Exactly...
If people are too stupid to know that they should stay in the lane till the end and zipper in and that preventing people from zippering in only slows you down, too bad.
Jaden
It all depends on the pace of traffic. If traffic is at a crawl, then it would be completely wasteful and inefficient to NOT use the entire merge lane. Simply fill the entire merge lane a "zipper in" like civilized drivers.
However, if traffic is fast-paced then safety becomes the primary issue and it's best to merge as soon as you have the opportunity to do so safely.
If people are too stupid to know that they should stay in the lane till the end and zipper in and that preventing people from zippering in only slows you down, too bad.
Jaden