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Originally Posted by FanIn80
Situation 2
Car A on the right doesn't slow down to check traffic on the left, and he proceeds into the entry lane to enter onto northbound 52St, treating the situation like a merge. Car B in the left hand lane had his signal light on and is proceeding into the exit lane with right of way, expecting Car A to yield. Car A collides with Car B in the right hand lane.
Fault: Car A
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Except that the car on the left never has the right of way (to simply make a lane change to the right without making sure it is safe), as the car on the right a an open lane to drive in, and is "established in the lane". The car currently in a lane always has the right of way for that lane over a car that is entering that lane.
The yield sign in those locations is about as meaningful as a yield sign posted on the side of a four lane highway nowhere near an intersection. It simply does not mean anything.