Comment by malandrew

That video explanation made no sense to me. Basically the "interface" presented to the drivers has not changed, so why would drivers deviate from how they currently merge? Because the government said so? I don't see this working.

However there are two solutions that could promote zipper merging:

(1) Force both lanes to the center before moving that center lane to the side that is available ahead:

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(2) Present a long-barrier between both lanes well before the merge that only permit late merging, so that those in the continuing lane feel morally obligated to let those queued up in.

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