Things that kind of bother me

[Jamnanc]

I believe I understand your points.
When you state, "shortest possible disruption," are you referring to time or distance?

I understand that the zipper merge will shorten the distance of disrupted traffic measured from the merge on back. However, if only 1/2 car per second is the max capacity - usually due to posted reduced speed limits in merged zones - it makes no difference in time whether cars merge early or late. With the exception of the previously mentioned assholes who rush to the front of the polite line.

It's the half mile of empty lane which is being defended by do gooder asshats that can no longer be used for staging that is the difference. So instead of going one for one, we end up going three to one with only prickish aggressive drivers cutting off do gooder asshats who slam on their brakes causing the third car back to get in a fender bender, and oh yeah, three other texting douchenozzles who use the median as an out even though they had room to stop. Since the asshats don't let the prickish in, the right lane Is slower than necessary. Since the prickish scare the do gooders, the left lane is slow. Now everyone is going slow and more people turn prickish and it continues to devolve. I drive too much. Thanks for the vent.

I have watched a do gooder asshat and a prickish agressive ever so slowly collide as they jockied for position. The fight was even funnier than the slow motion scrape up.