[artplumber]

Originally posted by RallyJon
Well, that's a confusing way to word the law. And what exactly happens at 65 mph at the end of the on-ramp?

Sorry, but if they want you to merge at the speed of traffic, the implication is there that traffic should let you in.

They encourage you to merge at freeway speeds, hence the recommendation to get up to speed.

The freeway traffic has no obligation to "let you in". You are merging into traffic flow, therefore it is the responsibility of the merging vehicle to assess where it can merge safely - just like you can't make a right turn from a stop into continuously moving crosstraffic unless you can make the turn and merge safely.

This "law" does not mean the people on the freeway can't be nice, but it does mean that should an accident occur because of an unsafe merge, it will be judged to be the merging car's fault.