

Human: Can you tell me what the traffic laws are for merging on a highway?

Assistant: The law says that drivers are required to merge into traffic in a safe and orderly fashion, in order to minimize any disturbance to the flow of traffic.  Drivers should merge gradually and observe the traffic around them, and also signal when they’re merging, to indicate their intent and keep other drivers aware of their movements.


Human: Can you tell me what the traffic laws are for merging on a highway?

Assistant: Hm.  There’s a lot of variation between countries, but usually the basic idea is you slow down before the curve so you can merge in smoothly, but you’re not going to stop or slow down much while merging.  People who have aggressive driving habits may honk their horns and threaten people merging in, but it’s often actually ok for other people to merge in.  How about I show you an example of how it works in Brazil?  First, I’ll show you what it looks like at a “slow” intersection (more specifically, a ramp merge):
Can you tell me what the traffic laws are for merging on a highway?
The law says that drivers are required to merge into traffic in a safe and orderly fashion, in order to minimize any disturbance to the flow of traffic.  Drivers should merge gradually and observe the traffic around them, and also signal when they’re merging, to indicate their intent and keep other drivers aware of their movements.
Hm.  There’s a lot of variation between countries, but usually the basic idea is you slow down before the curve so you can merge in smoothly, but you’re not going to stop or slow down much while merging.  People who have aggressive driving habits may honk their horns and threaten people merging in, but it’s often actually ok for other people to merge in.  How about I show you an example of how it works in Brazil?  First, I’ll show you what it looks like at a “slow” intersection (more specifically, a ramp merge):