TIME FOR YOUR MORNING RUSH HOUR. AND YOU CAN EXPECT CLOSURES TO LAST THROUGH THURSDAY. MANY OF US TO GET ON AND OFF THE INTERSTATE FOR OUR COMMUTES TO AND FROM WORK EVERY DAY. BUT HOW TO MERGE REMAINS A MYSTERY. C DOT IS ASKING DRIVERS TO ZIPPER MERGE, BUT WE'VE NOTICED A LOT OF CONFUSED PATRONS ABOUT HOW TO DO SO. AND NEWS FIVE'S JAKE WALKER IS CLEARING UP THAT CONFUSION. I'M JAKE LOCKER IN COLORADO SPRINGS WHERE WE DID NOT NOTICE VERY MANY ZIPPER MERGERS AT ALL. BUT LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT ZIPPER MERGING IS THE COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SAYS WHEN 2 LANES OF SLOW TRAFFIC MOVE TOWARDS A LANE CLOSURE, DRIVERS SHOULD SHARE ALL OF THE SPACE GOING UP TO THE CONES AND THEN TAKE TURNS GETTING INTO LINE. >> CDOT SAYS THAT IT'S EASIER SAFER AND MORE POLITE THAN YOU MAY THINK EMERGING EARLY AS MORE POLITE. BUT IT CAUSES BACKUPS BECAUSE CARS ARE FILLING IN ALL THE LANES AVAILABLE. AND I WANT SEE IF DRIVERS IN OUR CITY ACTUALLY USE THE ZIPPER MERGE TECHNIQUE. SO I SET UP MY CAMERA ON SOUTH NEVADA NEAR I-25. >> AND FOUND OUT NOT MANY PEOPLE ZIPPER MERGE THERE EITHER. I NOTICED A FEW ZIPPER MERGERS. SOMETIMES PEOPLE TOOK TURNS AND LET EACH OTHER IN OTHER TIMES. PEOPLE WANT SO NICE. I ALSO TALKED TO DRIVERS HERE ON FACEBOOK AND IT WASN'T LONG AT ALL BEFORE MY INBOX WAS FLOODED WITH REPLIES COMES AS IF YOU MATCH THE SPEED OF THE VEHICLES THAT WORKS. AMAZINGLY UNTIL YOU MEET SOMEONE THAT DOESN'T WANT TO LET YOU MERGE. APRIL SAYS SHE DOES IT FOR EMERGENCY. GETS HOT AT ARE FLIPPED OFF, BUT IT DOESN'T KEEP YOU UP AT NIGHT, THOUGH, BECAUSE SHE SAYS SHE KNOWS WHAT SHE'S SUPPOSED TO LEVY CHIMED IN THAT SHE DOESN'T ZIPPER MERGE AND RARELY SEES ANYONE ELSE ZIPPER MERGE BECAUSE SHE SAYS DRIVERS HERE ARE CRAZY, AGGRESSIVE. IF YOU'D LIKE TO TAKE A LOOK FOR YOURSELF AT CDOT ZIPPER MERGING PAGE OR JOIN THE CONVERSATION. I MADE THOSE LINKS AVAILABLE TO YOU AT KOAA DOT COM. AND I ALSO TALKED WITH COLORADO STATE PATROL. THEY TELL ME THAT THEIR BIG ADVOCATES OF ZIPPER MERGING AND THAT WE ALL NEED TO GIVE EACH OTHER SOME EXTRA TIME A