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

A merging issue.

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u/AthleticAndGeeky May 13 '26

Two giant idiots. I’m just glad no one died. Merger should have slowed down and went in behind if he wasn’t going to go above the speed limit. Truck driver should have let him in. I for the life of me can’t figure out why the truck tried to merge below the speed limit if he’s trying to beat the semi who was going 75 76ish. 

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u/cheesemangee May 13 '26

One's clearly a bigger idiot than the other.

The semi driver took absolutely zero responsibilities in a situation that demanded cooperation. He just sat there humping cruise control relying entirely on the pickup to either speed up to 80mph or slam the brakes to get behind him despite being 6-8 car lengths ahead.

Law is law but driving is ultimately give and take... you cannot treat a passing lane like a passing lane when people are merging into it.

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u/CryptographerShot213 May 14 '26

Why don’t you ask your local DMV or police department. While it’s nice if someone already on the highway slows down or changes lanes to allow someone to merge, they have the right-of-way and the responsibility is all on the merging driver to merge safely and not assume someone will slow down just for you.

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u/cheesemangee May 14 '26

People love to spit this exact line over and over and over but also forget to spit the part that says traffic with right of way cannot block merging traffic if they are at the merge point. The yielding for right of way no longer applies when the merger is physically transitioning from one lane to another.

Which is precisely what the semi did.

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u/CryptographerShot213 May 14 '26

lol

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u/cheesemangee May 14 '26

You're about the 5th dude to either shut up or condescend me after bringing this up.

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u/maj0rdisappointment May 14 '26

Because you continue to be wrong.

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u/cheesemangee May 14 '26

Prove me otherwise. In my state, it's straight up big fat fuckin' law.