question about lane changes?

always watch you butt cause no one else will

 

I think it IS an emergency,if my 80,000lb baby is about to squash you........

 

Well, I'm currently in PA.
These drivers have no idea how to merge in with traffic.

I am in the right lane, going speed limit (+/- 1), they are 'merging' in next to me - but a bit ahead of me.
I start to slow down to let them in, and what do they do?
Me, I would put my foot down a quarter of an inch and get ahead.
Them? They slow to a stop!

There is a serious lack of training in how to merge into traffic.

It's like they don't even see me until they are crossing the line - like, they don't even look at the traffic until they are already in the lane.

 

I like to pop the jakes for a split second as my exhaust is next to there door. It makes them pay attention because its rather loud. Its strait piped with a 90* on the back pointed down about 1ft from the ground.

 

YIELD ???? ha, the majority of drivers 4 wheelers and truckers DO NOT know what that means....it is becoming more common for people to try and force their way on....in CA you are sup. to move over a lane for traffic getting on..i have never heard of getting a ticket either..unless like mentioned "no trucks"...which will be highly unlikely if you are in right lane and are only moving 1 over to the left. also the horn...well i use mine at times...but not usually at unyielding traffic, like was said, can scare somebody and make things worse....

 

Interesting......

 

In TX and a few other states, "vehicles entering OR exiting a limited access roadway (e.g. freeway) have the right of way." I believe lane changes in heavy traffic, like backing, are inherently risky and should be avoided when possible. I prefer the second lane out if there are enough lanes so super trucker can pass without going to the #1 lane. Otherwise, it is a constant pedal game as people do the expected numbskull moves. On the other hand, I will change lanes for a big truck if I cannot lift and block the lane so he can get on.
Frank

 

Tired and Hungry? welcome to your training...... Homesick? Your new home will have 18 wheels better get use to it. Gotta take it like a man and suck it up.....It will get better with time.....

After all you did not spend that five grand to sit at Home Sweet Home !

 

They have the right of way on the service roads, not the freeway. Traffic already on the freeway has right of way over traffic trying to enter the freeway, even in Texas.