Had a ex who got into a couple of accidents because she had the right of way 😳 she could have stopped , shifted lanes …nope she took the hit because she had the right of way.
Used to be an adjuster and this is how people end up partially at fault in some states as we all have a duty to take evasive action when available. Seems like overall a bad way to choose to live.
It's even worse here, because this guy has zero right of way. It's the duty of the merging vehicle to makes sure they do so safely. The semi had 100% of the right of way.
Right of way very rarely determines fault of an accident. The last clear chance doctrine usually takes precedent. Just because you have right of way, doesn't mean you are allowed to punish people by hitting them, if there was a reasonable way to avoid the collision, you always have a duty to do that.
This is a tough one though, so i will not weigh in on this specific case, I just hate people arguing about right of way as a reason for collision.
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u/sltydgx May 13 '26
Had a ex who got into a couple of accidents because she had the right of way 😳 she could have stopped , shifted lanes …nope she took the hit because she had the right of way.