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Old 01-19-2018, 02:16 AM   #18 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Hersbird View Post
I think the onramp argument is a straw man. If it is an on ramp, you will get up to a reasonable speed that allows a merge. You certainly will always be faster than a loaded tractor trailer doing the same thing, and they need 100'+ of space. If it's just a little turn onto a fast highway then you need to wait until it is clear even if you have a Tesla S in ludicrous mode.
There was a guy on one of our sites a few years back who INSISTED that anything slower than his car was dangerous to take up his local on-ramp.

As he drove a Subaru STI, which does zero to the legal limit in about five seconds flat, it was fun asking him how many of his neighbors had died taking that very ramp.
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