Merging Onto Highway With Driving Student 

@brooklyyn Some people have no courtesy whatsoever. It is like they are on the road for some kind of rivalry or to cause problems. Stay safe bro.

True but not for me my first time driving on the main road was this past Sunday 😂after only practicing 3 times in parking lots the 3rd time in that same night my father had me merg on to the main road for the first time and drive back home I thought I was gonna fold but I didn’t it was actually cool fr

Bruh

It’s my favorite part the 50 to 100 mph acceleration the most fun

I'm literally finna be 16 and my dad made me drive to the expressway to my school for practice, I was kinda scared at first but it was alright for me, but I'm safe!

same

In iowa driver's ed they used to have 14 year olds bring the car up to 100mph and then back down to 75 just to get a feel for things

Same

At first I was thinking "All right, this is an _awesome_ driving instructor!" But then I realized, "Oh, wait, this must be Canada." 😄

LITERALLY

Lmaoo

I was like wtf 😂😂😂

Same

No. Apparently im not supposed to merge at 90 mph anymore. At least that's what the sheriff keeps saying.

Normal in Germany xD

My instructor actually told me to break the speed limit to make a pass, but the driving school's ford was a pos and the transmission wouldn't kick down, so there I am in the left lane slowly giving it more and more gas(pedal is halfway down btw) waiting for the car to kick down and it just refused to.

Where I frequent, 90 miles per hour isn't that crazy a speed. It's still pretty high, but it's not considered "batshit"

@@TommyElijahCabelloReal. Most of the world uses kilometres per hour not miles per hour. Open yourself to the idea that vids here need not be U.S. based

@@goldysgarage189 Yeah, I know what kilometers are. In fact despite living in the US, I always measure temperture in Celsius, and try to think of distance in metric to make myself more suitable for conversations with non-americans. But I was just interjecting saying that on some American roads, 90 mph is still considered only slightly above average. Don't tell me to open my damn mind when it was already so

@@TommyElijahCabelloReal cheers to that

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Isn't it 80 kmh on highway ? And for the signs on highway if it says 80 ur supposed to b at 80 or few km under ? Like if it doesn't say 90u still go 90?

@VB-yc7cn where are you in the world? Cheers Rick

@smartdrivetest hi Rick I'm from surrey bc . I'm sure that most of our signs are max limits... I'm doing my test In guildford In a few days. Dont know if ill be going on highway but anyway .. I also wanted to ask is it OK when reversing to have one hand on the wheel and one behind passenger ? Also questionn # 2) what about for the portion of the parallel park when ur reversing ? Can I also have this set up.. I was thinking for reverse yes but two hands for parallel park.. unless u say different!! Thanks Rick

or be a typical licensed driver already who seems to think 90 mph isn't fast enough.

@@jackson5116 wut.

​@@aoscustoms2999 Lots of people on the highway.

lmfao real

they'll accelerate anyway... after getting rear-ended

Not always possible to accelerate to speed limit. Sometimes there are queue ahead or short slip road

@@astyaworld2858 Not always possible but drivers such as you do not even try to accelerate to the highway speed limit before merging and still enter the travel lane at only 45 mph then hesitate a few seconds while in the travel lane before accelerating over 45 mph. It rarely is not possible to accelerate to the high speed limit before merging. Two-tenths / mile is plenty of distance for cars to accelerate to the highway speed limit. Car manufacturers do not boast about the slow accelerate rates in advertisements of their cars. They boast about high acceleration rates.

Hi Miriam Alfonso MAP - We're happy to hear we could help out. If there is anything further we can do, drop us a note. Always happy to help. All the best, Cheers Rick

Have a look at this vid: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-GRX7iW4Jqcs.html For parking see: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-2fEJL0NHqsA.html And for merging see: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-enBI_nJ8xqE.html Drop us a note if you have any questions, or we can help out. All the best, Cheers Rick

I hope my road test is that easy fam, Salute brother GOD bless you man, 1 Corinthians 15:1-8, Romans 10:9-10, Acts 2:38, John 3:16-17 (KJV)

Like what 😭

Mine didn't even leave the parking lot of the DMV, I swear to you. So insane.

American driving licenses are such a joke 😢

And be sure to pick you spot my friend. You are correct - get the "pedal to the metal." All the best, Cheers Rick

Me using my right foot to make the engine regret it was ever built, "how else you think this 89 horse power is gonna get us up here?"

Then they hesitate for a few seconds before finally accelerating.

​@@oscargrouch7962 I think they hesitate for safety. Maybe it is okay to drive your way on Sesame Street. Pun intended. I have an idea. When approaching an in ramp why not change lanes if safe to do so ?.

@@carolkenyon5063 Oh, Carol, dummy, I missed the part in my comment above in which I typed I do not move over a lane to allow merging traffic to merge BECAUSE I NEVER TYPED I DO NOT MOVE OVER A LANE TO ALLOW MERGING TRAFFIC TO MERGE. Hesitate in traffic after merging for a few seconds for safety before finally accelerating? What? The safest speed to merge into traffic is the speed the traffic is already moving. Neither merging faster and slower than traffic is safer than merging at the speed of traffic. As in the video that you obviously did not have the attention span to listen to, only drivers of merging can accelerate their own vehicle to match the speed of traffic BECAUSE NO ONE ELSE CAN ACCELERATE THEIR VEHICLES FOR THEM. Surprise! The driving instructor urged the student driver to accelerate to merge with traffic because the instructor could not accelerate the car for her. How long have you been merging incorrectly? I suggest you need to schedule some driving instruction to learn how to merge with traffic correctly. Hint: That right pedal in your car is the accelerator. Press it with your right foot to accelerate. USE IT THE NEXT TIME BEFORE YOU MERGE WITH TRAFFIC NOT AFTER YOU MERGE WITH TRAFFIC

@@oscargrouch7962 You certainly are grouchy. You act like driving is an ego trip lol. Pass this one , pass that one. Speed. Speed. This is not the way to go. Be safe. Let me educate you. The sign on most ramps is " Yield. " That means you let traffic near you pass. I know this sounds scary to you , but this is safe. My idea of safely changing lanes when safe for ramp traffic is good. They can use the right most lane. I use the middle lane. This GREATLY reduces the risk of an accident. I am well aware of placement of pedals in the car. I know what to use them for. I went to driving school. My attention span is very long. I have a four year college degree. Do you ? Remind me not to drive when you and that driving " instructor " are on the road. He is more like a driving destructor.

@@carolkenyon5063 Oh, Carol, you have proven AGAIN with your second comment that you are not bright. Do you know what 'yield' means? 'Yield' means 'to give way to'. Now you know. The "YIELD" signs are for the merging traffic to give way to traffic already in the travel lane because the traffic in the travel lane has right-of-way over merging traffic. That is why "YIELD" signs are along highway entrance ramps not along the travel lanes. It is the responsibility of the merging drives to yield to drivers already in the traveling lane. What if there is no middle lane? Do you panic if traffic tries to merge? Yes, I do have a Bachelor Degree. FYI, I also have a Master Degree. Your punctuation, grammar, and vocabulary are atrocious for someone who claims to have a four-year college degree. Anyone else old enough to have a four-year college degree knows the "YIELD" signs are for the merging traffic.

That is me. I have highway anxiety because if the high speed driving and impatient drivers.

Anything , racing to get to on the highway or anywhere is very dangerous.

But I mean what if there's traffic? Sometimes you have to be cautious because the cars next to your lane may try to pass you.

​​​@@aero-fw9oswell if there is traffic then you dont have to drive as fast when merging. Its situational but for the most part you should be at maybe 65-75 when merging onto highway

​@@carolkenyon5063its even more dangerous if youre merging while going too slow and/or braking

Pick up speed on the accel ramp and eye down a spot to merge to while also checking driver side mirror/rearview and shoulder checking your blindspots while you're in the acceleration lane. You have to be fast because people are speeding and slowly merging into highway traffic can cause a deadly accident

Hi Josh Ryan - you are most welcome my friend. Drop us a note if we can help further my friend. All the best, Cheers Rick

He is NOT teaching merging. He is forcing students to barge their way into traffic. Not safe. He needs to take driving lessons instead.of pressuring people.into driving unsafely. You are NOT obligated to go the speed limit.

​@carolkenyon5063 but you are obligated to merge safley on a highway, that is your responsibility and yours solely, if you hit someone merging into the highway because you were not going fast enough it's your fault, and if you cause a roadblock on the merge lane that slows down the flow of traffic that's also impeding traffic. I'm also a truck driver and I see this stupid shit all the time, people legitimately rolling so slow into it they abort halfway through as you pass them and cause 5 to 6 cars behind them to come to a dead stop on the damn highway.

Yup - easy to make that mistake my friend. 90kph or 55mph. All the best, Cheers Rick

There are roads in America where people drive 90mph! So you still need to match the speed of traffic when merging . A good video, the instructor did an excellent job

@@alphagt62 - it's 90kph (55mph) my friend. Thank you for your kind words. All the very best, Cheers Rick

Thank you for clarifying

There's also text at 0:24 saying that

Thank you for your kind words my friend. All the best, Cheers Rick

Not accelerating now I be doing 70 mph by the time I'm on the freeway already

I didn't know this even tho it's supposed to be common sense......but what if it's too many cars next to the merging lane and people are behind me? Yield or? I avoid highways because of that

@@blindsight3690 your driving your car, with your safety. Don’t what the other cars are doing or feeing around you. Do what’s safe and maybe stop if you have to.

@@blindsight3690 Usually people who see your merging will slow to let you merge

Above freeway speed ? Do you want to lose control ? When I see a big rig coming on the highway I change lanes to help them if safe to do so. 😄

​@@blindsight3690 Yield right of way is the law. Bozo behind you should not tailgate.

How did it go?

@@KG-ck9hb everything went fine

If this gives you anxiety, you're not ready to merge on the freeway. See this vid: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-enBI_nJ8xqE.html You'll need more driving experience. Part of an instructor's job is to prepare you for the pressures and stresses of driving. Drop us a note if you have further questions. Cheers Rick

See this video for merging: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-enBI_nJ8xqE.html This vid for roundabouts: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-hcYhzbEnoMA.html You're going to do awesome my friend. Remember the 4 most powerful words in the English language: "I CAN DO THIS!" Drop us a note if you have questions. Cheers Rick

Hi Robert Collins - you are most welcome my friend. All the best, Cheers Rick

Thank you for your kind words. Happy to hear we could help. All the best, Cheers Rick

You're welcome! Drop us a note if we can help further. Cheers Rick

And why would I give you a panic attack my friend? Cheers Rick

I'm sure he's developed a good relationship with the student by this point and knows what works for her. I can tell she does trust him. Different techniques for different drivers.

those are advisory speeds that apply to semi trucks, and in that context they make sense. but I think for every on ramp there should be a painted line (probably bright red) that marks where you're supposed to punch the gas

That is an excellent point my friend. All the best, Cheers Rick

See this vid: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-enBI_nJ8xqE.html Drop USA note if you have further questions. Cheers Rick

O ok thank you

You must not live in a city we’re merging on the highway throws you in a wall of traffic.

Actually it's 90 kilometres per hour, which is 55 miles per hour. But 90 some times works too. See this video for more information: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-enBI_nJ8xqE.html All the best, Cheers Rick

It's a secondary road my friend - kinda like a state road. But you're right - most freeways and interstates have higher speed limits. All the best, Cheers Rick

That's metric my friend - it's 55mph. See this vid for more information: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-enBI_nJ8xqE.html All the best, Cheers Rick

@@smartdrivetest yeah I figured when it came up on the screen, though dash cam speed was in mph.

That’s what I do also I keep saiding come on merge merge merge I’m slowing down a little you gotta speed a little merge in come on.

Have a look at this vid my friend: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-GRX7iW4Jqcs.html Know that you're going to have some nerves on test day. That's okay. The nerves and anticipation will keep you sharp my friend. Drop us a note if you have further questions. All the best, Cheers Rick

She would just have to get the car going faster my friend. Most of those freeways and interstates have longer acceleration lanes for drivers to get up to speed. All the best, Cheers Rick

@@smartdrivetest Better yet if you have a car with higher acceleration rate 👌. Not far off from takingoff in a GA airplane. Rotation speed is normally 60kts in a 180hp piston plane.

Hi Bashole - you are most welcome my friend. Drop us a note if we can help further my friend. All the best, Cheers Rick

@smartdrivetest I'm a truck driver by trade so I deal with that on a daily basis. Thanks for posting. The driving lessonm

Duuude I have to drive there sometime! 🤣

@@deanthesavagenah bro ppl so crazy and unpredictable

I do 90 mph on the turnpike everytime

@@rosamerlujan5510 right people don’t like to let us merge or pass

probably british columbia

It's in kph my friend. 90kph is 55mph. ;0) All the very best, Cheers Rick

Nope - I’m the driving instructor. All the best, Cheers Rick

​@@smartdrivetest You "Instructing " bad. 🤑

I was stressed for her just watching. It's a tough line to navigate, where you trust that an instructor knows more than you about driving, but you also have to take responsibility for your own known ability to safely maneuver the car at that rate of speed. At the end of the day, you are the one behind the wheel and the final result will be on you. (Technically, it is probably safer to use your better judgement and decide that you cannot safely and successfully attempt that maneuver at that speed and find a safe out [because there could, in theory, be a wall of cars and nowhere to merge in, in which case you would have to stop instead of forcing your way into a wall of cars anyway or there could be a situation where you're not sure if your car would fit in the gaps that there are, and so you'd have to do the same thing] than to drive at a rate of speed where you cannot fully control the car and when you are not sure if you have a safe spot to merge in with... I understand that sometimes we need someone to nudge us to know that it's OK, and that you need to have some speed if you are going to merge out in front of cars that are already traveling quickly, but at the end of the day, when you're the driver you have to keep Your ability (not someone else's) in mind and use your better judgement.

He meant 55 mph

How do you figure? Cheers Rick

​@@smartdrivetest Let me see: ticket for speeding on the ramp , failure to yield right of way. Those are just for starters . Who knows what other bad driving the " Instructor" is forcing the student into ?

@@carolkenyon5063 what speed limit was broken? Did you really think he meant 90mph? He’s canadian, they use Km/h. That equals out to about (aboot) 55mph

How does matching the speed of the traffic on the highway & merging get you killed my friend ? Cheers Rick

@@smartdrivetest i can send you the locations on Google maps if you really care to look into it