Is this "we can't drive" day??
you were instructed to always accelerate into the open spot when changing lanes and adjust your speed with the flow of traffic after the merge. You were instructed NOT to slow down, and thereby force the traffic you were merging with to slow down.
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Sometimes the right lane is so crowded, effed up and "tailgaty" that you HAVE to slow down to find a clear spot to get IN to
I well remember the ramps onto the Bay Bridge in San Francisco/ Oakland from Treasure Island (Yerba Buena). They had timed lights that "spaced" entering vehicles, and you were expected to make a suicide launch down the ramp. Because of the concrete walls, you could not see squat.
They used to post a Marine out there in the afternoon when classes got out to direct traffic. He'd be looking back down the freeway, then frantically wave you down the ramp
The guy who would later be the first owner of my 440 sixpack car, then had a 65 Chevelle with a 67 350, 350hp cam. "We" taught him a little and "tuned it up". It ran pretty damn good. He broke a 4 speed, two 10 bolts, and a couple of clutches before he "went Road Runner." He used to LOVE those drag race on ramps.
In this part of the country, there are many people who THINK it is the job "of the freeway" to get out of their way when on the ramp. If you have a car ahead of you on the ramp, always leave as much acceleration space as possible, because you can BET they will be doing 45 at the end of the ramp!!!
