Apologies in advance to Fred W, who is a non-stereotypical BMW
driver... now onto my rant:

What is it with these dickheads ? I came around a cloverleaf ramp
yesterday. Highly tree-ed area, no visibility, full 90 degree corner
to the roadway crossing perpendicularly below. At the bottom, there is
a short line of cars waiting to enter into the highway because someone
has stopped about 4 cars ahead. The person in the front should have
merged, not stopped, but they had stopped. Perhaps they were a  new
driver (or maybe a very old one :-)

So, I slowed down and stopped. 10 seconds later, the person in front
finally moved out. Each of us in line has to wait a bit now too since
we were entering a 65mph highway with from 0mph, the ramp area is
short, and there are cars cutting in front of us to exit the other
side. So, one by one, we start to pull out. I was going about 10 mph,
coordinating my entrance to the highway so that a large semi-trailer
could pass my by and exit in front of me as I entered.

So, I'm watching the truck approach, when I see someone coming way to
fast down the ramp behind me in a BMW 3 something. He's going about
50mph down the ramp (with a speed limit of at most 35mph, and remember
that it's a blind ramp so real drivers go slow). He's coming up behind
me very fast. I see that he's going to rear end me since there's no
way he can stop. I hit the gas hard to try to get him some space. At
the last moment, perhaps 15 feet from the rear of my car, he jerks the
wheel to left to avoid me and enters the highway 100 feet before
you're supposed to, cutting off the semi-trailer who is trying to
exit.

Following his virtuoso performance, the dickhead hit the gas hard and
sailed down the highway at 80 mph (on a road posted as 55), continuing
to weave in and out of traffic for several miles before he was lost
from sight.

Bob