Why would anyone stop their car, when trying to merge into traffic?

Question

Merge:
· To blend together
· To become combined or united.
If a car is entering the freeway on an on ramp, going slower than the traffic they are merging into is very dangerous for everyone around them. To merge safely, you should be matching the speed of the cars you are merging with and yielding by slightly speeding up or slowing down momentarily till you have safely merged. Unless traffic is at a stand still, to stop your car on and on ramp is just plain stupid.
Think about it. If you are on an on ramp with other cars behind you with the intention to do the same, and because you are afraid of driving or just stupid and you stop, the car behind you might be a good driver, preparing to merge, checking his side view mirror or looking over his shoulder for an instant to see the traffic he or she is merging in to and you are at a dead stop, because of your stupidity, you have just caused this person to rear end you, and possibly cause a chain reaction.
If you are that lame of a driver, PLEASE get off the road!
Logic 101

Answer 1

Thank you - it so needed to be said. How do you expect to merge with traffic that's going 65+ mph from a standstill? These are same people who pull into 50 mph traffic and go 35 and give you the finger when you blow the horn. I agree, get off the road.

Answer 2

When driving, this is my pet peeve number two, right behind tail gaters. I personally have damned near rear ended a car that, if not totally stopped, was going about 3 mph at the end of a quarter mile turnpike entrance - looking down the pike and apparently waiting for a large enough opening to accelerate out into the travel lane.
This type of driving goes way beyond "Logic 101" - it's just plain dumb - and dangerous.

Answer 3

Why would anyone stop?

Oh, I don't know, maybe if there is no gap in traffic that's already on the interstate. Yielding may require a stop. Drivers who think they have a right to push their way onto the interstate, regardless of what's coming, are the real problem.

I suggest that you take a closer look at what "yield" means before jumping to conclusions.

Answer 4

while merging into site visitors you're able to look and plan - seem to be certain the place the hollow is for you, and regulate your velocity to slot into that spot. be sure you examine your area view mirrors and do a head examine. If the lighting fixtures are out in all guidelines, that's a 4-way end and the guy who have been given to the intersection first regularly has precise of way. right here in AZ, the driving force on the left is had to yield to the driving force on the main appropriate if greater effective than one motor vehicle arrived on the intersection on the comparable time.

Answer 5

I HOPE all the jerks that do stop on the ramps read your message.

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