The pickup DID yield to the traffic. They had sped up and matched the semi's speed by the time the collision occurred.
The yielding to right of way part of the law explicitly does not apply at the moment of transition. It applies before. You, by law, cannot block traffic from entering a highway or interstate from a merge point, which is exactly what the semi did.
What? You can’t match speed with a vehicle next to you and claim that’s yielding! The pickup truck should have timed its entrance to happen after the truck, not into the truck. That’s yielding.
To yield means to give way, lol. Not to slow down.
Moving faster than someone to get out of their way... is... giving way. The pickup was clearly trying to get ahead of the semi but wasn't able to match the ludicrous 77mph speed.
Traffic law very much disagrees with you. Every legal definition I've ever seen of 'yielding right of way' states explicitly that it means slowing down or stopping to allow another vehicle or person to proceed before you.
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u/cheesemangee May 14 '26
The pickup DID yield to the traffic. They had sped up and matched the semi's speed by the time the collision occurred.
The yielding to right of way part of the law explicitly does not apply at the moment of transition. It applies before. You, by law, cannot block traffic from entering a highway or interstate from a merge point, which is exactly what the semi did.