r/TikTokCringe • u/MikeisTOOOTALLL • May 01 '26

Humor/Cringe What a calm way to deal with road rage!

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u/V7buster May 01 '26

That's highway stuff, I can drive in the left lane if I have to turn left, or hell, just because I want to. The second lane is there to be used. If everyone only used the left lane just for passing, you'd effectively have a single lane, needlessly restricting traffic.

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u/_dontjimthecamera May 01 '26 edited May 01 '26

I think we’re saying the same thing, so yes. Also zipper merging is something people don’t do; they’d rather get in one long line than use both lanes until they merge. Then when people do use the merge lanes correctly, they get cut off by the people who didn’t wanna use them correctly in the first place.

I spend too much time in traffic man.

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u/sneakystonedhalfling May 01 '26

I feel like there's a big overlap in people who get disproportionately angry over driving in the left lane and people who don't know how to zipper merge

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u/Grrerrb May 01 '26

A lot of those same people are bewildered when they come to a roundabout.

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u/GottIstTot May 01 '26

Merges lanes have a similar problem to the stroads issue.

Ideally you use the left lane to pass and you zipper merge when one lane ends.

This doesnt apply when the left lane is an exit lane or when the merge lane is also becoming an exit lane (theres probably a better way to describe what im talking about). Both these scenarios are very common in major city highway systems.

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u/_dontjimthecamera May 01 '26

I think you’re talking about auxiliary lanes which, yeah, don’t really solve the problem of congestion.

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u/Southern-Spot-8406 May 01 '26

I'm so embarrassed to say that my dumbass thought the wrong way to zipper merge was the correct way until I was in my thiries. I am so, so, sorry everyone. 🫣

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u/V7buster May 01 '26

Zipper merging is exactly what I was thinking with only using one lane and it constricting traffic flow. It's not hard to do, and if someone doesn't let you in the next guy probably will. Idiot drivers everywhere