On a freeway entrance ramp, if a gap is not immediately available, what is the recommended approach?

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When merging onto a highway, the goal is to create and use a safe opening in traffic rather than forcing your way in. If a gap isn’t immediately available, slow the vehicle on the ramp to buy time and space, staying in the ramp lane with your signal active. Keep scanning for a suitable gap and, once it appears, accelerate smoothly to highway speed so you can merge into traffic at roughly the same pace as vehicles already on the road. This approach helps you blend with the flow without abrupt braking or weaving. Stopping on the ramp blocks the lane and is unsafe, and jumping into the far lane without a clear, sufficient gap can surprise other drivers and lead to a collision.