So how do you merge onto the highway?

well, i dont know about the other drivers, but i just pray, close my eyes and hit the gas. so far i did not hit anyone i think and i am still alive sooo it works.

good luck...

and please please don't EVER come to Quebec..

 

Same as I do in any other type of vehicle. As soon as I make the turn onto the ramp, I start accelerating to get up to speed. The easiest way to merge is if you are already up to speed. As I'm making my way down the ramp, accelerating as quickly as I can, I glance up the road to try to find a gap. Then, you ease over into that gap. If I need to use the shoulder for a ways as I get up to speed and wait for traffic to clear, so be it, because let's face it, these trucks really don't accelerate too well when fully loaded. The one thing I DON'T do is stop on the friggin' ramp. I don't know where that started, but it is the ABSOLUTE WORST thing you can do...especially in a vehicle that accelerates from 0-60 in 3.5 miles. Hit the top of the ramp as hard as you safely can, accelerate as much as you safely can, look at what is coming and find your gap early, and do your best to blend into traffic.

 

The questions that are asked on here I swear. How do YOU get on the highway?

 

Your kidding right?

 

You press the merge button and the tractor gets on the hwy for you

 

Put the hammer down, play the Clint east wood song over the CB and yell shut up stupid with your eyes closed

 

I do just like the 4wheelers do...As I am approching the bottom the ramp, talking on my cell phone, I look over and expect that driver to move over and let me on. If not I flip them the hello sign.