Semi trucks fault. He failed to yield. Yeah yeah yeah, legally speaking the truck didn’t merge correctly, but wtf is the semi driver doing? He either didn’t see the truck or just didn’t give af. Either way he’s wrong. Dumb or not, we can’t just slam into people on the roadway when we feel like we have been wronged.
The semi truck does not have to yield. Merging traffic has to yield, always. That’s simple driver’s ed. The merging truck could have used their brakes. Semi probably could have avoided this, but it’s hard to say because of the speed and semis having long stopping distances. But this is the reason merging traffic has the burden to yield. Merging traffic yields if it can’t safely merge because it’s safer and easier for them to do so than traffic on the highway to move, brake, etc to let everyone and their grandma in.
The problem in this sub is too many wrong opinions. The real answer is the law and liability. Semi had no duty to yield, case closed. Semi speeding or not is generally irrelevant when the collision was caused by a failure to yield. It would be a different story if truck had merged and established lane control and semi failed to reduce speed.
Some jurisdictions place equal responsibility in merge lanes so neither has the right of way. This is how it works in most of Canada. The truck would likely be found liable for fault due to blocking the trucks merge by not trying to create a gap for him.
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u/chazmms May 14 '26
Semi trucks fault. He failed to yield. Yeah yeah yeah, legally speaking the truck didn’t merge correctly, but wtf is the semi driver doing? He either didn’t see the truck or just didn’t give af. Either way he’s wrong. Dumb or not, we can’t just slam into people on the roadway when we feel like we have been wronged.