It is get beyond crazy that trucks are blocking lanes keeping the traffic from being able to zipper merge. Recently saw a miles long backup made several miles longer because about every half mile two trucks abreast blocked the road in some kind of vigilante traffic control. Sometimes they cannot find a partner to block with and they try to block the middle of the road. Surely a truck stopped with a half mile of clear roadway in front of them is creating an unsafe situation and by talking it upon themselves to control traffic, maybe committing reckless driving or some other violation.
Studies have shown that this blocking technique actually gets fewer cars per hour through the merge than if they just let traffic flow naturally.
Studies have shown that this blocking technique actually gets fewer cars per hour through the merge than if they just let traffic flow naturally.