Have you seen the road sign “Right lane closed ahead, merge left,” but while you move to the left lane, other cars fly by you in the right lane? Then they duck into the left lane ahead of the cars in ...

CHICO — Highway 99’s seven-mile double barrel through Chico is a topic of heated claims between licensed drivers about how to properly drive. Though drivers education may have taught about merging ...

COLORADO, USA — Zipper merging needs better signage so badly that the Federal Highway Administration commissioned a study to determine if specific signage would get more drivers to zipper merge and ...

DURHAM (WTVD) -- NCDOT and North Carolina State researchers are studying the effectiveness of the "zipper merge." The rather unique sign was installed 2 weeks ago where NC 147 meets southbound I-85.

Waiting in backed up traffic in a construction zone can arguably be one of the most frustrating parts of driving. But one way of merging out of a closed lane in construction, called zipper merges, can ...

Why are so many drivers slow to pick up and use the zipper merge? I have reported for years about the lack of general merging etiquette in the Pacific Northwest and how it contributes to our terrible ...

DENVER — AAA estimates that more than 60 million people will travel by car this week. That means 60 million people have the opportunity to zipper merge. In the state of Maine, the signs are more ...

One would assume that since the merging lane seems empty, you can use it to pass all the stalled traffic up ahead. While it sounds like a foolproof plan, however, the merging lane is made especially ...

The Enquirer's Just Askin' series aims to answer the questions that no one seems to have an answer for, not even Google. It's every driver's pet peeve. Bright orange barrels and signs emerge into view ...