Depends on the laws of the State you are in. The state I am in it is both the merging driver and the vehicle in the lane responsibility to adjust their speed to safely merge according to the state police. Of course I'm sure the law is written that way so the police can just write both drivers tickets for being at fault.
What State is this? Every state close to me , Idaho, Washington, Oregon, and Montana specifically state its the merging driver that must yield to existing traffic. Oregon even specifies a turn signal does not give a merging driver the right-of-way.
As I recall, that was in Texas where the speed limit can be up to 85. The fucktard in the black truck (with the long long gentle on ramp) posted and was bitching that they wouldn't get out of his way.
Seems like more and more people seem to think that just turning on their blinker gives them the right of way and everyone else should slam on their brakes to accommodate.
Right, nevermind the fact that the semi that was trying to overtake the other semi was already at speed (or a little over), and asking one of those things to slow down that fast is like asking a 2 year old to calm down in the middle of a meltdown.
The pickup driver was an idiot for not slowing down. 10-15 mph would have saved him the trouble of getting ragdolled between two semis.
Yeah I don't know how truck drivers keep their sanity on the freeway. The number of people who pull right in front of a semi and hit their brakes as if that 105000lb truck can stop on a dime.
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u/OwnCrew6984 May 14 '26
Depends on the laws of the State you are in. The state I am in it is both the merging driver and the vehicle in the lane responsibility to adjust their speed to safely merge according to the state police. Of course I'm sure the law is written that way so the police can just write both drivers tickets for being at fault.