Chris Stoner <[email protected]> wrote: > > I propose people merge when there is an opportunity to merge, which is what > the lane is there for. As opposed to using it as an excuse to win a few > spots in line often times driving through the shoulder well past the lane > has ended. >
Here's what the MN DOT did to prove to people the zipper was correct: First they ran a study in 2004 --------------------------------------------------- "Not enough info to evaluate crashes but it was clear: Reduced aggressive driving Less confusion Queue Lengths were reduced by 40% Lane occupancy increased everyday during congestion - reached near equal lane occupancy after short duration Throughput not increased 1600 vph" Next they surveyed people to see what they knew: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- "80% Early Mergers 2/3 unhappy about late mergers 14% would block late mergers 40% Zipper Merge concept is new to them" So they set a new education policy ---------------------------------------------------- "Work to change typical driver behavior to do the Zipper Merge as standard When driving highway speeds merge early When backups occur use both lanes" Bottom line is that in MN, in heavy traffic, you drive to the end and zip ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:337040 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
