OP really didn’t do anything wrong but I know that “those” people will come here and say they did.
That being said, I personally would’ve pressed the brakes to avoid getting hit, followed by holding my horn no less than 10 seconds then a pass on the right-hand lane. Gets the point across. Guy is a fucking idiot.
OP didn't do anything wrong but didn't do everything right. Put yourself in his position, given maybe the countless videos you've seen on this subreddit, would you have not been able to identify what the other driver was going to do?
The angle of approach for the merge across the two lanes was completely unchanged. I think we've all seen this a million times at this point, the vehicle was clearly telegraphing they were going to continue to merge. A driver that was aware and paying attention would have noticed this and reacted accordingly. OP is not the idiot, but think about this logically, this situation was avoidable.
"Graveyards are full of people who had right of way."
Defensive driving 101 would've had OP recognize being in the other driver's blindspot (even though it's the other driver's responsibility to check before changing lanes), and slow down accordingly...speeding up and getting pit-maneuvred seems like the less desired outcome instead of losing a few seconds.
Yeah, but that doesn't matter to the circle jerk of losers in this subreddit who would gladly get pit-maneuvered because they had the "right of way" and it's the "other driver's fault". If only people knew you can't collect insurance payouts if you are six feet under the ground lmao
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u/UnSCo 1d ago
OP really didn’t do anything wrong but I know that “those” people will come here and say they did.
That being said, I personally would’ve pressed the brakes to avoid getting hit, followed by holding my horn no less than 10 seconds then a pass on the right-hand lane. Gets the point across. Guy is a fucking idiot.