While thinking about a comment on my previous blog about Clevelanders not knowing how to merge, I thought about the one thing that annoys me the most when it comes to merging. This would be the on-ramp. I don't think it sank into very many peoples minds when they were told during Drivers Ed that you have to ACCELERATE when you get onto the on-ramp.
The other day I was getting on 71 to drive to Cleveland. The person in front of me on the on-ramp refused to go any faster than 35mph. I don't own the nicest car, so I really have to be up to the speed limit by the time I go to merge. I can't just gun it once I get up there otherwise my car would probably break down.
What bothers me the most in these situations is that I know everyone already on the highway is probably swearing at me in their own cars because I'm going a lot slower than they are once I merge. I don't want to be that person that is pissing everyone off. I know I personally can't stand those people. Unfortunately, there are times when you get stuck behind someone who just has a hard time putting their foot on the gas petal.
In the Digest of Ohio Motor Vehicles it even says "when you enter the on-ramp, accelerate. If your car is moving 30 miles per hour, it will be nearly impossible to merge with traffic moving twice as fast."
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I deal with this on a daily basis - going to and from work and class. And, to make it worse, the ramp is one of those where the entrance and exit ramps are connected - making it even more frustrating because it not only affects the people trying to get on the highway, but those trying to get off of the highway. Maybe people should have to retake their driving tests every 5-10 years or something?
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