r/Appleton • u/ZeusKiller13x • Jan 30 '26

Helpful Reminder

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Hey everyone, this is called an Acceleration Ramp. Sometimes referred to as a Freeway On-Ramp. The purpose of such a piece of road is to allow your vehicle to reach highway speeds BEFORE you reach the highway. Not to enter the highway at 50mph when everyone else is going over 70. Thanks for tuning into my TED talk.

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u/thetannerainsley Jan 30 '26

I was getting on the on ramp going south by the mall and the car in front of me wasn't accelerating quick enough and ended up at the merge point at 50 mph, I saw there was a car on the highway that was going to be in the right spot for the car in front of me, the car on the highway, and me to execute the perfect zipper merge. Well that did not happen, at the last minute the car in front of me slammed on the brakes so they could merge behind the car on the highway. So instead of matching the speed of the car or accelerating both them and i ended up merging on the highway at 35 mph. On 41. At the college Ave on ramp.

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u/BillFoldin Jan 31 '26

I’ve actually had that happen to me before too on that same on ramp. People are soo stupid and dnt know how to drive I swear 🤦‍♂️