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Thump said:
Ask tyrus3 and Ginn & Juice they both live in Zanesville and can corroborate.

There's another entrance ramp just beyond the merge point of this on-ramp that causes the distance to be so short.
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I will bet you everything I own, and everything my family owns, along with all of the money I can borrow, that the ramp is longer than 40 feet. It would be hard to parallel park four cars in 40 feet, there is no way an entrance ramp is that short.

And I stand by my statement. While there may be an extremely rare occurrence when you are forced to stop at the end of an entrance ramp (excepting when forced to by the idiot in front of you), these occasions are so few and far between that I doubt any single person sees more than 3 or 4 of them in a lifetime. I know I have never seen one. I have never, ever, had to stop at the end of a ramp. There have been several occasions where it probably would have been safe to do so, but in every case there was a jackass refusing to change lanes, even though he had more than plenty of room to do so, so he got cut off. If it's even fair to say cut off, as I was going as fast or faster than him. Besides, I drive a Yukon, so those bastards need to yield to ME! :evil:
 
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The only times I've ever had to stop on an on-ramp (barring gridlock) were on the Front Street ramp to I-70. Both times it was because the idiot in front of me stopped. Both times I drove around them and merged seamlessly into traffic, as there is plenty of room to do so.
As I said before, if you're encountering an on-ramp where you find yourself stopping more than once per year, you either can't drive or need to find a better route.
 
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FKAGobucks877 said:
I will bet you everything I own, and everything my family owns, along with all of the money I can borrow, that the ramp is longer than 40 feet. It would be hard to parallel park four cars in 40 feet, there is no way an entrance ramp is that short.

And I stand by my statement. While there may be an extremely rare occurrence when you are forced to stop at the end of an entrance ramp (excepting when forced to by the idiot in front of you), these occasions are so few and far between that I doubt any single person sees more than 3 or 4 of them in a lifetime. I know I have never seen one. I have never, ever, had to stop at the end of a ramp. There have been several occasions where it probably would have been safe to do so, but in every case there was a jackass refusing to change lanes, even though he had more than plenty of room to do so, so he got cut off. If it's even fair to say cut off, as I was going as fast or faster than him. Besides, I drive a Yukon, so those bastards need to yield to ME! :evil:
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I've had to stop at the ramp 3 times in 1 year. How many people does it take to tell you that I'm not making this shit up?

I drive like a bat out of hell and have never once had to do that in Columbus but have had to on that ramp in Z'ville multiple times.
 
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My dad in a couple ways really pisses me off when he drives, i think he's gonna kill us all.


1. When near a exit ramp/lane that is backed up, he will speed up beside it and try to cut over onto the exit ramp/lane, and he gets pissed off when nobody will let him over.

2. When he is sitting in a lane that is backed up, and somebody tries to get over, he thinks thats wrong and won't let anybody over.

Of course he denies ever doing that.


3. When somebody is on his ass he will start with the breaks and calling the guy every motherfucker in the book.

4. When he is on someone's ass because they are going too slow for him, he will get right on their ass, and when they step on the breaks, that is "wrong".
 
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Thump said:
I'll give you an example, the on ramp to I-70 in Zanesville only has about a 40 ft. area to merge and with the big semis driving in the right hand lane, sometimes you have to stop.

There's been people killed at that spot who just went ahead and merged and got run over.
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I drove that road too many times to mention over the years, most recently last week.
If any semi going through Zanesville hogs that right lane they are disobeying the clear directive of the signs east and west of Zanesville on I-70 that demand that ALL except local traffic clear out to the left lane -- if they intend to pass through.

I conclude that there is shared fault - most of the fault lay with the semi driver. The smaller portion lies with someone who didn't merge correctly.

While I would never ask someone to barrel into the side of or in front of a semi (you have to use those little grey cells between the ears) it is also dangerous to have everyone come to a complete and utter stop. For then the ease of entry is increased by more than one order of magnitude.

Frankly - most of the problem with merges IMO are caused by the clowns who are too scared to get close to dividing concrete barriers.
 
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Thump said:
Ask tyrus3 and Ginn & Juice they both live in Zanesville and can corroborate.

There's another entrance ramp just beyond the merge point of this on-ramp that causes the distance to be so short.
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I'm from there as well...it is really short, and the ramp incline is nothing to sneeze at.

Another thing that drives me crazy is when you are on a two lane road and there is plenty of traffic. Then some jack ass feels the need to pass you, almost hit a car head on, make you hit your brakes to let them in (although you don't want to, saving lives is a better feeling). That 2.5 seconds you get to your destination faster, most likely isn't worth the risk.
 
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I'm not wild about people turning left from the right lane (without blinkers, of course), using the shoulder as a passing lane on the highway, driving through a parking lot sideways (through empty spaces) without stopping to see if cars are coming, or going the wrong way on a one-way street.

Rough weekend.
 
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By the way as an insurance adjuster, the person merging is always at fault, even if the person doesn't let you over. Failure to yield citations would be issued and your insurance company would be picking up the tab.

P.S. I hate injury claims even more...those bumper scratches can really cause some serious medical issues...just open the yellow pages, or watch daytime television.:shake:


:bonk: :bonk: :smash: :smash: :2004: :2004: :beer:
 
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FKAGobucks877 said:
I will bet you everything I own, and everything my family owns, along with all of the money I can borrow, that the ramp is longer than 40 feet. It would be hard to parallel park four cars in 40 feet, there is no way an entrance ramp is that short.

And I stand by my statement. While there may be an extremely rare occurrence when you are forced to stop at the end of an entrance ramp (excepting when forced to by the idiot in front of you), these occasions are so few and far between that I doubt any single person sees more than 3 or 4 of them in a lifetime. I know I have never seen one. I have never, ever, had to stop at the end of a ramp. There have been several occasions where it probably would have been safe to do so, but in every case there was a jackass refusing to change lanes, even though he had more than plenty of room to do so, so he got cut off. If it's even fair to say cut off, as I was going as fast or faster than him. Besides, I drive a Yukon, so those bastards need to yield to ME! :evil:
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I think I might take that bet...Perhaps you should read my post earlier in this thread that talks about the distance of the ramp...Thump and I are not saying that the total distance of the ramp is roughly 40 ft., but the space at the top of the ramp to merge into traffic is roughly 40 ft...I know most ramps may not give enough room, but the ramp we are speaking of is even shorter than most...Like Thump said, not even a quarter mile up the road there is another on-ramp so it shortens the merging space of the ramp we are speaking about...Like I said you just have to witness it understand...
 
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Ginn & Juice said:
I think I might take that bet...Perhaps you should read my post earlier in this thread that talks about the distance of the ramp...Thump and I are not saying that the total distance of the ramp is roughly 40 ft., but the space at the top of the ramp to merge into traffic is roughly 40 ft...I know most ramps may not give enough room, but the ramp we are speaking of is even shorter than most...Like Thump said, not even a quarter mile up the road there is another on-ramp so it shortens the merging space of the ramp we are speaking about...Like I said you just have to witness it understand...
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And the next exit is Maple ave. the busiest street in Zanestucky. I'm 100% agreeable.
 
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