Comment on After 50 million miles, Waymos crash a lot less than human drivers
DerArzt@lemmy.world 4 weeks agoWhat’s a zipper merge?
Screams in Midwestern
Comment on After 50 million miles, Waymos crash a lot less than human drivers
DerArzt@lemmy.world 4 weeks agoWhat’s a zipper merge?
Screams in Midwestern
_synack@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
I have spent many years in both the midwest and the south.
In some areas of the south, people drive extremely aggressively and there are lots of issues with compliance to various traffic laws but it is usually not difficult to get over if you need to. People will let you in. The zipper merge is a well-honed machine and almost everyone uses it and obeys it.
In the midwest, drivers tend to me more docile, cautious, and lawful overall but have an extreme sense of entitlement over their place in line. “How dare that person use that completely empty lane to get ahead of me! Can they not see there is a line!” They will absolutely not let you in. It does not matter if the zipper merge would improve traffic flow. It just is not going to happen.