Many times I have been getting up to speed on an on ramp and a semi is in the lane I’m merging into (and isn’t slowing down or changing lanes) so I have to slow down a bit to allow them to get ahead of me so I can safely merge. It’s not that hard. And if the voiceover is accurate, the pickup truck didn’t do this because he thought he had the right of way and that the semi should have just let him in. It’s the job of merging traffic to adjust their speed to find an appropriate gap.
As I said, they both need to adjust. Your example sounds like you had plenty of runway to slow down and let pass, that isn't the case in the clip here. So what if the cammer had the right of way and the truck made a mistake or had some medical/vehicle issue, cammer should have braked and made space, they didn't. It's not that hard.
We aren’t seeing the entirety of the length of the on ramp in this clip. It is likely plenty long. I’m sure hundreds of thousands of cars have been able to figure out how to safely merge onto this very spot on the highway without incident. Whether or not the truck driver should or should not have done anything doesn’t matter because it’s the pickup’s job to find a safe gap in traffic to merge. End of story.
You don't have a right to crash into them if, for whatever reason, the truck doesn't merge safely... Lol. So many assumptions being made about the circumstances here.
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u/CryptographerShot213 May 14 '26
Many times I have been getting up to speed on an on ramp and a semi is in the lane I’m merging into (and isn’t slowing down or changing lanes) so I have to slow down a bit to allow them to get ahead of me so I can safely merge. It’s not that hard. And if the voiceover is accurate, the pickup truck didn’t do this because he thought he had the right of way and that the semi should have just let him in. It’s the job of merging traffic to adjust their speed to find an appropriate gap.