The older I get, the harder it is ...... to MERGE.
I am doing better with driving, since my triple bi-pass of a few years ago, but I find that when I have to MERGE on to the freeway, it is getting more difficult.
MERGING takes very quick reflexes and decisions, and in my advanced age, this is getting tougher all the time.
I spend more time at 4-way stops, just to make sure that everyone understands what the other is going to do. If someone looks like they are in a hurry, I let them go first.
I think some people look in my car, see my white hair, know of my reluctance, and swoosh on.
I generally STOP before I MERGE, just to make sure there are no cars coming, and it is not as easy to turn my head ..... completely to the left as it used to be. I can only do about eighty degrees without turning my head, and I just don't trust rear view mirrors.
I have seen some "old timers" who do not worry about MERGING, they just go ahead with no worry or concern about what might be coming in their direction. They don't even seem concerned about all the tires screeching behind them, and they avoid all the dirty looks as cars pass them ..... eventually.
I take alternate routes so I don't have to MERGE. I prefer stop lights and STOP signs to merging. MERGING is for the young, not the old.
I may have a bumper sticker printed .....
I DON'T MERGE WELL
BE PATIENT
