Rabby

I had some experience with this exact situation a couple of years ago. The zipper easily holds up in insurance practices and in court. Not even close. But some people want to tilt at windmills.

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Ignorant IQ Drivers assume its a free path to pass up the line of cars sitting there for 5 minutes waiting and have AUTOMATIC right of way in front of whomever they deem necessary when it is their lane coming to an end

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You seem to not understand that the whole road can be efficiently used so that the wait is shorter for everyone. Pick either lane because they are now equal.

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Your lane came to an end thus the responsibility of merging AT YOUR RISK is on YOU.

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Many people (including me) had this mental image of some proprietary right to the primary lane and that anyone trying to enter from the secondary was line cutting, but this is no longer true. The state has given clear guidance - including a video showing the proper proper use of the zipper. USDOT also endorses this practice so this primary lane model is no longer supported. Both lanes are now equal except that the former primary lane starts the zipper - nothing more.

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Zipper merging is a suggestion, not a law or a right of way IMO. IT IS A SUGGESTION YOU DUMB frick.

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It is far more than a suggestion - it is now the state recommended safest method, so when you violate it, your action is deemed unsafe by your insurance company and in civil court. You will surely lose.

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Any ideas of how police would rule this if someone hits me in the side from getting over into my lane?

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Yes. I have discussed this with many of them that I meet and the answer is pretty consistent. They routinely write the person who fails to zipper as Driver #1 - at fault.

Good luck winning after that designation on the accident report combined with the Louisiana DMV literature and on-line video officially designating the zipper as the safest method and most parishes adopting this practice in on-line resources, signage and written enforcement practice.

But give it a try by ramming someone who is zippering and report how it all goes for you. Your insurance company will settle with the other guy while jacking your rates and when you try to sue the other guy. You will lose.

I know, change is hard - adapt.

I see a lot of that on social media, but the women that I know would prefer swift justice be executed on this murderess.

Interesting to see the variance between the women I know and the ones allegedly posting on the internet.

Oh, so those are not fancy urinals? Who knew?

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Follow the seasons. Moving out of summer ales and into Oktoberfest season

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I enjoy Oktoberfest/ Marzen beer. But Porters are also good for Fall and Winter.

You might invoke the Harley rider exception.

Nobody seems to challenge over whatever lenses are worn while on a big V-twin.

I have been in great shape and would have helped for most of my adult life. However, I did have some injuries years ago which would have prevented assisting someone in that situation. Particularly over head.
Just because an injury or weakness is not obvious does not prove that it does not exist.
Besides, nobody owes anyone else assistance.
Where did this sense of entitlement originate?

Maybe.
I lived on the other side of the world for a while and had a good friend who worked with human remains and graves (ancient and modern) for a variety of purposes. Some were to study ancient cultures, but she later shifted to a job where she was identifying remains of US service personnel lost in various conflicts to return them home or place them in honored situations.
Your representation of no respect is far from accurate or fair, but there may be some unprofessional people doing some work elsewhere.
Understanding the history of cultures and how cultural changes took place has value.
And yes, respect for their religious beliefs is important.

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You were doing very well, but then you typed:

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And you can thank the local NAACP + judge john parker for that !!

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That is a partially false statement. Judge John V. Parker inherited this case from Judge E. Gordon West. Judge West had tried to end the whole mess by declaring that the program had been successful. Therevwsd a good grounds for this ruling, BUT that was overruled just before he took senior status.

Judge Parker was then assigned this case and struggled with this thankless mess for a long time.

We might not be thrilled with a couple of his rulings, but should examine the full context before making disparaging comments.

The simple truth is that both of them were issued most of their marching orders from the appellate process and endured unfair misery for mandates which were mostly beyond their control.

And speaking ill of the departed is generally a sad social practice.

Please perform due diligence before perpetuating false rumors.

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You're either retarded, a dumbass, or both.

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I keep hoping that he is just really poor with sarcasm.
Sadly, beginning to suspect that might just be overly optimistic on my part.