Boutta go drive my parents to Costco first time being on a high way wish me luck yikes.

I just bought my first car and need to learn how to drive on the highway to get to school but the merging makes me so nervous. This video was very helpful and reassuring! I will keep your tips in mind when I am on the road!

AGHHH first time merging and driving on the highway was a success ! it wasn’t to bad :) don’t overthink it ! you’ll do great !

Some other things to consider. Remember who has the right away when merging into highway traffic. Not every driver will have the courtesy to give you room to merge into traffic. Also, keep a safe distance between you and the vehicle in front of you. I am guilty of doing this myself from time to time and its one of the worst things one can do when driving. If they are going slower than the posted speed limit simply go around them if the road allows it and it is safe to do so. PLEASE DON'T TAILGATE! If you accelerate to get on the highway ensure you are maintaining a safe distance between you and the back of the other vehicle in front of you. . The amount of distance you should keep depends on the speed/road conditions at the time. Should there be an emergency and they hit the breaks you dont want to be so close that you will not be able to avoid a rear end collision. Majority of highway accidents tend to occur when the suddenly slows down/comes to a sudden stop. most highways have signs that warn drivers of traffic slow downs. Lastly, just because the speed limit says 75 mph it doesnt mean its always safe to do so. Stay alert! Stay alive folks! BE SAFE OUT THERE! ;)

The only thing a person on the hwy need to do is leave space for you to merge. Especially large trucks. It is much easier to speed up 3000 pound car, than it is to slow down a 35,000 truck.

When I was 16-17, merging onto a busy Interstate at night was the scariest thing ever. I actually came to the end of the merge lane and had to STOP on the shoulder and wait for a clearing for me to get on the road, lol.

I drive on the highway all the time and didn’t problems merging until one day...what happened was, I was merging onto a highway, i was in the acceleration lane, and a biggggg truck was next to me. I was going to let the truck pass me then merge in the gap, but the truck was going too slow and my lane was about to end (btw i had my signal on the whole time just saying) so I decided to slam on the gas and try to cut in front of the truck. Well the truck sped up too and as I was about to merge, the truck was right next to me and gave me the loudest honk and continued driving at the same speed. Therefore, I did not merge and stayed on the shoulder and got back into traffic miraculously. I was traumatized. I almost got crushed by a big truck and the image of this truck so close to me is ingrained in my mind lol. So lucky there was no accident. I still drive on the highway but I try my best to avoid rush.

THANKS FOR THIS!!🎉 Watching this is giving me the confidence to drive on the highway. You explained it so well and it was very easy to understand!

Thank you so much for this video. I got my license back in August, but I’ve only stuck to local roads, so I don’t have too much experience on larger roads. To make matters worse I live in North Jersey, and the highways here are literally hell. I ended up driving on the NJ Turnpike with my dad a couple of days ago and everything went pretty well, all thanks to you (along with my dad giving me some pointers haha). Thank you again for this video, really appreciate it man.

For on ramps that have redlights: Launch control for the best merge :)

Awesome video!!

very useful! exactly what i want to know about the extreme situation!

I almost got into a crash merging on an interstate, so yea that’s why I’m here

I’m just about to turn 16 and am finishing up my last two behind the wheel lessons. I wouldn’t normally look up things like this but I’m glad I did! You were very soothing and calming! Thank you

I feel like this is the most helpful video on highway merging that I have watched so far. 😊 Thanks.

This video helped me a lot! Thank you very much for posting. Wish me luck for my road test this Thursday

I drove on a highway with my dad for the first time today and it wasn’t as scary as I thought it would be.

Going to drive from Westminster MD to York PA for the first time on Monday. This video was very informative and the techniques mentioned seem very useful. Thanks!

Thank you for Posting this. It is very helpful for me

Helpful video, thank you so much for sharing this video!!

Thank you so much!

Much needed thanks! Best merging vid out there.

This was so helpful! With the different camera angles, I felt like I was right there with you in the car. Thanks!

Great tips for new drivers ,, thank you

Very interesting video. Thanks a lot bro

Great Video Stan. 🤘

Great video, very helpful!

Great tips Thanks alot!

This the best tutorial I have seen so far .Thanks man

Thank you so much for this

Really helpful. Thanks

Thanks for sharing your video stay safe and connected

This is cool. Thanks!

great instructions

so helpful thank you

Very good and clear instructions 👌

THANK YOU! GOD BLESS YOU!

I love your teaching Sir. Many thanks

Very helpful.

Tha`ks.You are great help.I am driving to Texas.

Thanks so much, Stan. This is so helpful! Do you have a video addressing how to merge if there is a tiny (short) acceleration ramp or no acceleration ramp? I've unfortunately experienced both...having a long acceleration ramp is such a blessing as far as safety goes...

its pretty bad i've been driving for 6 years but dont have the best vision so the highway always freaked me out. now im looking at moving from mass to idaho, and i dont want to leave my dog behind or fly with him. so im thinking about driving cross country this video has helped calm my nerves. definitely going to do some practicing before hand.

This part I knew about merging into freeway. I'm working on getting my driver's license. I kind of know how to drive.

Best tutorial video about merging on youtube! Others don’t really talk about what to do in different situations in real world, like what if you fail to merge before the end of the acceleration lane. Thank you Stan!

Beautiful job sir

Wow somebody that actually seems to know how to drive. impressive. lots of well deserved likes.

Oh it's you again. Lol. I just commented on one of your other videos. I like your teaching skills. About merging. Again. Alot of merging ramps & structures can be different animals & you have to drive accordingly & use judgment. But the one that kills me is the time on a very short entrance ramp, and you have to be very careful on that one, I was already checking my mirrors and the nearest traffic was hundreds of feet away. This guy in front of me came to a complete stop! Sat there, then proceeded to enter the interstate at 20 mph! I was able to enter after him ( that's how far away the nearest traffic was), I looked at him incredulously, then gunned the engine to not only get up to safe cruising speed, but get away from a driver who clearly needs to go back to auto school & learn how to enter an interstate or highway correctly.

Some drivers on the interstate will not move over to the left lane, if they can, to allow merging traffic. They will just stare forward as you are riding in the emergency lane trying to get onto the interstate.....

good job honey!!!

I like how you speak,,,,, clear and not fast thank u for the info and tips. watching ur video it seems so easy but my god it so scary and im so nervous doing this.

you sir are a goat 🐐 thank you for all of these videos they are perfect

Thanks a lot, sir!! I'm learning to drive on some of the bigger roads, outside urban areas. Love from Kolkata, India.

Thanks

Thank you so much.... excellent video on KZfaq for this purpose.. Just 17 dislikes out of 63K views.. It tells a lot about this video.. Thank you again

I’ve almost been in numerous collisions with other drivers trying to merge onto the interstate. It’s not always possible for other drivers to move over to let you merge onto the interstate. You ALWAYS need to turn your head and visibly look at your blind spot to see if it is clear.

Thanks a lot for this video. I just got my first car and merging is something I’m still not comfortable with

Good luck I got my learners doing driving lessons so just drive careful

At 2:44 you are in a perfect merging position. You should now be matching the truck's speed while you merge, because in most cases, the driver of that truck cannot see you. Instead, you choose to pass him on the right while merging. This puts you in a precarious position where, if he, at that moment, decides to change lanes to the right, he can potentially collide with your vehicle. Ideally, you would match his speed while you stay on his rear right flank, until you are fully merged. If you wish to accelerate beyond that point, it is generally safer to pass on his left rather than his right. If you choose to pass on the right anyway, that's fine, as long as it's clearly safe to do so. Merging into the side of an adjacent driver is not a good practice, even if it's not a big rig. Alternately, you could accelerate more aggressively and merge ahead of the truck. There is space to do this safely. You would then be merging next to a completely clear space, rather than right next to a tandem rig.

highways are always the most intimidating to new drivers but I find people tend to be better behaved on the highways than they are on the city streets. They have good incentive to help you out while merging because even if they are inclined to be a jerk and block you off, they are still a human with the innate urge of self preservation and getting side swiped at 70mph is an easy way to a very bad day.

do you do driving lessons. nd how much because u seem like a cool person to learn from,

Well, I'm about to drive my mom to my grandmother's house on the interstate, so wish me luck! :)

Brake check the semi-truck behind you😃👍

Well I got my driving license one week ago, and i drove the turnpike with my father. Today i gonna try to drive the I95 Miami - Jensen Beach. Kind of nervous.

can you do a video on how to 90 degree reverse park please ?

I got my learner's permit a little while ago, so this will really help me

I’m 23 and just got my license and started driving, I’m scared of going on the highway because of having to merge and also having to accelerate and merge in when getting on :( because what if no one ever gives me a change to go in, I was told that I can’t stop

There are a handful of TINY acceleration lanes when entering highways in my city. I'm talking you have about 5 seconds max to enter or you're back on the interstate/highway you've just exited.

FYI big trucks can't speed up and never do when merging or getting off the highway. Be safe out there everyone

great lesson to a novice driver. thanks

Thank you so much for this! Could you please clarify how to proceed when entering Interstates or Freeways with a Yield sign at the end of the ramp? And could you explain the difference between an entrance with a Yield sign and one w/o? We must yield to highway traffic before merging at all times so what's the difference? We also need to use the ramp to accelerate to match highway traffic in order to be able to merge safely so seeing a Yield sign at the end of a ramp at times confuses me - I also know that it is dangerous to drive too slow on an entrance ramp / stop before/when entering ( unless obviously highway traffic isn't moving) - so if traffic IS moving and there is a Yield sign at the end of the ramp do we slow down and Yield or accelerate to high way spewd to merge? I just need some clarity on this! Thank you

Entering from the right into the acceleration lane is easier than entering from the LEFT into the acceleration lane. This isn't a common entry to an interstate but I've had some hairy close calls entering from the left. I think other drivers don't expect a car entering the roadway from the left, plus the left lane traffic tends to be moving faster. It's also a bit more difficult to turn your head and spot a car to your right as you enter from the left. Make sense? Thanks for the tips.

Great video but it only scares to drive coming from a destination sometimes it's very hard to get over

Stan, have written a book

Doing highway for the first time tomorrow 😁

I’m an Uber eats and and DoorDash driver, so I have THOUSANDS of miles driving experience. I’ve tried driving in Atlanta before and was just totally terrified when trying to merge onto I85 in the city, it felt like there was no space for me and I had to come to a complete stop until I got a burst of luck and merged. I have driven in Charlotte and thought it is stressful, I’m able to manage it. Do you have any advice with how to deal with that level of rush hour 70-80 MPH traffic for an experienced driver?

Thank you for making this video! I'm teaching my 17yo how to drive on the interstate and this tutorial is perfect!

In my opinion, driving on the highway (or in the Netherlands autosnelwegen (free highways without tollgates)) should be a part of driving lessons and the driving test. Then you are familiar with it, when you pass the test, and you are on your own. During the driving lessons, on the highway, you will learn what this video teaches you. The driving instructor will teach you how to merge, how to take over, how to follow the direction signs and signs that announces exit ramps, and how to leave the highway. For me it isn't intimidating at all. I, as a Dutch, drive on Dutch autosnelwegen, but also on German counterparts, the Autobahnen. The rules in the neighboring country Germany are very similar, except that on German Autobahnen you can drive as fast as you want. The speed of 130 km/h (80 MPH) is recommended. I drive 130 km or 140 km (90 MPH) most of the time.

What is a good gap for turning left or turning right ?

When you're on an acceleration lane, in that video how much speed limit were you driving, and you changed to the left lane??? Thanks

The yellow RAMP speed limit signs are 'Recommended Speed' and not a speed limit. These are indicators to help trucks so they know to slow so they don't tip over. Most vehicles are much more capable of faster speed and you are allowed to go full highway speed (assuming you have a vehicle capable of cornering that fast) on the ramps. You'll notice there's no speed limit sign after the 'RAMP 25' sign telling you the speed limit has changed, this is because the yellow ramp signs are not speed limits, just recommendations. Most traffic is going to take them about 35+, yet there are still those who think it's a limit and are afraid of getting a ticket so they slow down waaay to much. I like to corner quickly but I'm normally just waiting behind an SUV that has to slow down🙃 Some interchange ramps curve quite sharply and have signage in white with 'Speed limit' to indicate a real change. Some trucks won't see or notice these signs and they tip over because they're going 70 and not 50mph.

I'm about to drive on the highway for the first time 😨 I'm terrified of merging. I'll let you know how it goes

This would help me a lot if O got my drivers license in a month, Im kinda scared and a little bit nervous

Technical clarification: Not necessarily accelerate to highway limit, but rather to speed of traffic you're merging with, Small criticism. Edit: of course, you discuss this exact point later in the video. I wish everyone would follow your advice. Drivers on the highway largely don't have a requirement to aid traffic merging on, but it makes life easier for everyone when they do. My motto is that if I'm in too much of a rush to give a citizen a break, then I'm in too much of a rush.

How do you lane change on a curve? I hate it so much doesn't feel right...do i just practice?

Hello when you say you slow down on the acceleration lane do you physically step on the break or do you just stop stepping on the gas? Thank you

This is very helpful but what do you do when there is no space to enter the freeway?

When I’m driving the interstate do I have to match the speed of the vehicles in front of me driving? If my speed limit is 60mph and the traffic is going 70-75 should I match them? I don’t always feel safe going over the speed limit.

John Malkovitch is a driving instructor now?

I’m driving on the highway tomorrow with my instructor I hope I do good😣

Are you allowed to stop on that lane if you need more time to enter a spot?

I'm a new driver and can't make speed faster and check for upcoming cars at the same time what do I do

One piece of advice: if there are 3 lanes going in each direction, drive in the middle lane so that you are out of the way of drivers getting on and off the interstate and drivers that want to either go faster than you or pass you

I will be merging by myself when going to college😭! I’m so nervous!!

Vehicles already on the interstate have the right-of-way

I'm helping my mom drive to south Carolina so I'm gonna be driving like 6 hours I'm terrified

Harrison Ohio?

I can't tell if the gaps are big enough or not though

When merging What if there is cars in your way Like if you signal Check mirrors Blind spot And there cars in your way Driving on regular roads When I had to merge There were lots of cars My problem is what do I do when there are cars in your lane you need to go into

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Okay here's a situation i was in early one morning. I'm on the ramp getting on the highway. I see two cars on the highway that are in the right lane but no cars in the left lane. I accelerate to get on the highway. Neither of the 2 cars move over to the empty left lane so that I can get on. I have to hit my brakes to avoid an accident. Needless to say i blast my horn at them for being jackasses. Who's in the wrong. Oh, and I'm pretty sure the first car was accelerating to keep me from getting in front of him.