It'sWDW4Me said:
The point of a highway access ramp is to merge into the existing highway traffic at the speed in which they are going.
Oh! Yes!!! That triangular sign that says "Yield" combined with the OTHERWISE UNUSED MERGING LANE???? That means DON'T STOP, except in the rare instance there's a car broken down in that lane; instead, proceed from the admittedly short ramp DIRECTLY ONTO THE HIGHWAY while increasing your speed to match the vehicles in the traveling lanes, then TURN ON YOUR LEFT DIRECTIONAL and MERGE SAFELY into the flow of traffic. You* idiot. I didn't realize Cracker Jacks was still putting drivers' licenses in the boxes as their surprise prizes...
Conversely, a STOP sign ISN'T optional.
A lawyer runs a stop sign and gets pulled over by a police officer.
He thinks that he is smarter than the cop because he is a lawyer, and is certain that he has a better education than any cop. He decides to prove this to himself and have some fun at the officers expense!!
Officer says, License and registration, please.
Lawyer says, What for?
Officer replies, You didnt come to a complete stop at the Stop sign.
Lawyer says, I slowed down, and no one was coming.
Officer says, You still didnt come to a complete stop. License And registration, please.
Lawyer says, Whats the difference?
Garda says, The difference is, you have to come to complete stop, thats the law. License and registration, now please!
Lawyer says, If you can show me the legal difference between slow down and stop, Ill give you my license and registration and you give me the ticket. If not, you let me go and dont give me the ticket.
Officer says, Sounds fair. Exit your vehicle, sir.
The lawyer gets out.
All of a sudden, the officer takes out his baton and starts hitting the lawyer with it and says, Now - do you want me to stop, or just slow down?
*"You" does NOT mean the quoted poster; it means the eight out of ten drivers who use the SAME ramp EVERY day and STILL don't understand the point of the MERGING lane, or that yield does NOT mean stop and that there IS no traffic IN that lane to which to yield!!!