With several projects going on throughout the state that are reducing lanes of traffic, the Minnesota Department of Transportation has taken sides on how drivers should merge in traffic – promoting the practice of “zipper merging.” Zipper merging is having both lanes of traffic when two lanes reduce to one taking turns. Some drivers see zipper merging as being a discourteous driver in the lane that is closing get ahead of as many cars as possible.
To learn more about zipper merging, click here: https://www.dot.state.mn.us/zippermerge/