If people are merging AT THE PHYSICAL MERGE POINT, how much "skipping ahead" is possible do you think?
I'll wait...
if the to merge lane is back to back traffic, how is merging at the very end helping anyone? That is the point he is making and for some reason the merge people that do this think they are right. This only reduces queue length and does nothing to improve traffic flow rate, which is the whole point of merge in turn.......I'll wait...
if the people that tear down the empty lane, merged in gaps before the end, then this is correct way, but they don't, they just think they are right and end up slowing everyone else down.
And the reason they can "fly" all the way to the end is because a massive empty lane has been left by the sheep merging far too early.
This isn't a grey area; if you don't merge as close as safely possible i.e. without having to alter speed, to the physical merge point as possible then you're doing it wrong.
This isn't a grey area; if you don't merge as close as safely possible i.e. without having to alter speed, to the physical merge point as possible then you're doing it wrong.
The same people probably have jumpers with a jammed zip - a long piece one side and a short piece the other but at least theyve done it quickly 
Merging too soon may not be helpful but skipping to the front slows up every one behind
Hold station, make two queues happen and merge in turn like a working zip
Everyone makes the same progress
Merging too soon may not be helpful but skipping to the front slows up every one behind
Hold station, make two queues happen and merge in turn like a working zip
Everyone makes the same progress
Edited by saaby93 on Sunday 20th June 15:00
The Spruce Goose said:
FFS i posted this, it clearly shows the best practice.'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cX0I8OdK7Tk
Merge in turn isn't some blanket approach, drive to end and merge, obviously this is where the idiots who see an empty lane and therefore think there actions are right, when as stated they are slowing everyone down, well except themselves...It really isn't rocket science it is just 'i'm alright jack mentality.''
Not really, if people are just too thick to understand how to drive properly it would be rude not to take advantage.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cX0I8OdK7Tk
Merge in turn isn't some blanket approach, drive to end and merge, obviously this is where the idiots who see an empty lane and therefore think there actions are right, when as stated they are slowing everyone down, well except themselves...It really isn't rocket science it is just 'i'm alright jack mentality.''
blueg33 said:
I really hope this is not serious. But it certainly seems to be the attitude of many people at a merge point.
The roads seem to be full of fools who can’t grasp some of the simplest concepts.
I think the problem is that, in the UK, the outside lane is well known to be the overtaking lane. If there's a queue of traffic for a reason like htis, you're a The roads seem to be full of fools who can’t grasp some of the simplest concepts.
if you overtake it. In the US, where this idea of zipper merges originates, I don't believe there is an overtaking lane, or a fast lane (or there didn't used to be, anyway), so rocking up in either lane is fine.Gassing Station | General Gassing | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff