How to Correctly Merge Onto A Freeway

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[Earlbein]

Hello my good man, I was one of those folks requesting a through video on freeway merging, thank you so very much for listening to your subscribers, and I consider myself, a student (!) At 50, I've only been driving for a few months now, and your video tutelage has assisted me tremendously, I keep returning/re-watching for "refresher courses", THANKS RICK and, keep them coming, better/safe driving is a,  LIFELONG LESSON!

[yacinechina]

Thank you Rick your lessons are useful for me in my work, your are awesome.

[ayeshaflores]

This seems like a small point but, I bought small convex mirrors (chose the *rectangular* ones ) for the 1st time - mostly because the glass portion of both side mirrors don't stay in place. I realized I didn't know which corner to apply them. Since then, I've seen others place them in different corners: top/ bottom and top/bottom inner corners


Also, I applied them with the long sides horizontally.



Does it make a difference where they're applied?

[harishpisharody]

Hi Rick, I got my G2 license in May and I took rental cars most of the weekends till now. I avoided highways till last weekend. Only last weekend I went for drive first time on highway. It wasn't 100% smooth but at least I didn't cause any problem to others and me. I kept on right lane mostly and the speed was between 90 and 100, while the max speed on highway was 100 and most of vehicles were 120-130 kph. Was that a correct thing for me to do?

[smahara]

Thanks for these helpful videos. In the Bay Area in Northern California, some freeway entrances are extremely short. How would you handle a merge in this case? Here is one example: Charleston onto US 101. In this case, there is basically no acceleration lane. Also, this one converts to an off-ramp a very short distance ahead, so people may be trying to exit at the same time as you are entering. This type of entrance is fairly common in the Bay Area, and seems dangerous.

[HotPepperLala]

Just passed my Class 5 test. This examiner was so impressed by my driving he complimented after we got into the office. I got like 3 demerits, but even he confessed they were pretty much insignificant (e.g. turn position) . There was a part where it was green and I had to make a left turn, but as soon as I entered the intersection it turned amber and I cleared the intersection. There was also a part where there were constructions and he told me to make a right turn while pointing his pen, so I just changed to the right lane and followed the direction of his pen. But it turned out to be blocked, so I just did the best thing and sat there and wait for a left lane change and make the right turn.


He told me i could've stopped (no timer on pedestrian light), but does he really think I can magically count the invisible timer from green to amber? I mean he could've equally said "why did you stop at green?"


Anyways, I had a fair examiner. Didn't ask for x-point turns (I found out later it was illegal in Vancouver lol), parallel parking, identify hazards, etc. I had to back in though. What this made me realize is that during a left-turn at intersections, there are just so many things that are beyond the driver's control.