Since it seems most people can't bother to show initiative to get up to speed, and find a safe location to merge, what's your method for dealing with these scenarios?
what's your method of dealing with this? slow down for them? maintain speed? speed up? change lanes (not always convenient due to traffic and your exit coming up)
I don't mind easing off the gas to slow ~5mph, but if I'm going to have to slow more than that, I'll change lanes if feasible, or maintain my speed/speed up/take initiative.
Landon Robinson
I don't trust the mergers. Speed up or slow down, because they want to get on the highway, and they want to go into your lane.
Liam Perez
I don't always slow down, but when I do it usually an idiot driver that I won't even give the pleasure of a rear ending crash possibility
Xavier Anderson
I speed up and merge early, cutting them off. If they have time to accelerate slowly they have time to wait for me after I cut them off.
If you want to pull infront of a semi doing 30 under the limit and get crushed, go ahead, but you're not bringing me with you.
Bentley Phillips
If I'm behind a slow driver on an on-ramp, I try to leave some distance between us so that I can then have the necessary space rocket around him.
Caleb Baker
Here are some things I do
1. If a slower driver is failing to speed up on an On ramp, I give them space. Tailgating will only lead me to a greater chance of rear ending them when I mirror check or shoulder check.
I've seen this a few times where slower mergers actually brake or slow in hesitation done before merging into the highway.
2. If on the highway and I see a car trying to merge, I'll change lanes and give them room. I've seen guys fight the merger only to at the end be either cut off or pissed off risking a crash. Not worth the mental strain to me since switching lanes is much easier.
Only one time I had to pass a guy going retarded slow, I'm talking about 20 mph to a 70 mph highway, because of the risk of me getting rear ended or not being able to safely merge. Merge lane was wide enough to do this and my car easily passed him, even when he attempted to floor it.
Camden Gutierrez
>2. If on the highway and I see a car trying to merge, I'll change lanes and give them room.
I have no problem doing this if I'm with other traffic and giving some space will provide more/safer options, but if I have nobody in front of or behind me for 100+ yds and mr. merge wants to come down the ramp and run door-handle to door-handle with me because they can't figure out how to put their car into any other space than the one I am currently occupying, I have no issues forcing them onto the shoulder if they don't want to lead or follow. I'm not getting out of the way.
Lucas Davis
>"I have to down shift TWICE the moment this highway hits a hill so there's NO WAY YOU CAN'T ACCELERATE FASTER THAN ME"
The only excuse is when it's one of those sharp turn circle ramps.
Jacob Ross
Usually maintain speed and look to see if they're doing close to my speed then maybe slow down if they are near me
Angel Davis
It drives me nuts how everybody always bunches up on on-ramps. That makes it impossible to merge smoothly.
