That’s a pretty common thing in Utah. Another thing people do on the merge is that they only get up to 45. Merging into traffic doing 75 when you’re only doing 45 doesn’t work and is dangerous. I’ve crossed a lot of solid lines on the merge when seeing an opening because it’s a lot less dangerous than hanging behind Mr. 45 that’s trying to get me killed. If a rear-ender happens, it’ll be somebody behind him, not him. (And I’m sure he’ll go merrily on, pretending that he didn’t see the carnage in his rear-view mirror. People like that are selectively hard-of-hearing, too.)
>>Another thing people do on the merge is that they only get up to 45.<<
On occasion, when behind a wimpy driver that is clearly going to do that, I’ll stop at the top of the on ramp and wait until they are a good ways down. Then I’ll have room to get up to speed myself and merge correctly.