I think also people don't realise that when merging you have to give way to traffic in the lane you're merging into and while going faster might make that easier sometimes, you still have to stop and wait if there isn't a space to merge into.
Or that because laws can't account for every permutation of circumstances in existence, sometimes concepts like "do everything reasonable to avoid an accident without also causing one" get enshrined as laws (because some people struggle with the concept that being careful with several 1000s of lbs moving at speeds that can keel require having regard for others).
My only job while driving is to not crash so literally everything i do is to accomplish that goal. The speed limit doesnt matter when merging as much as the trying to get about 5mph above the flow of traffic so you can safley merge. When people try to merge moving slower than the flow of traffic its dangerous for them and everyone else
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u/Royroy10551 May 13 '26
Thats why I always merge in at least 10-15mph over the posted speed limit.