11 Blog Posts From the ZIPPER MERGE Tag


The Zipper Merge—Coming to a Construction Zone near You

By  guest writer Bob Morrow, NMA Montana Member Editor’s Note: This post originally appeared in April 2018 as NMA E-Newsletter #499.  If you would like to receive the weekly one-topic NMA Newsletter, subscribe today! The most controversial, or more accurately the least understood, highway driving maneuver sanctioned by transportation experts is the zipper merge. It […]

Should Parents be Teaching Their Kids How to Drive?

Editor’s Note: This post originally appeared as an NMA Weekly E-Newsletter #497 emailed to members in July 2018. If you would like to receive the newsletter, join today the thousands of other active motorists who have made that choice! Our son will soon turn 16, and he has no interest in learning how to drive […]

The Zipper Merge—Coming to a Construction Zone near You Part 2, Readers Comments: NMA E-Newsletter #501

The National Motorists Association received some thoughtful comments from readers like you and thought we should share them.  If you missed reading Part 1, click HERE.  I’m glad one more place seems to have figured this out. Many other places have not. People get the idea that others who are using an open lane to a […]

The Zipper Merge—Coming to a Construction Zone near You: NMA E-Newsletter #499

From Montana Member Bob Morrow The most controversial, or more accurately the least understood, highway driving maneuver sanctioned by transportation experts is the zipper merge. It is a method of combining two streams of traffic into one when there is a lane restriction ahead, such as in a construction zone. Invariably some drivers think that […]

Should Parents be Teaching Their Kids How to Drive? NMA E-Newsletter #497

By Shelia Dunn, NMA Communications Director Our son will soon turn 16 and he has no interest in learning how to drive yet. I’m relieved. I don’t want to teach him how to drive especially since I drive a stick shift. It doesn’t help that I’m not really the best role model of driving. I’m […]

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