Wisconsin State Patrol: “Take turns and use the zipper merge!”

(WFRV) – Troopers with the Wisconsin State Patrol are urging drivers to be ‘Midwest Nice’ and to “take turns and use the zipper merge!”

According to a post on social media, merging is the topic of the Wisconsin State Patrol’s Law of the Month.

Troopers say that when traffic patterns change and construction or emergencies force lane closures, drivers should be using the zipper merge technique as a way to reduce traffic congestion.

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They add that the trick to the zipper merge is to use all lanes up until the merge point and to take alternating turns with other drivers to merge into the single lane of traffic.

For more information on zipper merging and other ways to safely merge while out on the Wisconsin roadways, click here.