how do you put up with it?

Side window dash cam , and another pointing out the front- real drivers today have to learn and avoid other people its just not holding the wheel.

 

I've had a number of vehicles including other trucks who never look till they realize their at the end of the ramp and I'm not moving out of the way, that's when they learn what brakes are for.

 

It is a fair assumption that a large percentage of the population, now 70+ years after the first controlled access highways were first built( right there the PA Tpk was the 1st, opened in 1940) have not mastered the skill of merging onto the main highway from an entrance ramp. They are either too timid (stopping at the end of the ramp), too self absorbed-distracted(cell phone, don't know what a yield sign means and don't care), too aggressive( flying onto the highway etc.)
As the density of the traffic on a given highway goes well over the capacity, it can only get worse.

 

As someone living in PA, I have to step up here and say that some of the problem is due to the older highways not having acceleration lanes. They have on- and off-ramps... and sometimes one on-ramp serves as the next exit's off-ramp. Plus, many of the roadways in my area weren't built to accommodate the high level of traffic they now handle... so combined with the lack of acceleration lanes, smooth merging isn't always possible. Travel the Blue Route (Route 476) or Route 422 at rush hour, and you'll see lines of traffic backed-up on the on-ramps. It's frustrating.

 

You better get used to it, it seems to be human nature. The first thing a motorist does before they start the engine is throw any sense they might have out the window. That's why 30 4-wheelers try to come down a ramp 1 vehicle-length apart. Surely there will be enough room in the R lane for a 900' vehicle THIS TIME!

 

It is something you learn to anticipate and avert. All part of being a good seasoned driver.

 

I love the idiots that stop at the end of the ramp

 

After so many times you learn to ecspect the unecspected and just shrug it off.It doesn't do any good to get mad as long as no damage is done.The motoring public does not respect trks like they should especialy out in the northeast.