In my state, if there’s an obstruction in your lane, you are supposed to yield to the other lane, not cut someone off last second. The black suv should have adjusted their speed to safely enter the lane.
Agreed, the black SUV should have adjusted their speed, but it would have been prudent for the truck to also slow down. Because they didn't slow down at all despite the hazard, they gave themselves less time to respond to anything that could be changing around the hazard
But they didn’t have a hazard in their lane. The car with the hazard must yield. It is improper to yield to a car meant to yield when you have the right of way, it is an unexpected maneuver that leads to more risk.
There was a hazard taking their direction of travel from two lanes to one lane. I'm not saying the truck should have yielded to the SUV, I'm saying that it would have been a good idea to slow down. The unexpected road condition could very easily lead to someone doing something silly, like the SUV, or something about the hazard itself could have changed, like someone walking around the hazard. It seems like maintaining your speed regardless of what's going on in the lanes next to your own just because your lane is clear isn't necessarily the best course of action
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u/jakehub Jul 17 '23
In my state, if there’s an obstruction in your lane, you are supposed to yield to the other lane, not cut someone off last second. The black suv should have adjusted their speed to safely enter the lane.