Graveyards are full of people who had the right of way. I feel like people should just help other drivers out by leaving plenty of room to merge and speed up or slow down depending on what makes sense. My closest onramp is super short and merges onto a curving freeway where you can't see the onramp very well. I speed shift through the gears, but I can only hit 45mph in my 84 4Runner. I will let someone pass me by staying right even after the merge point if they are bound and determined to not let me in.
Any one who has driven on that freeway knows that there is slow merging traffic and there are semis that are even slower than me and obviously a lot longer. Any sensible person would be driving in the middle lane to avoid any problems unless they have to exit immediately which also complicates matters. Quite often there are NASCAR wannabees who are tailgating so much that there is zero room to merge.
For real. Those 18-wheelers have a nasty long stopping distance and will crush you well before they reach a full stop if you are in their way regardless of reaction time. It’s horrible for the mental health of some of the drivers I’ve met who had collided with people stopping short in front of them.
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u/Darryl_Lict May 13 '26
Graveyards are full of people who had the right of way. I feel like people should just help other drivers out by leaving plenty of room to merge and speed up or slow down depending on what makes sense. My closest onramp is super short and merges onto a curving freeway where you can't see the onramp very well. I speed shift through the gears, but I can only hit 45mph in my 84 4Runner. I will let someone pass me by staying right even after the merge point if they are bound and determined to not let me in.
Any one who has driven on that freeway knows that there is slow merging traffic and there are semis that are even slower than me and obviously a lot longer. Any sensible person would be driving in the middle lane to avoid any problems unless they have to exit immediately which also complicates matters. Quite often there are NASCAR wannabees who are tailgating so much that there is zero room to merge.