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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
Yep. And a lot of people (not just the strugglers) still don’t seem to understand merges.
If you’re in the lane being merged into, you have no more right to your stretch of the road than the car merging into your lane. If you held your speed, the merging car got up to speed, and the two vehicles collided, you would be at no less fault for the collision than the merging vehicle.
It’s not a courtesy to make space for the merging vehicle. It’s your responsibility. And not only your responsibility - it’s the responsibility of the vehicles in the next lane over as well. If one lane of traffic is merging into two existing lanes, drivers are supposed to treat it as three lanes merging into two, with no vehicle in any lane having precedence over the other.
10-15 years ago, the government (don’t know if it was the city or province) launched an information campaign and posted signs all over the place with diagrams showing how merges are supposed to work. Clearly the campaign didn’t have much effect.
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I have no problem making space for someone merging when there isn't any, but when there's room in front and behind me and they end up beside me and still expect me to adjust to their, usually lower, speed they can #### off and drive into a ditch.
The fact that this happens so often is maddening. The lack of understanding basic driving maneuvers is rampant.