DURHAM (WTVD) -- NCDOT and North Carolina State researchers are studying the effectiveness of the "zipper merge." The rather unique sign was installed 2 weeks ago where NC 147 meets southbound I-85.

Welcome to the great debate: Should we all embrace the "zipper merge"? Or is it an invitation to impatient jerks to drive even more infuriatingly? While I've addressed the whole "zipper merge" ...

You're driving along, when suddenly you're met with orange construction cones and a closed road lane. In this situation, what's the right move? Do you merge immediately or do you drive as far as you ...

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.

While some drivers may see it as unfair, zipper merging is the most efficient way through many of Milwaukee's road construction chokepoints, state transportation officials say. The Wisconsin ...

It goes against everything in us that’s courteous and Minnesota nice. It betrays our years of silently cursing jerks who use the lane that’s closing to zoom around us before “road work ahead.” But ...

It goes against everything in us that’s courteous and Minnesota nice. It betrays our years of silently cursing jerks who use the lane that’s closing to zoom around us before “road work ahead.” But ...