“When someone tries to use a gap between trucks in the right lane to pass three or four of us in the passing lane, I don’t let them in.”
I hate those stupid, rude, entitled half-wits too. However, if you successfully prevent them from merging, it seems not unlikely that it will further frustrate them, and possibly cause them to do something even stupider that will kill somebody.
Given that the goal is zero accidents, it seems to me that letting the mentally defective crumb-bums in might provide the greatest safety for the greatest number.
Of course, there are other ways to look at it.
I get where you are coming from on that, but I see that as appeasement. And when you give the bullies your lunch money, they only up the ante. I fight back. Always have. Thing is, I don’t consider it all that dangerous. It might scuff up my car and all, but none of this stuff is at high speed.
But I now carry in my car.