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I will let you merge if you’re going the same speed as traffic. If you treat the on-ramp like a school zone, I don’t want you in front of me you nuisance.
People that merge going slower than traffic only to speed up AFTER they have forced traffic to either slow down or speed up to pass are monsters.
Though to be fair, people going significantly faster than the lane next to them aren't much better. If you want to go fast, move left. Almost every day on my commute, I need to speed up to like 70 to merge, slow down to 60 to move left, then back up to 70 to move left again.
I think we should enforce a "no passing on the right" law, as well as a "no holding up traffic" law. If you're going slower than the flow of traffic, or if you get frustrated with the person in front going slower than the speed of traffic, you should get a ticket. That would probably solve both problems if enforced consistently. But instead, police enforce speed limits, which isn't really the root of the problem. I haven't really seen people lose control and cause a massive pileup, usually it's someone hitting a car they're not expecting to be there (technically their fault, but the law is poor here); it would likely be avoided if you only could expect faster traffic on the left and slower traffic on the right.
I agree with the no holding up traffic law since it drives me crazy seeing someone in the left lane going 10 under but that doesn't really work. Speaking from experience, many companies have drive cams that will tattle if they're speeding, following too closely (ridiculous distances too, like 10+ seconds), braking too hard, accelerating too hard, not coming to full stops and sitting for at least 2 seconds, etc. With everybody wanting to drive 10+ over they tend to get aggressive towards people in these vehicles when they're just trying not to get fired. It adds lots of frustration to the driver. Police should be enforcing speed limits first then those what I call "moving road obstacles". If they're not going to drive the speed limit then get the fuck out of the way.
but that doesn't really work
It works fine in places like Germany. If you want to go slow, stay to the right.
The specific law should be that you're holding up traffic if there's room to move right while maintaining speed, and it's always illegal to pass on the right. The first addresses people going 10 under in the passing lane(s) and the second targets aggressive drivers. Imo, speed limits shouldn't be enforced unless it's actually causing public safety issues (e.g. 10-20 over is fine if everyone goes that fast, the issue is relative speed difference).
My commute involves an archaic on ramp that is three cars lengths at most and at such an angle that I can't see the merging lane with my mirrors. I get close to a stop on that thing and wait until I can see it's clear. There really is no other choice.
Fortunately, anybody using that on ramp knows, so I don't get too much guff for being cautious.
Now my exit ramp at work, on the other hand, it's more modern, so even last week I found myself getting tailgated doing eighty five with the guy behind me honking and flashing his lights because eighty five in an exit ramp that ends at a red light apparently isn't enough.
I tire of experiencing Ben Hur chariot races every day.
My person and property is more valuable than some other driver's impatience.