True but not for me my first time driving on the main road was this past Sunday 😂after only practicing 3 times in parking lots the 3rd time in that same night my father had me merg on to the main road for the first time and drive back home I thought I was gonna fold but I didn’t it was actually cool fr
I'm literally finna be 16 and my dad made me drive to the expressway to my school for practice, I was kinda scared at first but it was alright for me, but I'm safe!
As an American. Hearing this driving instructor say "put your foot into it! 90! 90!" made me think they were about to pull 90mph on the freeway with a student driver and was kinda hyped
Isn't it 80 kmh on highway ? And for the signs on highway if it says 80 ur supposed to b at 80 or few km under ? Like if it doesn't say 90u still go 90?
@smartdrivetest hi Rick I'm from surrey bc . I'm sure that most of our signs are max limits... I'm doing my test In guildford In a few days. Dont know if ill be going on highway but anyway .. I also wanted to ask is it OK when reversing to have one hand on the wheel and one behind passenger ? Also questionn # 2) what about for the portion of the parallel park when ur reversing ? Can I also have this set up.. I was thinking for reverse yes but two hands for parallel park.. unless u say different!! Thanks Rick
My instructor actually told me to break the speed limit to make a pass, but the driving school's ford was a pos and the transmission wouldn't kick down, so there I am in the left lane slowly giving it more and more gas(pedal is halfway down btw) waiting for the car to kick down and it just refused to.
@@TommyElijahCabelloReal. Most of the world uses kilometres per hour not miles per hour. Open yourself to the idea that vids here need not be U.S. based
@@goldysgarage189 Yeah, I know what kilometers are. In fact despite living in the US, I always measure temperture in Celsius, and try to think of distance in metric to make myself more suitable for conversations with non-americans. But I was just interjecting saying that on some American roads, 90 mph is still considered only slightly above average. Don't tell me to open my damn mind when it was already so
Have a look at this vid: ruclips.net/video/GRX7iW4Jqcs/видео.html For parking see: ruclips.net/video/2fEJL0NHqsA/видео.html And for merging see: ruclips.net/video/enBI_nJ8xqE/видео.html Drop us a note if you have any questions, or we can help out. All the best, Cheers Rick
I frequently see drivers merge at only 45 mph onto 70 mph highways then hesitate a few seconds before accelerating. Accelerate to the speed limit before you merge not after you merge.
@@astyaworld2858 Not always possible but drivers such as you do not even try to accelerate to the highway speed limit before merging and still enter the travel lane at only 45 mph then hesitate a few seconds while in the travel lane before accelerating over 45 mph. It rarely is not possible to accelerate to the high speed limit before merging. Two-tenths / mile is plenty of distance for cars to accelerate to the highway speed limit. Car manufacturers do not boast about the slow accelerate rates in advertisements of their cars. They boast about high acceleration rates.
@@astyaworld2858 Ya; that’s why you have these things called eyes to help you see and adjust to the speed of the traffic ahead of you 😄 I genuinely can’t tell if you’re trolling or not. OBVIOUSLY he wasn’t telling you to rear-end stopped traffic😂 He was clearly just referring to a clear merge in regular traffic
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This is the way to teach ppl. Too many ppl out there don't know how to merge or signal in. The worst ones just stop as they are too slow get confused or get scared
I hate merging into highway!! And I been driving forever! I take the back roads most of the time!! I’m trying to get past my fear this summer with your videos! 🚗
@@oscargrouch7962 I think they hesitate for safety. Maybe it is okay to drive your way on Sesame Street. Pun intended. I have an idea. When approaching an in ramp why not change lanes if safe to do so ?.
@@carolkenyon5063 Oh, Carol, dummy, I missed the part in my comment above in which I typed I do not move over a lane to allow merging traffic to merge BECAUSE I NEVER TYPED I DO NOT MOVE OVER A LANE TO ALLOW MERGING TRAFFIC TO MERGE. Hesitate in traffic after merging for a few seconds for safety before finally accelerating? What? The safest speed to merge into traffic is the speed the traffic is already moving. Neither merging faster and slower than traffic is safer than merging at the speed of traffic. As in the video that you obviously did not have the attention span to listen to, only drivers of merging can accelerate their own vehicle to match the speed of traffic BECAUSE NO ONE ELSE CAN ACCELERATE THEIR VEHICLES FOR THEM. Surprise! The driving instructor urged the student driver to accelerate to merge with traffic because the instructor could not accelerate the car for her. How long have you been merging incorrectly? I suggest you need to schedule some driving instruction to learn how to merge with traffic correctly. Hint: That right pedal in your car is the accelerator. Press it with your right foot to accelerate. USE IT THE NEXT TIME BEFORE YOU MERGE WITH TRAFFIC NOT AFTER YOU MERGE WITH TRAFFIC
@@oscargrouch7962 You certainly are grouchy. You act like driving is an ego trip lol. Pass this one , pass that one. Speed. Speed. This is not the way to go. Be safe. Let me educate you. The sign on most ramps is " Yield. " That means you let traffic near you pass. I know this sounds scary to you , but this is safe. My idea of safely changing lanes when safe for ramp traffic is good. They can use the right most lane. I use the middle lane. This GREATLY reduces the risk of an accident. I am well aware of placement of pedals in the car. I know what to use them for. I went to driving school. My attention span is very long. I have a four year college degree. Do you ? Remind me not to drive when you and that driving " instructor " are on the road. He is more like a driving destructor.
@@carolkenyon5063 Oh, Carol, you have proven AGAIN with your second comment that you are not bright. Do you know what 'yield' means? 'Yield' means 'to give way to'. Now you know. The "YIELD" signs are for the merging traffic to give way to traffic already in the travel lane because the traffic in the travel lane has right-of-way over merging traffic. That is why "YIELD" signs are along highway entrance ramps not along the travel lanes. It is the responsibility of the merging drives to yield to drivers already in the traveling lane. What if there is no middle lane? Do you panic if traffic tries to merge? Yes, I do have a Bachelor Degree. FYI, I also have a Master Degree. Your punctuation, grammar, and vocabulary are atrocious for someone who claims to have a four-year college degree. Anyone else old enough to have a four-year college degree knows the "YIELD" signs are for the merging traffic.
I remember I was not going fast enough in the merging lane, and my driving instructor had to speed up so much, it felt like eurobeat music suddenly started playing as I was not used to it. Typically their cars are slightly more powerful than average to be more reactive, we have pretty low hp cars at home, a Fiat panda is definitely not the most accelerating car to drive, so it was pretty shocking to shift to a 130hp (or so) vehicle.
Good teaching brother! I hate people who do not know how to merge as a truck driver it makes my job way harder when they don't know how to merge on the freeway correctly.
He is NOT teaching merging. He is forcing students to barge their way into traffic. Not safe. He needs to take driving lessons instead.of pressuring people.into driving unsafely. You are NOT obligated to go the speed limit.
@carolkenyon5063 but you are obligated to merge safley on a highway, that is your responsibility and yours solely, if you hit someone merging into the highway because you were not going fast enough it's your fault, and if you cause a roadblock on the merge lane that slows down the flow of traffic that's also impeding traffic. I'm also a truck driver and I see this stupid shit all the time, people legitimately rolling so slow into it they abort halfway through as you pass them and cause 5 to 6 cars behind them to come to a dead stop on the damn highway.
Omg YES! You cannot impede traffic just because you’re entering the highway! You MUST be at the speed limit before you reach the end of the on ramp. I’ve immediately becoming obsessed with your videos! I had a Driver Education teacher just like you. I actively practiced everything he taught me from day one, and now (25 years later), I still remember everything I learned. *Driving nerd pop quiz!* 1. What do the “HC” and “HM” road signs mean? 2. What do you do if you start to hydroplane? 3. What are the steps to do a lane change (in the correct order)? Someone geek out with me 😊
Yessss let's go , you need to be going at or above the speed limit when you are merging. Get that thing going were all tired of waiting and getting on the freeway too slowly is absolutely dangerous.
@@aero-fw9oswell if there is traffic then you dont have to drive as fast when merging. Its situational but for the most part you should be at maybe 65-75 when merging onto highway
Pick up speed on the accel ramp and eye down a spot to merge to while also checking driver side mirror/rearview and shoulder checking your blindspots while you're in the acceleration lane. You have to be fast because people are speeding and slowly merging into highway traffic can cause a deadly accident
merging is so nerve wraking. Ive veen driving over a year and still avoid highways, but I am getting a new job so I have to learn to drive highways unless I want to drivr a roundabout which is scarier to me 😂😭
See this video for merging: ruclips.net/video/enBI_nJ8xqE/видео.html This vid for roundabouts: ruclips.net/video/hcYhzbEnoMA/видео.html You're going to do awesome my friend. Remember the 4 most powerful words in the English language: "I CAN DO THIS!" Drop us a note if you have questions. Cheers Rick
There are roads in America where people drive 90mph! So you still need to match the speed of traffic when merging . A good video, the instructor did an excellent job
Better crying than dying. Stay strong my friend. See this video for more information: ruclips.net/video/enBI_nJ8xqE/видео.html All the best, Cheers Rick
"Must go faster, MUST GO FASTER!" 🚙 🦖 Would I be wrong in saying that sounds like a father-daughter exchange? The way she really doesn't want do do it and argues about it...
Wow, can I have this guy as my instructor? My instructor literally yells at me for going to slow. She says “GIVE ME GAS GIVE ME GAS!!! GAS GAS GAS GAS GAS GAS!!!!!”
Im soon gonna have to make a journey and will have to hit the highway,ive been driving for years and have licence but i live in a small island so obviously there's nothing here that resembles a highway . Wish me luck
If this was in Chicago, he definitely would mean 90mph. Those people drive crazy fast in a 55mph zone it's BONKERS. I remember the first time driving on the freeway through downtown around 6am and I was going 85-90 just to keep up. Some vehicles still passing me, including cops without their cherries on, and semis. But I had a blast, I feel as if all those years of GTA really paid off!
Yea, the freeway on ramps are the same speed limit as the freeway so you can match the traffic and merge into it, not yield to it, there’s a difference between yielding and merging. I will say, it’s stupid how you can have a 75mph freeway, then an off ramp that’s 40mph, just to merge onto a service road that’s going 55mph. Anyway, you can go too slow a thousand times but you can only go too fast once, but that’s more for mountain driving….. just get up to speed and merge 😂 also if the flow of traffic is 35mph but the speed limit is 60mph, it is safer to go 35mph on that road. So if the traffic is slower than the freeway speed, you won’t be able to merge into it going way faster than everyone. Good luck new drivers - Salty OTR trucker
Love ❤️ your attitude ! When I took drivers Ed in 2005…..on the highway…..my father had just died brain tumour then 3 years later 2008 vaccine damage destroyed my brain and thyroid low equals brain fog then in 2014 I got Lyme disease till now……low thyroid affects your brain…..😢anyhow believing for a Miracle…..need to be moving out permanently on my own soon……anyhow when I took drivers Ed….in 2005 on the highway the driver instructor he told me about those sides of the roads on highways that are bumped in case u fall asleep at the wheel on the highway and start to drift to the side those bumpy edges are sure way to wake u up he actually took the wheel and went over it , slightly while I was steering the car. Making a point.
@@MalDeeta No I haven’t. Brain 🧠 wise. I have POTS and my new doctor highly suspects I have EDS ….Ehlers danlos syndrome. I just discovered last night a medication that might help with my brain fog. POTS patients have brain fog chronically. I am on Midodrine for low blood pressure. Waiting on genetic testing. Explains why ? Both my mom and I have been chronically sick all our lives. My brothers have major attitude / mood disorders. We all have mood disorders. Which is related to EDS.
I'm sure he's developed a good relationship with the student by this point and knows what works for her. I can tell she does trust him. Different techniques for different drivers.
"Lets not die!" lol .... man this was my thought when i almost went into the lane to go on the freeway... lol ( im not ready yet but im working my way up to freeway driving)
Actually it's 90 kilometres per hour, which is 55 miles per hour. But 90 some times works too. See this video for more information: ruclips.net/video/enBI_nJ8xqE/видео.html All the best, Cheers Rick
Trust me , use that acceleration lane to get your speed up to and even above freeway speed I drive a truck fully loaded and I'm not supposed to move for you , don't get squished.
I didn't know this even tho it's supposed to be common sense......but what if it's too many cars next to the merging lane and people are behind me? Yield or? I avoid highways because of that
@@blindsight3690 your driving your car, with your safety. Don’t what the other cars are doing or feeing around you. Do what’s safe and maybe stop if you have to.
You can do it my friend. See this video for more information: ruclips.net/video/enBI_nJ8xqE/видео.html Drop us a note if you have questions or we can help out. Cheers Rick
He’s a good instructor because someone behind you will be going 90 90 90 let’s go. You cannot slow down or be slow when traffice is flowing in highway or expressway. You gotta go with the flow at least that’s what I do
GUYS HELP ME OUT. I got my license last week and ive been doing the same roads for like forever and i want to take my driving on the highway and am freaking out😭😭 how do i over come this?
Have a look at this vid my friend: ruclips.net/video/GRX7iW4Jqcs/видео.html Know that you're going to have some nerves on test day. That's okay. The nerves and anticipation will keep you sharp my friend. Drop us a note if you have further questions. All the best, Cheers Rick
If this gives you anxiety, you're not ready to merge on the freeway. See this vid: ruclips.net/video/enBI_nJ8xqE/видео.html You'll need more driving experience. Part of an instructor's job is to prepare you for the pressures and stresses of driving. Drop us a note if you have further questions. Cheers Rick
I don’t think people actually understand how it is supposed to work. Except for big heavy slow trucks every automobile should be able to accelerate up to the speed of traffic before merging. Yet I routinely see people merge much slower than the speed of traffic and only after they have slowed the freeway traffic down do they then speed up to the speed limit or speed of traffic
It's a secondary road my friend - kinda like a state road. But you're right - most freeways and interstates have higher speed limits. All the best, Cheers Rick
She would just have to get the car going faster my friend. Most of those freeways and interstates have longer acceleration lanes for drivers to get up to speed. All the best, Cheers Rick
@@smartdrivetest Better yet if you have a car with higher acceleration rate 👌. Not far off from takingoff in a GA airplane. Rotation speed is normally 60kts in a 180hp piston plane.
Why is she talking back bro. This is how to fail a test. First off you should bave known this and second when a driver instructor tells you to so something you don't talk back you just do it.
those are advisory speeds that apply to semi trucks, and in that context they make sense. but I think for every on ramp there should be a painted line (probably bright red) that marks where you're supposed to punch the gas
I was stressed for her just watching. It's a tough line to navigate, where you trust that an instructor knows more than you about driving, but you also have to take responsibility for your own known ability to safely maneuver the car at that rate of speed. At the end of the day, you are the one behind the wheel and the final result will be on you. (Technically, it is probably safer to use your better judgement and decide that you cannot safely and successfully attempt that maneuver at that speed and find a safe out [because there could, in theory, be a wall of cars and nowhere to merge in, in which case you would have to stop instead of forcing your way into a wall of cars anyway or there could be a situation where you're not sure if your car would fit in the gaps that there are, and so you'd have to do the same thing] than to drive at a rate of speed where you cannot fully control the car and when you are not sure if you have a safe spot to merge in with... I understand that sometimes we need someone to nudge us to know that it's OK, and that you need to have some speed if you are going to merge out in front of cars that are already traveling quickly, but at the end of the day, when you're the driver you have to keep Your ability (not someone else's) in mind and use your better judgement.
Merging is the nightmare of new drivers.
@brooklyyn Some people have no courtesy whatsoever. It is like they are on the road for some kind of rivalry or to cause problems. Stay safe bro.
True but not for me my first time driving on the main road was this past Sunday 😂after only practicing 3 times in parking lots the 3rd time in that same night my father had me merg on to the main road for the first time and drive back home I thought I was gonna fold but I didn’t it was actually cool fr
Bruh
It’s my favorite part the 50 to 100 mph acceleration the most fun
I'm literally finna be 16 and my dad made me drive to the expressway to my school for practice, I was kinda scared at first but it was alright for me, but I'm safe!
As an American. Hearing this driving instructor say "put your foot into it! 90! 90!" made me think they were about to pull 90mph on the freeway with a student driver and was kinda hyped
same
In iowa driver's ed they used to have 14 year olds bring the car up to 100mph and then back down to 75 just to get a feel for things
Same
At first I was thinking "All right, this is an _awesome_ driving instructor!" But then I realized, "Oh, wait, this must be Canada." 😄
LITERALLY
figured he meant 90 MPH I was like this dude got a death wish fr 💀
Lmaoo
I was like wtf 😂😂😂
Same
No. Apparently im not supposed to merge at 90 mph anymore. At least that's what the sheriff keeps saying.
Normal in Germany xD
Great lesson & advice. Let's not die. In order to merge you have to be at the same rate of speed as the traffic you're moving into.
Hi d miller - We're happy to hear we could help out. If there is anything further we can do, drop us a note. All the best, Cheers Rick
Isn't it 80 kmh on highway ? And for the signs on highway if it says 80 ur supposed to b at 80 or few km under ? Like if it doesn't say 90u still go 90?
@VB-yc7cn where are you in the world? Cheers Rick
@smartdrivetest hi Rick I'm from surrey bc . I'm sure that most of our signs are max limits... I'm doing my test In guildford In a few days. Dont know if ill be going on highway but anyway .. I also wanted to ask is it OK when reversing to have one hand on the wheel and one behind passenger ? Also questionn # 2) what about for the portion of the parallel park when ur reversing ? Can I also have this set up.. I was thinking for reverse yes but two hands for parallel park.. unless u say different!! Thanks Rick
@@VB-yc7cn did you fail lol
foot down 90!
Thought it was going to be 90mph
My instructor actually told me to break the speed limit to make a pass, but the driving school's ford was a pos and the transmission wouldn't kick down, so there I am in the left lane slowly giving it more and more gas(pedal is halfway down btw) waiting for the car to kick down and it just refused to.
Where I frequent, 90 miles per hour isn't that crazy a speed. It's still pretty high, but it's not considered "batshit"
@@TommyElijahCabelloReal. Most of the world uses kilometres per hour not miles per hour. Open yourself to the idea that vids here need not be U.S. based
@@goldysgarage189 Yeah, I know what kilometers are. In fact despite living in the US, I always measure temperture in Celsius, and try to think of distance in metric to make myself more suitable for conversations with non-americans. But I was just interjecting saying that on some American roads, 90 mph is still considered only slightly above average. Don't tell me to open my damn mind when it was already so
@@TommyElijahCabelloReal cheers to that
I have the worst driving anxiety, what scares me the most is merging and parking 😅
Have a look at this vid: ruclips.net/video/GRX7iW4Jqcs/видео.html For parking see: ruclips.net/video/2fEJL0NHqsA/видео.html And for merging see: ruclips.net/video/enBI_nJ8xqE/видео.html Drop us a note if you have any questions, or we can help out. All the best, Cheers Rick
Bro had me thinking he meant 90MPH like damn brah if you gonna merge at 90 at least have Free Bird playing in the background lol
or be a typical licensed driver already who seems to think 90 mph isn't fast enough.
@@jackson5116 wut.
@@aoscustoms2999 Lots of people on the highway.
lmfao real
😂😂😂😂😂
I frequently see drivers merge at only 45 mph onto 70 mph highways then hesitate a few seconds before accelerating. Accelerate to the speed limit before you merge not after you merge.
they'll accelerate anyway... after getting rear-ended
Not always possible to accelerate to speed limit. Sometimes there are queue ahead or short slip road
@@astyaworld2858 Not always possible but drivers such as you do not even try to accelerate to the highway speed limit before merging and still enter the travel lane at only 45 mph then hesitate a few seconds while in the travel lane before accelerating over 45 mph. It rarely is not possible to accelerate to the high speed limit before merging. Two-tenths / mile is plenty of distance for cars to accelerate to the highway speed limit. Car manufacturers do not boast about the slow accelerate rates in advertisements of their cars. They boast about high acceleration rates.
@@astyaworld2858 Ya; that’s why you have these things called eyes to help you see and adjust to the speed of the traffic ahead of you 😄
I genuinely can’t tell if you’re trolling or not. OBVIOUSLY he wasn’t telling you to rear-end stopped traffic😂 He was clearly just referring to a clear merge in regular traffic
I like to have an instructor like this . Thank you for sharing
Hi Miriam Alfonso MAP - We're happy to hear we could help out. If there is anything further we can do, drop us a note. Always happy to help. All the best, Cheers Rick
Damn that guy gave me anxiety 😳
This is the way to teach ppl. Too many ppl out there don't know how to merge or signal in. The worst ones just stop as they are too slow get confused or get scared
That is me. I have highway anxiety because if the high speed driving and impatient drivers.
@@violetta40 are you me?
I hate merging into highway!! And I been driving forever! I take the back roads most of the time!! I’m trying to get past my fear this summer with your videos! 🚗
Your the one I needed for my driving lessons would've scared the ish outta me🤣🤣
Great instructor! Love his calm authority and chat!
Thank you there are so many dangerous ppl that merge so slow on to the highway
@@liteelite8901 what if you're merging at full speed and there's cars there and you can't get over and merge
Bruh I went did my test for my license the instructor literally had me go 3 blocks do a u turn and go back to the DMV and passed me
I hope my road test is that easy fam, Salute brother GOD bless you man, 1 Corinthians 15:1-8, Romans 10:9-10, Acts 2:38, John 3:16-17 (KJV)
Like what 😭
Mine didn't even leave the parking lot of the DMV, I swear to you. So insane.
American driving licenses are such a joke 😢
@@jacknguyen5220 America in general is sliding down the pit of degeneracy
Alot of people still make this mistake even experienced drivers. The amount of drivers i see merging at 40-45mph in a 65mph highway is insane
Then they hesitate for a few seconds before finally accelerating.
@@oscargrouch7962 I think they hesitate for safety. Maybe it is okay to drive your way on Sesame Street. Pun intended. I have an idea. When approaching an in ramp why not change lanes if safe to do so ?.
@@carolkenyon5063 Oh, Carol, dummy, I missed the part in my comment above in which I typed I do not move over a lane to allow merging traffic to merge BECAUSE I NEVER TYPED I DO NOT MOVE OVER A LANE TO ALLOW MERGING TRAFFIC TO MERGE.
Hesitate in traffic after merging for a few seconds for safety before finally accelerating? What? The safest speed to merge into traffic is the speed the traffic is already moving. Neither merging faster and slower than traffic is safer than merging at the speed of traffic.
As in the video that you obviously did not have the attention span to listen to, only drivers of merging can accelerate their own vehicle to match the speed of traffic BECAUSE NO ONE ELSE CAN ACCELERATE THEIR VEHICLES FOR THEM. Surprise! The driving instructor urged the student driver to accelerate to merge with traffic because the instructor could not accelerate the car for her.
How long have you been merging incorrectly? I suggest you need to schedule some driving instruction to learn how to merge with traffic correctly.
Hint: That right pedal in your car is the accelerator. Press it with your right foot to accelerate. USE IT THE NEXT TIME BEFORE YOU MERGE WITH TRAFFIC NOT AFTER YOU MERGE WITH TRAFFIC
@@oscargrouch7962 You certainly are grouchy. You act like driving is an ego trip lol. Pass this one , pass that one. Speed. Speed. This is not the way to go. Be safe. Let me educate you. The sign on most ramps is
" Yield. " That means you let traffic near you pass. I know this sounds scary to you , but this is safe. My idea of safely changing lanes when safe for ramp traffic is good. They can use the right most lane. I use the middle lane. This GREATLY reduces the risk of an accident. I am well aware of placement of pedals in the car. I know what to use them for. I went to driving school. My attention span is very long. I have a four year college degree. Do you ? Remind me not to drive when you and that driving " instructor " are on the road. He is more like a driving destructor.
@@carolkenyon5063 Oh, Carol, you have proven AGAIN with your second comment that you are not bright. Do you know what 'yield' means? 'Yield' means 'to give way to'. Now you know.
The "YIELD" signs are for the merging traffic to give way to traffic already in the travel lane because the traffic in the travel lane has right-of-way over merging traffic. That is why "YIELD" signs are along highway entrance ramps not along the travel lanes. It is the responsibility of the merging drives to yield to drivers already in the traveling lane.
What if there is no middle lane? Do you panic if traffic tries to merge?
Yes, I do have a Bachelor Degree. FYI, I also have a Master Degree. Your punctuation, grammar, and vocabulary are atrocious for someone who claims to have a four-year college degree. Anyone else old enough to have a four-year college degree knows the "YIELD" signs are for the merging traffic.
How if there are cars on the high way and you almost going to loose the ramp space to and still not able to join? Scary!
Nah if I was driving and he said step on it I would drive that to redline lmao
And be sure to pick you spot my friend. You are correct - get the "pedal to the metal." All the best, Cheers Rick
Me using my right foot to make the engine regret it was ever built, "how else you think this 89 horse power is gonna get us up here?"
Thank-you for teaching the right way. I'm still trying to get my parents to do what you are teaching for the last 20yrs.
Hi Bashole - you are most welcome my friend. Drop us a note if we can help further my friend. All the best, Cheers Rick
@smartdrivetest I'm a truck driver by trade so I deal with that on a daily basis. Thanks for posting. The driving lessonm
There are often no acceleration lanes. Stop and accelerate in 5 seconds to 50 miles.
So many drivers merge slower than the flow of traffic. Then for some reason it takes them about a mile to fully get up to speed.
I remember I was not going fast enough in the merging lane, and my driving instructor had to speed up so much, it felt like eurobeat music suddenly started playing as I was not used to it. Typically their cars are slightly more powerful than average to be more reactive, we have pretty low hp cars at home, a Fiat panda is definitely not the most accelerating car to drive, so it was pretty shocking to shift to a 130hp (or so) vehicle.
Good teaching brother! I hate people who do not know how to merge as a truck driver it makes my job way harder when they don't know how to merge on the freeway correctly.
Hi Josh Ryan - you are most welcome my friend. Drop us a note if we can help further my friend. All the best, Cheers Rick
He is NOT teaching merging. He is forcing students to barge their way into traffic. Not safe. He needs to take driving lessons instead.of pressuring people.into driving unsafely. You are NOT obligated to go the speed limit.
@carolkenyon5063 but you are obligated to merge safley on a highway, that is your responsibility and yours solely, if you hit someone merging into the highway because you were not going fast enough it's your fault, and if you cause a roadblock on the merge lane that slows down the flow of traffic that's also impeding traffic. I'm also a truck driver and I see this stupid shit all the time, people legitimately rolling so slow into it they abort halfway through as you pass them and cause 5 to 6 cars behind them to come to a dead stop on the damn highway.
Omg YES! You cannot impede traffic just because you’re entering the highway! You MUST be at the speed limit before you reach the end of the on ramp. I’ve immediately becoming obsessed with your videos! I had a Driver Education teacher just like you. I actively practiced everything he taught me from day one, and now (25 years later), I still remember everything I learned.
*Driving nerd pop quiz!*
1. What do the “HC” and “HM” road signs mean?
2. What do you do if you start to hydroplane?
3. What are the steps to do a lane change (in the correct order)?
Someone geek out with me 😊
Thats right 👍🏾 you SHOULD BE UP TO SPEED WHEN YOU GET ON THE FRIGGING HIGHWAY!
Rick is the best instructor! 😊
Thank you for your kind words my friend. All the best, Cheers Rick
Yessss let's go , you need to be going at or above the speed limit when you are merging.
Get that thing going were all tired of waiting and getting on the freeway too slowly is absolutely dangerous.
Anything , racing to get to on the highway or anywhere is very dangerous.
But I mean what if there's traffic? Sometimes you have to be cautious because the cars next to your lane may try to pass you.
@@aero-fw9oswell if there is traffic then you dont have to drive as fast when merging. Its situational but for the most part you should be at maybe 65-75 when merging onto highway
@@carolkenyon5063its even more dangerous if youre merging while going too slow and/or braking
Pick up speed on the accel ramp and eye down a spot to merge to while also checking driver side mirror/rearview and shoulder checking your blindspots while you're in the acceleration lane. You have to be fast because people are speeding and slowly merging into highway traffic can cause a deadly accident
I usually have to get on the brakes getting on the highway. It's always my excuse to bury it and get on at triple digits. Mph that is.
She will merge right in on America's roadways. Remember, the horns and fingers are just the other drivers saying "you're #1!"
merging is so nerve wraking. Ive veen driving over a year and still avoid highways, but I am getting a new job so I have to learn to drive highways unless I want to drivr a roundabout which is scarier to me 😂😭
See this video for merging: ruclips.net/video/enBI_nJ8xqE/видео.html This vid for roundabouts: ruclips.net/video/hcYhzbEnoMA/видео.html You're going to do awesome my friend. Remember the 4 most powerful words in the English language: "I CAN DO THIS!" Drop us a note if you have questions. Cheers Rick
Bra I assumed they were American because of their accents and I was scared for her having to go 90 MPH lol
Yup - easy to make that mistake my friend. 90kph or 55mph. All the best, Cheers Rick
There are roads in America where people drive 90mph! So you still need to match the speed of traffic when merging . A good video, the instructor did an excellent job
@@alphagt62 - it's 90kph (55mph) my friend. Thank you for your kind words. All the very best, Cheers Rick
i wouldve started crying
Better crying than dying. Stay strong my friend. See this video for more information: ruclips.net/video/enBI_nJ8xqE/видео.html All the best, Cheers Rick
"Must go faster, MUST GO FASTER!"
🚙 🦖
Would I be wrong in saying that sounds like a father-daughter exchange?
The way she really doesn't want do do it and argues about it...
I was not that bad as a new driver, and I used to be so anxious going on the freeway or highway and very unsure.
He s a great student teacher! You need to pressure her!
He was like 90 90 90 90, and I'm like, heck that's too fast then I realized it's km/h lol
Those numbers are valid in miles per hour for the state of Connecticut (where NO ONE drives the posted speed limit).
Wow, can I have this guy as my instructor? My instructor literally yells at me for going to slow. She says “GIVE ME GAS GIVE ME GAS!!! GAS GAS GAS GAS GAS GAS!!!!!”
Im soon gonna have to make a journey and will have to hit the highway,ive been driving for years and have licence but i live in a small island so obviously there's nothing here that resembles a highway . Wish me luck
How did it go?
@@KG-ck9hb everything went fine
fun fact: he means 90kph which is about 55mph
Thank you for clarifying
There's also text at 0:24 saying that
Thank you!!!
You're welcome! Drop us a note if we can help further. Cheers Rick
Good video you are such a nice person the way your trying 💘
A overwhelming number of people in vancouver need to watch this video please.
You are a nice person
Thank you for your kind words. Happy to hear we could help. All the best, Cheers Rick
If this was in Chicago, he definitely would mean 90mph. Those people drive crazy fast in a 55mph zone it's BONKERS.
I remember the first time driving on the freeway through downtown around 6am and I was going 85-90 just to keep up. Some vehicles still passing me, including cops without their cherries on, and semis. But I had a blast, I feel as if all those years of GTA really paid off!
Thank you
Hi Robert Collins - you are most welcome my friend. All the best, Cheers Rick
Yea, the freeway on ramps are the same speed limit as the freeway so you can match the traffic and merge into it, not yield to it, there’s a difference between yielding and merging. I will say, it’s stupid how you can have a 75mph freeway, then an off ramp that’s 40mph, just to merge onto a service road that’s going 55mph. Anyway, you can go too slow a thousand times but you can only go too fast once, but that’s more for mountain driving….. just get up to speed and merge 😂 also if the flow of traffic is 35mph but the speed limit is 60mph, it is safer to go 35mph on that road. So if the traffic is slower than the freeway speed, you won’t be able to merge into it going way faster than everyone. Good luck new drivers - Salty OTR trucker
I always go 75-80 MILES per hour on the interstate.
Facts I've seen this so many times it's so dangerous
Well there is someone that knows how to merge...acceleration lane !!!! YES!!!!!
That's where I messed up on my test getting on the freeway lol
Not accelerating now I be doing 70 mph by the time I'm on the freeway already
Love ❤️ your attitude ! When I took drivers Ed in 2005…..on the highway…..my father had just died brain tumour then 3 years later 2008 vaccine damage destroyed my brain and thyroid low equals brain fog then in 2014 I got Lyme disease till now……low thyroid affects your brain…..😢anyhow believing for a Miracle…..need to be moving out permanently on my own soon……anyhow when I took drivers Ed….in 2005 on the highway the driver instructor he told me about those sides of the roads on highways that are bumped in case u fall asleep at the wheel on the highway and start to drift to the side those bumpy edges are sure way to wake u up he actually took the wheel and went over it , slightly while I was steering the car. Making a point.
Sorry to hear about your dad and thyroid issue. Have you resolved it and improved your brain function?
@@MalDeeta No I haven’t. Brain 🧠 wise. I have POTS and my new doctor highly suspects I have EDS ….Ehlers danlos syndrome. I just discovered last night a medication that might help with my brain fog. POTS patients have brain fog chronically. I am on Midodrine for low blood pressure. Waiting on genetic testing. Explains why ? Both my mom and I have been chronically sick all our lives. My brothers have major attitude / mood disorders. We all have mood disorders. Which is related to EDS.
I think I would cry
I love this dude
In Texas I average 80 and still stay out of the fast lane. I get passed on a regular basis even at 80 mph
Hoping I have an instructor like you when I get to driving !!!
This guy would make me have a panic attack 😂
And why would I give you a panic attack my friend? Cheers Rick
I'm sure he's developed a good relationship with the student by this point and knows what works for her. I can tell she does trust him. Different techniques for different drivers.
You should be up to speed as soon as you can get to the freeway.
“Let’s not die” 🤣
"Lets not die!" lol .... man this was my thought when i almost went into the lane to go on the freeway... lol ( im not ready yet but im working my way up to freeway driving)
Its crazy because im 19 and i know that i have to be going highway speeds in the merge lane and other people arent going near as fast 💀
Are you not in the USA?
Why using kilometer per hour
me personally im sticking to the right lane and going under the speed limit but
90 miles per hour on the highway??
Actually it's 90 kilometres per hour, which is 55 miles per hour. But 90 some times works too. See this video for more information: ruclips.net/video/enBI_nJ8xqE/видео.html All the best, Cheers Rick
Trust me , use that acceleration lane to get your speed up to and even above freeway speed
I drive a truck fully loaded and I'm not supposed to move for you , don't get squished.
I didn't know this even tho it's supposed to be common sense......but what if it's too many cars next to the merging lane and people are behind me? Yield or? I avoid highways because of that
@@blindsight3690 your driving your car, with your safety. Don’t what the other cars are doing or feeing around you. Do what’s safe and maybe stop if you have to.
@@blindsight3690 Usually people who see your merging will slow to let you merge
Above freeway speed ? Do you want to lose control ? When I see a big rig coming on the highway I change lanes to help them if safe to do so. 😄
@@blindsight3690 Yield right of way is the law. Bozo behind you should not tailgate.
I am so afraid of merging into a highway and then no one lets me in or there is no space. That's why I have never taken the highway.
I wish this was taught in Utah
Wow i wish my teacher brought me on the highway 😒. Even my dad is afraid to let me drive on I-95
You can do it my friend. See this video for more information: ruclips.net/video/enBI_nJ8xqE/видео.html Drop us a note if you have questions or we can help out. Cheers Rick
hahaha, every instructor will tell you do go faster in acceleration lane. pedal to the metal
hello I have a question can you should me enter freeway
See this vid: ruclips.net/video/enBI_nJ8xqE/видео.html Drop USA note if you have further questions. Cheers Rick
O ok thank you
He’s a good instructor because someone behind you will be going 90 90 90 let’s go. You cannot slow down or be slow when traffice is flowing in highway or expressway. You gotta go with the flow at least that’s what I do
That’s what I do also I keep saiding come on merge merge merge I’m slowing down a little you gotta speed a little merge in come on.
Good one let’s go, let’s go, let’s go, let’s go.
Bishop definitely said that he was responsible for the bill regarding tablets for the inmates.
first time i ever drove i went on the highway it was alright, guess i never had trouble with the highway.
GUYS HELP ME OUT. I got my license last week and ive been doing the same roads for like forever and i want to take my driving on the highway and am freaking out😭😭 how do i over come this?
Have a look at this vid my friend: ruclips.net/video/GRX7iW4Jqcs/видео.html Know that you're going to have some nerves on test day. That's okay. The nerves and anticipation will keep you sharp my friend. Drop us a note if you have further questions. All the best, Cheers Rick
I hate slip roads if busy traffic on the main roads 😂
merging on the highway is like connecting the blood vein so the blood can flow 😂
I was thinking 90 mph. I haven't seen a speed limit that high apart from derestricted.
That's metric my friend - it's 55mph. See this vid for more information: ruclips.net/video/enBI_nJ8xqE/видео.html All the best, Cheers Rick
@@smartdrivetest yeah I figured when it came up on the screen, though dash cam speed was in mph.
Heck no why have a teacher like this... anxiety overload..chill guy
If this gives you anxiety, you're not ready to merge on the freeway. See this vid: ruclips.net/video/enBI_nJ8xqE/видео.html You'll need more driving experience. Part of an instructor's job is to prepare you for the pressures and stresses of driving. Drop us a note if you have further questions. Cheers Rick
I don’t think people actually understand how it is supposed to work. Except for big heavy slow trucks every automobile should be able to accelerate up to the speed of traffic before merging. Yet I routinely see people merge much slower than the speed of traffic and only after they have slowed the freeway traffic down do they then speed up to the speed limit or speed of traffic
Why is the highway so slow only 55mph most highways i know are 70 or 75
It's a secondary road my friend - kinda like a state road. But you're right - most freeways and interstates have higher speed limits. All the best, Cheers Rick
She's fortunate its not a 70mph freeway.
She would just have to get the car going faster my friend. Most of those freeways and interstates have longer acceleration lanes for drivers to get up to speed. All the best, Cheers Rick
@@smartdrivetest Better yet if you have a car with higher acceleration rate 👌. Not far off from takingoff in a GA airplane. Rotation speed is normally 60kts in a 180hp piston plane.
I usually go 90 anyways so this isn’t a big deal
Pitter patter, let’s get at ‘er !!
It’s so annoying watching some people merge onto the highway while they’re going 40 km/h
bro im american and I was so confused like damn bro wants her to die going 90MPH. Thanks goodness he didnt mean that lol. "90 90! Lets go!" *dies*
Where is this at? They both sound very American. And there is no kph here
probably british columbia
Why is she talking back bro. This is how to fail a test. First off you should bave known this and second when a driver instructor tells you to so something you don't talk back you just do it.
it always bothers me there is a sign that says 45mph at entrance to the freeway, what kind of fool made those signs?
those are advisory speeds that apply to semi trucks, and in that context they make sense. but I think for every on ramp there should be a painted line (probably bright red) that marks where you're supposed to punch the gas
Does he mean 90 kph? Which is 55 or so mph?
70-75 mph is a good merge 90 is just excessive
It's in kph my friend. 90kph is 55mph. ;0) All the very best, Cheers Rick
Get your speed up, you can slow down faster than you can accelerate to match speed.
That is an excellent point my friend. All the best, Cheers Rick
That’s The New York Speed Limit 55 MPH 90 km/h I Always Merge On The Highways Expressways Motorways And The Parkways
Most people still can't get this right.
I failed my drive because of the merging. My speed was not upto the mark .damnnn
I merge doing 80 mph cuz people on the highway don’t like to let you merge 😑
I do 90 mph on the turnpike everytime
@@rosamerlujan5510 right people don’t like to let us merge or pass
Ok! Ok! I’m going *annoyed*
Proceeds to not accelerate
I wouldn’t argue with a driving instructor lol
I was stressed for her just watching. It's a tough line to navigate, where you trust that an instructor knows more than you about driving, but you also have to take responsibility for your own known ability to safely maneuver the car at that rate of speed. At the end of the day, you are the one behind the wheel and the final result will be on you. (Technically, it is probably safer to use your better judgement and decide that you cannot safely and successfully attempt that maneuver at that speed and find a safe out [because there could, in theory, be a wall of cars and nowhere to merge in, in which case you would have to stop instead of forcing your way into a wall of cars anyway or there could be a situation where you're not sure if your car would fit in the gaps that there are, and so you'd have to do the same thing] than to drive at a rate of speed where you cannot fully control the car and when you are not sure if you have a safe spot to merge in with... I understand that sometimes we need someone to nudge us to know that it's OK, and that you need to have some speed if you are going to merge out in front of cars that are already traveling quickly, but at the end of the day, when you're the driver you have to keep Your ability (not someone else's) in mind and use your better judgement.
Shiii aint gotta tell me twice. I be merging at 110 in GA 😭
Duuude I have to drive there sometime! 🤣
@@deanthesavagenah bro ppl so crazy and unpredictable