This is why roundabouts are better

This is why I won’t allow myself to drive 😂

In Italy the only way to achieve that is to deploy the army, too expensive I guess.

If the light is green and you’re in the jntersection, do you have the right of way over the people who are turning right on red? Especially if you guys are both going on a road that is one lane.

Only the one waiting till the end of the closed lane get there faster. The rest that read signs and merge as soon as they see the signs there is no issues. If you have entitled people that are better than the rest of us race up to the front and cut in then it slows it for everyone. This has to be some stupid liberal school taught theory that is dumb and morally wrong. I'll continue blocking you in the mean time. 🙄

People act like its a grocery store line and you're cutting them. Too many smooth brains out there.

Thanks for the video. 😊 Take care.

What absolute horseshit ;)

The over-speeding blue car will always be there to screw up your day.

I like how they omit the part where each car has to decrease speed to maintain a safe following distance so each time they merge they need to deccelerate, slowing down traffic by the amount if space it was supposed to save. Tbis only serves to slow the actual merge point as a sacrifice to decongest traffic a mile back, if it isn't backed up that far, the zipper merge has zero merit. It adds nothing, it is a trade off, youre sacrificing your time to shorten the jam way behind you, pure and simple. Not something that youre obligated to do by any means if you dont feel you have the time to sacrifice. If somebody tries to force it and causes an accident, they are at fault.

THIS HAS NEVER WORKED AND WILL NEVER WORK. Unless they have someone directing it this way. Zipper merge wasn't in any manual or driving test I ever took. Nonsense.

no one in the history of ever does it the way the demo shows.. when both lanes are full and stopped . if you take turns its gonna be a mess..

Loved the video. Really informative and funny, thank you.

LOL, as if most drivers don't tailgate in heavy traffic. This works as well as Communism.

This was so helpful. It always made me anxious whenever I would hear the sirens, I never know which side to go. If we’re supposed to go to the right side of the road, what do we do if the ambulance wants to make a right too? This happened to me on the road. The ambulance was behind me and needed to make a right onto the highway but I was making a right with it😅, so the only thing that made sense was to go to the left…is this right?

Great idea, but will not work with selfish children. When you spend 20 minutes crawling forward in a construction zone, and some P.C.B. sprints his way through a 1/4 mile of obvious merge area, and just intends to shove his way in front of you! Grow up. You had a half mile of obvious warning. And your only thought was that you are so special, that you should just get in front of everyone else.

Fact that most of the people cannot understand a concept this simple proves, that democracy was never a good idea.

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We do this in California 🔥

If the rubber hits the bear, you’ll be traveling anywhere. If the rubber covers silver, you’re good for another winter. If the rubber touches the words, get off the road you fuckin turds 💩

Both lanes are for driving

for me the traffic system in the USA is dumb AF LOL. like this scenario, when the left turn light is green, the middle lane in front of you should be stop or red, and the the 3rd or 4th lane in front of you can turn or go the opposite way, and all four right turns near the curb side can all go with caution, this way can prevent or lessen accident. That is why USA is the most prone accident in the world because of that dumb traffic system or whatever

left turn: exists* Alberta Motor Association: CRASH POTENTIAL

So dumb

what

Nah it sucks. What if I am waiting at the middle of intersection and my light turns red.

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Thank you for sharing like this so helpful

How about semi

Why do I get the idea that these things were designed by the guy who wrote the rules of cricket?

I’m going tomorrow I’m so excited 😆

This don't seem bad, basically I stop at the intersection, and oncoming traffic has the right of way, so I wait till I see no oncoming traffic then i can go. Or I can risk it wait till there's a big enough gap in the oncoming traffic then I go there

why the hell is there only a single light for both going straight and left turn

Sounds suspicious lol people here in Colorado can't drive!!! But they have the signs on the highway saying zipper merge is legal and recommended 😫🤦🏾‍♀️

Yeah idk seems to me like public transportation wins

The truck obstructive view to turn left and the advancing into the intersection behind another vehicle are ones I see all the time. I The former one is the most dangerous.

if only people were smart enough to do this

Yeah, right, like you would every find this many courteous and patient drivers in a row. I am one of them so I know they're very rare

The big problem here is that these demonstrations are always in a (likely mythical, at the very least highly unlikely) scenario where the flow after the bottleneck is equal to or even faster than the flow before the bottleneck. If that's the case then there's no problem yeah, but that's so rarely the case. Typically these bottlenecks are for construction or a crash where speed will be reduced. Just imagine the cars after the bottleneck stopping, because even if they don't stop and just slow, eventually the line will flow back to the bottleneck point anyways and so the result is the same. Then, you're stuck with lines of cars before the bottleneck not moving, and having to rely on people to take turns, which would be great if every driver on the road were friendly and nice ... Was every driver on the road friendly and nice the last time you were on the road? All these dumb demonstrations assume (example numbers) 96 cars passing any point per minute before the bottleneck and at least 96 cars if not more passing any point after the bottleneck. In reality, the number of cars passing any point after the bottleneck is almost always lower than the number of cars passing any point before the bottleneck, until the problem eventually grows to the point where there are cars stopped before the bottleneck point, which really means the bottleneck point should have been placed further back.

Anyone who has driven long enough knows this perfect scenario way of driving is unrealistic af..epsecially in busy towns / cities

In the last situation, what if there’s heavy traffic and I’m already out in the middle of the intersection waiting to make my left turn, with too many on coming cars, my light has went from green to red, if I still proceed to make the left turn, will it count as running a red light ?

Ever since I saw one of these simulations I’ve been going to the end and it’s worked every single time. In Atlanta the traffic is some of the worst in the country. I often think people must be a bit irritated when they see me drive past a long lane of traffic knowing my lane is going to run out but I always get let in at the end and I never go back to interview the other drivers to see if they cared.

😂😂 thanks

I had to look this up just to confirm that I was using these correctly, other people on the road seem to not be 😂

It is Perfectly Legal to go 3/4, even all the way around the Circle using the Outside Lane, as long as you Yield to Vehicles exiting from the Inside Lane. That said, it isn't the Wisest thing to do

yea today i was turning left on a green arrow and someone on the right side turned left on a red, she was a grandma and luckily i braked in time, she was going about 35 mph and was like 2 inches from hitting me, she proceeded to look at me and smile , why do senior citizens get to drive…

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This is why they say traffic circles are 90% safer

He leaves a lot of valuable information out ! A poor video at best !

Haha your country doesn't do roundabouts properly!!....... this is ridiculous!..... Australian road rules for roundabouts make so much more sense!..... the outside lane should always be able to go straight or turn right... and you should never indicate into the roundabout only indicate as you exit! 🤦‍♂️