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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why do you do this? It makes me hate you. I don’t want to hate you. [/quote]

Why? Because, for whatever reason, I can't continue moving forward safely.[/quote]

Also so many people around here seem to think every "yield" sign must have a merge zone even when there isn't any merge zone.  The number of times I've had people lay on the horn when I was at a no merge zone on ramp to GW Parkway or the on ramp to Duke Street at Van Dorn is enough to make me crack a molar.  You think I'm sitting here waiting for a break in traffic for funsies?  [/quote]

I guess your reading comprehension is as good as your driving. OP said aside from no merge zones.

You should try driving school if you have so much trouble dealing with traffic and get that stressed over it. If you improve your skills you will improve your confidence and have a better experience.  
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My reading comprehension is just fine, thanks though.  My issue is many people around here think there are merge zones when there aren't so OPs narrative that this was a situation with a merge zone is, to me, unreliable at best.  And no driving school is going to tell me to gun it into traffic with no merge zone just because the dingleberry behind me is honking.

You can sit there and stay mad.  [/quote]

The vast majority of merge lanes in this area DO have space to merge.

The driving school could minimize your anxiety and help you realize there actually IS room to merge at most junctions.

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Duke Street at Van Dorn and many of the on ramps to GW Parkway are on ramps with no merge zones which is why they were specifically called out.  And those are areas specifically where people get all up in their feelings and lay on their horn because they don't pay attention to all the "no merge zone" signs and think "of course there must be a merge zone, every one ramp has a merge zone".

Driving school for a person who actually reads the signs and obeys the traffic laws safely at those junctions isn't going to help.  People like you and OP paying more attention and noticing/obeying the no merge zones will.  [/quote]

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