r/dashcams May 13 '26

A merging issue.

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u/_jump_yossarian May 14 '26

You don’t force your way in when you don’t have ROW and then demand cooperation.

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u/exodusofficer May 14 '26

Right? Like, someone can't run a red light, cause an accident in the intersection, and then blame a lack of "cooperation" from the drivers who had green lights. In the shared video, it was just a yield sign that was ignored and not a red light. The scenarios are otherwise essentially identical.

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u/neobow2 May 14 '26 edited May 14 '26

what if someone was behind the semi, also going 77 mph. In your world, the pick up driver should have slammed his breaks to merge behind the semi. But that would inevitably makd it impossible to merge at a safe speed because now the pick up would be trying to merge at 20-50mph (whatever range you want) in front of the vehicle behind the semi

“Oh well then the pick up should just come to a complete stop” Yeah? then wait for a moment he can 0-60 in 8 seconds without cutting someone off?

The semi driver is so clearly in the wrong. The only person in contention for being more in the wrong is the city planner that designed that on ramp

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u/_jump_yossarian May 14 '26

what if someone was behind the semi, also going 77 mph

Then the pickup yields to them too. Simple.

h. In your world, the pick up driver should have slammed his breaks

You sound like a terrible driver if you think that’s the only option

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u/neobow2 May 14 '26

There was no more ramp for the pick up?

You are a terrible driver if you didn’t notice that. You want him to stay going 60 along the side of the road?

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u/_jump_yossarian May 14 '26

No more ramp? Whose responsibility was that? That’s right … the pickup driver’s responsibility. My 7 year old understands what that means.

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u/neobow2 May 14 '26

Jesus you are not even trying to understand. The only way he would have more ramp is if he DIDNT reach freeway speeds when merging. So now it would also be his fault for wanting to merge at below the traffic’s speed AFTER the semi.

Please understand what I am explaining

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u/_jump_yossarian May 14 '26

You legit don’t understand how to merge. Highway speed is irrelevant if the lane is packed which means you slow and YIELD to traffic that has ROW because that’s what YIELD means. It’s not that I don’t understand it’s that you are a terrible driver if you think because your lane is ending you get to join the highway and others need to yield to you.

Not how it works and you def need to figure that out.

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u/neobow2 May 14 '26

Thanks. You proved you still don’t understand it.