Anonymous
Post 04/27/2025 06:18     Subject: I-66 and a major accident everyday. Holy F! Learn to drive!
Since RTO there have definitely been an uptick in traffic accidents. It's ridiculous.
Anonymous
Post 04/26/2025 09:53     Subject: I-66 and a major accident everyday. Holy F! Learn to drive!
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:People drive too aggressively now. Everything is a trigger. Most things are taken as you being a jerk.


Side note, I hate when people do not do the zipper effect when merging. They will literally inch up to the bumper to not you in. Is being polite by letting one car in front of you going to ruin your day?


If you drive on the shoulder to "zipper" in or had notice from afar that the lane is merging but you want to zoom ahead and cut everyone else off, that's a no dawg


When lanes are ending, everyone should stay in their lane until they merge at the time of the lane ending. Encouraging people to get over way beforehand makes traffic worse. Use the lanes and then every other car.


No one does that because they run out of lane and if people don’t let them merge then they have to STOP. which makes merging even harder. So people merge early to have margin

In general, you should merge when there are no longer any cars in front of you in your merge lane — travel in parallel with the other lane for a spell signal that you are merging and they will generally let you in within one or two cars.

Instead zipping down the empty merge past 40 cars will engender a lot of road rage and be more disruptive to the merge.

Does that traffic study model the effect of bad behavior of one or two and how it propagates.


WRONG!

No wonder traffic sucks around here. People don’t know how to merge.

Zipper is best method for merging:
https://www.acg.aaa.com/connect/blogs/4c/auto/zipper-merge-keeps-traffic-moving

“A 2013 study conducted in Minnesota found that the zipper merge can reduce traffic backup lengths by up to 40%, alleviate congestion, promote fairness by having all drivers move at a consistent speed, and decrease road rage.”




Zipper is best:
- use both lanes until the end
- alternate politely

Don’t be a dick.

Anonymous
Post 04/26/2025 09:36     Subject: I-66 and a major accident everyday. Holy F! Learn to drive!
Often times there is no merge lane. There are some exits that have long lines. Most people will just stay in lane to the far right for the exit. Some people rush up the left lane and tried to merge to the right to get off the exit. GW parkway to 395, Rock Creek to Beach Dr.
I will usually let one person in, but if I let in three or four cars all I’m doing it is making it longer wait for the people behind me who are already in the far right lane to exit.
Anonymous
Post 04/26/2025 08:35     Subject: I-66 and a major accident everyday. Holy F! Learn to drive!
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:People drive too aggressively now. Everything is a trigger. Most things are taken as you being a jerk.


Side note, I hate when people do not do the zipper effect when merging. They will literally inch up to the bumper to not you in. Is being polite by letting one car in front of you going to ruin your day?


If you drive on the shoulder to "zipper" in or had notice from afar that the lane is merging but you want to zoom ahead and cut everyone else off, that's a no dawg


When lanes are ending, everyone should stay in their lane until they merge at the time of the lane ending. Encouraging people to get over way beforehand makes traffic worse. Use the lanes and then every other car.


No one does that because they run out of lane and if people don’t let them merge then they have to STOP. which makes merging even harder. So people merge early to have margin

In general, you should merge when there are no longer any cars in front of you in your merge lane — travel in parallel with the other lane for a spell signal that you are merging and they will generally let you in within one or two cars.

Instead zipping down the empty merge past 40 cars will engender a lot of road rage and be more disruptive to the merge.

Does that traffic study model the effect of bad behavior of one or two and how it propagates.


Very well said.
Anonymous
Post 04/22/2025 06:56     Subject: I-66 and a major accident everyday. Holy F! Learn to drive!
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:People need to stop driving so closely.

If we’re all driving 65 average (with stops and starts due to traffic back ups), then we should all slow down and get there at the same time.

We can tail each other, have to flash our brakes, the people behind us react; and it progressively makes traffic behind go slower and slower. Going 85 and 30, alternatingly.

Or we can go the same average speed of 65, leave larger gaps, and go the same average speed. Traffic behind will go smoother too.

Stop tailgating and go slower, people!!!



Stop camping out in the left lane when the people behind you obviously want to go faster. That’s why everyone is tailgating you. Just move over and go as slow as you like and let the rest of us move on.


DP. I only drive in the farthest right slow lane and I am doing the speed limit. People tail gate me like mad for miles and miles - continuing past several exits, even if there is plenty of opportunity to pass. Odd. Please just pass me if you want to go faster.
Anonymous
Post 04/21/2025 15:19     Subject: I-66 and a major accident everyday. Holy F! Learn to drive!
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:People drive too aggressively now. Everything is a trigger. Most things are taken as you being a jerk.


Side note, I hate when people do not do the zipper effect when merging. They will literally inch up to the bumper to not you in. Is being polite by letting one car in front of you going to ruin your day?


If you drive on the shoulder to "zipper" in or had notice from afar that the lane is merging but you want to zoom ahead and cut everyone else off, that's a no dawg


When lanes are ending, everyone should stay in their lane until they merge at the time of the lane ending. Encouraging people to get over way beforehand makes traffic worse. Use the lanes and then every other car.


No one does that because they run out of lane and if people don’t let them merge then they have to STOP. which makes merging even harder. So people merge early to have margin

In general, you should merge when there are no longer any cars in front of you in your merge lane — travel in parallel with the other lane for a spell signal that you are merging and they will generally let you in within one or two cars.

Instead zipping down the empty merge past 40 cars will engender a lot of road rage and be more disruptive to the merge.

Does that traffic study model the effect of bad behavior of one or two and how it propagates.
Anonymous
Post 04/21/2025 13:51     Subject: I-66 and a major accident everyday. Holy F! Learn to drive!
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Everyday is another major accident. Today at at 3:45pm going west someone managed to go over the the speed limit and flip their car. Thanks. losers.


did you see that in real time and you're certain speeding was the only factor for the incident? you'd better be 100% certain to call in an accident losers




Probably had to weave around because some selfish prick was going slow in the left lane.


How fast do you go in left lane?


Enough to pass you and then move back to the right lane.


How fast do you go in that right lane?
Anonymous
Post 04/21/2025 13:41     Subject: I-66 and a major accident everyday. Holy F! Learn to drive!
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Everyday is another major accident. Today at at 3:45pm going west someone managed to go over the the speed limit and flip their car. Thanks. losers.


did you see that in real time and you're certain speeding was the only factor for the incident? you'd better be 100% certain to call in an accident losers


Probably had to weave around because some selfish prick was going slow in the left lane.


How fast do you go in left lane?


Enough to pass you and then move back to the right lane.
Anonymous
Post 04/21/2025 13:38     Subject: I-66 and a major accident everyday. Holy F! Learn to drive!
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Everyday is another major accident. Today at at 3:45pm going west someone managed to go over the the speed limit and flip their car. Thanks. losers.


did you see that in real time and you're certain speeding was the only factor for the incident? you'd better be 100% certain to call in an accident losers


Probably had to weave around because some selfish prick was going slow in the left lane.


How fast do you go in left lane?
Anonymous
Post 04/21/2025 11:09     Subject: I-66 and a major accident everyday. Holy F! Learn to drive!
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Everyday is another major accident. Today at at 3:45pm going west someone managed to go over the the speed limit and flip their car. Thanks. losers.


did you see that in real time and you're certain speeding was the only factor for the incident? you'd better be 100% certain to call in an accident losers


Probably had to weave around because some selfish prick was going slow in the left lane.
Anonymous
Post 04/21/2025 10:50     Subject: I-66 and a major accident everyday. Holy F! Learn to drive!
Anonymous wrote:Everyday is another major accident. Today at at 3:45pm going west someone managed to go over the the speed limit and flip their car. Thanks. losers.


did you see that in real time and you're certain speeding was the only factor for the incident? you'd better be 100% certain to call in an accident losers
Anonymous
Post 04/21/2025 10:21     Subject: I-66 and a major accident everyday. Holy F! Learn to drive!
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:People drive too aggressively now. Everything is a trigger. Most things are taken as you being a jerk.


Side note, I hate when people do not do the zipper effect when merging. They will literally inch up to the bumper to not you in. Is being polite by letting one car in front of you going to ruin your day?


If you drive on the shoulder to "zipper" in or had notice from afar that the lane is merging but you want to zoom ahead and cut everyone else off, that's a no dawg


When lanes are ending, everyone should stay in their lane until they merge at the time of the lane ending. Encouraging people to get over way beforehand makes traffic worse. Use the lanes and then every other car.


Exactly
Anonymous
Post 04/21/2025 10:20     Subject: I-66 and a major accident everyday. Holy F! Learn to drive!
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:People drive too aggressively now. Everything is a trigger. Most things are taken as you being a jerk.


Side note, I hate when people do not do the zipper effect when merging. They will literally inch up to the bumper to not you in. Is being polite by letting one car in front of you going to ruin your day?


If you drive on the shoulder to "zipper" in or had notice from afar that the lane is merging but you want to zoom ahead and cut everyone else off, that's a no dawg


When lanes are ending, everyone should stay in their lane until they merge at the time of the lane ending. Encouraging people to get over way beforehand makes traffic worse. Use the lanes and then every other car.


Yes but everyone is staying their lane. No one is in the merge lane. As you probably know, no one likes to drive in the right lane. Are you suggesting people move over to the merge lane just to zipper even if they weren't in the merge lane before?


Do you mean an on-ramp merge lane? The people entering the highway should go to the end to the lane and zipper merge.

If it's not an on-ramp or exit lane, then everyone should obviously be in the right lane unless they are passing.
Anonymous
Post 04/21/2025 09:11     Subject: I-66 and a major accident everyday. Holy F! Learn to drive!
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:People drive too aggressively now. Everything is a trigger. Most things are taken as you being a jerk.


Side note, I hate when people do not do the zipper effect when merging. They will literally inch up to the bumper to not you in. Is being polite by letting one car in front of you going to ruin your day?


If you drive on the shoulder to "zipper" in or had notice from afar that the lane is merging but you want to zoom ahead and cut everyone else off, that's a no dawg


When lanes are ending, everyone should stay in their lane until they merge at the time of the lane ending. Encouraging people to get over way beforehand makes traffic worse. Use the lanes and then every other car.


Yes but everyone is staying their lane. No one is in the merge lane. As you probably know, no one likes to drive in the right lane. Are you suggesting people move over to the merge lane just to zipper even if they weren't in the merge lane before?


Very common on 495.
Anonymous
Post 04/21/2025 08:48     Subject: I-66 and a major accident everyday. Holy F! Learn to drive!
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:People drive too aggressively now. Everything is a trigger. Most things are taken as you being a jerk.


Side note, I hate when people do not do the zipper effect when merging. They will literally inch up to the bumper to not you in. Is being polite by letting one car in front of you going to ruin your day?


If you drive on the shoulder to "zipper" in or had notice from afar that the lane is merging but you want to zoom ahead and cut everyone else off, that's a no dawg


When lanes are ending, everyone should stay in their lane until they merge at the time of the lane ending. Encouraging people to get over way beforehand makes traffic worse. Use the lanes and then every other car.


Yes but everyone is staying their lane. No one is in the merge lane. As you probably know, no one likes to drive in the right lane. Are you suggesting people move over to the merge lane just to zipper even if they weren't in the merge lane before?