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Old 03-15-2016, 01:03 PM   #18
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Originally Posted by HunterGreene View Post
Only issue I'd have with this is that the first driver was just passing the semi, and the woman tailgating came up on her ass just as she was clearing the truck. Second thing, besides merging vehicle on the right, I've always been taught to give adequate room for trucks before getting back in the right lane. when the crash happened, she was right about where I would be when I'd finally consider it safe enough to get over.


Yes, it looks a bit of a tricky situation. I'd probably either change to the right lane in front of the semi giving space in front of me to the merging vehicle. There is still quite a lot of space there.


Or, most likely, I'd just accelerate for a while to quickly pass the merging SUV and the silver minivan, and then change to ther right lane.


Both solutions seems to be much better (at least in hindsight ;-) ) than what she actually did.
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