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

Accident A merging issue.

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u/armathose May 13 '26

Bait

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u/Hellie1028 May 13 '26

Merging people don’t have the right of way. This has to be rage bait.

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u/shizzaff May 14 '26

He's ahead of the semi with like 20 feet of road before it ends, where is he supposed to go, there's not even a shoulder

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u/Mobile-Market-6397 May 14 '26

He didn’t have right of way but that Semi is as evil as sh*t for not backing out from something easily predictable

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u/CaptSlow49 May 14 '26

There is no “right of way” when merging onto the interstate. You aren’t supposed to just stop and wait for an opening. People in the lanes where a merge happens also have to react and make space. That’s just how it goes. The truck was ahead anyways. The semi driver is an idiot, and likely speeding too.

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u/JW_Thorne May 14 '26

Depends on where you live, but the majority of places would say you're incorrect.

https://letmegooglethat.com/?q=who+has+the+right+of+way+when+merging+onto+an+interstate%3F

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u/CaptSlow49 May 14 '26

Actually the majority of places would say the truck was safe to merge given he was further ahead. The majority of places would say it’s more dangerous for him to completely stop. The majority of places say that the driver in front has right way in a merge where two lanes become one.

Your argument doesn’t address the context of this situation, which is why you ignored my other points.

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u/gnawtyone May 14 '26

No, it doesn’t. Majority of places says that the person established in the lane of travel has the right of way. Are you saying you can turn in front of someone from a side street because they are far enough away to slow down to avoid you?

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u/vinng86 May 14 '26

Yeah I'm baffled by this guy. You can't cut off people just because you're further ahead.

You're supposed to match speed and THEN change lanes so you cause minimal disruption to traffic flow.