At least in the northeast/east coast US there are still lots of old parkways without modern onramps, where moving over to let people merge is super helpful. Fre

At least in the northeast/east coast US there are still lots of old parkways without modern onramps, where moving over to let people merge is super helpful. Frequently these have bad visibility and limited room to accelerate if any at all, so doing it your way is not really possible. For example: I use this onramp fairly frequently. It’s rural and rarely has much traffic, but when there is you can get stuck for a while trying to get on because it’s hard to see the coming cars, and there’s not much room to accelerate (unless people move over, which they often do). https://maps.app.goo.gl/ALt8UmJDzvn89uvM7?g_st=ic https://maps.app.goo.gl/ALt8UmJDzvn89uvM7?g_st=ic Preemptively getting in the left lane before going under this bridge is a defensive safety maneuver I always make—being in the right lane nearly guarantees some amount of conflict with merging traffic. https://maps.app.goo.gl/PumaSM9Bx8iyaH9n6?g_st=ic https://maps.app.goo.gl/PumaSM9Bx8iyaH9n6?g_st=ic