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Graflex01867 t1_iweswpf wrote

In the Midwest, you guys have highway on ramps that are long and straight enough to actually hit highway speeds at the end of the ramp.

Try that with our short, sharply-curved on ramps that were never designed for 70mph, and you’ll just drive yourself into the side of an unyielding truck at the end of the ramp - at highway speeds.

The rules are written for infrastructure we just don’t have. You can’t stop at the end of the ramp, but you have to remember there’s a good chance there’s nowhere to merge in to, and your lane may or may not end.

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Lucybruin t1_iwg8z5h wrote

In the Midwest, the highways were planned after looking at the disaster we have here we’re only now catching up adding merge lanes Enjoy it still the best place to live !

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tobascodagama t1_iwgtw1g wrote

> The rules are written for infrastructure we just don’t have.

This is the answer to like 90% of "why are Mass drivers the way they are?" questions.

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mortaymortay t1_iwgjzpk wrote

I’m from NJ, which has roads and ramps similar to MA and a ton of traffic. We all learned to get up to highway speed to merge.

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Conscious_Analysis48 t1_iwhqfdf wrote

Living in the midwest , NE transplant. Worst drivers ever here , even worse than Florida.

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COVID_2019 t1_iwi39sw wrote

>Try that with our short, sharply-curved on ramps

Is this particularly bad in the North Shore area? I remember driving up Salem a few times when I was younger and thought the on ramps were a joke. Like <40 feet for merging distance. Maybe I was young and just attributed it to the area, but I never liked driving north shore anyway.

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