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[GaryRay 0]

so im trying to get onto I-5, California's coast highway for the most part and im on the on ramp...guy in front of me who already cut me off about 1mi back just hits his brakes and stops in the middle of the on-ramp, ended up slamming the brakes and having to turn off to the right not to hit him, the front end of my car stopped at the back end of his front door. i know i could have been paying more attention but who stops in the middle of an on-ramp!!!

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[Squeak 17]

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so im trying to get onto I-5, California's coast highway for the most part and im on the on ramp...guy in front of me who already cut me off about 1mi back just hits his brakes and stops in the middle of the on-ramp, ended up slamming the brakes and having to turn off to the right not to hit him, the front end of my car stopped at the back end of his front door. i know i could have been paying more attention but who stops in the middle of an on-ramp!!!

Well he does obviously I'm sure he had what he thought was a valid reason to brake suddenly, did you see anything that may have caused him to brake?


Were you perhaps tailgating and he got shitty and decided to see if you were awake?

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[GaryRay 0]

i wasnt tailgating, we were at 55 +/- and no animals were crossing the road or anything that i could see, just hit the brakes, i was about 45' behind him, keeping my distance b/c he already cut me off to get onto the on ramp first...

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[Royd 0]

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i wasnt tailgating, we were at 55 +/- and no animals were crossing the road or anything that i could see, just hit the brakes, i was about 45' behind him, keeping my distance b/c he already cut me off to get onto the on ramp first...

Have you ever heard of the two second rule. 45' is about 1/2 seconds' distance. You should have been at least 150' behind him.

[masterrig 1]

Vehicles entering a freeway or interstate, yeilds to the flow of traffic. Most folks seem to think it is the other way around. Maybe, there wasn't room for the other driver to enter safely and he had to stop and wait for traffic to clear.


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[skydiver30960 0]

Yeah, but YIELDING doesn't mean slowing down or stopping on an onramp. I'm definitely with the OP on this one.

Here's why:

Example: you need to MERGE with traffic (YIELDING in the process of course) that is going, let's say, 70mph. Will you be able to do this more effectively if you are doing 60mph, or zero? The closer your speed is to the traffic with which you're trying to merge, the smoother it'll go. That's what the onramp is for, matching speeds, not stopping and waiting.

It is incredibly dangerous to stop on an onramp. Now you've just made your own merge dangerous, but even worse you've endangered the lives of everyone else behind you who is now in the same boat just because you were afraid to step on the gas a little bit.

Definitely a case of people doing the wrong thing for the right reason. They think it's safer, but it's much worse.

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[CSpenceFLY 1]

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i wasnt tailgating, we were at 55 +/- and no animals were crossing the road or anything that i could see, just hit the brakes, i was about 45' behind him, keeping my distance b/c he already cut me off to get onto the on ramp first...

Have you ever heard of the two second rule. 45' is about 1/2 seconds' distance. You should have been at least 150' behind him.

What world are you from and where do you do most of your driving. That might work great in bum fuck country or where you live but it will get you no where in places like Atlanta

[jkm2500 0]

Yes, please speed up to the flow of traffic to merge. If you are going slower than traffic when you merge, it causes people in the number 1 lane to have to slow down, which starts a chain reaction. Especially if there is already a high flow of traffic. As soon as someone in the number 1 lane has to slow down, people start to bail (at a much slower rate of speed) into the number 2 lane, this happens until the entire freeway is slowed down from say 60 mph to 20 mph all for one asshole who got on the damn freeway at 50 instead of 70. Anyone who impedes the flow of traffic (in any lane) by going slower than the flow will jam up a freeway that is operating at more than 50% capacity.

Oh yea, and douche bags who are talking on their damn cell phone instead of driving always halt the flow of the freeway.

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[jtval 0]

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What world are you from and where do you do most of your driving. That might work great in bum fuck country or where you live but it will get you no where in places like Atlanta

I was thinking the same thing. WTF

I TRY TO follow the one car length per 10 MPH's
that shit don't fly when you're in the city traffic.

But If I'm doing 90 on the freeway there is usually no one in front of me so its all good.

BTW- to the OP. California drivers SUCK, in general.
Most of them like to do 5-10 mph LESS than the speed limit...AND in the left lane.

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The last time that happened, I had no choice but to use the left emergency shoulder to pass the fucker who cut in front of me like that.

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