[Vigilanteman]

I see you are in Washington State. I thought this was a SW Pennsylvania thing!

The other habit here which bugs the hell out of me is people who will drive up an entrance ramp with a football field length of merge lane (or more) and suddenly slam their brakes because they can't immediately get into the driving lane.

So you've got all this to watch whenever you enter a controlled access highway:

1. The traffic on the main road (at a 75 degree angle).
   
2. Their speed to time your merge.
   
3. The length of merge lane available and remaining, although it may be totally irrelavant due to:
   
4. The nimrod ahead of you who may suddenly slam their brakes for no apparent reason.

[wideminded]

The other habit here which bugs the hell out of me is people who will drive up an entrance ramp with a football field length of merge lane (or more) and suddenly slam their brakes because they can't immediately get into the driving lane.

I wonder which is worse: those people or the ones that drive down a mile of a "lane closed ahead" and expect to get in front of all the people who already pulled over.

[SoothingDave]

If i have to make a left with right of way and thrre’s a car on the side street also turning left and there is no other traffic, why not let him go?

Either i slow down, wave him out, he pulls out in front of me, then i can make a leisurely left onto the side street.

Or, i have to more cautiously turn and avoid his vehicle, then he can pull out after me. It makes less sense that way, especially if road conditions are less than ideal, or lanes are narrow and visibility for him is poor. Which it usually is in sw pa.