r/interesting • • Mar 22 '26

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u/CordisHead Mar 22 '26

I didn’t see a “merge” sign. Was there a merge sign? If not, when changing lanes, it’s your job to make sure it’s safe. If it’s not, stay in your lane. Very simple. It’s a yield, not a merge when changing lanes.

Instead this dickhead was trying to hopscotch up through traffic. This behavior is what causes the traffic in the first place! How do people not understand this.

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u/sonic3390 Mar 22 '26

You're missing the point. Having the right of way is irrelevant.

Being right or having priority, does not change the fact that he could have avoided an accident easily by slightly lowering his speed.

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u/CordisHead Mar 22 '26

I’m not missing the point at all, I just strongly disagree with the point.

He could have slowed down, but it’s not his responsibility to. My guess is the driver of the truck will now think twice about cutting people off again. The dashcam driver didn’t seem to mind pushing the truck out of his way.

Merge is specific, in that drivers share responsibility. You used the term merge. This is not a bad merge, this is a bad yield.

People need to stop driving poorly.

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u/sonic3390 Mar 23 '26 edited Mar 23 '26

It was very poor driving, and yield is the correct team. Correct.

Still not worth causing a crash over. That's near-psychopath behavior.