Riding "zipper" unloads traffic jams and is not road cunning

Wherever the road narrows or when we enter a traffic jam, there is a chance for a smooth and quiet ride. This is the so-called riding on a zipper, zipper or overlap. Unfortunately, drivers are reluctant to use this solution on the principle: "I stood, you will stand too."

Lightning driving is based on driving culture and logic. It consists in passing cars from this lane to the main lane when the road narrows and one of the lanes disappears. Drivers from the main lane can move smoothly, but leave enough space between them to allow drivers from the vanishing lane to pass one at a time. This method works well in Western countries and allows you to quickly unload traffic jams.

JAK INSTRUCTIONS

Does he have a chance to work on the roads of Radom? - I try to use the principle of lightning, letting drivers pass from a secondary street or along a narrowing. But when I try to use it myself, it gets worse. It is known that the taxi driver does not want to let them in, - admits Tadeusz Blach, the driver of the ABC Taxi corporation. What many drivers don't realize, however, is that driving in a disappearing lane has nothing to do with trickery on the road, and is not the result of a desire to make life difficult for other road users. The same principle can work when several drivers leave, for example, from a gas station or a parking lot, standing at a so-called crossroads. WFP.

- We are treated like intruders - says Paweł Kwiatkowski, driver from Radom. - There will always be a road sheriff who will slow down just before the car joins the traffic, or block the possibility of changing lanes, because when he was standing, everyone should figure a little. Also, drivers joining the traffic are not able to smoothly enter the right road, they only slow down to a minimum.

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COMMON SENSE

Although riding a zipper is no revolution, drivers could use a change of habits.

- The first rule of moving on the roads is common sense, so when the weather, road width, traffic volume and vehicle speed allow it, drivers should follow this rule, because it allows you to drive smoothly and reduces traffic jams - says Artur Rogulski, longtime a driving instructor who currently drives a London bus. - I have always tried to show my students how to safely implement this principle, because I believe that we should start with learning the driving culture of future drivers.

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Mr Arthur acknowledges that driving culture plays a key role here. - Drivers do not always signal their intention to change lanes, they push by force, they do not use the right-of-way rule. It only allows you to dream of a smooth ride, he adds.

The Decalogue of the Cultural Driver

1. Use turn signals to signal your intention to maneuver.

2. Do not enter the intersection when you cannot leave it.

3. When parking, occupy the outline of one place only.

4. Give way to emergency vehicles.

5. Drive your car smoothly. Drive in a way that does not create problems for other road users.

6. When approaching a zebra, stop while the pedestrians are waiting.

7. Ride the zipper.

8. If you make a mistake, apologize.

9. Be kind to drivers with "eL".

10. On a multi-lane road, use the left lane for overtaking only. / Source: KGP /