PSA: Learn how to merge

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iH8patrick@reddit (OP)

I’m just getting tired of being treated like I’m in the wrong when I can’t get over due to traffic when there’s an on ramp, but I’m also not slowing down and having to build my momentum back up.

“Professional” drivers that decide to force their way in almost taking out my hood, or that have to merge behind me then come around and brake check me.

Or on a highway like 30 thru Indiana, pulling out from an uncontrolled intersection onto the highway where traffic is traveling at 60+ mph and you’re gonna hurry up to merge out in front of me but can’t bother to get above 20mph?

Fucking Christ. Worse everyday.

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Galumpadump@reddit

Not a trucker but live next to an exit that is the WA/OR state line. It’s staggering seeing cars merge onto I-5 at 35 MPH. When I tell people they are driving too slow they make me look like that asshole.

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iH8patrick@reddit (OP)

There’s an on ramp by my house, Ryan Road in Oak Creek, WI on I-94 Westbound (Northbound).

They redid the highway like 7yrs ago, widened it to 4 lanes in each direction and the Westbound/Northbound onramp is 4 lanes wide, all metered, split by a median. Then 2 lanes on one side merge to one, 2 lanes on the other side merge to 1, then those 2 lanes merge to 1, THEN the dashed white lines start so you can merge —

THE MERGE RAMP AFTER THIS POINT IS OVERstreet view A MILE LONG, this is a busy trucking intersection/entrance, so they did this ON PURPOSE FOR SEMI TRUCKS TO GET UP TO SPEED.

Yet, EVERY FUCKING TIME I take that ramp, a fucking idiot trucker merges into the #4 lane/right lane as soon as the dashed lines start, at fucking 20mph (highway speed limit = 70mph, avg vehicle speed = 80mph)

And yet, when I’m in a truck AND USE THE WHOLE RAMP, then merge at the end; if there’s a truck in the right lane, that MFer sits there and matches my speed every time!

Yeah it’s my responsibility to merge, but I’m using the entire on-ramp AS DESIGNED to get to 70+++mph before trying to merge and you’re gonna block me? Fuck you!!

I attached a link for reference.

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bigloser14@reddit

Nobody in Wisconsin is going 80 mph lmao. I consider myself lucky if people are going 66 in the third lane going up 94/41. I don’t know what it is, whether it’s something in the water or all the cheese but Wisconsin drivers are some sloooow mfs

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iH8patrick@reddit (OP)

Uhm. I don’t know what times of day you drive that way. But I’ll be in my personal going 80-85 between Racine and the airport all the time and steadily have someone on my ass.

Same thing for heading westbound out of downtown, northbound on 43 out of downtown…

Only place I don’t really see people driving 80+ is on the bypass or between the Petit and Waukesha county.

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bigloser14@reddit

It’s usually about midday, like between 11-3. I’ll frequently end up in the third lane passing because the cars in the right lane are going 60 and the trucks in the second lane are going 62. I just think it’s funny how you go from Illinois where nobody goes slower than 75 to Wisconsin where it seems like people are unsure which pedal is the accelerator

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iH8patrick@reddit (OP)

Oh well. Yeah. Mid day. Old people and people with nowhere to go out and about. It’s a lot like Illinois from ~4pm - 7am. Maybe not that extreme, but basically

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Wildwildleft@reddit

I’ve got a dash cam and I’ve gotten to the point where I don’t care if they have to get on the shoulder and stand on their brakes. I’ll slow down slightly if they time the merge well and end up just in front of me. I’ll speed up slightly if they are side by side with me to let them in behind with ease. Hell if the highway is empty I might even change lanes to let them on as easy as possible. However if they want to fuck around I’m not the one, hit me.

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Small_Disk_6082@reddit

This isn't true for all states. Some require drivers to move over for merging traffic if it is safe to do so. It's also just a common f*%king courtesy.

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iH8patrick@reddit (OP)

POINTS WILDLY I FOUND ONE OF THEM GUYS! I found one of the ones who doesn’t understand merging!!

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Small_Disk_6082@reddit

Okie doke child

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iH8patrick@reddit (OP)

..riiiight.

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Lord_E7513@reddit

Was driving through a construction zone in OK were theirs was no merge lane, so there was multiple warning signs to caution drivers who wanted to enter the highway. One night driving on the right lane, a trucker was exiting the rest area and slowly approaching the on ramp, and I thought theirs no way he plans on merging since hes going around 15mph, I was traveling at 68mph, and their was also an OP passing me on my left, so I kept my lane. At the last second, when my unit was parallel to his trailer axle, he decided to drive into the highway keeping the same speed, I had to quickly engaged the engine break and floored my brakes to barely miss them.

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Boom196lol@reddit

Yea but then you have mfs that are dicks about it

I drove for a landscaping company I was running errands on a slow day just running to parts shops and equipment rentals and what ever the boss needed I was driving an old diesel ford flat bed it was like a ford ranger with a flat bed to give you an idea well I get to merge on i95 and as I’m coming down I’m getting to speed and I notice this guy in a black suv matching my speed so I slow down and he slows down I speed up and speeds up I end up in the shoulder and he flips me off and and a car behind him flashes the high beams and lets me in so yeah merging is common sense but not if you almost become best friends with concrete barrier Thanks for reading you da boss

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iH8patrick@reddit (OP)

Sounds like an asshole with little penis syndrome. Nothing you can do about it but laugh about how he can’t satisfy his wife and move on with your day

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LockportTrans@reddit

Thank you. This is one of my biggest pet peeves. Being from Canada I find it to be an entitlement issue isolated to a huge portion of the American society. This does NOT happen in Canada. No one enters a 70mph freeway here at 50 mph, waits for everyone else to move over or slow down..and then speeds away ramping up to the 70 mph speed they should have done on the On-Ramp! Think alone of the wasted fuel and time not to mention the contribution to greenhouse gasses.

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Dead_Namer@reddit

We also get people whining they have to slow down 5mph to let people on and they expect people to come to a complete stop just so they aren't inconvenienced.

The way it works in the UK is everyone floors it to get to the motorway and the people already on the motorway make space. It ceases to work when people won't move over or lift off to allow others on.

The law probably sates the exact opposite though.

I hope everyone whining about low speeds will slow down 20mph to let high speed mergers on in the future.

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JustHangLooseBlood@reddit

Sometimes I think of moving to the US only to be read this exchange and remember why I would be doomed there. It will be a pleasure exchanging driving with people like yourself.

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Dead_Namer@reddit

I am not in the US and you would fit in with all the entitled drivers expecting people to stop on the ramp rather than lift off5mph to let them in.

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JustHangLooseBlood@reddit

Then you've misunderstood me entirely, but w/e.

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Dead_Namer@reddit

Did you change your message? I have misunderstood if you did not. I apologise. That will teach me to post while having my morning coffee.

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JustHangLooseBlood@reddit

No worries, I got the wrong end of the stick with OP's post anyway and was being unfairly critical.

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Dead_Namer@reddit

The OP said he would drive someone into the ditch rather than lift off to let someone join. I was pissed off at that and thought you were agreeing with him so I got it wrong.

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JustHangLooseBlood@reddit

Nah, I was also annoyed along with you.

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iH8patrick@reddit (OP)

If everyone did the same thing we’d be fine.

1/2 of idiots don’t bother to get up to highway speed

1/2 of idiots do but can’t figure out they need to go just a little faster or just a little slower than you to safely merge

1/2 of idiots don’t bother looking up from their phone until they’re at the end of the ramp and don’t know what to do.

If I have to let off the gas a little to let ONE PERSON ahead of me, Ok, when I can - but if I’m at 79,900lbs uphill, I’m not letting off shit. Go in the ditch for all I care.

If people knew how to zipper merge, we’d solve war in the Middle East, the homeless problem, and world hunger.

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RevealIndependent392@reddit

They still post yield signs for the on ramp it’s not for the people already on the highway. I hate it when I let off the throttle and the car is up to speed and ahead of me then they decide to slam on their brakes because they’ve finally decided to look out of their window and mirror and notice other people do exist.

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Scottdots88@reddit

Many places don’t post them on the on ramps, it’s supposed to be known

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RevealIndependent392@reddit

Idk why any dot would assume anything is known lol people are too dumb for that and probably haven’t taken a drivers course since they were 16-18 years old. If there’s no sign in sure it’s either been knocked down or it’s still being replaced

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raspberriesburn@reddit

My ex used to slow to a crawl or stop completely

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iH8patrick@reddit (OP)

Glad you made her your ex. Where’d you hide the body?

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Frybread002@reddit

Where's that man' precinct? I would like to....contribute to his retirement.

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iH8patrick@reddit (OP)

Why? He’s not wrong

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Frybread002@reddit

So you don't want to help a man retire? Alright.

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broken_or_breaking@reddit

Knife hands. Dude is ex-USMC.

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dylfree90@reddit

Mfers can’t even use their turn signal. Some of you can’t even use a turn signal. You expect people to understand this complicated of a process if 90% can’t even use a signal? Wild presumptions.

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iH8patrick@reddit (OP)

Valid

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Imaginary-Onion-1877@reddit

This is my most frustrating thing as a driver. My truck will absolutely crush yours, but yes, please accelerate up right next to me, but not past me, and let's play chicken until the lane runs out, then you or I must slam on our brakes, then suddenly you know how to do 85mph when you fly around me and give me the bird. Thank God this doesn't happen 13 times a day

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iH8patrick@reddit (OP)

Don’t slam on your brakes anymore 🤷‍♂️ you can’t be cited for failure to merge - you aren’t merging.

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Imaginary-Onion-1877@reddit

I guess I'm more worried about sending a little Toyota Corolla into a ravine and killing a family because the idiot can't drive

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iH8patrick@reddit (OP)

Yeah… I get it but at the same time, I think humanity is at the crisis point we are (at least ‘Murica) because of a lack of Natural Selection.

We aren’t weeding out the idiots or the idiot behavior enough anymore. Fuck around and find out, comes to mind.

2 things to help you:

1: put “It Ain’t My Fault 2” by Silkk the Shocker & Mystikal on repeat

B) read “The Subtle Art of Not Giving A Fuck.” I give a fuck about the things I give a fuck about but I don’t give a fuck about the things I don’t give a fuck about.

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JustHangLooseBlood@reddit

You should not be behind a wheel.

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iH8patrick@reddit (OP)

Oh ok!

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JustHangLooseBlood@reddit

Tomorrow will you still say all the same thing? Or will you be like "okay maybe I didn't mean that"?

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iH8patrick@reddit (OP)

No, I’ll meant tomorrow and next week and next month and next year and in the next decade, as I’ve meant it today and yesterday and last week and last year and the past decade.

Any other questions

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JustHangLooseBlood@reddit

Well, one... how much Fireball have you had? :)

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iH8patrick@reddit (OP)

I don’t drink. I haven’t had liquor or beer of any kind since around May 2010, when I was 24yrs old. Not because I had any kind of a problem; I would drink maybe once a month, realistically even less than that. I didn’t see a value in being inebriated. [I did have a beer at my mother-in-law’s wake in January 2019, by force of my brother-in-law as a toast].

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JustHangLooseBlood@reddit

Alright fair enough and well done. In Ireland and UK it's really beaten into us how our vehicle is so heavy compared to others. From your post it sounds like you don't slow down when merges are appearing. Expect that everyone else on the road could at any moment do the wrong thing and be prepared to take evasive action. You're commanding a vehicle that if you have to turn suddenly will just keep going and kill everyone in its path.

Other road users don't really know this, they're old ladies and all. Every time I get an inkling of road rage I look out the window and it turns out to be someone either really young or really old, either way they're not driving the same vehicle and they're not in the same headspace, they're cutting you because you're a big slow truck. I do the same in my car. Calm down, none of it matters, it only matters if someone dies, y'know?

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iH8patrick@reddit (OP)

I’m not as dumb as I look, I swear.

American drivers are horrible. It’s gotten really bad here in the last 15 years, since cell phones and they’ve made is easier to get a license.

When I got my drivers license at 16 in 2003, if you got 10 points deducted during your road test, you failed. Points are deducted for speeding, no blinker, can’t parallel park, etc etc. 1 for this thing or 3 for that thing. Some things more important than others.

I got 9 points off - 6 points for turning into the center lane on a right turn instead of the right lane (I legit thought it was a parking lane), 2 points off for going 3mph over the speed limit 2x, and 1 point for forgetting a mirror check during my parallel parking.

My daughter is 17, and got her license on her 16th birthday in September 2023. They can now get UP TO 25 POINTS OFF! … AND they don’t have them parallel park on the test!! (She got 3 points off for speeding 3mph 3x)

My point is, it’s easier to get a license here now, I say at least 20% of drivers are have a revoked or suspended license at any time, and Americans have the “ME FUCKING FIRST BITCH” attitude about everything driving related.

They all drive offensively. I was taught to drive defensively, much like you’re saying.

And part of driving defensively is, if some dumb fuck can’t figure out how to speed up on an on ramp to get in front of a slow moving BIG GIANT COLORFUL TRUCK, and they get run off the road because of it, I can’t give a fuck about that because I need to give a fuck about the vehicle I am operating. So fuck them.

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JustHangLooseBlood@reddit

Yeah okay, I suppose at a certain point it ceases to be your problem/fault. I'm kinda amazed at how low the standard is over there, I can see what you're saying. And yet you'll prob still be blamed in an accident, that's the stupid thing.

I apologize, I guess I got your initial point wrong, but I really appreciated the conversation.

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iH8patrick@reddit (OP)

Oh 100% if it was a fatal accident, and if it was in certain states, Id have to fight for my freedom.

If the investigating cops wants to be dicks, they could ruin my career at minimum over it. Even though the law is clear, traffic already traveling on the interstate have right of way; merging traffic has to give way.

i appreciate you reading with an open mind! That doesn’t happen on the internet very much.

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JustHangLooseBlood@reddit

Thanks for telling me how it actually is too, that doesn't happen much anywhere haha, let alone the internet!

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Imaginary-Onion-1877@reddit

Alright fair enough, full speed ahead. I was gonna make a post recently to get input on how to deal with this, but just keep driving seems like the easiest way

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iH8patrick@reddit (OP)

Yeah man. I’ve had my CDL for over 13yrs, been driving for over 22yrs. My mom took me to Chicago in a full size conversion van when I was 16 my 2nd time behind the wheel and told me to figure it out.

But when I got my CDL, I tried being super nice trucker guy and all that. It’s just gotten worse and worse.

I’m not out here to hurt or kill anyone and there’s OBVIOUS exceptions here. In fact just this morning, I was going up a super super short on ramp, it’s an uphill on ramp, and I was coming from a dead stop with 44,900lbs (gross 79,700).

I KNOW I was crawling. I was at the end of the ramp at 33mph. Pedal to the fucking floor.

The speed limit for where I was merging is 50mph. But if you’re going 50mph you’re getting assaulted, even by cops.

There was nothing I could do. It’s only 3 lanes wide. But the people who drive through that way know what it is, and the truck that was coming slowed way down and got over when he could and I threw my hazards on once I was fully in the lane.

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dannyajones3@reddit

Impressive knife hand

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iH8patrick@reddit (OP)

I was thinking more like pimp slap backhand.

He just needs Mike Epps to put some baby powder in that hand for him

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JustHangLooseBlood@reddit

I question this somewhat though because it assumes everyone is doing the correct thing and moving at the correct speed. A single bad driver could slow some down while causing others to rush, so I dunno. When I'm driving my vehicle, I care to to follow the rules but not at the expense of my life.

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Independent-Fun8926@reddit

those mfers who speed up, pace you, but won’t accelerate enough to pass you, then slam their brakes last minute b/c you won’t/can’t let them in - those fuckers need suspended licenses. hate hate hate that shit

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Prankishmanx21@reddit

I've come to the conclusion that they're just going to have to either hit the brakes or ride the shoulder. If they don't like that, they can stay home.

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Independent-Fun8926@reddit

yup, after a super close call in OK a year ago, I do everything reasonable to allow them an opportunity to merge. slow down a little bit if needed, merge out if i can. flash, invite them in.

still have stupid fuckers that can’t figure it out, and they can enjoy the ditch, shoulder or brake slam. of course i worry they’ll shoot up around me and brake check me b/c they’re mad now. had that happen a few times. but that’s just a fa/fo opportunity lol

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Crushker@reddit

That shit pisses me off. I want to just push them off the road, hell, I need a new company bought chrome bumper. I've just had too many do that and then I can see kids sitting in the back seat.

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Prankishmanx21@reddit

Pretty much. "The camera is on go ahead FAFO how fast your insurance will drop you for brake checking after you get smashed" is how I feel about it.

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Independent-Fun8926@reddit

my first accident was from that kind of event. Atlanta, cut off and brake checked. Caught it quickly and braked it time, but my dumbass decided to change lanes around him. car in my blindspot said that was fucking stupid.

car that checked me drove off. should’ve buried my radiator in his ass that day

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ahowls@reddit

Then they come zooming past you in the left lane, middle finger hanging over toward the passenger side

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0PFRICH@reddit

That’s the ones who ate crayons as kids

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InvestigatorBroad114@reddit

I don’t even get over for them they can figure it out. They pace me all the way up the on ramp expecting me to move over and I can’t always do that. Then they get pissed off then THEY failed to find a gap in traffic and safely get onto the interstate

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iH8patrick@reddit (OP)

I had to have my truck towed a few weeks ago after blowing the radiator, and when riding with the tow truck driver with alllll the lights in the right lane, in a span of 22 miles TWO cars ran off the road because they wouldn’t speed up to pass him and he wouldn’t slow down or move over for them, NOR SHOULD HE HAVE.

One went onto the right shoulder and halfway into the gravel & grass and stopped and through its flashers on. About 10 miles later it happened again, that one went into the grass and a little up a hill at the end of the ramp. She came FLYING up and throwing shit at us out her window pointing and taking pictures, he flipped her off and kept going. She tried to cut us off, he was good with the Jake brake on the ass of the truck ahead of us then when she finally did get in front, it was our exit.

He has 360° cameras and said he wasn’t worried about it, it’ll happen at least several times a day for him.

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PsychologicalAnt3395@reddit

🫡👏👏

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Theworkingman2-0@reddit

I just keep my speed. I don’t speed up nor slow down. Either my speed is slow enough for you to get out front or you’ll stop on the shoulder completely and let me drive.

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acidpro1@reddit

What pisses me off is when I move over for someone to merge and they don't, they just sit there. So now I don't move over anymore.

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12InchPickle@reddit

Those mfs that get into the freeway going 30 mph 😠

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Vegas_Rick_1987@reddit

Should have their licenses Revoked!

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acidpro1@reddit

Assuming they already have them!

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warwgn@reddit

One time I almost got rear-ended by another truck, because I had to slam on my brakes for some idiot who merged onto the highway at 30 km/h (19 mph). I had traffic beside me, so I couldn’t move over.

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TDashTheProphet@reddit

When I first started driving on my own after training I had a lady completely stop to allow someone to merge which led to me getting rear ended. I also had a guy road rage and flip me off because he did couldn’t merge in front of me after he failed to reach merging speed for a 70+ mph two lane highway 😂.

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DFA_Wildcat@reddit

Man, I hear you. Cruise set at 62 mph in the right lane, faster traffic in the left lane, can't move over. For whatever reason 25% of the population just can't figure out how to get up to 65 and pull in front of me or let off and pull in behind me. Somehow it's my fault that I'm in their way.

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lightbeerdrunk@reddit

Thank you for translating the speed into McDonald’s for me 🙏

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Little-Trucker@reddit

And then cut to the middle lane 🤬

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MCryptoWars@reddit

Some motorists that are operating cars do not know how to use there mirrors properly. They do not scan their mirrors like we truck drivers do. So sometimes when the motorist is in the right lane, in their mind they do not have to move over to the middle lane, even though there are no vehicles there because they believe that they are correct and that it is optional. Some motorists have no common sense, especially those that have mental illness.

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Maleficent_Lake_1816@reddit

Call the company. My truck is governed down so weak that when I’m loaded 80,000lbs I’m lucky if I can get to 40mph by the time the ramp ends. Not the drivers fault my friends.

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TomaszTyka@reddit

Happened yesterday, I couldn't move over a lanecar in front of me stopped four two cars going 40 in a 65, another squeezed in behind the car that initiated all this bs on front of me while I'm trying to slow down while loaded.. not speeding up at all... I laid down on that horn... proceeded to get brake checked... I was loaded 79600 with liquid hot glass.. I could have pancakes those four cars and turned the interstate into an ice rink all in one roll.

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LimpingAsFastAsICan@reddit

Beware in places like Pittsburgh, where the ramp may end with a stop sign, and you will merge onto the Interstate, across a lane of exiting traffic, 100 yards from a tunnel entrance.

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AdministrativeTop655@reddit

It should be mandatory to watch this before you get your license.

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americandoom@reddit

Yield signs are always for the people entering the highway not the ones already on it. If they can’t merge that’s on them

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hamchops78@reddit

People in Denver need to see this video.

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iH8patrick@reddit (OP)

I was born in Denver… I’ve seen it!

Live in Wisconsin though.

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doinmydeed@reddit

What a dumb fucking pig. He and every one of his colleagues are the reason why traffic flow laws aren't followed.

It's shameful that DOT doesn't enforce traffic laws.

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iH8patrick@reddit (OP)

I mean… I can agree a little that police cause traffic flow problems because everyone is too scared to do the speed limit around them, driving without licenses or registration or insurance so they’re afraid to pass and that fucks up traffic.

But everything he said in his video is 100000% correct and if you think otherwise, you’re part of the problem.

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Much-Country-8015@reddit

I had two four wheels merge right on my bumper because a cop was infront of me and they were scared to pass. If i was that cop i wouldve pulled them over because what are you doing. I pass cops all the time because they are under the speed limit when its time for them to clock out and go home.

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iH8patrick@reddit (OP)

I’ll pass a cop in my truck all day every day if they’re going under the speed limit. Even if they’re going 69 in a 70. I’ll pass at 71.

In my personal, I’ll pass at 5 over any day.

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ohmygodbees@reddit

Are you OK?

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doinmydeed@reddit

Just wish the general public had better reading comprehension.

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Kryptedbbkick@reddit

No he was called out in the video.

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MinisterHoja@reddit

Instructions unclear, I'm letting you on.

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iH8patrick@reddit (OP)

points wildly I FOUND ANOTHER ONE

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MCryptoWars@reddit

What the officer is saying is 100% true, and I spotted multiple motorists not knowing how to merge while using the On-Ramp. No matter what, I punch the fuel pedal to merge and it never failed, I been doing it for 10 years and never had an issue, in a tractor trailer. So if a tractor trailer can do it, then a motorist in a car should never have a problem. Now, there are On-Ramps in some places like Philadelphia PA where there are small so you have to be quick or make a complete stop until it is safe to merge in slow speeds.

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DukeBradford2@reddit

The farther west you go the more people believe it’s the other way around. West coast, anything west of Denver really, does not have yield signs on the on ramps. California is the absolute worst. 90% of the time they don’t even look over their shoulder or go faster than 45.

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Much-Country-8015@reddit

Had a 4 wheeler this week come around me with a middle finger because i left him on the merge ramp while he was going 45 onto a 65 highway. Some folks really think its your job to let them on

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Suspicious-Box5194@reddit

His statement about merge lanes/onramps being made to be long enough is mostly true...however all over milwaukee, wi the onramps are about 60-100 feet long and have no merge lane at 55-70mph. They've been rebuilding some of the sections but haven't lengthened them at all, so pileups are a constant

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iH8patrick@reddit (OP)

Hah! The on-ramp for 43S/94E from Becher was the exact ramp I was referencing in another comment where I was only going 33mph when the ramp ended this morning.

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Suspicious-Box5194@reddit

I used to drive a 60K pound chip truck and yeah... you're lucky if you hit 30mph on one of those ramps lol

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TrollSlap619@reddit

In Alaska Trucks got their own highways for trucks

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iH8patrick@reddit (OP)

Sounds like an argument I made years ago, bitching at Time Warner Cable on the phone about a rate increase, “what is this fucking Soviet Russia? IN SOVIET RUSSIA INTERNET BUY YOU”

So… IN ALASKA, HIGHWAY DRIVE TRUCK

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Semi__Competent@reddit

Had a pick up truck rip his front end off on my DOT bumper recently. He thought he’d force me over in a construction zone but didn’t see the car on my left side which was the reason I didn’t move over.

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Gijinbrotha@reddit

They can’t help it. Some people are afraid of the accelerator.

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TooTanPanther@reddit

PREACH. 🗣️

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Physics-Pool@reddit

I like to say it this way "There are NO yield signs on the highway".

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MandoHealthfund@reddit

In Georgia you're supposed to go 40-45 mph the entirety of the on ramp apparently

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iH8patrick@reddit (OP)

It’s Georgia.

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braydenmaine@reddit

This is a worse problem in Canada in my experience.

Drive from Blaine, WA to Delta B.C. and it's the worst stretch of driving for my mental health.

Maybe it's just drivers on that stretch of highway. Maybe the laws are different. But it's infuriating nonetheless.

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iH8patrick@reddit (OP)

I’ve heard Alberta and BC drivers are retarded. I’ve only been to Canada a couple times, when I was a kid (7-10) to go fishing in Thunder Bay, Ontario. I have no recollection of most of it except 1) being confused as fuck about fuel by the Liter 2) enthralled with loonies and toonies 3) getting absolutely annihilated by a bees nest and getting stung 23 times 4)singing the chorus to 1,2,3,4 by Coolio and not understanding the lyrics and having my aunt and uncle get pissed at me

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deltronethirty@reddit

Connecticut onramps might as well have a stop sign or red blinking arrow.

The only stretch of highways I'm camping in the middle lane.

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iH8patrick@reddit (OP)

That’s where I actually don’t mind the shit in the Chicago, Atlanta, NYC areas where the 4 wheelers are crossing as soon as there isn’t a PHYSICAL object in the way, fuck what color or design the lines have lol.

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AThousandBloodhounds@reddit

I get it, but I had a truck speed-up just to cut me off as I was merging. I was traveling faster than the speed limit and merging closely behind another truck. My only alternative was to veer off to the shoulder to avoid getting sandwiched.

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iH8patrick@reddit (OP)

Oh yeah, that’s the other side of this bullshit. Little dick syndrome

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Conscious_Grass_853@reddit

I love getting arms waved at me and given the finger when I don’t move over when some idiots trying to merge. I wish they knew how dumb they are.

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TangerineRough6318@reddit

I always move over if I can. My pet peeve is when they close a lane for construction and that one stupid mofo wants to wait until the last second to move over. Fuck them. I'm not doing it. There was a sign 2 miles before we got to this point.

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iH8patrick@reddit (OP)

IF - IF I can I will always move over 10000%, just because i don’t want the headache. But that ain’t happening all the time.

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TangerineRough6318@reddit

I can be petty as hell sometimes. Lol The other day someone was just riding my ass, so when we had a yellow line I'd slow down to 45. We drove 8 miles like that. Lmao

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iH8patrick@reddit (OP)

Oh for sure, my middle name is Tom Petty.

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Conscious_Grass_853@reddit

Had a lady cut me off yesterday because I was pulling up to an intersection on a steep hill whil I was loaded. She was coming from a small ass back road that there’s no way a semi would fit. I had my blinker on because I was gonna turn right at the intersection that was 25 feet after said road. This psycho pulled out right in front of me while trying to gun it up this steep ass hill and I had to slam on my brakes. She was already out into the intersection and successfully cut me off already. She stopped. Reversed it back on to the road she came from and proceeded to throw hand gestures at me like I was in the wrong. I literally mouthed to her to go fuck herself. Like I couldn’t believe she thought she did the right thing and I was the asshole.

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TangerineRough6318@reddit

People sometimes dude....amazing. lol

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_Aech_@reddit

It's very tempting to print out the link to this video so I can throw it at them on my way past them. Or maybe print a big QR code for it and stick it on my passenger side somewhere so when they try to snap a photo of "the asshole that didn't move over to let them on the freeway", this will pop up, and they just might realize they were in the wrong.

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Conscious_Grass_853@reddit

What are you fucking John Elway? Good luck making that throw😂

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Foxlen@reddit

Where I live it is encouraged to allow people to merge, and thankfully often practiced

Every once is a while some small car will squeeze up to block you, but usually people let you in or move over all together

Signs say "be courteous to merging traffic"

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iH8patrick@reddit (OP)

If everyone acted the same way there’d be no problems.

Here, they don’t. Someone will slow up to let you in but the asshole on the side of them will use that opportunity to cut them off and take your space.

Someone will speed up slightly so you can clear, the asshole behind them will speed up to block you.

This is true for 4 wheelers or truckers.

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mind_matrix@reddit

Northbound Lakeway on ramp is awful. OP out here doing the lords work with this post. 🙏 thank you and stay safe but reckless

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Robinatlga@reddit

This really should be a PSA

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seem92@reddit

It he literally a half of mile left to they get up to speed but nope they coming in at 35mph. It's even more frustrating when the mf in the middle lane decides to speed up to block you in.

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KrisSanze@reddit

Send PSA to those in lifted pick up's

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aCausticAutistic@reddit

No that semi did not run you off the road, you ran yourself off the road.

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Satisfyeher@reddit

Star giving tickets for slow mergers just like police and state troopers like to hide catching speeders they should hide at onramps giving tickets for slow mergers

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Gweedo1967@reddit

And this trooper couldn’t find a safer place to video a PSA? Thank for making everyone slow down and move over unnecessarily.

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iH8patrick@reddit (OP)

I kinda agree there lol this was such a dumb spot. He should have been on the merge ramp not the active fucking highway.

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heebro@reddit

Some troopers in my area love to do this shit. They'll provoke people into fucking up

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Gonzotrucker1@reddit

Here is a question for you. A 65 mph truck moves over to let another 65 mph truck merge. Or he didn’t legally have to move over but he did out of courtesy. The merging truck gets up to speed quickly, and they are both side by side now. Who should slow down? In my opinion the merging truck should slow to let the other guy back over.

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iH8patrick@reddit (OP)

Of course, the truck on the highway didn’t have to move over. But he did to be nice.

The guy who merged needs to either step on it to get ahead of the guy on the left so he can merge back over, or SLOWLY coast down 2-3mph for a minute so the guy who moved over can get back ahead of him.

THANK YOU FOR POINTING OUT EXACTLY WHAT THE PROBLEM IS.

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heebro@reddit

That's not the law, but something more sacred—The Trucker Code

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Gonzotrucker1@reddit

But it rarely happens.

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AdAlarmed2157@reddit

I watch them as they merge. Most don't even look to see if there's any traffic in the lane. Others are to engrossed in their phones to pay attention.

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Coodevale@reddit

Reading comments and wishing freightliner techs could figure out why my truck has permanently derated to 75% power for no obvious reason.

Yes, I know and I'm sorry. I'll switch out to my old truck that can actually pull in a week or two and put this pos in the shop.

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iH8patrick@reddit (OP)

I understand that 100%, being the owner of a 2008 Freightshaker that was having turbo problems.

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couchpatat0@reddit

Just get off your damn phone and LOOK and see where to merge into traffic, then do it!!!

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iH8patrick@reddit (OP)

Why get off the phone though? It’s just driving.

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MastrChang@reddit

Amen!

Funny, a GA State trooper just this morning made me brake while he was merging.

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legendarygarlicfarm@reddit

They can never get onto a highway faster than 40 miles an hour but as soon as they're angry and on the highway, they're going 90. They always find the pedal once they get to the highway

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Pastorfuzz69@reddit

Back when I started driving, there used to be yield signs on the get on ramps and we were taught to yield in drivers Ed in school.

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iH8patrick@reddit (OP)

Only see this in construction areas these days, or when it’s a super short on ramp

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