TAMPA, Fla. — As we get into a busy time of the year on the road, a zipper merge could help you navigate traffic.

It’s a way for drivers to use merge lanes, by alternating cars, helping traffic to move.

Of course, that doesn’t always happen.

Tampa driver Paula Montlary thinks it would help her commute in the morning.

She says Exit 39 from I-275 North in Tampa to State Rd 60 West and the Tampa International Airport is tough in the morning because it merges into one lane.

“It’s a lot to have happen in one little space,” Montlary said.

She feels if drivers used a zipper merge technique there, it would be better.

A zipper works when drivers use the merge lane to the end and then alternate every other car with the other lane to pass through.

“If it’s every other car, it will move quite freely,” Montlary said. “That happens some mornings. Other mornings, you get so much traffic in the left lane, they don’t let people in the merge lane over, because they think we’re cutting in.”

The zipper can be very useful in construction zones as well.

Other states even have laws about zipper merges to help with traffic flow. But that’s not the case in Florida.

Sgt. Steve Gaskins with the Florida Highway Patrol said in an email, “It’s a great concept but requires all drivers to cooperate, which is problematic.”

That’s why Montlary would like other drivers to be more aware of it, especially when taking that exit to 60 West.

“If drivers are educated about zipper lanes,” Montlary said, "then maybe they’ll understand that no one is cutting in, we can all get off at the same pace.”