I Drove on an Interstate Today...

"touring the brook - now with ZHP!" (touringthebrook) 02/14/2016 at 22:32 • Filed to: None

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It was fast. Wasn’t as bad as I thought it was gonna be. Merging is tough. I don’t know why I feel a sudden need to type in short phrases. I’m listening to Peter Frampton right now. Life is good.

wafflesnfalafel > touring the brook - now with ZHP! 02/14/2016 at 22:38

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Merging is tough - but it will be fun. Use your skill to do it better than others - control the situation.

Alfalfa > touring the brook - now with ZHP! 02/14/2016 at 22:46

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Once you get used to it, you may love it. One of the rare situations where you can play racecar without getting into trouble.

smobgirl > touring the brook - now with ZHP! 02/14/2016 at 22:50

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My fourth (and last) day of driver’s ed - my fourth time behind the wheel of a car! - was interstate day. Downtown Richmond has lots of merge lanes that feel like they’re only about 20 feet long and those cars were NOT fast. I grew up in the country and didn’t even have much experience as a passenger on an interstate. The whole experience was terrifying.

jvirgs drives a Subaru > smobgirl 02/14/2016 at 23:02

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especially since the merge lanes just merge you into other exit lanes. Its a clusterfuck in the mornings near the convention center.

TheD0k_2many toys 2little time > touring the brook - now with ZHP! 02/14/2016 at 23:35

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please remember that merging means getting to the speed of traffic before entering the interstate. Sadly 99% of americans dont get this simple rule and it makes me almost ass pack them when im merging behind them

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > touring the brook - now with ZHP! 02/15/2016 at 00:20

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Merging can be easy. As you saw in my video, you just have to haul ass ;)

PetarVN, GLI Guy, now with stupid power > touring the brook - now with ZHP! 02/15/2016 at 01:07

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freeway drive? trust me it gets easier. you'll come to love the freeway at 2AM ;)

Makoyouidiot > touring the brook - now with ZHP! 02/15/2016 at 07:20

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I didn’t know for years, until I saw the second Matrix movie, where something about freeways being suicide was mentioned, that some folks don’t like or almost never drive on interstates and freeways.

touring the brook - now with ZHP! > TheD0k_2many toys 2little time 02/15/2016 at 10:46

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I did remember that thankfully, but I encountered many people who were 20 MPH below the limit in the on-ramp. It’s very annoying.

touring the brook - now with ZHP! > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 02/15/2016 at 10:49

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I just need an on-ramp like that!!

touring the brook - now with ZHP! > PetarVN, GLI Guy, now with stupid power 02/15/2016 at 10:57

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Trust me. I’m looking forward to that.

e36Jeff now drives a ZHP > touring the brook - now with ZHP! 03/03/2016 at 20:53

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My first time on an interstate was in western MD on a 3 lane strech of road in a ‘97 740iL with my Mom in shotgun and my Dad in the back seat. My Dad wouldn’t let me go over 65 and I was getting passed by 18-wheelers on both sides at the same time. And a 7 series feels about as wide as the lane when thats happening to you. Not a good first time.