From: gl4317@yahoo.com   
      
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    Nobody  wrote:   
      
   > In on-ramps they are.  I invite you to visit Bellingham, WA and use   
   > the very tightly-curved ramp from the Guide Meridian/SR 539/Meridian   
   > Street south-bound onto I-5 south-bound (which at that point is   
   > aligned east-west).   
      
      
   We have the same problem in various parts of Oregon.  Take a look at the   
   on-ramp to I-205 going south from Highway 99E in Oregon City.  Not only   
   is it a tight curve but it is also on a hill, so that large trucks are   
   usually doing about 20 mph when they merge into traffic that hasn't had   
   to start from a dead stop, and thus is moving along at well over 60 mph.   
      
   The lack of merging lane length is a real problem in far too many   
   locations.  It was fine when the roads were less crowded but not with   
   the amount of crowding on the road now.   
      
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