As far as Ohio goes, I'd say it's worse in Cincinnati-Dayton-- and I drive I-480 every workday. It's true that drivers don't know how to merge. For some reason, drivers here have no concept of "zippering together". Instead, people panic merge and try to do it too early. Also, at places like from I-71N to I480W or I77N to I480 east or I271 to I480 W, people think they need to change lanes as soon as the ramps and I-480 come together. If they would just relax and drive a couple hundred yards, there would be plenty of gaps to execute their lane change. Instead, they panic, come to a complete or near-complete stop, and screw up the traffic. This isn't rocket science people. Calm down and use common sense.
All that said, Ohio needs to come out of the 1950s and stop putting all of our eggs into the highway basket. We need alternatives to the car keys: Commuter rail, light rail, etc. We just got a gas tax hike because ODOT was going broke because we over-built our highway system and are over-dependent on it (faster degradation from over-use). I'm old enough to see the possibility of retirement on the horizon. I don't want to have no choice but to drive as I age and the reflexes slow. I will probably move to a region that gives a damn about trains and transit.
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All that said, Ohio needs to come out of the 1950s and stop putting all of our eggs into the highway basket. We need alternatives to the car keys: Commuter rail, light rail, etc. We just got a gas tax hike because ODOT was going broke because we over-built our highway system and are over-dependent on it (faster degradation from over-use). I'm old enough to see the possibility of retirement on the horizon. I don't want to have no choice but to drive as I age and the reflexes slow. I will probably move to a region that gives a damn about trains and transit.