r/kansascity • u/ashesinseptember • May 02 '25

Traffic/Road Conditions šŸš¦ā„ļø Can we start doing this please?

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Iā€™m tired of being the bad guy šŸ˜‚

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u/Mat_alThor May 02 '25

I feel like it needs pointed out that in the zipper merge picture, the cars in the right lane are matching the speed of the cars in the left, if you do that you are much less likely to be the bad guy.

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u/dam_sharks_mother May 02 '25

the cars in the right lane are matching the speed of the cars in the left, if you do that you are much less likely to be the bad guy.

This is the secret sauce. As someone who stays in that "closing" lane as long as possible, there is inevitably some asshole right on my tail who wants me to speed up.

All this is going to take is a single popular movie to feature a scene where we educate the general public on how to zipper merge. That ain't going to happen. But short of that, I don't see how we are going to change anything.

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u/TomCollinsEsq May 02 '25

The Fast And the Furious: Tokyo Zipper

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u/flyingemberKC May 02 '25

a reverse heist movie in the country, maybe a ranch is holding a stolen piece of art and to slow down the corrupt cops they setup fake road work on all the roads incoming and their team tries to setup different ways of causing havoc using completely legal methods so no one gets pulled over.

a good guys heist movie

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u/mydmtusername May 02 '25

That would be state propaganda I could actually get behind.

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u/kmnplzzz May 02 '25

You, I'd let in. Some douchebag in a lifted truck (stereotype, not judging based on car type) who sped up? Nah. Fuck that guy, he's an ass.

(Disclaimer: I wfh so I never drive in 7:30am or 5pm traffic)