Sometimes the pettiest move is the most heroic one.

So, what would you do if you were stuck in a long line of traffic, inching forward while drivers in the next lane sped past just to cut in at the last second?

Would you stay in your lane and grit your teeth?

Or would you do something bold to keep things fair?

In today’s story, one driver faces this very decision and decides that enough is enough.

Here’s what he did.

Not all heroes wear capes.

Here’s the scene: two lanes of traffic, the right lane is merging in at some point down the way due to construction.

I’m already in the left lane, so I stay put.

I live in a place where people don’t really “get” the idea of filling both lanes to the merge point and then doing the zipper merge—it’s dumb, but it’s born of people’s kindness and a lack of assertiveness.

So, in short order, the right lane empties out, primed for the ******** who don’t understand the culture here to barrel down the right lane to the merge point, jumping the line and effectively causing all of us in the left lane to stop to a crawl.

Now, I don’t blame them because this is what I would LIKE to do, but I’m not going to because it would make me the *******.

The guy driving a lifted Ford truck had another idea.

Enter my hero: the jacked-up Ford F-150 in front of me, which sort of drifted a bit into the right lane to see how far the merge point is.

I assume he’s sizing up whether or not to join the ******** and cut the line.

What happens next is so petty and so brilliant.

He does NOT barrel down to the merge point – no!

He simply sits far enough into the right lane to block all future ******** from flying past us and jumping the line.

I caught his smirk in the side view mirror as he watched the right lane fill up behind him, and eventually start merging where they were.

I gave him a thumbs-up from over my steering wheel as we passed through the short construction zone.

He waved back.

Bravo! He probably made a lot of “friends” on the road that day.

Let’s see how the folks over at Reddit relate to this situation.

This person does a similar thing.

Here’s someone who’s not impressed.

Yet another reader who doesn’t like his actions.

According to this person, zippering is the right way to do it.

This could go either way.

On one hand, it’s a great move, but it could also make traffic worse if not done properly.

If you liked that post, check this one about a guy who got revenge on his condo by making his own Christmas light rules.