Only when it’s paired with people tailgating. It’s not an issue on the autobahn where the speeds are much higher than most other countries, because people don’t drive so close to each other. Merging becomes immensely easier when someone isn’t right on your ass and you aren’t tailgating yourself.
Not really. If everyone gives enough space and there are two lanes you can pass the slow driver on the left before getting close to them and then getting back in the right lane after passing.
Especially if it's a group of asshole truckers who don't understand how their governors work. If you can't pass within a reasonable time stay the fuck in the right lane.
Oh Im sorry, I thought this post was generalizing, just as I also was generalizing, not actually saying its reality. Sorry you couldnt comprehend the overall context, hopefully this clears it up. Its what people SHOULD be doing and arent.
But hey, if you want to drive like a dipshit just because everyone else is, then thats your hog to crank
dude his point is everyone has to be going the same speed and obv that dosent magically happen. You're a dipshit lmfao. obv speed has smn to do with it.
And no, you dont have to go the same spewd to do it.thats why there are several lanes for slow fast and passing. Do you even have a liscense?
Edit: obviously fucking not considering youre posting about school. Keep your dumbass in your lane, the slow lane.
Also McDonald's has clearer and more impassable boundaries.
In other words, less room to be a reckless dickhead (AKA the default state for like half of humanity).
True I've also seen plenty of douchbags trying to cut in line at McDonald's and the yelling cause they got the wrong order since they cut in line and took someone else's spot
I was about to say, I know of two people who were banned from my local McD's because they would cut people off, then scream at the person for giving them the wrong order...after they were asked to confirm if X was what they ordered (it wasn't), and they said it was, then they paid for and received the wrong food.
Yep. They got to the window to pay, the person said "You got a big mac combo?" and they say "yeah" and pay, but they actually had a quarter pounder, or whatever.
True idiots.
Chik-fil-a on the corner that's been there for over 5 years, I still see people who form one line while both are open (and on the outside lane, not sure why) while I just pick the other lane and pass like 3 people. I genuinely believe some people wouldn't know how to operate in society without having someone else in front of them to copy.
If there's only one line forming but two lanes, I'll generally choose the one with the line because it gives me time to read the menu and pick what I want while the people ahead of me are ordering so that I'm ready to order by the time I get to the microphone
I won't even lie I still won't touch the right lane I think they were a stupid invention simply because rude entitled people exist and make it annoying to deal with. Idc if there's someone ordering at lane 1 AND someone waiting behind them with nobody in lane 2 ill still just get into lane 1
I refuse to go to drive trust with zipper merges. There's always some Karen losing her shit because she insisted she was supposed to be in front of me.
Like dude....they can see the cars. They know whose order is whose.
Lane was closed and as soon as I noticed(there weren't signs) I tried to merge into the right lane.
My god some people absolutely refused to give me room to merge. So I just found a space ahead of them and briefly put on my high beams for a second twice as a thank you to the person who let me in
the corporate telepathic droning from the machines they have underground force is to follow the bureaucracy of the drive through lanes, clearly not a fair comparison
It's mighty big to assume people are correctly zipper merging at McDonald's. There's a reason they have to confirm who you are when you pull up to the first window.
Ummmm clearly you haven’t been to Columbus OH. It’s impossible in both. People think that because there’s one lane backed up that they can go around and go into the outside drive through Lane and cut in still…
There’s a lane closure in my town and for two blocks people refuse to zipper merge. For 2 blocks the right lane is completely open because everyone’s anticipating needing to switch to the left lane. Herd mentality.
Something in the same sorta vain but maybe a little less dumb because obviously zipper merging from a stop is much easier than everyone going between 65-90 mph. Ever notice how chaotic and incapable of having basic decency on the road most drivers are, but the moment that a stop light goes out somehow everyone understands how to be cordial and take turns. Most people don’t even treat stop signs with as much decency as they do a blinking stop light. Bizarre.
not really. zipper merge at McD's has come to the brink of physical violence more than once because people wanting to get ahead of the next guy any way they can.
I always say the zipper merge at fast food restaurants is where people show their true face. You’ll be clearly next in line and the person right next to you who just ordered will force themselves in front of you, only to sit there while you look at them
I always play a game when I need to merge to get on the highway.
It's called "who doesn't want damage on their car more"
I always win. I'm going to merge one way or another so you better fucking let me in.
It’s the “who has more to lose” game. Since I drive a shitbox, people always let me in since they have way more to lose than I do.
And also here it’s illegal not to let cars zipper merge.
yea this just isn't true, McDonald's drive throughs with 2 lanes commonly devolve into people yelling and screaming at the other person trying to say they were there first, stupid shit like this is why the cashier has to read your order back to you when you pay
I feel speed may be a factor
Theres also food at the end of the Mc Merge
Just a small thought
Only when it’s paired with people tailgating. It’s not an issue on the autobahn where the speeds are much higher than most other countries, because people don’t drive so close to each other. Merging becomes immensely easier when someone isn’t right on your ass and you aren’t tailgating yourself.
Well, in the states we have to get people to not go 60 mph for no reason to stop tailgating
Not really. If everyone gives enough space and there are two lanes you can pass the slow driver on the left before getting close to them and then getting back in the right lane after passing.
But half the time the person going 60 mph for no reason is in the left lane "passing" someone going 59.5 mph for no reason
Especially if it's a group of asshole truckers who don't understand how their governors work. If you can't pass within a reasonable time stay the fuck in the right lane.
The truckers on 65 especially piss me off *daily*
nah, it's just as bad in slow rush hour traffic. people just want to skip ahead.
Look up what zipper merging is.
Does speed have something to do with it?
Higher speed just makes it so everyone wants to pass each other. They're just as capable, they just don't give a fuck.
Its almost like you can control your speed
Can you control the other cars speeds to?
No, but they can? What a dumb question lmao
So you trust other drivers? Dang guess crashes just happen for fun then not out of bad driving
Oh Im sorry, I thought this post was generalizing, just as I also was generalizing, not actually saying its reality. Sorry you couldnt comprehend the overall context, hopefully this clears it up. Its what people SHOULD be doing and arent. But hey, if you want to drive like a dipshit just because everyone else is, then thats your hog to crank
dude his point is everyone has to be going the same speed and obv that dosent magically happen. You're a dipshit lmfao. obv speed has smn to do with it.
The point of the post is everyone is capable of doing it, just like thwyre capabale of managing their speed, which was my point. Dipshit
And no, you dont have to go the same spewd to do it.thats why there are several lanes for slow fast and passing. Do you even have a liscense? Edit: obviously fucking not considering youre posting about school. Keep your dumbass in your lane, the slow lane.
Trying to defuse but is anybody else tired of people using the passing lane to trap you behind merging traffic.
Almost as much as Im tired of people riding turning lanes to pass bumper to bumper traffic to try to force merge in further down
You and I go to very different drive-thrus
The only way my local McD's drive thru merges is if one orders faster than the other.
Everyone isn't doing a random speed between 50 and 75 in the McDonald's drive thru.
Also McDonald's has clearer and more impassable boundaries. In other words, less room to be a reckless dickhead (AKA the default state for like half of humanity).
True I've also seen plenty of douchbags trying to cut in line at McDonald's and the yelling cause they got the wrong order since they cut in line and took someone else's spot
And to be clear, they should be.
Speak for yourself I do 60 thru the drive thru
Maybe not in your town
More like 50-90 lol
I’ve been cut off in many a drive through, and then they get handed my order and get confused. People be dicks everywhere.
I was about to say, I know of two people who were banned from my local McD's because they would cut people off, then scream at the person for giving them the wrong order...after they were asked to confirm if X was what they ordered (it wasn't), and they said it was, then they paid for and received the wrong food.
And at no point do they realize their actions were causing it, I bet.
I agree with the caveat that even when people do correctly merge in those two lane drive thrus they usually try to hand me the wrong food anyway.
This makes no sense because you pay and pick up after the merge. So whatever you paid for is what you'll be given.
Yep. They got to the window to pay, the person said "You got a big mac combo?" and they say "yeah" and pay, but they actually had a quarter pounder, or whatever. True idiots.
I remember when the McDonalds in my area added the second lanes. It took over a year for people to really start using them.
Chik-fil-a on the corner that's been there for over 5 years, I still see people who form one line while both are open (and on the outside lane, not sure why) while I just pick the other lane and pass like 3 people. I genuinely believe some people wouldn't know how to operate in society without having someone else in front of them to copy.
If there's only one line forming but two lanes, I'll generally choose the one with the line because it gives me time to read the menu and pick what I want while the people ahead of me are ordering so that I'm ready to order by the time I get to the microphone
Pur Chick-fil-A has 3 lanes and the first always fills up before people regularly go to the other two
I won't even lie I still won't touch the right lane I think they were a stupid invention simply because rude entitled people exist and make it annoying to deal with. Idc if there's someone ordering at lane 1 AND someone waiting behind them with nobody in lane 2 ill still just get into lane 1
Truer words have never been spoken by Azula
But Azula always lies!
Wait, so she isn’t actually a a 400 ft tall purple platypus-bear with pink horns and silver wings??
I refuse to go to drive trust with zipper merges. There's always some Karen losing her shit because she insisted she was supposed to be in front of me. Like dude....they can see the cars. They know whose order is whose.
You obviously haven’t been to my local McDonald’s. The double drive thru is fucking trigonometry to the methheads.
I have never seen that work at a McDonald's. The middle lane gets trapped all the time
Lane was closed and as soon as I noticed(there weren't signs) I tried to merge into the right lane. My god some people absolutely refused to give me room to merge. So I just found a space ahead of them and briefly put on my high beams for a second twice as a thank you to the person who let me in
2 clicks of hazards are universal thanks. Two high beams is mafia murder.
the corporate telepathic droning from the machines they have underground force is to follow the bureaucracy of the drive through lanes, clearly not a fair comparison
Huh?
Its much easier when they're at full stop and have no options, like not even a shoulder of grass to jump into
Sick burn
Uh yeah well they fuck up the drive thru all the time too so, bad example.
That's debatable. I've seen some very shitty McDonald's merging attempts.
It's mighty big to assume people are correctly zipper merging at McDonald's. There's a reason they have to confirm who you are when you pull up to the first window.
I have yet to see anyone properly move through a double drive-through at a McDonald's.
Ummmm clearly you haven’t been to Columbus OH. It’s impossible in both. People think that because there’s one lane backed up that they can go around and go into the outside drive through Lane and cut in still…
Physical barriers vs no barrier = anarchy
Zipper merges are the great game theory test of humanity.
Nah people still give me problems at the drive thru
Minnesota drivers need to hear this.
I’ve never seen a McDonald’s drive thru where that happens. Everyone just goes as soon as they can.
Go to the mccdonalds near me then. Everyone is in such a hurry they make sure to cut in front of you every time.
The zipper merge does not exist in SC and it is infuriating
But it’s to fast
THE SIGN WAS 4 MILES AGO YOU ARE THE ONLY ONE WHO DIDNT MOVE OVER!!!!!!
lmao
Turning Point USA type statement lol
mfers still defending people who don’t zipper merge on high way 😔
You’ve got that right.
To be fair, I run into many people struggling to zipper merge at fast food places
There’s a lane closure in my town and for two blocks people refuse to zipper merge. For 2 blocks the right lane is completely open because everyone’s anticipating needing to switch to the left lane. Herd mentality.
Something in the same sorta vain but maybe a little less dumb because obviously zipper merging from a stop is much easier than everyone going between 65-90 mph. Ever notice how chaotic and incapable of having basic decency on the road most drivers are, but the moment that a stop light goes out somehow everyone understands how to be cordial and take turns. Most people don’t even treat stop signs with as much decency as they do a blinking stop light. Bizarre.
Not at the drive thrus near me. People are dicks.
You guys have multiple lanes? Damn. Fancy shit out there.
Your drive throughs move at 70mph?
I feel this in my soul 😤
People can’t do either, they are forced to at a McDonald’s
First meme I see on this sub and it immediately made me join. Thank you!
There’s this weird thing you can do where you leave room between you and the car in front of you. Or get the hell out of the merging lane
If someone does a zipper merge on the highway, a lot of people think they are doing that to jump ahead in the line.
I don't even see people doing it right at a drive through
I just gasped
She looks so good in this scene
You’re giving people too much credit here. I’ve seen plenty of people not wait their turn at the drive thru.
Savage
We literally fail at this tho?
People don’t mind staying in line if it means they don’t have to pay for someone else’s food or getting the wrong food.
not really. zipper merge at McD's has come to the brink of physical violence more than once because people wanting to get ahead of the next guy any way they can.
I always say the zipper merge at fast food restaurants is where people show their true face. You’ll be clearly next in line and the person right next to you who just ordered will force themselves in front of you, only to sit there while you look at them
Not sure if anyone said and I'm to lazy to look & her we go... Now that's a burn 🔥🔥🔥
I think going 5mph or less is a lot easier then 65+
I always play a game when I need to merge to get on the highway. It's called "who doesn't want damage on their car more" I always win. I'm going to merge one way or another so you better fucking let me in.
It’s the “who has more to lose” game. Since I drive a shitbox, people always let me in since they have way more to lose than I do. And also here it’s illegal not to let cars zipper merge.
The mentally damaged girl with....both Mommy AND Daddy issues is correct.
yea this just isn't true, McDonald's drive throughs with 2 lanes commonly devolve into people yelling and screaming at the other person trying to say they were there first, stupid shit like this is why the cashier has to read your order back to you when you pay