I’m not following. If both lanes are full, there should be little opportunity for passing to occur. Both lanes would be going about the same speed.

It never happens because, for some reason, everyone has decided that the closing lane should be empty. That’s not the case.

The traffic slows regardless of where the merge is. Having an empty lane is useless, and it makes merging more troublesome (i.e., it makes it much easier for there to be the “asshole” mergers who are just taking advantage of the open lane). Both lanes should be used until the end.

Nope, you are wrong here. Both lanes should be filled right up to the closure, and the people refusing incoming merges at that point are the biggest assholes. Queuing up miles beforehand is much less efficient and causes a bigger traffic jam.

Well anyone driving on the shoulder just to get ahead is an asshole.

The “prick trying to merge at the absolute end” is actually doing it right. Zipper merges are most efficient when both lanes are filled until the closure.

Speed will decrease regardless of the merge. A lane closure in a large flow of traffic will always cause that — even if everyone merges perfectly.

Zipper merging works most efficiently when the merge occurs at the closure point — not miles ahead of it. You’re actually being the biggest dick of the bunch.

False. The merge should occur at the closure point — NOT “a mile back”.

That’s actually EXACTLY how a zipper merge is supposed to work. The best place for the merge is at the closure point — not miles ahead of it.

That actually doesn’t help the merge. Both lanes should be full until the closure point. Zipper merge works best that way.

If there is still space to drive in the closing lane, then everyone is doing it wrong. Zipper merges should occur AT the closure — not miles beforehand.

Yeah, but what Justin is saying is that the colors match those of a pester ball (supposedly). That’s kind of interesting.

Not quite true.

Not quite true.

I take that (partially) back. Apparently Nintendo owns part of the companies involved in building it.

Ohhhh, I see. That is strange indeed. I have noticed though that when you exit a menu back to the main view, your character runs to your new spot from the location where you opened the menu. So indeed, maybe walking isn’t tracked while in menus or catching pokemon. =/

It only tracks your walking when the app is open and running.

I think that the reason a pokemon might not be in inventory after the freeze is because it was marked as escaping the pokeball. If it was marked as caught before the freeze, that’s when it goes into your collection. That’s just a guess though.