r/ConvenientCop • u/Epileptic_Ebola • 22d ago

Old [Poland] Road rage de-escalated quickly

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u/demonchee 22d ago

What was the truck even raging about though?

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u/deathhead_68 22d ago edited 21d ago

Likely there was a lane closure up ahead and despite the right thing to do being a 'zipper merge', its hard to perceive when the lane actually ends and so lots of people often decide to queue up really early, making the whole thing way more congested than it needs to be.

Then when cars try to merge later on (within reason) its like they are cutting in line, and the lorry driver decided to try and stop that from happening, even though the whole thing shouldn't even be like that.

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u/MindfulGateTraveller 19d ago

In my experience merging at the last possible time is worse for traffic flow than doing it shortly after the signs.

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u/deathhead_68 19d ago

Depends on many factors. Ideally if you know when the merge is happening, you have time to neatly zip together in an alternating fashion. If nobody is doing that then I don't think there is an issue unless you're doing it right at the last second