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 ...

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 ...

If you’re in a hurry to get somewhere, there’s one sign you don’t want to see along the highway: “Left (or Right) Lane Closed Ahead.” In most driver’s education classes, we’re taught to be polite and ...

Do we need to re-learn how we merge on the freeway? The Kansas Department of Transportation says yes. But are we open to re-thinking something we have done the same way for years? Since 2016, KDOT has ...

Read full article: Eustis school zone continues to see high number of speeders despite $100 fine Read full article: Driving etiquette 101: Trooper Steve says don’t be that driver A worker places a ...

When traffic is flowing well, it makes sense to merge at an early opportunity. That is safer because it gives the driver a choice of openings. It keeps traffic flowing because it spreads the merge out ...

There are permanent zipper merge opportunities on state highways and city streets. “If you had some kind of signage that was very explicit, so that you said something like, ‘zipper merge, use both ...

Question: On freeways, it seems to be increasingly dangerous to be in the rightmost lane, because people on entrance ramps frequently push their way into traffic at much lower speeds. I was taught to ...

Dennis Dalman [email protected] While driving home from work on the afternoon of Aug. 13, the farthest thought from ...

Today's focus: Watch 'Em reported this week that a traffic sign was leaning into eastbound lanes of the 4800 block of Richmond. After our report appeared Wednesday, we noticed someone had knocked the ...