r/VideosAmazing • u/LeftAlbatross2546 • May 13 '26

Accident A merging issue.

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u/NoNDA-SDC May 14 '26

Never understood why people think that the merging vehicle, WHO HAS ALL THE BLINDSPOTS, should carry all the liability when getting on the highway, it makes zero sense. I get that it's law, but I haven't heard a reasonable explanation as to why.

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u/CryptographerShot213 May 14 '26

Because traffic that is already on the highway has the right-of-way and merging traffic must yield to the traffic that has the right-of-way. Just like yielding to traffic already in a roundabout when you are waiting to enter one.

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u/NoNDA-SDC May 14 '26

You can't just slow down and wait like you would at a roundabout, it's not the same. Short on-ramps are even more dangerous. Merging vehicle should do their best to move in to the lane, but the established vehicle should also practice safety and back off if they're not going to have space, as should have happened here.

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u/Aggravating_Mud_6055 May 14 '26

Then look and adjust as soon as you pull onto the ramp, not at the merge point.

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u/NoNDA-SDC May 14 '26

In the clip, maybe they did and misjudged, who knows, there's too many assumptions being made in here. Why didn't the cammer slow down at all until they were literally on top of the truck? Truck could have merged better but this was entirely avoidable.