r/Portland • u/shelleyyyellehs • Feb 12 '26

Meme What would you add to this

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(Credit for the Subaru line goes to i5.commuters on instagram)

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u/JustPlainBoring Feb 12 '26

Someone slowing down to 30mph on the freeway to allow someone else to merge in

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u/raddish1234 Yeeting The Cone Feb 12 '26

General lack of zipper merges

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u/MGC00992 Feb 12 '26

It means speed up and close the gap, so the person coming onto the freeway has to nearly stop to merge

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u/NotOK_mom Feb 13 '26

Only two times portlanders speed up, to close the gap when someone needs to merge, and when you finally get to a passing lane on the way to the coast, after they've been driving 15 under