Scared of merging lanes. help?

as a teenager, i'm really excited that i now have my license, but there's one problem. I am TERRIFIED of merging lanes and I have to merge into a lane to get to school in the mornings. I know that I'm allowed to wait before I merge to make sure the lane next to me is clear (i'm talking about just a major road, not the interstate), but the cars move so fast i'm afraid i'm going to crash and cause a 1856378568 car collision and i'm afraid cars behind me will get mad and start honking. i check over my shoulder to see if it's safe but i have little confidence in merging. what can i do to make it in safely and is it ok to wait as long as i need to before i merge in?



also, with changing lanes, if there are a lot of cars in the lane next to me and i need to get in that lane, what if the cars won't open up space for me and i can't get in? i know you're not supposed to stop or slow down while you're changing lanes but i don't understand how that's possible if the cars won't leave you enough room fast enough, cause what if you keep at the same speed but then miss the opening? help?Scared of merging lanes. help?
The slower you go, the more difficulty you will have. Try to accelerate so that you are slightly faster than the traffic you want to merge with, because it's easier to slow down to merge than trying to accelerate at the last minute.

I've been driving for 25 years and merging into fast, heavy traffic still makes me nervous.Scared of merging lanes. help?
well, you just have to practice at it, the better you get at it the faster you overcome your fears



people are usually a**holes when they're driving, you have to become one too, that's the only way to drive here in LA
if you do not know this stuff you should not be allowed to drive at all....get over it or you will never have a life sorry to say.
While speeding up, find a reasonable gap, and move your car into the other lane. As long as the car in that lane sees you coming in, they are going to have to let you in unless they want a accident. Also, look at your mirror but also glance to check that there isn't a car isn't right next to you.
You were supposed to learn how to do things like this while you had a PERMIT. That's the whole point....cause now you're just a hazard on the road.



The trick is to fit in to the flow. That means that you need to get up to the speed of the flow, make sure no one else in the 3rd lane over (if there is one) is trying to go for your spot, and make sure the person in the lane you want to get in front of isn't accelerating (going faster than the flow). Turn on your turn signal well in advance so people have a chance to let you in. Check your shoulder and smoothly drift over into the lane.



The only time you should EVER stop is if it's bumper to bumper traffic and there's no gaps for you to fit in. Realize that the person behind you doesn't want to smash his car (usually) any more than you do.



Oh last tip, if all else fails, it's very common for there to just be little bursts of cars...meaning if you slow down a bit from the flow, all the cars will go in front of you leaving a huge amount of room and practically no one behind you....common in cities with a lot of stop lights.

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