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re: Why is so hard for people to merge onto an interstate?

Posted on 1/31/20 at 10:09 am to
Posted by Displaced
Member since Dec 2011
33054 posts
Posted on 1/31/20 at 10:09 am to
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In Montana, right lane drivers have no legal obligation to let merging vehicles in. It’s great.

It has to be a law for you to act safely/courteous.
Posted by LouisianaLady
Member since Mar 2009
83168 posts
Posted on 1/31/20 at 10:09 am to
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because they are so scared of getting hit


Agree. It’s the timid drivers who think they’re being safer that are generally the most dangerous.

My mom just hands me her keys now if we do anything together because her timidness freaks me out too much. She will randomly tap the brakes while driving on the interstate or something.. for absolutely no reason.
Posted by Displaced
Member since Dec 2011
33054 posts
Posted on 1/31/20 at 10:10 am to
Yes, in the case that they sideswipe you, they are at fault. But by your admission, you're going 30mph faster, right? What's more likely to happen? Sideswipe or you rear ending them?
Posted by LSUintheNW
At your mom’s house
Member since Aug 2009
37025 posts
Posted on 1/31/20 at 10:11 am to
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It’s the timid drivers who think they’re being safer that are generally the most dangerous.


I get blue in the face telling my woman this.

Ugggg....
Posted by Clames
Member since Oct 2010
19974 posts
Posted on 1/31/20 at 10:12 am to
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If you rear end me in the right lane at 75 mph while I'm merging onto the interstate, then you better have a really outstanding lawyer or great insurance.



I have front and rear HD dashcams and they'll show the police all they need to cite your dumbass for failing to yield, your insurance to deny your claim, and Gordon to skullfrick you.
Posted by beerJeep
Louisiana
Member since Nov 2016
39241 posts
Posted on 1/31/20 at 10:14 am to
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Yes, in the case that they sideswipe you, they are at fault. But by your admission, you're going 30mph faster, right? What's more likely to happen? Sideswipe or you rear ending them?



What’s more likely to happen? I hold my horn down as I pass them by, roll my window down and flip them off as they slam their brakes and cry about not being able to merge because they are a stupid pile of shite who doesn’t understand how to merge.
Posted by Clames
Member since Oct 2010
19974 posts
Posted on 1/31/20 at 10:15 am to
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It has to be a law for you to act safely/courteous.


Which would put the onus on merging drivers to adjust to prevailing traffic conditions since they have the duty to yield.
Posted by beerJeep
Louisiana
Member since Nov 2016
39241 posts
Posted on 1/31/20 at 10:15 am to
have front and rear HD dashcams and they'll show the police all they need to cite your dumbass for failing to yield, your insurance to deny your claim, and Gordon to skullfrick you.

No... your dash cams will show that you failed to merge safely and caused an accident. Had you utilized proper merge techniques and had been paying attention to the traffic YOU were attempting to merge into, YOU would have been able to avoid causing the wreck that YOH caused.

Posted by Displaced
Member since Dec 2011
33054 posts
Posted on 1/31/20 at 10:16 am to
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What’s more likely to happen? I hold my horn down as I pass them by, roll my window down and flip them off as they slam their brakes and cry about not being able to merge because they are a stupid pile of shite who doesn’t understand how to merge.

Yeah, that's much easier than turning your wheel 3 degrees to the left for 2 seconds.

Like I said. Youre part of the problem.
Posted by beerJeep
Louisiana
Member since Nov 2016
39241 posts
Posted on 1/31/20 at 10:16 am to
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Which would put the onus on merging drivers to adjust to prevailing traffic conditions since they have the duty to yield.


Remind me... at an on ramp.... who yields to who?
Posted by upgrayedd
Lifting at Tobin's house
Member since Mar 2013
139229 posts
Posted on 1/31/20 at 10:17 am to
I can't look at Snapchat and merge at the same time so you're just going to have to go around me
Posted by beerJeep
Louisiana
Member since Nov 2016
39241 posts
Posted on 1/31/20 at 10:17 am to
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Yeah, that's much easier than turning your wheel 3 degrees to the left for 2 seconds.

Like I said. Youre part of the problem.


Know what’s even easier? Using that gas peddle and reaching interstate speeds BEFORE you attempt to merge
Posted by TorchtheFlyingTiger
1st coast
Member since Jan 2008
3363 posts
Posted on 1/31/20 at 10:17 am to
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Maybe you should be in the faster lanes to the left?

Left lanes should be for passing they're NOT "fast lanes." Pass then GTFO! If people could just do this interstates would run so much smoother.

This morning on the autobahn I saw a fellow US driver come to a complete stop at end of on ramp nearly causing a pile up despite light traffic. I knew before I passed it would be a US plate.

I dread returning home only to deal with morons that never learned how to drive properly.
This post was edited on 1/31/20 at 10:22 am
Posted by Displaced
Member since Dec 2011
33054 posts
Posted on 1/31/20 at 10:18 am to
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Know what’s even easier? Using that gas peddle and reaching interstate speeds BEFORE you attempt to merge

Short onramps, bad cars

Just move over.
Posted by Smoke7024
Member since Jun 2010
24126 posts
Posted on 1/31/20 at 10:18 am to
The guy is acting like there's enough room on every entrance ramp to accelerate to 70 MPH.
Posted by Harry Morgan
Member since Sep 2019
10340 posts
Posted on 1/31/20 at 10:18 am to
bullshite.
Posted by beerJeep
Louisiana
Member since Nov 2016
39241 posts
Posted on 1/31/20 at 10:19 am to
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Short onramps, bad cars

Just move over.


I use the north street on ramp every single day. It’s one of the shortest in the city. Goes from ground level up to the raised interstate. I’m in a wrangler.

I somehow manage to reach interstate speeds to successfully merge TWO lanes of traffic in a big arse, slow arse Jeep.

You have a gas peddle. USE IT
This post was edited on 1/31/20 at 10:20 am
Posted by Clames
Member since Oct 2010
19974 posts
Posted on 1/31/20 at 10:19 am to
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your dash cams will show that you failed to merge safely and caused an accident.



I'm not the one merging in my post genius, read slower and better then try that again.
Posted by TDsngumbo
Member since Oct 2011
51622 posts
Posted on 1/31/20 at 10:19 am to
So you're admitting on a public forum that you intentionally ran someone off the interstate? Just want to get that clarification on here for all the prosecuting attorneys lurking here.
Posted by upgrayedd
Lifting at Tobin's house
Member since Mar 2013
139229 posts
Posted on 1/31/20 at 10:19 am to
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This morning on the autobahn I saw a fellow US driver come to a complete stop at end of on ramp nearly causing a pile up despite light traffic. I knew before I passed it would be a US plate.


Why are there US plates on vehicles in Germany?
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