@chubertdev said:
How hard is it to look to the lane next to you before you move into it? Almost got merged into again this morning. Quick reflexes and strong brakes saved me.
Hey! Me too! Closest call in a longgg time.
Also, as pointed out above by Blakeythe turn signal comes on BEFORE you START to change lanes.
Oh, wait, it's not illegal in MD to change w/o signaling (TRWTF), so that split-second warning I got was actually a gift.
Less than a mile past the spot from my spin-out story. (dry today tho).
Filed under: OK, probably avoidable on my part since I was passing[1] on the right. At least knowing I was being sketchy made me keep an eye on the dude, so I was ready.
[1] two three-lane highways merging - I was in the fast lane of the RH highway (lane 4 after the merge) and he was in the slow lane of LH highway (lane 3 after the merge)(lane 1 being the left-est lane). Pretty much a giant game of chicken every single day - ~200,000 cars a day.