A zipper merge implemented on Highway 75 near Jenks to improve traffic flow through a construction zone has instead led to ...

We've all been there. You're driving down a highway before coming across signs informing you of an upcoming work zone and that one lane will be closing soon. There are two schools of thought on what ...

From everyday questions to more complex problems, we’re asking the experts to lend us a hand. Throughout the series "Professional Help," we’ll hear some direct advice, for us not-so-direct Minnesotans ...

Why are so many drivers slow to pick up and use the zipper merge? I have reported for years about the lack of general merging etiquette in the Pacific Northwest and how it contributes to our terrible ...

Starting in early April, the New York State Department of Transportation will begin lane closures on Interstate 490 at the bridges over the Erie Canal and Kreag Road. The westbound on-ramp at Exit 27 ...

Have you seen the road sign “Right lane closed ahead, merge left,” but while you move to the left lane, other cars fly by you in the right lane? Then they duck into the left lane ahead of the cars in ...

The quickest, most efficient way to merge for a construction zone probably isn’t what you think it is. The “zipper merge,” where vehicles run in parallel until one lane physically narrows, is better ...

Summer is long gone, meaning that nearly all of us have returned to our daily freeway commutes, which are often full of clogged construction zones. Want a tip to make the drive go faster? Use the ...

Traffic merges at East Holly and North Forest streets for construction in Bellingham in 2009. Most states encourage drivers to utilize the “zipper merge” and wait until reaching the cones to merge.

We should all get in touch with the zipper. The zipper merge, that is! Get your mind out of the gutter, and onto the interstate. Not surprisingly, I apparently have been a bit of a dolt for not better ...

I may not be the most patient driver, but I do try to extend courtesy to others using the road, whether they’re drivers or pedestrians. I abhor drivers who act like everyone should get out of their ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Have you seen the road sign “Right lane closed ahead, merge left,” but while you move to the left lane, other cars fly by you in ...